PIPELINES: North Dakota regulators will hold a series of hearings starting Monday to reconsider their decision denying permits for Summit Carbon Solutions’ planned five-state carbon dioxide pipeline. (North Dakota Monitor)

ALSO:

  • A pipe manufacturer sues Summit for more than $15 million over delays in their purchase agreement to supply hundreds of miles of pipe for the project. (Iowa Capital Dispatch) 
  • A major CO2 pipeline leak this month in Louisiana that took more than two hours to fix should raise “alarm bells” about the country’s readiness to expand the carbon capture industry, advocates say. (Guardian)  

OHIO: The death of Ohio’s former top utility regulator stokes a growing sense of urgency among plaintiffs and prosecutors to gather evidence and testimony in HB6 corruption cases before it’s lost to time. (Energy News Network)

SOLAR: 

  • A community group seeking to redevelop a former retail warehouse in south Minneapolis wins a $100,000 federal grant to help install a large rooftop solar array on the property. (Sahan Journal)
  • A University of Michigan study finds that climate change will increase the value of residential rooftop solar panels by 19% by the end of the century as cooling and other power demands rise. (news release)

OVERSIGHT: 

  • Attorneys general for seven Midwest states are among those asking the U.S. EPA to stop taking race into account when regulating pollution. (Floodlight)
  • Michigan activists continue to collect signatures for a ballot initiative that aims to return control of zoning and permitting for wind and solar projects to local governments. (WNEM)

UTILITIES: A report finds Wisconsin’s WEC Energy Group is among the utilities well positioned to benefit from building out generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure as data centers drive up power demand. (S&P Global)

EMISSIONS: Ohio U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is among three Democrats who joined Republicans in an unsuccessful attempt to overturn the Biden administration’s new tailpipe emissions rule. (E&E News, subscription)

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Dan has two decades' experience working in print, digital and broadcast media. Prior to joining the Energy News Network as managing editor in December 2017, he oversaw watchdog reporting at the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, part of the USA Today Network, and before that spent several years as a freelance journalist covering energy, business and technology. Dan is a former Midwest Energy News journalism fellow and a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and mass communications from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.