** Midwest grid operators MISO and Southwest Power Pool seek federal approval for changes to their joint operating agreement that would advance $1.7 billion in transmission projects and enable up to 30 GW of new generation.
** An Iranian hacker group this spring attempted to breach multiple Utah government sites, including state data related to oil and gas.
** An analysis by California’s ratepayer advocate says the state’s residential rooftop solar subsidy will cost non-solar customers about $8.5 billion annually.
** Washington farmers are paying more for fuel under the state’s carbon cap-and-invest law, and critics say the state has failed to provide education on the “Kafkaesque” system meant to offset those increases.
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** Sinopec Group and more than a hundred of its Chinese peers will work together to speed up the building of a supply chain for green hydrogen and accelerate the nation’s transition to non-polluting fuels.
** Peru’s gold exports to India are set to jump 36% from a year ago to a record $3 billion in 2024, driven by rising demand from the world’s second-biggest consumer, a senior government official said on Friday.