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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Montana:
NorthWestern Energy Announces Deal to Become Colstrip’s Largest Shareholder
(KTVQ-TV, Billings, MT)
California
Wildfires Dim Solar Generation During Power Demand Peak (Reuters)
$200 Credit for WA
Households Struggling to Pay Energy Bill with Climate Commitment Act’s Future
in Doubt (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Price of Carbon
Allowances in California’s Cap-and-Trade Program Fell in Latest Auction (U.S.
Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=62644
Low-Income Homes
Drop Internet Service After Congress Kills Discount Program (Ars Technica)
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. Montana:
NorthWestern Energy Announces Deal to Become Colstrip’s Largest Shareholder
2. Montana:
NorthWestern Energy to Buy Energy West Montana in $39 Million Deal
3. Washington
Is Offering $200 to Some Residents to Help Pay Electric Bills
4. $200
Credit for WA Households Struggling to Pay Energy Bill with Climate Commitment
Act’s Future in Doubt
5. Report:
Grant County Faces Energy Crisis as Data Centers Strain Hydropower Resources
6. Oregonians
Should Be Aware of Power Companies’ Potential Safety Measures
7. Idaho
Commission Accepting Comments for Rocky Mountain Power’s Wildfire Mitigation
Plan
8. BC
Hydro to Invest $6 Billion in Capital Projects, Including Dam & Hydro
Upgrades
9. Navajo
Nation Plans to Test Limit of Tribal Law Preventing Transportation of Uranium
on Its Land
10. 55
Miles of High-Voltage Transmission Lines Added in 2023 as U.S. Buildout Slows
11. Sky
High Electric Bill? Here’s How Much Summer Heat Is Costing Americans
12. California
Wildfires Dim Solar Generation During Power Demand Peak
13. Idaho:
Ada Co. Rejects Solar Farm, Cites Preservation of Idaho ‘Way of Life’
14. California
Plan Eyes 20 GW of Solar in Fresno County
15. Southeast
& Southcentral Alaska Awarded $38 Million to Launch Heat Pump Incentive
Program
16. British
Columbia First Nations Claim Fish Farm Licenses Infringe Upon Aboriginal
Fishing Rights
17. A
Tribe Once Declared ‘Extinct’ Helps Reintroduce Salmon to the Columbia River
18. Special
Place in Hell Edition: Man Intentionally Runs Over Flock of Seagulls, Killing
25 in Southwest Washington
19. Podcast:
The Dangers of Low-Head Dams in the Willamette River
20. Water
Bills Are Contentious in This Pierce County City. Why Do They Seem So High?
21. Price
of Carbon Allowances in California’s Cap-and-Trade Program Fell in Latest
Auction
22. Can
That Gas Be Remoooved? The Quest for Climate-Friendly Cows.
23. Low-Income
Homes Drop Internet Service After Congress Kills Discount Program
24. FCC
Says New Pole Attachment Rules Are in Effect
25. U.S.
Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Package of Bills Aimed at Protecting Kids &
Teens Online
26. Tesla
Recalls 1.8 Million Cars Over Hood Issue
27. California
City Unveils Nation’s First All-Electric Vehicle Police Fleet
28. Podcast:
Why Are People in Idaho Hesitant to Buy Electric Vehicles?
29. Google
Wins the Gold Medal for Worst Olympic Ad
30. What’s
the Cost If WA Voters Erase Capital Gains Tax, End Cap-and-Trade?
31. WA
Gov. Inslee Defends Energy Credit Program Against Claims of Influencing Voters
32. Western
Wildfires Latest: 1 Dead in New Colorado Blaze as Containment Expanded on Huge
California Fire
33. More
Than 1 Million Acres Burned Across Oregon, Firefighters Making Some Progress
34. Firefighters
Battle to Protect Communities as Washington Wildfires Spread
35. Here’s
the Latest on Idaho Wildfires, Oregon’s Smoke-Producing Blazes Affecting Boise
36. Montana:
Existing Wildfires Maintain Containment; Authorities Respond to New Fires
Sparked
37. Guest
Essay: George & Simms – Repurposing Willamette Dams Would Save Money, Aid
Salmon
38. Guest
Essay: Goldendale Energy Project Comes at the Expense of Tribes, Nature
39. Guest
Essay: A Strong America Requires Reliable, Plentiful, & Affordable Energy
40.
Deeply Unserious 5th Circuit Declares $8 Billion
Rural FCC Broadband Subsidy Program ‘Unconstitutional’
Word of the Day
Parley \PARR-lee \ Verb – To speak with another: confer; specifically: to discuss terms with an enemy.
“ARRRRRRRR,” growled the lady pirate to her opponents. “I won’t let ye onto me ship for a parley unless ye all wear dresses before ye come aboard.” Her quaking opponents, facing the grinning guns of the pirate ship, were only too happy to don hoop skirts for their trip to discuss terms of surrender.
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
Montana: NorthWestern Energy Announces Deal to
Become Colstrip’s Largest Shareholder (KTVQ-TV, Billings, MT)
2.
Montana: NorthWestern Energy to Buy Energy West
Montana in $39 Million Deal (KFBB-TV, Great Falls, MT)
3.
Washington Is Offering $200 to Some Residents to
Help Pay Electric Bills (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
https://www.kuow.org/stories/washington-is-offering-200-to-help-pay-electric-bills
4.
$200 Credit for WA Households Struggling to Pay
Energy Bill with Climate Commitment Act’s Future in Doubt (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
5.
Report: Grant County Faces Energy Crisis as Data
Centers Strain Hydropower Resources (Source One News, Ephrata, WA)
6.
Oregonians Should Be Aware of Power Companies’
Potential Safety Measures (KLCC-Radio, Eugene, OR)
7.
