The Energy News Digest for February 3, 2025

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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories

Trump Federal Employee Buyout Offer Doesn't Include Tennessee Valley Authority or Oak Ridge Contractors (MSN News)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-federal-employee-buyout-offer-doesnt-include-tva-or-oak-ridge-contractors/ar-AA1yaQ1z

Paywall Advisory: Bonneville Power Administration Employees Confront President Trump’s ‘Fork in the Road’ (RTO Insider – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.rtoinsider.com/96974-bpa-employees-face-fork-in-the-road/

Microsoft Cloud Growth Constrained by Data Center Shortage (Bloomberg News – Via Yahoo! News)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-falls-reporting-slowing-growth-211142591.html

Washington State’s Sunny Days Spell Trouble for Snowpack (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

https://www.chronline.com/stories/washington-states-sunny-days-spell-trouble-for-snowpack,374629

Low-Elevation Snow Forecast for Oregon & SW Washington Through the Week (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/02/03/weather-portland-oregon-forecast-snow-rain-astoria-bend-roseburd-burns-baker-pendleton/

News Highlights (See Stories Below)

1.      Trump Federal Employee Buyout Offer Doesn’t Include Tennessee Valley Authority or Oak Ridge Contractors

2.      Paywall Advisory: Bonneville Power Administration Employees Confront President Trump’s ‘Fork in the Road’

3.      CEO of Tennessee Valley Authority, The Nation’s Largest Public Utility, Plans to Retire

4.      Southern California Edison Wants to Raise Rates to Pay for Wildfires Linked to Its Equipment

5.      U.S. Nuclear Generators Import Nearly All the Uranium Concentrate They Use

6.      Nuclear Power Tech Poised to Explode as Wyoming’s Next Six-Figure ‘It’ Job

7.      U.S. Wholesale Power Prices to Rise About 7% in Most Regions in 2025: EIA

8.      Natural Gas Spot Prices Fell Across Key Regional Trading Hubs in 2024

9.      Why Electricity Will Be Hard to Weaponize in Trade War with Trump

10.   FERC in Focus: Consumers, Reliability & States Are FERC’s Top Priorities, Chairman Christie Says

11.   Yakama Power Looks to Alternative Energy Storage Projects

12.   Idaho Renewable Energy Projects Put on Hold Following President Trump’s Executive Order

13.   Hold Off on That New Heat Pump as Trump’s Freeze on Clean Energy Money Sows Uncertainty

14.   Geothermal Heat Pumps Are Crazy Efficient. Should You Get One?

15.   Flatlining Salmon & Steelhead Numbers in Columbia Basin Both a Success & Cautionary Tale

16.   Orca Advocates Beg for Solutions as Salmon Shortage Threatens Whale Population

17.   Northport & Upper Columbia River Gain Hope with Superfund Designation After Decades of Pollution

18.   Washington State’s Sunny Days Spell Trouble for Snowpack

19.   World’s Biggest Iceberg Could Collide with Antarctic Penguin Island

20.   USDA Ordered to Scrub Climate Change from Websites

21.   Microsoft Cloud Growth Constrained by Data Center Shortage

22.   Washington Lawmakers Pick a Knife Fight with Tesla

23.   WA Gov. Ferguson Names Ex-Microsoft Exec to Lead Utility Regulatory Panel

24.   The Latest Issue Dividing Washington’s Lawmakers: Cow Farts

25.   Low-Elevation Snow Forecast for Oregon & SW Washington Through the Week

26.   Guest Essay: It May Be Time to Take a New Look at Electricity Demand

27.   ‘Report Card’ Warns Washington State Failing to Meet Targets in Key Energy & Environmental Areas

28.   The Problem & Potential of Hydropower

Word of the Day

Intrinsic \inn-TRINN-zick\ Adjective - 1a: belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing b: being or relating to a semiconductor in which the concentration of charge carriers is characteristic of the material itself instead of the content of any impurities it contains 2a: originating or due to causes within a body, organ, or part b: originating & included wholly within an organ or part.

The sentimental value of the one-dollar bill taped to the ship’s wall near the antiquated cash register far exceeded the intrinsic value of the crumpled bit of paper. “It was the first dollar I made at this store…and possibly the last,” proclaimed the kilted owner of the “Horace’s Haggis Hut.”

