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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Heat Wave Blamed
for Death in California, Record Temperatures in Las Vegas & High Electric
Bills Across U.S. (CBS News)
Why ‘Deadbeat Dam’
Removals Are So Difficult in Washington, Pacific Northwest (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Too Much Solar? How
California Found Itself with an Unexpected Energy Challenge (NBC News)
British Columbia
Pumps $3 Billion into Electricity System Upgrades Across Vancouver Island
(Cloverdale Reporter, BC)
Alaska’s Juneau
Icefield Is Melting at an ‘Incredibly Worrying’ 50,000 Gallons Per Second,
Researchers Find (Smithsonian Magazine, Via MSN)
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. Why
‘Deadbeat Dam’ Removals Are So Difficult in Washington, Pacific Northwest
2. British
Columbia Pumps $3 Billion into Electricity System Upgrades Across Vancouver
Island
3. Eugene
Water & Electric Board Says It’s Prepared for High Energy Demand During
Coming Heat Wave
4. As
Heat Waves Intensify, More Public Housing Residents May Get Help with Air
Conditioning Bills
5. As
It Gets Hotter, 13,000 Families in this Pocket of America Live without
Electricity
6. Portland
General Electric Commits to Join CAISO Extended Day-Ahead Market
7. Canada:
Copper Theft Has Been Growing. The Telecom Industry Wants Tougher Penalties
8. Is
Hydropower’s Potential Drying Up?
9. Too
Much Solar? How California Found Itself with an Unexpected Energy Challenge
10. Arizona:
The U.S. Is About to Get Its First Solar-Covered Canal
11. How
to Avoid Panel Upgrades So We Can Electrify More Homes
12. Canada:
Conservancy Buys Island in British Columbia’s Fraser River to Protect Salmon
13. Hoping
to Reduce Colorado River Dependency, Southern California Bets Big on Wastewater
Recycling
14. Alaska’s
Juneau Icefield Is Melting at an ‘Incredibly Worrying’ 50,000 Gallons Per
Second, Researchers Find
15. 2024
Could Be World’s Hottest Year as June Breaks Records
16. British
Columbia Carbon Tax Credits Now Flowing into Eligible People’s Bank Accounts
17. Rural
Electric Co-ops, Other ISPs Ask FCC to Verify Reported Coverage Data
18. Scammers
Are Swiping Billions from Americans Every Year. Worse, Most Crooks Are Getting
Away with It
19. Tesla
Exceeds Expectations as Its Electric Vehicle Sales Start to Rebound
20. WA
State: ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Electric Vehicle Charger Pilot Program Coming to
Tumwater
21. NASA
Crew Emerges from Simulated Mars Mission After More Than a Year in Isolation
22. Federal
Project Presents Yakama Nation with a Double-Edged Sword
23. Inflation
Reduction Act’s Impact Grows Clearer in H1 2024 as Guidance & Incentives
Spur Investment
24. Heat
Wave Blamed for Death in California, Record Temperatures in Las Vegas &
High Electric Bills Across U.S.
25. Gov.
Tina Kotek Declares Statewide Emergency as Heat Wave Hits Oregon
26. Spokanites
Brace for Impending Heat Wave Set to Break Records
27. Heat
Advisory with Possible Triple Digits in South Puget Sound
28. Beryl
Makes Landfall in Texas as a Category 1 Hurricane, Knocking Out Power
29. Federal
Report on Tribal Impacts of Eleven Dams Ignores Six Top Salmon Killers
30.
Recent Close Calls Make the Case for Supporting
Hydropower
Word of the Day
Ephemera /ih-FEM-mur-uh/ Noun – 1. Something of no lasting significance —usually used in plural 2. Ephemera plural: paper items (such as posters, broadsides, and tickets) that were originally meant to be discarded after use but have since become collectibles.
Andrew owned the ultimate collection of magical ephemera – highly flammable flash paper. That is, until an unfortunate sneeze by his wife toppled a display case, resulting in a most impressive disappearing act by his volatile inventory.
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
Why ‘Deadbeat Dam’ Removals Are So Difficult in Washington,
Pacific Northwest (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2.
British Columbia Pumps $3 Billion into Electricity
System Upgrades Across Vancouver Island (Cloverdale Reporter, BC)
3.
Eugene Water & Electric Board Says It’s
Prepared for High Energy Demand During Coming Heat Wave (KLCC-Radio, Eugene, OR)
4.
As Heat Waves Intensify, More Public Housing
Residents May Get Help with Air Conditioning Bills (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
5.
