The IRA’s impact still hasn’t peaked

POLITICS: As the continued rollout of the Inflation Reduction Act hangs in the balance of next week’s election, clean energy advocates say the law is still years off from reaching its full clean energy-boosting potential. (New York Times)

ALSO:

• If Republicans take control of Congress next year, provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act could be clawed back to pay for tax cuts enacted under former President Trump, political analysts say. (Utility Dive)
• Analysts say a Trump presidency could challenge LNG exporters, as a proposed tariff on China could lead to trade tensions. (Reuters)
• Executives who attended former President Trump’s fossil fuel industry fundraisers earlier this year reportedly made large donations after Trump asked them for $1 billion in support. (The Hill)

NUCLEAR:

• Plans to revive Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island plant, once synonymous with disaster, highlight shifting attitudes toward nuclear power. (New York Times)
• Amazon signs an agreement with Dominion Energy to research the use of small modular nuclear reactors at an existing Virginia nuclear power plant. (Virginia Business)

CLIMATE:

• Twenty years of attribution studies show climate change worsened the effects of the 10 deadliest global weather events, which together killed more than 500,000 people. (New York Times)
• Hurricanes Helene and Milton lead Floridians to file more than 90,000 auto insurance claims in the latest signal that climate change is driving up rates. (Inside Climate News)

GRID: The Southwest Power Pool approves a slate of 89 transmission projects totaling $7.7 billion as load demand is forecasted to rise across its 14-state footprint. (Utility Dive)

TRANSPORTATION:

• California regulators partner with a commercial airline trade group in an effort to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuels. (Associated Press)
• Elon Musk’s Tesla backs California’s electric vehicle-boosting low-carbon fuel standard, which Donald Trump vows to dismantle if he’s re-elected. (Politico)

WIND: Oregon officials invite the public to help develop an ​“offshore wind energy roadmap” after widespread opposition to proposed development along the state’s southern coast prompted a federal agency to cancel a lease sale. (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

SOLAR: A Kentucky nonprofit is building net-zero homes with energy efficient construction and rooftop solar panels to lower energy costs for low-income residents, including in a housing development for survivors of the state’s 2022 floods. (Kentucky Lantern)

CARBON CAPTURE: A northeast Ohio waste-to-energy company is among seven recent recipients of federal funding from a program aimed at developing new ways to incorporate captured carbon into products. (Energy News Network)