Energy & Utility Issues

1.      Trump Federal Employee Buyout Offer Doesn't Include Tennessee Valley Authority or Oak Ridge Contractors (MSN News)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-federal-employee-buyout-offer-doesnt-include-tva-or-oak-ridge-contractors/ar-AA1yaQ1z

2.      Paywall Advisory: Bonneville Power Administration Employees Confront President Trump’s ‘Fork in the Road’ (RTO Insider – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.rtoinsider.com/96974-bpa-employees-face-fork-in-the-road/

3.      CEO of Tennessee Valley Authority, The Nation’s Largest Public Utility, Plans to Retire (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-valley-authority-tva-ceo-a243548291623ef36ca293144c5d9c5f

4.      Southern California Edison Wants to Raise Rates to Pay for Wildfires Linked to Its Equipment (Los Angeles Times, CA – Via AOL News)

https://www.aol.com/news/edison-wants-customers-pay-wildfires-110058639.html

5.      U.S. Nuclear Generators Import Nearly All the Uranium Concentrate They Use (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64444

6.      Nuclear Power Tech Poised to Explode as Wyoming’s Next Six-Figure ‘It’ Job (Cowboy State Daily)

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/02/01/nuclear-power-tech-poised-to-explode-as-wyomings-next-six-figure-it-job/

7.      U.S. Wholesale Power Prices to Rise About 7% in Most Regions in 2025: EIA (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/wholesale-power-prices-rise-2025-regions-natural-gas/738463/

8.      Natural Gas Spot Prices Fell Across Key Regional Trading Hubs in 2024 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64445

9.      Why Electricity Will Be Hard to Weaponize in Trade War with Trump (Financial Post – Via Yahoo! News)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-electricity-hard-weaponize-trade-145503793.html

10.   FERC in Focus: Consumers, Reliability & States Are FERC’s Top Priorities, Chairman Christie Says (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-christie-consumers-reliability-states-colocation-naruc/738419/

Renewable Energy & Self Storage

11.   Yakama Power Looks to Alternative Energy Storage Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/02/01/yakama-nation-rail-energy-storage/

12.   Idaho Renewable Energy Projects Put on Hold Following President Trump's Executive Order (KIVI-TV, Nampa, ID)

https://www.kivitv.com/news/magic-valley/idaho-renewable-energy-projects-put-on-hold-following-trumps-executive-order

Conservation & Efficiency

13.   Hold Off on That New Heat Pump as Trump’s Freeze on Clean Energy Money Sows Uncertainty (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)

https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2025/01/hold-off-on-that-new-heat-pump-as-trumps-freeze-on-clean-energy-money-sows-uncertainty.html

14.   Geothermal Heat Pumps Are Crazy Efficient. Should You Get One? (Canary Media)

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/heat-pumps/geothermal-heat-pumps-are-crazy-efficient-should-you-get-one

Fish & Wildlife

15.   Flatlining Salmon & Steelhead Numbers in Columbia Basin Both a Success & Cautionary Tale (Indian Country Today)

https://ictnews.org/news/flatlining-salmon-and-steelhead-numbers-in-columbia-basin-both-a-success-and-cautionary-tale

16.   Orca Advocates Beg for Solutions as Salmon Shortage Threatens Whale Population (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/orca-advocates-beg-solutions-salmon-shortage-threatens-whale-population/T3NGLUTTR5GQTMW77VGED3WYFE/

Environmental Afflatus – Clean Up on Aisle Three

17.   Northport & Upper Columbia River Gain Hope with Superfund Designation After Decades of Pollution (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)

https://www.kxly.com/news/northport-and-upper-columbia-river-gain-hope-with-superfund-designation-after-decades-of-pollution/article_5c5ee7a6-df6d-11ef-8d8c-dbb02934d992.html

Water, Water, Anywhere?

