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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Bonneville Power Administration Opts to Join Southwest Power
Pool’s Markets+ Day-Ahead Market Over CAISO Alternative (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/bonneville-bpa-spp-markets-day-ahead-market-edam-caiso/741878/
Ontario Slaps 25% Tax Increase on Electricity Exports to
U.S. In Response to Trump’s Trade War (Associated Press)
Bonneville Power Administration Probationary Employees Set
to Return to Work After Mass Layoffs (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
U.S. Supreme Court Nixes Challenge to State Climate Suits
Against Oil Firms (Reuters)
A Wave of Attacks Hits Tesla Dealerships Nationwide—and in
Oregon (Willamette Week, Portland, OR)
News
Highlights (See Stories Below)
1.
The Bonneville Power Administration Opts to Join
Southwest Power Pool’s Markets+ Day-Ahead Market Over CAISO Alternative
2.
News Release: Superior Market Design, Governance
& Long-Range Economics Lead the Bonneville Power Administration to Select
Markets+ in Day-Ahead Market Draft Policy
3.
Ontario Slaps 25% Tax Increase on Electricity
Exports to U.S. In Response to Trump’s Trade War
4.
Canada Tariff Hits 83% Of Natural Gas Used by
Avista. But the Effect on Your Power Bill May Not Be What You Think
5.
Does Canada Supply Electricity to the U.S.? What
to Know After Canadian Lawmaker’s Threat of Surcharge, Shutoff
6.
Bonneville Power Administration Probationary
Employees Set to Return to Work After Mass Layoffs
7.
Climate, Energy Upheavals Roil Pacific NW Power
Market
8.
‘POWER Act’ Bill Would Require Oregon’s Large
Energy Users Like Data Centers Pay Fair Share of Energy Use
9.
Facing Competition from Big Tech, States Dangle
Incentives & Loosen Laws to Attract Power Plants
10.
Helion Holding Public Meeting for Fusion Power
Plant Tuesday
11.
Los Angeles County Sues Southern California
Edison, Alleging Utility’s Equipment Sparked Wildfire
12.
Wyoming Gov Signs Wildfire Mitigation, Liability
Bill to Protect Utilities & Ratepayers
13.
Glowing Pains: Developing Nuclear Power Could
Cost Utah Tens of Billions
14.
WA State: Wind & Solar Projects Gain
Traction in Garfield County as Moratorium Expires
15.
Hanford’s Toxic Site Transforms into America’s
Biggest Solar Farm
16.
U.S. Farmers Switch to Renting Out Sheep as Lawn
Mowers for Solar Sites
17.
First National Analysis Finds America’s
Butterflies Are Disappearing at ‘Catastrophic’ Rate
18.
WA Drought Means Tough Irrigation Outlook for
62,000 Tri-Cities Area Customers
19.
Drought Impacts on the Electricity System,
Emissions, & Air Quality in the Western United States
20.
U.S. Supreme Court Nixes Challenge to State
Climate Suits Against Oil Firms
21.
Farmers Called Their Work Climate-Smart to Get
Federal Funds. Now It May Cost Them.
22.
SCOTUS to Decide Future of Fund Seen as Lifeline
for Rural Broadband
23.
A Wave of Attacks Hits Tesla Dealerships
Nationwide—and in Oregon
24.
Fire Burns Four Tesla Cybertrucks in Seattle’s
Sodo Neighborhood
25.
Social Media Is Splintering. Here’s How to
Navigate the Moment.
26.
Ex-Central Banker to Replace Trudeau as Canada’s
Prime Minister After Winning Liberal Party Vote
27.
What Seattle’s Recent Quake Streak Means for the
‘Big One’
Word of the Day – Horrible Haiku Edition
Frowsy • \FROW-zee\ Adjective - 1: musty, stale *2: having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance.
Open the old
trunk
Frowsy air comes wafting out
Choked by history
Energy
& Utility Issues
1.
The Bonneville Power Administration Opts to Join
Southwest Power Pool’s Markets+ Day-Ahead Market Over CAISO Alternative (Utility
Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/bonneville-bpa-spp-markets-day-ahead-market-edam-caiso/741878/
2.
News Release: Superior Market Design, Governance
& Long-Range Economics Lead the Bonneville Power Administration to Select Markets+
in Day-Ahead Market Draft Policy (Bonneville Power Administration)
3.
Ontario Slaps 25% Tax Increase on Electricity
Exports to U.S. In Response to Trump’s Trade War (Associated Press)
4.
