MISO plan to fast track gas plants rejected

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GRID

• Federal regulators reject MISO’s proposal to fast track new gas generation in a win for clean energy advocates and developers who said the plan would derail clean energy targets and add to reliability problems. (Canary Media)

RENEWABLES

• Opportunities to build, operate and maintain renewable energy facilities are strong in South Dakota, where 77% of the state’s power comes from non-fossil fuel sources and technical training and scholarships prepare students for jobs. (Canary Media)

WIND

• A developer delays plans for a 414 MW wind project in southwestern Minnesota that state officials say is driven in part by economic uncertainty caused by tariffs and inflationary pressure. (MPR News)

FOSSIL FUELS

• Indiana’s consumer advocate asks state regulators to reject Duke Energy’s ​“ill-advised” $3.3 billion plan to retire two coal plants with new gas facilities. (Indiana Capital Chronicle)

PIPELINES

• South Dakota carbon pipeline opponents expect a provision to be stripped from federal budget negotiations that would allow pipeline developers to bypass state and local permitting. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)

SOLAR

• Congressional Republicans are poised to repeal federal tax credits that have been in place for decades and have saved homeowners thousands of dollars when installing solar projects. (Grist)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• An Ohio public school trains high school students to build electric vehicles and awards state certifications that can help them land jobs. (Yale Climate Connections)

HYDROELECTRIC

• Experts say Michigan has failed to make significant improvements in dam safety, including for some facilities that generate renewable energy, after a catastrophic dam failure incident five years ago. (MLive)

OVERSIGHT

• Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds appoints a new chairperson to the state’s Utilities Commission who previously backed construction permits for a carbon pipeline that allowed the developer to use eminent domain. (Des Moines Register)

COMMENTARY

• The Ohio Supreme Court is considering a case that would effectively give local officials veto power over renewable energy project permits and make it easier for fossil fuel interests to block projects, a clean energy advocate writes. (Ohio Capital Journal)

• A recent ice storm that crippled northern Michigan’s power grid for weeks is a warning of what’s to come if utilities don’t prepare for extreme weather expected from climate change, a clean energy organizer writes. (Bridge)

NEW FROM CANARY

• A new American Clean Power reports clean energy manufacturing supports 122,000 jobs and creates $33 billion of economic activity annually, largely in Trump-voting states, Julian Spector reports.