PUBLIC LANDS: Utah files a lawsuit seeking control of some 18.5 million acres of unappropriated federal lands in the state, claiming Biden administration regulations hamper oil and gas and other development. (Associated Press)

COAL: The U.S. EPA tentatively rejects parts of Utah regulators’ plan to reduce smog-forming emissions from two coal power plants in the central part of the state. (E&E News, subscription)

GEOTHERMAL: California regulators extend the public comment period for proposed geothermal plants near the Salton Sea after environmental justice groups raise concerns. (Holtville Tribune)

SOLAR: A company brings a 200 MW solar installation online to help power its gold mine in Nevada. (news release)

WIND: 

• A Washington state energy siting council releases revised recommendations for the proposed Horse Heaven wind and solar facility after Gov. Jay Inslee rejected previous more restrictive suggestions. (Center Square) 
• The U.S. Energy Department issues a request for information related to offshore wind transmission development along the West Coast. (Renewable Energy Magazine)

CLEAN ENERGY: 

• U.S. Treasury Department data show more than 41,000 Nevada families have taken advantage of Inflation Reduction Act clean energy tax credits. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Washington state wildlife officials seek public input on proposed utility scale wind and solar facility siting guidelines. (KHQ)
• A southern California community power organization awards local nonprofits $1.2 million to fund clean energy and efficiency projects. (City News Service)

GRID: 

• Faculty and advocates push back against a Colorado university’s plan to upgrade its heating, cooling and electrical plant with new natural gas turbines, saying it is too costly and will do little to reduce emissions. (Colorado Sun)
• An Idaho study finds increasing electricity demand, ongoing drought and competition from wind, solar and natural gas generation have diminished hydropower’s share of the state’s energy mix over the last 20 years. (Idaho Capital Sun)
• California officials plan to issue flexible demand appliance standards for electric storage water heaters later this year. (PV Magazine)

UTILITIES: Montana regulators order NorthWestern Energy to provide more information before they will consider the utility’s proposed rate hike. (Daily Montanan)

CLIMATE: 

• Washington state awards 41 tribal nations and other organizations $14 million from its carbon cap-and-invest program to fund climate change mitigation projects. (NBC Right Now)
• Oregon officials propose managing 83,000 acres of state forest for capturing and storing carbon dioxide. (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: California awards a San Francisco Bay Area ferry service $5 million to install floating charging stations. (RTO Insider, subscription)

BIOFUELS: A western Colorado county supports studying the feasibility of establishing sustainable aviation fuel production facilities in the region. (Biofuels Digest)

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SOLAR: Developers break ground on a 140 MW solar-plus-storage installation on the Jicarilla Apache Nation in northern New Mexico. (Albuquerque Journal)

ALSO:

• Developers begin construction on a 130 MW solar-plus-storage installation in southern New Mexico. (Solar Power World) 
• Analysts say a plan to establish a $1.9 billion solar panel manufacturing facility near Albuquerque could be endangered by tariffs and geopolitical wrangling. (New Mexico In Depth)

CLEAN ENERGY: 

• Analysts predict a second Trump administration would imperil dozens of pending solar, wind and geothermal projects on federal land in the West. (E&E News)
• A nonprofit launches a $1.7 million campaign in Arizona aimed at expanding Latinos’ access to federal clean energy incentives. (Arizona Republic)

OIL & GAS: 

• California lawmakers consider delaying by more than four years implementing rules requiring oil companies to monitor oil and gas well leaks near homes and schools. (CalMatters)
• A Montana poll finds broad support among registered voters for new Biden administration oil and gas rules increasing royalty rates and reclamation bonds. (Daily Montanan)
• U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, an Alaska Republican, calls on the federal Bureau of Land Management to hand over correspondence related to a proposed Trans-Alaska Pipeline land transfer. (E&E News, subscription)

