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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
50 Million Under Heat
Warning as Extreme Temps, Drought Envelop Western U.S. (Huffington Post)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/western-us-excessive-heat-drought_n_60c8f5dbe4b0f7e7ccf59d86
More Blackouts?
California Grid Manager Warns of Power Shortage as Major Heatwave Looms (Fresno
Bee, CA)
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/california/article252134288.html
ERCOT Calls for Texans
to Use Less Energy This Week (Daily Energy Insider)
https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/30740-ercot-calls-for-texans-to-use-less-energy-this-week/?amp
California Walking a
‘Tight Rope’ as Hydropower Supply Fades (Bloomberg News)
California Water
Managers Vote to Cut Off Farmers as Statewide Drought Intensifies (Courthouse
News Service)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. More
Blackouts? California Grid Manager Warns of Power Shortage as Major Heatwave
Looms
2. ERCOT
Calls for Texans to Use Less Energy This Week
3. California
Walking a ‘Tight Rope’ as Hydropower Supply Fades
4. Lower
Snake River Dams Provided Crucial Energy & Reserves in Winter 2021
5. Interior
Secretary Supports Klamath River Dam Removals in Letter to FERC
6. Global
Power Grids Pushed to Breaking Point
7. Like
Wyoming, Could Colstrip Be Converted for Nuclear Power?
8. China
Denies Radiation Leak at Taishan Nuclear Power Plant
9. Avista
Reaches All-Party Settlement in Idaho General Rate Case
10. Washington
State’s Approaching Energy Crisis – Good Intentions Gone Wrong?
11. Diving
Into Data: Bonneville Power Administration Is Updating Its Agency Metering
System
12. Editorial:
Making Digital Equity a Reality
13. Guest
Essay: Miller – Hydropower Is a Zero-Carbon Energy Source at Our Doorstep
14. Guest
Column: Oregon – Climate Change & Calculating the Carbon Price
15. APPA
Podcast: Cowlitz PUD GM Gary Huhta Discusses Priorities & Reliability
Success
16. U.S.
Solar Installations Soared in First Quarter, Supply Squeeze Weighs
17. Crook
County Must Reconsider Oregon Solar Project Expansion
18. WA
Gov. Inslee Lauds Wind Energy Jobs During Visit to Port of Vancouver
19. The
United States Consumed a Record Amount of Renewable Energy in 2020
20. Retrofitting
Dams for More Renewable Energy in the World
21. Officials
Say Wild Salmon Runs on Snake River Tributary Are in Dire Straits
22. WA
State Wildlife Officials Confirm Presence of Deadly Virus in Deer in the San
Juan Islands
23. U.S.
House Passes Bill to Support Puget Sound Restoration, Recovery
24. California
Water Managers Vote to Cut Off Farmers as Statewide Drought Intensifies
25. Solar
Power & Drought Impact Water Flows in Hells Canyon
26. Montana
& 16 Other States Want in on Youth Climate Change Lawsuit
27. Montana:
Missoula Groups, Government Pushing NW Energy to Stem Reliance on Fossil Fuels
28. ‘Like
Taxing Horseshoes’: Landlines Wane, Sap U.S. Broadband Aid
29. Not-So-Remote
Areas with Internet ‘Black Holes’ Renew Fight for Broadband
30. Ohio
Senate Republicans Move to Bar Municipal Broadband
31. Idaho
Department of Commerce Wants You to Take an Internet Speed Test
32. WA
State: Port of Coupeville Gets $100,000 Grant to Improve Broadband
33. Why
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Is Turning Off Facebook Comments on News
Posts for a Month
34. 50
Million Under Heat Warning as Extreme Temps, Drought Envelop Western U.S.
35. Why
the Heat Wave Hitting the Western U.S. Is So Intense
36. American Public Power Association Is Calling for Equal Access to Federal Energy Tax Credits
WORD OF THE DAY
Cassandra \kuh-SAND-druh\ Noun - 1:a daughter of Priam endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed 2: one that predicts misfortune or disaster
Castor, the safety testing laboratory’s futurist, was also considered a Cassandra by most of his colleagues. In fact, the “cry wolf” syndrome was ultimately put to rest one sunny, muggy day in July, when Castor told his boss that within 30 seconds he would be hit by an out of control collision test car. “Ha, Ha, that’s a good one Cast---------”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/california/article252134288.html
2. ERCOT
Calls for Texans to Use Less Energy This Week (Daily Energy Insider)
https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/30740-ercot-calls-for-texans-to-use-less-energy-this-week/?amp
3. California
Walking a ‘Tight Rope’ as Hydropower Supply Fades (Bloomberg News)
4.
Lower Snake River Dams Provided Crucial Energy &
Reserves in Winter 2021(Bonneville Power Administration – PDF File)
5.
Interior Secretary Supports Klamath River Dam
Removals in Letter to FERC (Hydro Review)
6.