As It Gets Hotter, 13,000 Families in this Pocket
of America Live without Electricity (Cable News Network)
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/03/us/navajo-nation-power-grid-connection/index.html
6.
Portland General Electric Commits to Join CAISO
Extended Day-Ahead Market (American Public Power Association)
7.
Canada: Copper Theft Has Been Growing. The Telecom
Industry Wants Tougher Penalties (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7253719
8.
Is Hydropower’s Potential Drying Up? (Forbes
Magazine)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2024/07/05/is-hydropowers-potential-drying-up/
Renewable Energy & Self
Storage
9.
Too Much Solar? How California Found Itself with
an Unexpected Energy Challenge (NBC News)
10.
Arizona: The U.S. Is About to Get Its First
Solar-Covered Canal (Canary Media)
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/the-us-is-about-to-get-its-first-solar-covered-canal
Conservation &
Efficiency
11.
How to Avoid Panel Upgrades So We Can Electrify
More Homes (Canary Media)
Fish & Wildlife
12.
Canada: Conservancy Buys Island in British
Columbia’s Fraser River to Protect Salmon (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Water, Water, Anywhere?
13.
Hoping to Reduce Colorado River Dependency, Southern
California Bets Big on Wastewater Recycling (Courthouse News Service)
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
14.
Alaska’s Juneau Icefield Is Melting at an ‘Incredibly
Worrying’ 50,000 Gallons Per Second, Researchers Find (Smithsonian Magazine, Via
MSN)
15.
2024 Could Be World’s Hottest Year as June Breaks
Records (Reuters)
16.
British Columbia Carbon Tax Credits Now Flowing into
Eligible People’s Bank Accounts (Vancouver Sun, BC)
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/bc-carbon-tax-credits-flowing-eligible-bank-accounts
London Calling
–Telecommunications
17.
Rural Electric Co-ops, Other ISPs Ask FCC to
Verify Reported Coverage Data (Broadband Breakfast)
The Wizarding World of
Technology & Cybersecurity
18.
Scammers Are Swiping Billions from Americans
Every Year. Worse, Most Crooks Are Getting Away with It (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/scammers-billions-elder-fraud-aarp-ai-f9530303e10b998720414e88430bcf6b
I Sing the Car Electric
19.
Tesla Exceeds Expectations as Its Electric
Vehicle Sales Start to Rebound (Washington Post, Paywall Advisory)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/07/02/tesla-second-quarter-ev-sales/
20.
WA State: ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Electric Vehicle
Charger Pilot Program Coming to Tumwater (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article289741374.html
Barrel O’ Green
Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
21.
NASA Crew Emerges from Simulated Mars Mission
After More Than a Year in Isolation (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-crew-emerges-simulated-mars-231356849.html
Management &
Governance
22.
Federal Project Presents Yakama Nation with a Double-Edged
Sword (Crosscut Seattle)
23.
Inflation Reduction Act’s Impact Grows Clearer in
H1 2024 as Guidance & Incentives Spur Investment (Utility Dive)
Other Things to Know
About Today
24.
Heat Wave Blamed for Death in California, Record
Temperatures in Las Vegas & High Electric Bills Across U.S. (CBS News)
25.
Gov. Tina Kotek Declares Statewide Emergency as
Heat Wave Hits Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/07/05/oregon-governor-tina-kotek-declares-heat-emergency/
26.
Spokanites Brace for Impending Heat Wave Set to
Break Records (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jul/08/spokanites-brace-for-impending-heat-wave-set-to-br/
27.
Heat Advisory with Possible Triple Digits in South
Puget Sound (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
28.
Beryl Makes Landfall in Texas as a Category 1
Hurricane, Knocking Out Power (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
29.
Federal Report on Tribal Impacts of Eleven Dams
Ignores Six Top Salmon Killers (LinkedIn)
30.
Recent Close Calls Make the Case for Supporting
Hydropower (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jul/08/recent-close-calls-make-the-case-for-supporting-hy/
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
‘Oh My God. Why?’ World’s
First Rubber Duck History Museum Opening in Washington State
https://www.yahoo.com/news/oh-god-why-world-first-171334677.html
Some Boston Subway
Trains Are Now Sporting Googly Eyes
https://apnews.com/article/boston-subway-trains-googly-eyes-42c69329096151eba01dc5b31f34fedc
Oregon Primary Tie
Resolved by Coin Flip, Winner Deemed Ineligible
Mind the Gap – Teens
Visit All 272 London Underground Stations in Record Time
Song of the Day
The Guess Who – These
Eyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GADRQjY9PEQ
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