Delaying the permitting bill lets perfect kill very good on power and data centers
2C_ornot2C · x · 2026-11-08
jsfreed argues that delaying the US permitting bill is letting the perfect kill the very good. On utilities, transmission, and data centers, the deal delivers what voters have long asked for — and next year's likely Senate math (narrow Democratic majorities plus 4 Republicans) will probably need a very similar deal to get anything done. The backdrop is AI data-center power demand pushing an urgent debate over grid and transmission expansion.
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