Budget bill risks 800+ clean power projects

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POLITICS

• Nearly 800 solar arrays, wind farms, and other clean power projects could be derailed if the U.S. House iteration of the ​“Big, Beautiful Bill” is passed, while hundreds remain at risk under the Senate’s softer version. (Politico)

• Developers canceled $1.4 billion in clean energy projects in May, marking the industry’s growing concern over continued federal policy uncertainty. (E&E News)

• The Senate’s parliamentarian says several provisions in the budget bill — including those that aim to streamline permitting and repeal EPA vehicle emissions rules — violate reconciliation rules, subjecting them to a 60-vote threshold rather than a simple majority. (E&E News)

• West Virginia Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito says she’ll look to extend the quick phaseout of hydrogen incentives in the Senate bill. (The Hill)

COURTS

• A federal judge says he will deny a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a group of 17 states and Washington D.C. challenging President Trump’s executive order blocking wind development. (Associated Press)

• The U.S. Supreme Court will allow a lawsuit from fuel producers against California’s vehicle emissions standards to proceed. (E&E News)

NUCLEAR

• New York Gov. Kathy Hochul directs the state’s public electric utility to build a new nuclear power facility with a capacity of at least 1 GW. (Wall Street Journal)

• The U.S. Supreme Court restarts plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico, although Texas leaders say they’re still considering laws around such projects. (Texas Tribune)

• Tech companies and investors continue to invest billions of dollars into fusion energy development even though it has remained unattainable for decades. (Washington Post)

• Reopening a Michigan nuclear plant rekindles fears among some nearby residents about the potential health impacts from the plant they assumed would retire for good. (Michigan Public)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Ford is pouring resources into a new EV platform that aims to match Chinese EV manufacturers on cost, but its math depends on federal tax credits that Republicans in Congress want to cancel. (Axios)

• BloombergNEF predicts EVs will make up 27% of U.S. passenger vehicle sales in 2030, a severe cut from the 48% it estimated in last year’s report. (Axios)

OFFSHORE WIND

• Trump’s hostility to wind turbines — which he says are ​“garbage” and ​“very expensive to paint” — could delay or cancel more than $100 billion in investments, analysts say. (E&E News)

ELECTRIFICATION

• Electric boats and solar-powered processing equipment are starting to create environmental and financial benefits for Maine’s growing shellfish industry, but uncertain federal funding could slow progress. (Maine Monitor)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The liquefied natural gas industry could slash greenhouse gas emissions 60% if it invests an estimated $100 billion to deploy existing technologies, a report from the International Energy Agency finds. (E&E News)

• The ​“old man’s disease” of black lung has been affecting younger coal miners at rates not seen since the 1970s, and advocates worry Trump’s attempt to revitalize the mining industry could exacerbate the problem. (New York Times)

GRID

• A report finds historically uneventful shoulder seasons could present reliability challenges to grid operators because of aging infrastructure and strengthening weather events. (Utility Dive)

NEW FROM CANARY MEDIA

• The Senate’s version of the ​“Big, Beautiful Bill” is a little gentler on clean energy, containing positives for battery storage, but still would gut hydrogen, EV, and home electrification incentives, Kathryn Krawczyk reports.

• Colorado landscapers are making the transition to electric lawn equipment after new state regulations went into effect this month, Alison F. Takemura reports.

• Minnesota removed a repeal of its community solar program from a recently passed energy omnibus bill, a move that likely would’ve stymied 500 MW of planned projects, Alison F. Takemura reports.