** Mexico said Monday it will buy Shell’s 50% share in the jointly owned Deer Park refinery near Houston for about $600 million.
** Enbridge Inc. along with its two partners in a consortium has put forward a non-binding offer for the largest natural gas import pipeline in Brazil, per Reuters.
** U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Monday a proposed $52 billion boost in U.S. government funding for semiconductor production and research could result in seven to 10 new U.S. factories.
** A Norwegian conciliation council has ordered Tesla to pay thousands of dollars each to Model S owners after it found that a software update led to longer charging times, the Norwegian newspaper Nettavisen reported Monday.
** PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced an agreement to sell the company’s San Francisco headquarters complex, which includes 77 Beale Street and 245 Market Street, to Hines Atlas US LP, a Delaware limited partnership, for $800 million.
** West Virginia lawmakers balk at the International Energy Agency’s call for investors not to fund any new coal, oil or natural gas projects to reach emissions reduction goals.
** Minnesota utilities dispute a state agency’s analysis that accuses the companies of mismanaging natural gas supplies during February’s arctic cold blast.
** A federal judge denies North Dakota’s request to intervene in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s case against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ over the Dakota Access pipeline.
** Electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors says production of its Endurance truck this year will be half of prior expectations as the company seeks additional capital to execute its plans.
** The Energy Information Administration expects electricity consumption this summer to increase 1.5% as the U.S. economy recovers from the pandemic.
** Bureau of Land Management retirees urge the Biden administration to return the BLM headquarters from Grand Junction, Colorado back to Washington, D.C.
** Roughly half of U.S. auto manufacturing plants are either constructing electric vehicles or are planning to do so by 2025, according to a study released by Third Way, a shift that affects over 4 million jobs tied to the American automotive sector reported POLITICO.
