Today’s headlines: Permitting bill vote, Anthropic’s gas generator deal, and more

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PERMITTING BILL

• The Senate will hold its first vote today on the bipartisan permitting reform bill, which negotiators revised over the weekend, and which President Donald Trump enthusiastically voiced his support for on Friday. (Politico, Heatmap)
• The permitting bill receives a wave of last-minute support, including from utility industry group Edison Electric Institute and environmental advocacy organization Evergreen Action. (news release, news release)

DATA CENTERS

• AI company Anthropic strikes a $3.4 billion deal with OnePWR Solutions to buy 1.7 GW of gas generators. (Financial Times)

COP31

• As global leaders meet today for the COP31 climate conference, the U.S. federal government will unsurprisingly skip out. Congressional Democrats still plan to attend despite being denied federal assistance. (Politico, The Guardian)
• Overhauling and expanding power grids to enable the addition of more clean electricity is expected to be a prime topic at COP31. (Associated Press)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Tesla CEO Elon Musk announces plans to end manufacturing of the Cybertruck as the company looks to scale up building of its Cybercab, insisting that Cybertruck demand outpaced production capacity and that Tesla will need to refund some buyers’ deposits. (TechCrunch)

SOLAR

• Minnesota’s growing number of agrivoltaics projects offer a win-win for the state as it pursues a 2040 carbon-free target while looking to keep agricultural land productive. (MinnPost)

TRANSMISSION

• Maryland landowners ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling letting utility PSEG enter private property for surveying work related to its Piedmont Reliability Project. (Baltimore Sun)

COAL

• A fire has been burning under a mountain of coal waste in eastern Pennsylvania for months now, exacerbating residents’ distrust in the coal industry that has both created jobs and brought environmental havoc to the area. (PennLive)