Idaho Commission Accepting Comments for Rocky
Mountain Power’s Wildfire Mitigation Plan (Idaho Capital Sun)
8.
BC Hydro to Invest $6 Billion in Capital
Projects, Including Dam & Hydro Upgrades (Hydro Review)
9.
Navajo Nation Plans to Test Limit of Tribal Law
Preventing Transportation of Uranium on Its Land (Associated Press)
10.
55 Miles of High-Voltage Transmission Lines
Added in 2023 as U.S. Buildout Slows (Utility Dive)
11.
Sky High Electric Bill? Here’s How Much Summer
Heat Is Costing Americans (USA Today)
Renewable Energy & Self
Storage
12.
California Wildfires Dim Solar Generation During
Power Demand Peak (Reuters)
13.
Idaho: Ada Co. Rejects Solar Farm, Cites
Preservation of Idaho ‘Way of Life’ (BoiseDev)
https://boisedev.com/news/2024/07/30/savion-melba-rejected/
14.
California Plan Eyes 20 GW of Solar in Fresno
County (Solar Industry Magazine)
https://solarindustrymag.com/california-plan-eyes-20-gw-of-solar
Conservation &
Efficiency
15.
Southeast & Southcentral Alaska Awarded $38 Million
to Launch Heat Pump Incentive Program (KTOO Radio, Juneau, AK)
Fish & Wildlife
16.
British Columbia First Nations Claim Fish Farm Licenses
Infringe Upon Aboriginal Fishing Rights (The Toronto Star, Ontario, Canada)
17.
A Tribe Once Declared ‘Extinct’ Helps
Reintroduce Salmon to the Columbia River (Mongabay)
18.
Special Place in Hell Edition: Man Intentionally
Runs Over Flock of Seagulls, Killing 25 in Southwest Washington (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
Water, Water, Anywhere?
19.
Podcast: The Dangers of Low-Head Dams in the Willamette
River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/07/30/think-out-loud-low-head-dams-kayak-river-recreation-canoe/
20.
Water Bills Are Contentious in This Pierce
County City. Why Do They Seem So High? (Tacoma News Tribune, WA – Via MSN)
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
21.
Price of Carbon Allowances in California’s Cap-and-Trade
Program Fell in Latest Auction (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=62644
22.
Can That Gas Be Remoooved? The Quest for
Climate-Friendly Cows. (Christian Science Monitor)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2024/0729/cow-methane-greenhouse-gas-emissions
London Calling
–Telecommunications
23.
Low-Income Homes Drop Internet Service After Congress
Kills Discount Program (Ars Technica)
24.
FCC Says New Pole Attachment Rules Are in Effect
(Broadband Breakfast)
https://broadbandbreakfast.com/fcc-says-new-pole-attachment-rules-are-in-effect/
The Wizarding World of
Technology & Cybersecurity
25.
U.S. Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Package of
Bills Aimed at Protecting Kids & Teens Online (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-overwhelmingly-passes-package-bills-200400487.html
I Sing the Car Electric
26.
Tesla Recalls 1.8 Million Cars Over Hood Issue (Mashable)
https://mashable.com/article/tesla-recall-cars-hood-issue
27.
California City Unveils Nation’s First All-Electric
Vehicle Police Fleet (Associated Press)
28.
Podcast: Why Are People in Idaho Hesitant to Buy
Electric Vehicles? (Boise State Public Radio, ID)
Public Relations,
Marketing & Media
29.
Google Wins the Gold Medal for Worst Olympic Ad
(Atlantic Magazine)
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/07/google-dear-sydney-olympic-ad/679292/
Management &
Governance
30.
What’s the Cost If WA Voters Erase Capital Gains
Tax, End Cap-and-Trade? (Washington State Standard)
31.
WA Gov. Inslee Defends Energy Credit Program
Against Claims of Influencing Voters (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_1b8d7a34-4df6-11ef-b984-bbe6169e8b64.html
Other Things to Know
About Today
32.
Western Wildfires Latest: 1 Dead in New Colorado
Blaze as Containment Expanded on Huge California Fire (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/western-wildfires-latest-1-dead-212744501.html
33.
More Than 1 Million Acres Burned Across Oregon,
Firefighters Making Some Progress (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
34.
Firefighters Battle to Protect Communities as Washington
Wildfires Spread (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
35.
Here’s the Latest on Idaho Wildfires, Oregon’s Smoke-Producing
Blazes Affecting Boise (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID – Via Yahoo News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-idaho-wildfires-oregon-smoke-223524809.html
36.
Montana: Existing Wildfires Maintain
Containment; Authorities Respond to New Fires Sparked (Montana Public Radio)
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
37.
Guest Essay: George & Simms – Repurposing
Willamette Dams Would Save Money, Aid Salmon (Yamhill County News-Register, OR)
38.
Guest Essay: Goldendale Energy Project Comes at
the Expense of Tribes, Nature (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA – Paywall Advisory)
39.
Guest Essay: A Strong America Requires Reliable,
Plentiful, & Affordable Energy (Real Clear Energy)
40.
Deeply Unserious 5th Circuit Declares $8 Billion
Rural FCC Broadband Subsidy Program ‘Unconstitutional’ (TechDirt)
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
At These Locations
Around the World, Cats Are the Star
https://apnews.com/article/famous-cats-museums-bars-offices-5e508a330d170c9862e1ff1514940837
American Flags
Should Be Born in the USA Now, Too, Congress Says
https://apnews.com/article/american-flags-susan-collins-china-c31c30bce3b0a1afc74f79f769022a26
Washington Is on
Northern Lights Watch This Week, as a ‘Cannibal’ Solar Storm Blasts Earth
Massive Dragonfly
Swarms Descend on Rhode Island Beach
Song of the Day
Michael Buble – Moondance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBCJWJXeFzk
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