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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Amid Ongoing
Lawsuit, Mid-Columbia PUDs Halt Energy Allotments to Canada (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/amid-ongoing-lawsuit-mid-c-puds-halt-energy-allotments-to-canada/
Amazon Announces
Plan to Develop Four Nuclear Reactors Along Columbia River (KOIN-TV, Portland,
OR)
https://www.koin.com/news/washington/amazon-nuclear-reactors-columbia-river/
Offshore Wind
Industry Says ‘Misinformation’ from Foes Is a Strong Headwind It Must Fight
(Associated Press)
Experts: BEAD
Success Hinges on States Supplementing FCC Pole Rules (Broadband Breakfast)
https://broadbandbreakfast.com/state-pole-regs-key-to-bead-broadband-success/
WA Initiative
Opponents Claim Blocking Natural Gas Ban Will Drive Up Gas Bills (The Center
Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_d248e9ca-9630-11ef-a2eb-ebb5e98eaccd.html?a
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. Amid
Ongoing Lawsuit, Mid-Columbia PUDs Halt Energy Allotments to Canada
2. Amazon
Announces Plan to Develop Four Nuclear Reactors Along Columbia River
3. Hungry
for Electricity, Artificial Intelligence Firms Are Knocking on Wyoming’s Door
4. Paywall
Advisory: Tri-Cities Is New Home to a Seattle Startup’s $30 Million Fusion
Energy Research Outpost
5. Oregon:
NW Natural Ordered to Phase Out New Gas Connection Subsidies by 2027
6. Post
Falls Dam Accident Injures Worker & Causes Damage, But Avista Says There’s
No Risk of Dam Failure
7. WA
State: Seattle’s Pier 66 Goes Green, Concludes 2024 Cruise Season
8. CAISO
Report Outlines Benefits of Participation in Western Energy Imbalance Market
9. News
Release: Western Area Power Administration’s Sierra Nevada Region to Pursue
Day-Ahead Market Participation
10. Offshore
Wind Industry Says ‘Misinformation’ from Foes Is a Strong Headwind It Must
Fight
11. Grant
Program Is a ‘Win-Win’ for Nonprofits Serving Low-Income Households & Clark
Public Utilities
12. British
Columbia Groups’ Bid to Classify Alaskan Fishery as Unsustainable Rejected
13. Idaho
Anglers Asked to Harvest Walleye to Track Spread in Salmon, Steelhead Waters
14. Idaho
Agriculture Department Plans Second Snake River Quagga Mussel Treatment in
November
15. Recent
Whale Deaths Highlight Risks from Antarctica’s Booming Krill Fishery
16. A
Wastewater Recycling Program Could Be a Model for Regions Where Water Is Scarce
17. Experts:
BEAD Success Hinges on States Supplementing FCC Pole Rules
18. Comparing
State Broadband Performance
19. Google’s
Artificial Intelligence-Fueled Gains in Cloud Bode Well for Amazon, Microsoft
20. How
Washington Is Committing to Electric Vehicles
21. Half
of U.S. Teens Stare at Screens More Than 4 Hours Per Day
22. WA
Initiative Opponents Claim Blocking Natural Gas Ban Will Drive Up Gas Bills
23.
Study: U.S. Would Lose Over $2.3 Billion by
Breaching Lower Snake River Dams
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Cliometrics • \klye-uh-MET-riks\ • noun – The application of methods developed in other fields (as economics, statistics, and data processing) to the study of history.
For the moment, Clarence basked in the glory of his doctoral thesis. Using cliometrics, he proved (on paper) that the 1929 stock market crash was not due to marginal trading and “irrational exuberance” but rather on men’s fashion trends…specifically the lack of spats for men’s shoes. It wasn’t until the defense of his academic paper that the entire house of cards that was his thesis collapsed. It was literally constructed of 3x5 index cards that fell over when one of the professors sneezed.
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
Amid Ongoing Lawsuit, Mid-Columbia PUDs Halt
Energy Allotments to Canada (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/amid-ongoing-lawsuit-mid-c-puds-halt-energy-allotments-to-canada/
2.
Amazon Announces Plan to Develop Four Nuclear
Reactors Along Columbia River (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
https://www.koin.com/news/washington/amazon-nuclear-reactors-columbia-river/
3.
Hungry for Electricity, Artificial Intelligence
Firms Are Knocking on Wyoming’s Door (States Newsroom)
4.
