Make our electric grid more reliable so our health care infrastructure never loses power;
Implement policies to support the grid and reduce climate impacts; and
Make communities and health care infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather.
Plug in: Watch Rich’s opening statement here, and read his testimony here.
2. Palisades nuclear plant could get a second wind
In the wake of the California legislature’s decision to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear facility up and running comes more good news for nuclear: Michigan’s shuttered Palisades nuclear plant may reopen.
In a letter to the Department of Energy (DOE), Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) explained that reopening the plant is necessary to maintain clean, reliable energy for the state.
Reopening Palisades would also bolster the state’s economy and create 1,700 jobs.
Codify the Trump administration’s NEPA regulations and definition of federally-controlled waters;
Speed up environmental review processes at the State and Federal level; and
Streamline the judicial process for natural gas and other pipelines, among other changes.
What’s clear: We need to build cleaner, faster. Clean energy and grid modernization present tremendous economic opportunities, and will help solve the climate challenge. But, burdensome and outdated regulations mean that new projects take five years on average to come online. We have to move faster by enacting common sense reforms to the permitting process.
4. Breakthrough DAC technology coming to WY
American tech company CarbonCapture, Inc. is developing the world’s largest planned direct air capture (DAC) plant in Wyoming, Project Bison.
CarbonCapture, Inc. is partnering with carbon storage developer Frontier Carbon Solutions to permanently remove 5 million tons of atmospheric CO2 annually by 2030.
Project Bison will be the first scalable DAC deployment in the U.S. and
Will be the first DAC plant to utilize Class VI carbon sequestration wells due to primacy laws allowing the state of Wyoming to permit projects faster.
Project Bison is expected to be operational by late 2023.
9/22: Our Managing Director Spencer Nelson is testifying next week before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in a hearing on innovative battery and non-battery technologies for energy storage.
9/19-25:Climate Week NYC, taking place next week, will offer in person and virtual programming featuring climate leaders in government, business, and community roles.
9/26-30: Our friends at CRES Forum are hosting National Clean Energy Week later this month, featuring insight from clean energy leaders, policy experts, and legislators.
American company Summit Carbon Solutions has partnered with 800 Iowa landowners on 1,400 easement agreements as it advances its innovative carbon capture and storage project, which will begin construction in 2023 and be the largest in the world when completed.
That’s all from us. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!
