Ceres and partners organized a letter signed by 85 organizations urging Congress to pass the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act before the end of 2026. The appeal continues Ceres’ push for faster permitting and transmission development to address rising electricity demand and costs. Cited analysis estimates that delaying reforms until 2030 would forgo roughly USD 55 billion in electricity system savings through 2040.
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U.S. nonprofit Ceres, C2ES Action and Third Way have organized a letter signed by 85 organizations urging Congress to pass the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 before the end of the year. The signatories, spanning business, labor and policy organizations, seek faster permitting and infrastructure reviews to address rising electricity demand, pressure on the grid and investment uncertainty. The appeal continues Ceres’ earlier backing of the Senate deal and its congressional advocacy for permitting certainty and transmission expansion.
The release cites previously published analysis by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and Greenline Insights examining the bill’s transmission and interconnection reforms. Compared with business as usual, the modeled reforms would enable an additional 170 gigawatts (GW) of wind, solar and battery storage capacity and expand interregional transmission capacity by 61 GW by 2035. Delaying reform until 2030 would deliver only about 40% of the modeled benefits by 2035 and forgo roughly USD 55 billion in electricity system savings and 800 million metric tons of emissions reductions through 2040.
Ceres is urging Congress to pass the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act by the end of 2026 to advance permitting and grid reforms. Its election response also calls for renewed clean energy incentives, data center funding for household upgrades and legislation protecting investor rights. State policymakers are urged to expand clean…
Ceres is convening major companies to press bipartisan lawmakers to pass the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act in 2026. The group is seeking permitting certainty, faster transmission development and technologies that expand existing grid capacity to address rising electricity demand and costs.
Ceres backed the bipartisan Senate permitting and transmission reform deal and urged Congress to pass it in 2026. The package would provide greater permitting certainty and accelerate transmission expansion and grid modernization to meet rising electricity demand.