Uncertainty over $14 billion for Michigan’s grid

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CLEAN ENERGY

• Clean energy advocates are pressing Illinois lawmakers to pass an energy reform package this fall veto session that they say would improve access to battery storage and virtual power plants while reducing ever-rising costs for all ratepayers. (Inside Climate News)

GRID

• Michigan’s transmission grid will benefit from a recent $1.6 billion federal loan guarantee for AEP, though the fate of $14 billion more in loan guarantees promised by the Biden administration to upgrade DTE Energy’s and Consumers Energy’s grid is uncertain. (MLive)

• Federal regulators allow Southwest Power Pool to take on new approaches for preparing for load growth as the grid operator forecasts energy use to nearly double over the next decade. (Kansas Reflector)

UTILITIES

• The Upper Sioux Community asks Minnesota regulators for permission to buy its electricity from Xcel Energy following a dispute with its electric cooperative over powering a casino with renewable energy. (West Central Tribune)

CARBON CAPTURE

• North Dakota landowners forced to participate in the Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposed carbon storage project say the state received more favorable contract terms than them, such as insurance and pollution protection. (North Dakota Monitor)

NUCLEAR

• A uranium fuel delivery this fall to the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan signals the unprecedented restart of a shuttered U.S. nuclear plant is on track for the coming months. (MLive)

STORAGE

• A NextEra Energy affiliate will soon apply for state permits to build a $174 million battery storage plant in South Dakota. (South Dakota Searchlight)

PIPELINES

• Ten tribal nations in Michigan file a joint amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Enbridge’s request for a federal court to consider the state attorney general’s lawsuit to shut down Line 5, arguing that it should stay in state court. (Michigan Advance)

EFFICIENCY

• LuxWall, a company building highly efficient vacuum-insulating glass that plans to employ hundreds of Detroit residents, looks to appeal the Trump administration’s move to cancel a $31 million grant from the Biden administration. (Axios)

SOLAR

• A Minnesota county is set to receive $381,000 in state grants to install solar panels on eight publicly owned buildings that, along with federal tax credits, could make the projects essentially no-cost. (Post Bulletin)

DATA CENTERS

• Leaders at Michigan’s two large investor-owned utilities anticipate a potentially large spike in electricity demand from data centers that consumer advocates worry will lead to higher costs for ratepayers. (Detroit News)

OVERSIGHT

• An Indiana state senator is among the 22 applicants who will be interviewed next week to fill three open seats on the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. (Indiana Capital Chronicle)

NEW FROM CANARY

• Can cargo shipping stay the course toward cleaner fuels? — Maria Gallucci

• Rondo Energy turns on first major thermal battery — at an oil field — Jeff St. John

• Electra announces deals with Meta, Nucor to scale its clean-iron tech — Maria Gallucci

• The startup trying to make​‘DIY’ home batteries happen — Jeff St. John