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May 18, 2018 • Regional News

Regional and National News from May 13 - 19

FERC chair restarts PURPA review, pledging 'open mind' (Utility Dive, 5/17) (See also: Washington Examiner, EnergyWire ($))

FERC proposes further action to soften the blow of a GMD on the bulk power system (Megawatt Daily ($), 5/17) (See also: RTO Insider ($), EnergyWire ($))

Electromagnetic radiation from power lines and phone masts poses 'credible' threat to wildlife, report finds (The Telegraph, 5/18)

Wehrum backs draft bill to streamline New Source Review (E&E Daily ($), 5/17)

Possible Record Natural Gas Demand from Power Generators This Summer, FERC Says (Natural Gas Intelligence, 5/17)

Tomlinson: Nuclear energy needs to shake off links to coal (Houston Chronicle, 5/18)

Grid cybersecurity requires constant vigilance, say U.S. senators, FERC chairman (Daily Energy Insider, 5/16)

Utilities join grid recovery initiative to stockpile transmission equipment (Utility Dive, 5/16)

Wind Power Faces a Post-PTC ‘Valley of Death’ (Power Magazine, 5/17)

The limits of Trump's "energy dominant" agenda (Axios, 5/17)

California regulators see signs of a new energy crisis — can they prevent it? (Utility Dive, 5/18)

Carbon Capture Test Facility Opens in Wyoming (E&E News, 5/17)

Study favors retiring Vistra's newly acquired 5.3-GW Illinois coal fleet (Megawatt Daily ($), 5/17)

Solar Beats Coal on U.S. Jobs (Bloomberg, 5/16)

Energy jobs grow despite solar dip in 2017 (Axios, 5/17)

EPA’s Own Advisory Board Questions “Secret Science” Plan (E&E News, 5/16)

DOE Lays Out How Power Sector Could Win the Cybersecurity Battle (Power Magazine, 5/17)

Regulators Approve Entergy Louisiana’s Plan to Buy Proposed Power Plant (Entergy media release, 5/16)

‘Impossible to Ignore’: Why Alaska Is Crafting a Plan to Fight Climate Change (New York Times, 5/15)

Trump Said to Mull 2015 Grid Emergency Law to Save Coal Plants (Bloomberg, 5/15)

Electricity prices plunge with more renewables, study says (EnergyWire, 5/16)

Coal at Record Is Latest Pressure to Weigh on Utility Earnings (Bloomberg, 5/15)

Report Says More Nuclear Plants in Financial Trouble (Power Magazine, 5/15)

America's Clean Power Map: Solar on Coasts, Wind Rules Heartland (Bloomberg, 5/14)

Solar power popularity still strong, but not driving votes (PV Magazine, 5/11)

NWS warns of busy hurricane season at conference (Houston Chronicle, 5/13)

Industry doesn’t always fight regulations. Here’s why (Axios, 5/14)

Pruitt NAAQS memo part of broad strategy to weaken air regs, lawyers say (Utility Dive, 5/11)

Builders to get busy as U.S. tax credit winds down (EnergyWire ($), 5/14)

Energy sector awaits Trump cyber staffing decisions (EnergyWire ($), 5/14)

Trump Admin Scraps NASA’s Greenhouse-Gas-Monitoring Program (New York Magazine, 5/11)

American Electric Power's 1,231-MW Cook-2 nuclear reactor in Michigan returns to grid (Platts, 5/11)

Exelon Generation cuts output at four Illinois nuclear units, two back at 100% power (Platts, 5/11)

Entergy says it had no knowledge of paid support for New Orleans gas plant (Utility Dive, 5/11)

No phones. No internet. No A/C. How prepared are we for a major power grid attack? (Fond du Lac Reporter, 5/11)