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July 13, 2018 • Regional News

Regional and National News: July 8 - 13

DMN: Trump should stay out of Texas' deregulated electricity market (Dallas Morning News editorial, 7/12)

Cottage industry rises from complexity of choosing electricity plans (Houston Chronicle, 7/13)

AEP's Wind Catcher project draws heavy opposition at Texas PUC meeting (Megawatt Daily ($), 7/12) (See also: EnergyWire ($))

Virginia company to build $1.2 billion Panhandle wind farm (Houston Chronicle, 7/12)

ERCOT next-week hits $80s/MWh on record demand (Megawatt Daily ($), 7/12)

Gasoline, electricity push consumer prices higher (Houston Chronicle, 7/12)

Storms knock out power across East Texas (East Texas Matters, 7/12)

EDF Trading To Supply Power At Texas LNG Terminal (Retail Energy X, 7/12)

Lone Star Current Interview - DeAnn Walker (Lloyd Gosselink blog, 7/6)

Regional and National Clips

US utility goes against Trump, says pipelines, not coal bailout, are key to strong power grid (Washington Examiner, 7/12)

Leadership Of Puerto Rico's Electric Utility Crumbles Amid Power Struggle (Texas Public Radio, 7/12)

Murkowski warns of FERC impasse without quick pick (E&E Daily ($), 7/13)

California reaches greenhouse gas reduction goal ahead of schedule (The Hill, 7/12)

Texas Clips, Blogs and Advocacy

City tilts at utility's turbines (Kilgore News Herald, 7/11)

City continues to negotiate with electric companies as rate increases loom (Lewisville Texan Journal, 7/11)

West Texas off-peak power prices spike on significant growth of drilling demand (Platts, 7/11)

Sempra makes $1.6B stock offering to wrap up Oncor acquisition (San Diego Union-Tribune, 7/10)

Entergy Texas dedicates over $1 million to fund Hurricane Harvey Rebuilding, workforce and environmental initiatives (The Paper, 7/11)

Regional and National Clips

In about-face, utilities urge EPA to keep mercury rule (E&E News, 7/11)

Natural gas-fired power plants to set near record this summer (Houston Chronicle, 7/11)

House Dems ask GAO to investigate cybersecurity at utilities (Daily Energy Insider, 7/12)

In a rush to modernize the grid, utilities are finding new ways to innovate (Utility Dive, 7/11)

Wind generators’ cost declines reflect technology improvements and siting decisions (EIA, 7/12)

Kavanaugh pick threatens EPA policies, FERC authority, lawyers say (Utility Dive, 7/11)

Scott Pruitt’s replacement tells EPA employees, ‘When it comes to leadership, you can’t lead unless you listen.’ (Washington Post, 7/11)

In Andrew Wheeler, Trump Gets a Cannier E.P.A. Chief (New Yorker, 7/11)

Poll: Record number of Americans believe in man-made climate change (The Hill, 7/11)

Texas Clips, Blogs and Advocacy

AEP set to open Los Fresnos service center (Valley Morning Star, 7/9)

CenterPoint Energy named among top 50 community-minded US companies (Daily Energy Insider, 7/9)

Regional and National Clips

Exelon Bids $140M for FirstEnergy’s Retail Business (RTO Insider ($), 7/10) (See also: Megawatt Daily ($))

US EPA sends Clean Power Plan replacement rule to White House (Platts, 7/10) (See also: Power Magazine)

Democrats, GOP Have Little Faith Governments Will Combat Climate Change (Morning Consult, 7/10)

Centrist Democrats' new climate rallying cry (Axios, 7/10)

House Democrats push for GAO review of grid cyber readiness (E&E News ($), 7/11)

Committee to vote on nuclear energy, waste bills (E&E News ($), 7/11)

Supreme Court nominee has been a foe of emissions rules (Reuters, 7/10)

Can Wyoming's wind be harnessed ... to power California? (The Week, 7/9)

Texas Clips, Blogs and Advocacy

Walker: Help for Texans to pay electric bills (Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 7/9)

Hot Summer Could Strain Texas Power Grid (iHeartRadio, 7/10)

Texas Retail Provider Says Eliminating HAN Functionality Would Stifle Innovative Products, Real-Time Billing, Controllable Load (Energy Choice Matters, 7/9)

CPS Energy Partners with SwRI to Create Battery Storage for Solar Energy (Rivard Report, 7/10)

El Paso Electric working to restore power in Northeast El Paso (KVIA, 7/10)

Regional and National Clips

Kavanaugh has deep record of questioning EPA authority (E&E Daily ($), 7/10) (See also: Wall Street Journal ($))

Southwest Power Pool real-time prices spike as peakload nears (Platts, 7/9)

The EPA won't change policy after Pruitt. But it might be more transparent about it. (Washington Post, 7/10)

Department of Energy Announces $75 Million for High Energy Physics Research (DOE, 7/9)

As global growth slows, one unloved sector is getting lots of love (CNBC, 7/9)

Record heat put thousands of Californians in the dark Friday. Scientists predicted this from climate change. (Washington Post, 7/9)

Texas Clips, Blogs and Advocacy

Texas Heat Drives Up Electricity, Water Bills (NBC-DFW, 7/9)

Scammers Targeting Oncor Customers In Dallas Neighborhood (CBS-DFW, 7/6)

What happens when the coal economy dies? Here's the story of one Texas town on life support (Dallas Morning News, 7/8)

Record Summer Demand In ERCOT Will Have Vistra Energy Generating Record Profits (Seeking Alpha, 7/9)

Wind Power Changes on the Horizon for both Texas and New Mexico (Texas Hill Country, 7/7)

Why You Need to Know Allen Nye (D Magazine, July 2008 issue)

Regional and National Clips

Harder: Fact-checking my energy crystal ball (Axios, 7/9)

Perry's advisory panel to focus on grid resilience (EnergyWire ($), 7/9)

Incoming EPA chief: ‘This is the right job for me.’ (Washington Post, 7/6

'Brave new world' as team Inhofe takes over (E&E News ($), 7/6)

Pruitt leaves behind a long to-do list (Politico, 7/7)