Paywall Advisory: Tri-Cities Is New Home to a Seattle
Startup’s $30 Million Fusion Energy Research Outpost (Tri-City Herald, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/business/article294067959.html
5.
Oregon: NW Natural Ordered to Phase Out New Gas
Connection Subsidies by 2027 (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/28/nw-natural-gas-oregon-public-utilities-commission-subsidies/
6.
Post Falls Dam Accident Injures Worker &
Causes Damage, But Avista Says There’s No Risk of Dam Failure (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/oct/29/post-falls-dam-accident-injures-worker-causes-cosm/
7.
WA State: Seattle’s Pier 66 Goes Green,
Concludes 2024 Cruise Season (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
8.
CAISO Report Outlines Benefits of Participation in
Western Energy Imbalance Market (Daily Energy Insider)
9.
News Release: Western Area Power Administration’s
Sierra Nevada Region to Pursue Day-Ahead Market Participation (Western Area
Power Administration)
https://www.wapa.gov/wapas-sierra-nevada-region-to-pursue-day-ahead-market-participation/
Renewable Energy & Self
Storage
10.
Offshore Wind Industry Says ‘Misinformation’ from
Foes Is a Strong Headwind It Must Fight (Associated Press)
Conservation &
Efficiency
11.
Grant Program Is a ‘Win-Win’ for Nonprofits
Serving Low-Income Households & Clark Public Utilities (Vancouver Columbian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
Fish & Wildlife
12.
British Columbia Groups’ Bid to Classify Alaskan
Fishery as Unsustainable Rejected (Prince George Citizen, BC)
13.
Idaho Anglers Asked to Harvest Walleye to Track
Spread in Salmon, Steelhead Waters (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities/Yakima, WA)
14.
Idaho Agriculture Department Plans Second Snake
River Quagga Mussel Treatment in November (KPVI-TV, Pocatello, ID)
15.
Recent Whale Deaths Highlight Risks from Antarctica’s
Booming Krill Fishery (Associated Press)
https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/recent-whale-deaths-highlight-risks-from-19874427.php
Water, Water, Anywhere?
16.
A Wastewater Recycling Program Could Be a Model for
Regions Where Water Is Scarce (National Public Radio)
London Calling
–Telecommunications
17.
Experts: BEAD Success Hinges on States
Supplementing FCC Pole Rules (Broadband Breakfast)
https://broadbandbreakfast.com/state-pole-regs-key-to-bead-broadband-success/
18.
Comparing State Broadband Performance (Pots
& Pans)
https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2024/10/29/comparing-state-broadband-performance/
The Wizarding World of
Technology & Cybersecurity
19.
Google’s Artificial Intelligence-Fueled Gains in
Cloud Bode Well for Amazon, Microsoft (Reuters)
I Sing the Car Electric
20.
How Washington Is Committing to Electric
Vehicles (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article294738389.html
Public Relations,
Marketing & Media
21.
Half of U.S. Teens Stare at Screens More Than 4
Hours Per Day (U.S. News & World Report)
Management &
Governance
22.
WA Initiative Opponents Claim Blocking Natural
Gas Ban Will Drive Up Gas Bills (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_d248e9ca-9630-11ef-a2eb-ebb5e98eaccd.html?a
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
23.
Study: U.S. Would Lose Over $2.3 Billion by Breaching
Lower Snake River Dams (Washington Association of Wheat Growers)
https://www.wawg.org/study-us-would-lose-over-2-3-billion-by-breaching-lower-snake-river-dams/
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Crows Hold Grudges
for 17 Years
https://www.newser.com/story/358549/crows-may-hold-grudges-for-life.html
Teri Garr, The
Offbeat Comic Actor of ‘Young Frankenstein’ And ‘Tootsie,’ Has Died
https://apnews.com/article/teri-garr-dies-be39482a60724c5bb81bbd8f34dfaf2d
‘Grate Cheese
Robbery’: 24 Tons of Cheddar Stolen by Imposters in Massive Heist
https://www.aol.com/grate-cheese-robbery-24-tons-160000932.html
Chance Encounter for
Oregon Couple at Hood to Coast Relay, Leads to Love & Finishing 7 Marathons
on 7 Continents: ‘Always Meant to Find Each Other’
Song of the Day
John Morris – Transylvania
Lullaby (Young Frankenstein Soundtrack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9u8rPTP1sU
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