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LITIGATION

• Sixteen states — including most of those in the Northeast — and the District of Columbia sue the Trump administration for withholding more than $2 billion in funding for EV charging infrastructure. (Associated Press)

OFFSHORE WIND

• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers considers whether to extend past the end of the year the permit that allows Vineyard Wind to ship large turbine components from New Bedford to the site of the development. (New Bedford Light)

• Republican offshore wind opponents in the U.S. House vow to block a permitting reform bill they fear would make it harder for the federal government to revoke approvals for wind developments. (E&E News)

AFFORDABILITY

• Massachusetts utility regulators open an investigation that will examine the delivery charges included on electric and gas bills, and explore whether to eliminate, limit, or redesign any components. (NBC Boston)

• Maine utility regulators expand eligibility and increase funding for a program aimed at helping low-income households pay their power bills; the changes are set to take effect next October. (Maine Morning Star)

EMISSIONS

• New York state’s newly approved 15-year energy roadmap could make it harder for New York City to meet its own emissions reduction targets by keeping gas-fueled power plants running in the city longer than previously expected. (The City)

• The cost of carbon credits jumps for power plants in the 10 states that participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative following Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s decision to drop efforts to join the cap-and-invest program. (E&E News)

CLIMATE

• Maryland lawmakers override several gubernatorial vetoes, approving bills to study the cost of climate change and the impact of data centers, and establish a new energy planning office. (Maryland Matters)

• Days before the end of the legislative session, New Jersey state lawmakers will take up a ​“climate superfund” bill that would require fossil fuel companies to compensate the state for the impacts of climate change. (E&E News)

GRID

• The queue of large-load data centers and manufacturing facilities looking to connect to the New York grid in National Grid territory has tripled in the past year. (Bloomberg)

SOLAR

• Construction begins on a 5-megawatt solar development in Concord, New Hampshire. (WMUR)

• A small Vermont town asks voters to approve spending up to $50,000 to help fight a proposal for a 15,000-panel solar array on agricultural land. (Vermont Public)

EFFICIENCY

• Rhode Island utility regulators are considering whether to approve a plan to cut energy efficiency spending next year, a proposal opposed by the state energy efficiency council and environmental advocates. (ecoRI)

FOSSIL FUELS

• A Delaware refinery that has released chemicals into the air three times this year will have to install air-quality sensors around its perimeter after failing to properly report the most recent incident. (WHYY)

NEW FROM CANARY

• California’s plan to boost plug-in heat pumps and induction stoves — Alison F. Takemura

• Nippon Steel’s U.S. investments​‘at a crossroads’ — Alexander C. Kaufman

• Texas’ energy market redesign could leave battery developers in limbo — Julian Spector

• North Carolina training site pairs sheep grazing with solar. — Elizabeth Ouzts

• Climate group files complaint against global steel giant ArcelorMittal — Maria Gallucci