OIL & GAS: Wyoming closes state oil and gas leasing auctions to non-industry entities after a conservation group bid on parcels in an effort to block drilling. (Cowboy State Daily)
ALSO:
- Advocates criticize the federal Bureau of Land Management for reaffirming contested Trump-era oil and gas and helium leases in a protected area in Utah. (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Two firms agree to pay $50 million to settle litigation over alleged conspiracy to manipulate southern California gasoline spot prices in 2015. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
UTILITIES: Oregon’s largest natural gas utility misses its goals for blending renewable fuels into its pipelines to offset carbon emissions for a second consecutive year. (OPB)
GRID: Northwest energy officials predict rising power demand from data centers could push the grid to its limit within five years. (Seattle Times)
WIND:
- California’s energy commission approves an offshore wind strategic plan aimed at developing 25,000 MW of capacity by 2045. (CalMatters)
- Wyoming regulators greenlight a planned 504 MW wind power facility delayed by legal complications after the developer changed ownership. (Cowboy State Daily)
SOLAR:
- A western Colorado solar education and training center opens its courses to high school students to prime them for clean energy careers. (Sopris Sun)
- A southwestern Idaho county’s residents push back against a proposed utility-scale solar project on private land, saying it will convert farmland into a “glass desert.” (KTVB)
- A developer proposes a utility-scale solar installation on 1,300 acres of private land in northern Utah. (Utah Public Radio)
TRANSPORTATION: The Biden administration awards a northern California transit agency $15 million to acquire hydrogen fuel cell buses and train workers on zero-emissions technologies. (East Bay Times)
CLIMATE: Observers say Montana’s Supreme Court appears divided over an appeal seeking to overturn a ruling in a youth climate case the judges considered this week. (E&E News, subscription)
NUCLEAR: A Wyoming oil and gas and coal mining equipment manufacturing firm pivots to cater to the state’s nascent advanced nuclear reactor industry. (WyoFile)
TRANSMISSION:
- A southern Colorado county approves a proposed transmission project but rejects a solar installation that would have tied into the line, citing environmental concerns. (Alamosa Citizen)
- California lawmakers advance stripped down legislation aimed at streamlining transmission project permitting on state lands. (RTO Insider, subscription)
OVERSIGHT: California legal experts predict the state’s strong environmental regulations will mute the effects of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings aimed at dismantling the administrative state. (CalMatters)
POLLUTION: Monitors show Colorado’s Front Range has violated U.S. EPA ozone pollution standards multiple times this summer, potentially sparking a crackdown from federal regulators. (Colorado Sun)
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