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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Californians See Power Shutoffs as Winds, Fire Danger Rise
(Associated Press)
https://news.yahoo.com/utility-cuts-power-26-500-190853868.html
Oregon: PacifiCorp Faces Lawsuit Alleging Negligence,
Seeking Damages for Labor Day Fires in the Santiam Canyon (Oregonian, Portland,
OR)
In Repeat of Past, Conservation Groups Challenge New Snake
River Dam Management Plan (Longview Daily News, WA)
Idaho Falls Endorses Small Modular Reactor Project (KIFI-TV,
Idaho Falls, ID)
https://localnews8.com/news/local-news/2020/10/23/idaho-falls-endorses-smr-project/
How the Virus Slowed the Booming Wind Energy Business (NY
Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Californians See Power Shutoffs as Winds, Fire
Danger Rise
2.
Oregon: PacifiCorp Faces Lawsuit Alleging
Negligence, Seeking Damages for Labor Day Fires in the Santiam Canyon
3.
In Repeat of Past, Conservation Groups Challenge
New Snake River Dam Management Plan
4.
The Fight Over Snake River Dams Is Likely Going
Back to Court
5.
News Release: Northwest RiverPartners Responds
to News over Earthjustice Intent to Sue over Columbia River Operations
6.
Idaho Falls Endorses Small Modular Reactor
Project
7.
Utah: Murray City Votes to Withdraw from Nuclear
Power Project
8.
Montana: Indecision Postpones Colstrip Sale
Public Discussion
9.
WA State: Half Million Dollars in CARES Act
Money to Assist Grays Harbor PUD Customers Impacted by COVID
10.
California: How & When the Twin Domes at San
Onofre Nuclear Plant Will Come Down
11.
Bonneville Power Administration Reconfirms
Strategic Plan Goals in Progress Update
12.
Iberdrola’s Avangrid Offers $8.3 Billion Cash
for New Mexico Utility PNM Resources
13.
Canadian Hydropower Cleared to Pump Up Power in
Massachusetts
14.
Utility: Rodents in Power Switch Caused Las
Vegas Resort Outage
15.
How the Virus Slowed the Booming Wind Energy
Business
16.
Renewable Energy at Center of Race for Arizona
Utility Board
17.
Do Smart Thermostats Still Save During a Global
Pandemic?
18.
Glendale, California Utility Wins Approval for
Efficiency, Demand Response Programs
19.
Crews Vacuum ‘Murder Hornets’ Out of Washington
Nest
20.
Community Leaders Launch Initiative to Improve Broadband
Access for Idahoans
21.
U.S. Grants Broadband Licenses to Native
American Tribes
22.
ReConnect Program Announces $158 Million in
Broadband Awards, almost 100% of Second Round $550 Million Budget Reached
23.
Americans Working from Home Face Internet Usage
Limits
24.
How Google Powers Its ‘Monopoly’ with Enough
Electricity for Entire Countries
25.
Moon May Hold Frozen Water in More Places Than
Suspected
26. Asteroid Pieces Escaping from Jammed NASA Spacecraft OSIRIS-Rex
WORD OF THE DAY
Imbroglio • \im-BROLE-yo\ • noun -1: a confused mass 2a: an intricate or complicated situation b: an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding c: a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation, embroilment d: scandal.
The high-powered politician saw the handwriting on the wall. The 1998 imbroglio involving Beanie-Baby influence trading started unraveling the moment his “supplier” failed to receive bailout funds for a new venture: soybean-babies.
The example sentence of the day went downhill from there. The editor had a hard time coming up with a suitable sentence that did not include references to seamy and dark-hearted things only found in cheap dime-novels or Lifetime made-for-TV movies. Sorry.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Californians See Power Shutoffs as Winds, Fire
Danger Rise (Associated Press)
https://news.yahoo.com/utility-cuts-power-26-500-190853868.html
2.
Oregon: PacifiCorp Faces Lawsuit Alleging
Negligence, Seeking Damages for Labor Day Fires in the Santiam Canyon (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
3.
