The U.S. Department of Energy issued emergency orders directing NIPSCO, CenterPoint Energy and MISO to keep specified units at the R.M. Schahfer and F.B. Culley generating stations available to operate. The orders take effect September 20 and run through December 18, 2026, preserving dispatchable capacity in the Midwest grid region.
Federal permitting is complete for a 111-mile Mississippi natural-gas pipeline designed to add 1,175 Mdth/d of transportation capacity for Southeast markets.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for the Arctic copper-zinc-lead-gold-silver project in northwest Alaska. The notice formally starts NEPA review and public scoping under a coordinated federal and state permitting schedule.
U. S. Steel received the final air permit needed to advance construction of its $475 million quench-and-tempering facility at Fairfield Tubular Operations, with full production targeted for 2029.
The Defense Department issued a final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for Crucible Metals' planned integrated non-ferrous smelting and refining facility in Clarksville, advancing federal review of a project intended to produce critical minerals and semiconductor-grade sulfuric acid from primarily North American feedstock.