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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Offshore Wind Looked Like a Sure Thing for
Oregon — Until It Wasn’t. What Went Wrong? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Washington State’s Electric Vehicle Rebate
Program Runs Out of Funds Ahead of Schedule (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Oregon: Warm Springs Tribes & Partners
Hold Kick-Off Meeting for Major Transmission Line Upgrade Project (KTVZ-TV,
Bend, OR)
Carbon Removal Industry Calls on U.S.
Government for Regulation in New Industry Report (Associated Press)
Oregon: Warm Springs Tribes & Partners
Hold Kick-Off Meeting for Major Transmission Line Upgrade Project (KTVZ-TV,
Bend, OR)
News
Highlights (See Stories Below)
1.
Oregon: Warm Springs Tribes & Partners Hold
Kick-Off Meeting for Major Transmission Line Upgrade Project
2.
Lawyers Argue Motion to Dismiss Idaho Power
Condemnation Lawsuit for Boardman to Hemingway Power Line
3.
Paywall Advisory: PacifiCorp Plans to Run
High-Voltage Line from Swift Dam Through East Clark County into Oregon
4.
Utah a ‘First Mover’ State to Deploy Advanced
Nuclear Energy
5.
Meeting Global Data Center Demand Could Cost
More Than $2 Trillion in New Generation Resources
6.
Rundown: All Nuclear Plants Extended, Revived,
or Planned as Energy Demand Soars
7.
U.S. Construction Costs Rose Slightly for Solar
& Wind, Dropped for Natural Gas in 2022
8.
Co-ops Win Big in New $2 Billion Round of DOE
Grid Funding Program
9.
Nearly 100 Utilities’ Credit Ratings Downgraded
Since 2020 as Wildfire Risks Grow
10.
Offshore Wind Looked Like a Sure Thing for
Oregon — Until It Wasn’t. What Went Wrong?
11.
California Biomass Plan Draws Scorn of
Environmentalists
12.
Two Utilities Share Their Experience with
Reconductoring That Can Enable More Solar
13.
Renewables on the Rise Dashboard
14.
Jobs in Wind, Solar, & Energy Storage Are
Booming. Is Your State Keeping Up?
15.
Spokane to Buy $125,000 Worth of Flood Lights
for Residences to Deter Crime
16.
Set Your Thermostat to This Temperature to Save
Money This Winter
17.
New Zealand: Energy Coaches Helping with the
Shock of Electricity Bills
18.
Bonneville Power Administration Funds Klickitat
Hatchery Modernization Project
19.
Changing Winters Are Impacting Lake Tahoe &
Other Freshwater Ecosystems
20.
Carbon Removal Industry Calls on U.S. Government
for Regulation in New Industry Report
21.
A Wave of Climate-Change Anxiety Has Spread
Amongst Gen Z. Here Are the U.S. States Where They’re Most & Least
Distressed
22.
Washington State’s Electric Vehicle Rebate
Program Runs Out of Funds Ahead of Schedule
23.
Electric Vehicle Chargers Draw Customers to
Local Businesses, Study Suggests
24.
Nevada Ranks in Top 10 States for Percentage of
Electric Vehicles, Bottom 10 for Number of Chargers
25.
Blog: Generating Buzz – Electric School Buses
Have Arrived in Walla Walla, WA
26.
Deadly E. Coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald’s
Quarter Pounders Sickens 49 People in 10 States
27.
Commentary: Staggering Cost of a Wind &
Solar Future in the Pacific Northwest
28. Hennings:
Farmers Need to Share Their Thoughts on the Dams
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Cosmeticize /coz-MET-uh-syze/ Verb – To make (something unpleasant or ugly) superficially attractive.
Lipstick
on a pig
Cosmeticized
ugly
You wanna kiss it?
