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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Oregon: Corps Studying Whether to Drop Hydropower at Nine
Willamette Valley Dams to Help Fish Passage (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)
Wyoming’s Transmission Line Set to Transform Energy
Landscape (Energy Portal)
California Grid Operator Preparing for October Solar Eclipse
(American Public Power Association)
U.S. Sets Record for Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters in a
Year — And There’s Still Four Months to Go (Associated Press)
WA State: Water Use Restricted in Most of Clallam County
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/water-use-restricted-in-most-of-clallam-county/
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See
Stories Below)
1.
Wyoming’s Transmission Line Set to Transform
Energy Landscape
2.
Three WAPA Divisions to Pursue Final
Negotiations with Southwest Power Pool Regional Transmission Organization
3.
California Must Mandate All-Electric New
Buildings, Local Officials Tell Governor
4.
City of Cascade Locks Proposes Port Partnership
to Upgrade Electrical System
5.
NRC Accepts for Review Application Related to
UAMPS Small Modular Reactor Project
6.
How to Keep Your Food Safe to Eat When the Power
Goes Out
7.
California Grid Operator Preparing for October
Solar Eclipse
8.
Utah: ‘More Sustainable Future’: BLM Approves
Geothermal Test Bed Project
9.
Central Oregonians Are Being Offered Solar
Rebate Incentives Through the Oregon Dept. of Energy
10.
Montana: Discovery Ski Area Goes Solar
11.
Oregon: Corps Studying Whether to Drop
Hydropower at Nine Willamette Valley Dams to Help Fish Passage
12.
WA State: Salmon Festival Gets Repeat
Performance at Rocky Reach Dam
13.
WA State: Water Use Restricted in Most of
Clallam County
14.
Oregon: Residents of Lafayette Are Outraged by
High Water Bills This Month. A City Debt Is to Blame
15.
U.S. Sets Record for Billion-Dollar Weather
Disasters in a Year — And There’s Still Four Months to Go
16.
The ‘Forever’ Glaciers of America’s West Aren’t
Forever Anymore
17.
Federal Affirmative Action Ruling May Impact WA
Cap-And-Trade
18.
WA Dept. of Commerce Awards $14.5 Million in
Grant Funding to Expand Internet Access
19.
WA State: Okanogan County Receives Over $30
Million for Rural Broadband
20.
WA State: Construction on Project to Bring
Broadband to Winlock Set to Begin Soon
21.
FBI Says School Threats Have ‘Skyrocketed’
Because of Social Media
22.
Newly Discovered Green Comet Is Passing by Earth
This Week
23.
Bonneville Power Administration Honors 2023
Administrator’s Excellence Award Winners
24.
Employee ‘Feedback’ Deemed Too Harsh;
‘Feedforward’ Is Better: Report
25.
WA Gov. Inslee Wants Legislation to Look into
Alleged Profiteering by Oil, Gas Companies
26.
Popular Nasal Decongestant Doesn’t Actually
Relieve Congestion, FDA Advisers Say
27.
The Transition to Meteorological Fall
28.
Guest Essay: Lower Snake River Dams Fill Many
Roles
29.
Guest Essay: Small Reactors at Hanford: Déjà Vu
All Over Again
WORD OF THE DAY
Interloper • \in-ter-LOH-per\ • noun – One that intrudes in a place or sphere of activity.
Fran and Fred’s elopement was going well until an unexpected interloper arrived: Fran’s mother.
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Wyoming’s Transmission Line Set to Transform
Energy Landscape (Energy Portal)
2.
Three WAPA Divisions to Pursue Final
Negotiations with Southwest Power Pool Regional Transmission Organization
(Western Area Power Administration)
3.
California Must Mandate All-Electric New
Buildings, Local Officials Tell Governor (Utility Dive)
4.
City of Cascade Locks Proposes Port Partnership to
Upgrade Electrical System (Columbia Gorge News, Hood River, OR)
5.
