Good morning. This morning we begin with two stories exploring the push-and-pull politics of the clean energy transition away from fossil fuels. In Texas, meanwhile, a data center firm is partnering with a gas company to secure a long-term power source that prolongs the use of fossil fuels. Read on for more.
Environmentalists, health officials and lawmakers push back on legislation backed by the governor that would scrap Puerto Rico’s renewable energy goals and extend the life of a coal-fired power plant. (Associated Press)
Texas’ grid operator presses a utility to keep a gas-fired power plant running even though it had been slated for retirement and its cost continues to climb well above previous estimates. (Houston Chronicle)
Clean energy and consumer advocacy groups try to block Alabama Power’s purchase of a 895-MW gas- and oil-fired power plant because they argue it will harm competition. (Utility Dive)
Oklahoma farmers and landowners organize to push back against a proposed 375-mile transmission line to link a wind farm to a substation. (StateImpact Oklahoma)
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
The Trump administration’s block on electric vehicle charger funding is felt in Louisiana, North Carolina and Virginia. (WBRZ, WRAL, Axios)
A Texas hydrogen startup announces it will lay off more than half its staff in response to the Trump administration’s clean energy rollbacks. (Houston Chronicle)
UTILITIES
The Tennessee Valley Authority looks to reduce its workforce with a voluntary buyout program that’s separate from the Trump administration’s effort to reduce the number of federal employees. (Knoxville News Sentinel)
