Indiana has its best year yet for solar

SOLAR: Indiana’s utility-scale solar market rebounds from supply chain issues and interconnection delays with its strongest year yet in 2023. (WFYI)

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UTILITIES: ComEd and Ameren Illinois file scaled back infrastructure spending plans after regulators rejected previous proposals to align with the state’s Climate and Equitable Jobs Act. (Capitol News Illinois)

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NUCLEAR: A Minnesota nuclear plant is back to full power after an outage dragged on for nearly two months longer than expected and drew questions from state officials. (Star Tribune)

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PIPELINES:

• North Dakota regulators reject a county’s request to reconsider a recent finding that the state supersedes local authority on pipeline siting issues. (KXNET)
• New South Dakota laws create landowner protections during pipeline survey work and easement restrictions for carbon pipelines while allowing state regulators to overrule local officials on permitting. (KELO)

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: An Indiana Congress member wants the Biden administration to investigate the potential security risks of U.S. reliance on Chinese-made electric vehicles and battery components. (E&E News)

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OHIO: An Ohio disciplinary board says the state’s former top utility regulator, who faces state and federal corruption charges, violated attorney ethics rules in his relationship with FirstEnergy. (Bloomberg Law, subscription)

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WIND: A new study finds wind turbines have a negligible effect on property values, and the negative impact on homes close to wind turbines disappears within a decade. (CNN)

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CLEAN ENERGY: Advocates urge the Biden administration to encourage manufacturers to revitalize domestic aluminum production to support the clean energy transition. (Canary Media)

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FOSSIL FUELS: The National Park Service and a regional foundation announce that national parks around Lake Superior have begun efforts to transition park operations off fossil fuels. (Michigan Advance)

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CLIMATE: The $10 million allocated to fund Minneapolis’ climate action plan includes $4.7 million for energy efficiency in buildings and $1.4 million for workforce training. (Minnesota Daily)

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CLEAN TECH: A state-funded program in Minnesota is providing seed funding for clean energy startups to scale their technologies and help make the state economically competitive. (Star Tribune)

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COMMENTARY: The executive director of the Sierra Club says the Line 5 pipeline trespasses on tribal land and is an environmental disaster waiting to happen. (Sun-Times)

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