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July 14, 2025

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DOE
DOE Reliability Report Argues Changes Required to Avoid Outages Past 2030
DOE's report tries to apply one reliability metric to different markets and finds significant new capacity will be needed in some markets to avoid reliability problems by 2030.
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Senate Passes Trump’s Big Bill that Slashes Clean Energy Tax Credits
The U.S. Senate met through the weekend and overnight June 30 to work on Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill, passing it 51-50 with Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaking vote. 
DOE
DOE’s Wright Fields Senate Questions About Funded Project Reviews
Senators asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright about project spending his department has put under review or already cut when he testified about the Trump administration’s 2026 budget request.
BPA
Trump Directs Feds to Withdraw from Deal on Snake River Dams

President Trump issued a memo directing the federal government to withdraw from a deal with four tribes and two states that considered the future operation of four dams on the Lower Snake River and eventually could have led to their breach.

DOE
Energy Department Staff Cuts Just Getting Started

Government job cuts have been a major theme of the Trump administration, and while DOE has faced some cuts former officials say are already significant, many more employees are going to leave in the months to come.

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Clean Energy Facing Grim Financial Environment in N.J.
Federal funding disruption and a surge in electricity demand will require states to implement resource adequacy and financial support policies for new energy sources, speakers at an energy conference in New Jersey said.
Georgia Power
Trump Orders Nuclear Regulatory Acceleration, Streamlining
President Trump moved to speed up nuclear power development with a series of executive orders designed to ease federal regulations on the sector.
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Budget Bills Would End Energy Tax Credits Early, Claw Back Other Funding
Key House committees are marking up “One Big, Beautiful Billfor the fiscal 2025 budget that includes much of President Donald Trump’s legislative goals, including clawing back funds and phasing out tax credits for clean energy. 
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Wright Defends DOE Budget at House Appropriations Subcommittee
Energy Secretary Chris Wright testified about the Trump administration's budget request and took flak mostly from Democrats on his department's review of previously authorized spending.
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State Attorneys General Sue Trump for Executive Order Halting Wind Approvals
A group of 18 Democratic state attorneys general filed suit against President Donald Trump’s executive order that halted wind energy projects’ federal approvals.

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