In a decisive move aimed at modernizing the nation's aging power grid and accelerating large-scale energy production, federal regulators and executive policymakers in Washington have enacted a landmark suite of infrastructure mandates. The new regulatory framework fundamentally alters how high-voltage interstate transmission lines and regional energy projects are planned, funded, and approved. By overriding decades of fragmented state-level bottlenecks, the administration aims to fortify national grid reliability while facilitating hundreds of billions of dollars in private and public capital deployment. The policy announcement represents one of the most significant administrative overhauls of domestic energy law in a generation. At its core, the mandate compels regional grid operators to conduct long-term, 20-year forward-looking transmission planning that explicitly accounts for shifts in the national energy ...