UPDATE: Interim chair of key federal regulator of energy, power infrastructure is named Jan. 3, but agency still has a 2-2 partisan split that could hamper project decisions until new Senate hearings confirm a permanent leader.

But state regulator declined Dec. 30 to developer request to cancel its power supply contracts on $3.7B Commonwealth project as inflation takes toll on costs, while N.J. ratepayer watchdog asks state to reduce its offshore wind development pace.

The companies are expanding to meet the demands of ongoing contracts, including delivering components for Amazon's planned $10-billion satellite constellation.

Nevada firm's $3.5B, 10-year plant commitment to Charleston area could gain it access to materials and customers from the state's EV production boom, but project contractors were not disclosed.

Senate Democrat's last-ditch effort for modest reform on 'priority' projects and advancing the Mountain Valley gas pipeline falls flat.

Dominion's 2.6-GW project off Virginia Beach and Orsted's 1-GW Sunrise Wind project off Long Island gain initial federal environmental reviews—with a key state green light also granted to the former—as onshore port hubs struggle to keep pace to support developing construction needs. 

Owner TC Energy announced partial reopening Dec. 14 of the Canada-to-U.S crude oil line but has not said what caused the pipe rupture or when cleanup of the spill into a Kansas creek would be completed.

Lawrence Livermore National Lab team successfully produced more nuclear fusion energy than it took to start the reaction using lasers, U.S. Energy Dept. officials said Dec. 13, with more private and academic competition underway to shorten timeframes to commercialize power generation.

Bluestone Coke signed a consent decree covering toxic emissions of its now idled Birmingham, Ala., plant that produces coke from coal.

Barton Malow has been building the projects for Ultium Cells, the joint venture of General Motors and LG Energy Solution.