In this week's Energy SciPol Weekly, and interview with Gina McCarthy; modernization of the US power grid; and oil giants deny contribution to global warming. 

Knox News – The spill at the TVA Kingston Fossil Fuel Power Plant in the Swan Pond community was the nation’s worst and was deemed by TVA’s Office of the Inspector General as TVA’s fault, in part for treating coal ash like it was garbage in a kitchen.

New Hampshire Union Leader – The New England power grid will soon become the first in the country to include renewable generation as part of the bidding process by power supply owners to provide energy three years down the road.

In this week's Energy SciPol Weekly, government cuts renewable budget; Santee Cooper electricity rates to rise; and Trans-Alaskan Pipeline fights millions of cyber attacks.