Manchin’s infrastructure bill includes federal power grab for high-voltage transmission

Last month, the wind and solar sectors got a massive boost when President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022  into law. That measure gives tens of billions of dollars in new tax credits to the companies that build wind and solar projects.

Last week, Sen. Joe Manchin, the powerful Democrat from West Virginia, introduced an infrastructure-permitting bill that could give the wind and solar sectors another big gift: If passed into law, the measure will give Washington bureaucrats...