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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Avista to Begin
Blackouts During Storms to Avoid Fires (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/may/07/avista-to-begin-blackouts-during-storms-to-avoid-f/
Warren Buffett
Urges States to Shield Utilities from Large Wildfire Claims (E&E News –
Paywall Advisory)
Drought Signs Raise
Fears of Another Fish Die-Off in British Columbia Rivers (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/drought-risk-fish-die-off-1.7197525?cmp=rss
Renewables Make Up
the Lion’s Share of New Electric Generation, Federal Agency Finds (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4649666-renewables-us-electric-demand-eia/
Heatwave Ahead!
(Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2024/05/heatwave-ahead.html
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. Avista
to Begin Blackouts During Storms to Avoid Fires
2. A
‘Tool of Last Resort’: Puget Sound Energy May Shut Off Power in Some Areas When
Fire Risk Is High
3. Warren
Buffett Urges States to Shield Utilities from Large Wildfire Claims
4. Anger
Builds Over Sweeping Change in the Way Most Californians Will Pay for
Electricity
5. Montana:
Residents Allege Yellowstone County Swapped Maps, Cut Public Out of Process for
Laurel Power Plant
6. California:
Imperial Irrigation District Details $38 Million in Funding for Energy
Resilience Initiative
7. Tennessee
Valley Authority, U.S.’s Largest Public Utility Ignores Warnings in Moving
Forward with New Natural Gas Plant
8. Biden-Harris
Administration Announces $21 Million for Environmental Projects in Five States
9. Here’s
Where the Biden Admin Wants to Build New Power Lines — ASAP
10. Looming
Power Grid Rules Could Make or Break the U.S. Energy Transition
11. Renewables
Make Up the Lion’s Share of New Electric Generation, Federal Agency Finds
12. Bureau
of Land Management Weighs Idaho Wind Project’s Impact on Solemn National Park
Service Site
13. North
County Residents Rally Ahead of Workshop Addressing Battery Storage Site
14. Audio:
Offshore Wind Energy in Southern Oregon Moving Forward
15. Alaska’s
Electricity Grid Able to Support 200MW Tidal Energy
16. Drought
Signs Raise Fears of Another Fish Die-Off in British Columbia Rivers
17. Columbia
River Watershed in SE British Columbia Infected with Fish-Killing Disease
18. Spring
Chinook Head Down to Drano
19. Montana:
Colstrip’s Fate Looms Large in Congressional Meetings
20. WA
State: Clallam PUD Releases Plans as State Officials Declare Drought Conditions
21. Utah:
UTOPIA Continues to Weave Web of ISPs
22. Lewis
County, Wash., Broadband Work Marks First Connection
23. Federal
Funds Helped Millions Get Online. As They Expire, Cities Face a New Digital
Gap.
24. ‘Mayhem’
at Electric Vehicle Repair Shop as More Early Adopters Experience Battery Death
25. Electric
Scooter Fire Forces Residents Out of NE Portland Apartment Building
26. The
Challenges Facing TikTok as It Confronts the U.S. in Court
27. A
Rare Burst of Billions of Cicadas Will Rewire Our Ecosystems for Years to Come
28. Oregon:
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Turns to Clean Energy Tax to Fix Budget Woes
29.
Heatwave Ahead!
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Diseuse \dee-ZOOZ\ Noun - A woman who is a skilled & usually professional reciter.
Elocutionist
The diseuse shames all the boys
Brings the big house down
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
Avista to Begin Blackouts During Storms to Avoid
Fires (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/may/07/avista-to-begin-blackouts-during-storms-to-avoid-f/
2.
A ‘Tool of Last Resort’: Puget Sound Energy May
Shut Off Power in Some Areas When Fire Risk Is High (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
3.
Warren Buffett Urges States to Shield Utilities
from Large Wildfire Claims (E&E News – Paywall Advisory)
4.
Anger Builds Over Sweeping Change in the Way
Most Californians Will Pay for Electricity (Los Angeles Times, CA – Paywall
Advisory)
5.
Montana: Residents Allege Yellowstone County
Swapped Maps, Cut Public Out of Process for Laurel Power Plant (The Daily
Montanan, Helena, MT)
6.
