Key facts
- Renewable energy trade groups are lobbying to pass the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act by the end of the year, the report said.
- Environmental groups are divided over the bill because it would cut red tape for fossil fuel projects as well as renewable ones, per the report.
- The bill would rewrite the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act, the report said.
Renewable energy companies and environmental groups, long allied in pushing for favorable government policy, split over a bipartisan bill to overhaul US permitting rules, according to a report published November 3, 2026.
Groups representing wind, solar, battery and other renewable energy companies are lobbying to get the bill through Congress by the end of the year, the report said. Environmental groups are divided over the bill's potential to cut red tape for fossil fuel projects alongside renewable ones.
The report described the break as both ideological and economic. The renewables industry is reaching maturity and argues it can compete on an even playing field with fossil fuels, according to the report. Renewable energy companies, like their fossil fuel counterparts, would find it easier to build under the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act's rewrites of the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act, the report said.