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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Oregon Lawmakers Keep Pressure on Trump Administration to
Rehire Bonneville Power Administration Workers (The Oregonian, Portland, OR –
Via MSN News)
Edison’s Power Lines Were Under Strain 14 Hours Before Eaton
Fire (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2025/mar/19/edisons-power-lines-were-under-strain-14-hours-bef/
Californians to Get Credits on Their Next Utility Bill. Check
to See How Much (KCRA-TV, Sacramento, CA)
https://www.kcra.com/article/california-utility-bills-credit/64223714
NOAA Report: 2025 Will Be an Above Average Year for Columbia
River Salmon (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Oregon Gov. Kotek Declares Emergency for Floods &
Landslides (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/19/oregon-governor-kotek-declares-emergency-floods-landslides/
News
Highlights (See Stories Below)
1.
Oregon Lawmakers Keep Pressure on Trump
Administration to Rehire Bonneville Power Administration Workers
2.
Edison’s Power Lines Were Under Strain 14 Hours
Before Eaton Fire
3.
Californians to Get Credits on Their Next
Utility Bill. Check to See How Much
4.
B.C. Hydro Customers Face Annual 3.75% Rate
Increase for Next Two Years
5.
Washington Looks at New Agency to Build
Transmission Lines
6.
Oregon: Central Electric Cooperative Stays Ahead
of Demand in Sisters
7.
Utilities Are Shutting Off Power to a Growing
Number of Households
8.
Philadelphia: Man Burned While Allegedly Trying
to Steal Electrical Equipment
9.
The Top Source of Electricity by State &
Province
10.
Wind & Solar Firms Have a Pitch for Trump:
‘You’re Going to Need Us’
11.
NOAA Report: 2025 Will Be an Above Average Year
for Columbia River Salmon
12.
Environmental Groups Sue Eugene Utility,
Alleging Failure to Protect Chinook Salmon, Bull Trout
13.
Oregon Spring Whale Watch Week Begins Saturday
14.
World Climate Report Warns of Growing Risks to
Lives, Economy, Planet
15.
Nevada: North Valleys’ Second Reno Data Center
Approved After Appeal of Planning Commission Denial
16.
Oregon, Nine Other States Hit 2013 Goal of
Getting 3.3 Million Electric Vehicles on Roads by 2025
17.
Electric Vehicle Owners Don’t Buy Gas. States
Look for Other Ways to Pay for Roads & Bridges.
18.
Email Signatures Are Harming the Planet &
Could Cost People Their Lives—It’s Time to Stop Using Them
19.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center Facility Among
Planned DOGE Cuts
20.
‘You Are Not to Return to Duty at This Time’:
Federal Workers on Paid Leave After Firings Rescinded
21.
Washington Senate Passes Bill to Speed Up Carbon
Emission Data Updates
22.
Oregon Gov. Kotek Declares Emergency for Floods
& Landslides
23.
Columnist: British Columbia Took a Hit to Get a
New Columbia River Treaty. Now Trump Wants Even More
24.
News Release: Oregon Democrats Urge Trump
Administration to Stop Undermining Pacific Northwest’s Power Grid
Word of the Day
Bluster \BLUSS-ter\ Verb – 1: to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats 2 a: to blow in stormy noisy gusts b: to be windy and boisterous.
At about three this morning, Ephram’s blustering monologue about the comparative cultural value of “Three’s Company” versus “Joanie Loves Chachi” was drowned out by a blustery storm that dumped torrential rain down his blabbering, gaping maw.
Energy
& Utility Issues
1.
Oregon Lawmakers Keep Pressure on Trump Administration
to Rehire Bonneville Power Administration Workers (The Oregonian, Portland, OR –
Via MSN News)
2.
Edison’s Power Lines Were Under Strain 14 Hours
Before Eaton Fire (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2025/mar/19/edisons-power-lines-were-under-strain-14-hours-bef/
https://www.kcra.com/article/california-utility-bills-credit/64223714
4.
B.C. Hydro Customers Face Annual 3.75% Rate
Increase for Next Two Years (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/hydro-rate-increase-1.7485786
5.
