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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
West Coast Is Facing
Power Shortages This Summer - The Pacific Northwest Is Poised to Weather the
Storm (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/06/west-coast-is-facing-power-shortages.html
Energy Secretary Says
Adversaries Have Capability of Shutting Down U.S. Power Grid (Cable News
Network)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/06/politics/us-power-grid-jennifer-granholm-cnntv/index.html
Some Klamath Basin
Farmers Threaten Extreme Action as Water Crisis Worsens (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/06/03/think-out-loud-klamath-basin-farmers-water-crisis/
Offshore Wind Farms
Show What Biden’s Climate Plan Is Up Against (NY Times - Build It. We Dare You)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/06/offshore-wind-farms-show-what-bidens.html
$1 Billion in Grants
to Go for Broadband on Tribal Lands (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. West
Coast Is Facing Power Shortages This Summer - The Pacific Northwest Is Poised
to Weather the Storm
2. Washington
State’s Coming Energy Reliability Crisis
3. Lake
Oroville’s Water Woes Could Turn into Power Problem
4. The
Dalles Dam Water Forecast Continues to Fall, Driving Power Forwards to Record
Highs
5. Bonneville
Power Administration Adds Public Safety Power Shutoff Procedure to Mitigate
Wildfires
6. WA
State: Avista Has No Plans to Shut Off Power for Fires
7. Hearing
Set for Lawsuit Aimed at Stopping Dismantlement at San Onofre Nuclear Plant
8. Bill
Gates’ Next Generation Nuclear Reactor to Be Built in Wyoming
9. Unpaid
California Utility Bills Approaching $2 Billion
10. Texas
Lawmakers Approve Bill Mandating Power Plant Weatherization, Market Reforms
11. Idaho
Power Asking to Increase Rates; Average Monthly Increase Would Be $2.71
12. Sabotage
Caused Washington Oil-Train Disaster, Rail Union Says
13. California:
$20 Million Loophole in San Diego Gas & Electric Franchise Deal? Ratepayers
May Foot Climate Fund
14. In
2020, Natural Gas Exports & Natural Gas for Electricity Reached Record
Highs
15. Progressives
in Congress Call for Publicly-Owned Power
16. June
6, 1938, Bonneville Dam Went into Service
17. Guest
Essay: State of Oregon Should Let Cities Build Energy Smart Communities
18. Podcast
Parade: Season Finale – Susan Ackerman Mailbag
19. Offshore
Wind Farms Show What Biden’s Climate Plan Is Up Against
20. Alaska:
Glacier Bay National Park Moving to Hydropower for Operations
21. Washington
State Correctional Facility in Clark County Receives Biomass Conversion Funding
22. Snohomish
PUD Promoting Smart Technology to Decrease Energy Usage
23. Drought
May Mean Changes to Oregon Fish-Stocking, Hatcheries
24. 2020
Wildfires Left Precious Endangered Species Habitat in Central Washington
‘Nothing But Ash & Dust’
25. Idaho
Congressman Simpson Works on Budget, Outreach Aspects of Salmon Plan
26. Frightened
Terns Abandon 1,500 Eggs After a Rogue Drone Crash-Landed on Nesting Island
27. Some
Klamath Basin Farmers Threaten Extreme Action as Water Crisis Worsens
28. WA
State: Native Leader Calls Him A ‘Snake,’ But Gov. Inslee Defends Veto of
Tribal Consent in Cap-&-Trade Law
29. Oregon
Fall Firestorms Cautionary Tale in Worsening Drought
30. Dry,
Warm Spring Weather Expected to Continue Through Summer
31. $1
Billion in Grants to Go for Broadband on Tribal Lands
32. Amazon
Is About to Share Your Internet Connection with Neighbors. Here’s How to Turn
It Off.
33. Has
Your Broadband Gotten Cheaper?
34. Energy
Secretary Says Adversaries Have Capability of Shutting Down U.S. Power Grid
35. Another Important Tool as Wildfire Season Ramps Up: Social Media
WORD OF THE DAY
Solipsism /SOH-lip-suh-zum/ Noun – A theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also: extreme egocentrism.
See French King Louis the 14th, “I am the State.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/06/west-coast-is-facing-power-shortages.html
2.
Washington State’s Coming Energy Reliability
Crisis (Business Institute of Washington)
https://thelens.news/2021/06/03/washingtons-coming-energy-reliability-crisis/
3.
Lake Oroville’s Water Woes Could Turn into Power
Problem (KOVR-TV, Sacramento, CA)
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/06/03/lake-orovilles-water-woes-could-turn-into-power-problem/
4.
The Dalles Dam Water Forecast Continues to Fall,
Driving Power Forwards to Record Highs (S&P Global)
5.
