US to rescind rule that lowered solar, wind project fees on federal land

Reuters

Wed, May 14, 2025, 12:17 PM 1 min read

(Reuters) -The Trump medication took steps to rescind a Biden-era regularisation that lowered fees for renewable vigor projects connected national lands, saying the regularisation unfairly favored improvement of upwind and star facilities.

The Interior Department said successful a property merchandise connected Tuesday that the White House would reappraisal the planned rescission earlier it was formally projected and opened to nationalist comment.

The determination is aligned with U.S. President Donald Trump's extremity to undo regulations introduced by his predecessor, Joe Biden, that were aimed astatine expanding cleanable vigor and addressing clime change.

"Eliminating the Biden administration's preferential attraction of unaffordable, unreliable 'intermittent' projects and dismantling excessive, one-sided restrictions connected accepted vigor sources similar oil, gas, and captious minerals, volition unlock the afloat imaginable of America’s earthy resources," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said successful the statement.

The rule, which was finalized successful 2024, formalized a astir 80% chopped successful task fees for upwind and star vigor developments connected national lands. Developers had complained for years that they were excessively precocious to gully investment.

(Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Mark Porter)