Federal funding uncertainty endures

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FUNDING FREEZE

• New Hampshire regains access to most of its promised federal funding for climate and environment initiatives, though money intended for EV charging infrastructure and support for farmers remains in limbo. (NHPR)

• A Rhode Island climate council creates a contingency plan to continue work on an emissions report if the federal funds intended to pay for the project again become unavailable. (Rhode Island Current)

• In Pennsylvania, the funding freeze still creates ongoing uncertainty for school districts that have already invested in electric buses, workers counting on jobs capping abandoned gas wells, and nonprofits doing energy efficiency work. (Pennsylvania Capital-Star)

TARIFFS

• New York grid operator NYISO prepares processes to collect a 10% tariff on energy imported from Canada, though the organization maintains the charge does not legally apply to electricity. (RTO Insider)

AFFORDABILITY

• Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey pledges to file legislation addressing the soaring cost of natural gas in the state, though the proposal is light on details so far. (Boston Globe)

• A bill under consideration in New York could help address rising energy bills by cutting back on the costly expansion of natural gas infrastructure, advocates say. (City Limits)

CARBON CAPTURE

• A pair of facilities in Pennsylvania and West Virginia that extract methane from landfills starts testing processes to capture the carbon dioxide the process produces and inject it underground. (Bay Journal)

GRID

• Grid operator PJM’s failure to enact reforms to its interconnection process in years past could cost consumers as much as $7 billion this year, a new report concludes. (PV Magazine)

GEOTHERMAL

• Geothermal energy has the capacity to meet all of Pennsylvania’s thermal and electricity needs with much lower emissions within 10 years, a report from a geothermal advocacy group concludes. (Think Geoenergy)

TRANSPORTATION

• Court filings reveal the Trump administration aims to end congestion pricing in Manhattan by March 21, but New York’s transportation agency promises to keep collecting the fees until ordered to stop by a federal judge. (New York Times)

COMMENTARY

• New York Gov. Kathy Hochul should stop delaying the implementation of the state’s planned cap-and-invest system, says a high school senior and climate activist. (City Limits)