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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Judge Orders Stay in Case Seeking to Remove Snake River Dams
(Associated Press)
Projects Would Invest Billions at Lake Roosevelt for Needed
Renewable-Energy Storage – Hurdles Are High (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/oct/27/projects-would-invest-billions-on-lake-roosevelt-f/
California: Lake Oroville Hydroelectric Power Plant Remains
Offline, But Could Resume in December (KCRA-TV, Sacramento, CA)
Oregon: The Dalles Approves Tax Break for New Google Data
Centers (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/10/26/google-data-center-the-dalles-tax-break/
Wildlife Agencies to Cancel Trump Endangered Species Rules
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Judge Orders Stay in Case Seeking to Remove
Snake River Dams
2.
Oregon State Reaches Short-Term Agreement for
Columbia Basin Dams
3.
California: Lake Oroville Hydroelectric Power
Plant Remains Offline, But Could Resume in December
4.
Montana: Conservation Group Presses Court for
‘Secret’ Coal Council Records
5.
New Mexico Energizes First Leg of Major
Transmission Line
6.
Maine: Another $23 Million Flows into
Record-Setting CMP Transmission Corridor Race in Month Before Election
7.
Xcel Energy Requests Electric Rate Hike of About
20%
8.
Canada: Facing Sky-High Connection Fees, Rural
Ontarians Go Off the Grid
9.
Editorial: Study on Snake River Dam Breaching
Questionable
10.
Salmon & Hydroelectric Power Can Co-Exist
11.
Guest Essay: APPA’s Joy Ditto – Infrastructure
Bill Represents Significant Opportunity to Support Public Power
12.
Column: If President Biden Is Serious About the
Climate Crisis, He Should Put Nuclear Power on the Table
13.
Projects Would Invest Billions at Lake Roosevelt
for Needed Renewable-Energy Storage – Hurdles Are High
14.
California: Shasta Supervisors Agree with
Commission, Deny Use Permit for Controversial Wind Farm (Redding
Record-Searchlight, CA)
15.
Canada: Is Tidal Energy the Surge Remote Coastal
Communities Need?
16.
New $90 Million Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory Center to Focus on Solving Clean Energy’s Biggest Puzzles
17.
70 Public Power Utilities Earn Smart Energy
Provider Designation
18.
Wildlife Agencies to Cancel Trump Endangered
Species Rules
19.
Potential ‘Irreparable Damage’ to Puget Sound
Orcas Over Alleged Illegal Salmon Hatchery Expansion
20.
California Still Deep in Drought Despite
Atmospheric River
21.
Massive Storm Brings Lake Tahoe’s Water Levels
Back Above Natural Rim
22.
Court Strikes Down Trump EPA Water Permitting
Rule
23.
Oregon: Portland Officials Pivot from Sweeping
Carbon Tax Plan, Seek Scaled-Back Pollution Fee
24.
Climate Change: Posting Pictures Online &
Storing Emails Are Contributing to Crisis, Says Report
25.
U.S. Rep. McMorris Rodgers (WA-R) Worried
Broadband Funding Will Miss Mark without New Maps
26.
U.S. Rep. Newhouse (R-WA) Announces $2 Million
in Rural Broadband Funding for Central Washington State
27.
White House Picks Jessica Rosenworcel as First
Female FCC Chair
28.
Oregon: The Dalles Approves Tax Break for New
Google Data Centers
29.
Russian Hackers Used Home Networks to Evade
Detection
30.
Thirty-Eight Public Power Electric Utilities
& Utility Organizations Earn Public Power Communications Awards
31. WA State: ‘Atmospheric River’ of Rain Is on Its Way to Seattle Area, But Dry Weekend Ahead – Haiku Hopefuls Attend
WORD OF THE DAY
Atavistic • \at-uh-VIS-stick\ • adjective – 1a: recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination b: recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity 2: one that manifests atavism: throwback
Beauregard was horrified by the greeting he received from his new houseguest. Unfortunately, the wretch who had been rescued from ten long years living among the apes of Africa showed his happy salutation in an atavistic ritual of looking for nits on the thinning scalp of the squirming southern gentleman. “Nope, you’re clean,” beamed the neo-Tarzan to his host.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Judge Orders Stay in Case Seeking to Remove
Snake River Dams (Associated Press)
2.
Oregon State Reaches Short-Term Agreement for Columbia
Basin Dams (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities/Yakima, WA)
3.
California: Lake Oroville Hydroelectric Power
Plant Remains Offline, But Could Resume in December (KCRA-TV, Sacramento, CA)
4.
