** Wyoming lawmakers are wrestling with whether to green light potentially numerous nuclear waste sites throughout the state. Some say it’s good for the economy, while others say it’s not worth the risk.
** Nebraska regulators discuss the possibility of building small modular nuclear reactors in a small city, largely because of its electric transmission infrastructure.
** Constellation announced it has received regulatory approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for its previously announced acquisition of Calpine Corporation.
** Valero Energy Corporation reported net income attributable to Valero stockholders of $714 million, or $2.28 per share, for the second quarter of 2025, compared to net income of $880 million, or $2.71 per share, for the second quarter of 2024.
** The Illinois Auditor General reports that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration failed to meet key equity provisions of the state’s law to attain 100% clean energy by 2050.
** Ohio regulators back a proposal to charge Amazon, Google, and other tech companies higher rates for high power demand that’s forcing utilities to make costly grid upgrades.
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** Two years into a modest effort to boost solar power and battery storage in Puerto Rico and the program appears to be working. It’s resulted in the first operational behind-the-meter virtual power plant in Latin America and the Caribbean.
** The United Nations’ highest court told wealthy countries they must comply with their international commitments to curb pollution or risk having to pay compensation to nations hard hit by climate change.
** China’s Chery Automobile has agreed to supply technology and components to JSW Group to facilitate the launch of a new-energy vehicle brand in India by 2027, reported Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter.
** Tehran is facing a water shortage so severe that its population of 15 million could be forced to move, the Asr-Iran news outlet reported on Thursday, citing comments from President Masoud Pezeshkian.
** China and the European Union have issued a joint call to action on climate change during an otherwise tense bilateral summit in Beijing riven with major disagreements over trade and the war in Ukraine.