Here’s a good place to start trying to understand the obstacles to permitting reform, from Inside Climate News
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04022023/permitting-reform-energy-projects/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=e1e443b417-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_02_04_02_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-e1e443b417-328276104
I approached the BLM about an interview for my radio program on the topic of permitting long distance transmission lines - after some bureaucratic shuffling, they eventually declined to talk to me.
Here's the link I found - had problems of some kind with the previous
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04022023/permitting-reform-energy-projects/