Washington Looks at New Agency to Build
Transmission Lines (Capital Press – Paywall Advisory)
https://capitalpress.com/2025/03/18/washington-looks-at-new-agency-to-build-transmission-lines/
6.
Oregon: Central Electric Cooperative Stays Ahead
of Demand in Sisters (The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, OR)
https://www.nuggetnews.com/story/2025/03/19/news/cec-stays-ahead-of-demand-in-sisters/37520.html
7.
Utilities Are Shutting Off Power to a Growing
Number of Households (Grist Online)
https://grist.org/climate-energy/utilities-are-shutting-off-power-to-a-growing-number-of-households/
8.
Philadelphia: Man Burned While Allegedly Trying to
Steal Electrical Equipment (Cable News Network)
9.
The Top Source of Electricity by State &
Province (Orennia Insider)
https://orennia.substack.com/p/the-top-source-of-electricity-by
Renewable
Energy & Self Storage
10.
Wind & Solar Firms Have a Pitch for Trump: ‘You’re
Going to Need Us’ (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/mar/18/wind-and-solar-firms-have-a-pitch-for-trump-youre-/
Fish
& Wildlife
11.
NOAA Report: 2025 Will Be an Above Average Year for
Columbia River Salmon (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
12.
Environmental Groups Sue Eugene Utility,
Alleging Failure to Protect Chinook Salmon, Bull Trout (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
13.
Oregon Spring Whale Watch Week Begins Saturday (Central
Oregon Daily News, Bend, OR)
Climate
Change Sequestration Vault
14.
World Climate Report Warns of Growing Risks to
Lives, Economy, Planet (CBS News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world-climate-report-warns-growing-000252031.html
The
Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity
15.
Nevada: North Valleys’ Second Reno Data Center
Approved After Appeal of Planning Commission Denial (Reno Gazette-Journal, NV)
I
Sing the Car Electric
16.
Oregon, Nine Other States Hit 2013 Goal of
Getting 3.3 Million Electric Vehicles on Roads by 2025 (Oregon Capital
Chronicle)
17.
Electric Vehicle Owners Don’t Buy Gas. States Look
for Other Ways to Pay for Roads & Bridges. (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/oregon-gas-tax-transportation-budget-ff272cb05722343b259681044c5023f4
Public
Relations, Marketing & Media
18.
Email Signatures Are Harming the Planet &
Could Cost People Their Lives—It’s Time to Stop Using Them (Tech Explore)
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-email-signatures-planet-people.html
Barrel
O’ Green Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
19.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center Facility Among
Planned DOGE Cuts (MSN News)
Politics,
Governance, and Management
20.
‘You Are Not to Return to Duty at This Time’: Federal
Workers on Paid Leave After Firings Rescinded (The Oregonian, Portland, OR – Via
MSN News)
21.
Washington Senate Passes Bill to Speed Up Carbon
Emission Data Updates (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_9234e3c6-0358-11f0-83ee-03ad68a61e92.html
Other
Things to Know About Today
22.
Oregon Gov. Kotek Declares Emergency for Floods &
Landslides (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/19/oregon-governor-kotek-declares-emergency-floods-landslides/
Soapbox
Serenade – Vox Populi
23.
Columnist: British Columbia Took a Hit to Get a
New Columbia River Treaty. Now Trump Wants Even More (Vancouver Sun, BC)
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/bc-columbia-river-treaty-trump
24.
News Release: Oregon Democrats Urge Trump
Administration to Stop Undermining Pacific Northwest’s Power Grid (U.S. Senator
Ron Wyden, OR)
Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer
Dolphins Surround SpaceX Capsule After Ocean Splashdown as
NASA Astronauts Return to Earth
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dolphins-surround-spacex-capsule-ocean-104928399.html
American Kennel Club Reveals Top Three Most Popular Dog
Breeds of 2024
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/akc-reveals-top-3-most-170639498.html
‘Explosive Eruption’ Now Likely on Alaska Volcano Mount
Spurr, Scientists Say
The Spring Equinox Is Here. What Does That Mean?
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/the-spring-equinox-is-here-what-does-that-mean-20229895.php
Song of the Day
Mark Knopfler - Going Home (Local Hero Soundtrack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CagybSu2lNo
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