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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Hydropower Expected
to Increase Throughout the U.S., But Climate Change Could Affect How — And When
— We Use It (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Canada: B.C. Hydro
Begins Filling Reservoir as Peace River Dam’s Site C Nears Completion (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-hydro-reservoir-site-c-1.7304535
Inside the Plan to
Build a New Dam & Reservoir in WA (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/aug/24/inside-the-plan-to-build-a-new-dam-and-reservoir-in-wa/
Idaho: Japanese
Americans Call on President Biden to Halt Wind Farm Near Minidoka (Cascade PBS)
Inside the Plan for
a Massive WA Insulation Plant to Spin Molten Rock Like Cotton Candy (Tri-City
Herald, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/inside-plan-massive-wa-insulation-120000871.html
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. Hydropower
Expected to Increase Throughout the U.S., But Climate Change Could Affect How —
And When — We Use It
2. Canada:
B.C. Hydro Begins Filling Reservoir as Peace River Dam’s Site C Nears
Completion
3. Glen
Canyon Dam Is Producing 17% Less Electricity. What Does That Mean for Colorado
Utilities?
4. WA
State: Douglas County PUD Approves Sale of Surplus Hydropower to Puget Sound
Energy
5. Idaho:
Army Corps Gives Update on Albeni Falls Dam Gates
6. Oregon:
City of Keizer Advances Deal to Sell Land to Canadian Power Firm
7. Earthquake
Risks & Rising Costs: The Price of Operating California’s Last Nuclear
Plant
8. You
Had a Lot of Questions About Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors. We Posed Them to
the Experts
9. Former
Pacific PUD Meter Reader Pleads Guilty After Claiming PTSD from Dog Attack,
Caught Selling Dogs
10. Cowlitz
PUD Canine Rescue Follow-Up – Castle Rock Woman Pleads Guilty to Shooting Dog
in Head, Leaving Him in Toutle Ditch
11. Idaho:
Japanese Americans Call on President Biden to Halt Wind Farm Near Minidoka
12. Idaho
AG Tells Legislative Committee His Office Would Appeal Lava Ridge Wind Project
Decision
13. Tri-Cities
Group Thinks WA Board About to Cave After Gov. Inslee Pushes for More Wind
Turbines
14. Spokane
County Commissioners Move to Regulate Wind, Solar Farms as Interest Grows in
Eastern Washington
15. Officials
Approve Plan to Someday Dismantle Ostrea Solar Site in Yakima County
16. Inside
the Plan for a Massive WA Insulation Plant to Spin Molten Rock Like Cotton
Candy
17. DOE
Selects 13 States, Virgin Islands for $54 Million in Low-Income Weatherization,
Renewables Funding
18. American
Shad Clog Fish Ladders, Causing Trouble for Salmon
19. WA
State: Decision Upheld to Remove a Portion of Electron Dam on the Puyallup
River
20. Inside
the Plan to Build a New Dam & Reservoir in WA
21. Idaho:
Avista Utilities to Reduce Water Release from Post Falls Dam Due to Dry Weather
22. Rebates
on the Way for Farmers Who Paid Fuel Surcharges Under WA Climate Law
23. Does
‘Carbon Sound’ Have a Ring to It? How Seattle Area Can Become the Silicon
Valley of Climate Tech
24. 23
Million Americans Navigate Hiked Internet Costs Since the Affordable
Connectivity Program Ended
25. Energy
Demand from Data Centers Growing Faster Than West Can Supply, Experts Say
26. Meta
Strikes Deal for First Major Use of Next-Gen Geothermal Power East of the
Rockies
27. PM
Trudeau Says Canada Will Slap Big Tariffs on Chinese-Made Electric Vehicles
28. Getting
There: State Program Will Boost Electric Car Chargers in Northeastern
Washington
29. California
ISO Interconnection Reform Plan Draws Support from SoCal Ed, PG&E, PUC
30. Alaska
City Issues Evacuation Orders After Landslide Leaves One Dead & Three
Injured
31. Back-to-Work
Order Issued for Two Major Canada Railroads. Union Will Comply, But Lawsuit
Planned
32.
Washington’s Fall Could Be Wetter Than Normal,
NOAA Predicts
Word of the Day
Sashay /sah-SHAY/ Verb – To proudly walk in a slow, confident way that is meant to attract attention.
“Pockets! My dress has pockets!” enthused Martha as she sashayed out the door of her favorite fashion shop.
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
Hydropower Expected to Increase Throughout the U.S.,
But Climate Change Could Affect How — And When — We Use It (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
2.
Canada: B.C. Hydro Begins Filling Reservoir as Peace
River Dam’s Site C Nears Completion (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-hydro-reservoir-site-c-1.7304535
3.
Glen Canyon Dam Is Producing 17% Less
Electricity. What Does That Mean for Colorado Utilities? (Colorado Sun, Denver,
CO)
https://coloradosun.com/2024/08/22/glen-canyon-dam-hydropower-megadrought/
4.
WA State: Douglas County PUD Approves Sale of
Surplus Hydropower to Puget Sound Energy (Hydro Review)
5.
Idaho: Army Corps Gives Update on Albeni Falls
Dam Gates (Sandpoint Reader, ID)
https://sandpointreader.com/army-corps-gives-update-on-albeni-falls-dam-gates/
6.
