Could red states back pro-wind lawsuit?

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LITIGATION

• The multistate lawsuit challenging President Trump’s offshore wind order could receive quiet backing from red states where land-based wind projects have also been affected, an expert says. (CAI)

• Chevron asks a Rhode Island judge to demand officials provide evidence of the oil giant’s operations in the state — the company’s latest attempt to undermine a lawsuit arguing oil and gas companies should be held financially accountable for misleading consumers about the impact of burning fossil fuels. (E&E News)

SOLAR

• As Pennsylvania lags in solar adoption, the divided state legislature holds up the release of federal funding for solar for low-income residents and rejects a community solar bill. (Capital & Main)

• The founder of a rooftop solar advocacy group operating in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and several other states says rooftop solar is gaining traction in state legislatures and public opinion, despite the federal climate around renewable energy. (Inside Climate News)

AFFORDABILITY

• A bill that would cap households’ utility costs at 6% of their income is left out of the New York State budget, even as the state faces funding the uncertainty of possible cuts to federal heating assistance program LIHEAP. (LocalSyr)

FEDERAL FUNDING

• Churches adding solar, industrial buildings switching to LED bulbs, and dozens of other projects are highlighted on a new map illustrating the ways more than $3 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding has been used in Pennsylvania. (Allegheny Front)

• Plans for an electric ferry running out of Annapolis, Maryland, are on hold as the Trump administration reviews the spending program that promised the city $2.9 million to buy the vessel, though a separate county-level electric ferry plan is moving forward. (Baltimore Sun)

BIOMASS

• A Massachusetts appeals court rules that an energy developer’s permit to build a widely opposed 35-MW wood-fired power plant is still good, despite a local planning board decision revoking the permit in 2021. (MassLive)

• Residents of Plainfield, Connecticut, object to plans to build a trash-burning power plant in their town, citing concerns about air quality, property values, and community character. (The Bulletin)

NATURAL GAS

• New York elected officials back an ongoing campaign pushing National Grid to permanently close a Brooklyn natural gas facility. (Greenpointers)

• Maryland state utilities investigators will look into accusations that a former Baltimore Gas and Electric employee failed to complete assigned inspections, filed false paperwork, and spent time on a boat when he was supposed to be working. (Baltimore Sun)

NEW FROM CANARY

• The Trump administration looks to gut the Energy Department’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, putting 26 U.S. manufacturing projects and thousands of jobs at risk, Alexander C. Kaufman reports.

• Tesla’s grip on the EV sector is slipping in the U.S. and beyond, with analysts blaming its aging model lineup, growing competition, and Elon Musk’s political moves, Dan McCarthy reports.