Doug Burgum’s sharp turn

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OIL & GAS

• Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has taken a sharp turn since supporting an ​“all of the above” energy strategy that included clean energy while serving as North Dakota’s governor, and now largely focuses on oil and gas development. (E&E News)

GRID

• MISO capacity prices spike from $30 per MW/​day to $666.50 for the upcoming summer season, which grid officials say reinforces the need to add new capacity as demand grows. (Utility Dive)

SOLAR

• Corning plans to expand its investment into its eastern Michigan advanced manufacturing operations to $1.5 billion to meet demand for U.S.-made solar components. (MLive)

• A Michigan State University researcher says California Central Valley farmers converting just a fraction of their land to solar production could generate enough extra revenue to ​“feel security for their whole operation.” (Grist)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• General Motors is reportedly considering not exclusively producing EVs at a southeast Michigan plant undergoing a $4 billion expansion as it evaluates consumer demand. (Detroit Free Press)

CLIMATE

• States have and will continue to play a crucial role in lowering U.S. climate emissions through electric transportation, setting automobile pollution standards, and deploying renewable energy in the face of federal climate hostility, experts say. (Grist)

COAL

• The Trump administration gives five North Dakota coal plants more time to meet mercury and air pollution emissions standards, a move environmental advocates call a ​“blatant disregard for public health.” (Inforum)

POWER PLANTS

• Ohio lawmakers may give final approval today to sweeping energy legislation that would offer incentives to build new generation and repeal coal plant subsidies included in House Bill 6. (Ohio Capital Journal)

• A company specializing in converting old power plants plans to add a data center at a former Kansas City natural gas plant. (Kansas City Business Journal)

PIPELINES

• The Iowa chapter of the Sierra Club holds meetings across the state to build opposition to Summit Carbon Solutions’ planned multi-state carbon pipeline as well as efforts to add more ethanol plants to the network. (KCHA)

COMMENTARY

• Minnesota lawmakers should pass legislation that repeals a state law giving in-state utilities first rights to build transmission projects to open competition and lower prices for consumers, economics and finance researchers say. (Minnesota Reformer)