Tom Sharp and Justin Carlson on the Permitting Challenges for New Infrastructure (Part 2)

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"I'm also a very strong advocate personally of a sort of an all in approach, meaning we aren't going to solve this with one magic silver bullet, right? If that doesn't exist, we need to develop these things over time."

This is part two of a two part podcast recording with Tom Sharp, the Director of Permitting Intelligence with Arbo, and Justin Carlson, founder and Chief Commercial Officer of East Daley Analytics on the issues and challenges facing energy infrastructure projects, and some of the solutions.

"Where we've arrived is a place where agencies are getting sued so much, that the process is getting dragged out and the cost of delays is used to halt projects, regardless of whether or not this is a project for traditional energy or renewables."

Tom Sharp is a thought leader on infrastructure permitting and an expert in environmental and energy law and policy. His unique perspective is informed by 12 years of federal experience, most recently as Director for Permitting Excellence at the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC), and by positions at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) including Deputy Director for NEPA, attorney in the Office of the General Council, and Senior Advisor for Infrastructure. Tom also worked for 9 years as an attorney at FERC specializing in natural gas pipeline certificates and hydropower licenses. He graduated with a Certificate in Environmental Law from the Tulane University Law School and enjoys teaching law classes focused on NEPA and permitting reform.

"If there's a transmission line that's being built from one state to another, crossing four different states, and those states in the middle aren't necessarily getting benefit from that, you're going to probably see increased opposition there."

Justin Carlson is the Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of East Daley Analytics. With a passion for strategy and deep expertise in oil and gas market supply and demand, Justin co-founded East Daley Analytics to creatively transform data and information into market moving knowledge and wisdom to drive client success. He has also authored articles on the energy financial markets for Forbes, Oil and Gas Journal, and Seeking Alpha. Justin has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Engineering Management from the Colorado School of Mines.

"You've got all this data that you've actually got to normalize, bring together and that's what really slows the process down. It's not all unified. It is very independent and a bit disorganized and you're not always sure what to trust."

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