US Energy Dept. needs analysis estimates that 47,300 GW-miles of new lines must be built by 2035, a 57% increase, as renewable sources expand—but study says grid investment has steadily declined since 2015.

Su next moves on to the Senate confirmation process.

The largest of the grants, at $56 million, goes toward a project set to cap a section of highway running through Buffalo, N.Y.

The U.S. Commerce Dept. launched first funding opportunity for semiconductor chip producers seeking to build, expand or modernize plants using money from the Chips and Science Act. 

Agency hopes to spur private capital investment in carbon capture and storage projects to help reduce harmful emissions, with funds authoried by the 2021 federal infrastructure law.

Jo Ann Macrina, a former city water commissioner, will serve a 4.5-prison term, while a former PRAD Group executive also faces criminal charges related to accusations of bribing officials.

Report says US sector hit big development milestones last year, including project movements and three federal lease auctions that added 11.4 GW in capacity, with another set in the Gulf of Mexico, but advocacy group says this still likely won't meet Biden call for 30 GW of power deployed by 2030.  

The memo from FHWA settles a months-long controversy over highway funding priorities.

As government pressure mounts on Norfolk Southern to conduct and pay for comprehensive area cleanup, Arcadis and AECOM have been hired to assist.

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says as federal financial incentives for semiconductor production become available, project workers are in short supply, but builders say credits don't fully support their development