SOLAR: A Kentucky coal company is planning a 50-100 MW solar array, which would be by far the state’s largest, atop a recovered strip mine site. (Lexington Herald-Leader)

ALSO: 
• Georgia-based solar manufacturer Suniva filed for bankruptcy protection, which could prompt a trade dispute between America and Asia. (Greentech Media)
• The solar industry challenges Duke Energy’s claim that customers would pay $1 billion too much for solar power under current contracts. (Charlotte Business Journal)

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COAL:
• The CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority will not reopen coal plants under the Trump administration, saying low natural gas prices harmed the coal industry, not regulations. (Associated Press)
• North Carolina residents worry about coal ash-contaminated drinking water, with one saying, “It’s like our state is deaf, and the only voice they can hear is Duke Energy.” (The Atlantic)

POLITICS: More than 50 Democrats running for the Virginia House of Delegates say they won’t accept campaign contributions from Dominion Resources or Appalachian Power. (Daily Progress)

PIPELINE:
• A small group of students protested Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s support of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for new solar panels at the University of Virginia. (Roanoke Times)
• Virginia’s Supreme Court will consider Wednesday two private property rights cases in relation to the construction of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. (News Leader)

GRID: A smart grid technology company is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to North Carolina. (WRAL)

TRANSMISSION: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson will attend the opening of a new factory that will supply insulators for transmission lines, including the Plains and Eastern line that the state’s congressional delegation is opposing. (Commercial Appeal)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES:
• Georgia Power plans to install 61 EV charging stations around the Atlanta Braves stadium. (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
• Construction is under way on the second Tesla charging station in West Virginia. (Charleston Gazette-Mail)

NUCLEAR: South Carolina ratepayers want input on the V.C. Summer nuclear project as its future remains uncertain following a bankruptcy filing. (Free Times)

COMMENTARY:
• A newspaper editorial warns that the world’s leading corporations want renewable energy that Kentucky is unprepared to provide. (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• In light of Westinghouse’s bankruptcy filing and with the completion of a nuclear project uncertain, South Carolina lawmakers need to reform a system that lets utilities shift the burden to ratepayers who get no return on their investment. (Aiken Standard)