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4 days ago | newsdata.com | Abigail Sawyer

The Bureau of Land Management on May 23 approved a permit to revitalize Anfield Energy’s Velvet-Wood uranium and vanadium mine in southeast Utah’s Lisbon Valley. The project is the first to be approved under President Donald Trump’s newly accelerated 14-day environmental review process, and was approved just 11 days after the U.S. Department of the Interior accepted the project for expedited review (California Energy Markets No. 1847).

4 days ago | newsdata.com | Ayla Burnett

Steep new tariffs are expected for imports of the products needed to produce solar panels, thanks to a May 20 U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determination that American solar panel makers are “materially harmed” by cheaper alternatives from Southeast Asian countries.

4 days ago | newsdata.com | Ayla Burnett

NorthWestern Energy on May 20 announced a hefty 16.8-percent increase in electric rates that was never approved by the Montana Public Service Commission. The request came just over a year after the Montana Public Service Commission (MPSC) okayed a 28-percent rate increase. Another rate hike to keep the lights on could result in millions of dollars in additional costs being passed to Montana families and businesses, according to the Northern Plains Resource Council.

5 days ago | newsdata.com | Greg Mason

Portland General Electric is challenging the Portland City Council’s decision to reject the utility’s proposed transmission upgrade project in Forest Park. PGE on May 28 filed a notice of intent with the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) to challenge the council’s decision to reject Phase 3 of the Harborton Reliability Project, the utility told Clearing Up.kAm!92D6 b—D:E65 H:E9:? !vt’D 6I:DE:?8 62D6>6?E 24C@DD c]f 24C6D @7 E96 d[a__\24C6 u@C6DE !2C<—H@F=5 C6=@42E6 2 A@H6C A@=6[ C6H:C6 2?

5 days ago | newsdata.com | Greg Mason

PacifiCorp is in the early stages of developing a new 180-mile, 500-kV transmission line through south-central Oregon as it prepares for a projected surge in electricity demand that could increase peak load across Oregon, Washington and California from 4,400 MW to over 8,000 MW by 2032.