‘Another broken promise’ to tribes

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SOLAR

• The Trump administration’s rollback of Solar for All grant represents ​“another broken promise to Native tribes,” as the program was set to fund thousands of projects for tribes and rural areas in and around South Dakota. (South Dakota Searchlight)

• A solar group-buying program in Columbus, Ohio, that helps participants reduce upfront costs of installations signed up 94 people last year that resulted in 15 installations. (New York Times)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The Trump administration’s ongoing order to keep open a Michigan coal plant past its retirement date could be just the start as roughly 27 GW, or 15% of the country’s current fleet, is slated to retire by the end of his term in 2028. (Canary Media)

CARBON CAPTURE

• The North Dakota Supreme Court orders a lawsuit to proceed that challenges a state law requiring landowners to allow carbon storage projects beneath their property if 60% of affected landowners agree to the project. (North Dakota Monitor)

STORAGE

• Western Michigan school officials raise safety concerns about a developer’s plan for a 400 MW battery energy storage project that would be located near an elementary school. (WOOD-TV)

CLEAN ENERGY

• Republicans’ move to phase out clean energy tax credits could jeopardize $517 billion in pending investments in more than 2,200 projects, an analysis finds. (E&E News)

GRID

• Illinois regulators, consumer groups and Invenergy urge federal regulators to dismiss Ameren Illinois’ petition seeking to build about $1.9 billion in transmission in the state under the state’s ​“first in the field” law. (Utility Dive)

• A University of Michigan Law School professor says strategies to manage scarce water and gas resources in the western U.S. could be used to manage data centers without the risk of overbuilding the grid to meet forecasted demand. (Inside Climate News)

OIL & GAS

• Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation this month that will require oil and gas well operators, not taxpayers, to clean up abandoned wells. (Center Square)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• General Motors plans temporary shift shutdowns at a Detroit EV manufacturing plant to help align production with demand. (Detroit Free Press)

• A Detroit EV charging station manufacturing plant opens with funding support from the state’s two large utilities. (FOX 2)

EFFICIENCY

• An Ohio GOP lawmaker proposes voluntary demand response legislation that would allow participants in a program to receive payments from utilities in exchange for scaling back home cooling and devices during high demand periods. (Columbus Dispatch)

UTILITIES

• A new Missouri law now requires utilities to pause customer disconnections for longer than 24 hours ahead of forecasted periods of extreme heat or cold. (St. Louis Public Radio)

NEW FROM CANARY 

• Trump extends order forcing Pennsylvania fossil-fuel plant to stay open — Dan McCarthy

• Commonwealth Fusion raises nearly $1B to chase commercial fusion power — Maria Gallucci

• As Trump delays steel pollution rules, study shows public health risks — Maria Gallucci

• Google’s new plan to keep its data centers from stressing the grid — Jeff St. John