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HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Biden Memo Calls
for ‘Sustained National Effort’ to Restore Salmon Runs, But Doesn’t Advocate
for Dam Breaching (Lewiston Morning Tribune, ID – Paywall Advisory)
Idaho: One of
America’s Reddest States Wants 100% Green Energy — If Dams Count as Green (Los
Angeles Times, CA – Paywall Advisory)
Campaign to Remove
Snake River Dams Makes Tri-Cities Stop (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article279790469.html
Is Broadband
Essential, Like Water or Electricity? New Net Neutrality Effort Makes the Case
(Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/fcc-net-neutrality-plans-8c2210cc6ad225b1b3e866a375830217
Congress’s Funding
Fight Continues with Four Days to Partial U.S. Government Shutdown (Reuters)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Idaho:
One of America’s Reddest States Wants 100% Green Energy — If Dams Count as
Green
2. Contractors
Battle Bitter Winters at $11.8 Billion Peace River Hydro Project in Canada
3. Bipartisanship
in U.S. House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee Defines House Hydro Hearing
4. WA
State: Separate Lawsuits Allege Inland Power Caused Gray Fire
5. Officials
With Energy Northwest, Douglas County PUD Detail SMR, Hydrogen Efforts
6. How
Power Companies Benefit from Accurate Weather Forecasts
7. How
to Report a Power Outage, What to Do to Prepare & Stay Safe During a Storm
8. Yakama
Tribe Seeks to Talk to Biologists About Wind Project
9. WA
State: Solar Projects in Union Gap, Granger & Pasco Included in Commerce
Grants
10. WA
State: Sunnyside Renewable Gas Project Gets Clean Energy Funding
11. Energy
Department Beckons Clean Energy Development at Hanford
12. Tangibility
of Floating Solar Project in Healdsburg, Calif., Spurs Strong Community Support
13. Biden
Memo Calls for ‘Sustained National Effort’ to Restore Salmon Runs, But Doesn’t
Advocate for Dam Breaching
14. News
Release: Biden Administration Agrees with Northwest RiverPartners on Importance
of Region’s Carbon-Free Electricity, Agriculture & Salmon
15. Fact
Sheet: President Biden Takes Action to Restore Healthy & Abundant Wild
Salmon & Steelhead in the Columbia River Basin
16. As
Climate Change & High Costs Plague Alaska’s Fisheries, Fewer Young People
Take Up the Trade
17. Every
Fish in British Columbia’s Emerald Lake May Have to Be Killed After Signs of
Rare Parasite Detected
18. Will
Massive Clean-Energy Fund Take Portland to Its Climate Goal? No – And That’s
Not Its Objective
19. International
Energy Agency Says Route to Net Zero Requires More Cash & Less Politics
20. Is
Broadband Essential, Like Water or Electricity? New Net Neutrality Effort Makes
the Case
21. President
Biden’s FCC Prepares to ‘Restore Net Neutrality,’ But the Details Will Matter
22. Cannabis
banking bill clears Senate panel despite Dem fractures, GOP qualms
23. Congress’s
Funding Fight Continues with Four Days to Partial U.S. Government Shutdown
24. DOE: No
disruption anticipated in case of short-term government shutdown, will use
prior year balances to fund operations (WBIR-TV, Knoxville, TN)
25. FERC
Would Largely Close Under Government Shutdown, But DOE OK for Brief Period
26. Jackie
Flowers Reflects on Her First Five Years as Tacoma Public Utilities CEO
27. Rain,
Thunderstorms, Wind Likely Through Wednesday
28. Guest
Essay: To Save WA Salmon, Choose Science, Not Silver Bullets
29. Editorial:
Biden Deal with Tribes Is a Welcome Step Toward Salmon Restoration
30.
Guest Essay: We Can’t Afford to Not Invest in
Clean Energy
WORD OF THE DAY
Serendipity • \sair-un-DIP-uh-tee\ • noun - The faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for; also: an instance of this.
Serendipity
Dorito with extra ‘cheese’
A tasty tidbit
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Idaho: One of America’s Reddest States Wants
100% Green Energy — If Dams Count as Green (Los Angeles Times, CA – Paywall
Advisory)
2.
Campaign to Remove Snake River Dams Makes Tri-Cities
Stop (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article279790469.html
3.
Contractors Battle Bitter Winters at $11.8 Billion
Peace River Hydro Project in Canada (Engineering News-Record)
4.
Bipartisanship in U.S. House Energy & Commerce
Subcommittee Defines House Hydro Hearing (National Hydropower Association)
5.
WA State: Separate Lawsuits Allege Inland Power Caused
Gray Fire (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/sep/26/multiple-lawsuits-allege-inland-power-caused-gray-/
6.
