Tag: IIJA

August 14, 2023

Anticipation is building for utilities as they await decisions on their applications for Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)/Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) federal funding. The gravity of the task ahead cannot be understated—and one truth learned from the 2008 Smart […]

July 14, 2023

Rail Passenger Association (RPA) and Amtrak officials are raising concerns regarding the House Committee on Appropriation’s draft Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) legislation. The RPA indicated the bill would reduce Amtrak’s budget 64 percent from what […]

November 17, 2022

After states tapped into their FY 2022 federal highway formula funds, they managed to kick off nearly 25,000 new improvement projects across the United States following the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) last year, according to […]

August 11, 2022

A Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) survey suggests U.S. utility members expect to add up to 90 GW of new nuclear generation by the 2050s, including more than 300 new small modular reactors (SMRs) in the U.S. over the next 25 […]

April 25, 2022

The Highway Users of America want Congress to appropriate funds above levels set out in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for highways and bridges. In a letter to the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee, the group […]

March 24, 2022

The Wyoming Department of Transportation announced it will release for comment its strategy to execute funding from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) for use in facilitating electric vehicle infrastructure development, especially for charging stations. The NEVI formula funds, provided […]

March 23, 2022

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded $4.1 million to the Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District through a Buses and Bus Facilities Program grant. The program provides funding for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and […]

February 15, 2022

In a letter sent Friday, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) urged Congress to fully fund the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas said the organization hoped Congress would uphold the promise of […]

February 15, 2022

According to Forbes, President Biden’s misguided Build Back Better plan is on life support, so lately his administration has pivoted to touting the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), aka the infrastructure bill. Public officials at all levels […]

February 3, 2022

The Biden administration has made clear its intention to promote the transition to clean energy, setting ambitious goals like carbon neutrality for the power sector by 2035 and for the entire country by 2050. A critical step toward these goals […]

December 27, 2021

If 2021 was dominated by speculation and debate around what a bipartisan infrastructure deal might look like, then 2022 will certainly be dominated by the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a once-in-a-generation investment in the nation’s […]