In the news today…
Grid:
- HuffPost reports that Georgia, Tennessee and Utah are the latest states to give prosecutors broad new authority to charge people with felonies for disrupting power plants or pipelines.
- Central Maine reports that arguments close in a trial that could determine the fate of the New England Clean Energy Connect power line, which would bring hydropower from Canada to New England but faces opposition from environmentalists and fossil fuel interests alike.
Permitting:
- Roll Call reports Republicans in Congress may not like the Biden administration’s recent proposal to squeeze greenhouse gas emissions standards in the name of advancing electric vehicle adoption, but it does provide them with leverage on one of their top priorities: an overhaul of the federal permitting process.
Coal:
- Argus reports Powder River basin (PRB) coal production continued to fall during the first quarter as a result of limited heating demand for some coal users.