Ontario threatens to cut off electricity to New York

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TARIFFS

• In response to the tariffs imposed by President Trump, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces plans to add a 25% surcharge on electricity exported to New York and other border states, and threatens to cut off the power supply entirely. (USA Today)

• Advocates say the impact of the trade war with Canada could be especially ​“catastrophic” for New York, which is constructing a transmission line intended to import hydropower from its northern neighbor. (Grist)

• Residents of the border states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont prepare for rising gas, heating oil, and propane prices as soon as this week. (Portland Press Herald, NHPR, VTDigger)

EFFICIENCY

• Massachusetts is still set to roll out a $146 million, federally funded rebate program for energy efficiency retrofits and home electrification, despite Trump’s promises and attempts to roll back clean energy measures. (Boston Globe)

COAL

• A Canadian cryptocurrency company buys two coal-fired generating plants in Pennsylvania to provide electricity to its bitcoin mining operations and possibly sell power to the grid. (Power Magazine)

BIOFUELS

• A coastal Maine town begins investigating whether it can support a facility converting byproducts of the state’s forestry and paper industries into biofuels. (Bangor Daily News)

DATA CENTERS

• New Jersey lawmakers grapple with how to accommodate growing power demand from artificial intelligence data centers when the state already doesn’t produce enough electricity to meet its needs. (NorthJersey.com)

REGULATION

• A dispute between the New Hampshire energy department, utilities regulators, and the state consumer advocate breaks out during a legislative hearing, as the parties spar over the proper role of the public utilities commission. (InDepthNH)

RENEWABLES

• A coalition of four Pennsylvania counties announce plans to procure 100% of their electricity from renewables by 2030. (news release)

COMMENTARY

• Communities on the shores of Lake Erie should remain open to offshore wind pilot projects in the Great Lake, despite vocal and sometimes misleading arguments by opponents, a local editorial board says. (Buffalo News)