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GRID

• The International Energy Agency predicts global electricity consumption will rise 4% annually over the next two years amid growth in developing countries, and as industrial processes electrify. (news release, The Guardian)

• Global supply chain and policy challenges are slowing the development and production of more powerful electric transformers, a vital need as electricity demand rises. (Utility Dive)

• The federal Bonneville Power Administration could lose up to 20% of its workforce to the Trump administration’s job cuts and hiring freeze, raising concerns about grid reliability in the Northwest. (OPB)

FUNDING FREEZE

Farmers across the country are taking a hit from the funding freeze as money stops flowing to a program supporting solar installations for agricultural and rural businesses. (Associated Press)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Republican senators introduce legislation that would kill the $7,500 federal electric vehicle tax credit and add a $1,000 tax on all EV sales. (electrek)

SOLAR

A Michigan State University researcher says arguments to build solar projects on already developed land instead of greenfields is a false dichotomy: ​“We should be doing all of the above.” (Bridge)

POLITICS

• From looking to buy Greenland to proposing to make Canada the 51st state, many of Trump’s outrageous foreign policy ideas in the last few weeks have revolved around places rich in minerals and energy resources. (Politico)

• The Trump administration has begun firing probationary federal employees at the DOE and other agencies. (Latitude Media)

• Advocates call out the Trump administration for shutting down the federal government’s environmental justice departments, saying the decision will ​“create challenges and impacts that will last well beyond the current administration.” (Inside Climate News)

OFFSHORE WIND

An offshore wind farm off New York is expected to produce power by late 2026 as the state approves plans to build and operate a 17.5-mile transmission line. (OffshoreWind.biz)

CLEAN TECH

Bill Gates’ climate organization says it won’t be renewing grants for many of its nonprofit funding recipients this year, though its climate tech investment arm won’t change its strategies. (Heatmap)