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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Hurricane Ida Traps
Louisianans, Shatters the Power Grid (Associated Press)
Wyoming’s Biggest
Electric Utility Is Closing the Curtains on Coal (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
WA State Puts Hawk from
Tri-Cities Area on Endangered List. Wind Turbines Partly to Blame (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/outdoors/article253791888.html
U.S. Begins Blocking
Chinese Solar Panel Imports Over Forced Labor Concerns (Yahoo News)
https://www.yahoo.com/now/u-begins-blocking-chinese-solar-222311988.html
Oregon to Close Some
Steelhead Fisheries Amid Record-Low Returns (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/08/28/steelhead-fishery-closure-deschutes-john-day-umatilla/
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Hurricane
Ida Traps Louisianans, Shatters the Power Grid
2. Wyoming’s
Biggest Electric Utility Is Closing the Curtains on Coal
3. Montana:
Talen Scores Minor Court Victory in Colstrip Battle
4. California:
State Seeks Emergency Electric Power Plant Site in Roseville
5. BC
Hydro Planning Future without Vancouver Island’s Largest Gas Fired Power Plant
6. Alaska:
As Juneau’s Power Company Tests Disaster Plan, Some Ask Why Salmon Creek Dam
Safety Documents Are Kept Secret
7. WA
State: With Methanol No Longer Coming to Kalama, Town Considers Economic
Crossroads
8. Pacific
Power Floats Surcharge Increase to Fund Discount for Low-Income Washington
Customers
9. DOE
Announces Tracey LeBeau as Western Area Power Administration Administrator
10. Georgia:
Nuclear Regulators Up Scrutiny of Plant Vogtle, Citing Issues
11. Failed
South Carolina Nuclear Contractor Signs $21 Million Deal, Working with Feds
12. Nuclear
Reactors of the Future Have a Fuel Problem
13. Northeast
U.S. Transmission Fight Shows Biden’s Renewable Dilemma
14. Tesla
Applies to Become an Energy Supplier in Texas
15. WA
State Puts Hawk from Tri-Cities Area on Endangered List. Wind Turbines Partly
to Blame
16. U.S.
Begins Blocking Chinese Solar Panel Imports Over Forced Labor Concerns
17. Montana
Produces More Than 2M MWh from Wind Energy Each Year
18. Oregon:
Mt. Bachelor Going Green with Planned New Biomass Facility
19. Washington
State Provides Funds for Nine Microgrids
20. From
Smart Meters to Big Batteries, Co-Ops Emerge as Clean Grid Laboratories
21. Oregon
to Close Some Steelhead Fisheries Amid Record-Low Returns
22. The
Environmentalist Case for Fish Farms
23. Arizona:
Salt River Project Lake Levels Up Thanks to Wet Monsoon
24. La
Niña Responsible for Megadroughts in North & South America, Study Finds
25. Climate
Change Reaps Another Victim: Mount Rainier’s Snowpack
26. New
Oregon Nonprofit Takes on Invasive Species to Combat Climate Change: ‘It’s Not
Too Late’
27. How
Marijuana Companies Are Combatting the Effects of Climate Change
28. Alaska:
Two Projects Compete to Bring High-Speed Broadband Internet to Bethel
29. Montana
Ag Group Pushing for Better Rural Broadband Internet
30. WA
State: Better Internet in the Works for Grant County
31. The
U.S. Senate Broadband Grants
32. Why
Pigeons Mean Peril for Satellite Broadband
33. Hacker
Claims Responsibility for East Wenatchee T-Mobile Attack that Exposed Info of
More Than 50 Million People
34. Idaho: Fall River Electric’s Tesla Assists with Their Work to Better Serve Its Members
WORD OF THE DAY
Peripatetic \pare-uh-pah-TET-tick\ Adjective – Of, relating to, or given to walking b: moving or traveling from place to place.
The evening’s peripatetic presentation by the economics professor caused a rush on massage and chiropractic treatment the following morning. Seems his back and forth roaming on stage was more energetic than a Wimbledon tennis volley as the attendees tried in vain to crane their necks left and right to keep up with his pace.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1. Hurricane
Ida Traps Louisianans, Shatters the Power Grid (Associated Press)
2. Wyoming’s
Biggest Electric Utility Is Closing the Curtains on Coal (Casper Star-Tribune,
WY)
3.
Montana: Talen Scores Minor Court Victory in Colstrip
Battle (Billings Gazette, MT)
4.
California: State Seeks Emergency Electric Power
Plant Site in Roseville (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2021/08/27/emergency-power-generation-roseville.html
5.
BC Hydro Planning Future without Vancouver
Island’s Largest Gas Fired Power Plant (Saanich News, BC)
6.
Alaska: As Juneau’s Power Company Tests Disaster
Plan, Some Ask Why Salmon Creek Dam Safety Documents Are Kept Secret
(KTOO-Radio, Juneau, AK)
7.
