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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
PacifiCorp Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Downed Power Lines
That Allegedly Ignited Devastating Oregon Wildfires (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Pacific Gas & Electric Bills Hop Higher, Utility Seeks
Further Increases (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Millions of Americans Risk Losing Power & Water as
Massive, Unpaid Utility Bills Pile Up (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/01/power-water-gas-bills/
This California Utility Is Now Measuring Building
Electrification in “Avoided Carbon” (GreenTech Media)
Oregon: Government Internet Service Spanning Multnomah
County Would Cost $1 Billion, Study Finds (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
PacifiCorp Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Downed
Power Lines That Allegedly Ignited Devastating Oregon Wildfires
2.
Pacific Gas & Electric Bills Hop Higher,
Utility Seeks Further Increases
3.
Millions of Americans Risk Losing Power &
Water as Massive, Unpaid Utility Bills Pile Up
4.
Pacific Gas & Electric Is Aggressively
Cutting Trees across California. This Woodsy Town Is Fighting Back
5.
DOE Recruiting for Bonneville Power
Administration Administrator
6.
“On Time, & in Full” Bonneville Power
Administration Makes 37th Consecutive U.S. Treasury Payment
7.
Western Area Power Administration to Return
Nearly $277 Million to U.S. Treasury; 8-Year Total Tops $2.6 Billion
8.
Catastrophic Wildfires Prove Its Time for a
Consistent Green Energy Policy
9.
Critics Vow to Continue Efforts to Remove Snake
River Dams
10.
U.S. Natural Gas Production, Consumption, &
Exports Set New Records in 2019
11.
Mylar Balloons Prove to be a Dangerous Menace
12.
Nevada: To Help with Wildfire Mitigation, State
Looks to New Tactic: 300 Goats
13.
Hydrogen-Natural Gas Plant Tracking to Bloom in
Utah Desert
14.
Arizona Public Service Company Authorizes $51.9M
in Energy Efficiency Assistance
15.
Researchers Test Underwater Noisemaker to Scare
Away Seals at Seattle’s Ballard Locks
16.
Hood Canal Nearing a Potential ‘First’ for
Washington State Salmon Recovery
17.
Who’s the Fattest Salmon-Feaster? Fat Bear Week
in Alaska a ‘Really Close Call’
18.
U.S. Justices Hear Water Dispute Between Texas
& New Mexico
19.
This California Utility Is Now Measuring
Building Electrification in “Avoided Carbon”
20.
New York & New England Need More Clean
Energy. Is Hydropower from Canada the Best Way to Get it?
21.
Oregon: Government Internet Service Spanning
Multnomah County Would Cost $1 Billion, Study Finds
22.
Pandemic Relief Money to Help Narrow Digital
Divide on Native American Reservations
23.
Spanning the ‘Digital Divide’: Internet Access
Has Long Been a Problem in Rural Areas — Since COVID-19 It’s Become an
Emergency
24.
Op/Ed: ‘Dark Age’ of Internet Access Not
Acceptable for Pierce County & Washington State
25.
Salt River Project Survey Reveals That Nearly
40% Of Arizona Electric Vehicle Drivers Say Charging Costs Lower Than Expected
26.
Public Power Week
27.
National Co-op Month
28.
La Niña Is Looming Large. Here’s What That Means
for Winter in the Pacific Northwest
29.
Nebraska: Political Group That Got Money from
Utility Coop Scrutinized
30. Americans Might Never Come Back to the Office – Twitter Is Leading the Charge.
WORD OF THE DAY
Lickerish • \LIK-uh-rish\ • adjective - 1: greedy, desirous *2: lecherous
Bradley’s intense competitive streak would be his undoing. As he hammered each ping-pong volley at his diminutive opponent, the throng of onlookers gasped with derision. It was one thing to have a lickerish sense of victory and destroy an opponent. To take it out on an eight-year-old child was a step too far. After the final set, the crowd rushed the table tennis equipment and folded Bradley into it. He was not found until the next week’s church youth group gathering.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
PacifiCorp Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Downed
Power Lines That Allegedly Ignited Devastating Oregon Wildfires (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
2.
Pacific Gas & Electric Bills Hop Higher,
Utility Seeks Further Increases (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
3.
Millions of Americans Risk Losing Power &
Water as Massive, Unpaid Utility Bills Pile Up (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/01/power-water-gas-bills/
4.
