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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Power Marketing Administrations: Additional Steps Are Needed
to Better Manage Climate-Related Risks (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-106224
Oregon’s Data Center Clean Energy Bill Dies in Committee
(Bend Bulletin, OR – Paywall Advisory)
California Grid Needs $9.3 Billion Upgrade in Renewables
Shift (Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-grid-needs-9-3-231650799.html
Lake Mead Water Level Rises, Defies Projections (Yahoo!
News)
https://news.yahoo.com/lake-mead-water-level-rises-160206794.html
U.S. Energy Dept. to Ban Sale of Some Light Bulbs: Here’s
Why (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/energy-dept-ban-sale-light-100351213.html
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Power Marketing Administrations: Additional
Steps Are Needed to Better Manage Climate-Related Risks
2.
Bipartisan Group of U.S. Senators Proposes
Legislation to Advance Nuclear Power
3.
Ag Advocates Worry Their Message Has Been Lost
During Snake River Dam Mediation
4.
Columbia River Basin Dam Spills to Begin
5.
Montana: Settlement Emerges in NorthWestern
Energy Rate Case
6.
Alaska: Seward Approves Electric Utility’s Sale
to Homer Electric Association — But Voters Will Have a Say
7.
WA State: Woman Is Accused of Driving Drunk When
She Knocked Out Power to 16,000 in Richland
8.
Two Georgia Men Die by Electrocution in
Substation Break-In
9.
Five Stories of Lineworker Heroics from the Past
Year
10.
South Africa Ends ‘State of Disaster’ Over
Electricity
11.
Senators: Gosh, Maybe We Should Accurately Map
Broadband Before Deploying $50 Billion in Telecom Subsidies?
12.
California Grid Needs $9.3 Billion Upgrade in
Renewables Shift
13.
States and Companies Compete for Billions to
Make Hydrogen
14.
Burning Man Joined by Paiute Tribe, Homeowners
in Lawsuit Against the Feds Over Geothermal Power Project
15.
U.S. Energy Dept. to Ban Sale of Some Light
Bulbs: Here’s Why
16.
Six Things to Know About Heat Pumps, A Climate
Solution in a Box
17.
No Deschutes River Spring Chinook Season Again
This Year, Due to Low Returns; Hood River Opens April 15
18.
Shellfish Growers in Pacific Northwest’s Oyster
Capital Want ‘Blitz’ Against Invasive Green Crabs
19.
Video Shows Boat Charging Sea Lions on Columbia
River; Authorities Reportedly Investigating
20.
Caregivers: Returning Orca Lolita to Pacific
Northwest Is Risky
21.
Lake Mead Water Level Rises, Defies Projections
22.
Here’s How Snowpack Is Measured & Why It’s
Important in Central Oregon
23.
Democrats Sponsor Bill to Give Washington
Farmers Cap-And-Trade Refunds
24.
Thousands of Washington Homes Don’t Have
High-Speed Internet, $900M in Federal Funds May Help
25.
Chelan County PUD Anticipates 85% Of District
Will Have Broadband Access by End of 2026
26.
Oregon’s Data Center Clean Energy Bill Dies in
Committee
27.
Seattle City Light Adding Electric Vehicle
Charging Stations as Pilot Program
28.
So Many Satellites. Can We Clean Up Space?
29.
Fortune of Port of Vancouver, Others Depends on
Columbia River’s Flow
30. Paying for Paradise? Hawaii Mulls Fees for Ecotourism Crush
WORD OF THE DAY – THE HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
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Woolen underwear
Exquisite
discomfiture
Can’t sit still in this
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Power Marketing Administrations: Additional
Steps Are Needed to Better Manage Climate-Related Risks (U.S. Government
Accountability Office)
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-106224
2.
Bipartisan Group of U.S. Senators Proposes
Legislation to Advance Nuclear Power (Utility Dive)
3.
Ag Advocates Worry Their Message Has Been Lost
During Snake River Dam Mediation (Capital Press)
4.
Columbia River Basin Dam Spills to Begin (Gorge
Radio, Hood River, OR)
https://gorgeradio.com/?pg=30929&post=true
5.
Montana: Settlement Emerges in NorthWestern Energy
Rate Case (Billings Gazette, MT – Paywall Advisory)
6.
Alaska: Seward Approves Electric Utility’s Sale to
Homer Electric Association — But Voters Will Have a Say (Alaska Public Media)
7.
