The Energy News Digest for July 6, 2026

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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories

Oregon Trail Electric Co-op & PacifiCorp End Discussions on Wallowa County Transfer (Elkhorn Media Group, LaGrande, OR)

https://elkhornmediagroup.com/otec-and-pacificorp-end-discussions-on-wallowa-county-transfer/

White House Purges Thousands of Web Pages About Energy Saving During Heatwave (Mashable)

https://mashable.com/tech/zohran-mamdani-heat-wave-nyc-white-house-78-degrees

Some Oregon Irrigators Could Get Shut Off as Drought Persists (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/05/oregon-agriculture-farmers-water-drought/

Scout Energy Now Wants 116 ‘Space Needles’ in Horse Heaven Hills Wind Farm (KONA Radio, Pasco, WA)

https://610kona.com/ixp/136/p/scout-energy-curveballs-with-wind-farm/

Threads, Meta’s X Competitor, Hits 500 Million Monthly Users (Forbes Magazine)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/06/16/threads-metas-x-competitor-hits-500-million-monthly-users/

News Highlights (See Stories Below)

1.      Oregon Trail Electric Co-op & PacifiCorp End Discussions on Wallowa County Transfer

2.      Washington Power Bills Keep Climbing as Heat, Wildfires, & Grid Upgrades Drive Up Costs

3.      Rural Nevada Counties Vulnerable to Hoover Dam Hydro Decline

4.      Rocky Mountain Power’s Utah Rate Conflict May Be Settled with an Additional 4.2% Hike

5.      Eugene Water and Electricity Board Pauses Power Generation at Trail Bridge Powerhouse to Support Seasonal Fish Migration

6.      Sunken Tugboat Recovered from the Columbia River, Says Grant PUD

7.      Scout Energy Now Wants 116 ‘Space Needles’ in Horse Heaven Hills Wind Farm

8.      Battles Over Energy Projects Are Erupting Across Western Washington

9.      As Trump Buyouts Shake Offshore Wind Industry, States Hope Developers Stay in the Game

10.   White House Purges Thousands of Web Pages About Energy Saving During Heatwave

11.   From ‘Heat Panic’ to ‘Sacrificed at the Altar’: Europe’s Air Conditioning Culture Wars Heat Up

12.   Three Years After Failure of Partial Natural Gas Ban, Eugene’s Next Steps on Home Electrification Remain Unclear

13.   Trump Nixes Rebates for Switching from Gas to Electric Appliances

14.   Slashed Columbia River Funding Will Be ‘Devastating’ for Salmon Population, Oregon Lawmakers Warn

15.   Warm Rivers Raise Concern for Salmon in British Columbia’s Interior

16.   Fish On! Columbia River Leads Early-Season Rec Salmon Catch Rates

17.   New ‘Fish Bubbler’ Could Help Migrating Salmon Survive Hot Summer Water

18.   Some Oregon Irrigators Could Get Shut Off as Drought Persists

19.   Washington's Columbia River Basin Faces Water Shortage by the 2040s, Department of Ecology Draft Forecast Says

20.   Amazon Says It Has Enough Satellites to Launch Leo Broadband Service

21.   Oregon Governor Says State Is a ‘Cheap Date’ for Data Centers

22.   Why More Communities Are Saying No to Data Centers

23.   Threads, Meta’s X Competitor, Hits 500 Million Monthly Users

24.   Even Fans Who Don't Speak Spanish Are Watching the World Cup on Telemundo. Here's Why

25.   A Ballooning Problem: Weather Warnings Face Rising Risks from Budget Cuts

26.   Suspect Impersonates Seattle City Light Worker, Allegedly Steals Copper Wire from West Seattle Bridge

27.   Washington Should Make Storage the Next Top Clean Energy Priority

28.   America250 – The Bonneville Power Administration Joins the National Celebration

Word of the Day

Antaean • \an-TEE-un\ • adjective - 1: mammoth *2: having superhuman strength

Oswald Slugfest guffawed at his puny opponent, unaware of Milton Milquetoast’s antaean strength. Unlike the mythical Antaeas (whose superhuman strength came from his contact with the earth), Miltie’s strength came from contact with his magical, horn-rimmed glasses. Only after the ambulance had hauled away Ozzie’s battered remains did Milton strip his coke-bottle glasses from his pinched face for a well-deserved rest.

