Ohio carbon capture bill could silence local critics

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CARBON CAPTURE

• Ohio lawmakers consider legislation that would give the state sole authority to regulate carbon capture and storage projects, trumping local zoning and landowner pushback. (Canary Media)

• South Dakota regulators reject a carbon pipeline developer’s request to pause permit proceedings on its project, instead ordering the company to show how it will move forward under a new state law prohibiting eminent domain. (South Dakota Searchlight)

GRID

• Utilities serving northern Michigan say hardening the grid and potentially burying power lines are long-term solutions to guard against devastating ice storms similar to what happened in recent weeks. (Interlochen Public Radio)

• Kansas regulators approve a shorter and less disruptive route for a transmission line that will connect to the Grain Belt Express project. (KSN)

RENEWABLES

• A northern Illinois county passes a resolution seeking to regulate wind and solar projects and calls on state lawmakers to repeal a law giving siting authority to the state. (Shaw Local)

UTILITIES

• Home-heating bill support for more than 244,000 low-income Wisconsin residents is in limbo after the federal office overseeing the program is eliminated. (Capital Times)

CLEAN ENERGY

• An Indiana congressional district is among the top three GOP-led districts to receive the most money in energy investments under the Inflation Reduction Act, the majority of which has benefitted Republican districts. (Mother Jones)

NUCLEAR

• North Dakota lawmakers advance a bill that would allow a state research center to begin studying the potential of opening the state up for nuclear energy development. (North Dakota Monitor)

SOLAR

• Two Wisconsin utilities begin buying solar and energy storage capacity from a 300 MW project. (Hart Energy)

COMMENTARY

• Minnesota bills to promote agrivoltaics will help keep farmland in production, provide steady revenue for long-time and emerging farmers, and help the state meet its clean energy goals, a clean energy advocate writes. (MinnPost)

• Traditionally coal-reliant Indiana is on a path toward an all-of-the-above energy portfolio that includes renewables, energy efficiency, and nuclear, writes a representative from a youth-led conservative environmental group. (Herald Times)