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WIND: Louisiana lawmakers advance a bill to expand the size of allowable wind energy projects off the Gulf Coast as the state seeks to entice investors and developers. (Louisiana Illuminator)

OIL & GAS:
• A gas and oil producer plans to build an industrial-scale carbon capture plant in the Permian Basin. (S&P Global)
• Surging natural gas prices after last year’s winter storm and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine lead a growing number of Oklahomans to seek assistance paying their gas bills. (Tahlequah Daily Press)
• The former head of a Permian Basin oil association dismisses a proposed federal tax on oil companies as too broad. (KWES)

GRID:
• More than 11,000 Duke Energy customers in North Carolina lose power after a fire at a substation. (WCNC)
• Louisiana regulators will decide whether to hire outside consultants to review the resiliency of the state’s electrical grid. (Greater Baton Rouge Business Report)

COAL: Crews demolish several smokestacks at a shuttered coal-fired power plant in Kentucky. (WEVV)

UTILITIES:
• Federal regulators will let Dominion Energy’s shareholders vote on a resolution calling on the utility to describe its plan for stranded natural gas infrastructure. (E&E News)
• Federal officials issue safety citations to the Tennessee Valley Authority and two other companies after a worker was electrocuted at a coal-fired plant in Tennessee. (Business Insurance)

POLITICS: U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin outlines the energy policies he supports and opposes as Democrats look to move forward on a climate spending package. (The Hill, E&E News)

CLIMATE: Appalachia, New England and other regions are beginning to attract new residents who are moving away from rising seas, rampant wildfires and other extreme weather driven by climate change. (Yale Environment 360)

ECONOMY: A nonprofit’s new report says Arkansas can grow its economy through more environmental training for workers as “green jobs” become more widespread. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

ADVOCACY: A judge finds an Appalachian environmental nonprofit violated federal law by firing two employees and discouraging union organizing before it dissolved last year. (Charleston Gazette-Mail)

COMMENTARY: The struggles of a West Virginia community near the mouth of a coal mine raise questions about Clean Air Act standards, writes a member of an Appalachian advocacy group. (Appalachian Voices)