Overview

• Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s order mandates that wind or solar projects on federal lands must match the energy-per-acre density of coal, gas or nuclear plants, blocking most new permits.
• The Department of Energy cancelled its $4.9 billion loan guarantee for the Grain Belt Express transmission line, threatening delivery of Kansas wind power to more than 3 million homes.
• The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management rescinded all designated Wind Energy Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf, de-designating over 3.5 million acres previously slated for offshore wind leasing.
• The Environmental Protection Agency is drafting termination notices to claw back $7 billion from Solar for All grants supporting low- and moderate-income household installations.
• New personal-approval mandates and elevated-review requirements have created near-insurmountable hurdles for grid expansion as electricity demand grows.