WA State: With Methanol No Longer Coming to
Kalama, Town Considers Economic Crossroads (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/08/29/kalama-economic-crossroads-no-methanol-plant/
8.
Pacific Power Floats Surcharge Increase to Fund
Discount for Low-Income Washington Customers (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
9.
DOE Announces Tracey LeBeau as Western Area
Power Administration Administrator (U.S. Dept of Energy)
10.
Georgia: Nuclear Regulators Up Scrutiny of Plant
Vogtle, Citing Issues (Associated Press)
https://www.wabe.org/nuclear-regulators-ups-scrutiny-of-plant-vogtle-citing-issues/
11.
Failed South Carolina Nuclear Contractor Signs $21
Million Deal, Working with Feds (Associated Press)
https://mynorthwest.com/3117036/failed-nuclear-contractor-signs-21m-deal-working-with-feds/
12.
Nuclear Reactors of the Future Have a Fuel
Problem (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nuclear-reactors-of-the-future-have-a-fuel-problem/604707/
13.
Northeast U.S. Transmission Fight Shows Biden’s Renewable
Dilemma (E&E News)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/northeast-transmission-fight-shows-bidens-renewable-dilemma/
14.
Tesla Applies to Become an Energy Supplier in
Texas (Yahoo News)
https://www.yahoo.com/now/tesla-texas-public-utility-commission-application-141556533.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/outdoors/article253791888.html
16. U.S.
Begins Blocking Chinese Solar Panel Imports Over Forced Labor Concerns (Yahoo
News)
https://www.yahoo.com/now/u-begins-blocking-chinese-solar-222311988.html
17.
Montana Produces More Than 2M MWh from Wind
Energy Each Year (Fairfield Sun-Times, MT)
18.
Oregon: Mt. Bachelor Going Green with Planned
New Biomass Facility (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
https://ktvz.com/news/2021/08/26/mt-bachelor-going-green-with-planned-new-biomass-facility/
19. Washington
State Provides Funds for Nine Microgrids (Microgrid Knowledge)
https://microgridknowledge.com/washington-state-microgrids/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
20.
From Smart Meters to Big Batteries, Co-Ops
Emerge as Clean Grid Laboratories (Energy News Network)
FISH & WILDLIFE
21. Oregon
to Close Some Steelhead Fisheries Amid Record-Low Returns (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/08/28/steelhead-fishery-closure-deschutes-john-day-umatilla/
22.
The Environmentalist Case for Fish Farms
(Washington Post)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
23.
Arizona: Salt River Project Lake Levels Up
Thanks to Wet Monsoon (KNXV-TV, Phoenix, AZ)
https://www.abc15.com/weather/impact-earth/srp-lake-levels-up-thanks-to-wet-monsoon
24.
La Niña Responsible for Megadroughts in North
& South America, Study Finds (Courthouse News Service)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
25.
Climate Change Reaps Another Victim: Mount
Rainier’s Snowpack (The UW Daily, WA)
https://www.dailyuw.com/news/article_a5fc4d1e-0950-11ec-921a-d73c4e89ef3f.html
26.
New Oregon Nonprofit Takes on Invasive Species to
Combat Climate Change: ‘It’s Not Too Late’ (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
27.
How Marijuana Companies Are Combatting the
Effects of Climate Change (Marijuana Business Daily)
https://mjbizdaily.com/how-cannabis-cultivators-are-combatting-the-effects-of-climate-change/
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
28.
Alaska: Two Projects Compete to Bring High-Speed
Broadband Internet to Bethel (Alaska Public Media)
29.
Montana Ag Group Pushing for Better Rural
Broadband Internet (KTVQ-TV, Billings, MT)
30.
WA State: Better Internet in the Works for Grant
County (iFiberOne, Ephrata, WA)
31.
The U.S. Senate Broadband Grants (Pots &
Pans)
https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2021/08/30/the-senate-broadband-grants/
32. Why
Pigeons Mean Peril for Satellite Broadband (British Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58061230
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
33.
Hacker Claims Responsibility for East Wenatchee
T-Mobile Attack that Exposed Info of More Than 50 Million People (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
34.
Idaho: Fall River Electric’s Tesla Assists with
Their Work to Better Serve Its Members (KPVI-TV, Pocatello, ID)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Virginia Woman Donates
6 Feet, 3 Inches of Hair to Charity
‘Strange & Puzzling’
Case of Recovered Gold Teeth Prompts Police Plea for Help
Texas: Photos, Video
Show Train Slamming into Semi-Truck Hauling Wind Turbine Blade in Luling
Ford F-150 Generator
Saves Farmington Hills Wedding Reception During Power Outage
SONG OF THE DAY
The Cowsills – Hair