California: Imperial Irrigation District Details
$38 Million in Funding for Energy Resilience Initiative (American Public Power
Association)
7.
Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S.’s Largest
Public Utility Ignores Warnings in Moving Forward with New Natural Gas Plant (Associated
Press)
8.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $21
Million for Environmental Projects in Five States (Hydro Review)
9.
Here’s Where the Biden Admin Wants to Build New
Power Lines — ASAP (Canary Media)
10.
Looming Power Grid Rules Could Make or Break the
U.S. Energy Transition (Canary Media)
Renewable Energy &
Self Storage
11.
Renewables Make Up the Lion’s Share of New
Electric Generation, Federal Agency Finds (The Hill, Washington, DC)
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4649666-renewables-us-electric-demand-eia/
12.
Bureau of Land Management Weighs Idaho Wind
Project’s Impact on Solemn National Park Service Site (E&E News – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/blm-weighs-idaho-wind-projects-impact-on-solemn-nps-site/
13.
North County Residents Rally Ahead of Workshop
Addressing Battery Storage Site (KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA)
14.
Audio: Offshore Wind Energy in Southern Oregon Moving
Forward (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/05/07/offshore-wind-energy-in-southern-oregon-moving-forward/
15.
Alaska’s Electricity Grid Able to Support 200MW Tidal
Energy (Power Engineering International)
Fish & Wildlife
16.
Drought Signs Raise Fears of Another Fish
Die-Off in British Columbia Rivers (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/drought-risk-fish-die-off-1.7197525?cmp=rss
17.
Columbia River Watershed in SE British Columbia Infected
with Fish-Killing Disease (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
18.
Spring Chinook Head Down to Drano (Vancouver Columbian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/may/04/spring-chinook-head-down-to-drano/
Environmental Afflatus –
Clean Up on Aisle Three
19.
Montana: Colstrip’s Fate Looms Large in
Congressional Meetings (Flathead Beacons, Kalispell, MT)
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/05/07/colstrips-fate-looms-large-in-congressional-meetings/
Water, Water, Anywhere?
20.
Clallam PUD Releases Plans as State Officials
Declare Drought Conditions (Sequim Gazette, WA)
London Calling
–Telecommunications
21.
Utah: UTOPIA Continues to Weave Web of ISPs (Fierce
Networks)
https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/utopia-continues-weave-web-isps
22.
Lewis County, Wash., Broadband Work Marks First
Connection (Government Technology)
https://www.govtech.com/network/lewis-county-wash-broadband-work-marks-first-connection
23.
Federal Funds Helped Millions Get Online. As They
Expire, Cities Face a New Digital Gap. (Christian Science Monitor)
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2024/0507/Affordable-Connectivity-Program-network-expiration
I Sing the Car Electric
24.
‘Mayhem’ at Electric Vehicle Repair Shop as More
Early Adopters Experience Battery Death (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
25.
Electric Scooter Fire Forces Residents Out of NE
Portland Apartment Building (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/electric-scooter-fire-evacuation-apartment-building-ne-portland/
Public Relations,
Marketing & Media
26.
The Challenges Facing TikTok as It Confronts the
U.S. in Court (Yahoo! News)
Barrel O’ Green
Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
27.
A Rare Burst of Billions of Cicadas Will Rewire
Our Ecosystems for Years to Come (VOX)
https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/24148209/cicadas-2024-periodical-brood-eat-ecosystem-impact
Management &
Governance
28.
Oregon: Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Turns to
Clean Energy Tax to Fix Budget Woes (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Other Things to Know
About Today
29.
Heatwave Ahead! (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2024/05/heatwave-ahead.html
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Runner Finishes
1,000 Marathons with a Total Time of 3,363 Hours
Overturned Truck
Spills Coors Beer onto California Highway
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/05/07/Coors-spilled-Interstate-80-Placer-County/4711715102740/
Mysterious Orange
Blocks on Texas Beaches Are Sea Turtle ‘Effigies’
World’s Longest
Baguette Measures 461 Feet Long
Song of the Day
Camille – Le Festin
(Ratatouille Soundtrack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_hdmt4vpBo
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