OVERSIGHT: Iowa’s largest electric utility appeals a ruling that it must share long-range resource planning documents with environmental groups and other stakeholders who agree not to divulge confidential information. (Energy News Network) ALSO: State regulators will expand an audit of FirstEnergy to determine whether the utility broke state law by not disclosing consulting fees it paid […]
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Minnesota regulators approve renewable natural gas supply system
WIND: As prices continue to fall, Xcel Energy issues bill credits to customers who volunteered to pay extra to support wind energy. (Energy News Network) ALSO: • Federal regulators allow a developer more time to show to grid operator MISO that it has secured enough land for a proposed 600 MW wind project in Wisconsin. […]
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Normal, Illinois regains electric vehicle manufacturing hub
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Rivian has stepped into Normal, Illinois, with electric vehicle manufacturing plans roughly a decade after Mitsubishi unsuccessfully launched similar efforts there. (Energy News Network) ALSO:• Missouri clean energy advocates praise Ford’s plan to invest $95 million in its Kansas City plant to manufacture electric commercial vans. (KRCG)• Minnesota officials collect public comments on […]
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Ford, researchers see swift emission reductions from EV adoption
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Switching to electric models of light-duty pickups, sedans and SUVs could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from driving by two-thirds in the near term, according to Ford and University of Michigan researchers. (MLive) NUCLEAR: • The Nebraska Public Power District ends a nearly 30-year partnership with Entergy and takes over full operation of the […]
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Indiana consumer advocates decry ‘outrageous’ gas plant approval
Also: Critics fear new Missouri law chips away at state’s recent coal securitization policy
