Energy news in brief

** University of Iowa officials will review four bids for a 50-year, multibillion-dollar deal to operate the school’s utilities system. 

**  A developer sues a mid-Michigan township after it adopted a 90-day moratorium effectively blocking a proposed 850-acre solar project. 

** There is still hope for offshore wind in California, but development in the Southern part of the state is impeded by military considerations.

** The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Chief of Staff Jason Montoya said the state has delayed hiring some key positions at the PRC that could make it hard to comply with requirements in the Energy Transition Act, including completing an electric grid reliability report that is due to the state Legislature by July.

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