Coal exports ​‘single biggest flaw in U.S. climate policy’

COAL: Environmental and labor advocates demand more transparency from Dynegy over the future of its Illinois coal plants. (Midwest Energy News)

ALSO: Coal exports are ​“the single biggest flaw in U.S. climate policy.” (Associated Press)

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UTILITIES: Wisconsin utilities get pushback from advocates who say proposed rate plan changes will stifle solar development, We Energies drops its objection to allowing pro-solar groups to intervene in its rate case, and Wal-Mart says its American Electric Power bill is too complicated because of an ​“array of multiple riders.” (Wisconsin State Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Columbus Business First)

SOLAR: University of Minnesota grad students release an interactive map that can provide an instant solar analysis for any address in the state. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

OHIO: Clean energy advocates regroup after two major legislative setbacks. (Toledo Blade)

EPA: American Electric Power says proposed EPA carbon rules are ​“not credible” and threaten reliability. (Columbus Dispatch)

OIL: Records show 50 oil trains per week pass through Minnesota, and construction of a new North Dakota refinery nears completion. (Minneapolis Star Tribune, Associated Press)

NUCLEAR: Modular construction techniques are failing to cut costs in new nuclear plants, and an Ohio county has a major stake in the nuclear industry’s future. (Associated Press, Columbus Dispatch)

TECHNOLOGY: Why Iowa State University’s solar-powered car was pulled over by an undercover cop in Wisconsin. (WHO-TV)

COMMENTARY: Ohio’s governor and legislature ​“need to clean up the mess they’ve created” with the state’s energy policy, and are Iowa utilities ​“quietly working to undermine development of solar power”? (Toledo Blade, Des Moines Register)