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NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION NEWS BRIEFING
Friday, December 16, 2016

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ENERGY REGULATION AND POLICY:
+ Concerns Over Perry As Energy Secretary.
+ Cantwell Question Trump Transition Team On Energy Department.
+ Concerns Over Questionnaire Sent To Energy Department.
+ Kemp: Much Of Hostility To DOE Based On Misunderstanding.

POLITICAL ROUNDUP:
+ Trump Could Target Social Cost Of Carbon Calculations.
+ Brown: California “Ready To Fight” Trump On Climate Change.
+ Trump’s Energy And Environment Picks Send Mixed Signals.

INDUSTRY NEWS:
+ Michigan House Approve Energy Reform Bill.
+ Appeals Court To Hear Challenge To Exelon-Pepco Merger Inn April.
+ Pennsylvania State Lawmaker To Reintroduce Smart Meter Opt-out Bill.
+ Asmus: California’s Energy Strategy A “Blueprint” For Country.

NUCLEAR:
+ UN: Risk Of “Nightmare Scenario” Of Cyber Attack On Nuclear Power Plant Increasing.
+ NRC Panel Denies Requested Review Of Turkey Point Cooling Canal Temperatures.
+ Advocates Optimistic Perry May Boost Reactors.
+ Perry Championed Storing Nuclear Waste In Texas.

FOSSIL FUEL:
+ Natural Gas Prices See Sharp Drop On Warming Weather Forecasts.
+ Pennsylvania Natural Gas Reserves Fall 6.5 Percent.
+ BP Lower 48 Moves To Denver For Natural Gas.
+ New Exxon CEO Said To Take Control At Critical Juncture.
+ PHMSA Revises Underground Natural Gas Storage Regulations.
+ Op-Ed Says EPA’s Final Report On Fracking Was Politically Motivated.
+ EPA’s Final Report On Fracking Hailed By Environmentalists, Contested By Oil Industry.
+ Portland Bans Large Fossil Fuel Storage Facilities.
+ Landowners Ask Oregon County Commissioners To Permanently Kill Pacific Connector Pipeline.
+ New ND Governor Supports Completing Dakota Access Pipeline.
+ BHP Billiton Named America’s Most Transparent, Risk-Averse Hydraulic Fracturer.
+ Oil, Gas Industry Launches Forum To Combat Divestment Campaigns.
+ Oil, Gas Jobs Increasing.
+ OPEC Secretary General Lauds Tillerson’s Selection As Secretary Of State.
+ Canadian Natural Resources Expects Higher Output, Capital Spending In 2017.

RENEWABLE ENERGY:
+ US Wind Power Rises As Solar Faces Obstacles.
+ NextEra Wind Project Approved In Kansas.
+ Detroit Becomes Largest US City To Fully Deploy LED Streetlights.
+ South Leads US Production Of Wood Biomass For European Utilities.
+ Judge OKs Abengoa Debt-Restructuring Plan.
+ PG&E To Launch Largest US Deployment Of EV Chargers.
+ California Approves Nation’s First Energy Efficiency Standard For Computers.
+ Ethanol Industry Calls Trump An “Advocate,” Urges Defense Of RFS.

WASHINGTON SCHEDULE:
+ Today’s Events In Washington.

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