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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Solar Farms Are
Booming in Washington State, But Where Should They Go? (The Chronicle,
Centralia, WA)
WA State: Pend Oreille
PUD Officials Question Plan to Use Ponderay Mill for Cryptocurrency Mining
& Box Production (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/05/wa-state-pend-oreille-pud-officials.html
Controversial Oregon
Power Line Gets National Nod as Transmission Gains Favor (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/05/controversial-oregon-power-line-gets.html
Wyoming Doubles Down
on Coal with Threat to Sue Other Western States, Including Washington (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
California Trucks
Salmon to Pacific; Low River Levels Blamed (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/04/29/california-trucks-salmon-to-pacific-low-river-levels-blamed/
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. WA
State: Pend Oreille PUD Officials Question Plan to Use Ponderay Mill for
Cryptocurrency Mining & Box Production
2. Controversial
Oregon Power Line Gets National Nod as Transmission Gains Favor
3. Pacific
Gas & Electric Will Fight Criminal Charges Tied to 2019 Kincade Fire, CEO
Patti Poppe Says
4. Oregon:
Perennial Wind Chaser Station – Natural Gas – Might Be Back on the Table
5. WA
State: Chelan PUD & Puget Sound Energy Finalize Contract, A Revenue
Generator for PUD
6. Washington
Utilities & Transportation Commission Staff Recommend Rate Decrease for
Avista Customers
7. New
Documentary Explores Columbia & Snake River System’s Impact on the Pacific
Northwest
8. New
York’s Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Closes after 59 Years of Operation
9. Tennessee
Valley Authority to Retire Coal Fleet by 2035, CEO Says, with Renewables, Gas
& Nuclear on the Table as Replacements
10. Leaked
Docs: Gas Industry Secretly Fights Electrification
11. Opinion:
Joe Biden Is Electrifying America Like F.D.R.
12. Guest
Essay: Energy Northwest – Proudly Advancing Washington’s Clean Energy Future
13. Solar
Farms Are Booming in Washington State, But Where Should They Go?
14. California:
East County Group Sues to Stop Wind Project on Campo Indian Reservation
15. Clean
Megaprojects Divide Surprise Group: Environmentalists
16. Tesla’s
Latest Solar Stumble: Big Price Increases – The Company Is Charging Tens of
Thousands of Dollars More to Cover Roofs with Its Much-Anticipated Solar
Shingles, Angering Some Customers.
17. Floating
Offshore Wind Power Bill Passes Oregon House
18. California:
It’s Not Just Free. Sacramento Municipal Utility District Will Pay People to
Get Training to Install Solar
19. California
Trucks Salmon to Pacific; Low River Levels Blamed
20. Tribe’s
Snake River Basin Fish Study Is ‘A Call to Alarm’
21. Blaming
Tribal Fishing Practices for Decline in Salmon Is ‘Misinformation,’ Washington
State Officials Say
22. Sage
Grouse Changing from Threatened to Endangered
23. Oregon
Tribes Reintroduce Beavers to the Beaver State, But Hurdles Remain
24. Almost
All of Oregon Poised for Drought to Start the Summer
25. Arizona
Farmers to Bear Brunt of Cuts from Colorado River
26. WA
State: Seattle May Boost Water, Sewage, Waste & Drainage Rates More Than
20% by 2026. Here’s Why.
27. Wyoming
Doubles Down on Coal with Threat to Sue Other Western States, Including
Washington
28. Washington
State Legislature Charts ‘New Beginning’ in Climate Change Fight
29. Oregon
Gov. Brown Calls on Lawmakers to Provide More Funding to Expand Broadband
Access
30. As
Congress Deliberates Infrastructure Development, Wyden Urges More Rural
Broadband
31. Judge:
New Mexico Must Give At-Home Students Fast Internet
32. Land
O’Lakes Cooperative Is Rallying Young People to Return to Their Hometowns to
Build Better Broadband
33. News
Release: Going Big on Broadband – Historic Funding Levels & New State
Report Put Washington State on Path to Accomplish Nation’s Most Aggressive
Broadband Goals & Break Down Digital Equity Barriers
34. Verizon
Sells Yahoo & AOL to Apollo for $5 Billion
35. Get
Ready for a Shortage of iPads & MacBooks
36. One
in Five Electric Vehicle Owners in California Switched Back to Gas Because
Charging Their Cars Is a Hassle, New Research Shows
37. Video:
Peninsula Power & Light Spotlight – Intro to Electric Vehicles
38. British
Columbia Creek Fills with Foam after Laundry Powder Applied to Nearby Rooftops
to Control Moss
39. U.S. Senator Asks Gov. Kate Brown to Suspend Oregon’s Post-Fire Hazard Tree Removal Program Pending an Investigation into Allegations of Mismanagement
WORD OF THE DAY
Sedentary /SED-un-tair-ee/ Adjective – 1: not migratory: settled 2a: doing or requiring much sitting b: not physically active 3: permanently attached
Sedentary day
There is not much
going on
Time to take a nap
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/05/wa-state-pend-oreille-pud-officials.html
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/05/controversial-oregon-power-line-gets.html
3.
Pacific Gas & Electric Will Fight Criminal
Charges Tied to 2019 Kincade Fire, CEO Patti Poppe Says (Utility Dive)
4.
Oregon: Perennial Wind Chaser Station – Natural Gas
– Might Be Back on the Table (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
5.
