Energy news in brief

** A $30 million collaboration between Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy is billed as the largest swine waste-to-energy project in North Carolina, but its details have been kept secret, even from state regulators reported the NC Policy Watch.

** The Corsicana Daily Sun reported thatTexas county commissioners approve a tax abatement for a 200 MW solar farm.

** A decommissioned oil rig is being converted into the tallest artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico according to the New Orleans Advocate.

** The Associated Press reports Federal regulators fined the Tennessee Valley Authority $900,000 and cite three staffers for violating procedures at a Tennessee nuclear plant and then misleading investigators.

** It is unclear whether the incoming Biden administration will revive plans for a 6-mile seawall to protect New York and New Jersey harbors from storm surge according to a report by E&E News.

** FBI agents were seen early Monday executing a search warrant at the home of Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chairman Sam Randazzo, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

** The Detroit Free Press reports General Motors recalls more than 68,000 Chevrolet Bolt all-electric vehicles because the batteries pose a fire risk. 

** Arizona regulators approve new rules requiring 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050, but will not require utilities to rely on wind and solar to reach the target reported the Arizona Republic.

** Reuters reported that the Trump administration is rushing to finalize drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before President-elect Biden’s inauguration.

** The world’s largest Tesla supercharging station, with 56 stalls, is now open in California’s Central Valley according to a report by Inside EVs.