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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific NW Utilities Readying for High-Voltage Fight Over
Canada’s Price for Columbia River Power (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article278535889.html
Puget Sound Energy Not Permitted to Notify Customers of
Natural Gas Rate Hike (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Environmental Group Suffers Setback in Legal Fight to Close
California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-power-diablo-canyon-california-c3d2fc23916daada9bfa72160e83db1d
WA State: A French-Fry Boomtown Emerges as a Climate Winner
— As Long as It Has Water (Washington Post, DC – Paywall Advisory)
This french fry boomtown is a climate change winner. But for how long? - The Washington Post
Utility Efficiency Spending Falls, Leading To 5.4% Drop in
Energy Savings: ACEEE (Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See
Stories Below)
1.
Pacific NW Utilities Readying for High-Voltage
Fight Over Canada’s Price for Columbia River Power
2.
Puget Sound Energy Not Permitted to Notify
Customers of Natural Gas Rate Hike
3.
WA Attorney General Advised Utilities Commission
to Conceal Carbon Tax Impact on Energy Rates
4.
Environmental Group Suffers Setback in Legal
Fight to Close California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant
5.
California Farmers: Glen Canyon Dam a Major
Problem in West’s Water Supply
6.
Ag Stakeholders Lead Dam Tour as Federal Mediation
Deadline Nears
7.
WA State: Nearly $1 Million Added in Cost to
Refurbish Douglas PUD’s Dam
8.
Bare Electrical Wire & Leaning Poles on Maui
Were Possible Cause of Deadly Fires
9.
Who Pays When Utilities Get Sued Over Wildfires?
10.
CAISO Seeks FERC Approval for Western Day-Ahead
Market, with 2025 Start Date
11.
News Release: Biden-Harris Administration
Announces More Than $800 Million to Strengthen Rural Infrastructure and Create
Jobs
12.
Idaho: Large-Scale Wind & Solar Permits
Paused in Twin Falls County
13.
Utility Efficiency Spending Falls, Leading To
5.4% Drop in Energy Savings: ACEEE
14.
Commercial Energy Use Rose in Eight States,
Including Alaska, Even as National Trends Tumbled in 2021
15.
Alaska Economists Dispute Duration of Huge
Salmon Influxes’ Effect on Prices
16.
One Way to Help Coho Salmon Survive Pacific NW
Pollution
17.
Wind Turbines & White Nose: The Perilous
Lives of Bats
18.
Camp Creek Wildfire Near Portland, OR’s Water
Source Grows to 1,226 Acres
19.
WA State: A French-Fry Boomtown Emerges as a
Climate Winner — As Long as It Has Water
20.
Portland Clean Energy Fund Unveils 5-Year Plan,
$750 Million Projected Spending After Overhaul
21.
How California Is Bridging the Digital Divide on
Tribal Land
22.
Artificial Intelligence Data Centers Use a Lot
of Electricity & Water: Can Supply Keep Up?
23.
Ratepayer Owned Public Utilities Launch Ads to
Protect Affordable, Reliable, and Clean Power for Communities
24.
From Mad Men to Machines? Big Advertisers Shift
to Artificial Intelligence
25.
Groups Urge Congress to Pass FEMA Reimbursement
Legislation
26.
WA State: Primed for Ignition - Fires Among
Spokane County’s Worst Natural Disasters
27.
Guest Essay:
Breach the Snake River Dams? Only If You Want More Carbon & More
Expensive Power
WORD OF THE DAY
Holus-bolus \hoh-lus-BOH-lus\ Adverb – All at once.
POTUS news
presser
The holus bolus
shouting
Sound, Fury, Nothing
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific NW Utilities Readying for High-Voltage
Fight Over Canada’s Price for Columbia River Power (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article278535889.html
2.
Puget Sound Energy Not Permitted to Notify
Customers of Natural Gas Rate Hike (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
3.
WA Attorney General Advised Utilities Commission
to Conceal Carbon Tax Impact on Energy Rates (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_75a017ca-4366-11ee-b44a-631e6df6de14.html
4.
Environmental Group Suffers Setback in Legal
Fight to Close California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-power-diablo-canyon-california-c3d2fc23916daada9bfa72160e83db1d
5.
California Farmers: Glen Canyon Dam a Major
Problem in West’s Water Supply (KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, NV)
6.
Ag Stakeholders Lead Dam Tour as Federal
Mediation Deadline Nears (Capital Press)
7.
