Another offshore wind delay in Massachusetts

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OFFSHORE WIND

• The developers behind the SouthCoast Wind project off Massachusetts expect they’ll face up to a four-year delay in completing the project, even though it has already received key federal approvals. (Providence Journal)

FUNDING FREEZE

• Maryland can’t access $330 million in federal funding for transportation projects, including an initiative to build fast EV charging stations along highways. (Baltimore Sun)

• Vermont is also waiting for word on whether it will receive a promised $9 million to build out its fast-charging infrastructure. (WCAX)

SOLAR

• Maine legislators hear competing testimony from stakeholders who argue the state’s solar incentive program is a”job-killing solar tax” and those who contend it is a valuable program that can help consumers save money. (Maine Morning Star)

STORAGE

• A recent battery fire in California stokes concerns about proposed storage developments in New York City and a western Massachusetts town. (Heatmap, WWLP)

WORKFORCE

• Pennsylvania launches a program offering up to $400 million in grants to industrial facilities, mines, and natural gas operations that create jobs related to lowering energy use or reducing air pollution. (Central Penn Business Journal)

• The number of clean energy jobs in New York has doubled since 2016, with jobs in energy efficiency and clean vehicles leading the way, according to a new report. (Democrat & Chronicle)

EMISSIONS

• Vermont lawmakers indicate they will not continue to pursue development of a Clean Heat Standard — a plan to reduce emissions from heating fuels that was recently estimated would come with a $1 billion price tag for residents. (NBC5)

TRANSPORTATION

• Congestion pricing in downtown Manhattan, which Trump is attempting to eliminate, has boosted the area’s economy by nearly $1 billion since taking effect in January, according to the city transit agency. (Streetsblog)

GRID

• PJM approves a $6.7 billion expansion plan to strengthen the transmission system’s reliability in the grid operator’s 13-state region. (Utility Dive)

WAVE POWER

• Researchers find 52 sites off the Maine coast are ideal for the development of offshore aquaculture facilities powered by wave energy. (Cornell Chronicle)

COMMENTARY

• Connecticut must find ways other than fees on customer power bills to pay for the grid expansions and upgrades needed to accommodate the high electricity demand that will come with a future of heat pumps, electric vehicles, and AI data centers, an energy industry consultant says. (CT Mirror)