ALSO: A California company cancels plans to build one of the world’s largest direct-air carbon capture facilities in Wyoming, citing intense competition from data centers for clean energy to power the facility. (Cowboy State Daily)

OIL & GAS: The Biden administration grants its first gas export permit following a court ruling that blocked its efforts to delay the process. (The Hill)

POLITICS: An energy market expert refutes former President Trump’s claim that he could cut energy prices in half during his first year in office. (NBC News)

BATTERIES: A battery plant in a Pittsburgh suburb that has taken advantage of or is eligible for billions in public funds has created poor working conditions and has fired union-supporting workers, according to some employees. (Pennsylvania Capital-Star)

EFFICIENCY: Some affordable housing developers embrace Passive House building standards that make homes highly energy-efficient with only slightly higher upfront costs. (Energy News Network)

WIND: Vineyard Wind’s broken turbine blade, misinformation campaigns and a lack of forthrightness from offshore wind developers is causing a “public relations nightmare” for the industry. (Rhode Island Current)

POLLUTION: A federal court rejects a new EPA rule tightening emissions standards for industrial boilers, saying the agency went too far in classifying facilities built before the rule was proposed as “new” pollution sources. (Reuters)

COMMENTARY: A climate advocate explains why his organization is opposing a bipartisan energy permitting bill, saying the legislation’s provisions advancing fossil fuels make the price “simply too high.” (Union of Concerned Scientists)

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ALSO: 

• A Pennsylvania lawmaker proposes a revolving loan fund to encourage new power plants in PJM territory, modeled after a Texas program. (Utility Dive)
• Maine regulators explore ways to make time-of-use rates more widely available. (Sun Journal)
• A New Hampshire company is planning to build a 100 MW battery storage project in western New York. (Buffalo News)
• Opponents of a proposed Maryland transmission line confront participants at a data center conference at a community college in Frederick. (Maryland Matters)

EFFICIENCY: 

• New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia are among cities that will receive federal funds to adopt and implement “innovative” building codes to improve energy efficiency. (Utility Dive)
• University of Maryland scientists are leading research into energy-efficient air conditioners. (Inside Climate News)

OVERSIGHT: 

• Consumer advocates in New York struggle for resources as Gov. Kathy Hochul has twice vetoed bills that would reimburse their work on behalf of ratepayers. (New York Focus)
• The Philadelphia Gas Commission approves new rules restricting public participation in the city’s gas utility budgeting, which climate activists say will shut them out of the process. (WHYY)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: A Vermont utility is asking the public for input on where to locate EV chargers funded by a $4.8 million federal grant. (VT Digger)

COAL: Maryland officials grant a draft permit to a CSX coal export terminal, requiring the company to monitor and limit pollutants in water discharge. (Capital Gazette)

WIND: 

• A Massachusetts port opens a new deep-water berth for vessels serving offshore wind construction. (Marine Link)
• Ørsted announces plans to double the size of its headquarters in downtown Providence. (Rhode Island Current)

SOLAR: 

• A developer withdraws its proposal for a 1.6 MW solar array on vacant farmland in Connecticut, but could reapply in the future. (CT Insider)
• A Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources official commemorates the completion of a solar array at a state park, part of the agency’s plan to offset 100% of its electricity use with renewables by 2030. (The Progress)

POLITICS: The developer of a Maryland power line gave $10,000 to sponsor an event for state officials at the Democratic National Convention, but says the sponsorship was meant to “build visibility” and not advance any particular project. (Fox 45)

COMMENTARY: A Maine environmental advocate says Iberdrola’s proposed takeover of Central Maine Power’s parent company could affect the state’s climate goals. (Portland Press Herald)

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: The Biden administration announces $521 million in grants for electric vehicle charging, and says the number of publicly available chargers has doubled since 2021. (Utility Dive)

GRID: 

• A flood of new solar and battery capacity have kept Texas’ independent state power grid afloat as it sets a new record for peak demand, experts say, though state lawmakers also credit a new conservation alert system. (Canary Media, KIII)
• Renewable energy groups issue a report calling for interconnection reforms ahead of a two-day FERC workshop next month. (Utility Dive)
• Georgia Power plans to install 500 MW of battery energy storage at four locations around the state to help meet a projected spike in power demand. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

OIL & GAS: 

• A coalition of 23 state attorneys general petitions the Supreme Court to block EPA rules requiring oil and gas wells to control leaks of methane, a significant contributor to global warming. (The Hill)
• The U.S. Interior Department finalizes prohibitions on new mining, drilling and other development on 28 million acres of federal land in Alaska, reversing a Trump-era policy. (Alaska Beacon)
• As oil exports reach record levels, four U.S. senators and 18 Congress members call for a pause on the permitting of liquified natural gas export projects and want to revisit regulators’ decision to approve a terminal 30 miles off the Texas coast. (Houston Chronicle)

UTILITIES: Illinois ratepayers have paid an extra $1.8 billion since 2015 by choosing alternative energy suppliers over traditional utilities like ComEd and Ameren, according to a consumer advocate’s analysis. (Daily Herald)

