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DATA CENTERS

• New state legislation in New York would impose a three-year moratorium on data center development to allow the state to figure out how to prevent such facilities from increasing electricity rates for residents. (E&E News)

• Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro welcomes data centers, but wants the developments to bring their own power or fully fund the construction of new generation facilities. (Inside Climate News)

OFFSHORE WIND

• Revolution Wind off the New England coast could start generating power within weeks and reach full commercial operation by the second half of this year, as long as federal interference doesn’t create any more delays. (RTO Insider)

LITIGATION

• Exxon Mobil’s long-time attorneys inform the courts that it will no longer be representing the oil giant in cases in Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, and Washington state in which governments and individuals attempt to hold the company responsible for the impacts of climate change. (E&E News)

NATURAL GAS

• Environmental groups and conservative officials in Brookfield, Connecticut, oppose a proposal to build two new compressor stations in the town as part of a plan to expand the Iroquois Gas Transmission System. (CT Mirror)

UTILITIES

• The Maryland state House passes legislation capping how much utilities can charge ratepayers to cover executives’ salaries. (Maryland Matters)

HEATING

• As another cold snap hits Vermont, some residents report shortages of heating fuel and firewood. (VTDigger)

• Vermont energy regulators officially end the state’s stalled plan to create a Clean Heat Standard, which aimed to reduce the use of fossil fuels in home heating. (WCAX)

SOLAR

• A Vermont town that is already home to 21 wind turbines is divided over a proposal to build a 14,000-panel solar installation: ​“Can’t you find some other town that hasn’t donated a mountainside?” (VTDigger)

• Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont proposes an automated solar permitting system to streamline approvals for residential installations. (Hartford Business Journal)

FEDERAL ACTION

• The new federal attorney in charge of the Trump administration’s case against New York’s congestion pricing plan is the same person working on the president’s effort to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants and defending his authority to deploy the National Guard. (Gothamist)

• U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells Maryland Republicans that the Trump administration is watching the regional grid closely to prevent ​“critical plants” from retiring. (Baltimore Sun)

WORKFORCE

• A battery storage developer and a clean energy education nonprofit team up to offer a green jobs training program at a Brooklyn high school. (Brooklyn Eagle)