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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Western U.S. States
Face Federal Water Cuts for First Time amid Reservoir Shortage (Associated
Press)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/united-states-water-shortage-lake-mead-1.6143396?cmp=rss
Pacific Gas &
Electric Starts Planned Power Shutoffs to 51,000 Customers as Dixie Fire
Rampages (Los Angeles Times, CA)
California:
Environmental Group Opposes Proposed Solar Farm in Jacumba Hot Springs (San
Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
Solar Could Be 40% of
U.S. Power by 2035 - Biden Administration (Reuters)
California Takes a
Massive Step Toward All-Electric Homes (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/california-takes-a-massive-step-toward-all-electric-hom-1847496829
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Pacific
Gas & Electric Starts Planned Power Shutoffs to 51,000 Customers as Dixie
Fire Rampages
2. Nevada:
High Wind Threat Prompts NV Energy to Issue Outage Watch for Carson-Minden PSOM
Zone
3. EIA
Predicts Lower Than Average U.S. Natural Gas Inventories Headed into Winter
4. U.S.
Senator Ron Wyden (R-OR) Pledges Medicaid Funding for Air Conditioners
5. NuScale
Power signs Memorandum of Understanding with Xcel Energy to Explore Potential
Plant Operations
6. Virginia
Co-Op’s Fee Hike ($5) Would Shrink Savings from Solar, Energy Efficiency
7. Guest
Essay: Washington State’s Carbon Tax – All Pain, No Gain
8. California:
Environmental Group Opposes Proposed Solar Farm in Jacumba Hot Springs
9. Solar
Could Be 40% of U.S. Power by 2035 - Biden Administration
10. Report:
Washington State’s Solar Energy Production Up 2,479.8 Percent
11. Hawaii:
U.S. Navy Invests $6 Million to Continue Wave Energy Conversion Research
12. Video:
The Journey of Hydropower – How Energy Moves from Nature to Your Home
13. Hydrogen
Power Offers Jobs Boost, Says Government
14. California
Takes a Massive Step Toward All-Electric Homes
15. Tiny
Homes Can Mean Big Costs, Especially Depending on Where You Live
16. Will
Klamath River Basin Salmon Outlast the Dam Removal Process?
17. Thousands
of Live Sand Dollars Wash Up on Oregon Coast at Seaside
18. ‘I
Consider Them Friends’: Anglers Sacrifice to Save Trout
19. News
Release: Portable Generator Manufacturers’ Association Fights California Ban
20. Improve
Your Home’s Indoor Air Quality During Wildfire Season
21. Western
U.S. States Face Federal Water Cuts for First Time amid Reservoir Shortage
22. First-Ever
Water Shortage Declared on the Colorado River, Triggering Water Cuts for Some
States in the West
23. Statement
on Federal Govt’s August Projections for Colorado River
24. Washington
State Drought Recovery Unlikely This Fall, Officials Say
25. Silver
Bullets: Can Cloud Seeding Ease the Drought in the West?
26. WA
State: Tapping into the Internet Superhighway – Ports in Walla Walla, Columbia
Counties Awarded $2 Million for Rural Broadband Projects
27. Idaho
Works to Boost Broadband in Rural Areas as the State Continues to Grow
28. WA
State: Broadband Meeting Set in Brinnon Tonight
29. North
American Bulk Power Providers Reporting More Cyber Incidents, Says NERC
30. Why
Teslas Keep Striking Parked Firetrucks & Police Cars
31. How the View from Space Is Helping Fight Wildfires on the Ground
WORD OF THE DAY – GENERATIONAL HUMOR WARNING!
Rorschach Test \ROAR-shack - test\ Noun – a personality and intelligence test in which a subject interprets inkblot designs in terms that reveal intellectual and emotional factors —called also Rorschach, Rorschach inkblot test. Etymology: Hermann Rorschach died 1922 Swiss psychiatrist
Bartholomew befuddled his psychiatrists. Whenever they administered a Rorschach Test, the inkblots elicited mainly silence. That is, until Barty started an odd, braying laugh at unusual times during which the most elaborate ink blots were portrayed. Unbeknownst to the psychiatrists, Bartholomew misunderstood the test instructions: he thought he was taking a Horshack test.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
2.
