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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Idaho: Bureau of Land Management Shrinks
Proposed Size of Controversial Lava Ridge Wind Farm (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
In Wyoming, Bill Gates Moves Ahead with
Nuclear Project Aimed at Revolutionizing Power Generation (Associated Press)
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/wyoming-bill-gates-moves-ahead-183058312.html
Summer Wildfire Risk Has Puget Sound Energy
Planning for Potential Power Shutoffs (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Montana Regulators Challenge Sweeping FERC
Transmission Rule (E&E News)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/montana-regulators-challenge-sweeping-ferc-transmission-rule/
With 100M Birds Dead, Poultry Industry Could
Serve as Example as Dairy Farmers Confront Bird Flu (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/bird-flu-chickens-turkeys-cows-cattle-492fd92ae68d11d9defc15bc260e9301
News
Highlights (See Stories Below)
1.
In Wyoming, Bill Gates Moves Ahead with Nuclear
Project Aimed at Revolutionizing Power Generation
2.
Summer Wildfire Risk Has Puget Sound Energy
Planning for Potential Power Shutoffs
3.
Montana Regulators Challenge Sweeping FERC
Transmission Rule
4.
Federal Grant to Help People in Northeastern
Washington Get Hooked Up to the Power Grid
5.
Rural Electric Co-Op Says New Mexico Supreme
Court Ruling on Rate Setting Sets ‘Dangerous’ Precedent
6.
California: City Council Rejects Power San Diego
Proposal
7.
Which States Had the Most & Longest Summer
Blackouts?
8.
Nuclear Innovation Alliance Offers Road Map to
Catalyze Advanced Nuclear Development
9.
Idaho: Bureau of Land Management Shrinks
Proposed Size of Controversial Lava Ridge Wind Farm
10.
As Solar Power Surges in U.S., Wind Struggles
11.
Wind Farms, Key to Clean-Energy Efforts,
Threaten Birds & Bats: Developers Urged to Plan for Wildlife
12.
WA State: Rural Residents Ask About Tax Rates,
Land Use as State Studies Renewable Energy Projects
13.
Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the
U.S. Uses Electricity: ‘A Glimpse of What Could Happen to Other Grids in the
Future’
14.
WA Governor Jay Inslee Responds to New Climate
Change Report
15.
Charter Looking to Surrender More Than 1,400
Additional Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Locations
16.
Alaska Broadband Company MTA Says FTTH Costs
$9,000 per Passing
17.
Amazon Scraps Plan to Use Fuel Cells, Powered by
Natural Gas, to Run Oregon Data Centers
18.
Co-ops Discuss Risks and Opportunities of Demand
Surge from Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers
19.
Study Results Raise Concerns About Electric
Vehicle Dangers
20.
Thefts Of Charging Cables Pose Yet Another
Obstacle to Appeal of Electric Vehicles
21.
Individuals, Utilities Win National Public Power
Awards at APPA National Conference
22.
With 100M Birds Dead, Poultry Industry Could
Serve as Example as Dairy Farmers Confront Bird Flu
23.
‘The Difference Between Alarming &
Catastrophic’: Cascadia Megafault Has One Especially Deadly Section, New Map
Reveals
24.
Designs Unveiled for New I-5 Bridge Between
Washington, Oregon
25. FERC
In Focus: Has the Agency Been ‘Captured’ by the Sectors It Regulates?
Word of the Day
Lacuna \luck-KOON-nuh\ Noun - 1: a blank space or a missing part: gap; also: deficiency, inadequacy 2: a small cavity, pit, or discontinuity in an anatomical structure.
Despite his inflated self-opinion (and an amazing ability to churn out turgid prose at the drop of a hat) Deandre was a terrible novelist. His mystery novels had so many holes in their convoluted plots that his editors took to calling the tenth-anniversary compilation of his sixteen novels as the “Lacuna Diaries.”
