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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
‘On the Edge of an
Energy Crisis’: Forecasting the Future of Electricity in the Pacific Northwest
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Washington Is
Giving Tax Breaks to Data Centers That Threaten the State’s Green Energy Push
(ProPublica/Seattle Times, WA)
What Could Be
Nation’s Largest Solar Project Proposed by Feds at Eastern WA Nuclear Site
(Tri-City Herald, WA via Yahoo News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/could-nation-largest-solar-project-182118237.html
Scoop: Washington
Tribes Seek to Halt Offshore Wind Development (Axios Seattle)
https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/07/26/wind-farm-offshore-quinault-hoh-tribe
Federal Funds Set
to Revive Pacific Northwest Salmon, Steelhead Populations (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. ‘On
the Edge of an Energy Crisis’: Forecasting the Future of Electricity in the
Pacific Northwest
2. Washington
Is Giving Tax Breaks to Data Centers That Threaten the State’s Green Energy
Push
3. Montana:
NorthWestern Energy Gears Up for Performance Testing at New Laurel Gas Plant
4. Natural
Gas Electricity Generation in the United States Spiked with July Heatwave
5. State
Lawmakers Continue Calls for Feds to Move San Onofre’s Nuclear Waste
6. Bonneville
Power Administration Implements Interconnection Reforms to Clear Queue Backlog
7. News
Release: Oregon, Washington’s U.S. Senators Urge Bonneville Power
Administration to Carefully Consider Day-Ahead Electricity Market Decision
8. Nevada:
Workers Critically Injured While Replacing Stolen Copper Wires from City
Streetlights
9. The
Fight to Make Landlords Turn Down the Thermostat
10. Northern
Wasco County PUD General Manager and CEO Details Dramatic Growth
11. News
Release: U.S. Department of Energy Selects 20 Projects Across 16 States to
Receive Up to $371 Million for Transmission
12. What
Could Be Nation’s Largest Solar Project Proposed by Feds at Eastern WA Nuclear
Site
13. Scoop:
Washington Tribes Seek to Halt Offshore Wind Development
14. Company
Provides Visuals of Palouse Wind Farms
15. U.S.
Wind Power Falls to 33-Month Low, Generators Burn More Natural Gas
16. SMUD
Receives $10 Million State Grant for Long-Duration Battery Storage Project
17. News
Release: Biden-Harris Administration Advances Clean Energy Projects on Western
Public Lands with Potential to Power Nearly 2 Million Homes
18. Federal
Funds Set to Revive Pacific Northwest Salmon, Steelhead Populations
19. There’s
a New Top Fish of the Columbia River — And It Doesn’t Mind the Warm Water
20. Grant
PUD Fiber Buildout Scheduled for October Completion
21. Court
Rules FCC’s Universal Service Fund Unconstitutional
22. Video
Game Performers Will Go on Strike Over Artificial Intelligence Concerns
23. Porsche,
MINI Rate High in JD Power Satisfaction Survey, Non-Tesla Electric Vehicle
Owners Happier
24. How
to Capture Moments with a Cellphone
25. California,
Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hubs Secure First Tranche of $7B Federal Awards
26. Voters
To Decide on Pace of Washington’s Transition Off Natural Gas
27. California
Town Decimated by 2018 Wildfire Threatened Again by State’s Largest This Year,
As Fires Plague Oregon & Canada
28. Rain
Arrives on What’s Typically Seattle’s Driest Day of the Year
29.
Guest Essay: Hydro Deauthorization Delay
Stirring Concerns in Oregon
Word of the Day
Roustabout \ROWSS-tuh-bowt\ Noun – 1a: deckhand b: longshoreman 2: an unskilled or semiskilled laborer especially in an oil field or refinery *3: a circus worker who erects and dismantles tents, cares for the grounds, and handles animals and equipment.
Atone worked his entire life as a roustabout for the circus, putting up and taking down the billowing big-top tent. With retirement looming, all he had to show for his 30 years of work were numerous tattoos, a lifetime supply of “zoo-doo,” and the emotional scars from the 1968 “clown car calamity” in Hoboken, New Jersey. “There was clown white all over the highway,” he muttered, visibly shuddering over the memory.
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
‘On the Edge of an Energy Crisis’: Forecasting the
Future of Electricity in the Pacific Northwest (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
2.
Washington Is Giving Tax Breaks to Data Centers
That Threaten the State’s Green Energy Push (ProPublica/Seattle Times, WA)
3.
Montana: NorthWestern Energy Gears Up for
Performance Testing at New Laurel Gas Plant (The Missoulian, MT)
4.
Natural Gas Electricity Generation in the United
States Spiked with July Heatwave (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=62604
5.
State Lawmakers Continue Calls for Feds to Move San
Onofre’s Nuclear Waste (KPBS Broadcasting, San Diego, CA)
6.