Global Power Grids Pushed to Breaking Point (Bloomberg
News)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-16/power-prices-rising-temperatures-risk-blackouts
7.
Like Wyoming, Could Colstrip Be Converted for
Nuclear Power? (KMMS Radio, Bozeman, MT)
https://kmmsam.com/like-wyoming-could-colstrip-be-converted-for-nuclear-power/
8.
China Denies Radiation Leak at Taishan Nuclear
Power Plant (Deutsch Welle)
https://www.dw.com/en/china-denies-radiation-leak-at-taishan-nuclear-power-plant/a-57916942
9.
Avista Reaches All-Party Settlement in Idaho General
Rate Case (Globe Newswire)
10.
Washington State’s Approaching Energy Crisis –
Good Intentions Gone Wrong? (Forbes Magazine)
11.
Diving Into Data: Bonneville Power
Administration Is Updating Its Agency Metering System (Bonneville Power
Administration)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
12.
Editorial: Making Digital Equity a Reality (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/making-digital-equity-a-reality/
13.
Guest Essay: Miller – Hydropower Is a Zero-Carbon
Energy Source at Our Doorstep (Pamplin Media Group, Portland, OR)
14.
Guest Column: Oregon – Climate Change &
Calculating the Carbon Price (Bend Bulletin, OR)
15.
APPA Podcast: Cowlitz PUD GM Gary Huhta Discusses
Priorities & Reliability Success (American Public Power Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/podcasts
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
16.
U.S. Solar Installations Soared in First
Quarter, Supply Squeeze Weighs (Reuters)
17.
Crook County Must Reconsider Oregon Solar
Project Expansion (Capital Press)
18.
WA Gov. Inslee Lauds Wind Energy Jobs During
Visit to Port of Vancouver (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/inslee-lauds-wind-energy-jobs-140200888.html
19.
The United States Consumed a Record Amount of Renewable
Energy in 2020 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=48396
20.
Retrofitting Dams for More Renewable Energy in
the World (Tech Explore)
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-06-retrofitting-renewable-energy-world.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
21.
Officials Say Wild Salmon Runs on Snake River Tributary
Are in Dire Straits (Idaho Falls Post-Register, ID)
22.
WA State Wildlife Officials Confirm Presence of Deadly
Virus in Deer in the San Juan Islands (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
23.
U.S. House Passes Bill to Support Puget Sound Restoration,
Recovery (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/2976049/house-passes-puget-sound-recovery-act/
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
25.
Solar Power & Drought Impact Water Flows in Hells
Canyon (KTVB-TV, Boise, ID)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
26.
Montana & 16 Other States Want in on Youth
Climate Change Lawsuit (Montana Free Press)
https://montanafreepress.org/2021/06/15/montana-petitions-join-youth-climate-change-lawsuit/
27.
Montana: Missoula Groups, Government Pushing NW
Energy to Stem Reliance on Fossil Fuels (KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
28.
‘Like Taxing Horseshoes’: Landlines Wane, Sap
U.S. Broadband Aid (Bloomberg News)
29.
Not-So-Remote Areas with Internet ‘Black Holes’
Renew Fight for Broadband (Yahoo News)
https://news.yahoo.com/internet-black-holes-spur-fight-033034636.html
30.
Ohio Senate Republicans Move to Bar Municipal
Broadband (Government Tech)
https://www.govtech.com/policy/ohio-senate-republicans-move-to-bar-municipal-broadband
31.
Idaho Department of Commerce Wants You to Take an
Internet Speed Test (Boise State Public Radio, ID)
32.
WA State: Port of Coupeville Gets $100,000 Grant
to Improve Broadband (South Whidbey Record, WA)
https://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/port-gets-100k-grant-to-improve-broadband/
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
33.
Why Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Is Turning
Off Facebook Comments on News Posts for a Month (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/editor-blog-facebook-comments-1.6064804?cmp=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
34. 50
Million Under Heat Warning as Extreme Temps, Drought Envelop Western U.S. (Huffington
Post)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/western-us-excessive-heat-drought_n_60c8f5dbe4b0f7e7ccf59d86
35.
Why the Heat Wave Hitting the Western U.S. Is So
Intense (Mashable)
https://mashable.com/article/heat-wave-western-us-extreme/
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
36.
American Public Power Association Is Calling for
Equal Access to Federal Energy Tax Credits (WCMY Radio, Ottawa, IL)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Google Trends Analysis
Reveals Each State’s Most Misspelled Word
The Last Images from Doomed
Space Probes
https://gizmodo.com/the-last-images-from-doomed-space-probes-1847100494
How to Cook the Perfect
Cicada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cicada-united-states-cooking-1.6061995
Cobwebs Cover Australian
Towns After Spiders Flee Flooding
SONG OF THE DAY
Art Garfunkel, James
Taylor, Paul Simon – (What A) Wonderful World
