Fishermen fight for Revolution Wind

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WIND

• Fishermen who voted for President Trump urge the administration to end its stop-work order targeting Revolution Wind, saying their livelihoods depend on their work with developer Ørsted. (Canary Media)

• Grid operator ISO-New England has already incorporated Revolution Wind into its plans starting next year, and says further delays will exacerbate already-high electricity prices in the region and increase reliability risks. (Canary Media)

• A federal court filing reveals the Trump administration is considering revoking a permit for the SouthCoast Wind project off Massachusetts, a fully permitted project that has already faced construction delays due to federal headwinds. (Reuters)

• The Democratic governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island urge the Trump administration to stand by already-issued permits for offshore wind projects, saying revoking them could chill investment. (Bloomberg)

• The U.S. Transportation Department will roll back $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects, including grants for a wind construction terminal in New York and a staging port in Baltimore. (Utility Dive)

• Hearings begin tomorrow in a federal court case from 18 Democratic state attorneys general seeking to end the Trump administration’s executive order halting offshore wind project reviews. (Maine Morning Star)

• The Trump administration’s plans to revoke permits for a US Wind project off Delaware could cost the state a $128 million community benefits package. (Delaware Business Times)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The Philadelphia suburb of Chester, already facing pollution from the largest trash incinerator in the country, could be further burdened by a proposed LNG terminal. (Inside Climate News)

• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reissues a permit to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co.’s Northeast Supply Enhancement project six years after initially approving the project. (E&E News)

CLIMATE

• The Trump administration asks a judge to strike down New York’s climate superfund law that requires energy companies to pay for climate adaptation, claiming the state looks to govern airspace beyond its borders. (E&E News)

CLEAN ENERGY

• NYISO pauses its storage as transmission program for 2026, though it’ll be picked up in the following cycle. (RTO Insider)

• New York’s Build-Ready program identified 480 potential sites for installing clean energy on brownfields, but all have since been found unworkable. (RTO Insider)

SOLAR

• New Haven, Connecticut, officials announce the city will install a more-than-1-MW solar system on a former landfill. (Fox61)

• Bethel, Connecticut, works on a plan to install a 557 kWh solar system on its high school. (New Haven Register)

• Massachusetts issues final regulations for its SMART 3.0 program meant to bring more community and commercial-scale solar power online, earning praise from solar advocacy groups. (news release)

UTILITIES

• Consumer and environmental advocates push back against forthcoming bill hikes from Baltimore Gas and Electric. (Baltimore Sun)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• A Maryland library and Baltimore Gas and Electric seek an easement from county officials to install EV chargers. (Baltimore Sun)

• The elimination of federal tax credits will make it even harder for New York to meet its EV adoption goal, which it’s already not on track to reach. (Times Union)