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BUDGET BILL

• The Senate Finance Committee’s budget bill text extends the timeline for geothermal, nuclear, and hydropower projects to access federal incentives and resurrects tax credit transferability, but otherwise ​“looks a lot like the House bill,” Republican committee member Sen. Kevin Cramer says. (E&E News)

• The committee omits a House-proposed fee on EVs and hybrids from its budget bill text, but still looks to end incentives for new and used EV purchases. (E&E News, Reuters)

POLITICS

• President Trump’s firing of Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Christopher Hanson suggests the White House is looking to gain control over the agency as it pushes for a nuclear buildout. (E&E News)

• Federal employees say Trump administration funding cuts and freezes are making it impossible for EPA scientists to publish research, for Energy Department employees to visit department labs, and for other energy and environmental staffers to conduct critical work. (Politico)

OFFSHORE WIND

• The completion of the SouthCoast Wind project serving Massachusetts and Rhode Island will be delayed by at least two years and may face an ​“insurmountable challenge” if President Trump’s offshore wind order remains in place. (New Bedford Light)

SOLAR

• Bila Solar begins producing ultra-lightweight solar modules at a new Indianapolis manufacturing plant that aims to eventually scale up to 1 GW of annual production. (PV Magazine)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The world’s largest banks increased financing for fossil fuel projects between 2023 and 2024 despite their climate commitments, reversing several years of shrinking financial support for coal, gas, and oil projects. (The Guardian)

• The EU proposes a ban on imports of Russian gas and LNG starting at the end of 2027. (Reuters)

• Fossil fuel industry watchers say the Trump administration’s ​“energy dominance” agenda won’t spur more oil and gas drilling unless commodity prices increase. (New Republic)

• Experts say new gas pipelines are unlikely to be built in New England, as investors seem unwilling to commit to a project serving a region in which much energy policy is focused on electrification. (RTO Insider)

NEW FROM CANARY MEDIA

• Anti-wind activists say they’re looking to build on the implosion of a Maine floating wind project as they push the Trump administration to revoke a grant for a similar project in northern California , Clare Fieseler reports.

• The U.S. EPA let North Dakota regulate toxic coal ash at the state rather than the federal level, leaving advocates worried that the more lax standards will take hold in Indiana and other states as well, Kari Lydersen reports.