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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Holds Overall Average Power
& Transmission Rates Flat (Bonneville Power Administration)
Energy Northwest Signs Agreement for Up to 12 Small Modular
Reactors (American Public Power Association)
Environmentalists, Lawmakers Press President Biden to Pick a
Side in Dam Removal Fight (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_b9114ee4-2b23-11ee-95e4-4b44671e1456.html
Pumped Storage: Tribes Raise Objections to Renewable Energy
Project in Columbia River Gorge (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Washington Declares Drought Emergency in 12 Counties
(Washington State Standard)
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/state-declares-drought-emergency-in-12-counties/
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Holds Overall
Average Power & Transmission Rates Flat
2.
Energy Northwest Signs Agreement for Up to 12 Small
Modular Reactors
3.
Environmentalists, Lawmakers Press President
Biden to Pick a Side in Dam Removal Fight
4.
WA State: Grant PUD Seeks Federal Funds to Make
Priest Rapids Dam More Earthquake Proof
5.
Lawsuits Hover Over Utility Companies as
Wildfires Spread Throughout Oregon
6.
Drought-Driven Shift Away from Hydropower Is
Costing the.S.US West Billions of Dollars: Study
7.
Extreme Heat & Aging Power Grids Are a
Deadly Combination
8.
Chelan PUD Delays Cryptocurrency Rate Hike
Second Time This Year
9.
Bonneville Power Administration Releases Draft
Provider of Choice Policy Tied to Expiration of Power Sales Contracts
10.
First U.S. Nuclear Reactor Built from Scratch in
Decades Enters Commercial Operation in Georgia
11.
Pumped Storage: Tribes Raise Objections to
Renewable Energy Project in Columbia River Gorge
12.
While Everyone Was Yelling About Gas Stoves, The
Incandescent Light Bulb Went Away
13.
So, You Want to Electrify Your Home. Do You Need
a Panel Upgrade First?
14.
Sturgeon Dying in Columbia River as Water Heats
Up to Above Historic Summer Average
15.
OSU Study: Billions in Conservation Spending
Fail to Improve Columbia Basin Wild Fish Stocks
16.
Last Wild Atlantic Salmon Can Survive Maine
Dams, Feds Say
17.
Critically Endangered, But Not Shy: Camera Spots
Bunch of Condors Just Hanging Out
18.
Washington Declares Drought Emergency in 12
Counties
19.
As Frustration Grows, Quintillion Extends
Timeline for Restoring Western Alaska Internet Service
20.
SpaceX Launches Enormous Satellite for Faster
Rural Broadband
21.
1 in 6 Washington Cars Are Electric. The State
Aims for More
22.
Automaker Tesla Is Opening More Showrooms on
Tribal Lands to Avoid State Laws Barring Direct Sales
23.
AM Radio Served the Country for 100 Years. Will
Electric Vehicles Silence It?
24.
Elon Musk Wants to Turn Tweets Into ‘Xs’. But
Changing Language Is Not Quite So Simple
25. Guest Essay: Colstrip is Changing – – Not Closing
WORD OF THE DAY
Bogart \BOH-gart\ Verb – 1: bully, intimidate *2: to use or consume without sharing.
Nymphadora made everyone at the root beer decanting party nervous. Along with her bogart of the first bottle from the fruit cellar, she also made wise cracks about no “backwash” guarantees. Ewwwww!
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Holds Overall
Average Power & Transmission Rates Flat (Bonneville Power Administration)
2.
Energy Northwest Signs Agreement for Up to 12
Small Modular Reactors (American Public Power Association)
3.
Environmentalists, Lawmakers Press President Biden
to Pick a Side in Dam Removal Fight (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_b9114ee4-2b23-11ee-95e4-4b44671e1456.html
4.
WA State: Grant PUD Seeks Federal Funds to Make
Priest Rapids Dam More Earthquake Proof (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/grant-pud-seeks-federal-funds-to-make-priest-rapids-dam-more-earthquake-proof/
5.
Lawsuits Hover Over Utility Companies as
Wildfires Spread Throughout Oregon (KMTR-TV, Eugene, OR)
6.
