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ITEMS OF NOTE
FROM THE NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
1.
Kurt Miller Named as NWPPA’s Incoming Executive
Director (Northwest Public Power Association)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2023/10/kurt-miller-named-as-nwppas-incoming.html
2.
Kurt Miller to Depart Northwest RiverPartners,
Board Forming Hiring Committee (Northwest Riverpartners)
HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
19th Round of Negotiations to Modernize the Columbia River
Treaty Regime (U.S. Department of State)
https://www.state.gov/19th-round-of-negotiations-to-modernize-the-columbia-river-treaty-regime/
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Plan to Bury Power Lines &
Prevent Wildfires Faces Opposition Because of High Rates (Associated Press)
Electrical Grids Aren’t Keeping Up with the Green Energy
Push. That Could Risk Climate Goals (Associated Press)
9th Circuit Sides with BPA over Conservation Groups on Fish
Spat (RTO Insider)
https://www.rtoinsider.com/58733-ninth-circuit-bpa-conservation-groups-fish-spat/
Kurt Miller Named as NWPPA’s Incoming Executive Director
(Northwest Public Power Association)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2023/10/kurt-miller-named-as-nwppas-incoming.html
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See
Stories Below)
1.
Kurt Miller Named as NWPPA’s Incoming Executive
Director (Northwest Public Power Association)
2.
Kurt Miller to Depart Northwest RiverPartners,
Board Forming Hiring Committee (Northwest Riverpartners)
3.
19th Round of Negotiations to Modernize the
Columbia River Treaty Regime
4.
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Plan to Bury Power
Lines & Prevent Wildfires Faces Opposition Because of High Rates
5.
Grids Remained Stable During Recent Solar
Eclipse
6.
Public Meetings Planned on Proposed New
Transmission Line South of Tri-Cities
7.
Energy Northwest Fined Over Incident That
Exposed Workers
8.
State, Federal Officials Weigh in on Up to $1
Billion for PNW Hydrogen Hub
9.
Oregon State University Gets Millions to Study
Attitudes Towards Offshore Wind
10.
Push for 9 Large-Scale Solar Projects Threaten
Death Valley Gateway
11.
Tiny Snail Becomes Part of Battle Over Lithium
Mine on the Oregon-Nevada Border
12.
WA State to Install Solar Panels at 32
Agricultural Worker Homes in Yakima Area
13.
9th Circuit Sides with BPA over Conservation
Groups on Fish Spat
14.
Idaho Conservation League; Great Old Broads for
Wilderness; Idaho Rivers United Versus Bonneville Power Administration – Link
to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling
15.
Biologist Asks Judge to Limit California Dam’s
Impact on Endangered Salmon
16.
A Struggle to Dodge Salmon in Pursuit of a
Massive Pollock Bounty
17.
The Oldest Puget Sound Orca: L25 May Be
Approaching 100
18.
‘Unusually Large’ Toxic Algal Bloom Covers
30-Mile Stretch of the Lower Snake River
19.
How Gas Utilities Used Tobacco Tactics to Avoid
Gas Stove Regulations
20.
Electrical Grids Aren’t Keeping Up with the
Green Energy Push. That Could Risk Climate Goals
21.
Oregon County to Parlay Timberland on Carbon
Offset Market
22.
Save Time and Energy with Artificial
Intelligence Tools & Message Management
23.
Editorial: Hydrogen Is the Next Green Thing for
WA
24.
Editorial: Oregon’s Big Hydrogen Energy Win
25.
Every Year Like Clockwork the Telecom Industry
Lies & Claims Broadband Prices Are Dropping
WORD OF THE DAY
Geezer \GEEZE-zer\ Noun – A queer, odd, or eccentric person – used especially of an elderly person.
Sixty makes me
laugh
Take the train to
geezer town
First class ticket please
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
3.
19th Round of Negotiations to Modernize the
Columbia River Treaty Regime (U.S. Department of State)
https://www.state.gov/19th-round-of-negotiations-to-modernize-the-columbia-river-treaty-regime/
4.
