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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Biden Administration
Opens Up California Coast for 4.6 GW of Offshore Wind Development (Utility
Dive)
As Drought Worsens,
Tensions Erupt Over Control of SoCal’s Largest Water Supplier (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
With Utility
Disconnections Set to Resume in Washington, Advocates Push for More Time
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
WA State Gov. Inslee
Order Allows Employees to Drop Face Masks at Work If They Provide Vaccine Proof
(KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
Facebook, Instagram
Will Now Let You Hide ‘Like’ Counts (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. With
Utility Disconnections Set to Resume in Washington, Advocates Push for More
Time
2. Municipal
Electricity Provider in California Files Bankruptcy
3. Report:
PacifiCorp Again Set to Cut Pay for Some Employees Who Choose to Work from Home
4. Utility
Companies, WA State DNR Holding Workshop on Wildfire Preparedness
5. California:
San Diego City Council Approves New Electric & Gas Franchise Agreement with
SDG&E
6. NuScale
Power and Grant PUD Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Explore Nuclear Energy
Deployment in Washington State
7. Oregon:
Bonneville Power Administration Capital at Work: Fairview Substation Makeover
8. Grant
PUD Wins Washington State Grant for Energy Efficiency
9. WA
State: Grays Harbor PUD Board President Russ Skolrood to Resign
10. EIA
Expects More Electricity Consumption This Summer as Economy Recovers from
Pandemic
11. Why
the Tennessee Valley Authority was the New Deal’s Most Ambitious—and
Controversial—Program
12. Guest
Essay: Build Our Future Electricity Supply Around Hydropower
13. Guest
Essay: Rivers, Hydropower & Climate Resilience
14. Other
Views: Time for Dialogue on Dam Removal Issues
15. Viewpoint:
Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Portland General Electric’s Maria Pope Make the
Case for the Clean Energy for America Act
16. Biden
Administration Opens Up California Coast for 4.6 GW of Offshore Wind
Development
17. Oregon:
Good Energy – Hood River Farmers Use Irrigation Water to Make Energy
18. WA
State: Lewis EDC Hires Consultant to Help Push Renewable Energy Projects
19. The
PNW Is a Leader on Forage Fish Management — But It Needs Better Data
20. Environmental
Group Sues Over Southern Oregon Post-Fire Tree Removal
21. As
Drought Worsens, Tensions Erupt Over Control of SoCal’s Largest Water Supplier
22. Amid
Calls for More Water Storage in Arid West, Large Dam Projects Stall
23. Oregon’s
Big Climate Bill of 2021 Generates Little Friction
24. ‘Tree
Farts’ from Ghost Forests Are Driving Climate Change, Study Warns
25. Higher
Speeds: Oregon U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden Pushes to Raise Standards for
Stimulus-Funded Broadband
26. Vice
President Kamala Harris Compares Administration’s Broadband Effort to Rural
Electrification
27. Cryptocurrency
Has Raised Environmental Concerns — Local Governments Are Stepping In
28. Facebook,
Instagram Will Now Let You Hide ‘Like’ Counts
29. Successful
Utility Themes for Advancing the Modern Energy Consumer
30. Willie
Wiredhand as RMEC Mascot
31. What
Qualifies as ‘Cheugy’ in the Pacific Northwest? Generation Z Weighs In
32. WA State Gov. Inslee Order Allows Employees to Drop Face Masks at Work If They Provide Vaccine Proof
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
2.
Municipal Electricity Provider in California
Files Bankruptcy (Bloomberg News)
3.
Report: PacifiCorp Again Set to Cut Pay for Some
Employees Who Choose to Work from Home (Portland Business Journal, OR)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/05/report-pacificorp-again-set-to-cut-pay.html
4.
Utility Companies, WA State DNR Holding Workshop
on Wildfire Preparedness (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
5.
California: San Diego City Council Approves New
Electric & Gas Franchise Agreement with SDG&E (San Diego Union-Tribune,
CA)
6.
NuScale Power and Grant PUD Sign Memorandum of
Understanding to Explore Nuclear Energy Deployment in Washington State
(KULR-TV, Billings, MT)
7.
