Iowa bill would give lawmakers carbon pipeline oversight

ALSO:

• A Sierra Club official says instead of relying on carbon pipelines to offload their emissions, ethanol plants should make operational changes that cut emissions. (Cedar Rapids Gazette)
• North Dakota’s congressional delegation calls on the Biden administration to allow uninterrupted operations of the Dakota Access pipeline, claiming ongoing environmental reviews are redundant. (Grand Forks Herald)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES:

• Steel highway guardrails are not designed to withstand the force of electric vehicles, which are typically heavier than gasoline-powered cars, according to Nebraska researchers’ crash test data. (Associated Press)
• Missouri’s St. Louis County will use $735,000 in federal funding to grow its electric vehicle fleet and install 41 charging ports at county facilities. (FOX 2)
• Supply and demand and the boom and bust nature of mining has sent lithium prices plummeting in recent months, creating another potential challenge to the electric vehicle industry. (E&E News)
• The chairs of two U.S. House committees want the Biden administration to investigate four Chinese companies they say are involved with a planned Ford battery plant in Michigan. (Reuters)

GRID:

• Transmission constraints in grid operator MISO’s system in 2022 cost wind generators $800 million while incumbent generators maintained profits of nearly $1 billion, a University of Michigan researcher finds. (Utility Dive)
• FirstEnergy says its smart grid technology allowed it to quickly and narrowly shut off power for emergency officials responding to last year’s train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, allowing it to avoid widespread outages. (WKBN)