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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Says It Has Not Been Linked
to Starting Any Wildfires (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
California Fires Are Emitting Record Amounts of Carbon
Dioxide (Bloomberg News)
Water Shortages in US West Likelier Than Previously Thought
(Associated Press)
Cable Company Apologizes After Charging Oregon Wildfire
Victims for Burned, Lost Equipment (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Wyoming Lawmakers Surprise Public with Proposal to Repeal
Three-Year Electricity Tax Exemptions for Wind Energy (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Says It Has Not
Been Linked to Starting Any Wildfires
2.
The Latest: Downed Power Lines Sparked 13 Oregon
Fires
3.
Explosion, Sparks from Power Line Preceded
Oregon’s Holiday Farm Fire, Area Residents Say
4.
Central WA - Pearl Hill Fire Destroys 300 Power
Poles
5.
The West’s Power Grid Fails as Wildfires Hit
Utah, Oregon & California
6.
Smoke from the U.S. West Coast Wildfires Has
Reached Europe
7.
Pacific Gas & Electric Error at Power Plant
May Help Explain California’s Rolling Blackouts
8.
California Congressman Huffman to Warren
Buffett: ‘Do the Right Thing’ on Klamath Dams
9.
Arizona Public Service Extends Disconnection
Moratorium
10.
Jacksonville Energy Authority Narrows CEO Search
to Six Semifinalists, List Includes Bonneville Power Administration Exec
11.
PCI Interview Series: The Importance of Hydro
Power in Providing Resource Adequacy in a Renewable World
12.
Wyoming Lawmakers Surprise Public with Proposal
to Repeal Three-Year Electricity Tax Exemptions for Wind Energy
13.
Average U.S. Construction Costs for Solar &
Wind Generation Continue to Fall
14.
Kansas Utility Continues to Collect Fee on Solar
Customers Despite Court Ruling
15.
Something’s Up with Solar Panels, Hydropower,
& Energy Storage, Too
16.
Chelan PUD Offers Virtual Home Energy Audits
(KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
17.
Water Shortages in US West Likelier Than
Previously Thought
18.
California Fires Are Emitting Record Amounts of
Carbon Dioxide
19.
Cable Company Apologizes After Charging Oregon
Wildfire Victims for Burned, Lost Equipment
20.
Defining “Public Use” for Broadband
21. AT&T Received $283M to Expand Broadband in Rural Mississippi. Now Subpoena Seeks Proof of Service
WORD OF THE DAY
Uncanny • \un-KANN-nee\ • Adjective - 1a: seeming to have a supernatural character or origin: eerie, mysterious b: being beyond what is normal or expected: suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers 2: chiefly Scottish: severe, punishing
An eerie, uncanny feeling of dread came over Alfred as the cobweb encrusted door slowly opened, its hinges protesting like enraged banshees. He knew that entering the ancient fruit cellar could be his last act on this plane of existence, but the siren’s song of canned peaches, preserved in 1910, was too strong. “Food poisoning be damned,” he muttered to himself.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Says It Has Not
Been Linked to Starting Any Wildfires (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
2.
The Latest: Downed Power Lines Sparked 13 Oregon
Fires (Associated Press)
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/northwest/article245777875.html
3.
Explosion, Sparks from Power Line Preceded Oregon’s
Holiday Farm Fire, Area Residents Say (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
4.
Central WA - Pearl Hill Fire Destroys 300 Power
Poles (Wenatchee World, WA)
5.
The West’s Power Grid Fails as Wildfires Hit Utah,
Oregon & California (Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT)
6.
Smoke from the U.S. West Coast Wildfires Has
Reached Europe (Cable News Network)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/weather/us-wildfires-smoke-europe-copernicus-intl/index.html
7.
Pacific Gas & Electric Error at Power Plant
May Help Explain California’s Rolling Blackouts (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/PG-E-error-at-power-plant-may-help-explain-15567028.php
8.
California Congressman Huffman to Warren
Buffett: ‘Do the Right Thing’ on Klamath Dams (North Coast Journal, Eureka, CA)
9.
Arizona Public Service Extends Disconnection
Moratorium (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2020/09/15/aps-extends-disconnection-moratorium.html
10.
Jacksonville Energy Authority Narrows CEO Search
to Six Semifinalists, List Includes Bonneville Power Administration Exec
(Jacksonville Daily Record, FL)
https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/photo-gallery/jea-narrows-ceo-search-to-six-semifinalists
11.
PCI Interview Series: The Importance of Hydro
Power in Providing Resource Adequacy in a Renewable World (Power Costs, Inc.)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12.
Wyoming Lawmakers Surprise Public with Proposal to
Repeal Three-Year Electricity Tax Exemptions for Wind Energy (Casper Star-Tribune,
WY)
13.
Average U.S. Construction Costs for Solar &
Wind Generation Continue to Fall (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=45136
14.
Kansas Utility Continues to Collect Fee on Solar
Customers Despite Court Ruling (Energy News Network)
15.
Something’s Up with Solar Panels, Hydropower,
& Energy Storage, Too (Clean Technica)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
16.
Chelan PUD Offers Virtual Home Energy Audits
(KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://www.kpq.com/chelan-pud-offers-virtual-home-energy-audits/
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
17.
Water Shortages in US West Likelier Than
Previously Thought (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18.
California Fires Are Emitting Record Amounts of Carbon
Dioxide (Bloomberg News)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
19.
Cable Company Apologizes After Charging Oregon Wildfire
Victims for Burned, Lost Equipment (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
20.
Defining “Public Use” for Broadband (The
Business Institute of Washington)
https://thelens.news/2020/09/14/defining-public-use-for-broadband/
21.
AT&T Received $283M to Expand Broadband in
Rural Mississippi. Now Subpoena Seeks Proof of Service (Mississippi
Clarion-Ledger)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Woman Stranded with Flat Tire Discovers She Won $100,000
Florida City’s New ‘Welcome’ Sign Erected in the Wrong City
T. rex skeleton expected to fetch up to $8M at New York
auction
New Jersey Diner Regulars Tip Favorite Waitress with a Car
SONG OF THE DAY
Five Man Electrical Band – Signs
