This appears to be the White House directive to DOE on June 1 -- a "Statement from the Press Secretary on Fuel-Secure Facilities," whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat….

Other links: (1) the DOE draft document, documentcloud.org/documents/4491…; (2) the joint opposition by ten trade associations, awea.org/DOEmemo; and (3) PJM's June 1 statement that its grid is "more reliable than ever," pjm.com/-/media/about-… .

US large-scale #battery capacity by region from 2003-17 from EIA report, eia.gov/analysis/studi…, #energystorage

Pleased to speak with Jonas Monast, Co-Director of the Center for Climate, Energy, Environment and Economics (UNC Center for Climate, Energy, Enviro. & Econ.), about energy policy at an event for UNC School of Law alumni in DC on Tuesday evening.

Joint op ed by Commissioner Glick and Commissioner Chatterjee calling for oversight of #cybersecurity of gas pipelines to be transferred from TSA to DOE, axios.com/cybersecurity-…. This would require a legislative fix.

FERC issues 3-2 decision (LaFleur and Glick dissenting), rejecting PJM's "jump ball" filing but finding PJM's capacity construct unjust and unreasonable and initiating a paper hearing to expand the MOPR and implement a resource-specific FRR alternative, ferc.gov/CalendarFiles/….

NREL Interconnections Seam Study finds "substantial value" in increasing transfer capability between the eastern and western interconnects, nrel.gov/analysis/asset… . "Cross-seam transmission enables substantial energy & operating reserve sharing on diurnal and seasonal basis."

The celebration after Wayne Rooney's first goal at #DCUnited. Rooney played with great passion, scored one goal, almost got another, and was dangerous throughout.

#DCUnited on a roll, 4-1 over Portland Timbers. Wayne Rooney brilliant again, with a brace and a shot off the crossbar. DC United are 4-2-1 since Rooney joined the team on July 14, and 4-1 at Audi Field.

Pleased to be @AEE's Pathway to 2050 Conference in Sacramento last week with Bill Ritter Jr., Travis Kavulla, and Malcolm Woolf.

For anyone who thinks transmission is easy: here's a great slide from the @NREL Interconnections Seam Study, nrel.gov/analysis/asset….

For policy wonks, the S-curve for US household technology diffusion: "Historical experiences suggest that technology diffusion, while notoriously difficult to predict, can occur rapidly and with an extensive reach." @NREL Electrification Futures Study, nrel.gov/docs/fy18osti/….

What would load growth look like with electrification? Here's @NREL's study, projecting a reference case with limited electrification (annual growth rate of .65%), a medium scenario with 1.2%, and high with 1.6%, nrel.gov/docs/fy18osti/….

The Seventh Circuit rejects challenges to the Illinois ZEC program. "[B]ecause states retain authority over power generation, a state policy that affects price only by increasing the quantity of power available for sale is not preempted by federal law."

Here's the 2nd Circuit decision rejecting the challenge to NY's ZEC program, blogs.edf.org/climate411/fil…. Of course, my favorite part of the opinion is noted below:

Bernard McNamee nominated to the Commission, whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

The Office of Enforcement at #FERC has issued its annual report, ferc.gov/legal/staff-re… .

Honored to give the welcome address at #DUEC18! A great conference.

ICYMI: Jennie Chen, Gabrielle Murnan '19, and Zoe Ripecky '20 Nicholas Institute DukeUEnergy summarize "Issues on the Horizon" at FERC in a November 2018 policy brief, nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/sites/default/….

The goals of major utilities illustrate the ongoing #decarbonization of the power industry. By way of comparison, the Clean Power Plan called for a 32% reduction in carbon emissions from 2005 levels by 2030.