Today’s headlines: FERC rejects PJM’s interconnection plan, pushback to Trump’s diesel buy, and more

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GRID

• FERC rejects most of PJM Interconnection’s large-load interconnection plan, including the grid operator’s ​“bring your own new capacity rules” for data centers and other projects joining the system. (Utility Dive)

SOLAR

• TotalEnergies and investment firm KKR partner to buy 700 MW worth of U.S. solar capacity, even though the energy company previously took a buyout to abandon its American offshore wind plans. (news release)

FOSSIL FUELS

• President Donald Trump faces pushback from some Republican lawmakers after lifting restrictions to import Russian diesel, while analysts say the deal will do little to ease sky-high fuel prices. (Axios)

HYDROGEN

• Years after the announcement of two hydrogen hub projects that were supposed to bring jobs and economic benefits to Pennsylvania and neighboring states, progress has gone completely dormant. (Inside Climate News)

GEOTHERMAL

• The far northeast corner of California is torn over Ormat Technologies’ plans for geothermal drilling there: Some homeowners are seeing their property values sink, but successful drilling could bring a new power plant and give the area an economic boost. (SFGate)

LITHIUM

• Lithium startup EnergyX signs a 10-year, $2 billion binding offtake deal to supply commodities trader Tragifura with material from Chile and the U.S., amid strong growth in the battery market. (Reuters)

POLITICS

• Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) meets with labor leaders, manufacturers, and clean energy companies to build support for the bipartisan permitting bill he and his colleagues have introduced in the Senate. (Source NM)

EFFICIENCY

• U.K. leaders are reportedly preparing to reduce subsidies that help residents install heat pumps to fund rising defense spending. (The Guardian)