GRID: Data show natural gas remains California’s largest single energy source even though renewable, carbon-free sources provided 100% of the state’s electricity during 100 days so far this year. (CalMatters)

UTILITIES: A Washington state clean energy grant program has awarded $200 utility bill credits to about 50,000 low-income families since launching in July.  (Spokesman-Review)

CLIMATE: 

• A California startup secures $85 million in financing to scale up its low-carbon cement manufacturing process. (Canary Media)
• Colorado researchers work to develop ways to monitor, quantify and reduce methane emissions from beef and dairy cattle. (Colorado Sun)

TRANSPORTATION: California regulators abandon a proposal to require jet fuel suppliers to pay for greenhouse gas emissions, saying it will look to incentivize sustainable fuel production instead. (E&E News, subscription)

COAL: Federal researchers find a Canada coal mine is sending pollution some 350 miles downstream and across the border to the Columbia River in the Northwest. (Montana Free Press)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: San Francisco Bay Area cities consider establishing electric bicycle regulations following an increase in related accidents. (Mercury News)

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ALSO: Rural Washington state residents push back on a proposed 16-acre battery energy storage system, saying it would take land out of farming. (Capital Press)

SOLAR: 

• An Alaska utility and developer propose a 45 MW solar installation that would triple the state’s solar generating capacity and mitigate a looming natural gas shortage. (Anchorage Daily News) 
• A Colorado town begins construction on a solar installation designed to power its wastewater treatment plant. (Vail Daily)
• A California city breaks ground on a project to install solar arrays at multiple municipal facilities. (Victor Valley News Group)

GRID: 

• A southern California city that could lose power and natural gas service after landslides compromised utility lines appeals to Tesla to provide solar panels and batteries to residents. (Los Angeles Times)
• Frequent power outages imperil the Port of Los Angeles’ quest to electrify its operations and distribution system. (Los Angeles Times)
• A New Mexico advocacy group urges the U.S. Forest Service to reject a proposed transmission line leading to Los Alamos National Laboratory, saying it would damage cultural and ecological sites. (Santa Fe New Mexican)

MICROGRIDS: A developer plans to install a wind and solar powered microgrid in downtown Honolulu. (news release)

OIL & GAS: 

• Advocates criticize Chevron for operating a local news website in the Permian Basin, saying it exists solely to prop up the industry. (Floodlight)
• A California petroleum company seeks to block the state from releasing documents related to the firm’s plan to reopen a pipeline that spilled more than 100,000 gallons of oil in 2015, saying it could enable sabotage. (KCBX)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: 

• A southern California school district uses $15 million in federal funding to acquire 35 electric buses. (Stockton Record)
• A California startup raises $100 million to finance electric big rig charging station installations. (Canary Media)
• A judge orders a class-action lawsuit accusing Tesla of racism at its California factory to go before a jury next fall. (Mercury News)

UTILITIES: 

• Oregon’s largest natural gas utility agrees to reduce its proposed rate hike following pushback from environmental and consumer advocates. (OPB)
• Wyoming rural electric cooperatives push back on Tri-State Generation & Transmission’s plan to phase out coal generation. (Cowboy State Daily)

MINING: An industry-commissioned report finds Alaska’s mining sector supported 11,800 jobs and $1.1 billion in total wages last year. (Alaska Beacon)

COMMENTARY: A retired attorney calls on the Northwest’s congressional delegations to help prepare for rising power demand by reforming a 1980s law that handicaps the Bonneville Power Administration. (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

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ALSO:California advocates appeal a county’s approval of an oil-truck loading facility, saying it could lead to tanker crashes and spills. (Santa Barbara Independent)

GEOTHERMAL: 

• A developer looks to use $1 million in private and public funding to drill exploratory geothermal energy wells in central Colorado. (Colorado Sun)
• Idaho developers say steep exploration costs hamper efforts to take advantage of the state’s high geothermal energy potential. (Idaho Statesman)

