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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
U.S. Power Use
Expected to Reach Record Highs in 2024 & 2025, EIA Says (Reuters)
Co-op Leader to
Congress: Permitting Reform Crucial to Meeting Power Demand (National Rural
Electric Cooperative Association)
Https://Www.Electric.Coop/Co-Op-Leader-To-Congress-Permitting-Reform-Crucial-To-Meeting-Power-Demand
Oregon: Small-Scale
Nuclear Reactor Concept Resurfaces in Umatilla County (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/09/10/small-scale-nuclear-reactor-smr-concept-umatilla-county/
Broadband Industry
Quietly Abandons Capitol Hill Fight to Revive Low-Income Internet Subsidy
(CNBC)
Big Waves Off the
Central Oregon Coast Fuel Cutting-Edge Effort to Harness the Ocean for
Electricity (Yachats News, OR)
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. U.S.
Power Use Expected to Reach Record Highs in 2024 & 2025, EIA Says
2. Oregon:
Small-Scale Nuclear Reactor Concept Resurfaces in Umatilla County
3. The
U.S. Is Dismantling Nuclear Warheads to Power the Next Generation of Reactors
4. Bonneville
Power Administration Could Be Losing Money Because of Contract Handling,
Federal Audit Says
5. Canada:
First Nations Get Seat at Columbia River Negotiations
6. Massive
$4.2 Billion NV Energy Transmission Line Gets Federal OK
7. Montana
Public Service Commission to Investigate NorthWestern Energy Committee
8. The
Tennessee Valley Authority Helped Electrify the South — But Now Its Plans Are
Sparking Backlash
9. Big
Waves Off the Central Oregon Coast Fuel Cutting-Edge Effort to Harness the
Ocean for Electricity
10. Battery
Farms, The Energy Industry’s New Darling, Line Up to Enter Pacific NW
11. Biden-Harris
Administration Invests Nearly $20 Million to Improve Siting of Renewable Energy
and Co-Locate Solar with Cattle Grazing
12. New
Report Reveals Which U.S. States Will Reach 100% Renewable Energy by 2035 — And
Which Won’t
13. California
Eyes a Push Toward Electric Heat Pumps Instead of Gas-Powered Heaters
14. British
Columbia First Nation Calls on Government to Invest in Bringing the Salmon Home
15. Utilities
Must Comply with Limits on PFAS Chemicals by 2029. Some Have a Head Start
16. The
Climate Law Spurs Rural Electric Co-Ops’ Retreat from Coal
17. Broadband
Industry Quietly Abandons Capitol Hill Fight to Revive Low-Income Internet
Subsidy
18. WA
State: Lewis County PUD Marks Broadband Internet Milestone
19. Idaho:
Man Sentenced for Throwing Electric Scooters in the Snake River
20. Co-op
Leader to Congress: Permitting Reform Crucial to Meeting Power Demand
21. Guest
Essay: Why Many Environmentalists Are Warming to Nuclear Power
22.
Editorial: Prioritize High-Speed Internet
Expansion
Word of the Day
Scurrilous \SKURR-uh-luss\ Adjective - 1a: using or given to coarse language b: vulgar and evil 2: containing obscenities, abuse, or slander.
“This meeting of Squirrels Against Scurrilous Attacks will come to order,” squeaked the diminutive, bottle-brushed chairman to his assembled, arboreal rodents. “Electric utilities have too often blamed us for outages,” he squealed. “For an update on our eco-terror tactics, I had invited Sparky to speak, but we haven’t seen him since last week’s big Portland outage.”
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
U.S. Power Use Expected to Reach Record Highs in
2024 & 2025, EIA Says (Reuters)
2.
Oregon: Small-Scale Nuclear Reactor Concept
Resurfaces in Umatilla County (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/09/10/small-scale-nuclear-reactor-smr-concept-umatilla-county/
3.
The U.S. Is Dismantling Nuclear Warheads to
Power the Next Generation of Reactors (Cable News Network – Via MSN)
4.
Bonneville Power Administration Could Be Losing Money
Because of Contract Handling, Federal Audit Says (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
5.
Canada: First Nations Get Seat at Columbia River
Negotiations (The Times-Chronicle, Osoyoos, BC)
https://www.timeschronicle.ca/first-nations-get-seat-at-columbia-river-negotiations/
6.
Massive $4.2 Billion NV Energy Transmission Line
Gets Federal OK (The Nevada Independent)
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/massive-4-2b-nv-energy-transmission-line-gets-federal-ok
7.
Montana Public Service Commission to Investigate
NorthWestern Energy Committee (The Daily Montanan)
8.
The Tennessee Valley Authority Helped Electrify
the South — But Now Its Plans Are Sparking Backlash (Washington Post – Via MSN)
Renewable Energy &
Self Storage
9.
Big Waves Off the Central Oregon Coast Fuel
Cutting-Edge Effort to Harness the Ocean for Electricity (Yachats News, OR)
10.
Battery Farms, The Energy Industry’s New
Darling, Line Up to Enter Pacific NW (Washington State Standard)
11.
Biden-Harris Administration Invests Nearly $20
Million to Improve Siting of Renewable Energy and Co-Locate Solar with Cattle
Grazing (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
12.
New Report Reveals Which U.S. States Will Reach
100% Renewable Energy by 2035 — And Which Won’t (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/report-reveals-us-states-reach-104534369.html
Conservation &
Efficiency
13.
California Eyes a Push Toward Electric Heat
Pumps Instead of Gas-Powered Heaters (KQED Radio, San Francisco, CA)
Fish & Wildlife
14.
British Columbia First Nation Calls on
Government to Invest in Bringing the Salmon Home (East Kootenay Now, Cranbrook,
BC)
Environmental Afflatus –
Clean Up on Aisle Three
15.
Utilities Must Comply with Limits on PFAS Chemicals
by 2029. Some Have a Head Start (National Public Radio)
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
16.
The Climate Law Spurs Rural Electric Co-Ops’
Retreat from Coal (E&E News)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/the-climate-law-spurs-rural-electric-co-ops-retreat-from-coal-2/
London Calling
–Telecommunications
17.
Broadband Industry Quietly Abandons Capitol Hill
Fight to Revive Low-Income Internet Subsidy (CNBC)
18.
WA State: Lewis County PUD Marks Broadband
Internet Milestone (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
https://chronline.com/stories/lewis-county-pud-marks-broadband-internet-milestone,361445
I Sing the Car Electric
19.
Idaho: Man Sentenced for Throwing Electric
Scooters in the Snake River (East Idaho News, Idaho Falls, ID)
Management &
Governance
20.
Co-Op Leader to Congress: Permitting Reform
Crucial to Meeting Power Demand (National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association)
Https://Www.Electric.Coop/Co-Op-Leader-To-Congress-Permitting-Reform-Crucial-To-Meeting-Power-Demand
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
21.
Guest Essay: Why Many Environmentalists Are
Warming to Nuclear Power (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/environmentalists-nuclear-power-clean-energy-climate/726692/
22.
Editorial: Prioritize High-Speed Internet
Expansion (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/sep/10/in-our-view-prioritize-high-speed-internet-expansion/
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Rare Twin Elephants
Take First Steps in Myanmar
https://news.yahoo.com/news/rare-twin-elephants-first-steps-111947512.html
Arizona Man’s
Blindfolded Basketball Shot Breaks World Record
World’s Largest
String Cheese Ball Made in Mexico
Kentucky Bowling
Team Breaks World Record with 2,032 Strikes in 24 Hours
Song of the Day
Henry Mancini – Baby
Elephant Walk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RPQKV6ijBY
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