In the news today…
Grid:
- Utility Dive reports that States in the MISO region are beginning to consider aggregated demand response as a potential asset to improve grid reliability.
Mining:
- E&E Greenwire reports PolyMet Mining Corp. and Teck Resources Ltd. finalized a joint venture Wednesday to complete the copper-nickel mine that PolyMet has been developing in northeastern Minnesota, and the partnership hopes to eventually build a separate mine next door in an even larger ore body that Teck controls.
- E&E Daily reports Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee leaders introduced legislation Wednesday to greenlight $3.5 billion to bolster the Department of Energy’s efforts to stimulate the country’s uranium industry.
- E&E Daily reports Nevada Democrats are reintroducing bicameral legislation to raise the regulatory burdens on siting permanent nuclear waste repositories, in the hope of making a potential Yucca Mountain repository even more unlikely.
Coal:
- Argus reports West Virginia’s Senate and House energy committees approved two bills and a resolution aimed at protecting coal this week.
- Inside EPA reports EPA is presenting initial projections that the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) clean energy incentives could mean that coal-fired electricity will no longer be needed to provide “baseload” power generation in the coming years, and that the law could lead to a 90 percent reduction in coal plants’ overall capacity.