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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
U.S. Tech Giant
Shielded by Alias Makes Deal for $5 Billion Data Center in Eastern WA
(Olympian, WA – Via MSN)
Electricity
Equilibrium? Finding Power for the Pacific Northwest in the Future ‘Will Be a
Significant Challenge’ (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
British Columbia:
First Generating Unit Comes into Service on Peace River’s Site C Hydro Project
(BC Hydro)
Massive Washington
State Salmon Recovery Plan Scrutinized with Latest $100 Million Project (The
Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Banking on Oregon
Forests: Carbon Markets Could Offer Middle Road in Divide Over Forest
Management (Oregon Capital Chronicle)
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. British
Columbia: First Generating Unit Comes into Service on Peace River’s Site C
Hydro Project
2. Electricity
Equilibrium? Finding Power for the Pacific Northwest in the Future ‘Will Be a
Significant Challenge’
3. Artificial
Intelligence, Data Center Load Could Drive ‘Extraordinary’ Rise in U.S.
Electricity Bills: Bain Analyst
4. On
Navajo Nation, Push to Electrify More Homes on Vast Reservation
5. Arizona
Cooperative Expresses Interest in CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market
6. Electricity
No Longer Included? Guests Shocked by Holiday Inn Express $12.95 ‘Energy Fee’
7. The
Surprising Winners — And Losers — Of America’s Clean Energy Boom
8. WA
State: Grant PUD Considers Solar & Hydropower Contracts for Future Energy
Stability
9. America
Wanted to Generate Energy with Waves: Project Suspended as Something Went Wrong
10. Massive
Washington State Salmon Recovery Plan Scrutinized with Latest $100 Million
Project
11. Commercial
Salmon Fishers Struggle with Low Prices
12. Tribes’
Project Spawns Salmon Above Grand Coulee Dam
13. Canada:
Syilx Okanagan Nation Says Salmon Run at Risk After Neighboring Nation Pulls
Funds
14. California’s
2024 Dungeness Crab Season Postponed to Protect Whales
15. A
Small, Silver Lining to the Colorado River Drought
16. Banking
on Oregon Forests: Carbon Markets Could Offer Middle Road in Divide Over Forest
Management
17. More
Companies Ditch Junk Carbon Offsets, but New Buyers Loom
18. U.S.
Tech Giant Shielded by Alias Makes Deal for $5 Billion Data Center in Eastern
WA
19. Building
Community Trust Is Vital in Emergency Response, WA Health Officials Say
20. Inslee
Fights to Save Landmark Climate Law
21. Clean
Energy Is on the Ballot in These Utility Regulator Races
22. It’s
About Time to ‘Fall Back’: Daylight Saving Time 2024 Ends Sunday
23. Guest
Essay: Beating the Artificial Intelligence Power Crunch without Draining the
Electric Grid
24. Columnist:
Will Wind & Solar Hammer Hydro in Washington State?
25.
Western Area Power Administration Statement on
Arizona G&T’s Interest in Joining CAISO Extended Day-Ahead Market Study
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Supererogation \soop-err-air-uh-GAY-shun\ Noun - The act of performing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need.
“Barty, you have an exemplary talent…Your supererogation is an inspiration to all the other employees here,” barked the supervisor to his cowering minion. “Great,” thought Barty. Now I need to buy a dictionary to see if that was a compliment or not.”
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
British Columbia: First Generating Unit Comes into
Service on Peace River’s Site C Hydro Project (BC Hydro)
2.
Electricity Equilibrium? Finding Power for the Pacific
Northwest in the Future ‘Will Be a Significant Challenge’ (Vancouver Columbian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
3.
Artificial Intelligence, Data Center Load Could
Drive ‘Extraordinary’ Rise in U.S. Electricity Bills: Bain Analyst (Utility
Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/data-center-load-growth-us-electricity-bills-bain/730691/
4.
On Navajo Nation, Push to Electrify More Homes on
Vast Reservation (Associated Press)
5.