18.   Washington State’s Sunny Days Spell Trouble for Snowpack (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

https://www.chronline.com/stories/washington-states-sunny-days-spell-trouble-for-snowpack,374629

Climate Change Sequestration Vault

19.   World's Biggest Iceberg Could Collide with Antarctic Penguin Island (CBS News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/worlds-largest-iceberg-could-collide-191810605.html

20.   USDA Ordered to Scrub Climate Change from Websites (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/31/usda-climate-change-websites-00201826

The Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity

21.   Microsoft Cloud Growth Constrained by Data Center Shortage (Bloomberg News – Via Yahoo! News)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-falls-reporting-slowing-growth-211142591.html

I Sing the Car Electric

22.   Washington Lawmakers Pick a Knife Fight with Tesla (Washington Observer)

https://washingtonobserver.substack.com/p/lawmakers-pick-a-knife-fight-with

Politics, Governance, and Management

23.   WA Gov. Ferguson Names Ex-Microsoft Exec to Lead Utility Regulatory Panel (Washington Standard)

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/ferguson-names-ex-microsoft-exec-to-lead-utility-regulatory-panel/

24.   The Latest Issue Dividing Washington's Lawmakers: Cow Farts (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)

https://m.kuow.org/stories/the-latest-issue-dividing-washington-s-lawmakers-cow-farts

Other Things to Know About Today

25.   Low-Elevation Snow Forecast for Oregon & SW Washington Through the Week (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/02/03/weather-portland-oregon-forecast-snow-rain-astoria-bend-roseburd-burns-baker-pendleton/

Soapbox Serenade – Vox Populi

26.   Guest Essay: It May Be Time to Take a New Look at Electricity Demand (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/03/it-may-be-time-to-take-a-new-look-at-electricity-demand/

27.   ‘Report Card’ Warns Washington State Failing to Meet Targets in Key Energy & Environmental Areas (Washington Policy Center)

https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/report-card-warns-washington-statefailing-to-meet-targets-in-key-energy-and-environmental-areas

28.   The Problem & Potential of Hydropower (Clean Technica)

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/03/the-problem-potential-of-hydropower/

Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer

A Newly Discovered Asteroid Has a Slim Chance of Hitting Earth In 2032

https://www.yahoo.com/news/newly-discovered-asteroid-slim-chance-143615008.html

'Setsubun' Bean-Throwing Festival Events Held Across Japan

https://japantoday.com/category/national/%27setsubun%27-bean-throwing-festival-held-across-japan-2

Corgi Cop Loses Bonus for Looking Fed-Up at Work. The Internet Can Relate.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/pets-and-animals/dogs/corgi-cop-loses-bonus-for-looking-fed-up-at-work-the-internet-can-relate/ar-AA1y35gB

Mushers & Dogs Braved a Horrific Alaska Winter to Deliver Lifesaving Serum 100 Years Ago

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/mushers-dogs-braved-horrific-alaska-winter-deliver-lifesaving-118296897

Song of the Day

Josh Groban – Beans Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lJ_7E3xRmc&t=5s

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The Energy News Digest for January 29, 2025

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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories

White House Rescinds Memo on Federal Aid Freeze That Caused Widespread Confusion (Cable News Network)

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/politics/white-house-rescind-federal-funding-freeze/index.html

Generator, Advanced Nuclear Stocks Reel as Low-Cost DeepSeek chills Artificial Intelligence Load Growth Outlook (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ipp-stocks-reel-as-low-cost-deepseek-chills-ai-load-growth-thesis/738482/

California Utility Reports Fault on Power Line Miles Away from Origin of Deadly Eaton Fire (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/southern-california-utility-wildfires-los-angeles-cause-b137d50aac6f823eef907cd039051617

Franklin County PUD Settles Voting-Rights Lawsuit (Cascade PBS)

https://www.cascadepbs.org/briefs/2025/01/franklin-county-pud-settles-voting-rights-lawsuit

The Upcoming Period of Cold & Snow – We Are Going into a Very Complex, Difficult Weather Situation, with Substantial Uncertainty (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-upcoming-period-of-cold-and-snow.html

News Highlights (See Stories Below)

