N.C. court finds for rooftop solar over homeowner association rules

SOLAR: The North Carolina Supreme Court rules against a Raleigh homeowners association and says a resident can keep his rooftop solar panels, potentially opening the door for solar at thousands of planned developments across the state. (Energy News Network)

GRID:
• Power demand on the Texas grid reached a new high of 76,600 MW Monday, breaking a record set last week. (Fox Business)
• Entergy officials project the highest energy use in company history this week for a territory that includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. (WBRZ)
• Changes in Texas grid rules to shift pricing and procure more power after last year’s winter storm have cost the state between $685 million to $860 million in the first five months of this year. (Austin American-Statesman)
• High winds topple trees and result in 28,000 power outages in North Carolina. (Winston-Salem Journal)

WIND:
• Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signs a new law to create a framework that will allow offshore wind leasing, but some industry advocates oppose a provision that lets the state take a cut of wind farm revenues while also charging for leases. (NOLA.com)
• A shipping and energy tycoon purchases a Florida shipyard known for its aluminum and steel vessels as companies look for more work boats to build offshore wind facilities. (Recharge)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES:
• Ford officials pledge to be good neighbors as they gear up to build a $5.6 billion factory to make electric trucks in Tennessee. (WATN, Associated Press)
• North Carolina selects four coastal towns to receive money from the Volkswagen settlement to install electric vehicle chargers. (Coastal Review)
• A lithium mining company that proposed a North Carolina mine takes steps to secure supplies in other countries due to opposition and uncertainty about its U.S. plans. (Reuters)

NUCLEAR: Two power companies with a majority share in nuclear Plant Vogtle sue Georgia Power over a contract change involving cost overruns in construction of two new reactor units. (Associated Press)

COAL: A water quality group says it will sue a coal company that’s been the subject of a long-running miners’ strike for discharging pollution into west Alabama creeks. (Patch)

OVERSIGHT: Federal regulators say they’re moving to speed up consideration of energy generation and storage projects as they face a backlog of more than more than 1,400 GW. (Houston Chronicle)

EFFICIENCY: West Virginia’s congressional delegation hesitates to back legislation to expedite production of heat pumps, which proponents say would increase access to affordable energy and cut fossil fuel emissions. (Charleston Gazette-Mail)

EMISSIONS: Environmentalists call for a citizen air board to keep Virginia in an 11-state carbon market intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (Augusta Free Press)

TRANSITION: Climate and labor activists rally in West Virginia for a congressional budget bill that would fund climate change and coal transition initiatives. (Times West Virginian)

COMMENTARY:
• An activist calls on Appalachian Trail hikers to oppose the Mountain Valley Pipeline. (The Trek)
• An energy activist calls for a Virginia city’s natural gas utility to develop a decarbonization plan. (Daily Progress)