Oregon: Bonneville Power Administration Capital at
Work: Fairview Substation Makeover (Bonneville Power Administration)
https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPA-capital-at-work-Fairview-Substation-makeover.aspx
8.
Grant PUD Wins Washington State Grant for Energy
Efficiency (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2021/may/25/utility-wins-state-grant-energy-efficiency/
9.
WA State: Grays Harbor PUD Board President Russ
Skolrood to Resign (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
https://www.kxro.com/pud-board-president-russ-skolrood-to-resign/
10.
EIA Expects More Electricity Consumption This
Summer as Economy Recovers from Pandemic (U.S. Energy Information
Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=48096
11.
Why the Tennessee Valley Authority was the New
Deal’s Most Ambitious—and Controversial—Program (The History Channel)
https://www.history.com/news/tennessee-valley-authority-new-deal-progress-controversy
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
12.
Guest Essay: Build Our Future Electricity Supply
Around Hydropower (Battleground Reflector, WA)
https://www.thereflector.com/stories/build-our-future-electricity-supply-around-hydropower,266729
13.
Guest Essay: Rivers, Hydropower & Climate
Resilience (The Hill, Washington DC)
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/555296-rivers-hydropower-and-climate-resilience
14.
Other Views: Time for Dialogue on Dam Removal
Issues (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
15.
Viewpoint: Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden,
Portland General Electric’s Maria Pope Make the Case for the Clean Energy for
America Act (Portland Business Journal, OR)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/05/viewpoint-oregon-us-senator-ron-wyden.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
17.
Oregon: Good Energy – Hood River Farmers Use
Irrigation Water to Make Energy (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
18.
WA State: Lewis EDC Hires Consultant to Help
Push Renewable Energy Projects (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
19.
The PNW Is a Leader on Forage Fish Management —
But It Needs Better Data (Crosscut Seattle, WA)
https://crosscut.com/environment/2021/05/pnw-leader-forage-fish-management-it-needs-better-data
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
20.
Environmental Group Sues Over Southern Oregon Post-Fire
Tree Removal (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/05/25/environmental-group-sues-over-post-fire-tree-removal/
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
22.
Amid Calls for More Water Storage in Arid West,
Large Dam Projects Stall (S&P Global)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23.
Oregon’s Big Climate Bill of 2021 Generates
Little Friction (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/05/26/big-oregon-climate-bill-of-2021-generates-little-friction/
24.
‘Tree Farts’ from Ghost Forests Are Driving
Climate Change, Study Warns (Yahoo News)
https://news.yahoo.com/tree-farts-ghost-forests-162811674.html
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
25.
Higher Speeds: Oregon U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden Pushes
to Raise Standards for Stimulus-Funded Broadband (The Verge)
26.
Vice President Kamala Harris Compares
Administration’s Broadband Effort to Rural Electrification (Broadband Breakfast)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
27.
Cryptocurrency Has Raised Environmental Concerns
— Local Governments Are Stepping In (National Public Radio)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
28. Facebook,
Instagram Will Now Let You Hide ‘Like’ Counts (Associated Press)
29.
Successful Utility Themes for Advancing the Modern
Energy Consumer (Smart Energy International)
30.
Willie Wiredhand as RMEC Mascot (The Mena Star,
AZ)
http://www.menastar.com/news/article_f1e0cf44-bdcd-11eb-8f0a-8fd56a8d4adb.html
31.
What Qualifies as ‘Cheugy’ in the Pacific Northwest?
Generation Z Weighs In (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
A Lemur
on My Keyboard - Thai Girl Plays for Animals in Deserted Zoo
13 Spectacular Pics of
the ‘Super Blood Moon’ Eclipse from Around the World
https://gizmodo.com/13-spectacular-pics-of-the-super-blood-moon-eclipse-fro-1846971983
These Were the Most
Popular Baby Names of 2020
Drained Lake Reveals
Remnants of Lost Italian Village
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/drained-lake-reveals-remnants-lost-italian-village-2021-05-19/
SONG OF THE DAY
Linda Ronstadt – Ooh
Baby Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhkKVhEZV5k
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