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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Looming California Heat
Wave May Strain Electricity Supplies (Bloomberg News)
Water, Power Systems in
U.S. Are Shockingly Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks (Associated Press)
Operator Says China
Nuclear Plant Facing ‘Performance Issue’ (Associated Press)
Pacific Salmon
Abundance Plummeted in 2020 – Poor Ocean Conditions Suspected (Victoria
Times-Colonist, BC)
https://www.timescolonist.com/business/pacific-salmon-abundance-plummeted-in-2020-1.24329794
Oregon on Verge of
Requiring 100% Clean Electricity by 2040 (Clean Technica)
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/06/13/oregon-on-verge-of-requiring-100-clean-electricity-by-2040/
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Looming
California Heat Wave May Strain Electricity Supplies
2. Operator
Says China Nuclear Plant Facing ‘Performance Issue’
3. Bill
Gates: Stop Shutting Down Nuclear Reactors & Build New Nuclear Power Plants
to Fight Climate Change
4. WA
State: Tri-Cities Loses TerraPower Advanced Nuclear Plant to Coal Site in
Wyoming
5. Wheat
Farmers Ponder Idaho U.S. Rep. Simpson’s Next Dam Moves
6. Alaska:
Golden Valley Electric Association Makes Deal to Buy Power from University of
Alaska Fairbanks
7. Company
Drops Plan for $2.3 Billion Methanol Plant in Washington State
8. Help
Keep the Power on by Preventing Fires
9. Puerto
Rico Probes Substation Fire That Left 900,000 without Power
10. Take
Out a Loan, Texas Legislators Tell Hurting Utilities, Consumers
11. Glick:
FERC to Outline Plan to Tackle Transmission ‘Certainly’ by the End of Summer
12. Opinion:
Bipartisan Federal Broadband Plan Would Benefit Yakima
13. Guest
Essay: Oregon Can Lead the Nation in Showing Bipartisan Support for Climate
Action
14. Guest
Essay: Finding Solutions for Restoring Cowlitz River Fisheries
15. Puget
Sound Energy Appoints Advisory Group for Clean Energy Plan
16. Wave
Energy Could Be Close By
17. How
Voltage Optimization Helps Utilities Learn More About Their Grid
18. Pacific
Salmon Abundance Plummeted in 2020 – Poor Ocean Conditions Suspected
19. Tiny
Specks Bring Big Hope That Ocean Is Improving After the Devastating ‘Blob’
20. California’s
Latest Bid to Bolster Its Economy? Releasing 17 Million Fish Into the San
Francisco Bay.
21. Colville
Tribes Encouraged by Young Salmon Spawning Behind Grand Coulee Dam
22. Thin
Snowpack, Low Rivers Add to Eastern Oregon Drought & Wildfire Fears
23. Oregon
on Verge of Requiring 100% Clean Electricity by 2040
24. Broadband
Bipartisanship? Senators Introduce Digital Equity Push
25. About
1% of Idaho Households Request Federal Broadband Cash in Program’s First Weeks
26. Oregon:
Jefferson County Awarded $140,000 Federal Broadband Assist
27. AT&T
CEO Seems Confident Industry Can Kill President Biden’s Municipal Broadband
Plan
28. Telecom
Titans Cut the Power on NY Plan for Affordable Internet
29. At
These Low-Income Apartment Buildings, Solar Power Helps Pay for Free Wi-Fi
30. Water,
Power Systems in U.S. Are Shockingly Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
31. New
Grants Give Local Libraries Support in Bridging Digital Divide
32. Bitcoin
Tops $40,000 After Musk Says Tesla Could Use It Again
33. Yellowstone
Launches Electric Driverless Shuttle & Will Test 2 Routes This Summer
34. Biden
Nominee Linked to 1989 Idaho Timber Harvest Sabotage Draws Republican Ire
35. Clash
Between WA State Gov. Inslee, Legislature Takes Center Stage in Washington
Supreme Court
36. Study: 1 in 5 Washington Workers Have Worked from Their Car During the COVID-19 Pandemic
WORD OF THE DAY
Ululate ● \ul-yuh-layt\ ● Verb – To cry loudly, howl, wail.
Stubbed
toe REALLY hurts
A
victim’s ululation
Awakens the dead
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1. Looming
California Heat Wave May Strain Electricity Supplies (Bloomberg News)
2. Operator
Says China Nuclear Plant Facing ‘Performance Issue’ (Associated Press)
3.
Bill Gates: Stop Shutting Down Nuclear Reactors &
Build New Nuclear Power Plants to Fight Climate Change (CNBC)
4.
WA State: Tri-Cities Loses TerraPower Advanced
Nuclear Plant to Coal Site in Wyoming (Tri-Cities Business News, WA)
https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/2021/06/terrapower/
5.
