Mario Ariza

4 weeks ago | arkansasadvocate.com | Ames Alexander |Mario Ariza |Joe Engleman |Barn Raiser

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced late Tuesday it will release previously authorized grant funds to farmers and small rural business owners to build renewable energy projects — but only if they rewrite applications to comply with President Donald Trump’s energy priorities. The move has left some farmers perplexed — and doubtful that they’ll ever get the grant money they were promised, given the Trump administration’s emphasis on fossil fuels and hostility toward renewable energy.

4 weeks ago | barnraisingmedia.com | Ames Alexander |Mario Ariza |Joe Engleman |Winona LaDuke

Some of the roughly 6,000 grant applicants have already completed the solar, wind or other energy projects and are awaiting promised repayment from the government. Others say they can’t afford to take on the projects they’d been planning unless the grant money comes through. A Floodlight analysis shows the overwhelming majority of the intended recipients of this money reside in Trump country—congressional districts represented by Republicans.

4 weeks ago | arkansasadvocate.com | Mario Ariza |Joe Engleman |Barn Raiser

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced late Tuesday it will release previously authorized grant funds to farmers and small rural business owners to build renewable energy projects — but only if they rewrite applications to comply with President Donald Trump’s energy priorities. The move has left some farmers perplexed — and doubtful that they’ll ever […]

1 month ago | latitudemedia.com | Mario Ariza |Terry Jones

PRESS RELEASE: American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP), and its competitive transmission affiliate Transource Energy, LLC1 (Transource Energy) will invest approximately $1.7 billion in transmission system upgrades to improve reliability and increase power availability in states throughout the PJM footprint including Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia. The companies’ proposals were selected by the PJM Board to address forecasted conditions that would create reliability concerns.

1 month ago | latitudemedia.com | Mario Ariza |Terry Jones

24th February 2025 – Press releaseNational Grid plc (“National Grid”) today announces that it has agreed to sell its National Grid Renewables US onshore renewables business to Brookfield Asset Management and its institutional partners including Brookfield Renewable Partners.This transaction is another important step in delivering National Grid’s previously communicated strategy to focus on networks and streamline our business, as announced in May 2024.