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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Offers Rate Relief to
Customers Hit Economically by Pandemic (Bonneville Power Administration)
‘Backstop’ Bill to Turn Pacific Gas & Electric into
Non-Profit Headed to California Governor’s Desk (Utility Dive)
Op/Ed: Snake River Dams in Hot Water (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
A Remote Corner of Idaho Has Become the Best Hope for the
U.S. Challenge to Huawei (Washington Post)
South Thurston County Location Under Consideration for
‘Sea-Tac-Size’ Airport (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Offers Rate
Relief to Customers Hit Economically by Pandemic
2.
‘Backstop’ Bill to Turn Pacific Gas &
Electric into Non-Profit Headed to California Governor’s Desk
3.
Stay-at-Home Orders Led to Less Commercial &
Industrial Electricity Use in April
4.
Canada: Report Captures Columbia River Treaty
Community Voices
5.
Some in Grant & Adams Counties Eligible for
Help with Bills
6.
Comprehensive Energy Bill Could See Senate Floor
as Early as July: Murkowski Chief Counsel
7.
Russia Denies Nuclear Power Plant Leaks as
Mysterious Radiation Spike Reported Over Northern Europe
8.
Op/Ed: Federalizing Net Metering Is
Unequivocally Anti-Conservative
9.
Heat Pump Purchases – British Columbia
Government to Give Loans for Fuel Efficient Switch on Home Heating
10.
Op/Ed: Snake River Dams in Hot Water
11.
Koalas Face Extinction in New South Wales by
2050, Report Finds
12.
A Remote Corner of Idaho Has Become the Best Hope
for the U.S. Challenge to Huawei
13.
Report: One in Four California Kids Don’t Have
Adequate Internet Access to Learn from Home
14.
Many Libraries Still Have Slow Broadband
15.
COVID-19-Related Broadband Funding Bill
Introduced
16.
Electrify America Completes First Route Across
U.S. with Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
17.
Legal, Regulated Psychedelic Mushrooms One Step
Closer to Being on Oregon’s November Ballot
18.
Washington Likely to Seek Loan to Keep Jobless
Fund Solvent
19.
APPA Voices Support for Bill’s Smart Infrastructure
Investment Provisions
20.
Washington State Reports 501 New COVID-19 Cases
21.
Gov. Kate Brown to Expand Mask Mandate
Throughout Oregon
22.
Editorial: Mask Mandate Suppresses Virus, Not
Rights
23.
South Thurston County Location Under
Consideration for ‘Sea-Tac-Size’ Airport
24.
Washington State’s Population Tops 7.6 Million
25.
Seattle Crews Move In, Take Some Barriers Out of
CHOP Zone
26.
Second Federal Lawsuit Filed Over Seattle’s CHOP
Zone
27.
Auburn Man Loses Fingers While Lighting
Fireworks
28.
Les Schwab Tire Suspends Plans to Sell Company,
Citing Coronavirus
WORD OF THE DAY
Sycophant \SICK-kuh-funt or fant\ Noun - A servile
self-seeking flatterer
“Happy Boss’s Day Mister Dithers,” groveled the sycophantic Dagwood.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Offers Rate
Relief to Customers Hit Economically by Pandemic (Bonneville Power
Administration)
2.
‘Backstop’ Bill to Turn Pacific Gas & Electric
into Non-Profit Headed to California Governor’s Desk (Utility Dive)
3.
Stay-at-Home Orders Led to Less Commercial &
Industrial Electricity Use in April (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
4.
Canada: Report Captures Columbia River Treaty Community
Voices (East Kootenay News Online, BC)
5.
Some in Grant & Adams Counties Eligible for
Help with Bills (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
6.
Comprehensive Energy Bill Could See Senate Floor
as Early as July: Murkowski Chief Counsel (Utility Dive)
7.
Russia Denies Nuclear Power Plant Leaks as
Mysterious Radiation Spike Reported Over Northern Europe (Washington Examiner)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
8.
Op/Ed: Federalizing Net Metering Is
Unequivocally Anti-Conservative (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
9.
Heat Pump Purchases – British Columbia Government
to Give Loans for Fuel Efficient Switch on Home Heating (Victoria
Times-Colonist, BC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10.
Op/Ed: Snake River Dams in Hot Water (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11.
Koalas Face Extinction in New South Wales by 2050,
Report Finds (British Broadcasting Corporation)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12.
A Remote Corner of Idaho Has Become the Best
Hope for the U.S. Challenge to Huawei (Washington Post)
13.
Report: One in Four California Kids Don’t Have
Adequate Internet Access to Learn from Home (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
14.
Many Libraries Still Have Slow Broadband (Pots
& Pans)
15.
COVID-19-Related Broadband Funding Bill
Introduced – Wyden (Sen. OR) bill would provide bigger subsidy for low-income
residents (Multichannel News)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
16.
Electrify America Completes First Route Across U.S.
with Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (American Public Power Association)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
17.
Legal, Regulated Psychedelic Mushrooms One Step
Closer to Being on Oregon’s November Ballot (Oregonian, Portland)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
18.
Washington Likely to Seek Loan to Keep Jobless
Fund Solvent (Associated Press)
19.
APPA Voices Support for Bill’s Smart
Infrastructure Investment Provisions (American Public Power Association)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
20.
Washington State Reports 501 New COVID-19 Cases
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
21.
Gov. Kate Brown to Expand Mask Mandate
Throughout Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
22.
Editorial: Mask Mandate Suppresses Virus, Not
Rights (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
23.
South Thurston County Location Under
Consideration for ‘Sea-Tac-Size’ Airport (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
24.
Washington State’s Population Tops 7.6 Million
(KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
25.
Seattle Crews Move In, Take Some Barriers Out of
CHOP Zone (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
26.
Second Federal Lawsuit Filed Over Seattle’s CHOP
Zone (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
27.
Auburn Man Loses Fingers While Lighting
Fireworks (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
28.
Les Schwab Tire Suspends Plans to Sell Company,
Citing Coronavirus (Oregonian, Portland)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Carl Reiner, Longtime Comedy Legend, Dies at 98
Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner – The 2000-Year-Old Man
Man Falls Through Floor of Home, Plunges Down 30-Foot Well
Man takes 92 wet sponge hits to the face for Guinness record
SONG OF THE DAY
Postmodern Jukebox – Mr. Blue Sky