Energy & Utility Issues

1.      Oregon Trail Electric Co-op & PacifiCorp End Discussions on Wallowa County Transfer (Elkhorn Media Group, LaGrande, OR)

https://elkhornmediagroup.com/otec-and-pacificorp-end-discussions-on-wallowa-county-transfer/

2.      Washington Power Bills Keep Climbing as Heat, Wildfires, & Grid Upgrades Drive Up Costs (Yahoo! News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/washington-power-bills-keep-climbing-132900542.html

3.      Rural Nevada Counties Vulnerable to Hoover Dam Hydro Decline (Missoula Current)
https://missoulacurrent.com/hoover-dam-decline/

4.      Rocky Mountain Power’s Utah Rate Conflict May Be Settled with an Additional 4.2% Hike (Utah News Dispatch)

https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/07/06/rocky-mountain-powers-utah-rate-conflict-may-be-settled/

5.      Eugene Water and Electricity Board Pauses Power Generation at Trail Bridge Powerhouse to Support Seasonal Fish Migration (American Public Power Association)

https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/eweb-pauses-power-generation-trail-bridge-powerhouse-support-seasonal-fish-migration

6.      Sunken Tugboat Recovered from the Columbia River, Says Grant PUD (GCJ News, Ephrata, WA)

https://www.gcj.news/sunken-tugboat-recovered-from-the-columbia-river-says-pud/

Renewable Energy & Self Storage

7.      Scout Energy Now Wants 116 ‘Space Needles’ in Horse Heaven Hills Wind Farm (KONA Radio, Pasco, WA)

https://610kona.com/ixp/136/p/scout-energy-curveballs-with-wind-farm/

8.      Battles Over Energy Projects Are Erupting Across Western Washington (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

https://www.chronline.com/stories/battles-over-energy-projects-are-erupting-across-western-washington,403469

9.      As Trump Buyouts Shake Offshore Wind Industry, States Hope Developers Stay in the Game (States Newsroom)

https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-buyouts-shake-offshore-wind-industry-states-hope-developers-stay-game

Conservation & Efficiency

10.   White House Purges Thousands of Web Pages About Energy Saving During Heatwave (Mashable)

https://mashable.com/tech/zohran-mamdani-heat-wave-nyc-white-house-78-degrees

11.   From ‘Heat Panic’ to ‘Sacrificed at the Altar’: Europe’s Air Conditioning Culture Wars Heat Up (The Guardian, UK)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/05/europe-air-conditioning-culture-wars-heat-up

12.   Three Years After Failure of Partial Natural Gas Ban, Eugene’s Next Steps on Home Electrification Remain Unclear (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/04/eugene-home-electrification-plan-unclear/

13.   Trump Nixes Rebates for Switching from Gas to Electric Appliances (The Hill, Washington, DC)

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5904706-trump-gas-appliances-electric-rebate/

Fish & Wildlife

14.   Slashed Columbia River Funding Will Be ‘Devastating’ for Salmon Population, Oregon Lawmakers Warn (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/slashed-columbia-river-funding-will-be-devastating-for-salmon-population-oregon-lawmakers-warn/

15.   Warm Rivers Raise Concern for Salmon in British Columbia’s Interior (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/okanagan-sockeye-return-expected-to-stay-low-warm-rivers-9.7258978

16.   Fish On! Columbia River Leads Early-Season Rec Salmon Catch Rates (Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA - Paywall Advisory)

https://chinookobserver.com/2026/07/05/fish-on-columbia-river-region-leads-early-season-rec-salmon-catch-rates/

17.   New ‘Fish Bubbler’ Could Help Migrating Salmon Survive Hot Summer Water (Northwest Public Broadcasting)

https://www.nwpb.org/local/2026-07-01/new-fish-bubbler-could-help-migrating-salmon-survive-hot-summer-water

Water, Water Anywhere

18.   Some Oregon Irrigators Could Get Shut Off as Drought Persists (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/05/oregon-agriculture-farmers-water-drought/