Arizona Cooperative Expresses Interest in CAISO’s
Extended Day-Ahead Market (Power Grid International)
6.
Electricity No Longer Included? Guests Shocked
by Holiday Inn Express $12.95 ‘Energy Fee’ (View from the Wing)
Renewable Energy & Self
Storage
7.
The Surprising Winners — And Losers — Of America’s
Clean Energy Boom (Washington Post, Paywall Advisory)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/climate-bill-biden-clean-energy/
8.
WA State: Grant PUD Considers Solar &
Hydropower Contracts for Future Energy Stability (Source ONE News, Ephrata, WA)
9.
America Wanted to Generate Energy with Waves: Project
Suspended as Something Went Wrong (The Diary 24)
https://www.eldiario24.com/en/tidal-energy-wave-america-project/2792/
Fish & Wildlife
10.
Massive Washington State Salmon Recovery Plan
Scrutinized with Latest $100 Million Project (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
11.
Commercial Salmon Fishers Struggle with Low
Prices (Washington State Standard)
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/10/26/commercial-salmon-fishers-struggle-with-low-prices/
12.
Tribes’ Project Spawns Salmon Above Grand Coulee
Dam (NCW Life News, East Wenatchee, WA)
13.
Canada: Syilx Okanagan Nation Says Salmon Run at
Risk After Neighboring Nation Pulls Funds (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/syilx-okanagan-nation-1.7364655?cmp=rss
14.
California’s 2024 Dungeness Crab Season
Postponed to Protect Whales (MSN)
Environmental Afflatus –
Clean Up on Aisle Three
15.
A Small, Silver Lining to the Colorado River Drought
(National Public Radio)
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/27/nx-s1-5137290/a-small-silver-lining-to-the-colorado-river-drought
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
16.
Banking on Oregon Forests: Carbon Markets Could
Offer Middle Road in Divide Over Forest Management (Oregon Capital Chronicle)
17.
More Companies Ditch Junk Carbon Offsets, but
New Buyers Loom (Bloomberg News)
Beam Me Up, Scotty - The
Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity
18.
U.S. Tech Giant Shielded by Alias Makes Deal for
$5 Billion Data Center in Eastern WA (Olympian, WA – Via MSN)
Public Relations,
Marketing & Media
19.
Building Community Trust Is Vital in Emergency
Response, WA Health Officials Say (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
Management &
Governance
20.
Inslee Fights to Save Landmark Climate Law (Everett
Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/inslee-fights-to-save-landmark-climate-law/
21.
Clean Energy Is on the Ballot in These Utility
Regulator Races (Canary Media)
Other Things to Know
About Today
22.
It’s About Time to ‘Fall Back’: Daylight Saving
Time 2024 Ends Sunday (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/time-fall-back-daylight-saving-110235214.html
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
23.
Guest Essay: Beating the Artificial Intelligence
Power Crunch without Draining the Electric Grid (Forbes Magazine)
24.
Columnist: Will Wind & Solar Hammer Hydro in
Washington State? (The Heartland Institute)
https://heartland.org/opinion/will-wind-and-solar-hammer-hydro-in-washington-state/
25.
Western Area Power Administration Statement on Arizona
G&T’s Interest in Joining CAISO Extended Day-Ahead Market Study (Western
Area Power Administration)
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Today in History:
October 28, Statue of Liberty dedicated in New York
https://apnews.com/today-in-history/october-28
Asteroids Will
Swing Close to Earth in a Drive-By Show
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/27/nx-s1-5167001/asteroids-will-swing-close-to-earth-in-a-drive-by-show
Alabama Couple’s
16-Foot, 10-Inch Okra Plant Might Be World’s Largest
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/25/Guinness-World-Records-tallest-okra-plant/4261729873615/
Flushed Candy
Wrappers Block Sewer, Officials Stress the ‘Three Ps’
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/23/Southern-Water-candy-wrappers-three-Ps/9501729703989/
Song of the Day
Neil Diamond -
America (The Jazz Singer Soundtrack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg8pj1x9-t4
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