Overview

• Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s July directive requires wind and solar proposals on federal lands to meet capacity-density standards comparable to fossil fuels or nuclear and to receive his personal approval.
• The Energy Department withdrew a $4.9 billion loan guarantee for the Grain Belt Express transmission project that would have carried Kansas wind energy to about 3 million homes.
• The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has rescinded designated Wind Energy Areas covering more than 3.5 million offshore acres previously earmarked for wind development.
• The Environmental Protection Agency is drafting notices to cancel $7 billion in Solar for All grants aimed at installing panels on low- and moderate-income households.
• Industry groups and state officials warn these measures could strand investments, disrupt grid planning and invite legal challenges to the administration’s rollbacks.