19.   Washington's Columbia River Basin Faces Water Shortage by the 2040s, Department of Ecology Draft Forecast Says (KNDO & KNDU-TV, Yakima/Tri-Cities, WA)

https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/washingtons-columbia-river-basin-faces-water-shortage-by-the-2040s-department-of-ecology-draft-forecast/article_457728dd-b897-41b7-ae51-19807e7c32f3.html

London Calling –Telecommunications

20.   Amazon Says It Has Enough Satellites to Launch Leo Broadband Service (Broadband Breakfast)

https://broadbandbreakfast.com/amazon-says-it-has-enough-satellites-to-launch-leo-broadband-service/

HAL’s Internet Café

21.   Oregon Governor Says State Is a ‘Cheap Date’ for Data Centers (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/02/oregon-governor-data-centers-utility-rate/

22.   Why More Communities Are Saying No to Data Centers (Yahoo! News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/why-more-communities-saying-no-144426519.html

Public Relations, Marketing & Media

23.   Threads, Meta’s X Competitor, Hits 500 Million Monthly Users (Forbes Magazine)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/06/16/threads-metas-x-competitor-hits-500-million-monthly-users/

24.   Even Fans Who Don't Speak Spanish Are Watching the World Cup on Telemundo. Here's Why (National Public Radio)

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/02/nx-s1-5876380/telemundo-world-cup-fox

Barrel O’ Green Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science

25.   A Ballooning Problem: Weather Warnings Face Rising Risks from Budget Cuts (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/weather-warnings-budget-cuts-00986178

Other Things to Know About Today

26.   Suspect Impersonates Seattle City Light Worker, Allegedly Steals Copper Wire from West Seattle Bridge (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

https://mynorthwest.com/crime-blotter/seattle-copper-wire-bridge/4253200

Soapbox Serenade – Vox Populi

27.   Washington Should Make Storage the Next Top Clean Energy Priority (The Olympian, WA – Via Yahoo! News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/washington-storage-next-top-clean-120000569.html

28.   America250 – The Bonneville Power Administration Joins the National Celebration (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/learn-and-participate/community-education/history/america250

Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer

In Major Goof, Estate Sale Company Sold Paintings for as Little as $45. They May Be Worth Millions

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/in-major-goof-estate-sale-company-sold-paintings-for-as-little-as-45-they-may-be-worth-millions/ar-AA274HNm

Portland Teen Finds Original Wilt Chamberlain Warm-Up Jacket at Hillsboro Goodwill

https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/portland-teen-finds-original-wilt-chamberlain-warm-up-jacket-at-hillsboro-goodwill/

Female American Rower Completes Record-Breaking Solo Journey from California to Hawaii

https://ktla.com/news/ap-female-american-rower-completes-record-breaking-solo-journey-from-california-to-hawaii/

What's in a Song? The Story Behind the Music Playing at World Cup Stadiums

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/whats-song-story-behind-music-playing-world-cup-stadiums-2026-07-05/

Song of the Day

John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0dvabcWVo0

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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories

Not Enough Fish: Washington Cancels Sockeye Season on Upper Columbia (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Via Yahoo! News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/not-enough-fish-washington-cancels-020300380.html

Dispute Over $2.2 Billion to Thousands of Wildfire Survivors Heads to Oregon Supreme Court (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/30/wildfire-survivors-oregon-pacificorp-lawsuit/

Convergent Energy & Power Withdraws Controversial Proposal for Battery Energy Storage System in Rochester, WA (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

https://chronline.com/stories/convergent-energy-power-withdraws-controversial-proposal-for-battery-energy-storage-system-in,404826

Travis Kavulla Sworn in as Seventeenth Bonneville Power Administration Administrator (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/about/newsroom/news-articles/20260629-kavulla-sworn-in-as-17th-bpa-administrator

NOAA Releases July Weather Outlook for the Pacific Northwest (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR – Via MSN News)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/noaa-releases-july-weather-outlook-for-pacific-northwest/ar-AA26UQGC

News Highlights (See Stories Below)

