** The U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal in a case that will prevent utilities from issuing certain customer surcharges that will save ratepayers about $400 million by 2031.
** In a speech at the United Nations’ COP30 climate summit in Brazil, California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticizes the Trump administration’s absence from the event and fossil fuel-friendly energy policies.
** An investigation finds Republican U.S. lawmakers from California and Utah took advantage of federal clean energy tax credits for residential solar installations before voting to sunset the incentives.
** Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signs a transportation bill that raises the gasoline tax and increases vehicle registration fees, prompting anti-tax advocates to launch a referendum effort to overturn it.
** A Michigan township outside Kalamazoo is considering a moratorium on commercial battery storage projects after a proposal stirred backlash among some residents.
World
** Russia’s decision to choke off gas deliveries in 2022 — an attempt to fracture Western unity and pressure Europe into abandoning Ukraine — has had the opposite effect. Its share of European Union gas imports has fallen from 45% in 2021 to under 10% today.
** General Motors has directed several thousand of its suppliers to scrub their supply chains of parts from China, four people familiar with the matter said, reflecting automakers’ growing frustration over geopolitical disruptions to their operations.
** China said Monday it is making good on its pledge to crack down on chemicals that can be used to make fentanyl, a key issue for President Donald Trump during recent talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they aimed to take steps to ease a trade war.
** An impasse over Russian oil and imminent US sanctions has put Serbia at loggerheads with its traditional ally in Moscow. Russia’s Gazprom and Gazprom Neft own more than half the shares of Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS). That has put the company in a tight spot, after US sanctions on NIS came into effect last month over its ties to Russia’s energy industry.