1.      Generator, Advanced Nuclear Stocks Reel as Low-Cost DeepSeek Chills Artificial Intelligence Load Growth Outlook

2.      California Utility Reports Fault on Power Line Miles Away from Origin of Deadly Eaton Fire

3.      Pacific Gas & Electric, Other Electric Utilities Call for U.S. Senate to Pass Forest Management Bill

4.      Oregon: EWEB – Frigid Weather Drives High Energy Demand; January Bills Likely to Be Higher

5.      Priest Rapids Dam Passes Major Safety Inspection

6.      The ‘Six Sovereigns’ Are Fighting for the Columbia River Basin’s Future. Who Are They?

7.      Ballot Initiative Would Pave Way for Rebirth of Nuclear Power in Oregon

8.      Forecast Wholesale Power Prices & Retail Electricity Prices Rise Modestly in 2025

9.      U.S. Propane Prices Have Traded Higher So Far This Winter Compared with Last Winter

10.   WA State: Yakima County Commissioners Extend Solar Moratorium

11.   Spokane to Explore Capturing Carbon at Its Power-Generating Trash Incinerator

12.   How Tahlequah & Her Dead Calf Tell the Story of Climate Change

13.   Three Southwest Washington Cities Consider Removing Fluoride from Drinking Water

14.   California’s Federal Lands Are Hemorrhaging Carbon Dioxide. Wildfires Are Largely to Blame

15.   What Does DeepSeek’s Cheaper Artificial Intelligence Mean for Energy Needs?

16.   What Is China’s DeepSeek & Why Is It Freaking Out the Artificial Intelligence World?

17.   President Trump Confirms Microsoft Interest in TikTok as Deadline for New Ownership Looms

18.   A NASA Spacecraft Scooped Rubble from an Asteroid. Here’s What Was Inside

19.   White House Rescinds Memo on Federal Aid Freeze That Caused Widespread Confusion

20.   Franklin County PUD Settles Voting-Rights Lawsuit

21.   Richland’s Energy Northwest Eyeing Clean Energy Solutions Bill

22.   The Upcoming Period of Cold & Snow – We Are Going into a Very Complex, Difficult Weather Situation, with Substantial Uncertainty

23.   Convicted Eco Saboteur Joseph Dibee Appeals $82,000 Restitution for Arson on BLM Land in California

24.   Revitalizing the Snake River Basin – How Helping One River’s Distressed Fish, People, and Power Helps Build the Nation

Word of the Day

Perquisite \PER-kwuh-zut\ Noun – 1: a privilege or profit made in addition to regular pay 2: gratuity, tip 3: something held or claimed as an exclusive right or possession.

Dominic was stubborn. His prerequisite to being hired at the energy marketing firm was having the perquisite of a “virtual world,” where he could have absolute power (“Bow down before Me!”)…and escape from the trading desk, where he would merely have an oligarch’s power. He knew this was a subtle nuance, but he felt it was worth fighting for. The “perk” was eventually granted, much to Dom’s satisfaction.

Energy & Utility Issues

1.      Generator, Advanced Nuclear Stocks Reel as Low-Cost DeepSeek chills Artificial Intelligence Load Growth Outlook (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ipp-stocks-reel-as-low-cost-deepseek-chills-ai-load-growth-thesis/738482/

2.      California Utility Reports Fault on Power Line Miles Away from Origin of Deadly Eaton Fire (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/southern-california-utility-wildfires-los-angeles-cause-b137d50aac6f823eef907cd039051617

3.      Pacific Gas & Electric, Other Electric Utilities Call for U.S. Senate to Pass Forest Management Bill (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/electric-utilities-senate-save-our-forests-act-wildfire/738340/

4.      Oregon: EWEB – Frigid Weather Drives High Energy Demand; January Bills Likely to Be Higher (KMTR-TV, Eugene, OR)

https://nbc16.com/news/local/eweb-frigid-weather-drives-high-energy-demand-january-bills-likely-to-be-higher

5.      Priest Rapids Dam Passes Major Safety Inspection (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2025/jan/28/priest-rapids-dam-passes-major-safety-inspection/

6.      The ‘Six Sovereigns’ Are Fighting for the Columbia River Basin’s Future. Who Are They? (Tacoma News-Tribune, WA – Via Yahoo! News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/six-sovereigns-fighting-columbia-river-201029345.html

7.      Ballot Initiative Would Pave Way for Rebirth of Nuclear Power in Oregon (Willamette Weekly)

https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/01/28/ballot-initiative-would-pave-way-for-rebirth-of-nuclear-power-in-oregon/

8.      Forecast Wholesale Power Prices & Retail Electricity Prices Rise Modestly in 2025 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64384

9.      U.S. Propane Prices Have Traded Higher So Far This Winter Compared with Last Winter (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64404

