Good morning! Nearly one-third of Americans live in multifamily housing, which makes it trickier to get their own EV chargers. Startup 3V Infrastructure has a solution — check it out in today’s top story from Jeff St. John.
Next up, Kathiann M. Kowalski breaks down a new study showing disadvantaged Ohio communities are more likely to rely on older, more outage-prone grid equipment.
And we’ve got updates on the federal “green bank” thaw, another attack on offshore wind, and private sector clean energy investment.
A federal judge indefinitely blocked the U.S. EPA from clawing back $20 billion in “green bank” funding, but the EPA quickly appealed the ruling. (E&E News)
More than 100 U.S. Energy Information Administration employees are set to take Trump administration resignation offers, jeopardizing the agency’s energy data reporting. (Reuters)
A federal judge temporarily halts the U.S. Energy Department’s plan to cut $405 million for university research. (E&E News)
Solar industry lobbyists try to convince lawmakers that solar incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act are boosting domestic manufacturing and helping meet growing power demand. (Utility Dive)
GRID
Only half of Puerto Rico utility customers had power back this morning after an island-wide outage showcased the system’s continued fragility. (Associated Press)
OFFSHORE WIND
The Trump administration orders a halt to construction on the Empire Wind project off New York; Gov. Kathy Hochul vows to fight the order “every step of the way.” (New York Times, ny.gov)
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Tesla’s share of electric vehicle sales in California has dropped below 50% for the first time following car recalls and political backlash against Elon Musk. (Bloomberg)
CLEAN ENERGY
Nearly $8 billion in private sector clean energy investments were canceled or downsized in the first quarter of 2025, business group E2 finds. (E&E News)
COAL ASH
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle environmental rules around coal, U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says the agency will enable states to take over regulation and permitting of toxic coal ash disposal. (Associated Press)
FOSSIL FUELS
Analysts say President Trump’s global trade war could slow GDP growth by 15% this year, which in turn could lower oil demand growth as much as 50%. (E&E News)
An analysis finds the annual emissions from tankers carrying liquified natural gas, of which the U.S. is the top exporter, cancels out emission reductions from all electric vehicles in the U.S. (Inside Climate News)
CARBON CAPTURE
Occidental Petroleum purchases direct air capture startup Holocene, the second carbon capture company it’s acquired in the last two years. (Heatmap)
BATTERIES
California battery maker Lyten says it has begun production of its proprietary lithium alloys in Pennsylvania, bringing the last major piece of its supply chain to the U.S. (Latitude Media)
PUBLIC LANDS
The Trump administration moves to rescind the Biden-era Public Lands Rule aimed at putting conservation on a par with energy development and other federal land uses. (Public Domain)
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