Conservative clean energy group ClearPath has hired a former Trump administration official to lead its permitting policy efforts.
Scott Prutting, who was a special assistant and congressional affairs adviser at the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, is now ClearPath’s senior adviser for regulatory policy, which includes the permitting portfolio, the group announced Friday.
The hiring comes as the yearslong push for energy permitting reform on Capitol Hill carries on, with the potential for broad legislation being finalized this year.
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ClearPath has been supporting most Republican and bipartisan proposals, especially ones that would help nuclear, geothermal, hydrogen and energy storage technologies deploy faster.
