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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Americans Paying Record Electricity Prices as Gas Costs
Climb (Bloomberg News – Via Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-paying-record-electricity-prices-172900573.html
Energy Assistance Funds Released to States After Government
Shutdown Delay (KCRA-TV, Sacramento, CA)
On Pole Attachments, Industry Groups Battle Over Cost Caps
& Utility Control (Broadband Breakfast)
Alaska: State Biologists Forecast a Strong but Not
Exceptional 2026 Bristol Bay Sockeye Run (Alaska Beacon)
Why Cyber Monday Could Break Spending Records Despite
Economic Uncertainty (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/cyber-monday-deals-discounts-4acd3e4b065f62a1c08cd04905b11f87
News
Highlights (See Stories Below)
1.
Americans Paying Record Electricity Prices as
Gas Costs Climb
2.
Residential Electricity Prices Continue Rise, Up
7.4% in September: EIA
3.
What Goes into Your Skyrocketing Energy Bills
4.
Energy Assistance Funds Released to States After
Government Shutdown Delay
5.
California Utilities Try Artificial Intelligence
to Combat Costly Wildfire Liabilities
6.
Better Nuclear Play: NuScale Power vs. Oklo
7.
Hydropower, Energy Dominance, & Tribal
Rights
8.
California Lawmakers Push Regulators to Hold
Utilities Accountable for Solar Delays
9.
Balcony Solar Poised to Take Off in U.S.
10.
Alaska: State Biologists Forecast a Strong but
Not Exceptional 2026 Bristol Bay Sockeye Run
11.
Mount Rainier Shrinking Due to Climate Change,
Study Finds
12.
Alaska Publishes Draft Rules for New Program
Intended to Bury Carbon Dioxide, Key to Gas Pipeline
13.
Washington Releases Detailed List of Projects
Funded by Climate Commitment Act
14.
News Release: New Report Details $1.5 Billion in
Climate Commitment Act Investments
15.
On Pole Attachments, Industry Groups Battle Over
Cost Caps & Utility Control
16.
WA State: Pierce County Pledged $7.15 Million
for Internet In Rural Areas. One Plan Was Scrapped
17.
Cities in California & Illinois Challenge
FCC’s Preemptive Reforms
18.
Future Data Centers Are Driving Up Forecasts for
Energy Demand. States Want Proof They’ll Get Built
19.
British Columbia Bitcoin Mines Are Transitioning
into Artificial Intelligence Data Centers
20.
Feds Approve Idaho’s Plan for Developing Network
of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
21.
A Lost Generation of News Consumers? Survey
Shows How Teenagers Dislike the News Media
22.
La Niña Strengthens: What are the Implications
for this Winter?
23.
Genome Study Reveals Milestone in History of Cat
Domestication
24.
Attorneys General in Washington & Idaho
Object to Latest Attempt to Ban State Artificial Intelligence Laws
25.
U.S. Dept of Energy Releases Updated Agency
Structure & Organization Chart
26.
Why Cyber Monday Could Break Spending Records
Despite Economic Uncertainty
27.
FCC Says Hackers Hijack U.S. Radio Gear to Send
Fake Alerts, Obscenities
28.
Elway Poll Shutters
Word of the Day
Boycott \BOY-kaht\ Verb – To engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (as a person, store, or organization), usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions.
Ambrose’s global warming protest was less than successful. It seems that his idea to boycott his own carbon dioxide emissions by not breathing was a fatal mistake.
Energy
& Utility Issues
1.
Americans Paying Record Electricity Prices as
Gas Costs Climb (Bloomberg News – Via Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-paying-record-electricity-prices-172900573.html
2.
Residential Electricity Prices Continue Rise, Up
7.4% in September: EIA (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/residential-electricity-prices-eia-lng/806562/
3.
What Goes into Your Skyrocketing Energy Bills (Cable
News Network)
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2025/11/climate/energy-bills-cost-gas-electric-vis/
4.
Energy Assistance Funds Released to States After
Government Shutdown Delay (KCRA-TV, Sacramento, CA)
5.
California Utilities Try Artificial Intelligence
to Combat Costly Wildfire Liabilities (Los Angeles Times, CA – Via DNYUZ)
https://dnyuz.com/2025/12/01/california-utilities-try-ai-to-combat-costly-wildfire-liabilities/
6.
Better Nuclear Play: NuScale Power vs. Oklo (The
Motley Fool)
https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/11/26/better-nuclear-play-nuscale-power-vs-oklo/
7.
