The Clean Energy and Environmental Case for the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA)
The Senate鈥檚 recently introduced Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA) represents, if passed, a major opportunity to modernize how America builds clean energy and transmission infrastructure while also accelerating significant environmental benefits.
91AV原创鈥檚 latest analysis, 鈥�The Clean Energy and Environmental Case for the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act,鈥� outlines how the bill鈥檚 critical provisions on permitting, environmental review, judicial review, and interconnection would address major barriers that keep viable projects from reaching operation. Clean energy stands to disproportionately benefit from these technology-neutral permitting reforms: Solar, wind and energy storage account for 93% of planned 2026 utility-scale additions and roughly 1,742 GW of projects seeking interconnection, compared with 253 GW of gas.
When clean generation or transmission is held up, higher-emitting generation operates longer and opportunities to replace it with lower-emitting resources are lost.
By creating a more predictable path to build, BAAJA can unleash:
- Over $800 billion in new transmission and clean power infrastructure;
- 350+ GW of new clean energy;
- Increased access to low-cost, domestic energy, helping lower consumer prices;
- A more reliable and resilient grid; and
- 290 million metric tons of avoided CO鈧� emissions annually 鈥� equivalent to the emissions of 63 million cars.
Download the full fact sheet to discover the environmental case for permitting reform.
Resource uploaded Oct. 9, 2026
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