The U.S. Division of Vitality (DOE) is amending its checklist of classes of tasks which, as a result of they usually wouldn’t have vital environmental impacts, qualify for the best type of environmental overview underneath the Nationwide Environmental Coverage Act (NEPA).Â
The company is simplifying the environmental overview course of for power storage programs akin to battery programs, transmission line upgrades and PV programs.
Below the modifications, DOE says it can proceed to look at every proposed venture whereas finishing its environmental overview tasks extra expediently.Â
Modifications embrace simplifying the overview course of for constructing, working, upgrading or decommissioning battery or flywheel power storage programs close to areas which have already been developed. Additionally they take away current limitations on the size of current powerlines which are eligible for the best type of NEPA overview and enhance the scale of photo voltaic tasks that qualify for a similar. Â