SOLAR: Opponents of a proposed 800 MW Ohio solar project may turn to the state Supreme Court to block the project after regulators denied repeated challenges. (WCMH)

COMMENTARY: 

• A business writer says automakers’ whiplash on electric vehicles repeats a familiar pattern when legacy companies overreact to startups willing to endure heavy initial losses. (Washington Post)
• In New Jersey, the Garden State Institute’s president describes the financial and planning lessons that the state’s offshore wind projects can learn from the recent Nantucket turbine failure. (Daily Record)

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• Fishing groups stage a floating protest of the Vineyard Wind project, with a protest leader criticizing “the industrialization of our oceans” he says is a threat to fisheries. (New Bedford Light)
• While New Hampshire’s outgoing Republican governor, Chris Sununu, has been supportive of offshore wind, the candidates to replace him are divided along party lines. (New Hampshire Bulletin)

OIL & GAS: 

• Northeast states are leading the way in pursuing compensation from oil companies for economic damages from climate change. (Stateline)
• The city of Baltimore sues natural gas producers in federal court, accusing the companies of conspiring to curb production in order to raise prices. (Reuters)
• Pennsylvania launches a new apprenticeship program to train workers to plug abandoned oil and gas wells. (Tribune-Democrat)

GRID: 

• Federal data shows electricity generation from fossil fuels spiked during heat waves in New England this summer, with natural gas providing 61% of capacity on June 22. (Energy Information Administration)
• Calpine says it will pursue more natural gas generation in Pennsylvania and Ohio in response to high prices in PJM Interconnection’s recent capacity auction. (Power Engineering)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: 

• A New York official acknowledges challenges with the state’s rollout of electric school buses, but says districts should still start now to prepare for the transition. (WHEC)
• Rhode Island’s transportation department will build more than 200 electric vehicle charging stations with help from a $15 million federal grant. (What’s Up Newp)

UTILITIES: A hearing examiner’s report supports a Maine utility’s effort to avoid state regulatory review of its parent company’s acquisition by Iberdrola. (Portland Press Herald)

OVERSIGHT: Consumer and environmental groups push back on the New Hampshire PUC’s plan to introduce stricter requirements for groups or individuals to intervene in regulatory proceedings. (RTO Insider, subscription)

SOLAR: A Pennsylvania school board unanimously rejects a plan for a solar array on district property that would have brought in $200,000 a year in revenue. (Lancaster Online) 

WASTE TO ENERGY: Neighbors push Connecticut regulators to hold a public hearing on plans to allow a waste-to-energy plant to burn medical waste. (WFSB)

EQUITY: Philadelphia is holding a series of neighborhood-level workshops as it plans a city-specific environmental justice mapping tool. (WHYY)

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ALSO: New York Republicans introduce a package of bills that would delay the state’s climate targets by ten years, but also provide incentives for solar power. (Finger Lakes 1)

OFFSHORE WIND: 

• GE Vernova reports another blade failure on one of its Haliade-X turbines in England — the same design as a Vineyard Wind turbine that failed in July — but the company is still prohibited from installing more blades at the project. (CommonWealth Beacon) 
• Anti-wind protesters claim without evidence that the broken Vineyard turbine blade added to “the plight of the right whale,” an endangered species most at risk from vessel strikes and climate change. (Nantucket Current, Energy News Network archive)
• A Delaware beach community votes to join Ocean City, Maryland, in its threat to sue a federal agency over its environmental review of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project, which has not yet been completed. (Coast TV) 

WIND:

• A Maine agency will study the viability of small-scale wind turbines, which could help supplement low production from solar panels in winter. (Portland Press Herald)
• Construction has begun on a 114 MW wind farm in western Pennsylvania. (Renewables Now)

UTILITIES: Connecticut Republicans want to use a state surplus to provide relief from high utility bills, but it would require a change to spending rules that the party has previously resisted. (Connecticut Mirror)

SOLAR: 

• New Hampshire regulators are holding hearings this week on proposed changes to the state’s net metering policy. (Sentinel Source)
• Philadelphia school officials say the state’s new Solar for Schools program will create a new income stream that will help them pay for needed renovations on buildings. (WHYY)
• New Maine rules will help farmers install solar on otherwise unusable land contaminated by PFAS chemicals. (News Center Maine)
• Developers complete a 9.4 MW solar array on a former golf course in Rhode Island. (Solar Industry)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: A Maine company specializes in converting commercial work boats to run on electric power, anticipating the switch will be a “no-brainer” for fishermen as battery costs drop. (MaineBiz)

NATURAL GAS: Connecticut regulators fine a gas utility $100,000 for safety violations in decommissioning abandoned service lines. (Hartford Courant)

NUCLEAR: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is interested in whether nuclear power, with the help of federal funding, could help the state meet its climate targets. (Bloomberg Law, subscription)

BUILDINGS: A pair of Maine hospitals are working to reduce their climate impact, including ending use of an anesthetic gas that emits a large amount of carbon dioxide. (Sun Journal)

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