Today’s headlines: New York’s climate rollback, a gas plant for Pennsylvania, and more

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NATURAL GAS

• The Trump administration announces plans to build a $17 billion natural gas power plant in Pennsylvania, but neither the White House nor the expected developer has yet shared details about the intended location or when construction will begin. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

AFFORDABILITY

• New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) unveils her plans to save consumers money by pushing back deadlines for emissions-reduction regulations by seven years, a move advocates call ​“an attempt to evade accountability.” (New York Focus)

IRAN

• President Donald Trump revokes his threat to attack Iran’s power plants and pauses strikes on the country for five days after ​“good and productive conversations.” (Axios)

• Oil and gas drillers in the Permian Basin remain cautious about expanding production despite surging prices because the process of drilling new wells is slow and expensive and because the Trump administration has promised to push down prices. (New York Times, E&E News)

CLEAN ENERGY

• Energy Secretary Chris Wright has reportedly overstated the extent to which the Trump administration has dismantled a Biden-era clean energy loan program, which is still supporting the buildout of clean energy infrastructure. (Grist)

• Ohio regulators cite local opposition in their decision to block construction of a 94-MW solar project, though previous Canary Media reporting has found that opposition may have been driven by fake public comments. (WOSU, Canary Media archive)

NUCLEAR

• OpenAI is reportedly in talks to buy electricity from fusion startup Helion Energy, which has backing from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. (Axios)

GRID

• A report from European grid operators blames Spain and Portugal’s massive blackout last April on a sudden increase in voltage in combination with other concurrent factors, dispelling speculation that the country’s renewable-energy dependence caused the outage. (BBC)

• Cuba’s power grid collapses, leaving the whole island without power for the third time this month as it also wrangles with fuel shortages. (Politico)

CARBON CAPTURE

• Proposed carbon capture hubs have languished due to uncertainty of Biden-era funding that’s now under review by the Trump administration. (E&E News)