1.      Dispute Over $2.2 Billion to Thousands of Wildfire Survivors Heads to Oregon Supreme Court

2.      Utah Just Saw Energy Shutoffs to Prevent Wildfires — Are More Coming This Season?

3.      Audio: Why Your Puget Sound Energy Power Bill Is Up. And Going Higher.

4.      NW Natural Announces Another Year-Over-Year Increase in Renewable Natural Gas

5.      Montana Public Service Commission Reduces Public Meetings on NorthWestern Energy Plan

6.      Plan for Fusion Power Plant Advances with Washington State Licenses

7.      Convergent Energy & Power Withdraws Controversial Proposal for Battery Energy Storage System in Rochester, WA

8.      Big Battery Farm Moratoriums Spread Across Washington as Fire Fears Hit Clean Energy Plans

9.      U.S. Dept. of Energy Analysis Examines Impact of Energy Conservation Building Codes

10.   Not Enough Fish: Washington Cancels Sockeye Season on Upper Columbia

11.   Oregon: Proposal to Keep Beleaguered 100-Year-Old Umpqua Basin Fish Hatchery Open Brings Hope, Frustration

12.   Latest Water Supply Update Paints Murky Future for Drought Conditions in Washington

13.   Irrigation to the Household Tap – Another Pilot Project for Othello ASR Facility to Start in July

14.   University of Oregon Sets Aside $15 Million in Student Building Fees to Replace Natural Gas Boiler

15.   Survey Finds Rural Americans Most Concerned About Artificial Intelligence Data Centers

16.   Quest to Place the First Transatlantic Cable Reads Like an Adventure Novel

17.   Travis Kavulla Sworn in as Seventeenth Bonneville Power Administration Administrator

18.   Western Governors Establish Multi-State Task Force to Update the Region’s Transmission Lines

19.   APPA Praises U.S. House Passage of Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act

20.   140-Foot Power Line Repairs Begin After Deadly Plane Crash Over Columbia River

21.   Diesel Cleanup Underway After Tugboat Sinks on Columbia River Near Priest Rapids Dam

22.   This July 4th Could Be Hottest Ever in Parts of the U.S.

23.   NOAA Releases July Weather Outlook for the Pacific Northwest

24.   Guest Essay: Expect Higher Electric Bills & Dirtier Power for Lane County. Here’s Why.

Word of the Day – Horrible Haiku Edition

Poltroon \pawl-TROON\ Noun - A spiritless coward: craven.

     Poltroon or maroon

     Don’t get on Bugs Bunny’s list

     There’s no way you’ll win

Energy & Utility Issues

1.      Dispute Over $2.2 Billion to Thousands of Wildfire Survivors Heads to Oregon Supreme Court (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/30/wildfire-survivors-oregon-pacificorp-lawsuit/

2.      Utah Just Saw Energy Shutoffs to Prevent Wildfires — Are More Coming This Season? (Idaho Capital Sun)

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2026/06/30/repub/utah-just-saw-energy-shutoffs-to-prevent-wildfires-are-more-coming-this-season/

3.      Audio: Why Your Puget Sound Energy Power Bill Is Up. And Going Higher. (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

https://mynorthwest.com/kiro/watch/why-your-power-bill-is-up-and-going-higher/019f1a39-9080-8008-ebd8-b22aa5d64b0b

4.      NW Natural Announces Another Year-Over-Year Increase in Renewable Natural Gas (Yahoo! News)

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/nw-natural-announces-another-over-150000754.html

5.      Montana Public Service Commission Reduces Public Meetings on NorthWestern Energy Plan (Daily Montanan)

https://dailymontanan.com/2026/06/28/public-service-commission-reduces-public-meetings-on-northwestern-energy-plan/

6.      Plan for Fusion Power Plant Advances with Washington State Licenses (American Public Power Association)

https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/plan-fusion-power-plant-advances-with-washington-state-licenses

Renewable Energy & Self Storage

7.      Convergent Energy & Power Withdraws Controversial Proposal for Battery Energy Storage System in Rochester, WA (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

https://chronline.com/stories/convergent-energy-power-withdraws-controversial-proposal-for-battery-energy-storage-system-in,404826

8.      Big Battery Farm Moratoriums Spread Across Washington as Fire Fears Hit Clean Energy Plans (Yahoo! News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/big-battery-farm-moratoriums-spread-170900402.html

