HB4090: Relating to the permitting of energy facilities.

Legislative Summary

Removes EFSC power over a project that makes clean power or is a power line, is only on U.S. lands and is reviewed under NEPA. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0). Prohibits the Energy Facility Siting Council from exercising jurisdiction over or requiring a site certificate for an energy facility that is a renewable energy facility or transmission line, is sited wholly within federal lands and is subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act. Requires the person seeking federal approval for the energy facility to consult with local governments within whose jurisdiction the facility is proposed to be located or whose jurisdiction adjoins the proposed facility on potential impacts.