WA State: Woman Is Accused of Driving Drunk When
She Knocked Out Power to 16,000 in Richland (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/woman-accused-driving-drunk-she-120000503.html
8.
Two Georgia Men Die by Electrocution in Substation
Break-In (Associated Press)
9.
Five Stories of Lineworker Heroics from the Past
Year (National Rural Electric Cooperative Association)
https://www.electric.coop/five-stories-of-lineworker-heroics-from-the-past-year
10.
South Africa Ends ‘State of Disaster’ Over
Electricity (Associated Press)
https://localnews8.com/news/2023/04/05/south-africa-ends-state-of-disaster-over-electricity/
SOAPBOX SERENADE
– VOX POPULI
11.
Senators: Gosh, Maybe We Should Accurately Map
Broadband Before Deploying $50 Billion in Telecom Subsidies? (TechDirt)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
12.
California Grid Needs $9.3 Billion Upgrade in
Renewables Shift (Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-grid-needs-9-3-231650799.html
13.
States and Companies Compete for Billions to
Make Hydrogen (Associated Press)
14.
Burning Man Joined by Paiute Tribe, Homeowners
in Lawsuit Against the Feds Over Geothermal Power Project (San Francisco
Standard, CA)
https://sfstandard.com/arts-culture/burning-man-blm-lawsuit-ormat-geothermal-gerlach-paiute-tribe/
CONSERVATION
& EFFICIENCY
15.
U.S. Energy Dept. to Ban Sale of Some Light
Bulbs: Here’s Why (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/energy-dept-ban-sale-light-100351213.html
16.
Six Things to Know About Heat Pumps, A Climate
Solution in a Box (KTOO-Radio, Juneau, AK)
https://www.ktoo.org/2023/04/04/6-things-to-know-about-heat-pumps-a-climate-solution-in-a-box/
FISH &
WILDLIFE
17.
No Deschutes River Spring Chinook Season Again
This Year, Due to Low Returns; Hood River Opens April 15 (KTVZ-TV – Bend, OR)
18.
Shellfish Growers in Pacific Northwest’s Oyster
Capital Want ‘Blitz’ Against Invasive Green Crabs (Northwest News Network)
19.
Video Shows Boat Charging Sea Lions on Columbia
River; Authorities Reportedly Investigating (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
20.
Caregivers: Returning Orca Lolita to Pacific Northwest
Is Risky (Associated Press)
WATER, WATER,
ANYWHERE?
21.
Lake Mead Water Level Rises, Defies Projections
(Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/lake-mead-water-level-rises-160206794.html
22.
Here’s How Snowpack Is Measured & Why It’s
Important in Central Oregon (Bend Bulletin, OR – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23.
Democrats Sponsor Bill to Give Washington Farmers
Cap-And-Trade Refunds (Capital Press)
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
24.
Thousands of Washington Homes Don’t Have
High-Speed Internet, $900M in Federal Funds May Help (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
25.
Chelan County PUD Anticipates 85% Of District
Will Have Broadband Access by End of 2026 (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
BEAM ME UP,
SCOTTY - THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY & CYBERSECURITY
26.
Oregon’s Data Center Clean Energy Bill Dies in Committee
(Bend Bulletin, OR – Paywall Advisory)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
27.
Seattle City Light Adding Electric Vehicle Charging
Stations as Pilot Program (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/3870055/seattle-city-light-adding-ev-charging-stations-pilot-program/
BARREL O’ GREEN
POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
28.
So Many Satellites. Can We Clean Up Space? (Christian
Science Monitor)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2023/0405/So-many-satellites.-Can-we-clean-up-space?icid=rss
OTHER THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT TODAY
29.
Fortune of Port of Vancouver, Others Depends on Columbia
River’s Flow (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
30.
Paying for Paradise? Hawaii Mulls Fees for Ecotourism
Crush (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-tourist-fee-state-parks-2cf6cfbba0a80cb127cf6815970f2a93
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
First Contact Day Celebrates the Future History of 'Star
Trek' – Hello Bozeman, MT
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/04/05/First-Contact-Day/4951680704033/
King County Council Votes Unanimously for Oxford Comma
They Thought a Painting in Their TV Room Was a Fake &
Then It Sold for $850,000
Train Derailment Spills Cases of Coors, Blue Moon Beer Along
Montana River
SONG OF THE DAY
Art Garfield – Wonderful World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYjZjfSsEk8
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