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OVERSIGHT

• The U.S. EPA proposes repealing requirements that top-emitting companies report their greenhouse gas emissions. (The Hill)

WIND

• The Trump administration asks a federal judge to invalidate the Biden administration’s approval of US Wind’s Maryland Offshore Wind Project, saying the original process didn’t properly account for threats to commercial fishing and search-and-rescue operations. (Reuters)

• Ørsted will offer heavily discounted shares as it looks to raise funds amid major challenges to its U.S. projects. (Reuters)

NUCLEAR

• President Trump is expected to sign an agreement with the U.K. to boost nuclear power development during his visit this week. (BBC)

DATA CENTERS

• Grid operator PJM introduces a proposal under which large data centers would not be guaranteed electricity during a power emergency; businesses, governors, and consumer watchdogs object. (Associated Press)

CARBON CAPTURE

• Louisiana regulators approve Sempra Infrastructure’s proposed Hackberry carbon storage well — the first well in the state — allowing the company to pump up to 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide underground annually. (Advocate)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Used EV sales have risen 40% over the last year as buyers find they’re often cheaper than comparable gas-powered cars. (New York Times)

• Stellantis cancels plans for an electric Ram 1500 pickup, citing slow demand for battery-electric trucks. (CNBC)

SOLAR

• Data show Texas installed 3,800 MW of new solar capacity — leading the nation — during the first half of 2025, ahead of California, Indiana, and Arizona. (San Antonio Express News, news release)

• School districts in Arizona, Colorado, and California work to find alternate funding sources for installing solar arrays and acquiring electric buses after the Trump administration and congressional Republicans nixed clean energy tax credits and incentives. (Hechinger Report)

GRID

• California lawmakers pass a bill that would allow California’s grid operator to join a Western day-ahead power market and an independently governed regional transmission organization. (CalMatters)

FOSSIL FUELS

• A revived plan to build a natural gas pipeline into New York will cost residents of the state $1.25 billion and won’t create promised local jobs, a new report concludes. (Gothamist)

POLITICS

• The U.S. House is set to vote this week on Republican-led bills that would let ​“reliable” energy products bypass interconnection queues, ease pipeline permitting, and establish a permanent federal coal advisory council. (E&E News)