September 21, 2018 • Regional News
Regional and National News Sept 16-21
US to prioritize attacks against foreign adversaries under new cyber strategy (The Hill, 9/20) (See also: Wall Street Journal ($), EnergyWire ($))
McIntyre absent from FERC meeting as chief of staff controversy swirls (Utility Dive, 9/21) (See also: Bloomberg)
Recent weather shows grid resilience: US FERC member (Platts, 9/20)
Sempra to sell $1.54B solar, storage assets to Con Edison (Utility Dive, 9/21) (See also: Greentech Media)
Coal disappears in the heartland as renewables get cheaper (ClimateWire ($), 9/21)
MISO's 'troubling' new normal on emergency conditions gets board attention (Megawatt Daily ($), 9/20)
Utility begins restoring power to only nuclear plant to shut down during Hurricane Florence (Washington Examiner, 9/20)
Utilities embrace growing applications of demand response: SEPA snapshot (Utility Dive, 9/20)
In blow to Trump, buyer pulls out of Navajo plant (ClimateWire ($), 9/21)
Vogtle’s Escalating Costs Concern Lawmakers, Stakeholders (Power Magazine, 9/20)
Energy insecurity a problem for one-third of U.S. households (Houston Chronicle, 9/20) (See also: NPR)
Resiliency in the face of hurricanes makes the case for renewables even stronger (Quartz, 9/19)
Solar panel-mounted energy storage could be a good fit in space-constrained areas (Platts, 9/19)
La. regulator floats MISO exit during raucous meeting (EnergyWire ($), 9/20)
House advances Walberg-Dingell FERC bill (Daily Energy Insider, 9/18)
Southwest Power Pool signs up utilities for its reliability coordinator services (Utility Dive, 9/18)
Tale of four states: America's changing energy mix (Axios, 9/19)
Maryland is taking the EPA to court over air pollution coming from upwind states (Baltimore Sun, 9/17)
How AI Can Help Stop Cyberattacks (Wall Street Journal ($), 9/18)
Review Finds Connecticut Utilities Prevented Millions Of Cybersecurity Threats (Connecticut Public Radio, 9/18)
Solar With Batteries Cheaper Than Gas in Parts of U.S. Southwest (Bloomberg, 9/17)
After NRG sale, Clearway eyes transformational role (EnergyWire ($), 9/18)
Trump's CO2 rule on electricity is 'template' for industry (ClimateWire ($), 9/18)
The Slow Death of Merchant Generation in MISO (RTO Insider ($), 9/17)
Weakened Hurricane Florence Spared Most Southeast U.S. Nuclear Plants (Bloomberg, 9/17)
Cat knocks out power to 7,500 in New Orleans (AP, 9/17)
Coal ash breach comes as rain pounds Carolinas (EnergyWire ($), 9/17)
Hurricane Florence triggers coal ash spill, cuts power to millions (Utility Dive, 9/17)
Drone Army Is Ready to Swoop in for Florence Power Recovery (Bloomberg, 9/17)
Big gains in Florence-impacted utility restoration; gas demand remains down (Platts, 9/16)
House boosts advanced nuclear, passing Senate-approved bill (Utility Dive, 9/14) (See also: Axios)
Hearing to examine keeping hackers out of U.S. infrastructure (E&E Daily ($), 9/17)
Trump admin eyes Fla. PSC chairman for FERC (EnergyWire ($), 9/17)
As rooftop solar expands, states grapple with successors to net metering (Utility Dive, 9/13)
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