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SOLAR

• The opening of Corning’s Michigan silicon ingot and wafer factory means the U.S. can now produce all major pieces of solar panels domestically, the Solar Energy Industries Association says. (Utility Dive)

• A North Carolina solar installer says the state has been on a ​“solar coaster” of sales highs and lows over the past few years as it endured the creation and loss of utility, state, and federal incentives. (WFAE)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The operator of Michigan’s J.H. Campbell coal plant says it will remain open for the ​“long term” after the Trump administration ordered the retired facility to keep operating. (E&E News)

• The U.S. Senate votes to overturn a Biden administration plan that would have limited drilling in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve. (The Hill)

• The Loan Programs Office finalizes its second deal under the Energy Dominance Financing Program: $1.5 billion for a fertilizer production project that will rely on coal, not petcoke as originally planned. (Latitude Media)

• A North Dakota judge nearly halves the $660 million a jury ordered Greenpeace to pay the Dakota Access pipeline developer for its role in pipeline protests, saying the damages had no legal basis or exceeded statutory caps. (North Dakota Monitor)

OFFSHORE WIND

• Maryland’s attorney general files a brief supporting US Wind’s request for an injunction preventing the Trump administration from blocking the development. (Coast TV)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Chinese EV giant BYD reports another quarterly drop in profits, though analysts say the company could rebound when the automaker rolls out its 2026 models. (Bloomberg)

CLEAN ENERGY

• Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker pledges to sign a sweeping clean energy bill that includes new incentives for energy storage and lifts the state’s ban on new large nuclear plants. (Capitol News Illinois)

GRID

• An analysis predicts Northwest electricity demand may outstrip generating capacity by about 3,000 MW by 2030, potentially triggering rolling blackouts during extreme weather as soon as next year. (OPB)

DATA CENTERS

• OpenAI, Oracle, and Related Digital announce plans for a $7 billion data center in Michigan under the Stargate joint venture that would be the state’s first hyperscale facility and largest economic development project in its history. (Bridge)

• Arizona Public Service proposes a new gas plant southwest of Phoenix with a first phase designed to meet growing power demand and a second phase dedicated to serving data centers via a subscription. (Arizona Republic)

BATTERIES

• Michigan lawmakers demand answers from state officials about more than $23 million in state funding that went toward buying and preparing property for a large Gotion battery plant that now appears to be dead. (Bridge)