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CLEAN ENERGY

• Trump administration clean-energy cuts are disproportionately hurting Republican-led states that have benefitted from Solar for All grants and other power bill-lowering programs. (New York Times)

• Dominion Energy’s North Carolina and Virginia subsidiaries release a request for proposals seeking power purchase agreements for new solar, onshore wind, and battery storage projects. (Utility Dive)

GRID

• PJM Interconnection seeks public comment on a rulemaking shortcut that would fast-track a handful of large projects for grid connection, but experts warn the change would benefit gas-fired plants and lock in more fossil fuel use. (Inside Climate News)

• Arizona utility Salt River Project plans a 50 MW long-duration iron flow battery energy storage system at its research center as part of its effort to double its Phoenix-area generating capacity over the next 10 years to meet projected demand increases. (Utility Dive, news release)

COAL

• Labor unions, Democratic leaders, and coal miners say the Trump administration’s measures to boost coal are only benefitting companies, while leaving miners afflicted by black lung by the wayside. (New York Times)

NUCLEAR

• A bipartisan Senate panel champions a report that calls for $10 billion in federal funding for fusion energy research. (E&E News)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Ford and General Motors withdraw plans to attempt to offer $7,500 federal EV tax rebates on purchases, after previously saying they found workarounds to extend the incentives. (Detroit News)

GEOTHERMAL

• One of the largest geothermal heating and cooling networks in the world, located at an Epic Systems tech campus in Wisconsin, is set to expand. (Inside Climate News)

FOSSIL FUELS

• Data show the federal Bureau of Land Management has significantly accelerated oil and gas drilling permit approvals during the Trump administration, but industry experts expect recipients to hold onto them until economic conditions improve. (E&E News)

EMISSIONS

• The Trump administration threatens to install visa restrictions and sanctions on nations that voted in favor of a United Nations plan to reduce ocean shipping emissions. (Reuters)