Bonneville Power Administration Adds Public
Safety Power Shutoff Procedure to Mitigate Wildfires (Bonneville Power
Administration)
6.
WA State: Avista Has No Plans to Shut Off Power for
Fires (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
7.
Hearing Set for Lawsuit Aimed at Stopping
Dismantlement at San Onofre Nuclear Plant (California News-Times)
8.
Bill Gates’ Next Generation Nuclear Reactor to Be
Built in Wyoming (Reuters)
9.
Unpaid California Utility Bills Approaching $2
Billion (Patch)
https://patch.com/california/across-ca/unpaid-ca-utility-bills-approaching-2-billion
10.
Texas Lawmakers Approve Bill Mandating Power
Plant Weatherization, Market Reforms (Utility Dive)
11.
Idaho Power Asking to Increase Rates; Average
Monthly Increase Would Be $2.71 (KBOI-TV, Boise, ID)
12.
Sabotage Caused Washington Oil-Train Disaster,
Rail Union Says (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
https://www.kuow.org/stories/sabotage-caused-washington-state-oil-train-disaster-rail-union-says
13.
California: $20 Million Loophole in San Diego
Gas & Electric Franchise Deal? Ratepayers May Foot Climate Fund (Times of San
Diego, CA)
14.
In 2020, Natural Gas Exports & Natural Gas for
Electricity Reached Record Highs (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=48256
15.
Progressives in Congress Call for Publicly-Owned
Power (The Hill, Washington, DC)
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/556693-progressives-call-for-publicly-owned-power?rl=1
16. June
6, 1938, Bonneville Dam Went into Service (HistoryLink)
https://www.historylink.org/File/7823
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
17.
Guest Essay: State of Oregon Should Let Cities
Build Energy Smart Communities (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
18.
Podcast Parade: Season Finale – Susan Ackerman
Mailbag (Public Power Underground)
https://publicpowerunderground.substack.com/p/season-finale-susan-ackerman-mailbag
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/06/offshore-wind-farms-show-what-bidens.html
20.
Alaska: Glacier Bay National Park Moving to Hydropower
for Operations (National Parks Traveler)
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/06/glacier-bay-national-park-moving-hydropower-operations
21.
Washington State Correctional Facility in Clark
County Receives Biomass Conversion Funding (Bioenergy News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
22.
Snohomish PUD Promoting Smart Technology to
Decrease Energy Usage (Everett Herald – Paywall Advisory)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/06/snohomish-pud-promoting-smart.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
23.
Drought May Mean Changes to Oregon
Fish-Stocking, Hatcheries (Associated Press)
24.
2020 Wildfires Left Precious Endangered Species
Habitat in Central Washington ‘Nothing But Ash & Dust’ (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2021/06/2020-wildfires-left-precious-endangered.html
25.
Idaho Congressman Simpson Works on Budget,
Outreach Aspects of Salmon Plan (Capital Press)
26.
Frightened Terns Abandon 1,500 Eggs After a
Rogue Drone Crash-Landed on Nesting Island (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/frightened-terns-abandon-1-500-eggs-after-a-rogue-drone-1847038510
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/06/03/think-out-loud-klamath-basin-farmers-water-crisis/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
28.
WA State: Native Leader Calls Him A ‘Snake,’ But
Gov. Inslee Defends Veto of Tribal Consent in Cap-&-Trade Law (KNKX Radio,
Tacoma, WA)
29.
Oregon Fall Firestorms Cautionary Tale in Worsening
Drought (Associated Press)
30.
Dry, Warm Spring Weather Expected to Continue
Through Summer (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/2948354/dry-warm-spring-summer-washington/
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
31. $1
Billion in Grants to Go for Broadband on Tribal Lands (Associated Press)
32.
Amazon Is About to Share Your Internet Connection
with Neighbors. Here’s How to Turn It Off. (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/07/amazon-sidewalk-network/
33.
Has Your Broadband Gotten Cheaper? (Pots &
Pans)
https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2021/06/07/has-your-broadband-gotten-cheaper/
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/06/politics/us-power-grid-jennifer-granholm-cnntv/index.html
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
35.
Another Important Tool as Wildfire Season Ramps
Up: Social Media (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/06/04/oregon-washington-social-media-tool-wildfire-information/
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Fresh Pizza Vending
Machine Prompts Curiosity & Horror in Rome
Doughnut
Or Donut? The Great Spelling Debate of Our Time
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doughnut-vs-donut_n_574ef9fbe4b02912b241574c
FDA Says to Not Eat
Cicadas If You Have a Seafood Allergy
Las Vegas Woman Crushes
3 Watermelons In 7 1/2 Seconds for World Record
SONG OF THE DAY
Oliver! – Food,
Glorious Food (Soundtrack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjH4IRykJGQ
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