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The bill, passed with the vice president's tie-breaking vote, phases out tax credits for EV charging infrastructure next year and for wind and solar projects finished after 2027—but a new clean energy tax is cut, nuclear power gets added incentive and contractors gain a desired tax break

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) says NY Power Authority will run the effort to develop one or more power plants upstate but offers no specifics on design, siting or project delivery approach.

NextDecade announced $9B in contracts with Bechtel Energy for work at Rio Grande LNG export site and Glenfarne taps Worley for engineering on $10.8-billion Alaskan North Slope gas pipeline.

U.K.-based energy and industrial services firm extends deadline for a firm offer from UAE-based Sidara or an end to discussions, as an audit of its accounting and corporate governance moves toward completion.

Site construction of the 1.1-million-sq-ft project has begun, and is scheduled to be completed in multiple phases between 2026 and 2030.

Michael Madigan, 83, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in federal prison for bribery, conspiracy and racketeering actions intended to benefit electric utility ComEd. 

UK, which will be plant's majority owner, also selected Rolls-Royce SMR as preferred bidder to build small modular reactors at major nuclear power sites and elsewhere.

A pair of proposed rules would repeal emissions standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants and weaken rules on how much mercury and other air toxics can be admitted.

Lawmakers have proposed rescinding funding for other types of projects supported by the U.S. Energy Dept.

The $1 billion modernization project will upgrade the transmission facilities for the 7GW capacity Washington state dam and is slated for completion in 2040.