Vineyard Wind has little to say about lack of progress

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OFFSHORE WIND

• Just four of Vineyard Wind’s intended 62 turbines are up and running, the project is well past its target date of being fully operational in mid-2024, and developers are not releasing any new information about installation progress or responding to questions from reporters or locals. (MV Times)

• The Trump administration claims New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ​“caved” and agreed to allow two natural gas pipelines in the state, though the governor’s office maintains there was no deal struck and the pipelines will only be approved if they comply with federal and state guidelines. (E&E News)

• Republican plans to slash tax clean energy tax credits could endanger offshore wind developments that depend on these incentives to make their numbers work. (Heatmap)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Massachusetts joins the growing list of states delaying the implementation of rules requiring increasing percentages of car sales to be electric, but will still require automakers to file quarterly reports about their EV sales and marketing efforts. (Boston Globe)

PUBLIC HEALTH

• Dozens of residents in and near Philadelphia receive air-quality monitors that track pollution from traffic, industrial sites, and other sources, but the EPA has cancelled funding for expanding the program to homes near a refinery in Delaware. (WHYY)

EMISSIONS

• The Pennsylvania Supreme Court weighs arguments about the future of the state’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, deciding whether the cost of paying for the carbon emissions associated with power generation is an illegal tax or a permissible fee. (WITF)

CLIMATE

• Climate action has come to a ​“standstill” in Vermont, where the state legislature this fall lost its veto-proof Democratic majorities and Republican Gov. Phil Scott has delayed adoptions of rules calling for increasing sales of electric vehicles. (Vermont Public)

GRID

• Northeastern states are making strides toward building more transmission capacity, but the uncertainty surrounding the future of renewable energy — especially offshore wind — means the future of the New England grid is still full of uncertainty. (CT Mirror)

• Utility company Central Maine Power plans to create a 50,000-acre conservation area as part of a deal allowing its construction of a controversial transmission line to bring hydropower from Canada into the New England grid. (Sun Journal)

SOLAR

• Delaware should allow more homeowners and businesses with solar panels to be compensated for sending excess power to the grid, in light of findings that the state’s net metering program creates $1.28 in direct benefits for utility customers for every dollar invested, a new report concludes. (Delaware Public Media)

• Maine environmental regulators fine a solar company more than $200,000 for polluting the Kennebec River during the construction of a 5MW array. (Maine Public)

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

• Maryland has taken a step backward in its climate justice efforts with Gov. Wes Moore’s decision to veto legislation calling for studies into the costs of greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental and economics impact of data center development, advocates say. (Inside Climate News)

UTILITIES

• New Hampshire regulators rule that electric utility Unitil can only pass on extra costs related to their energy supply purchases to customers who buy their electricity from the company, not those who buy their energy from a community power program or a competitive supplier. (NHPR)

NEW FROM CANARY

• After discovering gender disparities in EV adoption, Virginia nonprofit Generation180’s ​“I’ll Drive What She’s Driving” campaign works across the country to show women that EVs are a good choice, Elizabeth Ouzts reports.

• The U.S. Energy Department orders a Michigan coal plant to stay open past its May 31 retirement date and into at least late August, citing an ​“energy emergency,” Jeff St. John reports.

• States and environmental groups sue the Trump administration, alleging it unlawfully froze funding for a nationwide EV charger buildout, Lisa Sorg reports for Inside Climate News.