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ITEMS OF NOTE FROM THE NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
Powerful Lineup for NWPPA’s December 7 Power Supply
Conference (Northwest Public Power Association)
HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
California: Biden Administration Grants Pacific Gas &
Electric $1 Billion to Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Open (CNBC)
Klamath River: Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History Approved
(ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/largest-dam-removal-us-history-approved/story?id=93570345
Bonneville Power Administration to Hold Line on 2024-25
Power Rates (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/bpa-hold-line-2024-25-045900205.html
New State Rules Could Expand Public Broadband in Rural
Washington (Crosscut Seattle)
https://crosscut.com/news/2022/11/new-state-rules-could-expand-public-broadband-rural-wa
This Tiny Eastern Washington Town Could Become a Bitcoin
Mining Hub (Crosscut Seattle)
https://crosscut.com/news/2022/11/tiny-eastern-wa-town-could-become-bitcoin-mining-hub
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
California: Biden Administration Grants Pacific
Gas & Electric $1 Billion to Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Open
2.
Klamath River: Largest Dam Removal in U.S.
History Approved
3.
Demolition Plan of Four Klamath River Dams Moves
Forward
4.
Bonneville Power Administration to Hold Line on
2024-25 Power Rates
5.
Bonneville Power Administration Reports Strong
Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results
6.
United States at Risk of Tight Electric Supplies
This Winter -NERC
7.
Rising Steel Prices, Interest Rates Could Push
NuScale Utah Project Cost to $100/MWh, But Support Remains
8.
Douglas PUD Makes Contract Changes Biggest
Project Ever at Wells Dam
9.
Environmental Groups Oppose Pipeline Expansion
in Pacific Northwest
10.
Hoover Dam Provides Electricity to 1.3 Million
People, But It May Have to Close
11.
Could Oil-Rich Alaska Be Forced to Import
Natural Gas? Two Utilities Are Looking into It.
12.
American Public Power Association, Other Groups
Urge Lawmakers to Appropriate $1 Billion for Distribution Transformers
13.
NRECA’s Matheson: NERC Winter Reliability
Assessment ‘Clear & Constant Warning’ to Policymakers
14.
Energy Adviser: Most Homes Don’t Need a Generator
15.
Guest Essay: To Expand Broadband, Fix Utility
Pole Rules
16.
California: Alameda County Supervisors Reject
Friends of Livermore Appeal, Approve Grant Line Solar 1 Project in East County
17.
WA State: State Agency Approves Expedited
Processing for Yakima County Solar Projects
18.
New Mexico: Nimbyism Darkens Potential Solar
Projects
19.
One of the Largest Wind Farms in the United
States Was Completed in Oklahoma Last Spring
20.
Offshore Wind Farms May Harm Seabirds, But
Scientists See Potential for Net Positive Impact
21.
Utilities Are Spending More on Low-Income
Efficiency Programs, But Disparities Remain: ACEEE
22.
Washington State Bans Commercial Finfish Net Pen
Farms in State Waters
23.
Common Chemical in Tires Caused Mass Coho Salmon
Deaths in Puget Sound, Scientists Say
24.
Canceled Crab Harvests for Alaska & WA to
Cost Fisheries $287 Million, Say U.S. Senators
25.
Did Climate Change Really Kill Billions of Snow
Crabs in Alaska? Here’s What Experts Say
26.
Monterey Bay Desalination Project Is Approved
Despite Environmental Injustice Concerns
27.
Oregon State Treasurer Wants to Eventually
‘Decarbonize’ $90 Billion Pension Fund. Will It Happen?
28.
Climate Protesters Are Chucking Food at
Priceless Paintings. A Social Movements Expert Says These Tactics Only Convince
People Who Already Think Climate Change Is Serious.
29.
New State Rules Could Expand Public Broadband in
Rural Washington
30.
Broadband Rollout Gets Local Workshops in
Montana
31.
Cable Company’s Accidental Email to Rival
Discusses Plan to Block Competition
32.
The FCC Is Forcing Internet Providers to Publish
‘Nutrition Labels’ Breaking Down Prices
33.
This Tiny Eastern Washington Town Could Become a
Bitcoin Mining Hub
34.
Internet Outages Could Spread as Temperatures
Rise. Here’s What Big Tech Is Doing
35.
California Boosts Electric-Car Charging
Investment by $1 Billion
36.
Online Mobs Are Now Coming for Student
Journalists
37.
Budweiser World Cup Campaign Curbed, Not
Crashed, by Qatar Beer Ban
38.
Microsoft Teams Now Lets You Challenge
Colleagues to a Game of Minesweeper or Solitaire
39. Oil Prices Plunge as Economic Woes Intensify—Here’s Why That Means Gas Prices Could Soon Fall Below $3 per Gallon
WORD OF THE DAY
Pell-Mell /pell-MELL/ Adverb - In a confused and hurried way, or in mingled confusion or disorder.
Do you have the guts
To run pell-mell to Hazel Dell
To Fred’s Haggis Hut?
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
California: Biden Administration Grants Pacific
Gas & Electric $1 Billion to Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Open (CNBC)
2.
Klamath River: Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History
Approved (ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/largest-dam-removal-us-history-approved/story?id=93570345
3.
Demolition Plan of Four Klamath River Dams Moves
Forward (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2022/11/18/demolition-plan-of-four-klamath-river-dams-moves-forward/
4.
Bonneville Power Administration to Hold Line on 2024-25
Power Rates (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/bpa-hold-line-2024-25-045900205.html
5.
Bonneville Power Administration Reports Strong
Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results (Bonneville Power Administration)
6.
United States at Risk of Tight Electric Supplies
This Winter -NERC (Reuters)
7.
