3.1 Streamline Administration

Administrative and permitting procedures, not construction, tend to account for most of the time it takes to deploy grid infrastructure. This recommendation calls for permitting to be made faster, more predictable and proportionate to project scale, while keeping environmental and social safeguards intact. Reforms work best when designed once to cover grid, generation, storage and demand infrastructure together. Binding timelines deliver only if permitting authorities are adequately resourced.