Ohio judge oversees FirstEnergy audit requests after helping craft bailout law - Energy News Network
OHIO: An Ohio judge whose orders have blocked investigations into FirstEnergy’s role in a corruption scandal was also involved in writing the power plant bailout law at the center of the controversy. (Ohio Capital Journal)
HISTORY: Alice H. Parker, an African American woman who designed a groundbreaking indoor heating system more than 100 years ago, represents yet another “hidden figure” in the sciences whose story is often misinterpreted. (Energy News Network)
EQUITY: The president of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus says its energy agenda includes reforming the electric ratemaking process to benefit all Ohioans and especially low-income residents. (Energy News Network)
COAL: • Utility AES has said it plans to quit coal by 2025, but its Indiana subsidiary has not yet committed to retiring a 1,000 MW plant near Evansville. (Indianapolis Star)• The two remaining units of a North Dakota coal plant are retired after nearly 70 years in operation as the plant converts to natural gas. (Bismarck Tribune)
NUCLEAR: Climate advocates raise concerns about plans to close one of Michigan’s three nuclear plants and its implications for reaching a statewide carbon neutral goal by 2050. (Detroit News, subscription)
EFFICIENCY: Toledo, Ohio abandons a $40 million project that would have retrofitted some city buildings with energy efficiency upgrades. (WTVG)
UTILITIES: • American Electric Power plans to sell about 1,600 MW of unregulated wind and solar generation as the company increases its focus on regulated renewable energy projects and transmission. (Utility Dive)• Demand for utility bill assistance programs has soared in the St. Louis area compared to last year as natural gas prices rise, a nonprofit reports. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
OIL & GAS: The developer of a proposed ethane cracker plant in Ohio says it is committed to the project even though a key air permit has expired. (Columbus Dispatch)
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Ohio-based electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors plans to sell its first 500 electric pickup trucks this year followed by a five-fold increase in 2023. (Reuters)
CLEAN TECH: A western Michigan company supplies vehicle producers in the RV, marine and trucking industries with energy storage systems that help significantly reduce vehicle emissions. (MiBiz)
POWER PLANTS: North Dakota regulators will soon consider a proposal to extend a water pipeline for a power plant that’s being converted from coal to natural gas-powered. (Bismarck Tribune)
BIOGAS: A renewable natural gas developer identifies future growth at projects in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. (S&P Global)
COMMENTARY: • An Indigenous legal scholar in Minnesota says President Biden’s early cancellation of permits for the Keystone XL pipeline is part of his ongoing support for tribes. (Star Tribune)• A Native American business owner and entrepreneur in Wisconsin says Enbridge should be allowed to reroute Line 5 around tribal land to keep the pipeline operational. (Wisconsin State Journal)• A north Minneapolis community solar project built by local residents represents the empowerment of a neighborhood that has been historically marginalized by polluting projects, a columnist writes. (Star Tribune)
Andy compiles the Midwest Energy News digest and was a journalism fellow for Midwest Energy News from 2014-2020. He is managing editor of MiBiz in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was formerly a reporter and editor at City Pulse, Lansing’s alternative newsweekly.
source: https://energynews.us/digests/ohio-judge-oversees-firstenergy-audit-requests-after-helping-craft-bailout-law/
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