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  • The Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act of 2023 aims to speed up the deployment of electricity transmission and clean energy projects with input from affected communities, modernizing electricity transmission and addressing environmental justice concerns. It sets goals for...

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    The Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act of 2023 is like a big plan to make it faster and easier to use more clean energy, like wind and solar power, by building new power lines and listening to what people in the community think. It also wants to make sure this doesn’t hurt the environment and gives money to help make these changes happen smoothly while making sure everyone is treated fairly.

  • H. R. 7176, titled the “Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024,” seeks to amend the Natural Gas Act to remove existing restrictions on the export and import of natural gas. It grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) exclusive authority to approve or...

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    The bill is like a new rule to make it easier to trade natural gas across countries by letting a group called FERC decide if it's okay, while keeping some powers for the President to stop trade with certain countries if needed.