September 28, 2018 • Regional News
Regional and National News Sept 22-28
Fort Worth is on proposed route if U.S. nuclear waste is sent to West Texas, activists warn (Dallas Morning News, 9/27)
Electricity seller hopes to make consumers comfortable with buying wholesale power (Houston Chronicle, 9/28)
Low fuel costs lead to refund for Xcel Energy customers (Myhighplains.com, 9/27)
Answering questions in the digital world: Xcel Energy rolls out bill explanation videos to customers (KFDA, 9/26)
Federal Appeals Court Upholds New York’s Nuclear Subsidies (Power Magazine, 9/27) (See also: Washington Examiner)
Nuclear energy has a rocky path ahead (Axios, 9/28)
Natural Gas Prices Could Quadruple This Winter, Says Analyst (Barron’s, 9/27)
E.P.A. to Eliminate Office That Advises Agency Chief on Science (New York Times, 9/27)
Energy Department probes 'gaps' in cyberattack plan with utilities, JPMorgan Chase, and AT&T (Washington Examiner, 9/27)
DOE cyber official lacks confidence in grid defense (EnergyWire ($), 9/28)
Chief of US grid watchdog says he's not involved with Trump's coal bailout (Washington Examiner, 9/27)
NERC sees chance of major outage as 'very low' (EnergyWire ($), 9/28)
Department of Energy Announces $30 Million for Transformational Carbon Capture Technologies (DOE, 9/27)
Wellinghoff says Question 3 will lower power rates, points to success in other states (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 9/27)
ERCOT's low generation outages in hot, tight summer may not be sustainable (Platts, 9/26)
McDermott gets go-ahead to build new Entergy power plant in Willis (Houston Chronicle, 9/26)
Oncor Sets Date For Applying Next Round Of Power Factor Adjustments To Certain ESI IDs In Former Sharyland Territory (Energy Choice Matters, 9/25)
'No such animal as clean coal': Mayor of Texas city powered by solar and wind pokes the bear (CBC, 9/26)
TXU Names First North Texas Energy Leadership Awards Winners (Dallas Innovates, 9/26)
CPS Energy’s downtown San Antonio headquarters to be sold, could be worth more than $40 million (San Antonio Express-News, 9/26)
Georgia Nuclear plant gets go-ahead despite budget overages (AP, 9/26) (See also: Axios, Utility Dive, Power Magazine, E&E News ($))
Goldman Sees Exxon, Chevron Following Euro Peers Into Renewables (Bloomberg, 9/26)
Perry says resilience decision rests with White House (EnergyWire ($), 9/27)
Senate Committee Approves Several Cybersecurity Bills (Security Week, 9/27)
Bob Murray reflects on the impact President Trump has on coal industry (WTRF [Ohio], 9/27)
The Sun Sets. The Wind Dies. But Energy Data Is Relentless. (New York Times, 9/26)
Anti-nuclear waste tour kicks off in Houston (Texas Tribune, 9/25)
ERCOT reports favorably on market performance during hot, tight summer (Megawatt Daily ($), 9/25)
Beware of fake calls threatening to cut power, Austin Energy says (Austin American-Statesman, 9/25)
Longview City Council set to approve Atmos rate increase, SWEPCO decrease (Longview News-Journal, 9/25)
Wind farm gears up near Bayview (Valley Morning Star, 9/25)
Decommissioned floating nuclear power plant departs Galveston for final shipbreaking in Brownsville (Houston Chronicle, 9/26)
Conservative coalition wants Texas to kill franchise tax and limit local tax hikes (Dallas Morning News, 9/25)
Utilities Helped Puerto Rico Fix Its Power Grid. Now They Face Hefty Tax Bills. (New York Times, 9/26)
Cheaper Battery Is Unveiled as a Step to a Carbon-Free Grid (New York Times, 9/26)
How the Climate-Change Debate Has Shifted, Not Ended: QuickTake (Bloomberg, 9/25)
Flooded SC river within inches of spilling into coal ash pit with 200,000 tons of waste (Post and Courier, 9/25)
Hurricane Florence crippled electricity and coal -- solar and wind were back the next day (CBS News, 9/25)
Largest energy storage system in Mass. launched as solar plus storage trend continues (Platts, 9/25)
NuScale Takes Step Toward U.S. Deployment in Selecting Manufacturer (Morning Consult, 9/25)
Like natural gas, coal in the Southwest Power Pool is cycled to accommodate wind power (EIA, 9/26)
AEP to retire Oklaunion coal plant due to renewables, gas competition (Utility Dive, 9/25) (See also: Houston Chronicle, RTO Insider ($), EnergyWire ($))
Job cuts at Dallas-based Ambit Energy's Plano call center (Dallas Morning News, 9/24)
Sen: How energy efficiency can reduce inequality (Dallas Morning News opinion, 9/25)
ConsenSys Has Begun Using Ethereum to Supply Electricity to Texas (CryptoCoinsNews, 9/24)
First for Texas: renowned beverage distributor goes solar (Construction Dive, 9/24)
Georgia nuclear plant gets tentative up vote (AP, 9/24) (See also: Axios, Power Magazine)
A Power Grid and Its Customers Could Get Stuck Paying for a Failed Wall Street Bet (Bloomberg, 9/25)
FERC: Chief of staff's Twitter activity targets Sierra Club (EnergyWire ($), 9/25)
Duke says its data show no harm from flooded coal ash dump (AP, 9/24)
Hopis asking feds to explore other options for power plant (AP, 9/25)
Former federal energy regulators say it's a 'fertile time' for energy choice, question renewable mandates (Nevada Independent, 9/24)
Summer average wholesale electricity prices in western U.S. were highest since 2008 (EIA, 9/25)
The only nuclear power project in the U.S. ponders its fate (Axios, 9/24)
Duke shuts down gas plant after Florence flooding breaches coal ash pit (Utility Dive, 9/24) (See also: Bloomberg)
Talks on handling nuclear waste in New Mexico start Monday (Santa Fe New Mexican, 9/22)
Navajo-owned coal plant to be shut down despite Interior push to keep open (The Hill, 9/21)
Xcel Energy completes 600-MW Colorado wind farm (Windpower Engineering & Development, 9/21)
Clock ticks on Vistra as it seeks looser rules for Ill. Fleet (EnergyWire ($), 9/24)
AEP Ohio files plans to develop 900 MW of solar, wind (Utility Dive, 9/21)
Outage at Exelon's Mystic plant drove tight ISO-NE Labor Day conditions (Utility Dive, 9/21)
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