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Wash. Utilities Race to Break Ground Before Renewable Tax Credits Expire
Puget Sound Energy and Avista told the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission they have taken steps to build clean energy resources quickly to qualify for expiring federal tax credits, while voicing concern that limited transmission capacity and the state’s greenhouse gas targets pose challenges.
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Interior Dept. to Reimburse Nearly $1B to Stop 2 Offshore Wind Projects
The Department of the Interior announced an agreement with TotalEnergies for the company to give up offshore wind leases.
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Self-reinforcing Market Paralysis Seen in Nuclear Power Supply Chain
A new report by a nuclear advocacy organization lays out some of the obstacles facing the imagined U.S. nuclear renaissance and suggests ways to address them.
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Petitions Filed to Overturn DOE’s Craig Coal Plant Extension
Challenges are piling up to Trump administration orders to keep retiring coal plants online, as the Colorado attorney general and environmental groups have filed petitions to overturn an extension of Craig Station Unit 1.
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Groups Contest Indiana Coal Plants’ Emergency Extensions at D.C. Circuit
Public interest organizations have taken their challenge of the Department of Energy’s emergency orders keeping two Indiana coal plants operating past their planned retirement dates to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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DOE Extends Order to Keep Centralia Coal Plant Online
The Department of Energy extended an order that will continue to keep Washington’s last remaining coal-fired plant open past its long-scheduled retirement at the end of 2025.
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New Alaska Coal-fired Plant Mentioned at Energy Summit
The Trump administration announced energy, technology and resource deals worth $56 billion coming out of an Asia-Pacific energy security summit.
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Vineyard Completes Construction, Revolution Starts Generation
One New England offshore wind farm has completed construction, and another has begun sending electricity ashore as it finishes construction.
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NRC Finds Minor Violations, Elevates Oversight of 5 Reactors
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reports that 90 of the nation’s 95 operational commercial nuclear reactors met the highest category of performance in the 2025 oversight process.
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Policy Roundup: DOJ Sues California on EVs; DOE Offers $1.9B for ATTs
The Trump administration is suing California over its mandates for electric vehicles and offering $1.9 billion for advanced transmission.

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