STORAGE: Duke Energy announces three battery storage projects in Florida to store 22 MW of power, part of a larger goal to install 50 MW of storage. (Tampa Bay Times)
SOLAR:
• Five electric cooperatives in Texas sign agreements to purchase 7 MW of solar. (Austin American-Statesman)
• A Florida county votes to participate in a small-scale solar project. (The Independent Florida Alligator)
• A solar company wants to build an additional six solar projects in a South Carolina county. (SC Now)
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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Two Kentucky utilities add three public electric vehicle charging stations around the Louisville area. (Louisville Business First)
EMISSIONS: The Tennessee Valley Authority plans deeper cuts to its carbon emissions — 70% by 2030, according to its CEO. (E&E News, subscription)
COAL: Federal regulators say a Kentucky coal miner died because the company did not have effective methods in place to protect employees from being hit by moving equipment. (Lexington Herald Leader)
COAL ASH: Coal ash has repeatedly spilled and gone untreated in a North Carolina lake, according to a new study by a Duke University scientist. (Associated Press)
PIPELINES:
• FERC receives several applications for pipelines to connect to natural gas plants that replaced coal-fired plants. (S&P Global)
• The Trump administration joins some state lawmakers’ calls to treat pipeline protests as federal offenses, pushing for even stricter sentencing. (Politico)
• Landslides from pipeline construction in Appalachia have caused explosions and other problems, concerning residents. (E&E News, subscription)
OIL AND GAS: An environmental group fights a set of oil and gas sales in the Permian Basin, including a record-breaking auction. (E&E News, subscription)
UTILITIES: Duke Energy challenges South Carolina regulators on new rate hikes the company says aren’t high enough. (Charlotte Business Journal)
COMMENTARY:
• Texas’ unregulated electric market has allowed the grid to work well so far, but the state could see power shortages this summer, an editorial board says. (Dallas Morning News)
• There’s no public need for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and a proposed natural gas plant in eastern North Carolina, an environmental activist writes. (Fayetteville Observer)