Rising Steel Prices, Interest Rates Could Push
NuScale Utah Project Cost to $100/MWh, But Support Remains (Utility Dive)
8.
Douglas PUD Makes Contract Changes Biggest
Project Ever at Wells Dam (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/douglas-pud-makes-contract-changes-biggest-project-ever-at-wells-dam/
9.
Environmental Groups Oppose Pipeline Expansion in
Pacific Northwest (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
10.
Hoover Dam Provides Electricity to 1.3 Million
People, But It May Have to Close (Techno Trenz)
11.
Could Oil-Rich Alaska Be Forced to Import
Natural Gas? Two Utilities Are Looking into It. (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
12.
American Public Power Association, Other Groups
Urge Lawmakers to Appropriate $1 Billion for Distribution Transformers (American
Public Power Association)
SOAPBOX SERENADE
– VOX POPULI
13.
NRECA’s Matheson: NERC Winter Reliability
Assessment ‘Clear & Constant Warning’ to Policymakers (National Rural
Electric Cooperative Association)
14.
Energy Adviser: Most Homes Don’t Need a
Generator (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2022/nov/12/energy-advisor-most-homes-dont-need-a-generator/
15.
Guest Essay: To Expand Broadband, Fix Utility
Pole Rules (Las Cruces Sun-News, NM)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
16.
California: Alameda County Supervisors Reject
Friends of Livermore Appeal, Approve Grant Line Solar 1 Project in East County
(The Livermore Independent, CA)
17.
WA State: State Agency Approves Expedited
Processing for Yakima County Solar Projects (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
18.
New Mexico: Nimbyism Darkens Potential Solar Projects
(Roswell Daily News, NM)
19.
One of the Largest Wind Farms in the United
States Was Completed in Oklahoma Last Spring (U.S. Energy Information
Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54739
20.
Offshore Wind Farms May Harm Seabirds, But
Scientists See Potential for Net Positive Impact (Science Daily)
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/11/221117135524.htm
CONSERVATION
& EFFICIENCY
21.
Utilities Are Spending More on Low-Income
Efficiency Programs, But Disparities Remain: ACEEE (Utility Dive)
FISH &
WILDLIFE
22.
Washington State Bans Commercial Finfish Net Pen
Farms in State Waters (Courthouse News Service)
23.
Common Chemical in Tires Caused Mass Coho Salmon
Deaths in Puget Sound, Scientists Say (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
24.
Canceled Crab Harvests for Alaska & WA to Cost
Fisheries $287 Million, Say U.S. Senators (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/state/washington/article268916562.html
25.
Did Climate Change Really Kill Billions of Snow
Crabs in Alaska? Here’s What Experts Say (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/did-climate-change-really-kill-130000512.html
WATER, WATER,
ANYWHERE?
26.
Monterey Bay Desalination Project Is Approved
Despite Environmental Injustice Concerns (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/monterey-bay-desalination-project-approved-212419616.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION
VAULT
27.
Oregon State Treasurer Wants to Eventually ‘Decarbonize’
$90 Billion Pension Fund. Will It Happen? (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
28.
Climate Protesters Are Chucking Food at
Priceless Paintings. A Social Movements Expert Says These Tactics Only Convince
People Who Already Think Climate Change Is Serious. (Insider)
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
29.
New State Rules Could Expand Public Broadband in
Rural Washington (Crosscut Seattle)
https://crosscut.com/news/2022/11/new-state-rules-could-expand-public-broadband-rural-wa
30.
Broadband Rollout Gets Local Workshops in Montana
(The Missoulian, MT)
31.
Cable Company’s Accidental Email to Rival
Discusses Plan to Block Competition (Ars Technica)
32.
The FCC Is Forcing Internet Providers to Publish
‘Nutrition Labels’ Breaking Down Prices (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/internet-bill-nutrition-labels-fcc-isp-comcast-at-t-cox-1849800920
BEAM ME UP,
SCOTTY - THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY & CYBERSECURITY
33.
This Tiny Eastern Washington Town Could Become a
Bitcoin Mining Hub (Crosscut Seattle)
https://crosscut.com/news/2022/11/tiny-eastern-wa-town-could-become-bitcoin-mining-hub
34.
Internet Outages Could Spread as Temperatures
Rise. Here’s What Big Tech Is Doing (C|Net News)
I SING THE CAR
ELECTRIC
35.
California Boosts Electric-Car Charging
Investment by $1 Billion (Bloomberg News)
PUBLIC RELATIONS,
MARKETING & MEDIA
36.
Online Mobs Are Now Coming for Student
Journalists (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/online-mobs-are-now-coming-for-student-journalists/
37.
Budweiser World Cup Campaign Curbed, Not
Crashed, by Qatar Beer Ban (Reuters)
38.
Microsoft Teams Now Lets You Challenge
Colleagues to a Game of Minesweeper or Solitaire (TechCrunch)
OTHER THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT TODAY
39.
Oil Prices Plunge as Economic Woes
Intensify—Here’s Why That Means Gas Prices Could Soon Fall Below $3 per Gallon (Forbes
Magazine)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Iconic Home Featured in ‘The Goonies’ Listed for Sale in Oregon
https://www.kplctv.com/2022/11/19/iconic-home-featured-goonies-listed-sale-oregon/
Portland Is the Fastest-Talking City in the Whole Country,
According to Report
1970s Sandals Worn by Steve Jobs Auctioned for $218,000
Chain-Smoking Marathoner Finishes in Under 3.5 Hours – He’s
Done It Before
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chain-smoking-marathon-cigarettes-china_n_6374c271e4b0283a8d168214
SONG OF THE DAY
Joe South – Walk a Mile in My Shoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUe_1vWeyzQ
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