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Infrastructure Series: Fast-Tracking Electric Transmission Infrastructure

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This is the third issue of WilmerHale's 10-in-10 Infrastructure Series. In this series, our attorneys will share insights on current and emerging issues affecting infrastructure project developers in the United States. Attorneys from across various practice groups at the firm will offer their take on issues ranging from permitting reform to financing to litigation and share their insights from working with clients in a variety of infrastructure sectors, from water infrastructure, to energy development, to infrastructure development on tribal lands. Read all issues in this series and our other recent publications.

In the coming weeks, the US Department of Energy is expected to undertake its fourth triennial congestion study. Depending on the outcome of that study, DOE may then designate one or more National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs). Electric transmission projects proposed within NIETCs may benefit from fast-tracked approval, as the Federal

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