Good
morning! New England’s
got it going on — and by it, I
mean clean energy. Take
Connecticut, which just passed a
law that’ll authorize balcony
solar, expand renewable energy
incentives, and extend a community
solar program. But it doesn’t
solve all the state’s
solar-related challenges — Sarah
Shemkus digs in.
We head
to Vermont next, where Alison F.
Takemura spotlights a bundle
of superefficient manufactured
homes that were just delivered to
the state. They come equipped with
heat pumps that free residents
from gas or heating oil,
potentially saving them thousands
of dollars every year on energy
costs.
And one
last note: The DOE ordered Unit 1
of Colorado’s Craig coal power
plant to stay online another three
months. In yesterday’s digest, I
incorrectly said it was the
Comanche plant.
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OFFSHORE
WIND
- The
Trump administration says it
will pay Duke Energy $129
million to abandon its offshore
wind project off North Carolina,
which the utility says it will
reinvest in gas and nuclear
power projects. (New
York Times)
OVERSIGHT
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The
U.S. Supreme Court rules the
president can fire regulators
at independent federal
agencies, including FERC and
the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission. (E&E
News)
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The
Trump administration is
reportedly considering banning
imports of foreign inverters
that connect solar and battery
projects to the grid, alleging
China could use the devices to
interrupt U.S. power supplies.
(Reuters)
CLEAN
ENERGY
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Renewables,
largely bolstered by solar,
provided the world’s largest
source of energy supply growth
in 2025, the first time that’s
happened outside of a
recession year. (Energy
Institute)
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A
new study suggests meeting
America’s growing power demand
with largely fossil fuels will
add nearly $30 billion
annually to customer bills by
2030, but leaning on clean
energy would curb that cost
growth to about $5 billion. (Energy
Innovation)
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Brookfield
Asset Management’s energy
storage head says his company
and other investors are
turning to storage-equipped
clean power purchase
agreements over purchases of
standalone renewables. (Bloomberg)
EMISSIONS
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The
U.S. was responsible for a
third of the world’s growth in
carbon emissions last year in
part due to high gas power
prices ramping up the use of
coal. (Reuters)
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A
top auto industry trade group
urges a federal court not to
reinstate tailpipe emissions
rules dismantled by the Trump
administration, claiming
companies would have to take
“drastic actions” to comply
with the regulations. (E&E
News)
COAL
- DOE
Secretary Chris Wright says the
department is in discussions
with Colorado’s Tri-State
Generation and Transmission
Association over the costs of
keeping the Craig coal plant
open for months past its planned
retirement. (E&E
News)
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