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December 17, 2025

State and Local Policy

South Fork Wind
NY OSW: If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again
Community and Excelsior announced their proposals Sept. 9, the final day to submit proposals without price tags in New York’s fifth competitive offshore wind solicitation.
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NY Takes a Closer Look at Advanced Nuclear
Advanced nuclear technology, with all promise and all its baggage, is one of the ways New York is considering meeting its clean energy goals.
Tri-State G&T
USDA Program Offers $7.3B to 16 Rural Cooperatives
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced more than $7.3 billion in financing for 16 rural cooperatives through its New ERA program.
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Multistate Offshore Wind Solicitation Lands 2,878 MW for Mass., RI
Massachusetts and Rhode Island selected 2,878 MW of offshore wind project bids from the states’ coordinated solicitation, which would be the region’s largest offshore wind procurement.
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Heat Pump Tech Could Help Decarbonize Dairy Sector, CEC Says
The California Energy Commission is exploring the use of heat pump technologies to accelerate decarbonization of the sector, which accounts for 2.5% of the state's energy consumption and 1.4% of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Mass. DPU Approves 1st Round of Utility Grid Modernization Plans
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities approved grid modernization plans from electric distribution companies to handle increasing electrification and the deployment of distributed resources.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab Report Highlights Trends in Distributed Solar
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has released the latest iteration of its “Tracking the Sun” report, which looks into the 3.7 million distributed solar systems installed through the end of 2023.
Washington Dept. of Ecology
Truckers Group Opposes Wash. Clean Trucks Timeline
The Washington Trucking Associations argues that the timeline for adopting California's Advanced Clean Trucks rules faster than is practical for the industry.
DOE
DOE Awards $240M for City, State Building Performance Standards
The Department of Energy aims to help cities and states reduce emissions with more than $240 million in grants to promote the adoption of building performance standards
Holtec International
Holtec Confident on Late 2025 Restart of Palisades Nuclear Plant
No nuclear power plant in the nation has restarted operations after shutting down, and Holtec International is detailing how it expects to accomplish the feat at the mothballed Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in a little more than a year.

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