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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
‘The Highest Snowpack We’ve Had in 30 Years’: Winter Storms
Benefit AZ Water Systems (KPNX-TV, Mesa, AZ)
California: SoCalGas’ Proposed $4.9-Billion Revenue Hike
Plan Sparks Outrage Amid Soaring Bills (Los Angeles Times, CA – Paywall
Advisory)
WA Carbon Emission Auction Nets Nearly $300 Million from
Oil, Gas Companies (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/3853631/wa-first-carbon-emission-auction-300-million-oil-gas-companies/
Pineapple Express Takes Aim at Snow & Rain Logged
California (Courthouse News Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/pineapple-express-takes-aim-at-snow-and-rain-logged-california/
Richland Landfill & Potato Waste Will Soon Generate
Natural Gas for WA Homes (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article272856625.html
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
California: SoCalGas’ Proposed $4.9-Billion
Revenue Hike Plan Sparks Outrage Amid Soaring Bills
2.
A Gas Utility’s Astroturf Campaign Threatens
Oregon’s First Electrification Ordinance
3.
EIA Expects First-Quarter 2023 Natural Gas
Consumption to Be Lower Than Any First Quarter Since 2018
4.
DOE Urged to Provide More Flexibility, Fund
Eligible Hydro Projects Under Incentive Programs
5.
In Washington, DC, Focus on Fish, Pacific
Northwest Energy Grid
6.
Georgia Nuclear Plant Begins Splitting Atoms for
First Time
7.
Rural Electric Groups Are Gathered in Music City
to Discuss the Big Issues
8.
Richland Landfill & Potato Waste Will Soon
Generate Natural Gas for WA Homes
9.
Major Pumped-Hydro Storage Project Moves Forward
in Nevada
10.
British Columbia: Coastal First Nation’s
Cutting-Edge Ocean Wave Energy Project Just Got a Million-Dollar Boost
11.
WDFW Predicts 2023 Salmon Returns to the
Columbia River
12.
Hunting Group Sues WA Wildlife Commissioner in
Attempt to Oust Her
13.
‘The Highest Snowpack We’ve Had in 30 Years’:
Winter Storms Benefit AZ Water Systems
14.
Washington Snowpack Ho-Hum for Early March
15.
WA Carbon Emission Auction Nets Nearly $300
Million from Oil, Gas Companies
16.
Washington Lawmaker: Broadband Spending Freezes
Out Rural Residents
17.
U.S. Investigates Tesla for Steering Wheels That
Can Fall Off
18.
News Release: Energy Northwest Breaks Ground on
U.S. Route 12 Electric Vehicle Charging Network
19.
Court Of Appeals Sides with Sauk-Suiattle Tribe
in ‘Greenwashing’ Case Against Seattle City Light
20.
Pineapple Express Takes Aim at Snow & Rain
Logged California
21. Bill to Limit Zoning for Single-Family Housing in Washington Picks Up Steam with House Passage
WORD OF THE DAY
Horripilation \haw-rip-uh-LAY-shuhn\ Noun – The act or process of the hair bristling on the skin, as from cold or fear; goose flesh.
Although he was unaware of its meaning, Fredo was the victim on an instant onset of horripilation at the Cuban New Year’s Eve party. It all started with an innocent kiss from his younger brother…followed by the chilling “I know it was you Fredo…” Everything after that - except for the little hairs on the back of his neck standing up - was a blur.
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
California: SoCalGas’ Proposed $4.9-Billion
Revenue Hike Plan Sparks Outrage Amid Soaring Bills (Los Angeles Times, CA –
Paywall Advisory)
2.
A Gas Utility’s Astroturf Campaign Threatens Oregon’s
First Electrification Ordinance (Grist Online)
3.
EIA Expects First-Quarter 2023 Natural Gas
Consumption to Be Lower Than Any First Quarter Since 2018 (U.S. Energy
Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/releases/press527.php
4.
DOE Urged to Provide More Flexibility, Fund
Eligible Hydro Projects Under Incentive Programs (American Public Power
Association)
5.
In Washington, DC, Focus on Fish, Pacific
Northwest Energy Grid (Public News Service)
6.
Georgia Nuclear Plant Begins Splitting Atoms for
First Time (Associated Press)
7.
Rural Electric Groups Are Gathered in Music City
to Discuss the Big Issues (RFD-TV)
https://www.rfdtv.com/rural-electric-groups-are-gathered-in-music-city-to-discuss-the-big-issues
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
8.
Richland Landfill & Potato Waste Will Soon
Generate Natural Gas for WA Homes (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article272856625.html
9.
Major Pumped-Hydro Storage Project Moves Forward
in Nevada (Power Magazine)
https://www.powermag.com/major-pumped-hydro-storage-project-moves-forward-in-nevada/
10.
British Columbia: Coastal First Nation’s Cutting-Edge
Ocean Wave Energy Project Just Got a Million-Dollar Boost (The National
Observer, Canada)
FISH &
WILDLIFE
11.
WDFW Predicts 2023 Salmon Returns to the Columbia
River (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)
12.
Hunting Group Sues WA Wildlife Commissioner in
Attempt to Oust Her (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
WATER, WATER,
ANYWHERE?
13.
‘The Highest Snowpack We’ve Had in 30 Years’: Winter
Storms Benefit AZ Water Systems (KPNX-TV, Mesa, AZ)
14.
Washington Snowpack Ho-Hum for Early March (KPQ-Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/washington-snowpack-ho-hum-for-early-march/
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
15.
WA Carbon Emission Auction Nets Nearly $300 Million
from Oil, Gas Companies (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/3853631/wa-first-carbon-emission-auction-300-million-oil-gas-companies/
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16.
Washington Lawmaker: Broadband Spending Freezes
Out Rural Residents (Capital Press)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
17.
U.S. Investigates Tesla for Steering Wheels That
Can Fall Off (Associated Press)
18.
News Release: Energy Northwest Breaks Ground on U.S.
Route 12 Electric Vehicle Charging Network (Energy Northwest)
BARREL O’ GREEN
POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
19.
Court Of Appeals Sides with Sauk-Suiattle Tribe in
‘Greenwashing’ Case Against Seattle City Light (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
OTHER THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT TODAY
20.
Pineapple Express Takes Aim at Snow & Rain Logged
California (Courthouse News Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/pineapple-express-takes-aim-at-snow-and-rain-logged-california/
21.
Bill to Limit Zoning for Single-Family Housing in
Washington Picks Up Steam with House Passage (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/mar/07/bill-to-limit-single-family-housing-in-washington-/
ALLIGATORS IN THE
SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Texas Teacher, Art Students Create 58-Foot Paper Snowflake
Girl Scout Cookie Boxes of Limited Raspberry Rally Flavor
Selling for Hundreds of Dollars on eBay
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/girl-scout-cookie-boxes-limited-160252910.html
Couple Discovers a Trove of 2,000 Vintage Cameras in
Abandoned Storage Unit
https://mymodernmet.com/2000-cameras-storage-unit/
Florida Man, 60, Does 3,264 Pushups in 1 Hour to Break World
Record
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/03/06/Guinness-World-Records-most-pushups-one-hour/5721678131485/
SONG OF THE DAY
Chaka Khan – I'm Every Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzUIpOr1ssM
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