Daily on Energy ⚡: One key factor that influenced the decision to extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant was the inflationary pressures and high materials costs for renewable energy projects.
INFLATION PUT DIABLO CANYON OVER THE TOP: One key factor that influenced the decision to extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant was the inflationary pressures and high materials costs for renewable energy projects, which have hampered development of solar projects and battery storage in California, leaving its grid vulnerable to severe supply shortfalls.
These inflationary pressures have hurt California’s effort to connect clean and renewable energy resources to its grid at the scale or scope once envisioned. Supply chain problems are not going away: Delays in shipping and manufacturing continue to slow the delivery time for batteries, inverters, transformers and switches for projects. Per the CEC, this is due to both lingering disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as tariffs and labor issues, including those affecting solar manufacturers.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN TO TEST FOR DIOXINS IN EAST PALESTINE: The EPA said yesterday that it will require Norfolk Southern to test East Palestine for the presence of dioxins, citing conversations with residents in East Palestine one month after the train derailment. BIDEN TO VISIT: President Joe Biden announced he will visit East Palestine “at some point,” a statement that comes one month after the train derailment and amid mounting pressure from Republican lawmakers to visit the site.
EXCLUSIVE ––– CMR LAYS OUT KEY ENERGY PRIORITIES IN LEADERSHIP POST: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers has hit the ground running in her new role as House Energy and Commerce chairwoman. The Washington state Republican is the first-ever female leader of the committee, which has broad jurisdiction over energy policy, environmental quality, telecommunications, consumer protection, food and drug safety, public health, and more.
Sierra Club and other environmental groups will rally in Biden’s front yard this afternoon to discourage approval of the project in Alaska’s North Slope, or else tarnish his legacy on the environment and thwart his own agenda of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Authorities in the North Slope had to rezone for industrial use the areas ConocoPhillips wants to develop in order for the project to move forward. Those areas were rezoned before the company approached BLM to get federal approval.
BLM GIVES MORE TIME TO WEIGH IN ON LAVA RIDGE: BLM extended the comment period for its initial environmental analysis of Idaho’s Lava Ridge Wind project, which has united farmers, environmentalists, and the local Japanese-American population in opposition. The draft EIS identifies BLM’s two preferred alternatives to the proposed project, both of which would reduce the total acreage and number of turbines compared to the proposal, as well as reduce the impact of the project to the Minidoka NHS by excluding the land corridors closest to the site from development.
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