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May 25, 2018 • Regional News

Regional and National News from May 20 - 26

EPA extends comment period on controversial science transparency rule (The Hill, 5/24)

In Renewed Push, Federal Power Regulators May Act on PURPA (Morning Consult, 5/24)

Senate confirms Caputo, Wright, and Baran to serve as US NRC commissioners (Platts, 5/24)

DOE creates a rare storm to test utility planners (EnergyWire ($), 5/23)

Private Equity's Big Bet on Gas-Fired Plants Has Gone Awry (Bloomberg, 5/24)

How can existing coal plants run better? DOE wants to know (Utility Dive, 5/24)

General Electric's power unit fights for growth as wind, solar gain (Reuters, 5/24)

Exelon: Record Amount of Nuclear Capacity Failed to Clear PJM Auction (Power Magazine, 5/24)

U.S. and 8 other countries form new coalition to push nuclear power (Axios, 5/24)

New Orleans council votes to investigate use of actors (EnergyWire ($), 5/25)

US electric industry, customers at odds on timing of flowing back extra tax collections (Platts, 5/24)

Payouts to U.S. Power Generators Climb 83% in PJM Auction (Bloomberg, 5/23)

PJM loses a quarter of its nuke capacity in latest power auction (Utility Dive, 5/23)

U.S. Power Payout Sends Surprise Boost to Coal, Nuclear Plants (Bloomberg, 5/24)

Carbon taxes, pricing sweep statehouses and foreign governments, even as U.S. resists (Houston Chronicle, 5/23)

New Jersey OKs $300M Annually to Rescue Nuclear Industry (AP, 5/23) (See also: Power Magazine)

No changes to Xcel nuclear cost recovery after bill dies in Minnesota House (Utility Dive, 5/23)

Massachusetts Gains Foothold in Offshore Wind Power, Long Ignored in U.S. (New York Times, 5/23)

NV Energy CEO criticizes Energy Choice amendment (Nevada Appeal, 5/23)

Trump's Doomsday Scenarios for Power Grid Undercut by His Agency (Bloomberg, 5/22)

Foundations wary of carbon capture and nukes in climate fight (Axios, 5/22)

Electric vehicles could save billions on energy storage (Phys.org, 5/22)

PNM gives a peek at its future (Albuquerque Business First, 5/22)

New Jersey Governor Plans to Sign Nuclear Bailout Bill (Bloomberg, 5/22)

Kilauea's Wrath Threatens Power Plant — And Hawaii's Most Powerful Industry (NPR, 5/22)

Last year's weather, wildfires heighten utilities' storm hardening efforts (Utility Dive, 5/21)

Towns see gold in storing nuclear waste (Washington Examiner, 5/22)

Battery energy storage on verge of competing with natural gas, but questions remain (Platts, 5/22)

Wind power poised for record year, despite initial tax law concerns (Utility Dive, 5/21)

Votes set on Interior-EPA, energy and water bills (E&E Daily ($), 5/21)

5 ways the utility industry can mitigate cyber incidents (Utility Dive, 5/21)

NextEra to buy Gulf Power, gas assets from Southern for $6.5B (Utility Dive, 5/21) (See also: Wall Street Journal, Power Magazine, Megawatt Daily ($), EnergyWire ($), Tampa Bay Times)

Wind Catcher sees some support as Okla. decision looms (EnergyWire ($), 5/22)

Co-ops consider  flying the coop (Daily Sentinel [N.M.], 5/19)

Xcel nuclear bill stalls in Minnesota Legislature (EnergyWire, 5/22)

Pattern buys Clean Line's Wind Energy Development in New Mexico (Electric Light & Power, 5/21)

Florida city warns residents of power outage, zombies (AP, 5/22)

Amid ethics scrutiny, EPA’s Pruitt also finds his regulatory rollbacks hitting bumps (Washington Post, 5/20)

House Republicans question basic climate science during hearing (Energy News Network, 5/18)

Siemens CEO urges firms to stay 'one step ahead of evil' (EnergyWire ($), 5/18)

Overhead Transmission: UAS [Unmanned Aircraft Systems] to the Rescue (T&D World, 5/18)

Is it worth worrying about bitcoin’s growing electricity use? (Quartz, 5/18)

Illinois can do without Vistra coal plants, greens claim (Utility Dive, 5/18)