Permitting Friction Returns

Despite the Energy Department's expanded transmission authority, federal and state agencies still face objections over land use, subsistence impacts, wetlands, and project routing. This outcome slows the conversion of federal funds into physical work and weakens the link between the power-line grant and the $54 billion Alaska LNG plan.

Each figure is the modeled move of the S&P 500 if the outcome occurs. For information only. Not investment advice.