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Politics

Trump cancels Biden-era bid to speed power line construction

The Hill · August 13, 2026 at 5:41 PM

Trump cancels Biden-era bid to speed power line construction

The Trump administration is canceling a Biden-era effort to speed up power line construction in parts of Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Nebraska and the Dakotas.

The Energy Department announced this week that it would not move forward with designating three areas as National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, a move that could get them federal...

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