Expert says Appalachia pipeline could cause problems for water resources

PIPELINES: A water geologist from West Virginia says planned construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline through Appalachian mountain ridges is ​“the worst” place for it and could cause major problems for water resources. (WVTF)

NUCLEAR:
• A South Carolina lawmaker is asking utility regulators to stop any attempt to charge customers for the abandoned Summer nuclear project. (Post and Courier)
• Although SCANA failed to build two new nuclear reactors in South Carolina and is now seeking to recoup billions from customers, it paid its executives millions in bonuses. (The State)
• Georgia energy regulators plan to take up a resolution that instructs Georgia Power to answer 14 questions when the utility declares whether it intends to complete the Vogtle nuclear plant. (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
• The Vogtle nuclear project in Georgia needs the billions of dollars promised by Toshiba to complete construction. (WABE)
• An analysis outlines two reasons that support the continued construction of Georgia’s Vogtle nuclear plant construction. (oilprice.com)

COAL:
• The company that supplies lignite coal to Mississippi’s Kemper power plant will lay off 75 workers at its mine following the announcement that the plant will no longer pursue ​“clean coal.” (Associated Press)
• An analysis by the Washington Post questions the link of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s proposed coal subsidy plan and homeland security.

OIL & GAS: Local communities, including those in North Carolina, have long been against offshore drilling, but there has been a shift by state elected officials. (U.S. News & World Report)

COAL ASH: Georgia now imports more solid waste than any of its neighboring states and most of it is coal ash. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

COMMENTARY:
• A newspaper editorial board has three questions about the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline projects to ask the two new FERC commissioners. (Roanoke Times)
• The Trump administration and Congress should not waste time on West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s proposal for a subsidy to the Eastern coal industry. (Washington Post)