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A Congressional Research Service report by Alicyn Gitlin lays out how federal land managers and reliability rules govern wildfire-driven vegetation clearing along power line rights-of-way, and flags pending bills meant to cut administrative delays.
Why it’s here: This CRS report addresses federal land vegetation management along power line rights-of-way, tied to grid reliability oversight by FERC/NERC and to pending legislation (Fix Our Forests Act, farm bill), squarely within the energy area's federal policy scope.
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Jun 8CongressA Congressional Research Service report by Alicyn Gitlin lays out how federal land managers and reliability rules govern wildfire-driven vegetation clearing along power line rights-of-way, and flags pending bills meant to cut administrative delays.S. 1462H.R. 471H.R. 7567EnergyDetails2 linked
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