WA State: Chelan PUD & Puget Sound Energy
Finalize Contract, A Revenue Generator for PUD (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://www.kpq.com/chelan-pud-puget-sound-energy-finalize-contract-a-revenue-generator-for-pud/
6.
Washington Utilities & Transportation
Commission Staff Recommend Rate Decrease for Avista Customers (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/05/washington-utilities-transportation.html
7.
New Documentary Explores Columbia & Snake
River System’s Impact on the Pacific Northwest (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
8.
New York’s Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
Closes after 59 Years of Operation (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=47776
9.
Tennessee Valley Authority to Retire Coal Fleet by
2035, CEO Says, with Renewables, Gas & Nuclear on the Table as Replacements
(Utility Dive)
10.
Leaked Docs: Gas Industry Secretly Fights
Electrification (E&E News)
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063731537
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
11.
Opinion: Joe Biden Is Electrifying America Like
F.D.R. (NY Times)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/05/opinion-joe-biden-is-electrifying.html
12.
Guest Essay: Energy Northwest – Proudly Advancing
Washington’s Clean Energy Future (Tri-City Herald, WA)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/special-reports/progress-edition/article251053304.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
14.
California: East County Group Sues to Stop Wind
Project on Campo Indian Reservation (KFMB-TV, San Diego, CA)
15.
Clean Megaprojects Divide Surprise Group:
Environmentalists (Associated Press)
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Clean-megaprojects-divide-surprise-group-16147444.php
16.
Tesla’s Latest Solar Stumble: Big Price
Increases – The Company Is Charging Tens of Thousands of Dollars More to Cover
Roofs with Its Much-Anticipated Solar Shingles, Angering Some Customers. (NY
Times)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/05/teslas-latest-solar-stumble-big-price.html
17.
Floating Offshore Wind Power Bill Passes Oregon
House (Portland Business Journal, OR)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/05/floating-offshore-wind-power-bill.html
18.
California: It’s Not Just Free. Sacramento
Municipal Utility District Will Pay People to Get Training to Install Solar
(Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/05/california-its-not-just-free-sacramento.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
19. California
Trucks Salmon to Pacific; Low River Levels Blamed (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/04/29/california-trucks-salmon-to-pacific-low-river-levels-blamed/
20.
Tribe’s Snake River Basin Fish Study Is ‘A Call to
Alarm’ (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
21.
Blaming Tribal Fishing Practices for Decline in Salmon
Is ‘Misinformation,’ Washington State Officials Say (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
22.
Sage Grouse Changing from Threatened to
Endangered (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://www.kpq.com/sage-grouse-changing-from-threatened-to-endangered/
23.
Oregon Tribes Reintroduce Beavers to the Beaver
State, But Hurdles Remain (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
24.
Almost All of Oregon Poised for Drought to Start
the Summer (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/05/03/drought-forecast-oregon/
25.
Arizona Farmers to Bear Brunt of Cuts from Colorado
River (Associated Press)
26.
WA State: Seattle May Boost Water, Sewage, Waste
& Drainage Rates More Than 20% by 2026. Here’s Why. (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Clean-megaprojects-divide-surprise-group-16147444.php
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
28.
Washington State Legislature Charts ‘New
Beginning’ in Climate Change Fight (Crosscut Seattle, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
29.
Oregon Gov. Brown Calls on Lawmakers to Provide
More Funding to Expand Broadband Access (Pacific Northwest Ag Network)
30.
As Congress Deliberates Infrastructure
Development, Wyden Urges More Rural Broadband (KLCC Radio, Eugene, OR)
31.
Judge: New Mexico Must Give At-Home Students
Fast Internet (Associated Press)
32.
Land O’Lakes Cooperative Is Rallying Young
People to Return to Their Hometowns to Build Better Broadband (Fast Company)
33.
News Release: Going Big on Broadband – Historic Funding
Levels & New State Report Put Washington State on Path to Accomplish Nation’s
Most Aggressive Broadband Goals & Break Down Digital Equity Barriers (WA
State Dept. of Commerce)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
34.
Verizon Sells Yahoo & AOL to Apollo for $5
Billion (Mashable)
https://mashable.com/article/verizon-yahoo-aol-sale-apollo/
35.
Get Ready for a Shortage of iPads & MacBooks
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
36.
One in Five Electric Vehicle Owners in California
Switched Back to Gas Because Charging Their Cars Is a Hassle, New Research
Shows (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-car-owners-switching-gas-charging-a-hassle-study-2021-4
37.
Video: Peninsula Power & Light Spotlight – Intro
to Electric Vehicles (Peninsula Power & Light, Gig Harbor, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
38.
British Columbia Creek Fills with Foam after Laundry
Powder Applied to Nearby Rooftops to Control Moss (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
39.
U.S. Senator Asks Gov. Kate Brown to Suspend Oregon’s
Post-Fire Hazard Tree Removal Program Pending an Investigation into Allegations
of Mismanagement (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
1,000 Birds Got Stuck in
a Calif. Home’s Fireplace, & It’s Every Bit as Horrific as That Sounds
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/2021-04-birds-montecito-home-chimney-stuck-16139385.php
Wyoming 11-Year-Old
Launches Weekly Newspaper
https://apnews.com/article/wyoming-science-newspapers-366876d066198a1235398f1b29e98302
North Carolina Man
Breaks Record with 3,050 Pushups in One Hour
‘Galaxy Quest’ Audio
Plays Over U.S. House Subcommittee Hearing
SONG OF THE DAY
David Newman – Galaxy
Quest Medley (Movie Soundtrack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17AZs1vhtj0
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