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This year’s Women in Public Power conference – July 22-24 in Tacoma, WA - continues the tradition of honoring issues specific to women from all areas and levels within the public power industry. It is a place for leaders at all levels—whether you are a customer/member service representative, director/commissioner, meter reader, CEO, accountant, purchaser, or any other employee—to network and learn from one another.
HOTSHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U.S. Rep. Newhouse
(WA) Grills Energy Secretary on Lower Snake River Dams’ Future & Budget
Cuts (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Wyoming Likely to
See Billions of Dollars in Wind Projects Built in Next Few Years (Cowboy State
Daily)
Millions of
Americans Could Soon Lose Home Internet Access If Lawmakers Don’t Act (Yahoo!
News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/millions-americans-could-soon-lose-180029355.html
Geomagnetic Storm
from a Solar Flare Could Disrupt Radio Communications & Create a Striking
Aurora (Associated Press)
Hundreds of
Thousands of Salmon Die After Release in Northern California’s Klamath River
(Smithsonian Magazine)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. U.S.
Rep. Newhouse (WA) Grills Energy Secretary on Lower Snake River Dams’ Future
& Budget
2. Umatilla
Electric Cooperative to Receive Nearly $90 Million for Eastern OR Power Grid
3. Washington:
Recurring Power Outages Hit This Pierce County Town Over Two Days. Here’s What
We Know
4. Protecting
Electric Substations
5. Bonneville
Power Administration Hits Milestone in Effort to Preserve Long-Term Partnership
with Public Power
6. California:
Utility Commission Rejects Norco’s Request to Make Edison Bury Power Lines for
Riverside Project
7. Senators
Press FERC Nominees on Climate, Natural Gas, Transmission Cost Allocation
8. Wyoming
Likely to See Billions of Dollars in Wind Projects Built in Next Few Years
9. California:
Wind Project in San Diego’s Backcountry Runs into Turbulence
10. Locals
Weigh in on Proposal for Wind Farm in Umatilla, Morrow Counties
11. Geothermal
Firm May Give Up on Washoe County
12. Wind
& Sun Are Free, But It’s Harder to Get Renewable Energy Projects Built
These Days. Here’s Why
13. Why
a Shrinking U.S. Aluminum Industry Is Tricky News for Clean Energy
14. Gas
Industry Blocks Building Codes Meant to Make Going Electric Cheaper
15. Hundreds
of Thousands of Salmon Die After Release in Northern California’s Klamath River
16. Low
Snowpack, Weather Impact Local Farmers in the Columbia Basin
17. How
The Drought Hit WA’s Farms, Forests, Fisheries & Drinking Water
18. Washington’s
Controversial Cap-And-Trade Program, Explained. Really.
19. Millions
of Americans Could Soon Lose Home Internet Access If Lawmakers Don’t Act
20. Alaska:
Rural Broadband Grant Bill Passes House
21. Tribal
Broadband Faces Unique Challenges, Opportunities, Experts Say
22. Massive
Changes Coming to Google Chrome Threaten to Reshape the Modern Internet
23. Instagram
Stopped Recommending Political Content – Now Social Media Users Are Noticing
24. Geomagnetic
Storm from a Solar Flare Could Disrupt Radio Communications & Create a
Striking Aurora
25. Inland
Waterways Focus: The Pacific Northwest Columbia-Snake River System
26. Gas
Tops $3.50 Per Gallon as Oil Prices Rise
27. Guest
Essay: Sen. John Braun: After Making Natural Gas Cost More, Washington
Democrats Move Toward Banning It
28. Editorial:
Green Energy Growth Has Great Potential. Politics Is Messing It Up
29.
Editorial: Troubling Defections from AP Not a
Surprise as Newspapers Struggle
WORD OF THE DAY – THE HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
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An Aerial Busby Berkeley Show
Synchronized in flight.
Murmuration of starlings.
Tiny sky dancers.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
U.S. Rep. Newhouse (WA) Grills Energy Secretary
on Lower Snake River Dams’ Future & Budget Cuts (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
2.
Umatilla Electric Cooperative to Receive Nearly
$90 Million for Eastern OR Power Grid (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
3.
Washington: Recurring Power Outages Hit This Pierce
County Town Over Two Days. Here’s What We Know (Tacoma News-Tribune, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article287074875.html
4.
Protecting Electric Substations (Ruralite
Magazine)
https://www.ruralite.com/protecting-electric-substations/
5.
