** In an announcement issued in late December, and reported by CNBC last Friday, electric vehicle and solar roof manufacturer Tesla has asked employees to fight a new California proposal that could make residential rooftop solar energy more expensive for many homeowners.
** Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon issues an emergency order to block the U.S. EPA from shutting down one of a coal plant’s four units for failing to comply with regional haze standards.
** A fast-moving winter storm on the East Coast is driving up demand for natural gas, and giving New York City prices their strongest start to a new year since 2018.
** Experts say climate change-induced drought and warming temperatures set the stage for the fire that destroyed 991 homes in suburban Denver.
** The Tennessee Valley Authority fights a new solar cooperative in West Tennessee over its plans to supplement TVA’s electricity with power from a solar farm and battery storage hub.
** New Jersey plans to phase out diesel-powered trucks sold in the state, becoming the first East Coast state to adopt the Advanced Clean Trucks rule first rolled out in California last year.
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** The German government said Monday that it considers nuclear energy dangerous and objects to European Union proposals that would let the technology remain part of the bloc’s plans for a climate-friendly future.
** Libya expects its oil production to drop by another 200,000 barrels a day over the next week as workers try to fix a damaged pipeline.
** OilPrice.com reports Russia may be nearing the limit of its oil production capacity, according to recent media reports. Bloomberg reported that the country’s December oil and condensate output together totaled 10.903 million bpd, which was flat on November, suggesting it was using up all its available production capacity.
** After a lengthy layoff, Iran appears poised to officially rejoin the ranks of oil exporters–maybe as early as 2022–if Tehran and Washington are able to strike a new nuclear deal and Iran returns to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
** European prompt power prices on Monday notched up sharp gains as German day-ahead wind power supply was seen halving while demand rose due to falling temperatures.