Will ​“big beautiful bill” derail Georgia’s EV manufacturing industry?

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Georgia lawmakers debate how to respond if Congress repeals electric vehicle subsidies, which could slow the state’s rapid rise as an EV manufacturing hub. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

• The value of Tesla shares drops 14%, erasing $150 million of the electric vehicle company’s value, as CEO Elon Musk publicly spats with President Trump. (Associated Press)

OVERSIGHT

• Four Democrats and two Republicans run for two seats on Georgia’s Public Service Commission, with six rate increases for Georgia Power in recent years a point of debate. (Associated Press)

• Florida regulators approve cost recovery plans for Duke Energy to build four new solar farms and for Tampa Electric to purchase renewable gas from a waste-to-energy facility. (Daily Energy Insider)

SOLAR

• The Tennessee Valley Authority announces plans to build a 100 MW solar farm on a coal ash dump in Kentucky. (Paducah Sun)

GRID

• A Virginia regulator calls for more clarity around data center load forecasts as federal officials discuss how the sector’s load growth is affecting grid operator PJM’s capacity costs. (Utility Dive)

• Officials from Entergy New Orleans and grid operator MISO discuss how the lack of adequate transmission lines led to widespread outages in Louisiana over the Memorial Day weekend. (Verite News)

POLITICS

• Environmental groups in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia warn the ​“big beautiful bill” under consideration by Congress could increase power bills, decrease grid reliability, and undermine clean energy-related economic development projects. (WVUE, WPLN, WVIR)

OIL & GAS

• Texas’ Port of Corpus Christi celebrates the pending conclusion of a project to deepen its ship channel to accommodate larger ships at what’s already the third-largest crude oil export gateway in the world. (Dallas Morning News)

• Industrial gas supplier Linde is building a Texas facility to support SpaceX with gases for rocket launches, ​“in-space propulsion,” and rocket engine component manufacturing. (My RGV)

EMISSIONS

• A North Carolina nonprofit launches an interactive map that uses 100 ​“AirKeepers” with monitors on their houses to display air quality data and the location of polluters. (WFAE)

NUCLEAR

• Amazon partners with Dominion Energy in Virginia to explore using advanced nuclear technology to power data centers. (S&P Global)

BIOFUELS

• Officials in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area push for the use of biofuel in aviation to lower carbon emissions. (Virginia Mercury)

CARBON CAPTURE

• The U.S. Energy Department cancels 24 clean energy grants, including two $75 million awards in Alabama to reduce carbon emissions from furnaces. (Alabama Daily News)

CLIMATE

• Duke Energy officials discuss infrastructure upgrades ahead of hurricane season and showcase two control centers where staff remotely monitor the power grid. (WRAL)

• Western North Carolina communities continue to recover from Hurricane Helene’s extensive damage as summer tourist season begins. (WFAE)

COMMENTARY

• A series of power outages in Houston last year leads a journalist to purchase a backup generator after years of being unable to afford it. (Texas Monthly)

NEW FROM CANARY

• Analysts say the Trump administration’s industrial decarbonization funding cuts will cost it the chance to produce cleaner and cheaper materials in the U.S., and will in turn cede jobs overseas, Alexander C. Kaufman reports.

• California curtailed 3,400 GWh of solar power last year, showing the state has the capacity to increase demand via electrification or could build out transmission lines to send that power elsewhere, Dan McCarthy reports.