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10 new felony charges for Householder

By Andy Balaskovitz

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POLITICS: Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for his role in a utility bribery scheme, faces 10 new felony charges involving his use of a campaign account to pay legal fees, among other charges. (Dayton Daily News)

CLEAN ENERGY:

HYDROGEN: An Ohio steel plant is set to receive a $500 million federal grant to help power the facility mostly by hydrogen by 2028 and significantly cut its carbon emissions. (WLWT)

COAL: Environmental groups want officials in a Chicago suburb to consider alternative options to its current power supply contract that relies heavily on coal. (Daily Herald)

SOLAR:

  • Consumers Energy plans to start construction next month on a 1,900-acre, 250 MW solar project at a large western Michigan wastewater treatment facility. (WZZM)
  • Milwaukee’s mayor signs an agreement with We Energies to build solar projects that meet 100% of the power needs of city operations in the coming years. (CBS 58)

CARBON CAPTURE: An Indiana cement plant lands up to $500 million in federal funding to capture at least 95% of the facility’s carbon emissions to be stored underground. (Indiana Capital Chronicle)

GRID: A transmission line failure caused more than 2,000 northeastern Nebraska residents to lose power on Monday. (News Channel Nebraska) 

ELECTRIC VEHICLES:

  • Car salespeople who specialize in electric vehicles in GOP- and Democratic-leaning areas of Minnesota attempt to overcome political and cultural polarization by touting the economic and comfort benefits of EVs. (Inside Climate News)
  • Michigan automotive suppliers brace for new vehicle emission standards that experts say could provide more certain production needs from automakers. (Crain’s)
  • A Congress member from Michigan who’s been critical of electric vehicles and a proposed battery manufacturing plant in his district will head a committee focused on threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party. (Michigan Advance)

OVERSIGHT: A U.S. Senate committee started hearings on President Biden’s three Federal Energy Regulatory Commission nominees, including two who could be seen as an olive branch to chairman and West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin. (States Newsroom)

COMMENTARY: A writer describes how tensions ran high at a local planning meeting as a developer seeks to build a solar project near wetlands. (Kansas Reflector)

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