** Over 100 House Democrats are insisting infrastructure legislation includes enough money to remove all lead pipes in the country.
** The Energy Department plans to push state and local governments to adopt energy efficiency building codes that could dramatically slash greenhouse gas emissions, Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced.
** Solar manufacturers are pressing Biden in a new letter to support inclusion of the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act in any legislative package that invests in clean energy manufacturing jobs and infrastructure.
** The Board of Directors of Holly Energy Partners, L.P. declared a cash distribution of $0.35 per unit for the second quarter of 2021. The distribution will be paid on August 13, 2021 to unitholders of record on August 2, 2021.
** Energy Transfer LP announced a quarterly cash distribution of $0.1525 per ET common unit ($0.61 on an annualized basis) for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021. The announced quarterly distribution is consistent with the distribution for the first quarter of 2021 and will be paid on August 19, 2021.
** U.S. energy company Kinder Morgan Inc said it sees opportunities to build new natural gas pipes in the Permian and Haynesville shale basins in a few years to meet growing demand for the fuel for export and industrial uses.
** The State of Michigan has directed Enbridge Energy to remove a 15,000-pound anchor left in the Straits of Mackinac by a contractor for the company.
** The U.S. Department of Transportation’s pipeline regulator on Thursday put the operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), Energy Transfer LP, on notice for probable violations of safety regulations and proposed a civil penalty against it.
** General Motors GM recently announced the decision to abort the production of most of its full-size pickup trucks in North America amid the ongoing global semiconductor supply crisis plaguing vehicle production.
** FirstEnergy agrees to pay a $230 million fine to defer prosecution of federal criminal charges over its role in using dark money nonprofits to advance a favorable power plant bailout law.
** Electric vehicle startup Rivian plans to build a second U.S. assembly plant that will also focus on battery production.
** The developers of a 9,000-acre solar power installation proposed for southern Nevada have withdrawn their application amid opposition from environmentalists, nearby residents and people concerned about the impact to an iconic work of land art.
** A Tennessee county seeks a $3 million grant from the state to help a maker of electric vehicle battery materials build a $160 million facility.