Republicans come for the IRA

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POLITICS

• “This is what a full repeal looks like in practice:” House Republicans propose legislation that would slash grant, loan, and tax credit programs for clean energy, effectively gutting the Inflation Reduction Act if passed into law. (E&E News, Heatmap)

• Republican-led Congressional districts have the most to lose should efforts to kill Inflation Reduction Act incentives succeed. (New York Times)

FOSSIL FUELS

• U.S. oil production could decline in 2026 due to trade tensions and higher output from other countries, potentially marking the first year-over-year decline in a decade outside of Covid-19, analysts forecast. (E&E News)

• As federal support for renewable energy development plummets, the New York Power Authority says it is unclear whether gas-fired peaker power plants in New York City can be shut down by 2030 as legally required by state law. (RTO Insider)

EFFICIENCY

• The U.S. Energy Department prepares to cut energy and water conservation standards for appliances ranging from air conditioners to dishwashers, in the latest in a series of attacks on efficiency from the Trump administration. (New York Times)

SHIPPING

• The world’s first commercial-scale e-methanol plant, located in Denmark, begins producing the low-emission shipping fuel, a portion of which will be purchased by shipping giant Maersk. (Reuters)

SOLAR

• T1 Energy looks for government incentives to build an $850 million solar cell factory in Texas. (Austin Business Journal)

• Aypa Power closes $535 million in debt financing to build a large solar-plus-storage installation in California, despite federal headwinds facing renewable energy developers. (PV Magazine)

STORAGE

• Dominion Energy has until December to propose a virtual power plant program in Virginia under a new law signed earlier this month. (Utility Dive)

NUCLEAR

• A bill to lift Illinois’ 40-year moratorium on new large nuclear energy plants has stalled recently as Senate lawmakers work to resolve differences with environmental groups. (Illinois Public Media)

MINING

• Advocates push back against the Trump administration’s plan to fast-track the environmental review for the proposed Velvet-Wood uranium mine in southeastern Utah, saying it inhibits public input and risks missing potential dangers. (New York Times, news release)

CLIMATE

• Colorado’s Supreme Court clears the way for Boulder County’s lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel firms liable for climate-driven disasters to move forward in state courts. (CPR)