How large Ohio energy users benefit from secret rate deals

PIPELINES:

• Attorneys for North Dakota argue in federal court that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was negligent in helping to control Dakota Access pipeline protests in late 2016 and early 2017. (KFYR)
• Native American landowners seek to intervene in a federal lawsuit over a shuttered oil pipeline in North Dakota out of concerns that they would lose out on a $187 million claim. (Bismarck Tribune)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES:

• The Biden administration will reportedly relax proposed tailpipe emission regulations designed to speed up electric vehicle adoption amid concerns that the transition could cost jobs. (New York Times)
• Wisconsin issues new license plate stickers for electric and hybrid vehicles that officials say are a safety tool for first responders. (Telegraph Herald)

SOLAR:

• Kansas lawmakers consider legislation that would block homeowners associations from prohibiting solar installations or crafting rules that limit panels’ output. (Kansas City Star)
• Minnesota environmental groups want state lawmakers to create a program for streamlining rooftop solar permitting. (MinnPost)
• The municipal airport in Iowa City, Iowa, expects to save around $20,000 a year in electricity costs with an onsite solar project. (Press-Citizen)

COMMENTARY:

• Illinois lawmakers should rein in utilities’ use of add-on fees to pay for trade group memberships, shareholder insurance policies and goodwill advertising, an editorial board writes. (Chicago Sun-Times)
• A South Dakota editor questions whether state lawmakers will miss out on millions of dollars in revenue by failing to enact a tax on lithium extraction. (South Dakota Searchlight)