ITI: Permitting Reform is Essential to Maintain America’s Technology Leadership
WASHINGTON – Following release of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026, global tech trade association ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman issued the following statement:
“Comprehensive permitting reform is essential to America’s ability to build, compete, and lead – especially in the AI era. Greater certainty, lower costs, and faster deployment of critical infrastructure will help power the next era of American growth while maintaining important environmental safeguards.
“The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act is an encouraging step forward and offers a strong foundation to shorten environmental review timelines, streamline transmission permitting and planning, enable deployment of advanced transmission technologies, and leverage AI to address interconnection delays.
“Congress should act to deliver lasting permitting reform that allows America to build at the speed and scale our economic security demands.”