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The Guardian reports: The biggest power company in the US is pushing policy changes that would hamstring rooftop solar power in Florida, delivering legislation for a state lawmaker to introduce, according to records obtained by the Miami Herald and Floodlight. Florida Power & Light (FPL), whose work with dark money political committees helped secure Republican control of the state Senate, …

ABC News reports: As of 6:30 a.m., there are 1,834,260 customers without power in Texas due to the winter storm and state officials have warned that number could get higher. ERCOT, the energy provider in Texas, entered its highest alert level overnight and has begun rolling blackouts to conserve power during this harsh winter storm. Texas told residents they should …

Politico reports: The nation’s largest state utility has initiated talks with New York’s private generators to enter into a pact to keep critical power plants staffed and fueled as the coronavirus pandemic worsens. The New York Power Authority began isolating critical control room and security staff on-site at its major power plants and transmission control stations last week, as did …

The Associated Press reports: Millions of people in California woke up in the dark Wednesday after Pacific Gas & Electric started shutting off power to prevent what the utility called an unprecedented wildfire danger. PG&E said it cut power to more than 500,000 customers in Northern California and that it plans to gradually turn off electricity to nearly 800,000 customers …