PIPELINES: In at least 31 states, including Oklahoma and Louisiana, lawmakers have introduced bills and orders that try to restrict pipeline protests. (InsideClimate News)
ALSO: U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico are expected to rise soon as four major pipelines begin operations by the end of the year. (Houston Chronicle)
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SOLAR:
• Duke Energy plans to build a 75 MW solar farm in Florida as part of its plan to add more solar to the state’s grid. (West Volusia Beacon)
• Georgia Power plans to lease land along I-85 from the state Department of Transportation for a small pilot solar project. (WALB)
• A Virginia community studies views from historic battlefields to help them decide on solar farm projects. (Culpeper Star-Exponent)
• A UK-based solar company says it will build a solar-plus-storage project in San Antonio, Texas. (Renewables Now)
COAL: The Trump administration’s new rules that weaken regulations on coal-fired power plants will disproportionately affect poor and minority communities in places like West Virginia. (Vice)
OIL AND GAS:
• Texas’ largest port exported more crude oil than it imported for the first time ever, according to the Energy Department. (CNN Money)
• Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry sues Kingfisher County over its attempt to set rules on temporary pipelines lying on private property. (Journal Record)
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UTILITIES:
• A former Tennessee governor proposes legislation to allow Tennessee Valley Authority to be an internet service provider for rural residents. (Nashville Public Radio)
• North Carolina regulators approve new fuel and renewable energy charges that will raise Duke Energy customer rates. (Triangle Business Journal)
COMMENTARY:
• West Virginia needs to invest in creating renewable energy jobs to replace those from the natural gas and coal industries, an editorial board says. (Charleston Gazette-Mail)
• An editorial board says the Trump administration’s plan to loosen regulations on coal-fired power plants, which will harm and kill more Americans, is not a fulfillment of the promise he made to Kentucky supporters.(Lexington Herald Leader)