Data centers target the Great Lakes region

GRID: A cooler climate and access to water make the Great Lakes region increasingly attractive for data centers, bringing both risks of new fossil fuel plants and opportunities for more renewables to meet electricity demand. (Energy News Network)

CLIMATE: The Chicago Teachers Union plans to use upcoming contract negotiations to push for various climate initiatives, such as electrifying bus fleets, cutting building emissions and renewable energy job training for students. (E&E News)

WIND: An Alliant Energy subsidiary aims to recycle about 3,000 wind turbines annually at a new facility in northeastern Iowa. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)

CARBON CAPTURE: North Dakota landowners unwilling to lease property for carbon storage raise concerns about health hazards, a lack of economic benefit and unfair treatment from the project developer. (North Dakota Monitor)

RENEWABLES: University of Wisconsin Extension receives $1 million in federal funding to help educate local governmental officials on siting commercial wind and solar projects. (Capital Times)

PIPELINES: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is on track to issue a draft environmental analysis next spring on a proposed tunnel for Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac, as project oversight continues to face backlash. (WLUC; WDIV)

EFFICIENCY: Indiana is set to receive $182 million in federal funding for a pair of efficiency rebate programs that can help ratepayers cut electricity bills. (FOX 59)

UTILITIES: Residents push back against a request by Kansas’ largest gas utility to hike rates and fees by nearly $100 million to grow its return on investment on distribution investments. (Kansas Reflector)

OVERSIGHT: Industry groups and clean energy advocates cheer the appointments of three new members to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that give the five-member body a full quorum. (States Newsroom)