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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Court Filing
Accuses Southern California Edison of Tampering with Possible Eaton Fire
Evidence (Los Angeles Times, CA – Via DNYUZ)
DOE Restores $1.44
Billion Loan for Montana Clean Energy Project (E&E News – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/doe-restores-1-44b-loan-for-montana-clean-energy-project/
Groups Support Glen
Canyon Dam Legislation (American Public Power Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/groups-support-glen-canyon-dam-legislation
Washington Moves
Forward with State-Funded Electric Vehicle Infrastructure After Federal Pause
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/washington-moves-forward-state-funded-030100050.html
Podcast: Washington
Has a Data Center Problem (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
https://www.kuow.org/stories/washington-has-a-data-center-problem
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. Court
Filing Accuses Southern California Edison of Tampering with Possible Eaton Fire
Evidence
2. California
Utility Sued for Falsely Claiming It Could Mitigate Wildfire Risk
3. Alaska:
Tyee Hydro Power Maxed Out & Needs to Add Third Generator
4. NW
Natural Pushes Back on Bill That Would Require Notifying Customers About Use of
Hydrogen
5. EIA
Revises Forecast for 2025 U.S. Natural Gas Prices, Leaves Other Forecasts
Largely Unchanged
6. Transformer
Supply Bottleneck Threatens Power System Stability as Load Grows
7. Existing
U.S. Grid Can Handle ‘Significant’ New Flexible Load: Report
8. Uncertainty
Clouds Northern U.S. Grids Amid Canada Tariff Threat
9. Trump
Spending Freeze on Rural Electric Co-ops Could Raise Energy Costs
10. DOE
Restores $1.44 Billion Loan for Montana Clean Energy Project
11. $156
Million Solar Power Grant Reopened for Washington Amid Federal Funding Turmoil
12. Nevada’s
$156 Million ‘Solar for All’ Grant Is Frozen Again. No One Knows Why
13. States
Aim to Cut Energy Costs for Low-Income Households with Community Solar Projects
14. WA
State: H.B. 1253 Expands Energy Production & Storage
15. President
Trump Vows to Undo Biden’s Light Bulb, Showerhead, Toilet Rules
16. Oregon:
Portland Pushes for State Land-Use Exemption to Thwart Bull Run Water Treatment
Plant Challenge
17. Northern
California’s Famed ‘Glory Hole’ Spillway Is Used for First Time in Years
18. NOAA
Told to Search Its Grants for Climate Change Terms
19. Washington
Moves Forward with State-Funded Electric Vehicle Infrastructure After Federal
Pause
20. Oregon
Expects to Get $26 Million for Electric Vehicle Chargers, But It’s Not Clear If
the Federal Government Will Keep Its Promise
21. Are
Typos Lethal in a Work Email? Nine Digital Communication Tips from an Expert
22. Groups
Support Glen Canyon Dam Legislation
23. WA
State: Griffey Targets Telecommunications Cable Thieves, Buyers in Pair of
Bills
24. Eastern
Storm Cuts Power to Tens of Thousands as California Braces for Flooding
25. Podcast:
Washington Has a Data Center Problem
26. Editorial:
Washington Voters Committed to Climate Act
27.
Podcast: The Epic Forces That Shaped the
Columbia River
Word of the Day
Serendipity \sair-un-DIP-uh-tee\ Noun - The faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for; also: an instance of this.
Serendipity
Dorito with extra “cheese”
A tasty tidbit
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
Court Filing Accuses Southern California Edison of
Tampering with Possible Eaton Fire Evidence (Los Angeles Times, CA – Via DNYUZ)
2.
California Utility Sued for Falsely Claiming It
Could Mitigate Wildfire Risk (The Guardian, UK)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/11/edison-international-los-angeles-fires
3.
Alaska: Tyee Hydro Power Maxed Out & Needs to
Add Third Generator (Wrangell Sentinel, AK)
4.
NW Natural Pushes Back on Bill That Would
Require Notifying Customers About Use of Hydrogen (Oregon Capital Chronicle)
5.
EIA Revises Forecast for 2025 U.S. Natural Gas
Prices, Leaves Other Forecasts Largely Unchanged (U.S. Energy Information
Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/releases/press565.php
6.
Transformer Supply Bottleneck Threatens Power
System Stability as Load Grows (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/electric-transformer-shortage-nrel-niac/738947/
7.
