Wednesday, November 6, 2024

The Energy News Digest for November 6, 2024

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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories

Pacific Gas & Electric Shuts Off Power to Thousands of Bay Area, Northern California Customers Because of Fire Danger (CBS News)

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/pge-power-shutoffs-fire-danger-bay-area-northern-california/

Man Arrested After Federal Officials Say He Sought to Destroy Nashville Power Site (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/nashville-weapons-power-grid-818cab63e00c07e64c90638cb2fdd69d

Record Number of States Facing Drought Conditions (The Hill, Washington, DC)

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4972466-record-number-of-states-facing-drought-conditions/

Bell Canada Buys Northwest Telecom Company Ziply Fiber for $5 Billion (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)

https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2024/11/bell-canada-buys-northwest-telecom-company-ziply-fiber-for-5-billion.html

Washington Voters Reject I-2117, Uphold Landmark Climate Commitment Act (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)

https://komonews.com/news/local/initiative-2117-state-agencies-carbon-tax-credit-trading-renewable-energy-conservation-emissions-reduction-2024-election-december-5-revenue-state-expenditures

News Highlights (See Stories Below)

1.      Pacific Gas & Electric Shuts Off Power to Thousands of Bay Area, Northern California Customers Because of Fire Danger

2.      Man Arrested After Federal Officials Say He Sought to Destroy Nashville Power Site

3.      Infrastructure Investments, Cost-Of-Service Increases Drive Avista’s Oregon Rate Request

4.      AEP, Others Press for FERC Guidance on ‘Gargantuan’ Issue of Data Center Colocation

5.      U.S. Summer Nuclear Outages Declined in 2024, Returning to 2022 Levels

6.      LIHEAP: New $3.7B Federal Funding Award Supports Low-Income Households Reduce Energy Costs

7.      Yakama Nation Seeks $40 Million from Pumped Storage Energy Developer

8.      Crops, Cows, And Solar Panels? Why Farmers Are Harvesting Sunlight.

9.      Study Examines Adding Battery Storage to Hydropower Plants

10.   Trump Return Likely to Slow, Not Stop, U.S. Clean-Energy Boom

11.   Your Sushi Isn’t What It Seems: New Study Exposes Rampant Salmon Fraud

12.   Record Number of States Facing Drought Conditions

13.   Bell Canada Buys Northwest Telecom Company Ziply Fiber for $5 Billion

14.   Copper Theft Is a Colossal Problem for Telcos. Here’s Why

15.   Hamburgers Contribute to Climate Change. OSU Researchers Say Kelp Is on the Way

16.   Washington Voters Reject I-2117, Uphold Landmark Climate Commitment Act

17.   Telecoms Bankroll More Misleading Attacks on Community Broadband Networks

18.   Still Talking About Poles

Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition

Psephology /see-FAH-luh-jee/ Noun – The scientific study of elections.

     Now it’s history

     Subject to psephology

     Ballot post-mortem

Energy & Utility Issues

1.      Pacific Gas & Electric Shuts Off Power to Thousands of Bay Area, Northern California Customers Because of Fire Danger (CBS News)

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/pge-power-shutoffs-fire-danger-bay-area-northern-california/

2.      Man Arrested After Federal Officials Say He Sought to Destroy Nashville Power Site (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/nashville-weapons-power-grid-818cab63e00c07e64c90638cb2fdd69d

3.      Infrastructure Investments, Cost-Of-Service Increases Drive Avista’s Oregon Rate Request (Daily Energy Insider)

https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/46047-infrastructure-investments-cost-of-service-increases-drive-avistas-rate-request/

4.      AEP, Others Press for FERC Guidance on ‘Gargantuan’ Issue of Data Center Colocation (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-colocated-load-conference-resource-adequacy/731861/

5.      U.S. Summer Nuclear Outages Declined in 2024, Returning to 2022 Levels (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=63624

6.      LIHEAP: New $3.7B Federal Funding Award Supports Low-Income Households Reduce Energy Costs (Daily Energy Insider)

https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/46031-new-3-7b-federal-funding-award-supports-low-income-households-reduce-energy-costs/

Renewable Energy & Self Storage

7.      Yakama Nation Seeks $40 Million from Pumped Storage Energy Developer (Capital Press – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.capitalpress.com/climate_changed/yakama-nation-seeks-40-million-from-energy-developer/article_634ee682-9bc1-11ef-b03b-bb5bc76bd324.html

8.      Crops, Cows, And Solar Panels? Why Farmers Are Harvesting Sunlight. (Christian Science Monitor)

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2024/1106/agrivoltaics-solar-power-farmers

9.      Study Examines Adding Battery Storage to Hydropower Plants (American Public Power Association)

https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/study-examines-adding-battery-storage-hydropower-plants

10.   Trump Return Likely to Slow, Not Stop, U.S. Clean-Energy Boom (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-return-will-slow-not-stop-us-clean-energy-boom-2024-11-06/

Fish & Wildlife

11.   Your Sushi Isn’t What It Seems: New Study Exposes Rampant Salmon Fraud (Gizmodo)

https://gizmodo.com/your-sushi-isnt-what-it-seems-new-study-exposes-rampant-salmon-fraud-2000521127

Water, Water, Anywhere?

12.   Record Number of States Facing Drought Conditions (The Hill, Washington, DC)

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4972466-record-number-of-states-facing-drought-conditions/

London Calling –Telecommunications

13.   Bell Canada Buys Northwest Telecom Company Ziply Fiber for $5 Billion (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)

https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2024/11/bell-canada-buys-northwest-telecom-company-ziply-fiber-for-5-billion.html

14.   Copper Theft Is a Colossal Problem for Telcos. Here’s Why (Fierce Telecom)

https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/copper-theft-colossal-problem-telcos-heres-why

Barrel O’ Green Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science

15.   Hamburgers Contribute to Climate Change. OSU Researchers Say Kelp Is on the Way (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/04/hamburgers-beef-cows-cattle-climate-seaweed-methane-oregon/

Management & Governance

16.   Washington Voters Reject I-2117, Uphold Landmark Climate Commitment Act (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)

https://komonews.com/news/local/initiative-2117-state-agencies-carbon-tax-credit-trading-renewable-energy-conservation-emissions-reduction-2024-election-december-5-revenue-state-expenditures

Soapbox Serenade – Vox Populi

17.   Telecoms Bankroll More Misleading Attacks on Community Broadband Networks (TechDirt)

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/11/04/telecoms-bankroll-more-misleading-attacks-on-community-broadband-networks/

18.   Still Talking About Poles (Pots & Pans)

https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2024/11/05/still-talking-about-poles/

Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions

Remains of Nearly 30 Civil War Veterans Found in a Funeral Home’s Storage Are Laid to Rest

https://www.yahoo.com/news/remains-nearly-30-civil-war-211832979.html

Snowcap Finally Spotted on Mount Fuji After Longest Delay in Recorded History

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/mount-fuji-japan-snow-cap-weather-b2642181.html

Philippines Resort Features World’s Largest Chicken-Shaped Building

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/05/philippines-Guinness-World-Records-rooster-hotel/5001730831321/

Rare, Misprinted Dime Minted in 1975 Sells for $506,250

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/05/dime-auctioned-GreatCollections/8781730841675/

Song of the Day

Lovin’ Spoonful – Rain on the Roof

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwDh-xea40s

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