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ITEMS OF NOTE FROM HISTORY LINK
Electric Generators at Grand Coulee Dam Go Online for the First
Time on March 22, 1941
https://www.historylink.org/File/9798
HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bay Area Storm Kills at Least Two, Knocks Out Power, Brings
Traffic to a Stop (KTVU-TV, Oakland, CA)
https://www.ktvu.com/news/bay-area-storm-kills-at-least-2-knocks-out-power-brings-traffic-to-a-stop
Biden Commits to Salmon Recovery – President Says He’ll Work
with Tribal & Political Leaders to Recover Endangered Fish Runs (Lewiston
Morning Tribune, ID – Paywall Advisory)
Idaho Power’s New High Voltage Transmission Line Cleared by Oregon Supreme Court (Boise State Public Radio, ID)
Idaho: Advisory Group Recommends Denial of Lava Ridge Energy
Project (Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum, ID)
A Quarter of World Population Lacks Safe Drinking Water: UN
(Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/un-water-sanitation-conference-7a3671dc74f788e36adff9ef9879ed91
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Idaho Power’s New High Voltage Transmission Line
Cleared by Oregon Supreme Court
2.
Oregon: Douglas Electric Cooperative Receives
Millions to Boost Wildfire Prevention
3.
California: Palo Alto Set to Receive $24 Million
Over Utilities Litigation
4.
Seattle Utilities Consider Massive Efforts That
Could Help Green Our Grid
5.
WA State: Chelan PUD Working on $86 Million
Substation for Microsoft
6.
Oregon Lawmakers Take Up Contentious Data Center
Clean Energy Bill
7.
Nevada to Add Natural Gas Plant as Drought
Threatens Power Grids
8.
Biden’s Budget Cuts Funding for Nuclear Energy
at a Pivotal Moment
9.
‘Horrible Loss of Incredible Potential’: Family
Mourns British Columbia Man Who Died in Peru After Stepping on Live Wire
10.
Presidents & Fish: Can’t We All Get Along?
11.
Guest Essay: NuScale Power, the Canary in the
Small Modular Reactor Market
12.
Idaho: Advisory Group Recommends Denial of Lava
Ridge Energy Project
13.
Orange County Power Authority Seeks Improvement
After Audits
14.
Waste-to-Energy Plants Are a Small But Stable
Source of Electricity in the United States
15.
Biden Commits to Salmon Recovery – President
Says He’ll Work with Tribal & Political Leaders to Recover Endangered Fish
Runs
16.
President Biden Says He’ll Work with Rep.
Simpson & Others to Help Salmon in Northwest; Reps. McMorris Rodgers
Highlights President’s River Mix-Up
17.
A Quarter of World Population Lacks Safe
Drinking Water: UN
18.
Google Opens Access to Bard Artificial
Intelligence Chatbot, Racing to Catch Up to OpenAI
19.
Businessman Proposing Data Center on Banks of
Columbia River Has History of Troubled Deals
20.
TikTok CEO Takes to the App to Announce Company’s
More Than 150 Million Active Users in the U.S.
21.
Twitter Users Are Complaining About Vanishing
Tweets
22.
A 5,000-Mile Seaweed Belt Is Headed Toward
Florida
23.
Five Ways for Women to Grow Powerful, Connected
Careers
24.
Bay Area Storm Kills at Least Two, Knocks Out
Power, Brings Traffic to a Stop
25.
Federal Reserve Raises Its Key Rate by a
Quarter-Point – Calls Banking System ‘Sound & Resilient’
26.
Oregon House Votes to Let Oregonians to Pump
Their Own Gas
27. World Baseball Classic: Shohei Ohtani Closes Out Team USA as Japan Wins Third Title
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Götterdämmerung \gher-ter-DEM-uh-roong\ Noun – collapse (as of a society or regime) marked by catastrophic violence & disorder; broadly: downfall.
Götterdämmerung
Bad music. Unlike
Wagner
It’s more like Spike Jones
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Idaho Power’s New High Voltage Transmission Line
Cleared by Oregon Supreme Court (Boise State Public Radio, ID)
2.
Oregon: Douglas Electric Cooperative Receives
Millions to Boost Wildfire Prevention (KCBY-TV, North Bend, OR)
3.
California: Palo Alto Set to Receive $24 Million
Over Utilities Litigation (Palo Alto Online, CA)
4.
Seattle Utilities Consider Massive Efforts That
Could Help Green Our Grid (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
5.
WA State: Chelan PUD Working on $86 Million
Substation for Microsoft (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/chelan-pud-working-on-86-million-substation-for-microsoft/
6.
