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• GOP budget plan contains a massive poison pill for clean energy May 15, 2025
  Tucked into the House Republicans’ 389-page tax bill released on Monday is a poison pill for U.S. clean energy developers and manufacturers, one that energy and tax policy experts say would essentially repeal the hundreds of billions of dollars of tax credits now flowing to energy projects and solar, battery, and EV…
• New Hampshire budget bill would defund state renewable energy grant program May 15, 2025
  A sprawling budget bill working its way through the New Hampshire legislature includes under-the-radar provisions that could gut an important state renewable energy program. The 183-page bill , already approved by the House, includes measures that would redirect millions of dollars from a state renewable energy fund…
• North Carolina eyes grid-enhancing tech to improve aging power lines May 15, 2025
  Last summer, utility Duke Energy joined U.S. and state officials to announce with fanfare that it would rebuild a 40-mile transmission line between hurricane-prone Goldsboro and Raleigh, North Carolina. The company said the new infrastructure would result in fewer power outages, more solar connected to the grid, and…
• Has Maine learned how to make heat pumps lower electricity costs for all? May 14, 2025
  Maine’s new energy-efficiency plan is projected to lower electricity bills for the state’s residents — even those who don’t directly benefit from its rebate and incentive programs. The plan, set to go into effect in July, is heavily focused on getting electric heat pumps in as many homes as possible. It comes as…
• The country’s biggest grid operator has a new tool to track emissions May 14, 2025
  It isn’t easy to trace the flows of electricity across a high-voltage transmission grid that spans 15 states from Louisiana to North Dakota. It’s harder still to differentiate the clean electrons from the dirty ones. But doing so is necessary for states, companies, and other entities to track real progress toward…
• How to talk to Republicans about offshore wind May 13, 2025
  There were boat rides to see an offshore wind farm — America’s largest — being constructed. An exhibit space greeted attendees with German beer, Danish cuisine, undersea robots, and free novelty socks stamped with wind turbines. But even a black-tie gala held after hours couldn’t lift the dark cloud hanging over this…
• Amid tariff uncertainty, US grid battery industry faces an uphill climb May 13, 2025
  Companies making and deploying lithium-ion batteries in the U.S. recently gathered in Washington, D.C., to ask the federal government for the policy support they say they need. Their request came alongside a big promise: to cumulatively spend $100 billion by 2030 to build a self-sufficient, all-American grid battery…
• llinois’ grid needs batteries. Can the legislature deliver? May 12, 2025
  Illinois’s ambitious clean energy transition, which mandates a phaseout of fossil-fuel power by 2045, depends on adding large amounts of energy storage to the grid. This is especially true now with the proliferation of data centers . Utility-scale battery installations will be key to ensuring that renewables — along…
• Trump’s all-out war on energy efficiency May 12, 2025
  The Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on American energy-efficiency efforts that have saved consumers billions of dollars and eased the transition away from fossil fuels. From proposing to eliminate the popular Energy Star and Low Income Home Energy Assistance programs to firing staff and delaying…
• States fight back against Trump’s wind and EV attacks May 9, 2025
  This analysis and news roundup comes from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump has antagonized the clean energy industry, putting crucial federal funding on ice, rolling back key regulations, and even coming after state climate laws . …