Will Massachusetts’ new solar incentives buoy the industry?

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SOLAR

• Massachusetts launches revamped solar incentives that could help the state’s solar industry stay afloat as it faces likely cuts in federal tax credits. (Canary Media)

• Princeton, New Jersey, approves the development of the community solar projects intended to save up to 900 low-income households more than $500 a year. (Patch)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• A federal judge orders the Trump administration to release billions of dollars for EV charging infrastructure to 14 states including several in the Northeast, but allows the funding freeze to stand in Vermont, Minnesota, and Washington, D.C., saying they failed to prove they would suffer irreparable harm. (E&E News, VTDigger)

GRID

• During this week’s heat wave, the New England grid experienced its highest demand since 2013 and had to call on emergency reserves to keep the region’s lights on and ACs running. (Portland Press Herald)

• Maryland residents appeal a court ruling that allows surveyors to enter private property as part of a highly controversial plan to build a transmission line through three counties. (WJZ)

AFFORDABILITY

• Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey testifies in support of an energy bill she says will save consumers $10 billion over the next decade, but opponents argue the proposal is mere theatrics and that high costs can be blamed on Democrats’ reluctance to bring more natural gas into the market. (Boston Herald)

NUCLEAR

• The nuclear plant at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island could be up and running again by 2027, officials announce. (ABC27)

DATA CENTERS

• A Massachusetts data center that nearby residents say is too loud and hurts local air quality receives city approval to add more diesel generators to its facility. (Lowell Sun)

BIOMASS

• Massachusetts activists continue their yearslong fight against a proposed wood-burning power plant they say will release troublesome levels of pollution in a city that already struggles with high asthma rates. (WWLP)

NEW FROM CANARY MEDIA

• California advocates partner with utility PG&E to electrify entire neighborhoods so their gas access can be cut off together, saving time and money, Twilight Greenaway reports.