Today’s headlines: Dominion’s wind loss, new solar tariffs, and more

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WIND

• Dominion Energy tells shareholders the Trump administration’s failed attempt to block construction of its Virginia offshore wind farm cost the utility $228 million, and tariffs cost another $137 million, but the project should begin sending power to the grid next month. (WHRO)

SOLAR

• The Commerce Department sets solar import tariffs on India, Indonesia, and Laos after finding those countries unfairly subsidized manufacturing. (Bloomberg)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The owners of two large Indiana coal plants that the Trump administration has ordered to stay online will seek to spread the costs of ongoing operations across MISO’s footprint. (Indianapolis Star)

• The U.S. Department of Energy extends an order keeping Pennsylvania’s Eddystone oil and gas power plant in operation through May 24, nearly a year after it was originally intended to retire. (RTO Insider)

• State of Michigan and Enbridge officials argue before the U.S. Supreme Court over whether a case challenging the Line 5 pipeline belongs in state or federal court, which could ultimately determine how much power states have to regulate the fossil fuel industry. (Bridge)

POLITICS

• In his State of the Union, President Donald Trump promises to protect utility customers from data center power costs, though experts say it remains impossible to block all risks from the emerging industry. (E&E News)

• Trump also celebrated his ​“drill, baby, drill” agenda and the dismantling of the Biden administration’s ​“green new scam” during last night’s speech. (The Guardian)

FINANCE

• A new International Energy Agency report indicates global energy investment is slowing as AI financing expands. (Axios)

EFFICIENCY

• The U.S House passes a bill that would let the federal government repeal existing energy-efficiency standards and make it harder to implement new ones. (E&E News)

GRID

• PJM Interconnection asks federal regulators to allow it to revamp its retail behind-the-meter generation rules to facilitate colocating power generation facilities with data centers. (Utility Dive)

OVERSIGHT

• The U.S. EPA grants Wyoming oversight of most federal environmental requirements for coal ash dumps, a power Georgia, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas already have. (E&E News)