Existing U.S. Grid Can Handle ‘Significant’ New
Flexible Load: Report (Utility Dive)
8.
Uncertainty Clouds Northern U.S. Grids Amid Canada
Tariff Threat (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/northern-united-states-energy-grids-canada-tariff-threat/739801/
9.
Trump Spending Freeze on Rural Electric Co-ops
Could Raise Energy Costs (Scientific American)
Renewable Energy &
Self Storage
10.
DOE Restores $1.44 Billion Loan for Montana Clean
Energy Project (E&E News – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/doe-restores-1-44b-loan-for-montana-clean-energy-project/
11.
$156 Million Solar Power Grant Reopened for Washington
Amid Federal Funding Turmoil (Washington State Standard)
12.
Nevada’s $156 Million ‘Solar for All’ Grant Is
Frozen Again. No One Knows Why (Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV)
13.
States Aim to Cut Energy Costs for Low-Income Households
with Community Solar Projects (National Public Radio)
14.
WA State: H.B. 1253 Expands Energy Production
& Storage (KONA Radio, Pasco, WA)
https://610kona.com/ixp/1134/p/h-b-1253-expands-energy-production-and-storage/
Conservation &
Efficiency
15.
President Trump Vows to Undo Biden’s Light Bulb,
Showerhead, Toilet Rules (Politico)
Water, Water, Anywhere?
16.
Oregon: Portland Pushes for State Land-Use
Exemption to Thwart Bull Run Water Treatment Plant Challenge (The Oregonian,
Portland, OR – Via MSN)
17.
Northern California’s Famed ‘Glory Hole’ Spillway
Is Used for First Time in Years (Los Angeles Times, CA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/northern-californias-famed-glory-hole-021801208.html
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
18.
NOAA Told to Search Its Grants for Climate
Change Terms (Axios)
I Sing the Car Electric
19.
Washington Moves Forward with State-Funded Electric
Vehicle Infrastructure After Federal Pause (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Via
Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/washington-moves-forward-state-funded-030100050.html
20.
Oregon Expects to Get $26 Million for Electric
Vehicle Chargers, But It’s Not Clear If the Federal Government Will Keep Its
Promise (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Public Relations, Marketing
& Media
21.
Are Typos Lethal in a Work Email? Nine Digital
Communication Tips from an Expert (The Guardian, UK)
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/feb/11/digital-communication-tips-work
Politics, Governance,
and Management
22.
Groups Support Glen Canyon Dam Legislation (American
Public Power Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/groups-support-glen-canyon-dam-legislation
23.
WA State: Griffey Targets Telecommunications
Cable Thieves, Buyers in Pair of Bills (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
https://masonwebtv.com/archives/59468
Other Things to Know
About Today
24.
Eastern Storm Cuts Power to Tens of Thousands as
California Braces for Flooding (Associated Press)
https://www.wdbo.com/news/eastern-storm-cuts/5EBJKNSUFJEO3JIWEZ5G4HNHVU/
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
25.
Podcast: Washington Has a Data Center Problem (KUOW
Radio, Seattle, WA)
https://www.kuow.org/stories/washington-has-a-data-center-problem
26.
Editorial: Washington Voters Committed to
Climate Act (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2025/feb/11/in-our-view-washington-voters-committed-to-climate-act/
27.
Podcast: The Epic Forces That Shaped the Columbia
River (Cascade PBS)
https://www.cascadepbs.org/podcast/mossback/6/2/podcast-epic-forces-shaped-columbia-river
Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer
Monty the Giant
Schnauzer Wins Westminster Dog Show
https://apnews.com/article/westminster-kennel-club-best-show-ec5dd7767afc63f1a658f2ec3040503a
A Joke Petition
Asks for Signers to Help Denmark Buy California as President Trump Eyes Greenland
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-greenland-california-75f1521f32871069e9840069e829e4dc
With Metal
Detectors & Patience, Amateur Treasure Hunters Unearth Pieces of British History
Couple Finds Moth Infestation
in $40.2 Million Mansion. Judge Says They Can Hand It Back
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/uk/couple-refund-moth-infested-mansion-intl-scli/index.html
Song of the Day
Adron & Blair
Crimmins - ‘Galaxy Song’ (from Monty Python)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeXj1vWm0Uc
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