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November 30, 2018 • Regional News

Regional and National News Nov 25-30

Transmission is latest front in fossil fuels v. renewables battle (Houston Chronicle, 11/30)

New retail electricity provider targets oil and gas industry (Midland Reporter-Telegram, 11/29)

ERCOT panel OKs rule changes to enhance reliability, expedite transmission projects (Megawatt Daily ($), 11/29)

Texas PUC Approves New Interest Rates Applicable to Deposits Held By REPs, Overcharges (Energy Choice Matters, 11/30)

Texas Company To Pay $185,000 In Penalties And Refunds To Resolve Alleged Service As Retail Provider Without PUC Certificate (Energy Choice Matters, 11/30)

A $4 BILLION Dollar Electricity Tax May be Coming to You on December 7 (TPPF blog, 11/7)

Senate tees up McNamee confirmation vote next week (Utility Dive, 11/30)

Perry again calls for US energy infrastructure plan, cites national security (Platts, 11/29)

Coal CEO losing faith in salvation from Trump (Axios, 11/30)

Almost Half Coal Power Plants Seen Unprofitable to Operate (Bloomberg, 11/29)

A Carbon Tax Wave? 7 States Considering Carbon Pricing to Fight Climate Change (Inside Climate News, 11/29)

Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Doctrine Is Undermined by Climate Change (New York Times, 11/29)

Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Republicans now acknowledge climate change (The Hill, 11/29)

FERC moves to narrow jurisdiction over utility mergers after FPA changes (Utility Dive, 11/29)

Making energy innovation more than a buzzword (Axios, 11/29)

Average U.S. electricity customer interruptions totaled nearly 8 hours in 2017 (EIA, 11/30)

Exxon Will Use Wind, Solar Power to Produce Crude Oil in Texas (Bloomberg, 11/28)

Company taps Texas energy market to get deals for consumers (KXAN, 11/28)

Wind energy supporters brace for a fight in the Texas capitol (KXAN, 11/27)

Breaking the Bank: Robin Hood and Chapter 313 (TPPF blog, 11/29)

Torres-Verdin: Texas and Mexico have a perfect partnership opportunity: renewable energy (Dallas Morning News opinion, 11/29)

What Congress Can Learn from Texas about Heat Waves and Competitive Markets (Advanced Energy Perspectives, 11/28)

Trump Dismantling US Climate Efforts as Warnings Grow Dire (AP, 11/28)

Trump Administration’s Climate Report Raises New Questions About Nuclear Energy’s Future (Huffington Post, 11/28)

Trump officials mount full-court press against their own climate report (Washington Post, 11/28)

Military’s push for solar backup power loses speed under Trump (McClatchy papers, 11/28)

MISO selects NextEra unit to build 500 kV transmission line in East Texas (Megawatt Daily ($), 11/27) (See also: RTO Insider ($))

ERCOT CEO: Solar Growth ‘an Interesting Challenge’ (RTO Insider ($), 11/27)

Solar energy project nears completion in Sherman (KTEN, 11/27)

Vistra Energy profiles its customers into well-drawn personalities (Houston Chronicle, 11/28)

Trump's energy regulator nominee advances in Senate despite controversy over fossil fuels (Washington Examiner, 11/27) (See also: Bloomberg, GreenWire ($))

Capital Dynamics, Tenaska to build 2,000 MW of solar projects in MISO (Platts, 11/27)

Yucca spat flares as Congress scrambles to avert shutdown (E&E Daily ($), 11/28)

Second judge rules against WOTUS delay (GreenWire ($), 11/27)

Exelon sues FirstEnergy Solutions over retail sale delays (EnergyWire ($), 11/28)

DC lawmakers vote for 100 percent clean power by 2032 (The Hill, 11/27)

KPMG releases 2018 CEO outlook for Power & Utilities (Daily Energy Insider, 11/27)

The Dusky Gopher Frog Loses a Round in the Supreme Court (New York Times, 11/27)

 

Amid industrial boom, Corpus Christi officials look to meet growing water demand (Texas Tribune, 11/27)

Senate committee to push ahead with McNamee vote despite Democrat objections (Utility Dive, 11/27)

Parties seek time for settlement talks under new FERC return on equity policy (Platts, 11/26)

The energy costs of a changing climate (Axios, 11/27)

Five Big Ways the United States Will Need to Adapt to Climate Change (New York Times, 11/26)

Trump Says He Doesn’t Believe Climate-Change Report’s Economic Predictions (Wall Street Journal ($), 11/26)

The New Congress Wants to End the War on Science (Bloomberg, 11/27)

Oncor sends crews from Texas to California to assist with outages after wildfires (Dallas Morning News, 11/24)

Xcel Energy offers tips for saving money, staying safe with holiday lights (ABC-7, 11/21)

Texas munis OK PPAs for 325 MW of solar power at low rates (Megawatt Daily ($), 11/20)

New climate report warns of increasingly dire risks to U.S. (Axios, 11/23) (See also: Texas Tribune, New York Times, E&E News ($))

Following Democratic victories, states up ante on clean energy (Houston Chronicle, 11/22)

Votes set on FERC, Park Service picks (E&E Daily ($), 11/26)

Video intensifies scrutiny of Trump's FERC pick on renewables (Axios, 11/21) (See also: Utility Dive, Megawatt Daily ($))

US Senate bill would let high-efficiency coal plants tap DOE loan guarantees (Megawatt Daily ($), 11/21)

Bedard: North Korea reveals nuclear EMP attack plans (Washington Examiner, 11/24)

Bird watchers protect eagles from wind turbines (Gillette News Record [Wyo.], 11/24)