Montana: Conservation Group Presses Court for ‘Secret’
Coal Council Records (Reuters)
5.
New Mexico Energizes First Leg of Major
Transmission Line (Associated Press)
6.
Maine: Another $23 Million Flows into Record-Setting
CMP Transmission Corridor Race in Month Before Election (Bangor Daily News, ME)
7.
Xcel Energy Requests Electric Rate Hike of About
20% (Associated Press)
8.
Canada: Facing Sky-High Connection Fees, Rural
Ontarians Go Off the Grid (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/wind-solar-power-rural-ontario-1.6224159?cmp=rss
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
9.
Editorial: Study on Snake River Dam Breaching
Questionable (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
10.
Salmon & Hydroelectric Power Can Co-Exist (WA
State Republican Caucus)
https://houserepublicans.wa.gov/2021/10/26/case-against-dam-removal/
11.
Guest Essay: APPA’s Joy Ditto – Infrastructure Bill
Represents Significant Opportunity to Support Public Power (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
12.
Column: If President Biden Is Serious About the
Climate Crisis, He Should Put Nuclear Power on the Table (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-10-26/climate-change-nuclear-power-biden-crisis
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13.
Projects Would Invest Billions at Lake Roosevelt
for Needed Renewable-Energy Storage – Hurdles Are High (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/oct/27/projects-would-invest-billions-on-lake-roosevelt-f/
14.
California: Shasta Supervisors Agree with Commission,
Deny Use Permit for Controversial Wind Farm (Redding Record-Searchlight, CA)
15.
Canada: Is Tidal Energy the Surge Remote Coastal
Communities Need? (The Toronto Star, Ontario)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
16.
New $90 Million Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory Center to Focus on Solving Clean Energy’s Biggest Puzzles (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/pacific-northwest-national-lab/article255185637.html
17.
70 Public Power Utilities Earn Smart Energy
Provider Designation (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
18.
Wildlife Agencies to Cancel Trump Endangered
Species Rules (Associated Press)
19.
Potential ‘Irreparable Damage’ to Puget Sound
Orcas Over Alleged Illegal Salmon Hatchery Expansion (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
20.
California Still Deep in Drought Despite
Atmospheric River (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/3204778/california-still-deep-in-drought-despite-atmospheric-river/
21.
Massive Storm Brings Lake Tahoe’s Water Levels
Back Above Natural Rim (Yahoo News)
https://news.yahoo.com/massive-storm-brings-lake-tahoes-004653494.html
22.
Court Strikes Down Trump EPA Water Permitting
Rule (E&E News)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/court-strikes-down-trump-epa-water-permitting-rule/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23.
Oregon: Portland Officials Pivot from Sweeping
Carbon Tax Plan, Seek Scaled-Back Pollution Fee (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
24.
Climate Change: Posting Pictures Online &
Storing Emails Are Contributing to Crisis, Says Report (Sky News, UK)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
25.
U.S. Rep. McMorris Rodgers (WA-R) Worried
Broadband Funding Will Miss Mark without New Maps (The Hill, Washington, DC)
26.
U.S. Rep. Newhouse (R-WA) Announces $2 Million
in Rural Broadband Funding for Central Washington State (Pacific Northwest Ag
Network)
27.
White House Picks Jessica Rosenworcel as First
Female FCC Chair (Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/fcc-jessica-rosenworcel-first-female-chair-154933419.html
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
28.
Oregon: The Dalles Approves Tax Break for New
Google Data Centers (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/10/26/google-data-center-the-dalles-tax-break/
29.
Russian Hackers Used Home Networks to Evade
Detection (Bloomberg News)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
30.
Thirty-Eight Public Power Electric Utilities &
Utility Organizations Earn Public Power Communications Awards (American Public
Power Association)
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
31.
WA State: ‘Atmospheric River’ of Rain Is on Its
Way to Seattle Area, But Dry Weekend Ahead – Haiku Hopefuls Attend (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Woman Sues Kellogg Over Lack of Strawberries in Strawberry
Pop-Tarts, Seeks $5 Million
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/26/kellogg-sued-strawberry-pop-tarts/
Virginia ‘Criminal Couponer’ Who Robbed $31.8 Million Used
Funds for High-End Vacations
Super Troupers! ABBA on Fame, Divorce, Ageing Backwards –
And Why They’ve Returned to Rescue 2021
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/27/abba-reunion-interview-voyage-younger-selves
Volunteers Crush the Grapes & Raise A Glass At London Winery
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/volunteers-crush-grapes-raise-glass-london-winery-2021-10-27/
SONG OF THE DAY
ABBA – Money, Money, Money
