The latest attack on California rooftop solar

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• A coalition of 16 states and Washington, D.C., sue the Trump administration for blocking billions of dollars designated for building EV charging stations. (New York Times)

• Michigan-based auto supplier BorgWarner is ending its electric vehicle charging unit and consolidating its battery business as it contends with shrinking volume and tariff uncertainty. (Crain’s Detroit)

OFFSHORE WIND

• Seafloor monitoring at the South Fork Wind project off Rhode Island, which was built between 2022 and 2024, shows no negative impact to the biological communities around the development and the presence of a wide range of ​“ecologically important” species. (report)

• Danish energy company Ørsted is moving forward with work on wind farms already under construction off New York and Rhode Island, despite the threats coming from the Trump administration. (E&E News)

HYDROGEN

• Republican Congress members consider ending tax credits passed during the Biden administration that Exxon Mobil and Chevron want to use for investments in clean hydrogen and carbon storage. (Houston Chronicle)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The U.S. EPA hasn’t filed any new cases against major polluters under President Trump, and has significantly scaled back minor criminal and civil enforcement cases. (Grist)

• The Trump administration grants an export permit for Venture Global’s recently announced second liquified natural gas export terminal alongside its Calcasieu Pass facility in Louisiana, marking the White House’s fifth LNG-related approval since Trump took office. (Grist)

• Trump’s order exempting some coal plants from federal air pollution rules has rattled environmental advocates and led the Tennessee Valley Authority to delay planned retirements, but Entergy says it’s still on track to close its coal plants in Louisiana by 2030. (Floodlight)

GRID

• Adoption of electric vehicles and electric heating systems will drive an 11% increase in annual electricity consumption in New England over the next 10 years, after two decades of trending downward, according to a forecast from regional grid operator ISO New England. (Utility Dive)

• Amid soaring demand projections, a Texas lawmaker pushes for a bill to place more requirements on large businesses to better help the state grid operator forecast its electricity needs, though some critics say the measure is too heavy-handed. (Texas Tribune)

NEW FROM CANARY

• California lawmakers consider a bill that would undo net-metering contracts for nearly 2 million homes that have installed rooftop solar, but would hardly reduce high electricity costs the proposal is meant to address, Jeff. St John reports.

• Federal funding cuts worry electric cooperatives who are relying on them to build renewable generation and make needed grid updates, Keaton Peters reports for High Country News.