Energy
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Report: Louisiana’s electric grid faces mounting challenges
Since 2014, Louisiana has endured 47 weather-related disasters costing over $400 billion in damages. Repairs from storms like Hurricane Ida have led the Louisiana Public Service Commission to approve billions in rate hikes.
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Senate panel votes overwhelmingly for Trump’s nominations for Interior and Energy secretaries
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said that with those nominees heading their respective departments, the agencies will “finally have leadership they need to reverse the damage done by the Biden administration.”
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Bill requiring more local say for large wind, solar projects faces gloomy future
House Bill 1188 would prohibit the governor from approving recommendations by the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council if county commissioners for affected counties or tribes do not support it.
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Automakers, drunk on EV mandates, may have Biden hangover with Trump zeroing in on the rules
Now, the automakers, who were already losing billions on EVs, could be in more trouble, depending on how much EV sales were buoyed by the mandates the automakers were counting on.
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More governors back Shapiro’s energy complaint
The grid operator’s most recent auction to secure enough power to meet demand in the coming year illustrated the point starkly.
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Potential offshore wind energy revenues rendered moot by Trump memorandum
Wind as a power source has come under increasing scrutiny for its hidden environmental costs, reliability issues, and long-term sustainability challenges.
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State agencies sued for violating climate law
Department of Ecology staff has released data only through 2021, not through 2023, as required by law.
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Trump guts Biden’s climate agenda in no-holds-barred deluge of pro-fossil fuel executive orders
Experts say Trump's unleashing of American energy may play out like Trump's return to the White House. It will face many challenges and opposition, but in the end American consumers stand to benefit.
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California's soaring electricity rates strain consumers, impact climate goals
The report points out that while the greenhouse gas reduction programs that raise electricity rates are part of California’s climate goals.
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Consumers Energy looks to raise prices, advocacy groups concerned
Consumers Energy, which provides natural gas and electricity to 6.8 million of Michigan’s 10 million consumers in the lower peninsula, filed paperwork with the Michigan Public Service Commission in December requesting rate increases.
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Democrats again push to stop taxpayer HB6 payments to power plants
Proposed legislation to stop and refund Ohio taxpayer subsidies being paid to two coal-fired power plants
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Hochul pledges to uphold climate pact after Trump pulls out
Hochul wrote in the letter, which was also signed by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who co-chairs the climate alliance, "This does not change with a shift in federal administration."
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Trump’s moratorium on offshore wind development gives wind industry’s opponents in blue states hope
“We have government officials, elected officials, who all want this [offshore wind development] for whatever reasons, and they have steamrolled this from the very beginning,” said Amy DiSibio, board member for Nantucket-based ACK For Whales.