Wheat Farmers Ponder Idaho U.S. Rep. Simpson’s Next
Dam Moves (Capital Press)
6.
Alaska: Golden Valley Electric Association Makes
Deal to Buy Power from University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks Daily News
Miner, AK – Paywall Advisory)
7.
Company Drops Plan for $2.3 Billion Methanol
Plant in Washington State (Associated Press)
8.
Help Keep the Power on by Preventing Fires
(Ontario Argus-Observer, OR)
9.
Puerto Rico Probes Substation Fire That Left 900,000
without Power (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-puerto-rico-business-caf43f0c694a153ec76819d37e23d9e3
10.
Take Out a Loan, Texas Legislators Tell Hurting
Utilities, Consumers (Forbes Magazine)
11.
Glick: FERC to Outline Plan to Tackle
Transmission ‘Certainly’ by the End of Summer (Utility Dive)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
12.
Opinion: Bipartisan Federal Broadband Plan Would
Benefit Yakima (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
13.
Guest Essay: Oregon Can Lead the Nation in Showing
Bipartisan Support for Climate Action (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
14.
Guest Essay: Finding Solutions for Restoring
Cowlitz River Fisheries (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
15.
Puget Sound Energy Appoints Advisory Group for Clean
Energy Plan (Daily Energy Insider)
16.
Wave Energy Could Be Close By (Tonkon Torp)
https://tonkon.com/ear-to-the-ground-blog/2021-03-12/wave-energy-could-be-close-by.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
17.
How Voltage Optimization Helps Utilities Learn
More About Their Grid (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
https://www.timescolonist.com/business/pacific-salmon-abundance-plummeted-in-2020-1.24329794
19.
Tiny Specks Bring Big Hope That Ocean Is
Improving After the Devastating ‘Blob’ (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
20.
California’s Latest Bid to Bolster Its Economy? Releasing
17 Million Fish Into the San Francisco Bay. (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/californias-latest-bid-bolster-economy-033948868.html
21.
Colville Tribes Encouraged by Young Salmon
Spawning Behind Grand Coulee Dam (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
22.
Thin Snowpack, Low Rivers Add to Eastern Oregon Drought
& Wildfire Fears (Associated Press)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/06/10/eastern-oregon-drought-wildfire-risks/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23. Oregon
on Verge of Requiring 100% Clean Electricity by 2040 (Clean Technica)
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/06/13/oregon-on-verge-of-requiring-100-clean-electricity-by-2040/
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
24.
Broadband Bipartisanship? Senators Introduce
Digital Equity Push (NBC News)
25.
About 1% of Idaho Households Request Federal
Broadband Cash in Program’s First Weeks (Boise State Public Radio, ID)
26.
Oregon: Jefferson County Awarded $140,000 Federal
Broadband Assist (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
27.
AT&T CEO Seems Confident Industry Can Kill
President Biden’s Municipal Broadband Plan (Ars Technica)
28.
Telecom Titans Cut the Power on NY Plan for
Affordable Internet (Courthouse News Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/telecom-titans-cut-the-power-on-ny-plan-for-affordable-internet/
29.
At These Low-Income Apartment Buildings, Solar
Power Helps Pay for Free Wi-Fi (Fast Company)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
30. Water,
Power Systems in U.S. Are Shockingly Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks (Associated
Press)
31.
New Grants Give Local Libraries Support in Bridging
Digital Divide (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
https://www.knkx.org/post/new-grants-give-local-libraries-support-bridging-digital-divide
32.
Bitcoin Tops $40,000 After Musk Says Tesla Could
Use It Again (Reuters)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
33.
Yellowstone Launches Electric Driverless Shuttle
& Will Test 2 Routes This Summer (KTVB-TV, Boise, ID)
GOVERNANCE, BUSINESS, AND MANAGEMENT
34.
Biden Nominee Linked to 1989 Idaho Timber
Harvest Sabotage Draws Republican Ire (Associated Press)
35.
Clash Between WA State Gov. Inslee, Legislature
Takes Center Stage in Washington Supreme Court (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
36.
Study: 1 in 5 Washington Workers Have Worked from
Their Car During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Is Flag Day a Federal
Holiday? Here’s How It Started & What It Means
Prime Peke! Wasabi the Pekingese
Wins Westminster Dog Show
https://apnews.com/article/dogs-sports-c14bc59b70a0b9b5c4a1fa0aab2e77c6
‘They Exploit Us
Supremely’: How to Stay Safe During Peak of Seattle Crow Season
https://mynorthwest.com/2964929/crow-season-seattle-how-to-stay-safe/
Gnome Sweet Gnome: Find
One in Gig Harbor, & You Could Win a Prize
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/community/gateway/g-news/article252033363.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Don’t Go Breaking My
Heart – Gnomeo & Juliet (Movie Soundtrack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LFp940B5SM
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