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AFFORDABILITY

• The U.S. Senate will vote today on a framework to reopen the government, but low-income heating assistance funds will likely still be delayed for several weeks even if the shutdown ends. (E&E News, E&E News)

OVERSIGHT

• An analysis finds the Trump administration’s EPA has dramatically reduce the number of pollution enforcement cases it’s pursuing, and the government shutdown has slowed enforcement even further. (Washington Post)

SOLAR

• The Solar Energy Industries Association finds Trump administration policies threaten more than 500 planned solar and storage projects totalling 116 GW of capacity. (E&E News)

• Dominion Energy files a plan with Virginia regulators to build more than 1,400 MW of solar and storage projects, even as it casts doubt on its ability to meet the state’s clean energy goals with another filing that calls for six new gas-fired plants. (Virginian-Pilot)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Ford is reportedly discussing scrapping its electric F-150 Lightning as it expects EV sales to fall over the next few years. (Wall Street Journal)

OFFSHORE WIND

• The monthlong, federally ordered work stoppage on Revolution Wind has lowered the value of the project by $77 million, according to the company’s third-quarter earnings report. (Rhode Island Current)

DATA CENTERS

• Bloom Energy, Caterpillar, and other makers of fuel cells, gas turbines, and other equipment see a windfall as tech companies rush to secure electricity for data centers. (Wall Street Journal)

• Grid operator PJM is getting close to completing a plan for managing data center connections that includes prioritizing projects that come with their own generation and plans for how the facilities would be treated in case of a rolling blackout. (E&E News)

MINING

• The Trump administration expands its list of critical minerals to include metallurgical coal. (Mining Technology)

FOSSIL FUELS

• Retired West Virginia coal miners demand President Trump enforce a 2024 rule to cut the allowable limit for silica dust exposure, a major contributor to black lung disease, instead of solely moving to boost coal production. (Associated Press)

• A Wyoming economist predicts data center-driven electricity demand increases won’t reverse coal demand’s downward trend, saying the fuel isn’t cost-effective and Trump’s efforts to prop up the industry amount to ​“putting a finger in a dike.” (Cowboy State Daily)

• Northwestern New Mexico ranchers butt heads with Hilcorp Energy over the firm’s allegedly shoddy oil and gas drilling practices on and near their land. (Capital & Main)