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Plan to Bury Power
Lines & Prevent Wildfires Faces Opposition Because of High Rates (Associated
Press)
5.
Grids Remained Stable During Recent Solar
Eclipse (American Public Power Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/grids-remained-stable-during-recent-solar-eclipse
6.
Public Meetings Planned on Proposed New
Transmission Line South of Tri-Cities (KFFX-TV, Kennewick, WA)
7.
Energy Northwest Fined Over Incident That
Exposed Workers (KUOW News, Seattle, WA)
https://kuow.org/stories/energy-northwest-fined-over-incident-that-exposed-workers
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
8.
State, Federal Officials Weigh in on Up to $1 Billion
for PNW Hydrogen Hub (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
9.
Oregon State University Gets Millions to Study
Attitudes Towards Offshore Wind (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
10.
Push for 9 Large-Scale Solar Projects Threaten Death
Valley Gateway (Pahrump Valley Times, NV)
https://pvtimes.com/news/push-for-9-large-scale-solar-projects-threaten-death-valley-gateway-125220/
11.
Tiny Snail Becomes Part of Battle Over Lithium
Mine on the Oregon-Nevada Border (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
12.
WA State to Install Solar Panels at 32
Agricultural Worker Homes in Yakima Area (KAPP-TV, Yakima, WA)
FISH &
WILDLIFE
13.
9th Circuit Sides with BPA over Conservation
Groups on Fish Spat (RTO Insider)
https://www.rtoinsider.com/58733-ninth-circuit-bpa-conservation-groups-fish-spat/
14.
Idaho Conservation League; Great Old Broads for
Wilderness; Idaho Rivers United Versus Bonneville Power Administration – Link
to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals – PDF File)
https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2023/10/16/22-70122.pdf
15.
Biologist Asks Judge to Limit California Dam’s
Impact on Endangered Salmon (Courthouse News Service)
16.
A Struggle to Dodge Salmon in Pursuit of a
Massive Pollock Bounty (Pulitzer Center)
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/struggle-dodge-salmon-pursuit-massive-pollock-bounty
17.
The Oldest Puget Sound Orca: L25 May Be
Approaching 100 (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ENVIRONMENTAL
AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
18.
‘Unusually Large’ Toxic Algal Bloom Covers
30-Mile Stretch of the Lower Snake River (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/oct/16/unusually-large-toxic-algal-bloom-covers-30-mile-s/
19.
How Gas Utilities Used Tobacco Tactics to Avoid
Gas Stove Regulations (National Public Radio)
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/17/1183551603/gas-stove-utility-tobacco
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
20.
Electrical Grids Aren’t Keeping Up with the Green
Energy Push. That Could Risk Climate Goals (Associated Press)
21.
Oregon County to Parlay Timberland on Carbon
Offset Market (Columbia Insight)
https://columbiainsight.org/oregon-county-to-parlay-timberland-on-carbon-offset-market/
PUBLIC RELATIONS,
MARKETING & MEDIA
22.
Save Time and Energy with Artificial
Intelligence Tools & Message Management (Pioneer Utility Resources)
https://www.pioneerutilityresources.com/nic2023lessons/
SOAPBOX SERENADE
– VOX POPULI
23.
Editorial: Hydrogen Is the Next Green Thing for WA
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/hydrogen-is-the-next-green-thing-for-wa/
24.
Editorial: Oregon’s Big Hydrogen Energy Win (Bend
Bulletin, OR)
25.
Every Year Like Clockwork the Telecom Industry
Lies & Claims Broadband Prices Are Dropping (TechDirt)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Twin Grandmas Have Worn Matching Outfits Every Day for
Decades: ‘We Love to Wear the Same Clothes’
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/twin-grandmas-worn-matching-outfits-181754687.html
Meteor Showers Abound This Fall. Here’s When They Peak
https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2023/10/meteor-showers-abound-this-fall-heres-when-they-peak.html
Aggressive Owl Targeting People & Pets Prompts Vancouver
Island Town to Issue Safety Warning
British Cat’s 54.59-Decibel Purr Breaks World Record
SONG OF THE DAY
Little River Band – The Night Owls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjcmMzjGpuM
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