Today’s headlines: Unmasking the Freedom Fuels Network, and more

DATA CENTERS

• Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) calls on data center developers looking to build in the state to sign a pledge that residents won’t end up paying higher energy prices, pushing off calls for a moratorium. (E&E News)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The pop-up discount gasoline chain Freedom Fuels Network appears to have been started by an assistant NFL coach and a former commodities trader with ties to Republican politics. (Politico)
• Public commenters begin to weigh in on a natural gas import terminal proposed for Hawaiʻi that critics worry will make the state’s clean electricity goal impossible to meet. (Honolulu Civil Beat, Canary Media archive)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Rapid political shifts and self-induced business errors have prevented the U.S. EV industry from fully taking off, analysts and experts say. (New York Times)
• Lucid Motors denies a report that it’s considering a take-private transaction or filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after suffering a major stock decline. (Reuters)

GRID

• Sunrun is piloting a distributed data center program that will place computing equipment in homes with solar and battery storage to help use those resources as part of a virtual power plant. (Utility Dive)