Illinois carbon capture restrictions don’t go far enough for some

CARBON CAPTURE: Landowners and advocates say Illinois’ new restrictions on carbon capture and storage don’t go far enough and should end the use of eminent domain for pipelines and give more protection to landowners. (Energy News Network)

GRID: A federal energy regulator speaking at a Minneapolis conference says new federal transmission regulations are modeled off long-term modeling underway by regional grid operator MISO. (Star Tribune)

STORAGE: A former Detroit-area coal plant will be repurposed with 220 MW of battery storage, which should meet nearly 10% of the state’s energy storage target in the coming years. (Detroit News)

UTILITIES: Energy policy researchers say a lack of utility data on power disconnections hinders progress on addressing disparities as shutoffs disproportionately affect people of color. (Grist)

WIND: Iowa’s second-most populated county considers tighter restrictions on utility-wind projects involving noise levels, setback requirements and debris cleanup. (Cedar Rapids Gazette)

SOLAR:

• Detroit’s mayor says tax credits in the federal Inflation Reduction Act will help the city convert 250 acres of blighted land into solar arrays. (Michigan Advance)
• Michigan lawmakers this week will consider a pair of bills that would create a legal framework for community solar, despite strong utility opposition to the proposal. (Crain’s Grand Rapids Business, subscription)
• Construction is 90% complete on a developer’s second community solar project in southern Illinois. (Intelligencer)
• A growing number of states are requiring smart inverters for new solar and storage installations, which can allow for more solar on distribution systems. (PV Magazine)

PIPELINES: Wisconsin construction unions urge state and federal regulators to allow Enbridge to reroute Line 5 around tribal land in northern Wisconsin. (Daily Reporter)

NUCLEAR: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says restarting a shuttered nuclear plant along Lake Michigan is necessary to meeting the state’s 100% carbon-free power target by 2040. (Michigan Public)

BIOFUELS: South Dakota’s GOP Congress member partners with a Kansas Democrat to form the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Caucus and promote the fuel source as critical for national security and economic development. (South Dakota Searchlight)

COMMENTARY:

• Efforts to restart a southwestern Michigan nuclear plant could provide a blueprint to open a shuttered nuclear plant in Iowa, an editorial board writes. (Corridor Business Journal)
• The head of the Sierra Club says momentum is building behind a landowner-driven movement to stop carbon pipelines in Iowa. (Chicago Sun-Times)