Wisconsin to issue Line 5 reroute permits

PIPELINES: Wisconsin will issue wetland and construction permits for Enbridge to relocate Line 5 around the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s reservation. (Wisconsin Examiner)

OIL & GAS: President-elect Trump will nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Interior Secretary, a role that oversees hundreds of millions of acres of oil, gas and mineral reserves. (Washington Post)

GRID:

• Environmental groups argue that recently passed data center tax incentive bills in Michigan lack guardrails to keep the facilities from undermining the state’s climate goal of 100% clean energy by 2040. (Planet Detroit)
• State utility regulators call for continued federal funding of advanced transmission technologies to grow capacity, benefit ratepayers, meet growing demand and maintain reliability. (Utility Dive)
• The developer of a $300 million southwestern Michigan solar farm says a proposed transmission line route would cut through the project and ​“detrimentally impact” the investment. (MLive, subscription)

RENEWABLES:

• Both Republicans and Democrats support expanding renewable energy more than nuclear and fossil fuels, though GOP support for wind and solar has steadily declined in recent years, according to a May Pew Research Center poll. (Canary Media)
• A U.S. Department of Energy official says University of Missouri researchers can be at the forefront of research that helps make renewables more affordable and reliable. (KFVS)

CARBON CAPTURE: A North Dakota farming couple say they’re prepared to ​“dig in” opposing a carbon capture pipeline if state regulators approve the project today. (North Dakota Monitor)

SOLAR: A developer recently broke ground on a 100 MW solar project in northwestern Wisconsin that will come online in a year and supply Xcel Energy. (Elektrek)

BIOFUELS: A company selected a northwestern Minnesota city for a $5 billion sustainable aviation fuel plant in part because of a state tax credit and a growing supply chain committed to buying the fuel. (Forum News Service, subscription)

CLEAN ENERGY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture announces $256 million in grants for rural clean energy projects, including in Iowa, North Dakota, Michigan and Indiana. (KAAL, KXNET, WNEM, WFIE)

COMMENTARY:

• A Minnesota clean energy advocate says policymakers must defend federal clean energy and transportation laws that are helping drive clean energy employment to record levels. (Minnesota Reformer)
• Michigan’s former Republican attorney general says the current Democratic AG’s intent to sue large fossil fuel companies over their role in causing climate change ​“entirely inappropriate.” (Bridge)