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August 17, 2018 • Regional News

Regional and National News August 13-17

Houston public safety team reflects on 3-day cyberattack simulation (Utility Dive, 8/16)

Impact of Hurricane Harvey on health, environment still a concern a year later (Dallas Morning News, 8/16)

Watchdog: Dear (Public) Utility Commission: Don’t you dare abandon Texans struggling to shop for electricity (Dallas Morning News, 8/16)

Engie North America launches wind project in West Texas (Houston Chronicle, 8/17)

U.S. approves Cheniere bid to feed first gas to Texas LNG plant (Reuters, 8/17)

Judge rules against Trump attempt to delay Obama water rule (The Hill, 8/16) (See also: Washington Examiner, E&E News ($))

EPA replacement for Obama climate plan due late next week: source (Reuters, 8/16)

Fuzzy math could doom Trump’s attack on Obama climate rule (Politico, 8/16)

Can Trump overcome stumbles in environmental rollback? (Houston Chronicle, 8/17)

Glick 'at a loss' over FERC role in Trump coal and nuclear bailout (Utility Dive, 8/16)

At ALEC, utilities defeat 2nd try at anti-subsidies model (EnergyWire ($), 8/15)

Electric power sector coal inventories are expected to remain relatively low through 2019 (EIA, 8/17)

Giving Back to the Grid: How Electric Vehicles Can Be a Supply of Power [Video] (Bloomberg, 8/16)

In Trump's Washington, Rick Perry lays low (Houston Chronicle, 8/16)

More than 20,000 lose power as storms pass New Orleans (WWL-4, 8/16)

Severe Storms Cause Damage, Power Outages In NE Oklahoma (NewsOn6, 8/16)

Exclusive: Draft details Trump’s plan for reversing Obama climate rule (Politico, 8/14)

Report: EPA readies Clean Power Plan replacement (Houston Chronicle, 8/15)

Trump's likely pick for energy regulator won't be slam-dunk for coal bailout, supporters say (Washington Examiner, 8/15)

Nuclear Power Production Up for Fifth Year in a Row [Worldwide] (Power Magazine, 8/15)

Potential federal power plant subsidies complicate PJM capacity market rulemaking (Platts, 8/15)

Why the future of the power grid depends on giant batteries (The Verge, 8/14)

Gore: Trump not yet as damaging to environment as he feared (AP, 8/14)

Defense Measure Has Potential to Create Leader in Fledgling Micro-Reactor Market (Morning Consult, 8/14)

Florida grid hardening is working, PSC hurricane report concludes (Utility Dive, 8/14)

Public Citizen fears FERC information could broaden DOE coal, nuclear plan (Platts, 8/13)

Trump OKs bill with climate risks, calls coal indestructible (ClimateWire ($), 8/14)

Information on Russian cyberattacks against utilities sought by Markey (Megawatt Daily ($), 8/13)

One year in, Chatterjee focuses on cyberthreats (EnergyWire ($), 8/14)

Western RTO or Bust? Not so, Says Industry (RTO Insider ($), 8/13)

Send in the Drones to Reduce Operating Costs for Energy Industry (Bloomberg, 8/13)

Vectren plan to retire most coal-fired generation criticized by Indiana consumer counselor (Platts, 8/13)

Forget Trump — coal seeks new life in high tech (Axios, 8/13)

Technology is the answer for coal problems, says DOE's Steve Winberg (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 8/11)

US tariffs start to bite in America's wind and solar power sectors (Megawatt Daily ($), 8/10)

At 'America First Energy Conference', Solar Power Is Dumb, Climate Change Is Fake (U.S. News & World Report, 8/9)