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August 24, 2018 • Regional News

Regional and National News August 20-24

Trump Put a Low Cost on Carbon Emissions. Here’s Why It Matters. (New York Times, 8/23)

E.P.A. Rule Change Could Let Dirtiest Coal Plants Keep Running (and Stay Dirty) (New York Times, 8/23)

Dems question FERC over chief of staff role in coal, nuke bailout (Utility Dive, 8/23)

Interactive: Wind turbines are getting more powerful as 'specific power' declines (Utility Dive, 8/23)

PNM looks to join CAISO Energy Imbalance Market (Utility Dive, 8/23)

Retail Choice Will Not Bring Down Puerto Rico’s High Electricity Rates [PDF] (Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, 8/23)

Why "crashing the grid" doesn't keep cyber experts awake at night (Axios, 8/22)

Trump readies 'military plan' to save coal power plants (Washington Examiner, 8/22)

Trump Plan Could Prolong Lives of Coal Plants and Their Smog (Bloomberg, 8/23)

US EPA climate plan seen helping lifespan of coal plants (Platts, 8/22)

Small, Rural Coal Utilities Could Benefit From Climate Proposal (Bloomberg, 8/22)

Denning: The Curious Contradictions of Trump’s Coal Fixation (Bloomberg column, 8/22)

Halper: Trump administration pushes states' rights — as long as they are coal states (Los Angeles Times column, 8/21)

Midwest Utility Turning to Cows, Landfills for a Gas Alternative (Bloomberg, 8/23)

DOE 2017 Wind Market Reports Indicate Strong Wind Power Installation Trends and Falling Prices (DOE, 8/23)

New coal plant climate plan would avoid meddling with plant dispatch: US EPA (Platts, 8/21)

Trump’s New Pollution Rules Still Won’t Save the Coal Industry (New York Times, 8/22)

EPA estimates increase in premature deaths from new coal regulations (Axios, 8/21) (See also: New York Times)

Rural utilities, red-state regulators cheer Trump rule (EnergyWire ($), 8/22)

Southern Co. CEO warns federal cyber rules 'are not enough' (E&E Daily ($), 8/22)

California Wants to Unite the Western States Under One Power Grid (Bloomberg, 8/21)

Trump Plan Rolls Back Obama's Coal Emissions Standards (AP, 8/21) (See also: Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal ($), The Hill, E&E News ($))

The limits of Trump's new coal move (Axios, 8/21) (See also: Megawatt Daily ($))

E.P.A.’s New Coal Pollution Rules Will Lead to More Deaths, Agency’s Numbers Show (New York Times, 8/21)

Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. It’s Declining Again (Bloomberg, 8/21)

Lawmakers see uphill fight for WOTUS redo (E&E Daily ($), 8/21)

Entergy CEO steps down, takes new role with company (Fox-8, 8/17)

EPA set to unveil Clean Power Plan replacement (Axios, 8/20)

EPA Is Set to Roll Back Restrictions on Coal-Burning Power Plants (Wall Street Journal ($), 8/18)

Trump EPA poised to give states authority over CO2 (ClimateWire ($), 8/20)

Trump's Power-Plant Proposal May Increase U.S. Carbon Pollution (Bloomberg, 8/18)

New Trump power plant plan would release hundreds of millions of tons of CO2 into the air (Washington Post, 8/20)

Coal stockpiles are falling and will continue to fall, government says (Houston Chronicle, 8/20)

Farm groups appeal for nationwide stay on WOTUS rule (AgriPulse, 8/17)

The Trump administration keeps losing environmental court cases (Washington Post, 8/18)

EPA drafting rule to curb its veto power — sources (E&E News ($), 8/17)

[Southern Co.] Utility executive to testify on security challenges (E&E Daily ($), 8/20)

Amazon Isn’t Paying Its Electric Bills. You Might Be (Bloomberg, 8/20)

Xcel Colorado adds 240 MW solar net metering project (Utility Dive, 8/20)

AEP rolls out $10M Ohio EV infrastructure incentive program (Utility Dive, 8/20)