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April 27, 2018 • Regional News

Regional and National News from April 21-28

AEP is pushing up against Wind Catcher project deadlines to secure PTCs (Megawatt Daily ($), 4/26)

Siemens Gamesa to repower 572 Texas turbines for NextEra (Renewables Now, 4/25)

Texas woman receives $16,000 electric bill (KXAN, 4/26)

5 takeaways from Scott Pruitt’s grilling in Congress (Washington Post, 4/26) (See also: Vox)

Pruitt: EPA will seek 'comprehensive rule' to alter New Source Review (Utility Dive, 4/27)

Pruitt signed 'secret science' plan before OMB ended review (GreenWire ($), 4/26)

Clean Power Plan: Curtain falls today for comments on proposed repeal (GreenWire ($), 4/26)

EPA Rampaging on Coal Ash Rule Despite Groundwater Concerns (Power Magazine, 4/26)

U.S. Coal Output Just Took Another Hit (Bloomberg, 4/26)

New report finds the nation’s sunniest states are failing to encourage solar development (Solar Power World, 4/25)

Morgan Stanley's low-carbon financing plan brings big bank pledges to $1 trillion (Houston Chronicle, 4/26)

Regulators tightening controls on devices connecting to utility company networks (Cyber Scoop, 4/26)

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Announces $60 Million for U.S. Industry Awards in Support of Advanced Nuclear Technology Development (DOE media release, 4/27)

Xcel Energy gets approval for lower bills in Texas (Xcel Energy news release, 4/25)

Resilient Grid Enables Rapid Restoration (T&D World, 4/25)

What to Watch as Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. Chief, Goes Before Congress (New York Times, 4/26)

The 23 pages of Scott Pruitt's controversies (Axios, 4/26)

NextEra CEO: Offshore wind is 'terrible energy policy' (Utility Dive, 4/26)

How Windmills as Wide as Jumbo Jets Are Making Clean Energy Mainstream (New York Times, 4/23)

Large consumers of electricity sign on to support Wind Catcher project (Tulsa World, 4/26)

U.S. speeds toward a cleaner grid, raising questions (ClimateWire ($), 4/26)

AEP approved for EV-charging rebates as part of Ohio rate plan (EnergyWire ($), 4/26)

AEP to invest $17.7 billion in power grid over next three years (Columbus Dispatch, 4/24)

Collaboration with utilities seen as first step in growth of smart cities (Daily Energy Insider, 4/24)

E.P.A. Announces a New Rule. One Likely Effect: Less Science in Policymaking. (New York Times, 4/24)

SPP CEO 'very disappointed' with Colorado utility's exit from Mountain West Transmission Group (Platts, 4/24)

On the Horizon: Utility Drone Flights Beyond Visual Line of Sight (Power Magazine, 4/24)

NextEra moves deeper into solar power and solar plus storage (PV Magazine, 4/24)

Vistra cuts some 300 Houston jobs after Dynegy merger (Houston Chronicle, 4/23)

CenterPoint Energy to buy Vectren in $6B deal (Utility Dive, 4/23) (See also: AP, Platts, Power Magazine, EnergyWire ($))

Overheard at the GCPA Spring Conference (RTO Insider ($), 4/23)

Integrating marginal line losses in ERCOT dispatch could cost billions: study (Megawatt Daily ($), 4/23)

PEC On Track For Record Growth Again In 2018 (San Marcos Corridor News, 4/20)

Xcel Energy transmission projects interconnect Texas, New Mexico (Electric Light & Power, 4/23)

Xcel pulls out of Mountain West in blow to SPP market expansion (Utility Dive, 4/23) (See also: Denver Post, Megawatt Daily ($))

Parsing new carbon capture tax credits (Axios, 4/23)

FERC Order 845 opens door a little wider for energy storage (Utility Dive, 4/23)

Trump Likes Coal, but That Doesn't Mean He's Hostile to Wind (AP, 4/23)

Pruitt declares that burning wood is carbon neutral (The Hill, 4/23) (See also: ClimateWire ($))

Pruitt to unveil controversial ‘transparency’ rule limiting what research EPA can use (Washington Post, 4/24)

Pruitt support in Senate erodes as GOP lawmakers seek hearings (Politico, 4/23)

White House Deterring Republicans From Defending Pruitt, Sources Say (Bloomberg, 4/23)

CenterPoint to buy Midwest utility for $6 billion (Houston Chronicle, 4/22) (See also: Reuters, Evansville Courier & Press, Indianapolis Business Journal)

CPS Energy leaves door open for rate increase next year (San Antonio Express-News, 4/21)

How climate change does and doesn't affect hurricanes, other worries and a little optimism (Dallas Morning News, 4/21)

U.S. Coal Bailout Review Slows After Trump Faces Pushback (Bloomberg, 4/23)

Scott Pruitt Before the E.P.A.: Fancy Homes, a Shell Company and Friends With Money (New York Times, 4/21)

Lobbyist whose wife rented to Pruitt steps down (The Hill, 4/20)

Pruitt to face heat on the Hill this week (E&E Daily ($), 4/23)

FERC moves to shore up potential cyber vulnerabilities (Utility Dive, 4/23)

FERC commissioners troubled by reliability vulnerabilities tied to fuel security in parts of US (Platts, 4/20)

DOE's Walker: National security assessment broader than grid reliability (Utility Dive, 4/20)

Tech firms like Google, Amazon push power companies toward solar and wind, a blow to coal (USA Today, 4/22)

Is There a Gold Standard for Electric Distribution Grids? (T&D World, 4/19)

Oklahoma continues to hold high wind production marks in latest industry report (News OK, 4/20)