CleanPowerDaily

TODAY'S LEAD: The Trump administration will pay TotalEnergies nearly $1 billion to walk away from two East Coast offshore wind farms — a stunning use of taxpayer dollars to actively dismantle renewable energy projects that signals the industry's federal headwinds are intensifying even as state-level solar and storage development charges ahead. KEY DEVELOPMENTS Trump Pays $1B to Kill Two Offshore Wind Farms: The administration struck a deal with French energy giant TotalEnergies to abandon its U.