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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Moves Forward with Program to Charge Companies
for Greenhouse Gas Emissions (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/28/washington-state-is-holding-its-first-carbon-allowance-auction.html
California Regulators Find Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant
Needed Through 2030 to Support Grid Reliability (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/diablo-nuclear-plant-california-regulators-reliability/643859/
Proposed Idaho Wind Farm Near Former Minidoka Prison Camp
Sparks Concern in Oregon (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
WA State: Yakima County Commissioners Extend Moratorium on
Solar Farms (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Central Heat Pump Water Heaters Can Act as Massive Water
Batteries, Seattle Pilot Project Shows (Clean Technica)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
California Regulators Find Diablo Canyon Nuclear
Plant Needed Through 2030 to Support Grid Reliability
2.
The Dream of Mini Nuclear Plants Hangs in the
Balance
3.
Dow & X-Energy to Build U.S. Gulf Coast
Nuclear Demonstration Plant
4.
PacifiCorp Liability for Labor Day Fires
Revealed Through Newly Found Texts, Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Allege
5.
Oregon: Bill Would Provide Subsidies for Backup
Power During Prolonged Outages
6.
California Could Keep the Lights on by Expanding
Grid Across the West, Report Finds
7.
Fully Electrifying British Columbia’s Economy
Will Create an Expensive Energy Crunch
8.
Rural Electric Cooperative in Arizona Gives
Profits to Members to Offset Increased Prices
9.
Incoming Florida Utility Chief’s Priority: No
More Scandals
10.
Exploring Public Power’s Current and Future
Issues in the West
11.
Proposed Idaho Wind Farm Near Former Minidoka
Prison Camp Sparks Concern in Oregon
12.
WA State: Yakima County Commissioners Extend
Moratorium on Solar Farms
13.
Washington’s Largest Solar Project Now Connected
to Grid
14.
Bureau of Land Management Explores Utility-Scale
Solar in Montana
15.
Washington Bill to Study Recycling Wind Turbines
Passes State Senate
16.
WA House Passes Connors’ Light Pollution Bill
17.
Green Colonialism Is Flooding the Pacific
Northwest
18.
Central Heat Pump Water Heaters Can Act as
Massive Water Batteries, Seattle Pilot Project Shows
19.
Attorney General Pushing for Largest
Environmental Fine in Washington History Over Puyallup River Dam Operations
20.
Washington State Moves Forward with Program to
Charge Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
21.
Hotter Temperatures Will Change Which Trees
Thrive in the Pacific Northwest
22.
The World Is Finally Cracking Down on
‘Greenwashing’
23.
FCC ‘Investigating’ Repeated Broadband Industry
Coverage Lies
24.
Federal Agencies Have 30 Days to Remove TikTok
from Government-Issued Devices, White House Says
25.
U.S. Postal Service Starts Nationwide Electric
Vehicle Fleet, Buying 9,250 Electric Vehicles & Thousands of Charging
Stations
26.
Utility Pioneers’ Take on the Perks &
Pitfalls of Automation
27.
Pulverized Glass Is Becoming Much-Needed Sand
Along Louisiana’s Coasts
28.
WA State: Clallam PUD Board Member Resigns
29. Environmental, Social & Governance: The Conservative Battle Against ‘Woke’ Banks Is Backfiring
WORD OF THE DAY
Marginalia /mar-juh-NAY-lee-uh/ Noun – Marginalia is a plural noun that refers to notes or other marks written in the margins of a text, and to nonessential matters or items.
Emerging from the flaming house, Daryl clutched his prized possession tightly in his arms: his first pressing of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” complete with drug-fueled marginalia that encircled lyrics printed inside the iconic album jacket.
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
California Regulators Find Diablo Canyon Nuclear
Plant Needed Through 2030 to Support Grid Reliability (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/diablo-nuclear-plant-california-regulators-reliability/643859/
2.
The Dream of Mini Nuclear Plants Hangs in the
Balance (Wired Magazine)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-dream-of-mini-nuclear-plants-hangs-in-the-balance/
3.
Dow & X-Energy to Build U.S. Gulf Coast Nuclear
Demonstration Plant (Reuters)
4.
PacifiCorp Liability for Labor Day Fires
Revealed Through Newly Found Texts, Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Allege (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
5.
Oregon: Bill Would Provide Subsidies for Backup
Power During Prolonged Outages (KLCC Radio, Eugene, OR)
6.
California Could Keep the Lights on by Expanding
Grid Across the West, Report Finds (Sacramento Bee, CA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article272596813.html
7.
