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EnergyPlatform.News(letter)
June 30, 2025
In this week’s edition of energy and environmental policy news across the states: New York faces electric grid reliability risks; Lawsuit: Energy companies to blame for heat-related death; Citing costs, EPA moves to unwind Biden-era rules; Ohio at a glance
Plus: Walter: Taxpayers are funding NGOs’ partisan activism
New York’s electric grid faces increasing reliability concerns, according to a recent report from the state’s Independent System Operator (NYISO) that drew new attention last week, when the system buckled and thousands of residents lost power during the summer’s first heatwave.
Four years after a woman was found dead in her car during a Pacific Northwest heatwave, her daughter is suing seven oil and gas companies, alleging they’re responsible for the record heat that led to her mother’s death. The lawsuit represents another front in an ongoing, sophisticated campaign targeting energy companies.
The Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed rescinding certain Biden-era regulations on emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. The proposals, are projected to combine for $1.3 billion in annual regulatory cost savings beginning in 2026.
Americans are proud of our nonprofit sector, which has long led the world, because they love real charities that actually help people here and abroad. They don’t think of the nonprofit sector as the plaything of billionaires and politicians. Yet all too often, that is the reality of our nongovernmental organizations.
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