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Minnesota utilities offer to lessen demand charges on EV fast chargers

By Frank Jossi

Utility demand charges are hurting the business case for installing high-speed vehicle chargers, a report says.

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Minnesota co-ops tap on-bill financing to help shift consumption overnight

By Frank Jossi

The programs offer no- or low-interest loans for appliances that charge when power tends to be cheaper and cleaner.

storage

Minnesota utilities weigh energy storage as substitute for peaker plants

By Frank Jossi

A 2019 state law requires utilities to consider energy storage in their long-range resource plans.

coal

N.D. coal plant draws scrutiny as part of Minnesota utility’s resource plan

By Frank Jossi

A Minnesota utility faces criticism from clean energy advocates for continuing to operate one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the Upper Midwest.

Q&A

Q&A: Great River Energy executive on utility’s renewable pledge

By Frank Jossi

The co-op’s announcement comes in the wake of a failed legislative effort to raise Minnesota’s renewable standard.

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Will Blackjewel leave Eastern Kentuckians to clean up its abandoned coal mines?

Source: Lexington Herald Leader

Ohio attorney general asks judge to block FirstEnergy surcharge in nuclear bailout scandal

Source: Reuters

Massachusetts governor vetoes climate bill, citing housing concerns

Source: WBUR

Will 2021 be the year for environmental justice legislation? States are already leading the way

Source: Inside Climate News

Amid production woes, U.S. coal deaths at historic low in 2020

Source: Associated Press

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Midwest Energy News

January 14 2021

Ohio AG seeks to block $102M in fees for FirstEnergy

CLEAN ENERGY: Ann Arbor, Michigan, officials are pursuing a community choice aggregation bill that would allow it to purchase clean energy on behalf of residents and businesses. (Energy News Network) ALSO: Wisconsin officials anticipate a growing number of solar and energy efficiency projects to come online this year. (WUWM) OHIO: • Attorney General Dave Yost […]

Southeast Energy News

January 15 2021

Coal bankruptcy could leave massive environmental mess for taxpayers and communities

COAL: Kentucky residents worry that bankrupt coal operator Blackjewel may abandon many of its unreclaimed surface mines, leaving a massive environmental mess for taxpayers and communities. (Lexington Herald-Leader) ALSO: A new report says the cost of reclaiming nearly half a million billion acres of mined land in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and Tennessee may […]

Northeast Energy News

January 15 2021

Massachusetts Gov. Baker vetoes climate roadmap bill

CLIMATE: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker vetoes a comprehensive climate roadmap bill, saying its efficiency requirements would have burdened the housing sector and that the bill lacked tools for localities to address environmental justice issues. (Masslive.com) ALSO: • Maine and two private organizations are taking preliminary steps to include small woodlot owners to use their trees […]

Western Energy News

January 14 2021

Lawsuit blames PacifiCorp for northern California wildfire

UTILITIES: Victims of last year’s Slater fire in northern California and southern Oregon sue Pacificorp for negligence, saying the utility’s failure to maintain its transmission lines is to blame for the blaze. (The Oregonian) POLLUTION: A new study finds that up to 50% of all Western fine-particle pollution is now caused by wildfire smoke. (Los […]

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Congress to prioritize ‘Environmental Justice for All’ bill

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