Oregon: City of Keizer Advances Deal to Sell
Land to Canadian Power Firm (Keizer Times, OR)
https://www.keizertimes.com/2024/08/22/city-advances-deal-to-sell-land-to-canadian-firm/
7.
Earthquake Risks & Rising Costs: The Price of
Operating California’s Last Nuclear Plant (Los Angeles Times, CA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/earthquake-risks-rising-costs-price-100013503.html
8.
You Had a Lot of Questions About Next-Generation
Nuclear Reactors. We Posed Them to the Experts (Associated Press)
9.
Former Pacific PUD Meter Reader Pleads Guilty
After Claiming PTSD from Dog Attack, Caught Selling Dogs (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
10.
Cowlitz PUD Canine Rescue Follow-Up – Castle
Rock Woman Pleads Guilty to Shooting Dog in Head, Leaving Him in Toutle Ditch (Big
Country News, Clarkston, WA)
Renewable Energy & Self
Storage
11.
Idaho: Japanese Americans Call on President Biden
to Halt Wind Farm Near Minidoka (Cascade PBS)
12.
Idaho AG Tells Legislative Committee His Office
Would Appeal Lava Ridge Wind Project Decision (Idaho Capital Sun)
13.
Tri-Cities Group Thinks WA Board About to Cave
After Gov. Inslee Pushes for More Wind Turbines (Tri-City Herald, WA – Via MSN)
14.
Spokane County Commissioners Move to Regulate
Wind, Solar Farms as Interest Grows in Eastern Washington (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/spokane-county-commissioners-move-regulate-035900112.html
15.
Officials Approve Plan to Someday Dismantle Ostrea
Solar Site in Yakima County (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Conservation &
Efficiency
16.
Inside the Plan for a Massive WA Insulation
Plant to Spin Molten Rock Like Cotton Candy (Tri-City Herald, WA – Via Yahoo!
News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/inside-plan-massive-wa-insulation-120000871.html
17.
DOE Selects 13 States, Virgin Islands for $54 Million
in Low-Income Weatherization, Renewables Funding (Utility Dive)
Fish & Wildlife
18.
American Shad Clog Fish Ladders, Causing Trouble
for Salmon (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
https://www.nwpb.org/2024/08/21/american-shad-clog-fish-ladders-causing-trouble-for-salmon/
19.
WA State: Decision Upheld to Remove a Portion of
Electron Dam on the Puyallup River (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Water, Water, Anywhere?
20.
Inside the Plan to Build a New Dam &
Reservoir in WA (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/aug/24/inside-the-plan-to-build-a-new-dam-and-reservoir-in-wa/
21.
Idaho: Avista Utilities to Reduce Water Release from
Post Falls Dam Due to Dry Weather (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
22.
Rebates on the Way for Farmers Who Paid Fuel Surcharges
Under WA Climate Law (Washington State Standard)
23.
Does ‘Carbon Sound’ Have a Ring to It? How
Seattle Area Can Become the Silicon Valley of Climate Tech (GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2024/carbon-sound-can-seattle-become-the-silicon-valley-of-climate-tech/
London Calling
–Telecommunications
24.
23 Million Americans Navigate Hiked Internet
Costs Since the Affordable Connectivity Program Ended (C|Net News)
The Wizarding World of
Technology & Cybersecurity
25.
Energy Demand from Data Centers Growing Faster
Than West Can Supply, Experts Say (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/08/26/fast-growing-energy-demand-data-centers-pose-challenges-west/
26.
Meta Strikes Deal for First Major Use of Next-Gen
Geothermal Power East of the Rockies (The Hill, Washington, DC)
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4848084-meta-geothermal-energy-storage/
I Sing the Car Electric
27.
PM Trudeau Says Canada Will Slap Big Tariffs on Chinese-Made
Electric Vehicles (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-halifax-tariffs-china-evs-1.7304773
28.
Getting There: State Program Will Boost Electric
Car Chargers in Northeastern Washington (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Via
Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/getting-state-program-boost-electric-035900500.html
Management &
Governance
29.
California ISO Interconnection Reform Plan Draws
Support from SoCal Ed, PG&E, PUC (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/caiso-interconnection-reform-ferc-pge-sce-puc-clearway/725077/
Other Things to Know
About Today
30.
Alaska City Issues Evacuation Orders After
Landslide Leaves One Dead & Three Injured (Cable News Network)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/26/us/ketchikan-alaska-landslide-evacuations/index.html
31.
Back-to-Work Order Issued for Two Major Canada Railroads.
Union Will Comply, But Lawsuit Planned (Associated Press)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/canadian-arbitrator-orders-employees-2-222802595.html
32.
Washington’s Fall Could Be Wetter Than Normal, NOAA
Predicts (Axios Seattle)
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Canadian Hits All the
Right Notes to Win 2024 Air Guitar World Champion
NASA: Astronauts Stuck
on ISS Must Wait for SpaceX Ride Home in 2025
https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2024/0824/nasa-astronauts-iss-spacex-boeing-starliner
Soaked Kitten
Rescued from Ohio Car Wash
Man Builds 54-Level
House of Cards in Eight Hours
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/08/23/Guinness-World-Records-card-stacking/3371724426363/
Song of the Day
Claude Debussy – Reflections
in the Water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnnKmQ-wXZw
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