Fitts Quoted on Government Shutdown Effects on Clean Energy Projects

Partner Sarah Fitts was quoted on the contrast between the government shutdown’s potential delays for clean energy projects in comparison with other government-funded projects.

“Unless your project was at an inflection point where government action was needed…it’s not really slowing anything down yet,” Sarah said. “For now, what I see is people are just reordering [how] they do things.”

However, if the shutdown continues, it could tighten timelines or delay projects down the line.

“I think there will be more projects that have planned for first-quarter or second-quarter closing that have to delay,” Sarah said, adding that, even when the shutdown ends, the backlog it has created is likely to cause a cascade of delays.

“It’s a big mess,” she said. “And it’s unnecessary.”

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