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August 4, 2025

In this week’s edition of energy and environmental policy news across the states: As temps soar, cities promote cool roofs; Power grid investment projected to hit $2 trillion by 2050; PJM power prices jump again; Texas leans into all of the above with Trump Hypergrid; At a glance IN

Plus: Bedingfield: E-waste is quickly growing. Regulations need to catch up.

EnergyPlatform.News [[link removed]] As temps soar, cities promote ‘cool roofs’ for climate resilience [[link removed]]

As record summer temperatures scorch urban centers, several U.S. cities such as Miami, Phoenix and Chicago are mandating cool roofs or reflective surfaces on new buildings to combat the urban heat island effect.

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Power grid investment projected to hit $2 trillion by 2050 [[link removed]]

Major manufacturers have invested in multiple new factories to address the U.S. shortage of power transformers, but it will likely still take years to catch up with exploding demand.

Some 55% of the nation’s 60-million-plus transformers are at least 33 years old and nearing the end of their lives, according to the National Renewable Energy Lab. Between that and heavy growth in energy demand, companies expect an infrastructure bonanza.

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PJM power prices jump again. Governors have had enough. [[link removed]] [[link removed]]

The latest auction for the country’s largest power grid set off alarm bells after agreed-to prices came in 22% over last year’s already-record-high peaks.

Results from the PJM Interconnection Base Residual Auction, which sets the price the grid manager will pay electricity generators to have power available on days of highest energy demand, led a bipartisan coalition of governors from the states that PJM serves to criticize the grid manager and push for a role in appointing two of its 10 board members.

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Texas leans into ‘All of the above’ with Trump HyperGrid [[link removed]]

A Texas company co-founded by former U.S. Energy Secretary and Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to build the world’s largest artificial intelligence complex near Abilene, powered by multiple nuclear reactors, natural gas plants and solar power.

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At a glance: Indiana [[link removed]] [[link removed]]

A snapshot of energy and environmental facts about the state of Indiana.

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Bedingfield: E-waste is quickly growing. Regulations need to catch up. [[link removed]]

E-waste is the world’s fastest growing solid waste stream. In 2022, the U.S. alone produced 10% of the world’s e-waste, equal to 7.9 million metric tons of e-waste and containing 3.9 million metric tons of metals, such as gold and copper.

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