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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Oregon Gov. Kotek
Signs Executive Order to Restore Columbia Basin Salmon (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
The Grid Is
Insufficient for Renewables. BPA Has a $2 Billion Plan. (The Oregon Capital
Chronicle – Via AOL)
https://www.aol.com/grid-insufficient-renewables-bpa-2-123052459.html
Oregon’s Offshore
Lease Sale Canceled as Bidders Back Out, Governor Raises Concerns (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/09/27/oregon-offshore-wind-auction-cancellation/
Southern Resident
Orcas Have More Diverse Diet Than Previously Thought, Research Reveals (KOMO
News, Seattle, WA)
Long Water &
Power Outages from Helene Test Patience in the Carolinas & Georgia
(Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/helene-asheville-north-carolina-3f812f70c4d2649e2198362e9ae42b06
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. The
Grid Is Insufficient for Renewables. BPA Has a $2 Billion Plan.
2. 62
Insurance Companies Sue Inland Power Over Gray Fire Losses
3. Agency
That Approves Energy Rate Hikes in Oregon Explains the How & Why Behind
Decisions
4. Bonneville
Power Administration Makes 41st Straight Treasury Payment – On Time, And in
Full
5. FERC
Approves California ISO Interconnection Reform Plan
6. Oregon’s
Offshore Lease Sale Canceled as Bidders Back Out, Governor Raises Concerns
7. Iowa
State Sues Washington State Company Accused of Dumping Wind-Turbine Blades
8. Benton
PUD Customers Targeted by Solar Installation Scam
9. Utility-Scale
U.S. Solar Electricity Generation Continues to Grow in 2024
10. Oregon
Gov. Kotek Signs Executive Order to Restore Columbia Basin Salmon
11. News
Release: Ore. Governor Kotek Affirms State Commitments to Columbia Basin
Restoration Initiative
12. Southern
Resident Orcas Have More Diverse Diet Than Previously Thought, Research Reveals
13. Pollock
Fishery Shut Down Early After Unprecedented Salmon Bycatch in Gulf of Alaska
14. Salmon
Lawsuit Ends in WA State Settlement, But Tensions Over Hatcheries Simmer
15. He’s
Got a Gun, A College Degree in Fisheries & He Keeps Your Drinking Water
Safe
16. The
States Where Climate Progress Is on the Ballot
17. ‘Reliability’
Is the New Hot Thing in Broadband Networks
18. We're
PR Crisis Managers. Here's How We Do Damage Control When We Say Something
Stupid.
19. Long
Water & Power Outages from Helene Test Patience in the Carolinas &
Georgia
20. French-Fry
Giant Closing Eastern WA Plant, Laying Off Almost 400 Mid-Columbia Workers
21.
Guest Essay: Rolling on the River – Hydropower
as a Reliable Form of Clean Energy
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Ebullient \ih-BULL-yunt\ Adjective - 1: boiling, agitated *2: having or showing liveliness and enthusiasm: exuberant.
Scintillating bubbles in champagne make Betty Boop’s ebullient personality even more so.
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
The Grid Is Insufficient for Renewables. BPA Has
a $2 Billion Plan. (The Oregon Capital Chronicle – Via AOL)
https://www.aol.com/grid-insufficient-renewables-bpa-2-123052459.html
2.
62 Insurance Companies Sue Inland Power Over Gray
Fire Losses (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/sep/30/62-insurance-companies-sue-inland-power-over-gray-/
3.
Agency That Approves Energy Rate Hikes in Oregon
Explains the How & Why Behind Decisions (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/02/think-out-loud-oregon-public-utilitiy-commission-rate/
4.
Bonneville Power Administration Makes 41st
Straight Treasury Payment – On Time, And in Full (Bonneville Power
Administration)
https://www.bpa.gov/about/newsroom/news-articles/20241001-bpa-makes-41st-straight-treasury-payment
5.
FERC Approves California ISO Interconnection
Reform Plan (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-california-caiso-interconnection-reform-plan/728633/
Renewable Energy & Self
Storage
6.
Oregon’s Offshore Lease Sale Canceled as Bidders
Back Out, Governor Raises Concerns (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/09/27/oregon-offshore-wind-auction-cancellation/
7.
Iowa State Sues Washington State Company Accused
of Dumping Wind-Turbine Blades (Iowa Capital Dispatch)
8.
Benton PUD Customers Targeted by Solar
Installation Scam (KNDO/KNDU – Tri-Cities/Yakima, WA)
9.
Utility-Scale U.S. Solar Electricity Generation
Continues to Grow in 2024 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=63324
Fish & Wildlife
10.
Oregon Gov. Kotek Signs Executive Order to
Restore Columbia Basin Salmon (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
11.
News Release: Ore. Governor Kotek Affirms State
Commitments to Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative (Governor Tina Kotek,
Oregon)
12.
Southern Resident Orcas Have More Diverse Diet
Than Previously Thought, Research Reveals (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
13.
Pollock Fishery Shut Down Early After
Unprecedented Salmon Bycatch in Gulf of Alaska (KMXT Radio, Kodiak, AK)
14.
Salmon Lawsuit Ends in WA State Settlement, But
Tensions Over Hatcheries Simmer (News from the States)
Water, Water, Anywhere?
15.
He’s Got a Gun, A College Degree in Fisheries &
He Keeps Your Drinking Water Safe (Tacoma News-Tribune, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/got-gun-college-degree-fisheries-123000383.html
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
16.
The States Where Climate Progress Is on the Ballot
(Grist Online)
https://grist.org/elections/states-climate-progress-election-washington-minnesota/
London Calling
–Telecommunications
17.
‘Reliability’ Is the New Hot Thing in Broadband
Networks (Fierce Network)
https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/reliability-new-hot-thing-broadband-networks
Public Relations,
Marketing & Media
18.
We're PR Crisis Managers. Here's How We Do
Damage Control When We Say Something Stupid. (Huffington Post)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/said-something-stupid_l_66f5d7f2e4b08b9c8c8cb303
Other Things to Know
About Today
19.
Long Water & Power Outages from Helene Test
Patience in the Carolinas & Georgia (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/helene-asheville-north-carolina-3f812f70c4d2649e2198362e9ae42b06
20.
French-Fry Giant Closing Eastern WA Plant,
Laying Off Almost 400 Mid-Columbia Workers (Tri-City Herald, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/french-fry-giant-closing-eastern-232709256.html
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
21.
Guest Essay: Rolling on the River – Hydropower as
a Reliable Form of Clean Energy (Washington Times, DC)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/21/rolling-on-river-hydropower-as-reliable-form-of-cl/
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Rare 'Wallet' of Viking-Era
Treasure Found in Isle of Man
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/rare-wallet-viking-era-treasure-found-isle-man-2024-10-01/
Argentine Town
Battles a Parrot Invasion
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentine-town-battles-parrot-invasion-2024-09-30/
A Deadly Attack
Shakes Up the Bracket Reveal for 2024’s Fat Bear Week Contest
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/fat-bear-week-contest-katmai-alaska-2024/index.html
Aquarium Rescues
Blue Lobster from Grocery Store Tank
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/09/27/blue-lobster-Via-Aquarium-New-York/9411727454352/
Song of the Day
Barry Manilow – Weekend
in New England
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBGQA9Rfs0U
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