Electrification is brewing

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POLITICS

• Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and John Curtis (R-Utah) place holds on three Treasury Department nominees, escalating their fight against the Trump administration’s clampdown on wind and solar tax credit use. (Politico)

• Senate Republicans say they still don’t know who included the ultimately trashed excise tax on wind and solar in the One Big Beautiful Bill, but political strategists say it achieved its goal of reminding lawmakers and the renewables industry that ​“things could get worse.” (E&E News)

CLIMATE

• The U.S. EPA’s proposed repeal of the endangerment finding could backfire as it exposes industry to more climate lawsuits and drives states to ramp up their own climate efforts. (E&E News)

• A new report shows how local climate action like a Maine heat pump installation campaign and the Keystone XL pipeline protests will keep millions of metric tons of carbon emissions out of the atmosphere across the U.S. (Grist)

SOLAR

• Fallout from the One Big Beautiful Bill will curb rooftop solar installations by as much as 46% through 2030, Wood Mackenzie estimates. (PV Magazine)

FOSSIL FUELS

• President Trump’s narrow focus on boosting gas exports and power plant construction won’t help his goal of lowering energy prices, industry analysts say. (E&E News)

• Occidental Petroleum leads the fossil fuel industry in capturing carbon and using it to boost extraction, positioning the company to take advantage of a tax credit expanded in the One Big Beautiful Bill. (E&E News)

WIND

• Dominion Energy says its 2.6 GW wind project off Virginia will cost $506 million more due to new tariffs, though it’s still on track for completion by the end of 2026 and will qualify for federal tax credits before they expire. (Utility Dive)

NUCLEAR

• “It is about winning the second space race”: Transportation Secretary and interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy will announce plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. (Politico)

• The U.S. Energy Department picks Tennessee-based Standard Nuclear to lead a pilot program to expand the domestic fuel supply for advanced nuclear reactors. (E&E News)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Tesla’s brand loyalty in the U.S. has plunged since Elon Musk endorsed President Trump last summer, S&P Global Mobility data shows. (Reuters)