CLEAN ENERGY: The Biden administration awards five rural Alaska communities nearly $18 million to develop hydropower, solar and battery energy storage system projects. (news release)

NUCLEAR: California nuclear microreactor startup Oklo inks non-binding deals to provide power to a Wyoming data center and Permian Basin oil and gas facilities. (Utility Dive)

GRID: 

• California’s grid operator advances a bid to establish regional governance for a planned Western transmission organization and day-ahead power market. (Public Power)
• An Arizona utility seeks public input on a proposed transmission line designed to accommodate projected growth in the Phoenix area. (news release)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: A Colorado startup looks to begin manufacturing electric self-propelled camper trailers by the end of this year. (Solar Industry)

SOLAR: 

• Clean energy advocates cautiously hope a slew of proposed utility-scale solar projects in Wyoming will clear the way for more development in the state. (Inside Climate News) 
• Data show California’s Central Valley residents and businesses have so far this year installed about half as many rooftop solar arrays as during the same period last year, largely because of reduced incentives, while utility-scale installations increased. (Sentinel)
• A developer plans to install a 4 MW solar-plus-battery-storage system on a California mall’s rooftop. (Signal)

CLIMATE: A California lawmaker proposes giving regulators six more months to implement a new emissions disclosure law for large corporations rather than the two-year delay proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. (E&E News, subscription) 

WIND: Oregon officials urge federal ocean managers to tighten restrictions on proposed offshore wind development along the state’s southern coast. (Jefferson Public Radio)

COAL: A New Mexico utility plans to begin demolishing the shuttered San Juan coal plant later this month with site cleanup commencing next year. (KUNM)CLIMATE: Southern Nevada health officials report heat-related ailments have killed at least 100 people in Las Vegas this year so far, a substantial increase from last year. (Mercury News)

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ALSO:

• Advocates criticize a New Mexico gas processing plant for seeking federal carbon capture incentives, saying the facility has a poor safety record and is not appreciably reducing emissions. (DeSmog)
• The Biden administration allocates about $346 million to Western states to clean up and plug abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells.  (news release)
• Federal officials begin the final phase of decommissioning a natural gas pipeline in a national preserve in New Mexico. (news release)

STORAGE: Tucson Electric Power plans a second 200 MW battery energy storage system in the southeastern part of the city to match another one under construction. (Arizona Daily Star)

GRID: 

• Advocates accuse the SunZia transmission project’s developer of failing to control erosion and damaging the environment on its southern Arizona construction sites. (Tucson Sentinel)
• Oregon researchers complete a 20-year effort to map the Earth’s electrical properties as part of an effort to protect the power grid from solar storms and electromagnetic impulses. (KATU)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: California officials call on the U.S. EPA to approve the state’s rule aimed at replacing diesel big rigs and other heavy trucks with electric or hydrogen vehicles. (CalMatters)

SOLAR: A California appeals court blocks a Los Angeles-area city from forcing a mobile home park to remove solar panels due to neighbors’ complaints. (Signal)

MINING: 

• The U.S. EPA urges Arizona regulators to tighten air quality regulations on a battery metals mine under development in the southern part of the state. (Arizona Republic)
• A mining firm becomes the second in Wyoming to restart long-idled uranium extraction operations to take advantage of rising commodity prices. (Cowboy State Daily)

MICROGRIDS: The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians hires a firm to develop a 1.8 MW solar-plus-storage microgrid to power its tribal facilities in southern California. (Valley Roadrunner)

GEOTHERMAL: A Nevada city greenlights a proposed pipeline upgrade that would extend geothermal heating to a recreation center under development. (Elko Daily Free Press)

COMMENTARY: 

• A California editorial board warns the proliferation of energy-intensive AI data centers could lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions and strain the grid if tech firms don’t make operations more sustainable. (Los Angeles Times)
• An Arizona union member says Republicans’ plans to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy incentives would “pull the rug out from American workers. (AZ Mirror)

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