** Bloomberg reports oil and gas companies expect it will be more difficult to do business on federal land or obtain permits for pipeline projects under President-elect Biden.
** A new report says Nevada will be unable to reach its 2050 emissions target without more ambitious policies, according to the Nevada Independent.
** The Arizona Republic reports that Arizona’s largest electric utility offers a $144 million plan to help three coal country and Native American communities impacted by the closures of the company’s remaining coal-fired power plants.
** PG&E is facing increased legal pressure as California officials investigate whether the utility is responsible for starting the deadly and destructive Zogg Fire according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
** The Laramie Boomerang reports that opinions are divided over Wyoming’s decision to 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.
** The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public hearing next month to take comments as it considers a permit for Enbridge to build a tunnel for Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac.
** Construction is completed on a $40 million data center that replaces a former coal plant along Lake Michigan in Northwest Indiana.
** E and E News reports federal regulators hand down an $80,100 fine over violations found after a 2018 fire at a Louisiana natural gas terminal.
** The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues notices of violation and more than $900,000 in fines to the Tennessee Valley Authority for a 2015 outage in which operators did not follow procedures or document their actions.
** Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will meet with a climate team tasked with finding ways for the state to reach net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050.
** American Electric Power, parent company to Public Service Company of Oklahoma announces it will install new ash handling systems or lined ash ponds at three West Virginia power plants reported the Charleston Gazette-Mail.