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FEDERAL FUNDING

• A federal judge temporarily blocks the U.S. EPA from taking back $20 billion in ​“green bank” funding, though nonprofits won’t yet be able to access that money. (Politico)

• Louisiana’s ​“Solar for Y’all” program to boost development of residential or community solar is threatened as the Trump administration attempts to slash Biden-era grant programs. (Louisiana Illuminator/​WWNO)

• Commercial fishermen say the Trump administration’s funding freezes and threatened budget cuts will make it difficult for them to transition away from old diesel engines and inefficient cooling equipment. (Associated Press)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Chinese company BYD announces a charging technology it says could ​“fill up” an EV in just 5 minutes — a development that could reinvigorate U.S. charger research. (Axios)

POLITICS

• Trump will meet today with oil and gas industry leaders, who have publicly celebrated his deregulation measures and privately lamented his tariffs. (E&E News)

• Trump writes on social media that he’s ​“authorizing” an expansion of coal power production, with an administration official adding that it’ll be one of several coal-related actions aimed at powering AI data centers. (The Hill)

• Trump’s interim head of the DOE Loan Programs Office is departing with no clear replacement. (Latitude Media)

GRID

• Utility regulators, consumer advocates, and energy companies oppose PJM’s plan to set minimum and maximum prices on its next two capacity auctions, saying the move will cost ratepayers money and undermine confidence in energy markets. (Utility Dive)

STORAGE

• An Alabama entrepreneur who developed the Super Soaker water gun used those proceeds to develop a new battery he says doesn’t require the same cooling systems as lithium-ion batteries. (AL.com)

NEW FROM CANARY MEDIA

• Three years after Russia invaded Ukraine and set off an energy crisis in Europe, Julian Spector examines how far the continent went in phasing out fossil fuels altogether.

• Indiana legislators are considering multiple bills to promote modular nuclear reactors, including one that would let utilities charge ratepayers for projects that may never be built, Kari Lydersen reports.