Canada Tariff Hits 83% Of Natural Gas Used by Avista.
But the Effect on Your Power Bill May Not Be What You Think (Spokesman-Review, Spokane,
WA)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/mar/06/canada-tariff-hits-83-of-natural-gas-used-by-avist/
5.
Does Canada Supply Electricity to the U.S.? What
to Know After Canadian Lawmaker’s Threat of Surcharge, Shutoff (USA Today – Via
Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/does-canada-supply-electricity-us-194409222.html
6.
Bonneville Power Administration Probationary
Employees Set to Return to Work After Mass Layoffs (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
7.
Climate, Energy Upheavals Roil Pacific NW Power
Market (Seattle Times, WA – Via Save Our Wild Salmon)
https://www.wildsalmon.org/news-and-media/news/climate-energy-upheavals-roil-nw-power-market.html
8.
‘POWER Act’ Bill Would Require Oregon’s Large
Energy Users Like Data Centers Pay Fair Share of Energy Use (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
9.
Facing Competition from Big Tech, States Dangle
Incentives & Loosen Laws to Attract Power Plants (Associated Press)
10.
Helion Holding Public Meeting for Fusion Power
Plant Tuesday (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/community-meeting-fusion-power/
11.
Los Angeles County Sues Southern California
Edison, Alleging Utility’s Equipment Sparked Wildfire (Associated Press)
12.
Wyoming Gov Signs Wildfire Mitigation, Liability
Bill to Protect Utilities & Ratepayers (Daily Energy Insider)
13.
Glowing Pains: Developing Nuclear Power Could
Cost Utah Tens of Billions (Utah News Dispatch)
Renewable
Energy & Self Storage
14.
WA State: Wind & Solar Projects Gain
Traction in Garfield County as Moratorium Expires (Spokesman-Review, Spokane,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/mar/10/wind-and-solar-projects-gain-traction-in-garfield-/
15.
Hanford’s Toxic Site Transforms into America’s Biggest
Solar Farm (USA SolarCell)
16.
U.S. Farmers Switch to Renting Out Sheep as Lawn
Mowers for Solar Sites (Reuters)
Fish
& Wildlife
17.
First National Analysis Finds America’s Butterflies
Are Disappearing at ‘Catastrophic’ Rate (Associated Press)
Water,
Water, Anywhere?
18.
WA Drought Means Tough Irrigation Outlook for 62,000
Tri-Cities Area Customers (Tri-City Herald, WA – Via MSN)
19.
Drought Impacts on the Electricity System,
Emissions, & Air Quality in the Western United States (Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences)
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2300395120
Climate
Change Sequestration Vault
20.
U.S. Supreme Court Nixes Challenge to State
Climate Suits Against Oil Firms (Reuters)
21.
Farmers Called Their Work Climate-Smart to Get
Federal Funds. Now It May Cost Them. (Washington Post – Via MSN)
London
Calling –Telecommunications
22.
SCOTUS to Decide Future of Fund Seen as Lifeline
for Rural Broadband (MSN News)
I
Sing the Car Electric
23.
A Wave of Attacks Hits Tesla Dealerships
Nationwide—and in Oregon (Willamette Week, Portland, OR)
24.
Fire Burns Four Tesla Cybertrucks in Seattle’s Sodo
Neighborhood (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
Public
Relations, Marketing & Media
25.
Social Media Is Splintering. Here’s How to
Navigate the Moment. (Washington Post – Via MSN)
Politics,
Governance, and Management
26.
Ex-Central Banker to Replace Trudeau as Canada’s
Prime Minister After Winning Liberal Party Vote (Associated Press)
Other
Things to Know About Today
27.
What Seattle’s Recent Quake Streak Means for the
‘Big One’ (Axios – Seattle)
https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/03/07/washington-earthquakes-big-one-pnw
Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer
Watch the Moon Turn Red During a Total Lunar Eclipse in March
The Tooth Fairy Is on a Budget – Average Value of a Lost
Tooth Drops for Second Consecutive Year
https://www.deltadental.com/us/en/tooth-fairy/press-release.html
The U.S. Penny Costs Nearly 4 Cents to Make. But for One
Sector of Souvenir Sellers, It’s a Living
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-penny-costs-nearly-4-051557674.html
Man Swallowed Stolen $770,000 Diamond Earrings, Police Say. There’s
an X-Ray.
Song of the Day
Louis Prima - Pennies from Heaven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pELxwTp7gk
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