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May 4, 2018 • Regional News

Regional and National News from April 29 - May 5

Sufficient Blackstart Capability Exists on Grid, Say NERC, FERC (Power Magazine, 5/3) (Full report here [PDF])

House to vote next week to move ahead with Yucca Mountain as nuclear waste dump (Washington Examiner, 5/3) (See also: EnergyWire ($))

America’s renewable electricity ticks up (Axios, 5/3)

Report: States Taking Actions On Grid Modernization At ‘Astounding Rate’ (North American Wind Power, 5/3)

Have We Passed the Acid Test? (New York Times, 5/2)

Fewer GOP Voters Worried About Climate Change Since Irma and Harvey (Morning Consult, 5/2)

Pruitt’s Coziness With Lobbyists Includes Secretly Buying a House With One (New York Times, 5/3)

North Korea cyberthreats persist despite diplomatic thaw (EnergyWire ($), 5/4)

Solar at the crossroads: Is utility-scale, distributed or both the way to go? (Utility Dive, 5/3)

New York ISO: Distributed solar largely to blame for declining load (Utility Dive, 5/4)

Western coal-burning giant embraces wind (ClimateWire ($), 5/4)

California Warns of a Second Energy Crisis (Bloomberg, 5/3)

[California] PUC raises alarm on electricity choice (EnergyWire ($), 5/4)

EPA Sets Schedule for Potential ELG Rule Revision (Power Magazine, 5/2)

Trump’s Solar Tariffs Cause a Scramble in the Industry (New York Times, 5/3)

Grid stability isn't about saving coal — analysis (EnergyWire ($), 5/3)

Utilities win as ALEC spars over electric vehicles (ClimateWire ($), 5/1)

Clean Energy Sector Swings Republican With U.S. Campaign Donations (Reuters, 5/2)

U.S. to Fund Batteries That Store Power for Days, Not Hours (Bloomberg, 5/1)

Do Republican States Have Higher Electricity Bills? (Inside Sources, 5/1)

EPA ozone designations raise concerns of political influence (Utility Dive, 5/1)

Two top Pruitt aides leave EPA abruptly as ethics investigations heat up (ABC News, 5/1) (See also: Axios)

PJM will study ‘fuel security’ of electric grid as natural gas use rises (NPR, 4/30) (See also: The Hill)

PJM: FirstEnergy nukes can retire without reliability threat (Utility Dive, 4/30)

How Pruitt's science plans might help industry fight rules (ClimateWire ($), 5/1)

They’re on the lookout for malware that can kill (Washington Post, 4/27)

High oil prices pressure coal production in Wyoming (Casper Star-Tribune, 4/30)

Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approves AEP Ohio Electric Security Plan (Daily Energy Insider, 4/27)

Opportunities and challenges greet Jeff Martin, Sempra's new CEO (San Diego Union-Tribune, 4/29)