GRID: The San Carlos Apache Tribe calls on the federal government to replace an aging transmission line after unusually high winds damaged it and left the northern half of the southeastern Arizona reservation without power. (Associated Press)
ALSO:
- California utility officials say unusually intense heat and an early and active wildfire season make public safety power shutoffs more likely for the rest of the year. (RTO Insider, subscription)
- Wildfires in northern California damage utility lines and prompt public safety outages, leaving about 28,000 customers without power. (Newsweek)
SOLAR: The federal Bureau of Land Management seeks public input on the proposed 600 MW Samantha solar-plus-storage project in eastern Nevada. (news release)
HYDROGEN:
- A firm pauses a proposed hydrogen production hub in Washington state, citing uncertainty over tax incentives and a lack of affordable renewable energy. (Washington State Standard)
- California hydrogen vehicle owners sue Toyota for allegedly misleading them about the availability of fueling stations in the state. (Los Angeles Times)
UTILITIES: A southern Idaho utility breaks ground on a 17.5 MW natural gas peaker plant and energy research center. (Local News 8)
STORAGE: Industry observers worry a proposed 150 MW battery energy storage system in Idaho could run into opposition after a county in the state rejected a utility-scale solar project. (Power Engineering)
CARBON CAPTURE: A study finds previous estimates vastly overinflate the amount of carbon dioxide that can be stored in crops and soil, throwing an Oregon initiative relying on agricultural carbon sequestration into question. (OPB)
OIL & GAS:
- California lawmakers pass a bill requiring expanded air monitoring around oil and biofuel refineries. (E&E News, subscription)
- California lawmakers consider three bills that would require oil and gas companies to clean up idle wells, allow local governments to ban drilling and levy fees on low-producing wells. (Bakersfield Californian)
- Hawaii officials detect petroleum-related chemicals in a water well and suspect it may be contamination from the U.S. Navy’s shuttered Red Hill fuel storage facility. (Hawaii News Now)
TRANSPORTATION: A historic tourist railroad in southwestern Colorado converts its coal-burning steam locomotives to run on oil in an effort to reduce wildfire hazard. (KSUT)
GEOTHERMAL: Colorado regulators adopt rules for deep geothermal development after expanding their focus from oil and gas to other energy and carbon capture projects. (Colorado Politics)
COAL: Wyoming leads 17 other states in a lawsuit seeking to block new U.S. EPA coal ash impoundment rules scheduled to take effect in November. (Cowboy State Daily)
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