Advocates want equity in Indiana EV infrastructure

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: As Indiana starts to deploy $100 million in federal funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, an alliance wants to make sure state officials are including chargers in Black and disadvantaged communities. (Indianapolis Star)

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ALSO:

• A northern Michigan electric boat company is one of four startups that will compete today for a $100,000 investment in a state-backed, Shark Tank-style pitch program. (Traverse City Ticker)
• A Michigan startup that has received recent capital investments makes solar-powered camping equipment built to charge an electric vehicle in remote areas. (Crain’s Detroit, subscription)

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UTILITIES:

• The start of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s racketeering trial is largely mirroring that of former ComEd executives who were convicted of bribery conspiracy last year. (Chicago Sun-Times)
• A ComEd executive testifying Wednesday in Madigan’s case described the utility’s dire financial condition leading up to 2006 and subsequent turnaround thanks to two major pieces of legislation. (WLS)

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COAL: Cancer rates related to air pollution are 12% higher near plants that use coal to make steel compared to national rates, and 26% higher for residents living near coke plants, a new study found. (Inside Climate News)

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PIPELINES:

• Farmers and local officials fear a South Dakota law, unless overturned by voters, will give carbon pipeline developers more power to build projects while backing enhanced oil recovery projects. (SDPB)
• The South Dakota Supreme Court rejects Summit Carbon Solutions’ request to reconsider a decision that carbon dioxide is not a commodity and that the company is not empowered to use eminent domain for the pipeline. (Dakota News Now)

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WIND: An Iowa county board expands a moratorium on wind turbines to include various other items such as towers and wind-measuring equipment. (Clinton Herald)

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SOLAR: An installer completes construction on a 2.8 MW solar parking canopy project at the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio. (Solar Power World)

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OVERSIGHT: A Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa citizen is running for a seat on the North Dakota Public Service Commission opposing plans for a carbon pipeline, while the incumbent Republican wants renewable developers to pay “their share” of grid infrastructure costs. (North Dakota Monitor)

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GRID: Power plant owners support PJM’s proposal to delay an upcoming capacity auction by six months to craft new capacity market rules, but warn that longer delays could erode investor confidence. (Utility Dive)

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BIOFUELS: Backers say extending a federal biofuel tax credit by 10 years would provide farmers economic certainty and help jumpstart the sustainable aviation fuel industry. (Michigan Farm News)

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COMMENTARY: Xcel Energy’s proposal to build 800 MW of distributed solar and storage comes as the utility stifles attempts by customers to deploy distributed projects, a clean energy advocate writes. (Canary Media)

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