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Interior Dept. Places Solar, Wind Under Close Review
Every Department of Interior action pertaining to wind and solar energy development must now be reviewed and approved by the Office of the Interior Secretary — after two subordinate offices separately have reviewed them and signed off.
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$92B in Power, Data Center Infrastructure Planned in Pa.
New technology and energy facilities are planned for Pennsylvania at a cost of more than $90 billion, including multiple power plants and data centers, possibly co-located.
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FERC Faces Challenge in Balancing Executive Order and Legal Requirements
FERC has a tightrope to walk in balancing the requirements of a White House executive order requiring sunset clauses in regulations pertaining to energy, some of which are foundational to the economic regulation of electricity, while keeping its response in line with the Administrative Procedure Act.
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BPA Cuts Payments for Tribes, Salmon Restoration Under Revised Cost Projections

BPA said it is revising future power rates by removing millions of dollars of costs associated with a Biden administration agreement with Northwest tribes aimed at restoring salmon habitat and potentially breaching dams on the Snake River.

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U.S. Clean Energy Sector Faces Cuts and Limitations
How deeply the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will impact clean energy still is being determined.
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Trump Executive Order Targets Renewable Energy Tax Credits
President Trump has issued an executive order targeting renewable energy tax credits as strongly as possible under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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Trump to Sign Big Beautiful Bill into Law on Independence Day
The House of Representatives voted to pass the Senate version of its budget reconciliation package, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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Trump Nominates Four to TVA Board of Directors
The nine-member TVA board is down to three members due to the Senate’s failure to act on President Biden’s three nominations in 2024 and Trump’s firing of three sitting members in the spring of 2025. 
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FERC Updates Environmental Review Process in Line with Trump Order
FERC changed its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act in compliance with President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14154, “Unleashing American Energy."
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Senate Passes Trump’s Big Bill that Slashes Clean Energy Tax Credits
The U.S. Senate met through the weekend and overnight June 30 to work on Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill, passing it 51-50 with Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaking vote. 

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