Pacific Gas & Electric Is Aggressively
Cutting Trees across California. This Woodsy Town Is Fighting Back (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/fires/article246108245.html
5.
DOE Recruiting for Bonneville Power
Administration Administrator (EIN Presswire)
https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/527486607/doe-recruiting-for-bpa-administrator
6.
“On Time, & in Full” Bonneville Power
Administration Makes 37th Consecutive U.S. Treasury Payment (Bonneville Power
Administration)
https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPA-makes-37th-consecutive-US-Treasury-payment.aspx
7.
Western Area Power Administration to Return
Nearly $277 Million to U.S. Treasury; 8-Year Total Tops $2.6 Billion (Western
Area Power Administration)
https://www.wapa.gov/newsroom/NewsReleases/2020/Pages/2020-fiscal-year-end.aspx
8.
Catastrophic Wildfires Prove Its Time for a Consistent
Green Energy Policy (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)
9.
Critics Vow to Continue Efforts to Remove Snake
River Dams (Associated Press)
10.
U.S. Natural Gas Production, Consumption, &
Exports Set New Records in 2019 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=45377
11.
Mylar Balloons Prove to be a Dangerous Menace (CBS
News)
https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/mylar-balloons-prove-to-be-a-dangerous-menace/
12.
Nevada: To Help with Wildfire Mitigation, State
Looks to New Tactic: 300 Goats (Nevada Independent)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13.
Hydrogen-Natural Gas Plant Tracking to Bloom in
Utah Desert (Natural Gas Intel)
https://www.naturalgasintel.com/hydrogen-natural-gas-plant-tracking-to-bloom-in-utah-desert/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
14.
Arizona Public Service Company Authorizes $51.9M
in Energy Efficiency Assistance (Daily Energy Insider)
FISH & WILDLIFE
15.
Researchers Test Underwater Noisemaker to Scare
Away Seals at Seattle’s Ballard Locks (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
16.
Hood Canal Nearing a Potential ‘First’ for Washington
State Salmon Recovery (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
17.
Who’s the Fattest Salmon-Feaster? Fat Bear Week in
Alaska a ‘Really Close Call’ (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/fat-bear-week-2020-1.5748487?cmp=rss
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
18.
U.S. Justices Hear Water Dispute Between Texas &
New Mexico (Courthouse News Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/justices-hear-water-dispute-between-texas-and-new-mexico/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19.
This California Utility Is Now Measuring
Building Electrification in “Avoided Carbon” (GreenTech Media)
20.
New York & New England Need More Clean
Energy. Is Hydropower from Canada the Best Way to Get it? (Inside Climate news0
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21.
Oregon: Government Internet Service Spanning Multnomah
County Would Cost $1 Billion, Study Finds (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
22.
Pandemic Relief Money to Help Narrow Digital
Divide on Native American Reservations (National Public Radio)
23.
Spanning the ‘Digital Divide’: Internet Access
Has Long Been a Problem in Rural Areas — Since COVID-19 It’s Become an
Emergency (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
24.
Op/Ed: ‘Dark Age’ of Internet Access Not
Acceptable for Pierce County & Washington State (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/op-ed/article246173340.html
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
25.
Salt River Project Survey Reveals That Nearly
40% Of Arizona Electric Vehicle Drivers Say Charging Costs Lower Than Expected
(American Public Power Association)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
26.
Public Power Week (American Public Power
Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/event/public-power-week
27.
National Co-op Month (Cooperatives)
https://www.coopmonth.coop/about
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
28.
La Niña Is Looming Large. Here’s What That Means
for Winter in the Pacific Northwest (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/weather-news/article246127875.html
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
29.
Nebraska: Political Group That Got Money from
Utility Coop Scrutinized (The Telegraph, Alton, IL)
30.
Americans Might Never Come Back to the Office – Twitter
Is Leading the Charge. (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/01/twitter-work-from-home/?arc404=true
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Potty Training: NASA Tests New $23M Titanium Space Toilet
Giant Pumpkins Smash Utah State Record at Weigh-Off in Lehi
Bank Manager Finds 9.07-Carat Diamond in Arkansas State Park
Man Puts 125 Scoops on an Ice Cream Cone for World Record
SONG OF THE DAY
Pink Floyd – Shine on You Crazy Diamond