In Repeat of Past, Conservation Groups Challenge
New Snake River Dam Management Plan (Longview Daily News, WA)
4.
The Fight Over Snake River Dams Is Likely Going
Back to Court (Northwest News Network)
https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/post/fight-over-snake-river-dams-likely-going-back-court
5.
News Release: Northwest RiverPartners Responds
to News over Earthjustice Intent to Sue over Columbia River Operations
(Northwest RiverPartners – PDF File)
6.
Idaho Falls Endorses Small Modular Reactor Project
(KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)
https://localnews8.com/news/local-news/2020/10/23/idaho-falls-endorses-smr-project/
7.
Utah: Murray City Votes to Withdraw from Nuclear
Power Project (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2020/10/23/murray-city-votes/
8.
Montana: Indecision Postpones Colstrip Sale
Public Discussion (Billings Gazette, MT)
9.
WA State: Half Million Dollars in CARES Act Money
to Assist Grays Harbor PUD Customers Impacted by COVID (Aberdeen Daily World,
WA)
10.
California: How & When the Twin Domes at San
Onofre Nuclear Plant Will Come Down (Los Angeles Times, CA)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-23/san-onofre-nuclear-plant-demolish
11.
Bonneville Power Administration Reconfirms
Strategic Plan Goals in Progress Update (Bonneville Power Administration)
https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPA-reconfirms-strategic-plan-goals-in-progress-update.aspx
12.
Iberdrola’s Avangrid Offers $8.3 Billion Cash
for New Mexico Utility PNM Resources (Natural Gas Intel)
13.
Canadian Hydropower Cleared to Pump Up Power in Massachusetts
(Boston Herald, MA)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/10/23/hydro-power-cleared-to-pump-up-power-in-massachusetts/
14.
Utility: Rodents in Power Switch Caused Las Vegas
Resort Outage (Associated Press)
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article246665467.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
15.
How the Virus Slowed the Booming Wind Energy
Business (NY Times)
16.
Renewable Energy at Center of Race for Arizona Utility
Board (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
17.
Do Smart Thermostats Still Save During a Global
Pandemic? (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/spons/do-smart-thermostats-still-save-during-a-global-pandemic/587144/
18.
Glendale, California Utility Wins Approval for Efficiency,
Demand Response Programs (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
19.
Crews Vacuum ‘Murder Hornets’ Out of Washington Nest
(Associated Press)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
20.
Community Leaders Launch Initiative to Improve
Broadband Access for Idahoans (Idaho Press)
21.
U.S. Grants Broadband Licenses to Native
American Tribes (Associated Press)
22.
ReConnect Program Announces $158 Million in
Broadband Awards, almost 100% of Second Round $550 Million Budget Reached
(Telecompetitor)
23.
Americans Working from Home Face Internet Usage
Limits (Wall Street Journal)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
24.
How Google Powers Its ‘Monopoly’ with Enough
Electricity for Entire Countries (Forbes Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
25.
Moon May Hold Frozen Water in More Places Than
Suspected (Associated Press)
26.
Asteroid Pieces Escaping from Jammed NASA Spacecraft
OSIRIS-Rex (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/asteroid-samples-osiris-rex-1.5776731?cmp=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Kobe Is Up, Karen Is Down: Parenting Website Releases List with
Most Popular Baby Names in 2020
https://news.yahoo.com/kobe-karen-down-parenting-website-122400279.html
Escaped Cloned Female Mutant Crayfish Take Over Belgian Cemetery
Ice Age - A Human Toddler & a Mammoth Crossed Paths in
Ancient New Mexico, Footprints Suggest
https://gizmodo.com/a-human-toddler-and-a-mammoth-crossed-paths-in-ancient-1845463474
United Kingdom: Cat Missing Since 2018 Found 60 Miles Away in
Coventry
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-54659837
SONG OF THE DAY
John Powell – Ice Age End Credits Suite