Drought-Driven Shift Away from Hydropower Is
Costing the.S.US West Billions of Dollars: Study (The Hill, Washington, DC)
7.
Extreme Heat & Aging Power Grids Are a
Deadly Combination (Bloomberg News)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-extreme-heat-power-outage-electric-grid/
8.
Chelan PUD Delays Cryptocurrency Rate Hike
Second Time This Year (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/chelan-pud-delays-cryptocurrency-rate-hike-second-time-in-2023/
9.
Bonneville Power Administration Releases Draft
Provider of Choice Policy Tied to Expiration of Power Sales Contracts (American
Public Power Association)
10.
First U.S. Nuclear Reactor Built from Scratch in
Decades Enters Commercial Operation in Georgia (Courthouse News Service)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
11.
Pumped Storage: Tribes Raise Objections to Renewable
Energy Project in Columbia River Gorge (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
CONSERVATION
& EFFICIENCY
12.
While Everyone Was Yelling About Gas Stoves, The
Incandescent Light Bulb Went Away (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/27/incandescent-light-bulb-led-00107935
13.
So, You Want to Electrify Your Home. Do You Need
a Panel Upgrade First? (Canary Media)
FISH &
WILDLIFE
14.
Sturgeon Dying in Columbia River as Water Heats
Up to Above Historic Summer Average (Yahoo! News)
https://news.yahoo.com/sturgeon-dying-columbia-river-water-194341057.html
15.
OSU Study: Billions in Conservation Spending
Fail to Improve Columbia Basin Wild Fish Stocks (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
16.
Last Wild Atlantic Salmon Can Survive Maine Dams,
Feds Say (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/maine-dams-endangered-salmon-kennebec-7ece63c8a9b6dc32864ff8da7f1f24d3
17.
Critically Endangered, But Not Shy: Camera Spots
Bunch of Condors Just Hanging Out (KQED Broadcasting, San Francisco, CA)
WATER, WATER,
ANYWHERE?
18.
Washington Declares Drought Emergency in 12
Counties (Washington State Standard)
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/state-declares-drought-emergency-in-12-counties/
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
19.
As Frustration Grows, Quintillion Extends
Timeline for Restoring Western Alaska Internet Service (Alaska Public Media)
20.
SpaceX Launches Enormous Satellite for Faster
Rural Broadband (C|Net News)
https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/spacex-launches-enormous-satellite-for-faster-rural-broadband/
I SING THE CAR
ELECTRIC
21.
1 in 6 Washington Cars Are Electric. The State
Aims for More (KUOW News, Seattle, WA)
https://www.kuow.org/stories/1-in-6-washington-cars-are-evs-the-state-aims-for-more
22.
Automaker Tesla Is Opening More Showrooms on
Tribal Lands to Avoid State Laws Barring Direct Sales (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/tesla-cars-tribal-sovereignty-51f2d23c73da675d804f9c44975e6ae7
23.
AM Radio Served the Country for 100 Years. Will Electric
Vehicles Silence It? (Los Angeles Times, CA – Paywall Advisory)
PUBLIC RELATIONS,
MARKETING & MEDIA
24.
Elon Musk Wants to Turn Tweets Into ‘Xs’. But Changing
Language Is Not Quite So Simple (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
https://www.seattlepi.com/living/article/elon-musk-wants-to-turn-tweets-into-x-s-but-18263405.php
SOAPBOX SERENADE
– VOX POPULI
25.
Guest Essay: Colstrip is Changing – – Not
Closing (Big Sky Business Journal, MT)
http://bigskybusinessjournal.com/2023/07/26/colstrip-is-changing-not-closing/
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Washington State Ferries Workers Save Kitten from Drowning
‘Pee-Wee Herman’ Actor Paul Reubens Dies at 70
Kraft Heinz Defeats Lawsuit Over Mac & Cheese
Preparation Time
150 Feet of Love... And Bologna: Hundreds Gather for Mega
Meat Sandwich in Pennsylvania
https://news.yahoo.com/150-feet-love-bologna-hundreds-143100982.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Danny Elfman – Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure – Soundtrack Suite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgp_JFCwfs8
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