Renewable Energy & Self Storage

10.   WA State: Yakima County Commissioners Extend Solar Moratorium (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/government/yakima-county-commissioners-extend-solar-moratorium/article_634bb17a-ddc9-11ef-bfc0-fb0c4e64dc19.html

11.   Spokane to Explore Capturing Carbon at Its Power-Generating Trash Incinerator (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/jan/27/spokane-to-explore-capturing-carbon-at-its-power-g/

Fish & Wildlife

12.   How Tahlequah & Her Dead Calf Tell the Story of Climate Change (Phys.Org)

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-tahlequah-dead-calf-story-climate.html

Water, Water, Anywhere?

13.   Three Southwest Washington Cities Consider Removing Fluoride from Drinking Water (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/28/three-southwest-washington-cities-consider-removing-fluoride-from-drinking-water/

Climate Change Sequestration Vault

14.   California’s Federal Lands Are Hemorrhaging Carbon Dioxide. Wildfires Are Largely to Blame (Los Angeles Times, CA – Via Yahoo! News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/californias-federal-lands-hemorrhaging-carbon-222003673.html

The Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity

15.   What Does DeepSeek’s Cheaper Artificial Intelligence Mean for Energy Needs? (Associated Press)

https://broadbandbreakfast.com/what-does-deepseeks-cheaper-ai-mean-for-energy-needs/

16.   What Is China’s DeepSeek & Why Is It Freaking Out the Artificial Intelligence World? (Yahoo! News)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-deepseek-why-freaking-ai-080636212.html

Public Relations, Marketing & Media

17.   President Trump Confirms Microsoft Interest in TikTok as Deadline for New Ownership Looms (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)

https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/president-donald-trump-confirms-microsoft-interest-in-china-based-bytedance-tiktok-as-deadline-for-new-ownership-looms-perplexity-ai-us-government-investors

Barrel O’ Green Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science

18.   A NASA Spacecraft Scooped Rubble from an Asteroid. Here’s What Was Inside (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/asteroid-bennu-chemistry-1.7444567

Politics, Governance, and Management

19.   White House Rescinds Memo on Federal Aid Freeze That Caused Widespread Confusion (Cable News Network)

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/politics/white-house-rescind-federal-funding-freeze/index.html

20.   Franklin County PUD Settles Voting-Rights Lawsuit (Cascade PBS)

https://www.cascadepbs.org/briefs/2025/01/franklin-county-pud-settles-voting-rights-lawsuit

21.   Richland’s Energy Northwest Eyeing Clean Energy Solutions Bill (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)

https://www.khq.com/news/richlands-energy-northwest-eyeing-clean-energy-solutions-bill/article_75f20f02-fba2-56e5-9780-da66d2b09c33.html

Other Things to Know About Today

22.   The Upcoming Period of Cold & Snow – We Are Going into a Very Complex, Difficult Weather Situation, with Substantial Uncertainty (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-upcoming-period-of-cold-and-snow.html

23.   Convicted Eco Saboteur Joseph Dibee Appeals $82,000 Restitution for Arson on BLM Land in California (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/01/convicted-eco-saboteur-joseph-dibee-appeals-82k-restitution-for-arson-on-blm-land-in-california.html

Soapbox Serenade – Vox Populi

24.   Revitalizing the Snake River Basin – How Helping One River’s Distressed Fish, People, and Power Helps Build the Nation (Center for American Progress)

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/revitalizing-the-snake-river-basin/

Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer

Mercedes 1955 ‘Streamliner’ Set to Smash F1 Record at Auction

https://www.reuters.com/sports/formula1/mercedes-1955-streamliner-set-smash-f1-record-auction-2025-01-28/

Have Your Ex’s ‘Heart’ Devoured by a Wildcat This Valentine’s Day

https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/01/have-your-exs-heart-devoured-by-a-wildcat-this-valentines-day.html

Family of Baby Born in Krispy Kreme Parking Lot Gets Free Doughnuts

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/28/Krispy-Kreme-baby-free-doughnuts/4431738084727/

Two Daredevils Walk Slackline Suspended Between Hot Air Balloons

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/28/germany-Guinness-World-Records-highest-slackline-walk/7101738095308/

Song of the Day

Tracy Chapman – Fast Car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpscHOoGIqQ

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