Trump’s fourth offshore wind loss this month

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OFFSHORE WIND

• A federal judge rules that work can resume on Vineyard Wind off Massachusetts, the fourth time this month courts have allowed construction to continue on offshore wind projects the Trump administration ordered stopped. (WBUR)

• Still, the Trump administration has succeeded at driving many other wind projects out of development, leaving the Northeast scrambling to meet growing power demand. (Grist)

GRID

• Power flow along the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line halted for most of the weekend, just a week after the line began operation, and as extreme cold raised electricity demand in the region. (E&E News)

AFFORDABILITY

• Massachusetts residents will receive electric and gas bill discounts this winter, but utilities will be allowed to recover some of the savings — with interest — later in the year. (WCVB)

• Maryland Gov. Wes Moore proposes legislation that would give residents a $40 electric bill credit and stop utilities from charging customers for the power companies’ participation in regional grid PJM. (Maryland Matters)

SOLAR

• A group of New Hampshire Republican lawmakers propose a bill that would repeal a property tax exemption for homes and businesses with solar panels, saying the policy unfairly shifts costs to other taxpayers. (Canary Media)

FEDERAL ACTION

• The attorneys general of Massachusetts, New York, and 18 other states throw their support behind a wind and solar industry lawsuit against Trump administration policies they say are ​“severely and unlawfully hindering” renewable energy development. (E&E News)

• Maryland leads a coalition of nine states opposing a federal proposal they say would allow construction or expansion of liquefied natural gas plants without state and local consultation. (Baltimore Sun)

UTILITIES

• Delaware lawmakers consider whether to allow utility Delmarva Power to generate its own energy, which the state’s other electric utilities are already permitted to do. (Spotlight Delaware)

CLIMATE

• New York regulators approve a plan for how to spend revenue from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative cap-and-trade program, with a focus on reducing costs for consumers and developing nuclear and large-scale wind power. (E&E News)

• Climate advocates in Maine rally in support of a proposed ​“climate superfund” bill that would allow the state to make fossil fuel companies pay for damages caused by climate change. (Portland Press Herald)

• Vermont’s state government is failing to meet targets for reducing energy use in its operations, according to a new report from the state auditor. (VTDigger)

POLITICS

• The Massachusetts Sierra Club calls on state House leadership to remove Rep. Mark Cusack from his position as energy committee chair, citing his attempts to weaken the state’s climate targets and energy efficiency programs. (CommonWealth Beacon)

NEW FROM CANARY

• EV charging has kept growing despite the Trump administration — Jeff St. John

• US solar manufacturing in 2026: What the heck to expect — Julian Spector

• Wisconsin debates how to pay for the power-hungry AI boom — Kari Lydersen

• North Carolina may use batteries to give new life to old solar farms — Elizabeth Ouzts

• It takes two aluminum firms to build one power-hungry smelter, apparently — Maria Gallucci