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September 1, 2024

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New York Orders Utilities to Join in Proactive Grid Planning
New York is ordering electric utilities to plan for expected future demand from the clean energy transition and identify urgent infrastructure needs that already exist. 
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The IRA at 2: A Mixed Record of Achievement and Uncertainty

Signed into law Aug. 16, 2022, the IRA is the largest federal investment in climate and clean energy action in history, and leading up to the IRA’s second anniversary, the Department of Energy and other agencies have heralded the law’s impact and benefits.

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Revolution, Sunrise OSW Projects Face New Delays
Ørsted has run into new delays that will push back completion at least one of the two offshore wind farms it is building in U.S. waters. 
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Mass. Breaks Ground on Salem Offshore Wind Terminal
Massachusetts government leaders and project developers ceremonially broke ground on a major offshore wind terminal in the port city of Salem at the former site of a coal plant.
NJ Transit
New Jersey Works to Electrify Buses, Heavy-duty Trucks
New Jersey is adding to its efforts to cut medium- and heavy-duty vehicle emissions with plans to spend more than $300 million on two electric bus garages and to increase the use of clean cargo handling equipment at ports.
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Fate of Appalachian Power’s Coal Plants Debated in RPS Proceeding
The fate of two coal plants owned by AEP’s Appalachian Power is generating debate in a proceeding to approve the utility’s renewable portfolio standard plan at the Virginia State Corporation Commission.
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NJ Awards $4.5M for Local Clean Energy Projects
New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities awarded $3.4 million in grants to 18 proposals under a new program designed to help municipalities implement clean energy projects.
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Dominion and Equinor Win OSW Lease Auction
Two Central Atlantic offshore wind areas drew a combined $92.65 million in high bids during the region’s first federal wind lease auction in a decade.
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Grid Storage Launchpad Opens at Pacific Northwest Lab

U.S. reliance on lithium-ion batteries has become a political flashpoint due to China’s dominance in the processing of lithium and manufacture of battery cells.

BOEM
No Environmental Impact Seen from Oregon OSW Leasing
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has concluded that leasing areas off the Oregon Coast for wind energy development would have no significant environmental impact.

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