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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Wildfires Have Burned
20 Times More Land in Pacific Northwest This Year Compared to 2020 (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Pacific Northwest Needs
to Keep Generation at Home to Balance Heat-Driven Demand (S&P Global)
California Expects
Power Supply Shortfall to Worsen in 2022 (Bloomberg News)
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/california-expects-power-supply-shortfall-to-worsen-in-2022-1.1639060
An Ideal Marriage? The
Battle to Match U.S. Clean Energy Demand with Excess Canadian Hydropower
(Utility Dive)
Mason PUD 3, WA -
Federal Money ‘Critical’ for Faster Rural Internet (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Pacific
Northwest Needs to Keep Generation at Home to Balance Heat-Driven Demand
2. California
Expects Power Supply Shortfall to Worsen in 2022
3. California:
Hayward Power Plant Restarts, Cause of Explosion Still Unknown
4. Droughts
Shrink Hydropower, Pose Risk to Global Push to Clean Energy
5. Judge
Rules Alaska’s Rural-Energy Subsidy Should Be Funded
6. WA
State: Chelan PUD Applauds Infrastructure Bill and Push to Modernize Columbia
River Treaty
7. New
Bonneville Power Administration Customer Billing System Will Increase
Automation, Improve Efficiency
8. How
NV Energy Pushed Sisolak, Other Nevada Leaders to Back Union Leader’s Candidacy
for Federal Energy Regulator
9. Trespasser
Electrocuted at Idaho Falls Power Plant
10. Guest
Essay: Oregon Gov. Brown’s Dam-Busting Lawsuit Is Bad for Clean Energy
11. An
Ideal Marriage? The Battle to Match U.S. Clean Energy Demand with Excess
Canadian Hydropower
12. Energy
Secretary to Alaska: ‘You Have the Solutions’
13. Clackamas
Water Environment Services Unveils Renewable Generator
14. At
Home with a Heat Pump: ‘It Makes Hot Water When It’s Freezing Outside’
15. Dozens
of Western Pond Turtles Released in Tacoma as Part of Conservation Project
16. Did
the Oldest Male Southern Resident Orca Die Too Young — At Just 35?
17. Explainer:
Western States Face First Federal Water Cuts
18. July
Was World’s Hottest Month Ever Recorded, U.S. Scientists Confirm
19. Montana
Town Looks at Clean Energy as Climate Changes
20. Climate
Change Hits Sushi Supply Chain Amid California Water War
21. Mason
PUD 3, WA - Federal Money ‘Critical’ for Faster Rural Internet
22. New
Washington State Laws Allow PUDs to Offer Retail Broadband; Grant PUD Stays Put
23. How
Washington State’s Potential Federal Infrastructure Largess Could Spark a
Broadband Fight
24. T-Mobile
Investigating Claims of Massive Customer Data Breach
25. Facebook
to Build $800M Data Center in Metro Phoenix, Its First Arizona Investment
26. Wildfires Have Burned 20 Times More Land in Pacific Northwest This Year Compared to 2020
WORD OF THE DAY
Vociferous \voh-SIF-uh-rus\ Adjective - Marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry.
Apropos the “Family Circus” comic, the environmental advocacy group vociferously denied that they had engaged in vandalism during their protest against people exhaling carbon dioxide during sleep. “Not Me” was the refrain when asked about the use of super glue to close napping employees’ nostrils.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1. Pacific
Northwest Needs to Keep Generation at Home to Balance Heat-Driven Demand (S&P
Global)
2. California
Expects Power Supply Shortfall to Worsen in 2022 (Bloomberg News)
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/california-expects-power-supply-shortfall-to-worsen-in-2022-1.1639060
3.
California: Hayward Power Plant Restarts, Cause of
Explosion Still Unknown (KTVU-TV, Oakland, CA)
https://www.ktvu.com/news/hayward-power-plant-restarts-cause-of-explosion-still-unknown
4.
Droughts Shrink Hydropower, Pose Risk to Global
Push to Clean Energy (Reuters)
5.
Judge Rules Alaska’s Rural-Energy Subsidy Should
Be Funded (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
https://www.adn.com/politics/2021/08/11/judge-rules-alaskas-rural-energy-subsidy-should-be-funded/
6.
WA State: Chelan PUD Applauds Infrastructure
Bill and Push to Modernize Columbia River Treaty (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
7.
New Bonneville Power Administration Customer
Billing System Will Increase Automation, Improve Efficiency (Bonneville Power Administration)
8.
How NV Energy Pushed Sisolak, Other Nevada Leaders
to Back Union Leader’s Candidacy for Federal Energy Regulator (Nevada
Independent)
9.
Trespasser Electrocuted at Idaho Falls Power Plant
(KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls ID)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
10.
Guest Essay: Oregon Gov. Brown’s Dam-Busting
Lawsuit Is Bad for Clean Energy (Pamplin Media Group, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12.
Energy Secretary to Alaska: ‘You Have the Solutions’
(Fairbanks Daily News Miner, AK – Paywall Advisory)
13.
Clackamas Water Environment Services Unveils
Renewable Generator (Pamplin Media Group, Portland, OR)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
14.
At Home with a Heat Pump: ‘It Makes Hot Water
When It’s Freezing Outside’ (The Guardian, UK)
FISH & WILDLIFE
15.
Dozens of Western Pond Turtles Released in Tacoma
as Part of Conservation Project (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
16.
Did the Oldest Male Southern Resident Orca Die
Too Young — At Just 35? (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
17.
Explainer: Western States Face First Federal
Water Cuts (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18.
July Was World’s Hottest Month Ever Recorded, U.S.
Scientists Confirm (The Guardian, UK)
19.
Montana Town Looks at Clean Energy as Climate Changes
(Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/science-climate-montana-climate-change-c265939f0126d1b995f154e79678e0b1
20.
Climate Change Hits Sushi Supply Chain Amid
California Water War (Bloomberg News)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21.
Mason PUD 3, WA - Federal Money ‘Critical’ for Faster
Rural Internet (Associated Press)
https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2021/aug/13/new-laws-allow-puds-offer-retail-broadband-grant-p/
23.
How Washington State’s Potential Federal
Infrastructure Largess Could Spark a Broadband Fight (GeekWire)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
24.
T-Mobile Investigating Claims of Massive
Customer Data Breach (Vice)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/akg8wg/tmobile-investigating-customer-data-breach-100-million
25.
Facebook to Build $800M Data Center in Metro Phoenix,
Its First Arizona Investment (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
OTHER NEWS TO KNOW ABOUT
26. Wildfires
Have Burned 20 Times More Land in Pacific Northwest This Year Compared to 2020
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
There Are Now Lab-Grown
Mouse-Meat Cookies for Cats
https://www.fastcompany.com/90665457/there-are-now-lab-grown-mouse-meat-cookies-for-cats
Slice of Cake from Princess
Diana, Prince Charles’ Wedding Sells for Over $2,500
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/08/12/Princess-Diana-Prince-Charles-wedding-cake/4231628787226/
Thrift Store Returns
146-Year-Old Marriage Certificate to Great-Granddaughter
Korean Man Finds
$130,000 Taped to Bottom of Used Fridge
SONG OF THE DAY
The 5th Dimension -
Wedding Bell Blues (Official Audio)
