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Federal judge halts Wisconsin transmission line for now

By Andy Balaskovitz

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OIL & GAS: Four environmental groups appeal an Ohio judge’s order that declined to review state regulators’ decisions to allow oil and gas drilling in a state park and wildlife areas. (Energy News Network)

GRID:

  • A federal judge approves conservation groups’ request to temporarily block a land swap that would allow a contested transmission line to cross a Mississippi River wildlife refuge. (Wisconsin Public Radio)
  • A transmission proposal left out of grid operator MISO’s latest portfolio of future projects calls for a submarine cable across Lake Michigan connecting western Michigan with eastern Wisconsin. (Crain’s Grand Rapids)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Detroit automakers face a ​“very big balancing act” in the coming months and years as they attempt to match electric vehicle investments with anticipated consumer demand. (Bridge)

PIPELINES:

RENEWABLES: A central Indiana county mulls a two-year moratorium on large wind and solar projects as local officials update a master plan and developers eye utility-scale projects there. (Indianapolis Business Journal)

EMISSIONS: The U.S. Department of Energy announces $6 billion in funding to slash emissions from the industrial sector, including electrifying food production facilities in Michigan. (Associated Press)

UTILITIES: CenterPoint Energy files a request with Indiana regulators that could increase average customer bills by $90 a month to pay for infrastructure upgrades and clean energy projects. (Indianapolis Star)

NUCLEAR: A recent study commissioned by Michigan regulators highlights the emissions benefits of building new nuclear power plants as well as disadvantages of high upfront costs and the lack of a national strategy for storing spent waste. (Power Engineering)

SOLAR: The Ohio Farm Bureau and a county seek to intervene in state regulators’ review of a proposed 68 MW solar project north of Columbus. (Marion Star)

CLIMATE: Climate change adaptation experts say Rust Belt towns in the Midwest should prepare for an influx of new residents in the coming decades. (The Atlantic)

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