As of September 18, 2025, a bipartisan House group released a permitting reform framework that aims to simplify the process to build transmission lines, pipelines, and other power projects in the face of rising energy demand. [1] The 47-member group, also known as the Problem Solvers Caucus, intends to transform this framework into legislation. It calls for streamlining the permitting process by setting deadlines for court reviews of permitting decisions. The framework has arisen from repeated calls to address permitting reform in Congress this year. It includes several provisions, including: reducing the statute of limitations for permitting lawsuits to one year or less; restricting judicial standing for litigating projects to parties who submitted detailed comments during public review; requiring the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to initiate interregional transmission planning while prohibiting allocating costs to customers; amending the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETC) process to allow for individual high-impact transmission lines; among others.
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