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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Joins Western Energy
Imbalance Market (Bonneville Power Administration)
https://www.bpa.gov/about/newsroom/news-articles/20220503-bpa-joins-western-energy-imbalance-market
Oregon Nuclear Reactor Company NuScale Begins Trading on
Wall Street (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Lake Powell Officials Take Unprecedented, Emergency Steps to
Delay Water Releases as Level Plummets (Cable News Network)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/us/lake-powell-emergency-steps-drought-climate/index.html
A Bright Future for Upriver Coho Salmon (Walla Walla
Union-Bulletin, WA)
New Orca Born to K Pod Family of Southern Residents
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Joins Western
Energy Imbalance Market
2.
Oregon Nuclear Reactor Company NuScale Begins
Trading on Wall Street
3.
Lake Powell Officials Take Unprecedented,
Emergency Steps to Delay Water Releases as Level Plummets
4.
Rates for Portland General Electric Customers
Set to Rise Again
5.
NW Natural Requesting 11% Rate Hike
6.
Get Ready for Another Energy Price Spike: High
Electric Bills
7.
The Fight for a National Clean Energy
Transmission System Emerges on Three Fronts
8.
DOE Official: Agency Wants to Work with Co-ops
on Supply Chain Issues
9.
Front Groups & Trade Associations Funded by
Gas Utilities Fight Electrification Policies
10.
News Release: Public Power/Farmers Roll Out
Campaign to Protect Clean Energy, Fight Climate Change
11.
Guest Essay: Internet Fiber Is Here in Tillamook
County!
12.
Guest Essay: Alaska’s Energy Future Is in Your
Hands
13.
Golden Hills Wind Farm in Oregon Achieves
Commercial Operation
14.
‘The Sound of Money’: Wind Energy Is Booming in
Deep-Red Republican States
15.
Did California Actually Hit 97% Renewables in
April? Yes & No
16.
A Bellingham-Based Company Is Building a Large
Solar Project on This Non-Traditional Site – Landfill
17.
Wood Pellet Industry May Be Falsely Marketing
Itself as a Green Renewable Energy Source, Critics Say
18.
Is This the End for the Traditional British
Watermill?
19.
Should You Be Pumped About Heat Pumps?
20.
A Bright Future for Upriver Coho Salmon
21.
New Orca Born to K Pod Family of Southern
Residents
22.
New Summer Measures Coming to Protect British
Columbia’s Southern Resident Killer Whales
23.
Condors Soar Again Over Northern California
Coastal Redwoods
24.
WA State: How Climate Change Stresses Sewer
Systems in King County
25.
Scientists Believe Beavers Can Build Resilience
in Northwest Waterways
26.
Public Power Utilities Well Positioned to Weather
Cyberattacks: Fitch Ratings
27.
Scaling Hydrogen in North America Will Require
Policy Support Beyond Infrastructure Funding, Panel Says
28. Why Rural Communities Struggle to Bring in Much-Needed Federal Grants
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Something /SUM-thing/ pronoun – 1a: some indeterminate or unspecified thing b: some indeterminate amount more than a specified number 2: a person or thing of consequence 3: one having more or less the character, qualities, or nature of something different
It is strong with this one
So, May the Fourth be with you
Or something like that
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Joins Western
Energy Imbalance Market (Bonneville Power Administration)
https://www.bpa.gov/about/newsroom/news-articles/20220503-bpa-joins-western-energy-imbalance-market
2.
Oregon Nuclear Reactor Company NuScale Begins
Trading on Wall Street (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
3.
Lake Powell Officials Take Unprecedented,
Emergency Steps to Delay Water Releases as Level Plummets (Cable News Network)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/us/lake-powell-emergency-steps-drought-climate/index.html
4.
Rates for Portland General Electric Customers
Set to Rise Again (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
https://katu.com/news/local/rates-for-pge-customers-set-to-rise-again
5.
NW Natural Requesting 11% Rate Hike (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
6.
