CleanPowerDaily

TODAY'S LEAD: The Trump administration's new tariff structure on grid equipment takes effect Sunday, setting a 15% rate on some electrical components while maintaining punishing 50% duties on base metals — a move that will ripple through every utility-scale solar, storage, and wind project in the development pipeline. Meanwhile, state-level climate action is accelerating on multiple fronts, from cap-and-trade consolidation out West to distributed storage battles in the Southeast. KEY DEVELOPMENT