Fast-Tracking America’s Energy Future with a Single Application
How the Trump Administration Is Rewiring Washington’s Bureaucracy to Fast-Track U.S. Energy and Mineral Projects

A new presidential memorandum issued on June 30, 2025, marks a significant shift in how the United States funds its domestic energy and critical mineral projects. With a directive aimed at streamlining and modernizing the federal funding process, President Donald J. Trump has set the stage for a more aggressive push toward energy dominance and critical supply chain resilience. The move is bold, sweeping, and entirely in line with his administration’s emphasis on cutting bureaucracy and empowering industry.
This isn’t just about efficiency. It’s about energy security. The memo targets the tangled mess of overlapping applications, delayed approvals, and duplicated due diligence that has plagued developers of energy infrastructure and critical mineral projects. For years, agencies have operated in silos. Now, they’re being commanded to share, synchronize, and simplify.
At the heart of this effort is the National Energy Dominance Council. The Chair of the NEDC is now tasked with coordinating a multi-agency network that includes the Departments of State, Defense, Interior, Energy, Agriculture, and Transportation, along with the EPA, OMB, SBA, and several other federal bodies. The message is clear: no more fragmentation.
Previously, an applicant trying to build a lithium processing facility in Nevada or expand a transmission line in Texas had to file separate, detailed applications with multiple agencies, each with their own review procedures. That process was costly, time-consuming, and riddled with redundancy. With this memorandum, the administration wants to ensure that if one agency is reviewing a project, others are immediately aware. That’s a game-changer.
