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Randazzo indicted

By Dan Haugen

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OHIO: A federal grand jury indicts Sam Randazzo, the former chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, on bribery and embezzlement charges related to the ongoing HB 6 bribery scandal investigation. (Ohio Capital Journal)

ALSO: Randazzo was appointed in 2019 in a rapid and opaque process that overlooked his consulting firms’ ties to FirstEnergy, which later admitted paying him a $4.3 million bribe for favorable legislation. (Energy News Network archive)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES:

  • A Cleveland welding supply company begins manufacturing EV fast chargers based on technology used in its industrial equipment. (Energy News Network)
  • Xcel Energy and Ford announce a partnership to provide business fleets with 30,000 electric vehicle charging ports across eight states by 2030. (Star Tribune)
  • An Ohio driver shares his bills to show how much he is saving from switching to an electric vehicle, which are cheaper to drive than gas models. (Spectrum)

CITIES:

SOLAR: Indigenous entrepreneurs in North Dakota and elsewhere are building solar farms on reservations, and training tribal members to install them. (BBC)

NUCLEAR: A company seeking to restart Michigan’s Palisades Nuclear Power Plant wants to add two small reactors to the site to nearly double its capacity. (Detroit News)

COAL: An Indiana coal plant set to close this year may continue operating following its sale and the development of a cryptocurrency facility next door. (Indianapolis Star)

TRANSPORTATION: Iowa City has seen bus ridership increase 44% in the first three months since eliminating fares as part of a pilot program. (Gazette)

GRID: A North Dakota generation and transmission co-op prepares multiple transmission line projects to meet growing demand. (Prairie Public NewsRoom)

COMMENTARY: A community solar advocate writes that Xcel Energy’s program in Minnesota provides far more benefits to consumers and the climate than it costs ratepayers. (Star Tribune)

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