Energy Conservation & Efficiency

9.      U.S. Dept. of Energy Analysis Examines Impact of Energy Conservation Building Codes (Daily Energy Insider)

https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/52840-doe-analysis-examines-impact-of-energy-conservation-building-codes/

Fish & Wildlife

10.   Not Enough Fish: Washington Cancels Sockeye Season on Upper Columbia (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Via Yahoo! News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/not-enough-fish-washington-cancels-020300380.html

11.   Oregon: Proposal to Keep Beleaguered 100-Year-Old Umpqua Basin Fish Hatchery Open Brings Hope, Frustration (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/07/01/proposal-to-keep-beleaguered-100-year-old-umpqua-basin-fish-hatchery-open-brings-hope-frustration/

Water, Water Anywhere?

12.   Latest Water Supply Update Paints Murky Future for Drought Conditions in Washington (KGMI Radio, Bellingham, WA)

https://mybellinghamnow.com/news/297792-latest-water-supply-update-paints-murky-future-for-drought-conditions-in-washington/

13.   Irrigation to the Household Tap – Another Pilot Project for Othello ASR Facility to Start in July (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2026/jul/01/another-pilot-project-for-othello-asr-facility-to-start-in-july/

Climate Change Sequestration Vault

14.   University of Oregon Sets Aside $15 Million in Student Building Fees to Replace Natural Gas Boiler (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/30/university-oregon-student-building-fees-replace-gas-boiler/

HAL’s Internet Café

15.   Survey Finds Rural Americans Most Concerned About Artificial Intelligence Data Centers (Pacific NW Ag Network)

https://pnwag.net/rural-americans-ai-datacenters/

Barrel O’ Green Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science

16.   Quest to Place the First Transatlantic Cable Reads Like an Adventure Novel (Christian Science Monitor)

https://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Books/2026/0701/lightning-beneath-the-sea-james-tabor-cyrus-field

Politics, Governance, and Management

17.   Travis Kavulla Sworn in as Seventeenth Bonneville Power Administration Administrator (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/about/newsroom/news-articles/20260629-kavulla-sworn-in-as-17th-bpa-administrator

18.   Western Governors Establish Multi-State Task Force to Update the Region’s Transmission Lines (Washington State Standard)

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/06/30/repub/western-governors-establish-multi-state-task-force-to-update-the-regions-transmission-lines/

19.   APPA Praises U.S. House Passage of Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act (American Public Power Association)

https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/appa-praises-house-passage-rural-and-municipal-utility-cybersecurity-act

Other Things to Know About Today

20.   140-Foot Power Line Repairs Begin After Deadly Plane Crash Over Columbia River (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article316330701.html

21.   Diesel Cleanup Underway After Tugboat Sinks on Columbia River Near Priest Rapids Dam (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

https://kpq.com/diesel-spill-tugboat-sinks-priestrapidsdam/

22.   This July 4th Could Be Hottest Ever in Parts of the U.S. (Yahoo! News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/millions-americans-could-experience-hottest-010500668.html

23.   NOAA Releases July Weather Outlook for the Pacific Northwest (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR – Via MSN News)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/noaa-releases-july-weather-outlook-for-pacific-northwest/ar-AA26UQGC

Soapbox Serenade – Vox Populi

24.   Guest Essay: Expect Higher Electric Bills & Dirtier Power for Lane County. Here’s Why. (Eugene-Springfield Lookout, OR)

https://lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/community-voices/2026/06/29/expect-higher-electric-bills-and-dirtier-power-for-lane-county-heres-why/

Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer

Victor Willis, Village People Lead Singer, Dies at 74

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/victor-willis-village-people-lead-105659534.html

Fossil Found in Drawer Turns Out to Be First Dinosaur Bone from Antarctica

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/fossil-found-drawer-turns-first-115252824.html

Feliks the Eagle Is Back Home in Serbia After a Kidnap Ordeal in the Middle East

https://apnews.com/article/serbia-eagle-poachers-middle-east-migration-flight-a686cbf954125cd1c20ceb6ca9984c8f

Seattle Dog’s Cream Cheese & Onions Top NYT List of Best Hot Dogs in America

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/seattle-dogs-cream-cheese-onions-205332414.html

Song of the Day

Steve Miller – Fly Like an Eagle (Playing for Change)

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

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