Get Ready for Another Energy Price Spike: High
Electric Bills (NY Times – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/business/energy-environment/high-electric-bills-summer.html
7.
The Fight for a National Clean Energy
Transmission System Emerges on Three Fronts (Utility Dive)
8.
DOE Official: Agency Wants to Work with Co-ops
on Supply Chain Issues (National Rural Electric Cooperative Association)
https://www.electric.coop/doe-official-agency-wants-to-work-with-co-ops-on-supply-chain-issues
9.
Front Groups & Trade Associations Funded by Gas
Utilities Fight Electrification Policies (Energy & Policy Institute)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
10.
News Release: Public Power/Farmers Roll Out
Campaign to Protect Clean Energy, Fight Climate Change (Northwest RiverPartners,
Vancouver, WA – PDF File)
11.
Guest Essay: Internet Fiber Is Here in Tillamook
County! (Tillamook County Pioneer, OR)
https://www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/op-ed-internet-fiber-is-here-in-tillamook-county/
12.
Guest Essay: Alaska’s Energy Future Is in Your
Hands (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
https://www.adn.com/opinions/2022/04/28/opinion-alaskas-energy-future-is-in-your-hands/
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13.
Golden Hills Wind Farm in Oregon Achieves
Commercial Operation (Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/golden-hills-wind-farm-oregon-172500730.html
14.
‘The Sound of Money’: Wind Energy Is Booming in Deep-Red
Republican States (Cable News Network)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/22/politics/wind-energy-oklahoma-republican-states-climate/index.html
15.
Did California Actually Hit 97% Renewables in April?
Yes & No (Canary Media)
16.
A Bellingham-Based Company Is Building a Large
Solar Project on This Non-Traditional Site – Landfill (Tacoma News Tribune, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/business/article260873152.html
17.
Wood Pellet Industry May Be Falsely Marketing
Itself as a Green Renewable Energy Source, Critics Say (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wood-pellets-renewable-energy-source-critics/
18.
Is This the End for the Traditional British
Watermill? (The Guardian, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
19.
Should You Be Pumped About Heat Pumps? (Alaska
Highway News, BC)
https://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/fort-st-john/should-you-be-pumped-about-heat-pumps-5195751
FISH & WILDLIFE
20.
A Bright Future for Upriver Coho Salmon (Walla
Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
21.
New Orca Born to K Pod Family of Southern
Residents (Associated Press)
22.
New Summer Measures Coming to Protect British
Columbia’s Southern Resident Killer Whales (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/killer-whales-protection-measures-1.6440323?cmp=rss
23.
Condors Soar Again Over Northern California Coastal
Redwoods (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
24.
WA State: How Climate Change Stresses Sewer Systems
in King County (Crosscut Seattle)
https://crosscut.com/environment/2022/05/how-climate-change-stresses-sewer-systems-king-county
25.
Scientists Believe Beavers Can Build Resilience in
Northwest Waterways (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2022/05/03/beavers-climate-change-northwest-waterways/
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
26.
Public Power Utilities Well Positioned to
Weather Cyberattacks: Fitch Ratings (American Public Power Association)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
27.
Scaling Hydrogen in North America Will Require
Policy Support Beyond Infrastructure Funding, Panel Says (Utility Dive)
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
28.
Why Rural Communities Struggle to Bring in Much-Needed
Federal Grants (Grist Online)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘May the 4th Be with You’ Pun Inspired Annual Star Wars Day
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/05/04/Star-Wars-Day-May-the-Fourth-be-with-you/3601651611620/
Two Bear Cubs Rescued from Electrical Pole in Ontario
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/05/04/bear-cubs-rescued-pole-Ontario/2661651667704/
Daredevil Walks Slackline Between Hot Air Balloons, Breaks
World Record
Texas District’s Graduating Class Features 35 Pairs of
Twins, One Set of Triplets
SONG OF THE DAY
John Williams - Star Wars (Main Theme)
