Warren Buffett’s fleet of dirty coal plants

CLEAN ENERGY:

• Illinois officials say state incentives helped double private clean energy sector investments from the previous year to $4 billion in 2024. (WTVO)
• Illinois lawmakers pass a scaled back clean energy bill that would generate more revenue for renewable energy credits paid to developers, and may take up broader reforms later this year. (Capitol News Illinois)
• The USDA awards more than $6 billion in grants and loans to help rural, member-owned electric cooperatives build renewable energy and battery storage projects. (Canary Media)

CLIMATE:

• A Nebraska lawmaker introduces legislation to create a state climate office that would create a climate action plan and coordinate federal grants. (Nebraska Public Media)
• Governors across the country are poised to continue state-level climate action if the incoming Trump administration scales back federal efforts, advocates say. (Grist)

SOLAR:

• Most of the $1 million in federal clean energy funding in Iowa will support solar projects on rural farms and businesses. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)
• Local officials across Michigan criticize investor-owned utilities’ opposition to community solar, which advocates say allows more people to participate in clean energy and avoids utility-scale projects. (Michigan Public)
• Michigan officials last week opened a three-month public comment period on plans to lease more than 400 acres of state-owned land for solar development. (Interlochen Public Radio)

GRID:

• Clean energy advocates say PJM’s proposal to expand grid access through underused interconnection capacity would free up more than 26 gigawatts to address a widespread capacity shortage. (Utility Dive)
• MISO selects Ameren to build $1.3 billion in transmission projects in multiple Midwest states to improve reliability. (news release)