August 10, 2018 • Regional News
Regional and National News August 5-11
U.S. Starts Picking Power-Plant Winners for Emergency Aid (Bloomberg, 8/9) (See also: Power Magazine)
White House expected to tap DOE's McNamee to fill key FERC seat (Platts, 8/9)
An offer utilities can't refuse: The low cost of utility-scale solar (Utility Dive, 8/9)
Fayetteville reeling after Wind Catcher canceled (NW Arkansas Business Journal, 8/10)
Trump Officials Helped Edit ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Report to Boost Coal (Bloomberg, 8/9)
Report: Trump to nominate DOE policy head McNamee to FERC (Utility Dive, 8/8)
GOP chair urges Senate to pass DHS cyber reorganization bill (The Hill, 8/8)
How solar swept the U.S. power grid (Houston Chronicle, 8/9)
Ex-EPA officials urge Wheeler to change direction of agency (The Hill, 8/8)
Utilities Prepare for Increased Cyberattacks on the Electric Grid (Bloomberg, 8/7)
Cyber report details tricks used by hackers to target critical infrastructure (The Hill, 8/7)
As second wave of state storage targets builds, utilities propose new projects (Utility Dive, 8/7)
Sempra CEO Says He's Holding `Constructive' Talks With Activists (Bloomberg, 8/7)
EPA: Pruitt didn't rely on science when making comment about climate change (The Hill, 8/7)
Mexican energy sector overhaul could reduce U.S. export demand (Houston Chronicle, 8/6)
FERC rejects SPP plan to mandate reliability equipment (Megawatt Daily ($), 8/7)
Average U.S. construction costs for solar and wind continued to fall in 2016 (EIA, 8/8)
Vistra Energy Launches Service in New Jersey (Business Wire, 8/6)
FERC denies rehearsing on Northern Pass pipeline, overruling New York decision (Utility Dive, 8/7)
Broadband access: A regulatory call to action to protect utilities against cyber threats (Utility Dive, 8/6)
The city where EVs, regulators and money merge (E&E News, 8/7)
As Russians hack the US grid, a look at what’s needed to protect it (Associated Press, 8/7)
U.S. Officials push new penalties for hackers of electrical grid (Wall Street Journal, 8/6)
To kill climate rule, EPA wants to redefine danger of soot (E&E News, 8/6)
Corporate Clean Power purchases reach 7.2 GW, surpassing 2017 record (Utility Dive, 8/6)
Perry says cyber threats to gas justify help for coal, nuclear (E&E News, 8/6)
How low can solar prices go? GTM predicts under $15 MWh in 2022 (Utility Dive, 8/6)
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