Officials With Energy Northwest, Douglas County
PUD Detail SMR, Hydrogen Efforts (American Public Power Association)
7.
How Power Companies Benefit from Accurate
Weather Forecasts (Power Magazine)
https://www.powermag.com/how-power-companies-benefit-from-accurate-weather-forecasts/
8.
How to Report a Power Outage, What to Do to Prepare
& Stay Safe During a Storm (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
9.
Yakama Tribe Seeks to Talk to Biologists About
Wind Project (Capital Press)
10.
WA State: Solar Projects in Union Gap, Granger &
Pasco Included in Commerce Grants (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Yakima/Tri-Cities, WA)
11.
WA State: Sunnyside Renewable Gas Project Gets
Clean Energy Funding (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Yakima/Tri-Cities, WA)
12.
Energy Department Beckons Clean Energy
Development at Hanford (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
13.
Tangibility of Floating Solar Project in
Healdsburg, Calif., Spurs Strong Community Support (American Public Power
Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
14.
Biden Memo Calls for ‘Sustained National Effort’
to Restore Salmon Runs, But Doesn’t Advocate for Dam Breaching (Lewiston
Morning Tribune, ID – Paywall Advisory)
15.
News Release: Biden Administration Agrees with
Northwest RiverPartners on Importance of Region’s Carbon-Free Electricity,
Agriculture & Salmon (NW RiverPartners, Vancouver, WA)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2023/09/news-release-biden-administration.html
16.
Fact Sheet: President Biden Takes Action to
Restore Healthy & Abundant Wild Salmon & Steelhead in the Columbia
River Basin (White House)
17.
As Climate Change & High Costs Plague Alaska’s
Fisheries, Fewer Young People Take Up the Trade (Associated Press)
18.
Every Fish in British Columbia’s Emerald Lake
May Have to Be Killed After Signs of Rare Parasite Detected (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-first-case-of-whirling-disease-parasite-1.6976138
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19.
Will Massive Clean-Energy Fund Take Portland to
Its Climate Goal? No – And That’s Not Its Objective (The Oregonian, Portland,
OR – Paywall Advisory)
20.
International Energy Agency Says Route to Net
Zero Requires More Cash & Less Politics (Reuters)
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21.
Is Broadband Essential, Like Water or
Electricity? New Net Neutrality Effort Makes the Case (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/fcc-net-neutrality-plans-8c2210cc6ad225b1b3e866a375830217
22.
President Biden’s FCC Prepares to ‘Restore Net
Neutrality,’ But the Details Will Matter (TechDirt)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
23.
Cannabis banking bill clears Senate panel despite
Dem fractures, GOP qualms (Courthouse News Service)
MANAGEMENT & GOVERNANCE
24.
Congress’s Funding Fight Continues with Four
Days to Partial U.S. Government Shutdown (Reuters)
25.
DOE: No disruption anticipated in case of
short-term government shutdown, will use prior year balances to fund operations
(WBIR-TV, Knoxville, TN)
26.
FERC Would Largely Close Under Government
Shutdown, But DOE OK for Brief Period (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-doe-government-shutdown/694885/
27.
Jackie Flowers Reflects on Her First Five Years
as Tacoma Public Utilities CEO (South Sound Business)
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
28.
Rain, Thunderstorms, Wind Likely Through Wednesday
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
29.
Guest Essay: To Save WA Salmon, Choose Science,
Not Silver Bullets (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/to-save-wa-salmon-choose-science-not-silver-bullets/
30.
Editorial: Biden Deal with Tribes Is a Welcome
Step Toward Salmon Restoration (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
31.
Guest Essay: We Can’t Afford to Not Invest in Clean
Energy (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/sep/27/zachary-pullin-we-cant-afford-to-not-invest-in-cle/
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Queen’s Brian May Helped
NASA Return Its First Asteroid Sample
https://news.yahoo.com/queen-brian-may-helped-nasa-100318931.html
In 1971, a Mysterious
Hijacker Parachuted Out of a Plane with $200,000 & Vanished. This Man Is
Suing the FBI to Get Potential New Clues
https://news.yahoo.com/1971-mysterious-hijacker-parachuted-plane-123543503.html
Sheep Wander Into
Greenhouse, Eat 600 Pounds of Marijuana Plants
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/09/25/greece-sheep-greenhouse-marijuana-cannabis/9931695654716/
‘Shrek’s Swamp’ Listed
for a Weekend Stay on Airbnb
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/09/27/scotland-Airbnb-Shrek/1731695838447/
SONG OF THE DAY
Queen – Bohemian
Rhapsody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nxrYwT0SIo
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