Nevada: High Wind Threat Prompts NV Energy to
Issue Outage Watch for Carson-Minden PSOM Zone (Carson Now, NV)
3.
EIA Predicts Lower Than Average U.S. Natural Gas
Inventories Headed into Winter (Daily Energy Insider)
4.
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (R-OR) Pledges Medicaid Funding
for Air Conditioners (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
5.
NuScale Power signs Memorandum of Understanding
with Xcel Energy to Explore Potential Plant Operations (Power Magazine)
6.
Virginia Co-Op’s Fee Hike ($5) Would Shrink
Savings from Solar, Energy Efficiency (Energy News Network)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
7.
Guest Essay: Washington State’s Carbon Tax – All
Pain, No Gain (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
9. Solar
Could Be 40% of U.S. Power by 2035 - Biden Administration (Reuters)
10.
Report: Washington State’s Solar Energy
Production Up 2,479.8 Percent (South Sound Business, WA)
https://southsoundbiz.com/report-washingtons-solar-energy-production-up-2479-8-percent/
11.
Hawaii: U.S. Navy Invests $6 Million to Continue
Wave Energy Conversion Research (Hawaii Public Radio)
12.
Video: The Journey of Hydropower – How Energy
Moves from Nature to Your Home (Bonneville Power Administration)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6BRNN2XA4Q
13.
Hydrogen Power Offers Jobs Boost, Says
Government (Yahoo News)
https://news.yahoo.com/hydrogen-power-offers-jobs-boost-010835781.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
14. California
Takes a Massive Step Toward All-Electric Homes (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/california-takes-a-massive-step-toward-all-electric-hom-1847496829
15.
Tiny Homes Can Mean Big Costs, Especially
Depending on Where You Live (CNBC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
16.
Will Klamath River Basin Salmon Outlast the Dam
Removal Process? (High Country News)
17. Thousands
of Live Sand Dollars Wash Up on Oregon Coast at Seaside (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
18.
‘I Consider Them Friends’: Anglers Sacrifice to Save
Trout (Christian Science Monitor)
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
19.
News Release: Portable Generator Manufacturers’
Association Fights California Ban (BusinessWire)
20.
Improve Your Home’s Indoor Air Quality During
Wildfire Season (Bonneville Power Administration)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/united-states-water-shortage-lake-mead-1.6143396?cmp=rss
22.
First-Ever Water Shortage Declared on the Colorado
River, Triggering Water Cuts for Some States in the West (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/16/colorado-river-water-cuts-drought/
23.
Statement on Federal Govt’s August Projections for
Colorado River (Western Area Power Administration)
https://www.wapa.gov/newsroom/NewsReleases/2021/Pages/24-month-study-statement.aspx
24.
Washington State Drought Recovery Unlikely This
Fall, Officials Say (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
25.
Silver Bullets: Can Cloud Seeding Ease the
Drought in the West? (Christian Science Monitor)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
26.
WA State: Tapping into the Internet Superhighway
– Ports in Walla Walla, Columbia Counties Awarded $2 Million for Rural
Broadband Projects (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
27.
Idaho Works to Boost Broadband in Rural Areas as
the State Continues to Grow (KIVI-TV, Boise, ID)
28.
WA State: Broadband Meeting Set in Brinnon Tonight
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/broadband-meeting-set-in-brinnon-tonight/
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
29.
North American Bulk Power Providers Reporting
More Cyber Incidents, Says NERC (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Canada)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
30.
Why Teslas Keep Striking Parked Firetrucks &
Police Cars (Slate Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
31.
How the View from Space Is Helping Fight
Wildfires on the Ground (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
https://www.knkx.org/post/how-view-space-helping-fight-wildfires-ground
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Budweiser Now Has a
Candle — But It Doesn’t Smell Like Beer
https://www.intheknow.com/post/homesick-budweiser-candle/
Snake Slithers Out of Spice
Shelves at Sydney Supermarket
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-58253378
Man Balances 101 Toilet
Paper Rolls on His Head for Guinness World Record
19-Year-Old Pilot
Attempts to Circle Globe for World Record
SONG OF THE DAY
Melanie – Lay Down (Candles
in the Rain)
