WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Wednesday, readers! We’re halfway through the week and we hope it’s been a good one so far! Welcome to Daily on Energy, written by Washington Examiner energy and environment writers Callie Patteson (@CalliePatteson) and Maydeen Merino (@MaydeenMerino). Email cpatteson@washingtonexaminer dot com or mmerino@washingtonexaminer dot com for tips, suggestions, calendar items, and anything else. If a friend sent this to you and you’d like to sign up, click here. If signing up doesn’t work, shoot us an email, and we’ll add you to our list.The White House plans to hold a signing event tomorrow at the Environmental Protection Agency to add 200 more signatures to its Ratepayer Protection Pledge.
NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, Equinix, and Digital Realty are among the new signatures to be added to the White House’s pledge, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. At the signing event, President Donald Trump will be joined by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, a White House official said. A White House official told Daily on Energy that Republican governors, including Louisiana’s Jeff Landry, Georgia’s Brian Kemp, Nebraska’s Jim Pillen, and Idaho’s Brad Little, are expected to attend the event and sign the pledge tomorrow. The White House has also gained commitments from several data center developers, public power utilities, and electric cooperatives. As previously reported by Daily on Energy, Republican Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has signed onto the pledge. Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte and Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe have also committed. The pledge was first signed in March by several big tech companies, which vowed to secure their own power when constructing data centers. Public opposition to data centers is growing across the country, as people are concerned about energy prices, water consumption, and noise pollution. THE NATIONAL COAL COUNCIL PUSH FOR WEST COAST EXPORT TERMINALS:
