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May 11, 2018 • Regional News

Regional and National News from May 6 - 12

House votes to advance Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project (The Hill, 5/10)

FERC chief questions Rick Perry’s coal, nuclear plan (Washington Examiner, 5/10)

Pruitt outlines plan to overhaul Clean Air Act reviews (GreenWire ($), 5/10)

Hoeven, Heinrich Express Shared Interest in Upgrading Electric Infrastructure (Morning Consult, 5/10)

Exelon's warning reignites great American fuel fight (EnergyWire ($), 5/11)

Every one of America’s 57,636 wind turbines, mapped (Washington Post, 5/11)

Think Solar Is Upending California’s Power Grid Now? Just Wait (Bloomberg, 5/9)

Energy choice backers say Nevada plan would lower electric bills (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 5/9)

House bill would revive mothballed Nevada nuclear waste dump (AP, 5/10) (See also: E&E Daily ($))

Tesla Joins Berkshire Hathaway in Wading Into U.S. Grid Debate (Bloomberg, 5/9)

Don’t Rush on Resilience, Commenters Urge (RTO Insider ($), 5/9)

House panel approves bills to secure energy infrastructure (The Hill, 5/9) (See also: Bloomberg)

One Thing Trump, Some Environmentalists Both Love: Nuclear Power (Bloomberg, 5/9)

EMP Commission warns ‘blackout’ of electricity, food, water to last ‘year or longer,’ huge death toll (Washington Examiner, 5/9)

AEP's 2 GW Wind Catcher project approved in Arkansas (Electric Light & Power, 5/9) (See also: Clean Technology Business Review)

AWEA 2018: US wind power industry facing a 'tumultuous time' (Wind Power Monthly, 5/8)

As energy storage costs decline, market changes needed to increase deployment (Platts, 5/9)

California grid operator sees tight power supplies for summer (Reuters, 5/9)

Environmental group: nuclear power key to cutting carbon emissions (Axios, 5/9)

Wind farm explosion causes rural tax windfalls (Electric Light & Power, 5/8) (See also: Reuters)

Puerto Rico's electric grid under scrutiny as new hurricane season looms (The Hill, 5/8)

McIntyre links fuel security questions with resilience proceeding (Utility Dive, 5/8)

Strange bedfellows lobby Perry on coal plant subsidies (EnergyWire ($), 5/9)

Blockchain May Soon Be Helping Puerto Rico Keep the Lights on (Bloomberg, 5/8)

Gas-Fired Generation Will Top 2018 Capacity Additions (Power Magazine, 5/8)

Coal plants get new life in the sun (Phys.org, 5/9)

Department of Energy Seeks Information on Small-Scale Modular Coal-Based Power Plants of the Future (DOE media release, 5/8)

Solar surpasses biomass to become third-most prevalent renewable electricity source (EIA, 5/9)

AWEA 2018: Increase in cyber security attacks 'inevitable', expert warns (Wind Power Monthly, 5/8)

Rick Perry caught between free market past and White House on coal (Houston Chronicle, 5/8)

Uncertainty on transmission rate policy seen as cloud over US infrastructure investment (Platts, 5/8)

FERC approves elimination of SPP regional entity (Utility Dive, 5/7)

Southwest Power Pool pursuing grid expansion plan without Colorado utility, for now (The Oklahoman, 5/4)

Power Demand Is Doing Something Weird: It's Rising in Some Places (Bloomberg, 5/7)

Future of U.S. nuclear power fleet depends mostly on natural gas prices, carbon policies (EIA, 5/8)

Does Renewable Energy Increase Electricity Prices? See for Yourself (Scientific American, 5/4)

White House Aides Are Urging President Trump to Fire Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. Chief (New York Times, 5/7)

The man who could replace Scott Pruitt (Politico, 5/5)

New Files Detail the Threats Made Against Scott Pruitt at the E.P.A. (New York Times, 5/7)

Pennsylvania opens 'future of utility rates' proceeding (Utility Dive, 5/7)

A power primer for the Trump era (Axios, 5/7)

DOE's coal crusade keeps the heat on FERC (EnergyWire ($), 5/7)

ISO-NE seeks US FERC permission to keep Exelon units online for fuel security (Platts, 5/4)

EPA’s climate change website went down a year ago for ‘updating.’ It’s still not back. (Washington Post, 5/4)

Solar has transformed into solar-plus-storage; What will net metering become? (Utility Dive, 5/7)

Natural gas and renewables make up most of 2018 electric capacity additions (EIA, 5/7)

Natural gas prices, not 'war on coal,' were key to coal power decline: study (Phys.org, 5/3)

Electricity markets are wooing Wyoming industry, but regulators remain cautious (Casper Star-Tribune, 5/6)

How Storms, Missteps and an Ailing Grid Left Puerto Rico in the Dark (New York Times, 5/6)

Nev. lawmakers prepare battle against Yucca bill (E&E News ($), 5/7)

CPUC Cautions of Return to Bad Old Days (RTO Insider ($), 5/6)