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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Proposes Rate Relief Option
for Power Customers Amid COVID-19 Crisis (Bonneville Power Administration)
Port Angeles City Council to Consider Supporting Snake River
Dam Removal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/city-council-to-consider-supporting-snake-river-dam-removal/
States Warn That Virus May Doom Climate Projects (NY Times)
Will Orcas Thrive in the Coronavirus Pandemic’s Quieter
Waters? Scientists Aim to Find Out (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Rural Broadband Provider Organizations Ask USDA to Relax
“Onerous” ReConnect Award Rules (Telecompetitor)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Proposes Rate
Relief Option for Power Customers Amid COVID-19 Crisis
2.
Port Angeles City Council to Consider Supporting
Snake River Dam Removal
3.
Temporary Grant PUD Rate Cut to Be Discussed
4.
Snohomish PUD Expands Payment Options as Meter
Reading Resumes
5.
Peace River Dam Project Set to ‘Move a River’ to
Build Mega Dam in Northern British Columbia
6.
U.S. Customers Experienced an Average of Nearly
Six Hours of Power Interruptions in 2018
7.
Feds Highlight Strong Reliability Performance by
Public Power Utilities
8.
Coal Remains Huge Global Electricity Player
Despite Declines in U.S. & Europe
9.
Will Orcas Thrive in the Coronavirus Pandemic’s
Quieter Waters? Scientists Aim to Find Out
10.
Updates to Columbia River Summer Salmon &
Steelhead Fisheries
11.
Bid to Halt Nevada Oil Drilling in Sage Grouse
Habitat
12.
Trump Environmental Rollbacks Roll on Despite
Pandemic. Opponents Cry Foul
13.
Chelan PUD Launches App for Lake Chelan &
Columbia River Conditions
14.
A Sneak Peek at San Francisco’s New Low-Carbon
Neighborhood
15.
Cities Need More Expertise, Utility Support in
100% Renewables Push: Report
16.
Sweden Welcomes Its First Wooden Wind Turbine
Tower
17.
Used Electric Car Batteries Could Be Recycled
into New Life as Energy Storage for Solar Farms, Says New Study
18.
Rural Broadband Provider Organizations Ask USDA
to Relax “Onerous” ReConnect Award Rules
19.
Last Minute Addition to Louisiana Bill
Hamstrings Community Broadband
20.
CenturyLink Expanding Fiber
21.
Bitcoin Wipes Coronavirus Losses, Passes $10,000
Again
22.
States Warn That Virus May Doom Climate Projects
23.
Microsoft Is Switching Out MSN’s Contract
Journalists for Artificial Intelligence
24.
Which Phase Is Your County In? What Can You Do
Under the Modified Phase 1 of Washington State’s Reopening?
25.
COVID-19 Updates: 21,977 Coronavirus Cases,
1,124 Deaths Statewide
26.
Statewide COVID-19 Death Toll Increases by Six
Amid Weekend Protests
27.
For Tribes, Coronavirus Becomes Barrier to
Critical Gatherings
28.
Are Kids Falling Behind in School Due to
Pandemic? Most WA Parents Think So, Poll Says
WORD OF THE DAY
Eolian /ee-LOW-ee-un/ Adjective – Borne, deposited,
produced, or eroded by the wind.
The latest episode of “Naked & Afraid” would need to
wait for another day – “Hey,” exclaimed the wool-socked environmental hermit. “What
happened to my eolian-based power.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
2.
Port Angeles City Council to Consider Supporting
Snake River Dam Removal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/city-council-to-consider-supporting-snake-river-dam-removal/
3.
Temporary Grant PUD Rate Cut to Be Discussed (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
https://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/2020/may/31/temporary-grant-pud-rate-cut-to-be-discussed-2/
4.
Snohomish PUD Expands Payment Options as Meter
Reading Resumes (My Edmonds News, WA)
5.
Peace River Dam Project Set to ‘Move a River’ to
Build Mega Dam in Northern British Columbia (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
6.
U.S. Customers Experienced an Average of Nearly
Six Hours of Power Interruptions in 2018 (U.S. Energy Information
Administration)
7.
Feds Highlight Strong Reliability Performance by
Public Power Utilities (American Public Power Association)
8.
Coal Remains Huge Global Electricity Player
Despite Declines in U.S. & Europe (Axios)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Will Orcas Thrive in the Coronavirus Pandemic’s
Quieter Waters? Scientists Aim to Find Out (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
10.
Updates to Columbia River Summer Salmon &
Steelhead Fisheries (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
11.
Bid to Halt Nevada Oil Drilling in Sage Grouse
Habitat (Associated Press)
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
12.
Trump Environmental Rollbacks Roll on Despite
Pandemic. Opponents Cry Foul (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
13.
Chelan PUD Launches App for Lake Chelan &
Columbia River Conditions (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
14.
A Sneak Peek at San Francisco’s New Low-Carbon
Neighborhood (Utility Dive)
15.
Cities Need More Expertise, Utility Support in 100%
Renewables Push: Report (Utility Dive)
16.
Sweden Welcomes Its First Wooden Wind Turbine
Tower (New Atlas)
17.
Used Electric Car Batteries Could Be Recycled
into New Life as Energy Storage for Solar Farms, Says New Study (Good News Network)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
18.
Rural Broadband Provider Organizations Ask USDA
to Relax “Onerous” ReConnect Award Rules (Telecompetitor)
19.
Last Minute Addition to Louisiana Bill
Hamstrings Community Broadband “…provisions buried in the bill at the last
second restrict utilities from offering broadband anywhere an incumbent already
offers service…” (TechDirt)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
21.
Bitcoin Wipes Coronavirus Losses, Passes $10,000
Again (Mashable)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
22.
States Warn That Virus May Doom Climate Projects
(NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
23.
Microsoft Is Switching Out MSN’s Contract
Journalists for Artificial Intelligence (Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
24.
Which Phase Is Your County In? What Can You Do
Under the Modified Phase 1 of Washington State’s Reopening? (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
25.
COVID-19 Updates: 21,977 Coronavirus Cases,
1,124 Deaths Statewide (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
26.
Statewide COVID-19 Death Toll Increases by Six
Amid Weekend Protests (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
27.
For Tribes, Coronavirus Becomes Barrier to
Critical Gatherings (Oregonian, Portland)
28.
Are Kids Falling Behind in School Due to Pandemic?
Most WA Parents Think So, Poll Says (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Florida Woman Discovers Alligators Fighting by Her Home
Nestlé Needs a Better Thesaurus for Renaming Its Plant
Burger
Clawing Back Normality: Bangkok Cat Cafe Reopens after Virus
Shutdown
Gibraltar Moves to Protect Its Monkeys Against Coronavirus
SONG OF THE DAY
Tony Bennett, Diana Krall – Our Love Is Here to Stay
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