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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
California
Regulators Reject Pacific Gas & Electric Plan to Sell Generation Assets
(Power Magazine)
23 States, Rural
Co-Ops Sue EPA Over ‘Unlawful, Unreasonable’ Power Plant Rules (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/rural-electric-cooperatives-nreca-sue-epa-power-plant-rules/715651/
Bonneville Power
Administration Signs Historic Agreement with Spokane Tribe of Indians
(Bonneville Power Administration)
WA State: Plans to
Build Solar Farm in Whitman County Scrapped (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/may/09/plans-to-build-solar-farm-in-whitman-county-scrapp/
California’s
Electric Vehicle Wave Highlights the Challenges Ahead for Utilities (Grist
Online)
https://grist.org/energy/california-ev-wave-highlights-challenges-for-utilities/
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. California
Regulators Reject Pacific Gas & Electric Plan to Sell Generation Assets
2. 23
States, Rural Co-Ops Sue EPA Over ‘Unlawful, Unreasonable’ Power Plant Rules
3. There
Are Concerns About the Future of Hydropower in the U.S. Here's Why
4. News
Release: U.S. Rep. Newhouse (WA) Leads Legislative Package Protecting the Lower
Snake River Dams
5. California:
The Diablo Dilemma – A Look Back at the Nuclear Power Plant’s Complicated
History & What's Next
6. Californians
Will See Lower Electricity Rates & a New Fee That Won't Vary with Power Use
7. DOE
Unveils 10 Potential ‘National Interest’ Transmission Corridors Where Projects
Could Be Expedited
8. Interconnection
Issues – Oxnard's Del Sol High Has Been Running on Diesel Generators. Costs Run
More Than $1.6 Million
9. Powering
Through: Protecting the Wires in the Face of Wildfire Threats
10. DOE
Doubles Down on $1/kg Clean Hydrogen, Sets Sights on Additional Hydrogen Cost
Targets
11. WA State:
Plans to Build Solar Farm in Whitman County Scrapped
12. Idaho:
Dozens of People Testify Against Solar Farm Proposed in Ada, Canyon Counties
13. WA State:
Grant County Generating Interest as Solar Farm Location
14. Can
Overcast Seattle Be a Solar-Powered City? Is It Even Worth Trying?
15. Idaho
National Laboratory Seeks Small Hydropower Utility for Case Study
16. WA State:
Residents Asked to Give Input on Impacts of Rural Clean Energy Development
17. Bonneville
Power Administration Signs Historic Agreement with Spokane Tribe of Indians
18. Bonneville
Power Administration Lighting Practices Protect Migrating Birds
19. $21
Million in Funding to Expand Broadband Access in Rural Washington
20. Washington
One Step Closer To $1.2 Billion to Broaden Internet Reach
21. As
Millions Lose Federal Help to Pay for Internet, Some Areas Aim to Fill the Gap
22. California’s
Electric Vehicle Wave Highlights the Challenges Ahead for Utilities
23. Rivian
Reports $1.4 Billion First-Quarter Loss
24. National
Labs Guide Critical Artificial Intelligence, Energy Storage, & Grid
Research
25. $30
Billion Wildfire Lawsuit Against PacifiCorp Could Prove Costly to Everyone
26. The
Ramifications & Reality of Breaching the Dams of the Pacific Northwest –
Part 3
27. Editorial:
Speed Development of Alternate Energy Sources
28. What It
Means for America's Power Grid - Katherine Blunt
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Subterfuge \SUB-terr-fyooj\ Noun - 1: deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade 2: a deceptive device or stratagem
When racing with your luge
Beware of the subterfuge
Opponents may cheat
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
California Regulators Reject Pacific Gas & Electric
Plan to Sell Generation Assets (Power Magazine)
2.
23 States, Rural Co-Ops Sue EPA Over ‘Unlawful,
Unreasonable’ Power Plant Rules (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/rural-electric-cooperatives-nreca-sue-epa-power-plant-rules/715651/
3.
There Are Concerns About the Future of Hydropower
in the U.S. Here's Why (KJZZ Radio, Salt Lake City, UT)
https://kjzz.org/content/1879349/there-are-concerns-about-future-hydropower-us-heres-why
4.
News Release: U.S. Rep. Newhouse (WA) Leads
Legislative Package Protecting the Lower Snake River Dams (U.S. Representative
Dan Newhouse)
5.