Bonneville Power Administration Hits Milestone in
Effort to Preserve Long-Term Partnership with Public Power (Bonneville Power
Administration)
6.
California: Utility Commission Rejects Norco’s Request
to Make Edison Bury Power Lines for Riverside Project (Orange County Register,
CA)
7.
Senators Press FERC Nominees on Climate, Natural
Gas, Transmission Cost Allocation (Utility Dive)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
8.
Wyoming Likely to See Billions of Dollars in Wind
Projects Built in Next Few Years (Cowboy State Daily)
9.
California: Wind Project in San Diego’s Backcountry
Runs into Turbulence (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
10.
Locals Weigh in on Proposal for Wind Farm in Umatilla,
Morrow Counties (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR – Paywall Advisory)
11.
Geothermal Firm May Give Up on Washoe County (Nevada
Appeal, Carson City, NV)
https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2024/mar/22/geothermal-firm-may-give-up-on-washoe-county/
12.
Wind & Sun Are Free, But It’s Harder to Get
Renewable Energy Projects Built These Days. Here’s Why (Associated Press)
13.
Why a Shrinking U.S. Aluminum Industry Is Tricky
News for Clean Energy (Canary Media)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
14.
Gas Industry Blocks Building Codes Meant to Make
Going Electric Cheaper (Huffington Post)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/icc-iecc-building-codes-energy-climate_n_65f89e3de4b030e8357af5cc
FISH & WILDLIFE
15.
Hundreds of Thousands of Salmon Die After
Release in Northern California’s Klamath River (Smithsonian Magazine)
WATER, WATER, ANYWHERE?
16.
Low Snowpack, Weather Impact Local Farmers in
the Columbia Basin (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
17.
How The Drought Hit WA’s Farms, Forests,
Fisheries & Drinking Water (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18.
Washington’s Controversial Cap-And-Trade
Program, Explained. Really. (High Country News)
https://www.hcn.org/articles/washingtons-controversial-cap-and-trade-program-explained-really/
LONDON CALLING –TELECOMMUNICATIONS
19.
Millions of Americans Could Soon Lose Home
Internet Access If Lawmakers Don’t Act (Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/millions-americans-could-soon-lose-180029355.html
20.
Alaska: Rural Broadband Grant Bill Passes House
(Must Read Alaska, Homer, AK)
https://mustreadalaska.com/rural-broadband-grant-bill-passes-house/
21.
Tribal Broadband Faces Unique Challenges,
Opportunities, Experts Say (Broadband Breakfast)
https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tribal-broadband-faces-unique-challenges-opportunities-experts-say/
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
22.
Massive Changes Coming to Google Chrome Threaten
to Reshape the Modern Internet (Yahoo! News)
23.
Instagram Stopped Recommending Political Content
– Now Social Media Users Are Noticing (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/instagram-political-settings
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
24.
Geomagnetic Storm from a Solar Flare Could
Disrupt Radio Communications & Create a Striking Aurora (Associated Press)
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY
25.
Inland Waterways Focus: The Pacific Northwest
Columbia-Snake River System (Marine Link)
https://www.marinelink.com/news/inland-waterways-focus-pacific-northwest-512419
26.
Gas Tops $3.50 Per Gallon as Oil Prices Rise (Yahoo!
News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gas-tops-350-per-gallon-as-oil-prices-rise-162038439.html
SOAPBOX SERENADE – VOX POPULI
27.
Guest Essay: Sen. John Braun: After Making
Natural Gas Cost More, Washington Democrats Move Toward Banning It (The
Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
28.
Editorial: Green Energy Growth Has Great
Potential. Politics Is Messing It Up (Austin American-Statesman, TX)
29.
Editorial: Troubling Defections from AP Not a Surprise
as Newspapers Struggle (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
More Than 100
Iconic Cherry Trees in Washington, DC Are Being Cut Down. So Long, Stumpy
Yale’s Band Couldn’t
Travel with Their Team to March Madness, So the Idaho Vandals Stepped In
Scientists Found an
Amazingly Well-Preserved Village from 3,000 Years Ago
Olympics Taster: Paris
Race Celebrates the Servers Who Nourish the City’s Life & Soul
https://apnews.com/article/paris-olympics-food-drink-waiters-france-969ab5ae581716bf32d794ff9cf80bf0
SONG OF THE DAY
Lana Del Rey -
Cherry Blossom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzcAqfRkAOw
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