What will the left’s big night mean for energy?

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ELECTIONS

• New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill won in large part because of her steadfast plan to declare an energy emergency and freeze utility prices, analysts say. (Heatmap)

• New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani spoke little about climate issues during his campaign, but his legislative history indicates strong past support for renewable energy. (Heatmap)

OFFSHORE WIND

• A federal judge rules that the Trump administration can reconsider the Biden-era approval of the SouthCoast Wind development off Nantucket. (New York Times)

• Rhode Island energy regulators approve a plan to run power lines from SouthCoast Wind onto land, even as the federal ruling and financial questions leave the project uncertain. (Rhode Island Current)

ELECTRIFICATION

• A 75-year-old natural gas-powered steam heating network in Boston and Cambridge is transitioning to electric furnaces and heat pumps that draw thermal energy from the Charles River, even in winter. (Canary Media)

• A group of 19 Democratic state legislators in New York ask Gov. Kathy Hochul to delay implementation of rules requiring new buildings to be all-electric; the governor says she will consider the request. (E&E News)

FEDERAL ACTION

• New York has lost more than 6,500 jobs and missed out on $2.5 billion in investments because of the Trump administration’s energy policies, Gov. Kathy Hochul says. (E&E News)

GENERATION

• Energy company Constellation says it is prepared to invest more than $20 billion in building some combination of natural gas power plants, nuclear facilities, and battery storage systems in Maryland. (Baltimore Sun)

• Utility company Exelon plans to lobby legislators in Maryland and New Jersey to overturn laws prohibiting utility ownership of power plants. (Maryland Matters)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Vermont-based electric aircraft maker Beta raises more than $1 billion in its initial public offering on the heels of a $300 million investment by GE Aerospace, though its vertical-liftoff plane has yet to receive certification from the Federal Aviation Administration. (Seven Days)

TRANSMISSION

• A Connecticut utility asks regulators to reconsider its decision blocking it from building an above-ground transmission line that was widely opposed by area residents. (CT Mirror)

SOLAR

• A 7-megawatt solar array and 4-megawatt storage facility comes online at a Massachusetts Superfund site formerly occupied by a chemical manufacturing company. (news release)

COMMENTARY

• Democratic state lawmakers in Pennsylvania should refuse to support any legislation that withdraws the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a multistate program aimed at lowering emissions from power generation, says the chair of the Pennsylvania House Environmental Committee. (City & State)

NEW FROM CANARY

• Ohio scrapped a key tool to fight air pollution. Advocates want it back. — Kathiann M. Kowalski

• Puerto Rico’s energy future: distributed solar or centralized grid? — Kari Lydersen

• Oregon utility tries out a faster, cheaper way to power data centers — Jeff St. John