Energy
& Utility Issues
1. In
Wyoming, Bill Gates Moves Ahead with Nuclear Project Aimed at Revolutionizing
Power Generation (Associated Press)
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/wyoming-bill-gates-moves-ahead-183058312.html
2. Summer
Wildfire Risk Has Puget Sound Energy Planning for Potential Power Shutoffs (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
3. Montana
Regulators Challenge Sweeping FERC Transmission Rule (E&E News)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/montana-regulators-challenge-sweeping-ferc-transmission-rule/
4. Federal
Grant to Help People in Northeastern Washington Get Hooked Up to the Power Grid
(Northwest Public Broadcasting)
5. Rural
Electric Co-Op Says New Mexico Supreme Court Ruling on Rate Setting Sets ‘Dangerous’
Precedent (KUNM Broadcasting, Albuquerque, NM)
6. California:
City Council Rejects Power San Diego Proposal (KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA)
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/city-council-rejects-power-san-diego-proposal/
7. Which
States Had the Most & Longest Summer Blackouts? (FOX Weather)
https://www.foxweather.com/lifestyle/states-most-longest-blackouts-summer-2023
8. Nuclear
Innovation Alliance Offers Road Map to Catalyze Advanced Nuclear Development (Utility
Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nia-report-advanced-nuclear-smr-vogtle/718368/
Renewable
Energy & Self Storage
9. Idaho:
Bureau of Land Management Shrinks Proposed Size of Controversial Lava Ridge Wind
Farm (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
10. As
Solar Power Surges in U.S., Wind Struggles (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, HI)
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/06/05/breaking-news/as-solar-power-surges-in-u-s-wind-struggles/
11. Wind
Farms, Key to Clean-Energy Efforts, Threaten Birds & Bats: Developers Urged
to Plan for Wildlife (Phys.org)
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-farms-key-energy-efforts-threaten.html
12. WA
State: Rural Residents Ask About Tax Rates, Land Use as State Studies Renewable
Energy Projects (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
13. Giant
Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity: ‘A Glimpse of
What Could Happen to Other Grids in the Future’ (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/giant-batteries-transforming-way-us-083000941.html
Climate
Change Sequestration Vault
14. WA
Governor Jay Inslee Responds to New Climate Change Report (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
London
Calling –Telecommunications
15. Charter
Looking to Surrender More Than 1,400 Additional Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
Locations (Broadband Breakfast)
16. Alaska Broadband Company MTA Says FTTH Costs $9,000 per Passing (Fierce Networks)
https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/alaska-broadband-company-mta-says-ftth-costs-9000-passing
Beam
Me Up, Scotty - The Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity
17. Amazon
Scraps Plan to Use Fuel Cells, Powered by Natural Gas, to Run Oregon Data
Centers (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
18. Co-ops
Discuss Risks and Opportunities of Demand Surge from Artificial Intelligence,
Data Centers (National Rural Electric Cooperative Association)
https://www.electric.coop/co-ops-discuss-risks-opportunities-of-demand-surge-from-ai-data-centers
I
Sing the Car Electric
19. Study
Results Raise Concerns About Electric Vehicle Dangers (NBC Montana)
20. Thefts
Of Charging Cables Pose Yet Another Obstacle to Appeal of Electric Vehicles (Associated
Press)
Management
& Governance
21. Individuals,
Utilities Win National Public Power Awards at APPA National Conference (American
Public Power Association)
Other
Things to Know About Today
22. With
100M Birds Dead, Poultry Industry Could Serve as Example as Dairy Farmers
Confront Bird Flu (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/bird-flu-chickens-turkeys-cows-cattle-492fd92ae68d11d9defc15bc260e9301
23. ‘The
Difference Between Alarming & Catastrophic’: Cascadia Megafault Has One
Especially Deadly Section, New Map Reveals (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/difference-between-alarming-catastrophic-cascadia-180001239.html
24. Designs
Unveiled for New I-5 Bridge Between Washington, Oregon (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
https://mynorthwest.com/3962269/designs-unveiled-for-new-i-5-bridge-between-washington-oregon/#//
Soapbox
Serenade – Vox Populi
25. FERC
In Focus: Has the Agency Been ‘Captured’ by the Sectors It Regulates? (Utility
Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-in-focus-regulatory-capture-christie/718503/
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Martha’s Vineyard Is About to Run Out of
Pot. That’s Led to a Lawsuit & a Scramble by Regulators
Dog Raises Alarm After Owner Crashes Car into
Ravine
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-11/dog-raises-alarm-after-owner-crashes-into-ravine/103963038
Jerry West, A 3-Time Hall of Fame Selection &
the NBA Logo, Dies at 86
https://mynorthwest.com/3962406/jerry-west-3-time-hall-of-fame-selection-nba-logo-dies-86/
Giant Venomous Flying Spiders with 4-Inch
Legs Heading to New York Area as They Spread Across East Coast, Experts Say
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joro-spiders-new-york-giant-venomous-spiders-spread-east-coast/
Song
of the Day
Nando Carneiro – The Kiss of the Spider Woman Theme (Movie Soundtrack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqNYdY9sp1U
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