Newsroom

June 15, 2018 • Regional News

Regional and National News from June 10 - 15

Power Companies’ Mistakes Can Cost Billions. Who Should Pay? (New York Times, 6/14)

For Pruitt Aides, the Boss’s Personal Life Was Part of the Job (New York Times, 6/15)

Scott Pruitt, Under Fire, Plans to Initiate a Big Environmental Rollback (New York Times, 6/14)

Pruitt faces revolt in Trump country (Politico, 6/15)

Power marketers see increased share of retail electricity market (Daily Energy Insider, 6/14)

Tripling the Energy Storage of Lithium-Ion Batteries (R&D Magazine, 6/14)

Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Hit a New Record (Bloomberg, 6/13)

Longtime Scott Pruitt ally Sen. James Inhofe says it may be time for EPA chief to 'leave that job' (Los Angeles Times, 6/13)

Why Is Trump Protecting Scott Pruitt? (The Atlantic, 6/13)

Trump Wants to Bail Out Coal and Nuclear Power. Here’s Why That Will Be Hard. (New York Times, 6/13)

Trump's Coal Gambit May Yield Political Points, Not Mining Jobs (Bloomberg, 6/14

Coal Comeback Spurs New Carbon Emissions Growth, Says BP (Reuters, 6/13)

As U.S. looks to coal, Canada sets sights on renewables (Axios, 6/13)

Senate eyes floor action on energy-water bill, rescissions (E&E Daily ($), 6/14)

MISO May electricity prices rise on stronger demand, warmer weather (Platts, 6/13)

FERC: There Is No Grid Emergency (Power Magazine, 6/13)

EU backs 32% renewables by 2030 target: Canete (Platts, 6/14)

New Mexico regulators consider $2B transmission project (AP, 6/13)

U.S. Electricity Commission Sees No Emergency in Power Market (Reuters, 6/12) (See also: The Hill, Utility Dive, Platts, Megawatt Daily ($), Greentech Media)

DNC to reject fossil fuel company donations (The Hill, 6/12)

Trump nominates Mary Neumayr as CEQ head (E&E News ($), 6/12)

MISO survey shows ample capacity, even amid coal retirements (EnergyWire ($), 6/11)

Nev. wants NRC commissioner out of Yucca talks (GreenWire ($), 6/11)

Vistra CEO on markets: 'This is a fight we must win' (EnergyWire ($), 6/13)

Elliott Management Pushes for Changes at Sempra Energy (Wall Street Journal ($), 6/11) (See also: Reuters, Utility Dive, Retail Energy X, Megawatt Daily ($))

Elliott’s Sempra Bid Is a Warning to Utilities Who Dare to Branch Out (Bloomberg, 6/11)

Perry's plan to save coal, nuclear power plants 'difficult to stomach' for at least one fellow Texan (Dallas Morning News, 6/12)

Five Questions on Trump’s Coal, Nuke Bailout (RTO Insider ($), 6/11)

Trump's coal, nuclear bailout no shield from hackers: cyber experts (Reuters, 6/11)

Solar Surpasses Gas and Wind as Biggest Source of New U.S. Power (Bloomberg, 6/11)

End of the 'gas rush?' Renewables, storage reaching cost parity, report finds (Utility Dive, 6/11)

Power marketers are increasing their share of U.S. retail electricity sales (EIA, 6/12)

Global Investment in Wind and Solar Energy Is Outshining Fossil Fuels (Wall Street Journal ($), 6/11)

Trump, Oil of Less Concern Than Climate Change for Top Companies (Bloomberg, 6/12)

AEP CEO on money-losing coal units: 'We'll shut 'em down' (EnergyWire ($), 6/12)

Trump wants energy security to be about electricity, not just oil (Axios, 6/11)

Trump’s coal preservation move portrayed as energy safety net (Daily Energy Insider, 6/8)

Hey Corporate America, get ready for cybersecurity regulation in the US (CNN, 6/10)

Trump's EPA turns to less punitive responses to pollution (EnergyWire ($), 6/11)

FERC members due on Hill amid efforts to save coal, nuclear (E&E Daily ($), 6/11)

PG&E May Face Criminal Charges After Probe of Deadly Wildfires (Bloomberg, 6/9)