WA State: Nearly $1 Million Added in Cost to Refurbish
Douglas PUD’s Dam (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/nearly-1-million-added-in-cost-to-refurbish-douglas-puds-dam/
8.
Bare Electrical Wire & Leaning Poles on Maui
Were Possible Cause of Deadly Fires (Associated Press)
9.
Who Pays When Utilities Get Sued Over Wildfires?
(Canary Media)
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/utilities/who-pays-when-utilities-get-sued-over-wildfires
10.
CAISO Seeks FERC Approval for Western Day-Ahead
Market, with 2025 Start Date (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/caiso-ferc-western-day-ahead-market-spp/691740/
11.
News Release: Biden-Harris Administration
Announces More Than $800 Million to Strengthen Rural Infrastructure and Create
Jobs (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
12.
Idaho: Large-Scale Wind & Solar Permits
Paused in Twin Falls County (Twin Falls Times-News, ID)
CONSERVATION
& EFFICIENCY
13.
Utility Efficiency Spending Falls, Leading To
5.4% Drop in Energy Savings: ACEEE (Utility Dive)
14.
Commercial Energy Use Rose in Eight States,
Including Alaska, Even as National Trends Tumbled in 2021 (Daily Energy
Insider)
FISH &
WILDLIFE
15.
Alaska Economists Dispute Duration of Huge
Salmon Influxes’ Effect on Prices (Alaska Public Media)
16.
One Way to Help Coho Salmon Survive Pacific NW Pollution
(KUOW News, Seattle, WA)
https://www.kuow.org/stories/one-way-to-help-coho-salmon-survive-nw-pollution
17.
Wind Turbines & White Nose: The Perilous
Lives of Bats (Columbia Insight)
https://columbiainsight.org/wind-turbines-and-white-nose-the-perilous-lives-of-bats/
WATER, WATER,
ANYWHERE?
18.
Camp Creek Wildfire Near Portland, OR’s Water
Source Grows to 1,226 Acres (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19.
WA State: A French-Fry Boomtown Emerges as a Climate
Winner — As Long as It Has Water (Washington Post, DC – Paywall Advisory)
This
french fry boomtown is a climate change winner. But for how long? - The Washington
Post
20.
Portland Clean Energy Fund Unveils 5-Year Plan,
$750 Million Projected Spending After Overhaul (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/08/24/portland-clean-energy-fund/
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21.
How California Is Bridging the Digital Divide on
Tribal Land (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
BEAM ME UP,
SCOTTY - THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY & CYBERSECURITY
22.
Artificial Intelligence Data Centers Use a Lot of
Electricity & Water: Can Supply Keep Up? (Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/ai-data-centers-lot-electricity-160125093.html
PUBLIC RELATIONS,
MARKETING & MEDIA
23.
Ratepayer Owned Public Utilities Launch Ads to
Protect Affordable, Reliable, and Clean Power for Communities (News Release:
Northwest RiverPartners)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2023/08/ratepayer-owned-public-utilities-launch.html
24.
From Mad Men to Machines? Big Advertisers Shift to
Artificial Intelligence (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/mad-men-machines-big-advertisers-shift-ai-2023-08-18/
MANAGEMENT &
GOVERNANCE
25.
Groups Urge Congress to Pass FEMA Reimbursement
Legislation (American Public Power Association)
OTHER THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT TODAY
26.
WA State: Primed for Ignition - Fires Among Spokane
County’s Worst Natural Disasters (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/aug/27/more-than-350-homes-and-21000-acres-recent-fires-a/
SOAPBOX SERENADE
– VOX POPULI
27.
Guest Essay:
Breach the Snake River Dams? Only If You Want More Carbon & More
Expensive Power (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
https://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article278301408.html
LEAPIN’ LIZARDS! – DIVERSIONS
Seattle Gets Trolled by a Danish Environmental Artist
https://crosscut.com/culture/2023/08/artsea-seattle-gets-trolled-danish-environmental-artist
‘T. Rexes’ Race to Photo Finish at Washington State Track
https://apnews.com/article/racing-trexes-washington-a498d41a8c9fa5cbb4c7bfb0d3c55f8c
Bob Barker, Iconic Host of 'The Price Is Right' & Animal
Activist, Dies at 99
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bob-barker-dies-99-price-is-right-host-172327959.html
Incredibly Rare Spotless Giraffe Born at Tennessee Zoo
https://gizmodo.com/incredibly-rare-spotless-giraffe-born-at-tennessee-zoo-1850765635
SONG OF THE DAY
Simon & Garfunkel - At the Zoo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDu7eitZrgw
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