Hydropower, Energy Dominance, & Tribal
Rights (Clean Technica)
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/30/hydropower-energy-dominance-and-tribal-rights/
Renewable
Energy & Self Storage
8.
California Lawmakers Push Regulators to Hold
Utilities Accountable for Solar Delays (KMPH-TV, Visalia, CA)
9.
Balcony Solar Poised to Take Off in U.S. (BoingBoing)
https://boingboing.net/2025/11/30/balcony-solar-poised-to-take-off-in-u-s.html/amp
Fish
& Wildlife
10.
Alaska: State Biologists Forecast a Strong but
Not Exceptional 2026 Bristol Bay Sockeye Run (Alaska Beacon)
Climate
Change Sequestration Vault
11.
Mount Rainier Shrinking Due to Climate Change,
Study Finds (KNDO & KNDU-TV, Yakima/Tri-Cities, WA)
12.
Alaska Publishes Draft Rules for New Program
Intended to Bury Carbon Dioxide, Key to Gas Pipeline (Alaska Beacon)
13.
Washington Releases Detailed List of Projects
Funded by Climate Commitment Act (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
14.
News Release: New Report Details $1.5 Billion in
Climate Commitment Act Investments (WA Department of Ecology)
London
Calling –Telecommunications
15.
On Pole Attachments, Industry Groups Battle Over
Cost Caps & Utility Control (Broadband Breakfast)
16.
WA State: Pierce County Pledged $7.15 Million for
Internet in Rural Areas. One Plan Was Scrapped (Tacoma News-Tribune, WA – Via
MSN News)
17.
Cities in California & Illinois Challenge
FCC’s Preemptive Reforms (Broadband Breakfast)
https://broadbandbreakfast.com/cities-in-california-and-illinois-challenge-fccs-preemptive-reforms/
The
Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity
18.
Future Data Centers Are Driving Up Forecasts for
Energy Demand. States Want Proof They’ll Get Built (Associated Press)
19.
British Columbia Bitcoin Mines Are Transitioning
into Artificial Intelligence Data Centers (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/northern-bc-bitcoin-mines-ai-9.6998180?cmp=rss
I Sing the Car Electric
20.
Feds Approve Idaho’s Plan for Developing Network
of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (Idaho Capital Sun)
Public
Relations, Marketing & Media
21.
A Lost Generation of News Consumers? Survey Shows
How Teenagers Dislike the News Media (Associated Press)
https://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/a-lost-generation-of-news-consumers-survey-shows-a21214853
Barrel
O’ Green Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
22.
La Niña Strengthens: What are the Implications
for this Winter? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2025/11/la-nina-strengthens-what-are.html
23.
Genome Study Reveals Milestone in History of Cat
Domestication (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/science/genome-study-reveals-milestone-history-cat-domestication-2025-11-27/
Politics,
Governance, and Management
24.
Attorneys General in Washington & Idaho Object
to Latest Attempt to Ban State Artificial Intelligence Laws (Spokesman-Review, Spokane,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/nov/28/attorneys-general-in-washington-and-idaho-object-t/
25.
U.S. Dept of Energy Releases Updated Agency
Structure & Organization Chart (Holland & Knight Law)
Other Things to Know About Today
26.
Why Cyber Monday Could Break Spending Records
Despite Economic Uncertainty (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/cyber-monday-deals-discounts-4acd3e4b065f62a1c08cd04905b11f87
27.
FCC Says Hackers Hijack U.S. Radio Gear to Send
Fake Alerts, Obscenities (Reuters)
28.
Elway Poll Shutters (TVW)
https://substack.com/@tvwstories/p-180063652
Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer
Volkswagen Debuts Restored Vintage Blue Bus That Survived a
California Wildfire & Melted Hearts
Wealthy California Coastal City Bans Pickleball, Saying It ‘Turned
into a Madhouse’
‘Rage Bait’ Named Oxford Word of the Year 2025
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rage-bait-named-oxford-word-220144659.html
More Than $100,000 Worth of Escargots Stolen from French Snail
Farmer with Michelin Clientele
https://www.kcra.com/article/snail-theft-france-escargots-stolen/69577725
Song of the Day
The Jerry Granelli Trio – Linus and Lucy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OODA_K5hxyc
The Jerry Granelli Trio – Skating (Peanuts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-zXBHwEcC4
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