Leo leaned back in his chair, going over the situation in his mind.
He needed more resources. Under the current circumstances, what was the resource Pennsylvania lacked the most?
Without a doubt, it was time. Specifically, it was the approval time for restarting the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant.
Under standard procedures, the Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission's safety assessments and environmental reviews could drag a project out for a decade. Even if Leo could force through the state-level procedures, he could not bypass the Federation's iron gates.
The entire reason he wanted to establish the Pennsylvania Energy Administration was to create a legal entity capable of leveraging against the Federation.
