By Alex Guillén

DOUBLE TAKE — IN PRIMARY UPSET, CANTOR LOSES: It wasn’t enough that Eric Cantor spent $1 million in the weeks leading up to the election, when his conservative foe hardly had $100,000 in his campaign coffers. It didn’t matter that the House majority leader, 51, branded Dave Brat a liberal hack, and himself as the guardian of the Republican creed. On Tuesday night, Cantor, who was swept into power on a tea party wave, was swept out by the same movement. Jake Sherman has more on the surprise of the cycle: http://politi.co/1s42JsR. And Lauren French and John Bresnahan look at the scramble to replace Cantor as the GOP's #2 in the House (not to mention the heir to Speaker John Boehner): http://politi.co/1imi1zo

Follow the money: Energy PACs and executives had given relatively heavily to Cantor, largely because of his #2 spot in the House. So far this cycle Cantor and his leadership PAC got a combined $236,000 from the oil and gas industry, $132,000 from electric utilities and $54,000 from mining interests, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, about 5 percent of his total haul. Brat, in contrast, reported raising $206,000 in total as of May 21 — a figure that includes only a handful of contributions from individuals employed in the energy industry, according to a POLITICO review of Brat’s FEC filings.

That was fast: Cantor had been scheduled to keynote a National Association of Manufacturers breakfast this morning, but organizers emailed after last night’s upset to announce Sen. Chris Coons will speak instead.

MORE PRIMARY OUTCOMES

Virginia-8: The Democratic nomination in this left-leaning district went to Don Beyer, a former state lieutenant governor and ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the Obama administration. Beyer has made climate change a major part of his campaign, and even goes out of his way to endorse a carbon tax. LCV President Gene Karpinski congratulated Beyer on the win, saying “We need Don Beyer in Congress to follow in the footsteps of Rep. Moran, take on Big Oil and fight to tackle the climate crisis.”

Maine-2: Emily Cain, the Democrat backed by the League of Conservation Voters and EMILY’s List, beat out fellow state senator Troy Jackson for her party’s nomination. LCV said it would spend $150,000 on a mailer campaign opposing Jackson and spent at least $131,000 on pro-Cain activities. Karpinski again weighed in, calling Cain “the only candidate in this race committed to tacking the climate crisis and taking on the polluters.”

Maine governor: As expected, incumbent Republican Paul LePage and Democrat Mike Michaud firmed up their nominations in the race. The pair will face off this fall, along with several independents — in Maine, a category to keep an eye on. One independent of note: Eliot Cutler, a 2010 gubernatorial candidate who came in close behind LePage and well ahead of that year's Democrats. Tom Steyer has made this one of his races to get involved in this fall.

South Carolina Senate: Lindsey Graham successfully fended off a half-dozen primary challengers and is projected to win re-election this fall.

SENATORS WHEELING AND DEALING ON FERC NOMINEES: President Barack Obama’s latest pick to lead FERC could become an agency commissioner, but not its chairman, if Senate leaders have their way. Negotiations taking place on Capitol Hill call for Obama’s pick, Norman Bay, to become one of five agency commissioners before he would be elevated to the top spot, keeping current acting Chairwoman Cheryl LaFleur at the helm. “I have always questioned why the administration would push LaFleur out of the position I think she’s done a good job in. And if we can get a commitment that LaFleur stays as the chair, I’m more amenable to other situations,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). “What we’re trying to figure out is what the realm of possible is.” Darius Dixon has the story: http://politico.pro/1s4cbwl

HAPPY WEDNESDAY and welcome to Morning Energy, where for the 20^th anniversary of “Speed” we recommend this piece catching up with the actors who played the bus riders: http://yhoo.it/1q1ZXlS. Send your energy news to aguillen@politico.com, and follow on Twitter @alexcguillen, @Morning_Energy and @POLITICOPro.

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AFP GOES AFTER BRALEY ON KEYSTONE XL: Americans for Prosperity is launching a new ad campaign today slamming Iowa Democrat Bruce Braley over the Keystone XL pipeline. “Braley claims he's for Iowans, like when he was for the Keystone XL pipeline he said would create thousands of jobs — but a month later, he voted against it, says the spot, which will run starting today for several weeks at a cost of about $350,000. “Maybe those jobs aren't the type Braley respects,” the spot adds, referring to Braley’s comments calling Chuck Grassley a “farmer from Iowa who never went to law school.” The spot: http://youtu.be/RtIIwZ1XQ14

— AFP is also spending about $730,000 on an ad criticizing New Hampshire Democrat Jeanne Shaheen for supporting Obamacare. The spot: http://youtu.be/g4FNH8b3L-A

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS JOE BIDEN? The vice president will speak this afternoon at the North American Energy Summit, hosted by Goldman Sachs, in New York. Other speakers today include EPA chief Gina McCarthy and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal

