Manager’s Amendment. The bipartisan group of senators has offered a manager’s amendment to the permit reform bill covering some of the feedback they got from the Native American tribes and expanding on data center reporting transparency.
Project Level Procurement. Modules are at the center of the discussion with 232 planned to go into effect 12/4 (but expect at delay). Most everyone says, I don’t buy the modules but tracker vendors are now just as interested on what the status of module procurement is as the EPC, eBOS supplier et al. Projects without interconnection, modules, off taker and capital are no project at all. What’s your procurement strategy?
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