‘Come to America and lose $1B’

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BATTERIES

• EPA Secretary Lee Zeldin promises the first federal safety guidelines for battery storage systems while visiting a Long Island town where a facility is planned, highlighting lithium-ion facilities’ fire risks. (SILive, news release)

SOLAR

• USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says the federal government will stop granting subsidies to solar farms that are installed on productive farmland. (Tennessee Lookout)
• Shares of U.S. solar companies rose Monday after the U.S. Treasury released tax credit guidance that wasn’t as strict as investors had feared. (Reuters)

GRID

• Federal regulators approve a plan for MISO’s entire 11-state region to share the cost of keeping a Michigan coal plant running past its retirement date at the Trump administration’s demand. (Utility Dive)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Car dealers are offering EV leases as low as $100 a month to get cars off the lot before federal tax credits expire. (Bloomberg)

POLITICS

• U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says Republicans will be blamed for rising power prices, but looks to shift the onus to Democrats ahead of next year’s midterm elections. (E&E News)
• The League of Conservation Voters prepares a $4 million campaign in swing states and districts that will decry the One Big Beautiful Bill via digital ads, on-the-ground canvassing, and other measures ahead of next year’s elections. (Axios)

WIND

• Clean energy advocates say there’s no evidence to support the U.S. Transportation Department’s policy aimed at keeping wind turbines away from railroads and highways. (E&E News)

DATA CENTERS

• Top oilfield services company Baker Hughes is seeing its income rise even as drilling slows thanks to its growing work with data center developers. (E&E News)