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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Washington Governor
OKs Massive New Wind Farm & Urges Swift Turbine Approvals (Associated
Press)
Pacific Gas &
Electric Warns of Potential Power Shutoffs for Several Northern California
Counties on Tuesday (Sacramento Bee, CA – Via MSN)
Big Tech’s
Artificial Intelligence Splurge Worries Investors About Returns (Reuters)
California: Gov.
Newsom Issues Executive Order Aimed at Lowering Electric Bills (Los Angeles
Times, CA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gov-newsom-issues-executive-order-200007347.html
The Energy Culture
War Is on the Ballot in One of America’s Greenest States (Mother Jones)
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. Pacific
Gas & Electric Warns of Potential Power Shutoffs for Several Northern
California Counties on Tuesday
2. California:
Gov. Newsom Issues Executive Order Aimed at Lowering Electric Bills
3. How
Rising Electricity Demand Is Hurting the Push for More Housing in Oregon
4. Paywall
Advisory: Seattle City Light Rate Surcharge Remains After Bad Water Year
5. Oregon
Regulators Approve Natural Gas Rate Hikes for Some, Cuts for Others
6. Wall
Street Giants to Make $50 Billion Bet on Artificial Intelligence & Power
Projects
7. Wineries
File Third Multnomah County Lawsuit Against PacifiCorp After Labor Day Fire
‘Devastation’
8. NorthWestern
Energy, Small Electricity Producer Scrap Over the Price of Power
9. California
ISO Report Outlines Benefits of Participation in Western Energy Imbalance
Market
10. Bonneville
Power Administration Gains Valuable Insight from Supplemental Cost Study
11. Western
Area Power Administration Welcomes 12 New Customers to Four-State Loveland Area
Projects
12. Japanese
Nuclear Reactor That Restarted 13 Years After Fukushima Disaster Is Shut Down
Again
13. Washington
Governor OKs Massive New Wind Farm & Urges Swift Turbine Approvals
14. Oregon:
State Invites Public Participation in Offshore Wind Energy ‘Roadmap’ After Feds
Pause Plans
15. State
Invests More Than $8 Million in Cowlitz Indian Tribe Clean Energy Projects. It
Pledges to Continue Efforts ‘For Generations.’
16. Energy
Northwest, Pasadena Water & Power Receive Energy Storage Vouchers from DOE
17. Lawsuit
Alleges BLM Violated Endangered Species Act in Approving Lithium Mine
18. Where
Are Renewable Energy Developers Looking to Site Projects?
19. Northern
Pike Kept in Check in Northeast Washington
20. Idaho
Steelhead Run Approaches 100K Most in Nearly a Decade
21. Environmental
Groups Sue to Stop USFWS Plan to Killed Barred Owls
22. Growing
Issue: As Energy Production Increases So Do Chemical Impacts to Critical
Habitats
23. WA
State: CA Gov. Newsom Goes North for a Climate Fight
24. How
the Climate Is Changing Your Energy Bill
25. Study:
76% of U.S. Residents Want Government to Do Something About Soaring Broadband
Prices
26. Big
Tech’s Artificial Intelligence Splurge Worries Investors About Returns
27. Some
Washington Schools Could Get Free Electric Buses
28. Storm
Forecasts Have Never Been More Accurate. Meteorologists Have Never Faced So
Much Pushback.
29. The
Energy Culture War Is on the Ballot in One of America’s Greenest States
30. Future
of U.S. Energy Goes to the Ballot Box
31. Pinpoint
Alert: Week Starts with Burst of Rain, Wind in Parts of Western Washington
32. Election
Day Stress Weighing on You? Recent Studies Suggest You’re Not Alone
33. Guest
Essay: Energy Northwest Is Tackling Resource Shortage & Climate Change with
Small Reactors
34.
Guest Essay: Harnessing The Power of
Cooperatives for Rural Nevada
Word of the Day
Misperceive
\miss-per-SEEV\ Verb - To understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
Misconceive \miss-kun-SEEV\ Verb - To conceive or interpret wrongly; misunderstand.
Unfortunately for Sam, he used the wrong universal interpreter in his first contact with the Filenesians on the planet Closet. His equipment’s misperception of the Filenesians' extremely peaceful intentions led to his misconception that to destroy the peaceful planet, all that was required was to demolish their well-stocked clothing warehouses. This only freed the Filenesians of whatever limited modesty they had…making the planet the first intergalactic nudist colony.
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Warns of Potential
Power Shutoffs for Several Northern California Counties on Tuesday (Sacramento Bee,
CA – Via MSN)
2.
California: Gov. Newsom Issues Executive Order
Aimed at Lowering Electric Bills (Los Angeles Times, CA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gov-newsom-issues-executive-order-200007347.html
3.
How Rising Electricity Demand Is Hurting the
Push for More Housing in Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/03/salem-housing-power-grid-connection/
4.
Paywall Advisory: Seattle City Light Rate
Surcharge Remains After Bad Water Year (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
5.
Oregon Regulators Approve Natural Gas Rate Hikes
for Some, Cuts for Others (Oregon Capital Chronicle – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/oregon-regulators-approve-natural-gas-164439954.html
6.
