Energy news in brief

** U.S. energy company Energy Transfer LP announced it will finish work on its Mariner East 2X natural gas liquids pipeline in Pennsylvania by the end of the year and the final phase of the Mariner East projects in the second quarter of 2021.

** Colorado voters approved the reintroduction of wolves in the state, a plan to direct the Colorado Parks and Wildlife to create a plan bring gray wolves to the Western Slope by the end of 2023.

** President Donald Trump has named James Danly the new chairman of FERC. Former Chairman Neil Chatterjee will remain at the agency as a commissioner for the remainder of his term.

** Wyoming regulators deny a lease on state land for a portion of a proposed 500 MW wind farm that would have generated $480,000 a year in revenue for the state.

** Colorado regulators preliminarily approve a rule change ending routine flaring and venting of natural gas at drilling sites in a 5-0 vote.

** Two Montana coal companies owe more than $9 million gross proceeds taxes to state and local governments.

** PG&E’s Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California remains completely offline, and the utility is unable to say when it will resume sending power to the grid.

** Black Hills Energy announces plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for its electric and natural gas utility operations in Wyoming, Colorado, and South Dakota over the next two decades reported the Rapid City Journal.

** The Detroit Free Press reports General Motors plans to bring new electric vehicles to market faster than it anticipated as it starts to bring workers back to EV plants in Michigan and Ohio. 

** Duke Energy focuses its near-term capital investment on decarbonizing its fleet, including redirecting $2 billion for the cancelled Atlantic Coast Pipeline into clean energy and grid improvement reported Greentech Media.