CLEAN ENERGY: At a roundtable discussion, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe says the state needs to push more aggressively for clean energy to attract new employers: “I’m not going to wait for the federal government on this.” (GoDanRiver.com)

SOLAR:
• Two lawmakers, including one from Georgia, support a federal study to look into potential tariffs on imported solar panels. (The Hill)
• Construction on Tallahassee’s first solar power plant is underway and expected to provide power to more than 3,000 homes by this fall. (WFSU)
• Officials involved in public-private solar partnership facilitated by the Tennessee Valley Authority finalized some project details Tuesday. (Johnson City Press)
• North Carolina led the nation in new utility-scale solar capacity added to the grid in the first quarter, just ahead of Minnesota and Nevada. (Triad Business Journal)
• Champion Brands will receive 20 percent of its power at its Jacksonville headquarters from newly installed solar panels. (Jacksonville Business Journal)

COAL:
• Mississippi Power’s Kemper plant is scheduled to start operating today, but it’s still unclear if it will. (MBP)
• A federal judge ruled that pollution from a coal company’s mountaintop removal in West Virginia has harmed aquatic life in two streams. (Charleston Gazette-Mail)
• After emerging from bankruptcy, Alpha Natural Resources is selling a coal mining complex and a natural gas operation in West Virginia. (Charleston Gazette-Mail)
• Activists use aerial drones to document the impact of mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia. (E&E News)

COAL ASH: State officials on Tuesday authorized Duke Energy to build a landfill to store coal ash and other waste for one of its power plants. (NCNN)

RENEWABLE ENERGY: A small, rural town in South Carolina is working toward becoming the state’s first city completely powered by renewable energy. (Post and Courier)

NATURAL GAS: A West Virginia justice released on Monday his dissent to the state’s supreme court ruling that natural gas companies can deduct post-production costs from royalties paid to landowners for mineral rights. (Associated Press)

OIL: What seismic blasting to map oil reserves means for the Carolina coast. (WUNC)

PARIS AGREEMENT: A Republican lawmaker from Florida is calling for the U.S. to stay in the Paris Agreement, noting his state is particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels. (SaintPetersBlog)

COMMENTARY: A North Carolina chamber of commerce says “there are no good reasons for Atlantic Coast offshore drilling for oil.” (Coastal Review Online)