Today’s headlines: Pennsylvania data center crackdown, used EV sales soar, and more

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DATA CENTERS

• Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) issues an executive order requiring that data center developers meet energy affordability, community engagement, economic development, and environmental protection standards before the state will grant them necessary permits. (NBC News, news release)

• Oracle drops its lawsuit challenging Wisconsin regulators’ rule that data center developers must meet credit rating requirements to shield utility customers from potential costs if a company fails. (Wisconsin Watch)

BATTERIES

• LG Energy Solution opens a $2.6 billion grid battery plant in Michigan, a facility that was previously planned as a joint venture with General Motors to produce EV batteries before the market shrank. (Detroit Free Press)

• Anthro Energy breaks ground on a Kentucky factory that will produce electrolytes essential to EV batteries, and could pave the way for the rise of solid-state batteries. (TechCrunch)

NUCLEAR

• Five New England governors and other state officials look to intervene in federal regulators’ review of the merger of NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy, as the deal would consolidate control over the region’s two nuclear power plants. (Maine Public, CT Mirror)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Used EV sales in the U.S. continued to grow in July, rising 7.7% from June — a jump analysts credit to spiking fuel prices. (Grist)

• Conflict in the Middle East and resulting gasoline price spikes are driving EV sales around the world. (New York Times)

• A report finds enrolling 10% of California’s EVs in vehicle-to-grid programs by 2036 could supply about 9 GW of power for 12 hours, or more than one-third of the state’s long-duration energy storage target for that year. (Electrek)

GRID

• Federal regulators approve a cost-sharing framework for MISO transmission projects that are built in PJM’s territory, rejecting calls that the projects should be subject to a competitive bidding process. (Utility Dive)