Bonneville Power Administration Implements
Interconnection Reforms to Clear Queue Backlog (American Public Power
Association)
7.
News Release: Oregon, Washington’s U.S. Senators
Urge Bonneville Power Administration to Carefully Consider Day-Ahead
Electricity Market Decision (U.S. Senator Ron Wyden – OR)
8.
Nevada: Workers Critically Injured While
Replacing Stolen Copper Wires from City Streetlights (KVVU-TV, Las Vegas, NV)
9.
The Fight to Make Landlords Turn Down the
Thermostat (Washington Post Via Yahoo News)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-fight-to-make-landlords-turn-down-the-thermostat/ar-BB1qBlOS
10.
Northern Wasco County PUD General Manager and
CEO Details Dramatic Growth (American Public Power Association)
11.
News Release: U.S. Department of Energy Selects 20
Projects Across 16 States to Receive Up to $371 Million for Transmission (U.S. Dept.
Of Energy)
https://www.energy.gov/gdo/TSED?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Renewable Energy &
Self Storage
12.
What Could Be Nation’s Largest Solar Project
Proposed by Feds at Eastern WA Nuclear Site (Tri-City Herald, WA via Yahoo
News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/could-nation-largest-solar-project-182118237.html
13.
Scoop: Washington Tribes Seek to Halt Offshore
Wind Development (Axios Seattle)
https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/07/26/wind-farm-offshore-quinault-hoh-tribe
14.
Company Provides Visuals of Palouse Wind Farms (Lewiston
Morning Tribune, ID – Paywall Advisory)
15.
U.S. Wind Power Falls to 33-Month Low,
Generators Burn More Natural Gas (Reuters)
16.
SMUD Receives $10 Million State Grant for
Long-Duration Battery Storage Project (American Public Power Association)
17.
News Release: Biden-Harris Administration
Advances Clean Energy Projects on Western Public Lands with Potential to Power
Nearly 2 Million Homes (U.S. Dept. of the Interior)
Fish & Wildlife
18.
Federal Funds Set to Revive Pacific Northwest Salmon,
Steelhead Populations (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
19.
There’s a New Top Fish of the Columbia River —
And It Doesn’t Mind the Warm Water (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jul/24/theres-a-new-top-fish-of-the-columbia-river-and-it/
London Calling
–Telecommunications
20.
Grant PUD Fiber Buildout Scheduled for October Completion
(Columbia Basin Herald, WA)
21.
Court Rules FCC’s Universal Service Fund
Unconstitutional (Telecompetitor)
https://www.telecompetitor.com/court-rules-fccs-universal-service-fund-unconstitutional/
The Wizarding World of
Technology & Cybersecurity
22.
Video Game Performers Will Go on Strike Over
Artificial Intelligence Concerns (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/sagaftra-video-game-performers-ai-strike-4f4c7d846040c24553dbc2604e5b6034
I Sing the Car Electric
23.
Porsche, MINI Rate High in JD Power Satisfaction
Survey, Non-Tesla Electric Vehicle Owners Happier (USA Today)
Public Relations,
Marketing & Media
24.
How to Capture Moments with a Cellphone (Pioneer
Utility Resources)
https://www.pioneerutilityresources.com/2024cellshots/
Barrel O’ Green
Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
25.
California, Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hubs
Secure First Tranche of $7B Federal Awards (Power Magazine)
Management &
Governance
26.
Voters To Decide on Pace of Washington’s Transition
Off Natural Gas (Washington State Standard)
Other Things to Know
About Today
27.
California Town Decimated by 2018 Wildfire
Threatened Again by State’s Largest This Year, As Fires Plague Oregon & Canada
(Cable News Network)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-town-decimated-2018-wildfire-042852410.html
28.
Rain Arrives on What’s Typically Seattle’s Driest
Day of the Year (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
29.
Guest Essay: Hydro Deauthorization Delay
Stirring Concerns in Oregon (Yamhill County News-Register, OR)
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Like ‘Little Bombs,’
Soda Cans Are Exploding on Southwest Flights. Here’s Why
https://www.yahoo.com/news/little-bombs-soda-cans-exploding-190002527.html
‘Bob the Cap
Catcher’ Fetches Olympic Swimmer’s Cap from the Pool — and Goes Viral in
Colorful Speedo
https://people.com/2024-paris-olympics-bob-the-cap-catcher-goes-viral-in-colorful-speedo-8684950
Collection of 163
Unique Bedpans Fails to Sell at Auction
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/07/29/bedpan-collection-auction/5111722274096/
Carrie Fisher’s ‘Star
Wars’ Gold Bikini Auctioned for $175,000
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/07/29/Star-Wars-props-auctioned-Slave-Leia-bikini/8741722281989/
Song of the Day
10,000 Maniacs – Like
the Weather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&app=desktop&v=Ln_-8NTM64U
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