Today’s headlines: CHPE offline through July, EU delays methane rules, and more

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GRID

• Analysts say that a year and a half after declaring an energy emergency, the Trump administration has failed to deliver on its pledge to get more power supplies onto the grid, and that its blockade on renewable energy development is further delaying that goal. (Washington Post)

• The Champlain Hudson Power Express, a new transmission line carrying hydropower from Canada into New York, is expected to be offline until the end of July. (Reuters)

SOLAR

• A bipartisan group of House representatives asks the Trump administration to investigate alleged imports of partially finished solar cells, which they say are bypassing tariffs and being completed in the U.S. to claim domestic manufacturing tax credits. (Reuters)

OFFSHORE WIND

• Eight East Coast states plan to take legal action to challenge the Trump administration’s deals paying energy developers to abandon their offshore wind leases. (E&E News)

EMISSIONS

• The EU is moving to delay penalties on energy importers who don’t meet the bloc’s new methane emissions rules for another three years. (Bloomberg)

SOLAR

• The wildfire smoke that turned skies orange and hazy in much of the Northeast this week also caused solar production to plummet in New England. (WBUR)

PIPELINES

• Michigan issues two key permits for a proposed underground tunnel to house the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac, drawing outrage from tribes and environmental groups who vow to sue. (Bridge)

NUCLEAR

• Constellation Energy’s finance arm will invest in Blue Energy, which aims to quickly build out small prefabricated modular reactors. (World Nuclear News)

EFFICIENCY

• The DOE has deleted more than 1,600 pages from the energy-efficiency section of its website this summer, which contained resources for people looking to weatherize their homes and otherwise reduce their power use. (Grist)