In the news today…
Grid:
- Click on Detroit reports that DTE Energy is installing equipment on Detroit’s west side meant to help it more quickly detect and respond to power outages.
- Axios reports that two Democratic lawmakers plan a bill that would collect interest from Energy Department transmission project loans and allow affected communities to use the money raised for local infrastructure projects.
- Business Insider reports that while construction continues on the $6 billion Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line, slated to bring 1.25 GW of hydropower from Canada to New York City, some groups remain concerned about its impact on Native lands.
EPA:
- Inside EPA reports industry and environmentalists are clashing ahead of EPA’s imminent release of a suite of new rules governing power sector emissions, including tougher standards for mercury and other air toxics, new greenhouse gas standards, stricter effluent limits for wastewater discharges and first-time requirements for unregulated coal ash storage sites.
Coal:
- Politico Pro reports coal-fired power generation is shrinking to new lows, two of coal’s most powerful advocates in Congress — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin — are stepping back, and last month’s collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore is crimping the industry’s access to export markets.