NRC Accepts for Review Application Related to
UAMPS Small Modular Reactor Project (American Public Power Association)
6.
How to Keep Your Food Safe to Eat When the Power
Goes Out (Huffington Post)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
& SELF STORAGE
7.
California Grid Operator Preparing for October
Solar Eclipse (American Public Power Association)
8.
Utah: ‘More Sustainable Future’: BLM Approves
Geothermal Test Bed Project (KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, UT)
9.
Central Oregonians Are Being Offered Solar
Rebate Incentives Through the Oregon Dept. of Energy (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
10.
Montana: Discovery Ski Area Goes Solar (Montana
Free Press)
https://montanafreepress.org/2023/09/11/discovery-ski-area-goes-solar/?utm_medium=email
FISH &
WILDLIFE
11.
Oregon: Corps Studying Whether to Drop
Hydropower at Nine Willamette Valley Dams to Help Fish Passage (Salem Statesman-Journal,
OR)
12.
WA State: Salmon Festival Gets Repeat
Performance at Rocky Reach Dam (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/salmon-festival-gets-repeat-performance-at-rocky-reach-dam/
WATER, WATER,
ANYWHERE?
13.
WA State: Water Use Restricted in Most of Clallam
County (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/water-use-restricted-in-most-of-clallam-county/
14.
Oregon: Residents of Lafayette Are Outraged by High
Water Bills This Month. A City Debt Is to Blame (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
15.
U.S. Sets Record for Billion-Dollar Weather
Disasters in a Year — And There’s Still Four Months to Go (Associated Press)
16.
The ‘Forever’ Glaciers of America’s West Aren’t
Forever Anymore (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
17.
Federal Affirmative Action Ruling May Impact WA
Cap-And-Trade (Crosscut Seattle)
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
18.
WA Dept. of Commerce Awards $14.5 Million in
Grant Funding to Expand Internet Access (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_bf63e920-51be-11ee-bcb1-b338cd436f1d.html
19.
WA State: Okanogan County Receives Over $30
Million for Rural Broadband (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
20.
WA State: Construction on Project to Bring
Broadband to Winlock Set to Begin Soon (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS,
MARKETING & MEDIA
21.
FBI Says School Threats Have ‘Skyrocketed’
Because of Social Media (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN
POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
22.
Newly Discovered Green Comet Is Passing by Earth
This Week (Smithsonian Magazine)
MANAGEMENT &
GOVERNANCE
23.
Bonneville Power Administration Honors 2023 Administrator’s
Excellence Award Winners (Bonneville Power Administration)
24.
Employee ‘Feedback’ Deemed Too Harsh; ‘Feedforward’
Is Better: Report (Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/employee-feedback-deemed-too-harsh-feedforward-is-better
OTHER THINGS TO
KNOW ABOUT TODAY
25.
WA Gov. Inslee Wants Legislation to Look into
Alleged Profiteering by Oil, Gas Companies (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_ad922ad6-51a5-11ee-b1b0-9bbc10ec9e9a.html
26.
Popular Nasal Decongestant Doesn’t Actually
Relieve Congestion, FDA Advisers Say (Associated Press)
27.
The Transition to Meteorological Fall (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-transition-to-meteorological-fall.html
SOAPBOX SERENADE
– VOX POPULI
28.
Guest Essay: Lower Snake River Dams Fill Many
Roles (Daily Astorian, OR)
29.
Guest Essay: Small Reactors at Hanford: Déjà Vu
All Over Again (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/small-reactors-at-hanford-deja-vu-all-over-again/
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
600,000 Gallons of Red Wine Flow Through Portuguese Town
after Spill, Triggering Environmental Warning
https://nypost.com/2023/09/11/river-of-wine-flows-through-portuguese-town/
Mysterious Yellow Line Appears on 23 Miles of Florida Highway
Cockatoo Breaks Speed Record on Tiny Scooter
SONG OF THE DAY
Playing for Change – What’s Going On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEp7QrOBxyQ
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