California: The Diablo Dilemma – A Look Back at
the Nuclear Power Plant’s Complicated History & What's Next (KSBY-TV, San
Luis Obispo, CA)
6.
Californians Will See Lower Electricity Rates &
a New Fee That Won't Vary with Power Use (KPBS-TV, San Diego, CA)
7.
DOE Unveils 10 Potential ‘National Interest’
Transmission Corridors Where Projects Could Be Expedited (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-national-interest-transmission-nietc-ferc/715472/
8.
Interconnection Issues – Oxnard's Del Sol High Has
Been Running on Diesel Generators. Costs Run More Than $1.6 Million (Ventura
County Star, Camarillo, CA)
9.
Powering Through: Protecting the Wires in the Face
of Wildfire Threats (USDA Forest Service)
https://www.fs.usda.gov/features/powering-through
10.
DOE Doubles Down on $1/kg Clean Hydrogen, Sets
Sights on Additional Hydrogen Cost Targets (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-clean-hydrogen-fuel-cell-program-plan/715606/
Renewable Energy & Self
Storage
11.
WA State: Plans to Build Solar Farm in Whitman
County Scrapped (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/may/09/plans-to-build-solar-farm-in-whitman-county-scrapp/
12.
Idaho: Dozens of People Testify Against Solar
Farm Proposed in Ada, Canyon Counties (KTVB-TV, Boise, ID)
13.
WA State: Grant County Generating Interest as
Solar Farm Location (AOL News)
https://www.aol.com/grant-co-generating-interest-solar-195300350.html
14.
Can Overcast Seattle Be a Solar-Powered City? Is
It Even Worth Trying? (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
15.
Idaho National Laboratory Seeks Small Hydropower
Utility for Case Study (American Public Power Association)
16.
WA State: Residents Asked to Give Input on Impacts
of Rural Clean Energy Development (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
https://www.kxro.com/residents-asked-to-give-input-on-impacts-of-rural-clean-energy-development/
Fish & Wildlife
17.
Bonneville Power Administration Signs Historic
Agreement with Spokane Tribe of Indians (Bonneville Power Administration)
18.
Bonneville Power Administration Lighting
Practices Protect Migrating Birds (Bonneville Power Administration)
London Calling
–Telecommunications
19.
$21 Million in Funding to Expand Broadband
Access in Rural Washington (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
20.
Washington One Step Closer To $1.2 Billion to Broaden
Internet Reach (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/3959768/washington-one-step-closer-toward-1-2b-to-broaden-internet-reach/
21.
As Millions Lose Federal Help to Pay for
Internet, Some Areas Aim to Fill the Gap (Washington State Standard)
I Sing the Car Electric
22.
California’s Electric Vehicle Wave Highlights the
Challenges Ahead for Utilities (Grist Online)
https://grist.org/energy/california-ev-wave-highlights-challenges-for-utilities/
23.
Rivian Reports $1.4 Billion First-Quarter Loss (Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, GA)
https://www.ajc.com/news/business/rivian-reports-14b-first-quarter-loss/MERO4T5ISRAN3CZPZPXWH4AZNI/
Barrel O’ Green
Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
24.
National Labs Guide Critical Artificial
Intelligence, Energy Storage, & Grid Research (Forbes Magazine)
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
25.
$30 Billion Wildfire Lawsuit Against PacifiCorp
Could Prove Costly to Everyone (Northwest Public Power Association)
https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2024/05/30-billion-wildfire-lawsuit-against_13.html
26.
The Ramifications & Reality of Breaching the
Dams of the Pacific Northwest – Part 3 (Idaho Dispatch)
27.
Editorial: Speed Development of Alternate Energy
Sources (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
28.
What It Means for America's Power Grid - Katherine
Blunt (Public Power Underground)
https://publicpowerunderground.substack.com/p/what-it-means-for-americas-power
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Chinese Zoo Under
Fire After Dyeing Dogs to Resemble Pandas
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-zoo-under-fire-dyeing-140049371.html
Man Rescues
Waterslide from Defunct Theme Park in Ohio
Man Ordered to Hide
His Boat Has Vessel Painted on New Fence
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/05/13/boat-fence-Seaside-California/3931715621887/
SUV-Sized Radio
Flyer Red Wagon Up for Auction
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/05/08/Radio-Flyer-car-auction/8251715198928/
Song of the Day
Hans Zimmer &
John Powell – Kungfu Panda Overture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT4_QjWxrB8
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