EPA targets commercial aircraft for latest emission regulations

CORRECTION: A headline and item in yesterday’s digest implied oil and gas production from shale is declining. The story referenced was specifically about oil.

CLEAN POWER PLAN: A new report by market consultants says the areas served by grid operator MISO will not see reliability problems as a result of the Clean Power Plan. (EnergyWire)

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EFFICIENCY: A Minnesota-based program helps small companies monitor energy use and adjust for efficiencies. (Midwest Energy News)

AIRCRAFT: The EPA says it plans to develop emission regulations for commercial aircraft. (New York Times)

FRACKING
• Some Ohio lawmakers insist that the latest budget deal will not include an increased severance tax on fracking. (Columbus Dispatch)
• A hearing is set for later this month on North Dakota’s request to prevent new federal fracking rules from taking effect. (Bismarck Tribune)
• Researchers say satellite images purporting to show natural-gas flare-ups in the Bakken oil patch are inaccurate and misleading. (Bismarck Tribune)

TAR SANDS: A group of 100 scientists is calling for a moratorium on further development of Canadian tar sands. (Climate Central)

EMERGENCY RESPONSE
• American Electric Power is teaming up with seven other energy companies on an equipment-sharing program to quickly deal with natural disasters or other events that might disrupt the grid. (Columbus Dispatch)
• A two-day event in Wisconsin trains emergency responders on how to deal with oil-train accidents. (LaCrosse Tribune)

TRANSPORTATION
• Michigan lawmakers approve a road-funding plan that critics say unfairly places a heavier burden on the poor and owners of hybrid and electric vehicles. (Associated Press)
• Groups within the U.S. trucking industry disagree on how new fuel-efficiency standards should be designed. (Reuters)

AUCTION
• An advocacy group wants consumers to call for a federal investigation of the recent MISO capacity auction that will cause rates in southern Illinois to spike. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Federal regulators have approved plans by PJM to move forward with its capacity auction in August that will focus on enhanced reliability. (Pittsburgh Business Times)

OBIT: Professor Vernon Albertson was a ​“powerhouse” in energy research at the University of Minnesota. (StarTribune)

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COMMENTARY: ​“Fracking is coming to Southern Illinois, like it or not.” (Southern Illinoisan)