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Community Solar “Discounts” Could Raise Electric Bills

Community solar is having a moment in state legislatures across the country, but there is reason to worry that it could make electricity affordability problems worse. In Virginia, lawmakers just expanded shared solar by hundreds of megawatts. Pennsylvania lawmakers have been debating community-solar legislation. Iowa…

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Honda’s $11B EV Factory In Canada Is Dead: Report

Honda will reportedly cancel the construction of its $11 billion electric vehicle and battery factory in Canada, according to Nikkei. The plant, announced in 2024, had a planned capacity of 240,000 vehicles and 36 gigawatt-hours of EV batteries per year, and was expected to put the Japanese automaker…

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New compromise on burning coal at Colorado Springs plant

Colorado Springs Utilities has agreed to a three-year cap on its extension request to keep burning coal at the Ray D. Nixon plant in Fountain past 2029, in a compromise bill moving through the legislature that key environmental advocates say they will not oppose.

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