"We want to make sure that we don't — in an effort to do something positive to address foreign entities of concern — create an inability to accomplish a project," Cassidy said.
NEW: Senate Finance Committee Republicans told me today they're considering relaxing restrictions on House-passed supply chain rules that energy companies say would render energy tax credits inaccessible.
https://t.co/LkwhlAsqtk
Sen. Bill Cassidy pointed to nuclear energy as an example: "You have 120,000 parts sourced, and you gotta track all 120,000 — that could be tough ... and some of those parts are probably not totally integral to the security of it."
Let the games begin: Murkowski, Curtis, Tillis + Moran have signed a letter urging Senate leaders to protect the IRA's energy credits from cuts in budget reconciliation
4 R "no" votes would be enough to sink a party-line bill (via @bydanielmoore)
https://t.co/HmAy7hhE32
🔍 FERC late Friday voted 2-1 to reject a grid proposal that would've allowed Amazon to co-locate a data center next to an existing nuclear plant in Pennsylvania.
Read why it matters in @Axios this morning:
https://t.co/w3HOMf7Nog #axiosgenerate
From @bydanielmoore: Jennifer Granholm wants you to know DOE is doing everything it can to prepare the country to meet rising demand from energy-guzzling AI data centers. https://t.co/2apAAu1mtm
In rural Michigan, the renewable energy debate is ending lifelong friendships, breaking up families, and fundamentally changing the fabric of communities
Latest for @climate@environment with @bydanielmoore
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Great @_drewbiz @bydanielmoore story on NIMBY backlash to farmers going solar in Michigan. “We’re trying to do exactly what our forefathers did, and keep our property,” says Clara Ostrander, who made a solar deal over neighbor objections.
Gift link:
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Turk added European demand for gas is projected to decline 20% from 2021 to 2026, Japan’s natural gas use has already peaked, and South Korean consumption is expected to peak by 2030.
“We’ve heard from them and consulted with them often,” he said.
https://t.co/LXvXPszRyW
Ahead of his appearance tomorrow before the Senate lawmakers, DOE Deputy Secretary David Turk defended the White House's decision to pause liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, arguing a reassessment of economic and environmental impacts was necessary.
https://t.co/LXvXPszRyW
And because DOE export authorizations last until 2050, “what we need to do is take into account the climate impacts of that additional natural gas that we would be exporting not only near-term, but medium- and longer-term,” he said.
https://t.co/LXvXPszRyW
The performance and resilience of the US electric vehicle charging network must be improved to speed the rollout of EVs and decarbonize the transportation sector, a Biden official said while announcing $46.5 million for 30 projects in 16 states and DC.
https://t.co/thb50G1vGL
My latest in support of @bydanielmoore's wonderfully thorough writing and research of a sustainability problem you probably haven't thought about:
https://t.co/KmCC5K0mnF
BREAKING: @ENERGY Department finalizes first update to residential gas furnaces in 36 years. The 95% efficiency standard effectively phases out less-efficient non-condensing furnaces and makes newer, less wasteful furnaces mandatory by late 2028.
https://t.co/UsDxadG765
As Congress rushed out of town last night, it missed a key deadline: renewing counter-terrorism standards for high-risk chemical facilities. One senator blocked the effort to renew the program & it lapsed at midnight.
Read about the impacts in my story: https://t.co/fXqZPphUIS