Will Indiana go it alone on coal ash?

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COAL

• Environmental groups worry that Indiana lawmakers will pursue plans for state oversight of coal ash, which could bring more lax and industry-friendly standards compared to federal regulations. (Canary Media)

CLEAN ENERGY

• Electric and fuel bills could increase by as much as $550 annually for Iowa families under the U.S. House budget bill that eliminates various clean energy and electric vehicle credits, according to a nonpartisan energy and climate group. (Des Moines Register)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• A growing number of Michigan residents explore electric vehicles and chargers with bidirectional charging capabilities to be able to power their homes during outages. (Detroit News)

• An Indiana organization is traveling the state to build community support for a network of publicly available EV charging stations. (WANE)

SOLAR

• Bila Solar begins producing ultra-lightweight solar modules at a new Indianapolis manufacturing plant that aims to scale up to 1 GW of production annually under future phases. (PV Magazine)

GRID

• Missouri regulators are assessing potential wildfire risks posed by the state’s electric and gas infrastructure, and whether utilities have mitigation plans in place. (St. Louis Public Radio)

• State regulators and consumer advocates urge federal regulators to reject MISO’s request to declare that ​“unsolicited” transmission monitoring from third parties is outside the scope of a market oversight entity. (Utility Dive)

EMISSIONS

• Environmental and public health experts say rolling back Biden-era power plant emissions regulations will worsen Chicago’s air quality. (CBS Chicago)

• New maps show that neighborhoods on Chicago’s south and west sides would benefit most from a proposed environmental justice ordinance that would require developers to study cumulative pollution impacts of their projects. (Chicago Tribune)

DATA CENTERS

• A data center company representative says South Dakota is at an economic disadvantage for securing large projects because of a lack of tax incentives, which have failed to advance there over energy use and cost-shifting concerns. (South Dakota Searchlight)

ELECTRIFICATION

• The downtown steam utility in Michigan’s second-largest city is set to replace a gas-fired boiler with an electric model as part of an emission-reduction strategy. (WZZM)

BIOFUELS

• A growing number of Nebraska fuel retailers are selling fuel with higher blends of alcohol, which backers say aids local jobs as critics raise land use and habitat loss concerns. (Nebraska Public Media)

NEW FROM CANARY

• Anti-wind activists say they’re looking to build on the implosion of a Maine floating wind project as they push the Trump administration to revoke a grant for a similar project in northern California , Clare Fieseler reports.