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EMISSIONS

• MISO partners with a tech startup to create open-source emissions accounting software that discloses the carbon footprint of electricity within regions, states, and even counties on an hour-by-hour basis. (Canary Media)

GRID

• Indiana’s Republican Gov. Mike Braun warns that ​“we clearly don’t have enough electricity” to support the state’s anticipated manufacturing and data center boom, adding that small nuclear reactors are likely in the state’s future. (Indiana Capital Chronicle)

• A Michigan lawmaker seeks to extend grant programs for grid reliability projects, saying that ongoing utility rate increases have failed to make meaningful progress. (9&10 News)

• PJM warns that extreme scenarios and weather this summer could lead to insufficient power supplies for parts of central Ohio. (Columbus Dispatch)

NUCLEAR

• EnergySolutions, the owner of a northeastern Wisconsin nuclear plant, is in the early stages of plans to potentially reopen the plant as grid demand grows. (Wisconsin Public Radio)

• A bipartisan slate of Wisconsin lawmakers, Democrat Gov. Tony Evers, and state regulators back pending state legislation to study potential sites for new nuclear plants. (Wisconsin Watch)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The CEO of Michigan’s largest electric utility DTE Energy says the Trump administration’s potential attempt to rescind Biden-era clean energy rules could make it easier to build gas plants and delay coal plant closures. (Planet Detroit)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Canadian electric bus manufacturer Damera Corp. plans to invest $31.5 million to open its first U.S. assembly plant in Peoria, Illinois. (Chicago Tribune)

EFFICIENCY

• Minnesota-based LiquidCool develops technology designed to cool powerful computer electronics that could potentially cut electricity use from data centers. (MPR News)

COAL

• The U.S. EPA is poised to approve North Dakota’s coal ash management program in a move drawing praise from GOP lawmakers but criticism from environmental groups concerned about water pollution. (E&E News)

SOLAR

• Construction starts on a $500 million, 430 MW solar project in southeastern Missouri that will boost the state’s solar capacity by nearly 50%. (Construction Dive)

COMMENTARY

• It’s time for Michigan lawmakers to pass community solar legislation after years of failed attempts due to utility influence in Lansing, a Sierra Club official writes. (Bridge)