Wall Street Giants to Make $50 Billion Bet on Artificial
Intelligence & Power Projects (Wall Street Journal – Via MSN)
7.
Wineries File Third Multnomah County Lawsuit
Against PacifiCorp After Labor Day Fire ‘Devastation’ (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
8.
NorthWestern Energy, Small Electricity Producer
Scrap Over the Price of Power (Montana Free Press)
9.
California ISO Report Outlines Benefits of
Participation in Western Energy Imbalance Market (Daily Energy Insider)
10.
Bonneville Power Administration Gains Valuable
Insight from Supplemental Cost Study (Bonneville Power Administration)
11.
Western Area Power Administration Welcomes 12
New Customers to Four-State Loveland Area Projects (Western Area Power
Administration)
https://www.wapa.gov/wapa-welcomes-12-new-customers-to-lap/
12.
Japanese Nuclear Reactor That Restarted 13 Years
After Fukushima Disaster Is Shut Down Again (Associated Press)
Renewable Energy & Self
Storage
13.
Washington Governor OKs Massive New Wind Farm &
Urges Swift Turbine Approvals (Associated Press)
14.
Oregon: State Invites Public Participation in
Offshore Wind Energy ‘Roadmap’ After Feds Pause Plans (Oregon Capital
Chronicle)
15.
State Invests More Than $8 Million in Cowlitz
Indian Tribe Clean Energy Projects. It Pledges to Continue Efforts ‘For
Generations.’ (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
16.
Energy Northwest, Pasadena Water & Power
Receive Energy Storage Vouchers from DOE (American Public Power Association)
17.
Lawsuit Alleges BLM Violated Endangered Species
Act in Approving Lithium Mine (Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV)
18.
Where Are Renewable Energy Developers Looking to
Site Projects? (Utility Dive)
Fish & Wildlife
19.
Northern Pike Kept in Check in Northeast Washington
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/nov/01/northern-pike-kept-in-check-in-northeast-washingto/
20.
Idaho Steelhead Run Approaches 100K Most in Nearly
a Decade (KQQQ Radio, Pullman, WA)
https://pullmanradio.com/idaho-steelhead-run-nears-100k-most-in-nearly-a-decade/
21.
Environmental Groups Sue to Stop USFWS Plan to Killed
Barred Owls (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR – Via MSN)
Environmental Afflatus –
Clean Up on Aisle Three
22.
Growing Issue: As Energy Production Increases So
Do Chemical Impacts to Critical Habitats (Columbia Insight)
https://columbiainsight.org/as-energy-production-increases-so-so-unwanted-impacts-to-habitats/
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
23.
WA State: CA Gov. Newsom Goes North for a Climate
Fight (Politico)
24.
How the Climate Is Changing Your Energy Bill (High
Country News)
https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-11/how-the-climate-is-changing-your-energy-bill/
London Calling
–Telecommunications
25.
Study: 76% of U.S. Residents Want Government to Do
Something About Soaring Broadband Prices (TechDirt)
The Wizarding World of
Technology & Cybersecurity
26.
Big Tech’s Artificial Intelligence Splurge
Worries Investors About Returns (Reuters)
I Sing the Car Electric
27.
Some Washington Schools Could Get Free Electric
Buses (Vancouver Columbian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/nov/03/some-washington-schools-could-get-free-electric-buses/
Barrel O’ Green
Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
28.
Storm Forecasts Have Never Been More Accurate. Meteorologists
Have Never Faced So Much Pushback. (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/storm-forecasts-never-more-accurate-221817570.html
Management &
Governance
29.
The Energy Culture War Is on the Ballot in One
of America’s Greenest States (Mother Jones)
30.
Future of U.S. Energy Goes to the Ballot Box
(E&E News)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/future-of-us-energy-goes-to-the-ballot-box/
Other Things to Know
About Today
31.
Pinpoint Alert: Week Starts with Burst of Rain,
Wind in Parts of Western Washington (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
32.
Election Day Stress Weighing on You? Recent Studies
Suggest You’re Not Alone (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_8acf95e2-9899-11ef-bf01-eb807a282bb6.html?a
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
33.
Guest Essay: Energy Northwest Is Tackling
Resource Shortage & Climate Change with Small Reactors (Tri-City Herald, WA
– Via AOL)
https://www.aol.com/energy-northwest-tackling-shortage-climate-120000169.html
34.
Guest Essay: Harnessing The Power of
Cooperatives for Rural Nevada (The Eureka Sentinel, NV)
https://eurekasentinel.com/2024/11/harnessing-the-power-of-cooperatives-for-rural-nevada/
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
Quincy Jones, Music
Titan Who Worked with Artists from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, Dies at 91
https://apnews.com/article/quincy-jones-dead-a9e31c7e39c448d8971519f47a22dd21
Whidbey Island Home
Infested with Thousands of Bats Turns Dream into Nightmare
Words Expats Should
Know: Stubentiger (It’s More Than a Cat in German)
Orphaned Squirrel
Who Became Social Media Star Euthanized After Being Seized from Home
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-pet-squirrel-seized-peanut-pnut-e6318ee7e74492465bb6b0fc22f085ad
Song of the Day
Michael Jackson –
Thriller (Produced by Quincy Jones)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO4vI8P88NM
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