EPA TO SEJ: BRIEFING WAS MEANT TO BE TECHNICAL: EPA's anonymous "background" briefing on its new climate rule for reporters last week "was intended to provide reporters with the opportunity to ask specific technical questions regarding the details of the proposal," EPA external affairs chief Tom Reynolds wrote Tuesday in a response to a complaint (http://bit.ly/1pAWNTM) from the Society of Environmental Journalists. Reynolds did not address the SEJ’s charge that such briefings portray EPA as a “nameless … bureaucracy.” Reynolds listed agency chief Gina McCarthy’s recent interviews with various outlets and wrote that “you can see that EPA is committed to a positive and fruitful relationship with the press.” EPA’s letter: http://politico.pro/TGKyKp

Speaking of EPA: The Heritage Foundation is firing back at EPA’s criticism of its analysis of the rule, with Nicolas Loris writing on Heritage’s new Daily Signal website that EPA’s response “reveals it is the agency that needs a reality check.” http://dailysign.al/SLyfvC

IRS SAYS NO CLAIMING 1603 AND TAX CREDIT ON SAME PROPERTY DESPITE SEQUESTER CUTS: The amount energy project owners are getting under the 1603 grant program has been cut because of sequestration — but that doesn’t mean they can also make claims under other tax credits, the IRS said Tuesday. The 1603 stimulus program provides cash up front in lieu of a tax credit later on and was popular with the solar industry, but sequestration means payments made in FY 2014 are subject to a 7.2 percent cut. However, taxpayers can't "partition" a property getting a 1603 grant and then claim part of it under either the investment or production tax credits, the IRS says. The IRS also says taxpayers “must reduce the basis of the specified energy property by 50 percent of the amount of the actual Section 1603 Payment.” The Solar Energy Industries Association says it will talk to the Treasury Department about the notice’s details today. The IRS notice: http://1.usa.gov/1q1H7LH

ZICHAL JOINS ADVISORY BOARD OF LIGHTING FIRM: Former White House energy and climate adviser Heather Zichal has joined a strategic advisory board for Sensity Systems, a California-based company involved in light sensory networks, an energy efficient LED lighting system. Sensity also picked up former Rep. Dick Gephardt, former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Building America’s Future President Marcia Hale.

More movers, shakers: The Edison Electric Institute has chosen Edison International Chairman Ted Craver as its new chairman for the next year. EEI also elected three vice chairmen: Nick Akins of AEP, Tom Fanning of Southern Co. and Chris Crane of Exelon.

— The National Mining Association has hired Justin Prosser as its director of congressional affairs. Prosser was previously a legislative aide in the personal office of House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings, and before that was an aide to Sen. John Ensign and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. NMA on Tuesday did not further detail what Prosser's duties.

— NASA has picked Gavin Schmidt as the new director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a major climate research entity that was formerly headed by James Hansen. Schmidt, a longtime climate modeler at the agency, has been at GISS since 1996 and his work focuses on "the simulation of past, present and future climates," according to NASA.

CONSERVATION GROUPS URGE INTERIOR TO ACT ON CANADIAN OIL SANDS BIRD DEATHS: Canada's oil sands operations have killed thousands of birds and are putting more at risk, according to a brief out today from the National Wildlife Federation and other groups. The groups argue the Interior Department has a legal obligation to sound the alarm "when a country is violating international obligations to safeguard wildlife." The report adds: “Interior Secretary Jewell should officially declare to the President that Canada is failing to protect wildlife under international treaties, and the President should take actions necessary to ensure protection occurs, including possible sanctions.” Read: http://bit.ly/1nwonRb

OIL WELL CHEMICAL DISCLOSURES PROVE ACTION NEEDED — CBD: Oil companies have used about 45 million pounds of 44 different "air toxic chemicals" in Los Angeles and Orange counties since mandatory reporting at some well operations began a year ago, according to a report out today from the Center for Biological Diversity. “The pervasive and persistent use of these chemicals threatens to contaminate local air quality and put communities’ health and safety at risk. The reporting requirements have proven the need for immediate action to protect the public,” the report says: http://bit.ly/1obiUCW

QUICK HITS

— Google is planning to get more involved in utilities with tools focused on energy efficiency. Bloomberg: http://bloom.bg/1q2gTIY

— Utah is suing the Bureau of Land Management o0ver the agency's alleged blocking of energy development on lands not designated as wilderness. Salt Lake Tribune: http://bit.ly/1uT5paJ

— Ocean Power Technologies has fired CEO Charles Dunleavy "for cause." Bloomberg: http://bloom.bg/1pCUorD

— New York's Union Theological Seminary will become the first seminary to divest from fossil fuel investments, President Serene Jones writes in TIME: http://ti.me/UrSJuI

THAT’S ALL FOR ME. See you tomorrow.

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