Judge says Sable can continue California oil pumping

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FOSSIL FUELS

• A federal judge rules that Sable Offshore can continue pumping oil through pipelines along the California coast under a Trump administration order, and strips the state of its oversight of the project. (Los Angeles Times)

• A federal judge orders the Bureau of Land Management to redo its environmental analysis of a proposed coal mine expansion in eastern Utah, saying the agency failed to adequately consider greenhouse gas emissions’ impacts. (Courthouse News Service)

• Marathon Petroleum agrees to pay a Los Angeles-area city $370 million to resolve a dispute over taxes related to the firm’s oil refinery. (Los Angeles Times)

• A federal Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease sale nets about $139 million for 25 parcels covering 20,334 acres in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. (news release)

GRID

• Experts say the Western energy market and grid must evolve to accommodate increasing south-to-north energy flow patterns, saying the reversal of historic precedent will require systemic changes and more accurate generation forecasts. (Utility Dive)

• California utility workers travel to Hawaii to help restore power to thousands of customers following Hurricane Lala-caused outages. (Maui Now)

DATA CENTERS

• New Mexico advocates and state lawmakers call on the state’s Supreme Court to pause the Project Jupiter data center’s air quality permit hearing to allow for more public input and expert testimony. (Source NM)

UTILITIES

• Xcel Energy asks the Colorado Supreme Court to overturn a county judge’s ruling blocking the utility from condemning private land for a transmission project that would link two wind facilities to the grid. (Colorado Sun)

• Advocacy groups seek to intervene in Colorado regulators’ consideration of Xcel Energy’s proposed tariff for data centers and other large load customers. (news release)

• Public Service Company of New Mexico attributes its customers’ higher bills this summer to heat-driven electricity use and delayed meter reading due to staff shortages. (KOB 4)

TRANSPORTATION

• California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils plans to invest $95.2 million for light, medium, and heavy-duty EV charging infrastructure, hydrogen refueling stations, and zero-emissions vehicle workforce training. (Renewable Energy Magazine)

• Denver Public Schools installs a new charging hub to serve its fleet of electric buses. (elektrek)

• Nevada clean air advocates call for greater federal funding for electric vehicles and buses and other public transit. (FOX5)

CLEAN ENERGY

• Republican Utah lawmakers move to repeal the state’s renewable energy requirement and a carbon emission reduction mandate for utilities and municipalities. (Utah News Dispatch)

• SunShare and CSolPower bring online two community solar projects in New Mexico. (Santa Fe New Mexican, news release)

• Arizona regulators slash rooftop solar export rates by 10% for the seventh consecutive year. (PV Tech)

• Invenergy and Grant County PUD break ground on the 120-MW Quincy solar project in Washington state. (Solar Quarter)

• Arizona residents push back on RepSol’s 500-MW solar-plus-storage project proposed for about 5,000 acres of state trust land southwest of Tucson. (Arizona Daily Star)