In this episode, Scott Farris, senior manager of government affairs for EDP Renewables North America, sits down with NPM’s Jillian Farmer to discuss California’s new alternative permitting process through the state’s Energy Commission and other efforts to accelerate the development of renewable energy projects.Farris has been an advocate within the clean energy industry for 20 years and has worked for the governors of Wyoming and California, a United States senator and former mayor of Portland, Oregon. A former United Press International bureau chief, Farris is also the author of four books of political history and his work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence and events company providing origination led coverage of the renewable energy market for the development, finance, advisory & corporate community.