Energy
& Utility Issues
1. Oregon:
Warm Springs Tribes & Partners Hold Kick-Off Meeting for Major Transmission
Line Upgrade Project (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)
2. Lawyers
Argue Motion to Dismiss Idaho Power Condemnation Lawsuit for Boardman to
Hemingway Power Line (Baker City Herald, OR)
3. Paywall
Advisory: PacifiCorp Plans to Run High-Voltage Line from Swift Dam Through East
Clark County into Oregon (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
4. Utah
a ‘First Mover’ State to Deploy Advanced Nuclear Energy (Canary Media)
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2024/10/22/utah-a-first-mover-state-to-deploy-advanced-nuclear-energy/
5. Meeting
Global Data Center Demand Could Cost More Than $2 Trillion in New Generation
Resources (American Public Power Association)
6. Rundown:
All Nuclear Plants Extended, Revived, or Planned as Energy Demand Soars (MSN)
7. U.S.
Construction Costs Rose Slightly for Solar & Wind, Dropped for Natural Gas in
2022 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=63485
8. Co-ops
Win Big in New $2 Billion Round of DOE Grid Funding Program (National Rural
Electric Cooperative Association)
https://www.electric.coop/co-ops-win-big-in-new-2-billion-round-of-doe-grid-funding-program
9. Nearly
100 Utilities’ Credit Ratings Downgraded Since 2020 as Wildfire Risks Grow (Utility
Dive)
Renewable
Energy & Self Storage
10. Offshore
Wind Looked Like a Sure Thing for Oregon — Until It Wasn’t. What Went Wrong? (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
11. California
Biomass Plan Draws Scorn of Environmentalists (Courthouse News Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/california-biomass-plan-draws-scorn-of-environmentalists/
12. Two
Utilities Share Their Experience with Reconductoring That Can Enable More Solar
(PV Magazine)
13. Renewables
on the Rise Dashboard (Environment America)
https://environmentamerica.org/center/resources/renewables-on-the-rise-dashboard/
14. Jobs
in Wind, Solar, & Energy Storage Are Booming. Is Your State Keeping Up? (Yale
Climate Connections)
Conservation
& Efficiency
15. Spokane
to Buy $125,000 Worth of Flood Lights for Residences to Deter Crime (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/oct/23/spokane-to-buy-125000-worth-of-flood-lights-for-re/
16. Set
Your Thermostat to This Temperature to Save Money This Winter (C|Net News)
17. New
Zealand: Energy Coaches Helping with the Shock of Electricity Bills (Waikato
Herald, New Zealand)
Fish
& Wildlife
18. Bonneville
Power Administration Funds Klickitat Hatchery Modernization Project (Bonneville
Power Administration)
Water,
Water, Anywhere?
19. Changing
Winters Are Impacting Lake Tahoe & Other Freshwater Ecosystems (Nevada
Today)
https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2024/lake-ice-science-publication
Climate
Change Sequestration Vault
20. Carbon
Removal Industry Calls on U.S. Government for Regulation in New Industry Report
(Associated Press)
21. A
Wave of Climate-Change Anxiety Has Spread Amongst Gen Z. Here Are the U.S.
States Where They’re Most & Least Distressed (Fortune Magazine)
https://fortune.com/2024/10/21/gen-z-climate-change-anxiety-states-future/
I
Sing the Car Electric
22. Washington
State’s Electric Vehicle Rebate Program Runs Out of Funds Ahead of Schedule (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
23. Electric
Vehicle Chargers Draw Customers to Local Businesses, Study Suggests (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-ev-chargers-1.7354629
24. Nevada
Ranks in Top 10 States for Percentage of Electric Vehicles, Bottom 10 for Number
of Chargers (KVVU-TV, Las Vegas, NV)
25. Blog:
Generating Buzz – Electric School Buses Have Arrived in Walla Walla, WA (Washington
Dept. of Ecology)
Other
Things to Know About Today
26. Deadly
E. Coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders Sickens 49 People in 10
States (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/mcdonalds-e-coli-outbreak-422c4687cc9218efda03cae73b01f473
Soapbox
Serenade – Vox Populi
27. Commentary:
Staggering Cost of a Wind & Solar Future in the Pacific Northwest (Capital
Press – Paywall Advisory)
28. Hennings:
Farmers Need to Share Their Thoughts on the Dams (PNW Ag Network)
https://pnwag.net/hennings-farmers-need-to-share-their-thoughts-on-the-dams/
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Champion Cleared of Cheating with a Metal
Chestnut at the World Conker Championships
Woman Uses Chopsticks to Eat One Grain of
Rice at a Time, Sets Guinness Record
Shakespeare Book Returned to New Jersey
Library 100 Years Overdue
Orca Splashes Poop into Audience at Seaworld
San Antonio
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/22/SeaWorld-San-Antonio-orca-poop/9661729618972/
Song of the Day
Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGRtHd7UdYA
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