DOE clawback breaks Ohio glass industry decarbonization plans

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INDUSTRY

• Ambitious emission-reduction projects at two Ohio glass factories are among two dozen industrial decarbonization projects whose federal funding was eliminated Friday by the U.S. Department of Energy. (Canary Media)

SOLAR

• Indiana advocates say warehouses and big box stores are an untapped opportunity for solar development that could reduce pressure to build ground-mounted projects. (Indiana Public Media)

• Indiana nearly doubled its solar generation capacity and quadrupled its battery storage last year, according to a new report. (Louisville Public Media)

• Ohio Republican lawmakers reintroduce legislation to establish a community solar pilot program after the proposal was stripped from a larger energy bill recently signed by the governor. (PV Magazine)

OIL & GAS

• The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe asks a federal appeals court to review a judge’s decision to dismiss its latest lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the Dakota Access Pipeline. (North Dakota Monitor)

• In response to weak oil prices that are making it hard to turn a profit, North Dakota extends the amount of time oil producers are allowed to wait to put wells into production after drilling them. (Reuters)

COAL

• Wisconsin extends a deadline for a company to use a $15 million grant to move coal piles in Green Bay amid plans to redevelop the site. (Press Gazette)

UTILITIES

• Critics of DTE Energy, including a state lawmaker, call out the utility’s high rates and frequent outages at a rally before a state regulatory town hall meeting. (Planet Detroit)

• AEP Ohio files for a base rate increase, saying it needs to collect 2.14% more money from ratepayers to pay for grid maintenance and upgrades. (WCMH)

COMMENTARY

• A climate-tech investor warns that a $4 billion Kansas battery factory could be the last of its kind in the region if President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress continue their assault on federal clean energy incentives. (Kansas City Star)

• Recent heavy rains in Indiana highlight the risk to the state’s waters from toxic coal ash, most of which is stored in floodplains, an advocate writes. (Herald-Times)

NEW FROM CANARY

• As the U.S. House’s clean energy incentive-slashing budget bill heads to the Senate, all eyes are on North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, who is among Republicans who argued against a wholesale repeal of IRA tax credits, Elizabeth Ouzts reports.

• Months after the catastrophic fire at Vistra’s grid battery in Moss Landing, California, a neighboring battery project is back online, Julian Spector reports.

• The Texas Senate lets three House-passed bills die that would’ve curtailed the state’s booming wind and solar power development, Kathryn Krawczyk reports.