ENERGY LEADERSHIP IN A TIME OF NEED: A BLUEPRINT FOR STATES

This briefing from Energy Innovation provides a blueprint for U.S. state policymakers to mitigate the economic impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) by removing barriers to clean energy deployment to lower costs and attract private investment.

• Energy Innovation projects that the energy provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will result in $170 billion in higher energy bills for American households and businesses, a $1.1 trillion reduction in U.S. GDP, and the loss of 790,000 jobs by 2035.
• The U.S. faces significant infrastructure and regulatory hurdles for clean energy, including interconnection queues that average four years or more and a lack of transmission build-out; in 2024, the U.S. built 888 miles of new transmission, which is less than 10% of the Department of Energy's (DOE) requirements.
• Local restrictions on renewable energy siting are increasing, with the Sabin Center on Climate Law identifying 459 counties and municipalities across 44 states that adopted such restrictions, representing a 16 percent year-over-year increase.
• To reduce clean energy costs, states can implement strategies across four tracks: enhancing procurement, promoting clean energy self-supply, optimizing existing transmission infrastructure, and improving permitting and siting practices.
• Specific recommended policy actions for states include creating one-stop permitting authorities, adopting performance-based permitting, pre-authorizing transmission corridors and renewable energy zones, requiring competitive all-source procurement from utilities, and setting minimum standards for local permitting deadlines.

APA

Energy Innovation (n.d.). ENERGY LEADERSHIP IN A TIME OF NEED: A BLUEPRINT FOR STATES. https://energyinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/Remove-Barriers-to-Clean-Energy_Blueprint-for-States_August-2025.pdf

Chicago

Energy Innovation. ENERGY LEADERSHIP IN A TIME OF NEED: A BLUEPRINT FOR STATES. n.d. https://energyinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/Remove-Barriers-to-Clean-Energy_Blueprint-for-States_August-2025.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{energyinnovationndenergy, author = {{Energy Innovation}}, title = {{ENERGY LEADERSHIP IN A TIME OF NEED: A BLUEPRINT FOR STATES}}, institution = {Energy Innovation}, url = {https://energyinnovation.org/wp-content/uploads/Remove-Barriers-to-Clean-Energy_Blueprint-for-States_August-2025.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }