Offshore wind enters ​“hibernation”

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OFFSHORE WIND

• While the offshore wind industry has taken serious hits from the Trump administration this year, it may not be dead but rather in ​“hibernation,” experts say. (Canary Media)

• Orsted files a second lawsuit against the Trump administration over the federal halt to offshore wind construction, this time challenging the pause of work on the company’s Sunrise Wind project off New York. (Reuters)

• Equinor warns its Empire Wind project faces ​“likely termination” if the federal work stoppage continues. (E&E News)

• A Massachusetts marine terminal built to serve the offshore wind industry begins to lay plans to pivot its business activities in order to survive the Trump administration. (New Bedford Light)

LITIGATION

• Environmental groups including those in the northeast and mid-Atlantic file a lawsuit asking courts to block federal efforts to slow solar and wind development, which the plaintiffs say are ​“premised on open animus.” (RTO Insider)

CLIMATE

• Delaware rolls out a new climate action plan that lays out a path to net-zero emissions by 2050 by encouraging solar development, offshore wind procurement, and EV adoption. (WHYY)

SOLAR

• Maine joins New Hampshire and Vermont in considering legislation that would authorize the use of small, plug-in solar systems. (Maine Morning Star)

• Opponents of what would be among Vermont’s largest solar developments appeal the project’s approval in the state Supreme Court. (Bennington Banner)

DATA CENTERS

• Data center load — mostly from facilities that have not yet been built — accounted for 40% of the costs in the latest capacity auction in the PJM Interconnection. (Utility Dive)

NATURAL GAS

• Environmental advocates and concerned residents in Connecticut ask the courts to stop the state from issuing final permits for a proposed pipeline compressor station that opponents say would release pollutants and greenhouse gases. (CT Mirror)

NUCLEAR

• New Jersey state legislators consider a controversial bill supporting a new nuclear power plant that could cost ratepayers anywhere from $3 to $55 a month, according to estimates from parties on either side of the debate. (E&E News)

• The New York Power Authority says it received a ​“robust response” to its call for communities and companies looking to develop an advanced nuclear power project. (news release)

TRANSIT

• In the year since congestion pricing began in parts of Manhattan, 27 million fewer cars have entered the tolling zone, air pollution has gone down by 20%, and an estimated $550 million has been raised for the city’s transit authority. (Chelsea News)

NEW FROM CANARY

• Trump admin’s must-run orders put broken-down coal plants in a bind — Jeff St. John

• EPA plans to give 11 coal plants a free pass on toxic ash disposal — Kari Lydersen

• A novel long-duration storage project is coming to the California desert — Julian Spector

• Chart: How the US electricity mix changed last year — Dan McCarthy

• Ohio utility corruption defendants to SCOTUS: Bribes are free speech — Kathiann M. Kowalski