Oregon Lawmakers Take Up Contentious Data Center
Clean Energy Bill (Oregonian, Portland, OR – Paywall Advisory)
7.
Nevada to Add Natural Gas Plant as Drought
Threatens Power Grids (Associated Press)
8.
Biden’s Budget Cuts Funding for Nuclear Energy at
a Pivotal Moment (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-budget-cuts-funding-nuclear-195445648.html
9.
‘Horrible Loss of Incredible Potential’: Family Mourns
British Columbia Man Who Died in Peru After Stepping on Live Wire (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canadian-man-electrocuted-in-peru-1.6785340?cmp=rss
SOAPBOX SERENADE
– VOX POPULI
10.
Presidents & Fish: Can’t We All Get Along? (Lewiston
Morning Tribune, ID – Paywall Advisory)
11.
Guest Essay: NuScale Power, the Canary in the Small
Modular Reactor Market (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nuscale-power-small-modular-reactor-smr-ieefa-uamps/645554/
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
12.
Idaho: Advisory Group Recommends Denial of Lava
Ridge Energy Project (Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum, ID)
13.
Orange County Power Authority Seeks Improvement
After Audits (Los Angeles Times, CA – Paywall Advisory)
14.
Waste-to-Energy Plants Are a Small But Stable
Source of Electricity in the United States (U.S. Energy Information
Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=55900
FISH &
WILDLIFE
15.
Biden Commits to Salmon Recovery – President
Says He’ll Work with Tribal & Political Leaders to Recover Endangered Fish
Runs (Lewiston Morning Tribune, ID – Paywall Advisory)
16.
President Biden Says He’ll Work with Rep. Simpson
& Others to Help Salmon in Northwest; Reps. McMorris Rodgers Highlights
President’s River Mix-Up (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/mar/21/mcmorris-rodgers-newhouse-bash-biden-for-columbia-/
WATER, WATER,
ANYWHERE?
17.
A Quarter of World Population Lacks Safe
Drinking Water: UN (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/un-water-sanitation-conference-7a3671dc74f788e36adff9ef9879ed91
BEAM ME UP,
SCOTTY - THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY & CYBERSECURITY
18.
Google Opens Access to Bard Artificial
Intelligence Chatbot, Racing to Catch Up to OpenAI (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/google-opens-access-bard-ai-140035714.html
19.
Businessman Proposing Data Center on Banks of Columbia
River Has History of Troubled Deals (Columbia Insight)
PUBLIC RELATIONS,
MARKETING & MEDIA
20.
TikTok CEO Takes to the App to Announce Company’s
More Than 150 Million Active Users in the U.S. (Tech Crunch)
21.
Twitter Users Are Complaining About Vanishing
Tweets (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-twitter-disappearing-tweets-1850253393
BARREL O’ GREEN
POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
22.
A 5,000-Mile Seaweed Belt Is Headed Toward Florida
(Associated Press)
MANAGEMENT &
GOVERNANCE
23.
Five Ways for Women to Grow Powerful, Connected
Careers (Pioneer Utility Resources)
https://www.pioneerutilityresources.com/empoweredwomen/
OTHER THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT TODAY
24.
Bay Area Storm Kills at Least Two, Knocks Out
Power, Brings Traffic to a Stop (KTVU-TV, Oakland, CA)
https://www.ktvu.com/news/bay-area-storm-kills-at-least-2-knocks-out-power-brings-traffic-to-a-stop
25.
Federal Reserve Raises Its Key Rate by a Quarter-Point
– Calls Banking System ‘Sound & Resilient’ (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/business-ap-news-alert-8e1295ab47734edfb54b56c6950bafdd
26.
Oregon House Votes to Let Oregonians to Pump
Their Own Gas (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/03/20/oregon-house-votes-to-let-oregonians-to-pump-their-own-gas/
27.
World Baseball Classic: Shohei Ohtani Closes Out
Team USA as Japan Wins Third Title (Yahoo! News)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
JPMorgan Chase Thought It Had $1.3 Million Worth of Nickel
Stored in a Warehouse. A Closer Examination Revealed Bags of Stones
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorgan-chase-thought-had-1-215142227.html
Supreme Court Chews on Jack Daniel’s Dog Toy Dispute
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-jack-daniels-dog-toy-7878a57c7ae6735274858e3b0eeeba54
Oldest Most Complete Hebrew Bible Goes on Display in Israel Before
Sale
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65043875
Soccer Player Scores from 110 Yards, Possibly Breaking World
Record
SONG OF THE DAY
Neil Diamond – Stones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY9RxL6aV5c
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