** President Trump posts on social media that he doesn’t “want to frighten off or disincentivize investment into America by outside countries or companies” despite a recent immigration raid on Hyundai’s Georgia EV plant, hinting at the conflict between his administration’s immigration and economic agendas.
** PJM Interconnection rolls out a proposal to cut off power to data centers not using energy they’ve developed or acquired before ordering rolling blackouts during emergency situations.
** A former planning manager at the Tennessee Valley Authority warns of potential power shortages this winter, suggesting the federal utility will likely have to purchase electricity from external sources.
** Analysts detail how Transco and Mountain Valley Pipeline are competing in a high-stakes contest for North Carolina market share, as both seek to build new pipeline projects on nearly identical routes.
** Wyoming’s new top federal prosecutor asked for a delay in the case of a Gillette man accused of tampering with diesel emissions devices. Levi Krech faces one count of conspiracy to violate the clean air act, and one of tampering with a monitoring device, in the U.S. District Court for Wyoming. Each is a felony. Together they’re punishable by up to seven years in prison.
** State lawmakers last week made California the seventh state to pass a bill limiting investor-owned utilities from using customer money to pay for political and lobbying costs. Assembly Bill 1167, the California Ratepayer Protection Act, authored by Assembly Member Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), passed both chambers of the legislature and now awaits action by Governor Gavin Newsom.
World
** Ukrainian long-range drones attacked a major Russian oil refinery on Thursday, causing damage at the facility, a security source told Business Insider. The attack marked the latest strike on the country’s valuable energy sector.
** The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently identified Brazil, Guyana and Argentina among the top five non-OPEC oil producers, which are driving global production growth. All three South American nations are experiencing significant oil booms, placing them among the continent’s top producers.
** Zimbabwe has agreed a $455 million, 15-year concession deal with the Africa-focused unit of India’s Jindal Steel for the refurbishment of a 920 megawatt coal-fired power plant, the energy minister said. The work on six ageing units at the Hwange thermal power station is expected to take four years.
** The decline in output from mature global oil and gas fields is accelerating amid greater reliance on shale and deep offshore resources, the International Energy Agency said, meaning companies need to invest more just to keep output flat.