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ITEMS OF NOTE FROM THE NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
Power Supply Conference – December 5, 2023, in Portland, OR
Conference Overview: The NWPPA Power Supply Conference provides the expertise and insight to inform power supply decisions.
Who Should Attend: Power supply professionals; policymakers; general managers and CEOs; and finance, rate, and risk department managers.
HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Electricity Use
Booms in Texas, A Harbinger for the Country – Includes PNUCC Forecasts
(Microsoft Network News)
U.S. Renewable,
Grid Battery Projects Battle Transformer Shortage (U.S. News & World
Report)
Wind and Solar
Curtailments Are Rising in California Because of Congestion: EIA (American
Public Power Association)
Federal Judge
Upholds Washington’s Controversial Carbon-Pricing Law - Dismisses Lawsuit
(Things That Matter)
U.S. House Votes to
Prevent a Government Shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson Relies on Democrats for
Help (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Electricity
Use Booms in Texas, A Harbinger for the Country – Includes PNUCC Forecasts
2. U.S.
Renewable, Grid Battery Projects Battle Transformer Shortage
3. California
Facing Electrical Transformer Troubles as New Homes Continue to Be Built
4. Native
American Tribes Fight U.S. Over a Proposed $10 Billion Renewable Energy
Transmission Line
5. Avista
Restores Service to 26,000 People Affected by Largest Natural Gas Outage in Its
History
6. More
Than 50,000 Pierce County Residents Lose Power
7. Sixty-Six
Public U.S. Power Utilities Earn Smart Energy Provider Designation
8. Smart
Energy Provider Program Designees
9. Alaska
Receives More Than $200 Million for Railbelt Energy Project, Including Cook
Inlet Undersea Cable
10. Wind
and Solar Curtailments Are Rising in California Because of Congestion: EIA
11. $10
Billion Renewable Energy Project Paused Over Concerns for Native American
Historic Sites
12. WA
State: Seattle Expected to See Increased Water Revenue Despite Call for Less
Water Use
13. Federal
Judge Upholds Washington’s Controversial Carbon-Pricing Law - Dismisses Lawsuit
14. Gov.
Inslee Appointees Oppose Merging Washington’s Carbon Market with California,
Québec
15. Where
Are Carbon Tax Dollars Going? WA Touts New Forest Preserve as Gas Prices Remain
High for Drivers
16. Worsening
Warming Is Hurting People in All Regions, U.S. Climate Assessment Shows
17. More
Than 100 Cities Have Banned Gas Leaf Blowers. Will Portland Be Next?
18. Electric
Vehicle Sales Are Rising. So Why Are Automakers Nervous?
19. Horsefeathers!
Scrabble’s New Tournament Word List Adds Words That Lexicographers Say Aren’t
Actually Words at All
20. U.S.
House Votes to Prevent a Government Shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson Relies on
Democrats for Help
21. A
Compendium of 2023 Utilities Legislation
22.
WA State: Holly Dohrman, Franklin PUD Assistant
General Manager Dies
WORD of the DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Rambunctious \ram-BUNK-shuss\ Adjective - Uncontrolled in a way that is playful or full of energy.
Fall winds, swirling gusts
Rambunctious leaves playing tag
Float softly to rest
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Electricity Use Booms in Texas, A Harbinger for
the Country – Includes PNUCC Forecasts (Microsoft Network News)
2.
U.S. Renewable, Grid Battery Projects Battle
Transformer Shortage (U.S. News & World Report)
3.
California Facing Electrical Transformer
Troubles as New Homes Continue to Be Built (KOVR-TV, Sacramento, CA)
4.
Native American Tribes Fight U.S. Over a Proposed
$10 Billion Renewable Energy Transmission Line (Associated Press)
5.
Avista Restores Service to 26,000 People
Affected by Largest Natural Gas Outage in Its History (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
6.
More Than 50,000 Pierce County Residents Lose
Power (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/3939419/more-than-50000-pierce-county-residents-lose-power/
7.
Sixty-Six Public U.S. Power Utilities Earn Smart
Energy Provider Designation (American Public Power Association)
8.
Smart Energy Provider Program Designees
(American Public Power Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/smart-energy-provider/designees
9.
Alaska Receives More Than $200 Million for Railbelt
Energy Project, Including Cook Inlet Undersea Cable (KDLL Radio, Kenai, AK)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10.
Wind and Solar Curtailments Are Rising in
California Because of Congestion: EIA (American Public Power Association)
11.
$10 Billion Renewable Energy Project Paused Over
Concerns for Native American Historic Sites (PBS News Hour)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
12.
WA State: Seattle Expected to See Increased
Water Revenue Despite Call for Less Water Use (The Centger Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_62244d04-8346-11ee-954d-fbb84229dfb5.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
13.
Federal Judge Upholds Washington’s Controversial
Carbon-Pricing Law - Dismisses Lawsuit (Things That Matter)
14.
Gov. Inslee Appointees Oppose Merging Washington’s
Carbon Market with California, Québec (The Washington State Standard)
15.
Where Are Carbon Tax Dollars Going? WA Touts New
Forest Preserve as Gas Prices Remain High for Drivers (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
16.
Worsening Warming Is Hurting People in All
Regions, U.S. Climate Assessment Shows (Associated Press)
17.
More Than 100 Cities Have Banned Gas Leaf
Blowers. Will Portland Be Next? (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
18.
Electric Vehicle Sales Are Rising. So Why Are
Automakers Nervous? (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ev-sales-rising-why-automakers-nervous/699453/
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
19.
Horsefeathers! Scrabble’s New Tournament Word
List Adds Words That Lexicographers Say Aren’t Actually Words At All (Slate
Magazine)
https://slate.com/culture/2023/11/scrabble-word-list-controversy-slurs-mistakes.html
MANAGEMENT & GOVERNANCE
20.
U.S. House Votes to Prevent a Government
Shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson Relies on Democrats for Help (Associated Press)
21.
A Compendium of 2023 Utilities Legislation (Municipal
Research and Services Center of Washington
https://mrsc.org/stay-informed/mrsc-insight/november-2023/2023-utilities-legislation
22.
WA State: Holly Dohrman, Franklin PUD Assistant
General Manager Dies (Tri-Cities Business News, WA)
https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/2023/11/franklin-pud-assistant-gm/
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Oregon Duck Mascot
Hilariously Shrinks During USC Game
https://saturdayoutwest.com/oregon-ducks/oregon-duck-mascot-hilariously-shrinks-during-usc-game/
Rare ‘Inverted
Jenny’ U.S. Postal Stamp Sells for Record-Breaking $2 Million at Auction
Dogs Don Kimonos,
Receive Blessings in Place of Children in Aging Japan
So THAT’s Why We
Yawn When Someone Else Does
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/so-this-is-the-reason-why-we-yawn_uk_65549428e4b0998d699e1d05
SONG OF THE DAY
Roy Orbison – In Dreams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjrmmTxvC4A
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