Isa Domínguez
@IsaMDominguez
Doralzuelan reporting with @POLITICO's energy team 🇻🇪 | Hablo español | Send me tips at [email protected]
¡Epa! Starting this week, I’ll be bringing energy news into your morning as @POLITICOPro’s Morning Energy newsletter host. I’m so excited to join @politico’s energy team, and don’t hesitate to email me at [email protected] (I take trivia answers too)
Why the U.S. auto industry was so concerned about losing EV incentives in the big, beautiful bill:
The New York Times published my opinion piece today: "This is BYD, the Chinese Car That's Taking Over the World" It's a call to action, an urgent one. Like it or not, China is the new center of the global automotive industry. Its scale, speed, supply chains software and…
NEW ‘Definitely playing favorites:’ Interior permitting memo could strike dire blow to solar & wind, requiring Burgum’s approval for routine activities, likely affecting scores of projects on private land. Even Republicans say it goes too far. W @zcolman politi.co/3GS3W4o
The White House has officially nominated @LaCerteDA to be FERC Commissioner: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
Look, mom, I’m on the POLITICO Energy podcast! Thank you for having me @SiegelScribe and @NirmalMulaikal. Tune in here: open.spotify.com/episode/7EwyFZ…
SCOOP: Trump taking new steps to block wind and solar projects, undisclosed memo says. Interior Sec Doug Burgum will have to sign off on any permits on federal lands. Stems from recent EO targeting tax credit phaseouts in megabill. w @zcolman subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
In ME: Sen. Chuck Grassley warns Trump against speeding demise of wind/solar tax credits. He joins wide swath of Senate Rs who are adamant they intended to allow shovel-ready projects to qualify under megabill. “The executive order can't undercut laws we passed," Grassley told me
The White House is eyeing @LaCerteDA for open FERC seat w/ @zcolman and @SiegelScribe: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
For more on Trump's energy credits phase-out EO, check out my conversation with @SiegelScribe on the Politico Energy podcast this morning, produced by @NirmalMulaikal: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how…
NEW in ME: Permitting pipes back up, as Dems return to table despite GOP’s gutting of solar/wind tax credits under megalaw. EPW Chair Sen. Capito and ranker Sen. Whitehouse met yesterday to discuss what a bipartisan bill could look like. They are already engaging w/ ENR leaders
FPL tells state regulators it ‘welcomes’ data centers — whenever they arrive But FPL added they "can have very significant impacts on the electric rates paid by existing utility customers if adequate and appropriate safeguards are not implemented." subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
Kerr County is an example of how many communities are ill-equipped to protect themselves from once-unfathomable extremes. Experts warned Trump cuts will undermine disaster prep as climate-fueled events reset expectations for worst-imagined outcomes. politico.com/news/2025/07/0…
NRC extends duration of reactor design certifications to 40 years: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
Now free to read: Final Senate megabill to ease wind and solar phaseout politico.com/live-updates/2… via @politico
ERNST: “I don’t think they’re going to let us” offer the solar and wind amendment Possible that the amendment or part of it could be included in a final wraparound, as @ktullymcmanus reports politico.com/live-updates/2…
FULL update: Ernst, Murkowski, Grassley offer amendment to ease solar/wind tax credit phaseouts. Tillis, Curtis, Rounds sympathetic. There's a proposed offset too, unclear if it flies w/ Graham to get vote under majority threshold. @kelseytam @jamepdx subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
SCOOP: Murkowski plans amendment to ease IRA solar, wind tax credit phaseouts by moving to “commence construction” from harsher “placed in service.” Would be a big fight between mods and conservatives/Trump if it gets a vote. W/@kelseytam subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
As first reported by @politico on Trump's late push to crack down on wind and solar credits. He made direct calls to Thune telling him to move to harsher "placed in service." Extraordinary intervention that will majorly test moderates politico.com/news/2025/06/2…
this is all an attempt to make the bill more palatable for the House. TRUMP was pressing the Senate to make the IRA phase out harsher.
In ME: Senate Republicans who've pushed to protect IRA clean energy tax credits are now working to prevent backsliding toward House-passed bill, an acknowledgment they may be limited in how much more they can ease rollbacks under conservative backlash. w @kelseytam, @jamepdx