Fully Electrifying British Columbia’s Economy
Will Create an Expensive Energy Crunch (Business in Vancouver, BC)
https://biv.com/article/2023/02/fully-electrifying-bcs-economy-will-create-expensive-energy-crunch
8.
Rural Electric Cooperative in Arizona Gives
Profits to Members to Offset Increased Prices (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)
9.
Incoming Florida Utility Chief’s Priority: No
More Scandals (Reuters)
10.
Exploring Public Power’s Current and Future
Issues in the West (American Public Power Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/blog/exploring-public-powers-current-and-future-issues-west
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
11.
Proposed Idaho Wind Farm Near Former Minidoka Prison
Camp Sparks Concern in Oregon (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
12.
WA State: Yakima County Commissioners Extend
Moratorium on Solar Farms (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA – Paywall Advisory)
13.
Washington’s Largest Solar Project Now Connected
to Grid (Solar Power World)
14.
Bureau of Land Management Explores Utility-Scale
Solar in Montana (Montana Free Press)
https://montanafreepress.org/2023/02/27/blm-explores-utility-scale-solar-in-montana/
15.
Washington Bill to Study Recycling Wind Turbines
Passes State Senate (KONA Radio, Tri-Cities, WA)
https://610kona.com/washington-bill-to-study-recycling-wind-turbines-passes-state-senate/
16.
WA House Passes Connors’ Light Pollution Bill (Elkhorn
Media Group)
https://elkhornmediagroup.com/wa-house-passes-connors-light-pollution-bill/
17.
Green Colonialism Is Flooding the Pacific
Northwest (High Country News)
CONSERVATION
& EFFICIENCY
18.
Central Heat Pump Water Heaters Can Act as Massive
Water Batteries, Seattle Pilot Project Shows (Clean Technica)
ENVIRONMENTAL
AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
19.
Attorney General Pushing for Largest
Environmental Fine in Washington History Over Puyallup River Dam Operations (KUOW
News, Seattle, WA)
https://www.kuow.org/stories/ag-pushing-for-largest-environmental-fine-in-washington-history
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
20.
Washington State Moves Forward with Program to Charge
Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/28/washington-state-is-holding-its-first-carbon-allowance-auction.html
21.
Hotter Temperatures Will Change Which Trees
Thrive in the Pacific Northwest (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2023/03/01/climate-change-trees-seattle
22.
The World Is Finally Cracking Down on ‘Greenwashing’
(Atlantic Magazine)
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/03/greenwashing-refuses-to-die/673241/
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
23.
FCC ‘Investigating’ Repeated Broadband Industry
Coverage Lies (TechDirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/27/fcc-investigating-repeated-broadband-industry-coverage-lies/
BEAM ME UP,
SCOTTY - THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY & CYBERSECURITY
24.
Federal Agencies Have 30 Days to Remove TikTok from
Government-Issued Devices, White House Says (USA Today)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
25.
U.S. Postal Service Starts Nationwide Electric
Vehicle Fleet, Buying 9,250 Electric Vehicles & Thousands of Charging
Stations (CBS News)
PUBLIC RELATIONS,
MARKETING & MEDIA
26.
Utility Pioneers’ Take on the Perks &
Pitfalls of Automation (Pioneer Utility Resources)
https://www.pioneerutilityresources.com/ai/
BARREL O’ GREEN
POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
27.
Pulverized Glass Is Becoming Much-Needed Sand
Along Louisiana’s Coasts (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/glass-half-full-new-orleans-recycling-bottles-into-sand-1850145573
MANAGEMENT &
GOVERNANCE
28.
WA State: Clallam PUD Board Member Resigns (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/clallam-pud-board-member-resigns/
29.
Environmental, Social & Governance: The Conservative
Battle Against ‘Woke’ Banks Is Backfiring (Washington Post, DC – Paywall
Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
50th Anniversary Celebration: Psychologist Daniel Levitin Dissects
Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’
Space Organizations Want the Moon to Have Its Own Time Zone
https://www.engadget.com/moon-own-time-zone-esa-113547009.html
Antoine Davis’ Quest to Break Pete Maravich’s NCAA Scoring
Record Goes from Possible to Probable – Took Almost Twice as Many Games to Do
It
She Rescues Baby Squirrels: ‘They’re Quite Destructive. I Don’t
Care. I Love Them.’
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/feb/27/she-rescues-baby-squirrels-theyre-quite-destructiv/
ALBUM OF THE MILLENNIUM
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon – Full Album (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh1Xyvu68P0
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