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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Power Restored to
98% of Puget Sound Energy Customers Days After Western Washington Windstorm
(KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
Opponents Race to
Stop Deal for ‘Largest Clean Energy Project in Washington History’ (The
Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
U.S. Senator Risch
(ID) Bill to Delay Lava Ridge Passes Energy Committee with Bipartisan Support
(U.S. Senator Jim Risch, ID)
https://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=047DD9BC-A725-4286-AD04-5AE5B6A1F992
ISAB: Progress Made
Toward Tracking Goal of Returning 5 Million Salmon & Steelhead (Newsdata)
U.S. Supreme Court
Steps into Fight Over FCC’s $8 Billion Subsidies for Internet & Phone
Services (Associated Press)
News Highlights (See
Stories Below)
1. Power
Restored to 98% of Puget Sound Energy Customers Days After Western Washington
Windstorm
2. WA
State: Grant PUD Utility Truck Broken into While Crews Were Helping with Bomb
Cyclone
3. Paywall
Advisory: Bomb Cyclone Shows Cracks in WA’s Electrical Grid
4. U.S.
Senator Wyden (OR) Demands Answers from Portland General Electric After
Electricity Bills Surge Over 40% Since 2021
5. ‘God
Be with Your Soul’: Rocky Mountain Power Faces Fiery Utah Lawmakers Over
PacifiCorp Separation Plan
6. Federal
Agencies Consider Additional Columbia River Environmental Guidelines Amid
Political Uncertainty
7. California:
Challenge to San Diego’s Franchise Agreements with San Diego Gas & Electric
Rebuffed by State Appeals Court
8. California:
Man Electrocuted While Allegedly Stealing Copper Wire in Blue Lake
9. Study:
Artificial Intelligence & Data Centers Could Drive Cost of Energy Up by 70%
Over Ten Years
10. Salt
River Project, Other Arizona Utilities Plan to Join Southwest Power Pool Market
11. Local
Transmission Spending Soars Nationwide Amid ‘Serious Absence of Cost
Containment’
12. FERC
Boosts State Role in Contentious Grid Planning
13. Opponents
Race to Stop Deal for ‘Largest Clean Energy Project in Washington History’
14. U.S.
Senator Risch (ID) Bill to Delay Lava Ridge Passes Energy Committee with
Bipartisan Support
15. Orcas
Power & Light’s Tidal Energy Pilot Project Facing Early Headwinds
16. 14-Year-Old
Casper Wind Farm Has Not Turned a Blade in at Least Three Years
17. News
Release: Oregon – BLM Sets Aside Lands for Review of Proposed Expedition Solar
Project
18. Transforming
Industrial Energy Use: Bonneville Power Administration Celebrates 15 Years of
Program Success
19. ISAB:
Progress Made Toward Tracking Goal of Returning 5 Million Salmon &
Steelhead
20. Shifting
Currents in Salmon Situation
21. WA
State: Seattle Park’s Record Chum Salmon Run Points to Good Conditions for Sea
Life
22. British
Columbia: ‘A Special Moment’: Water Again Flowing at Red Slough on the Pitt
River, Fresh Hope for Salmon
23. President
Biden Proposes to Restrict Pollution from New Gas Plants
24. U.S.
Towns Plunge into Debates About Fluoride in Water
25. Mossback’s
Northwest: The Columbia River’s Elusive Origins
26. Climate-Driven
Impacts on Water in U.S. West Will Raise the Cost of Grid Decarbonization:
Study
27. Oregon
Commission Approves Redo of Landmark Climate Program after Lawsuit Derailed It
28. U.S.
Supreme Court Steps into Fight Over FCC’s $8 Billion Subsidies for Internet
& Phone Services
29. Who
Spends the Most Money on Internet Access? WA. We’re Number One
30. Microsoft’s
Massive Outlook & Teams Outage Has Gone on for Hours
31. Hyundai,
Kia Recall More Than 208,000 Electric Vehicles Over Power Loss Issue
32. Why
Biden’s $7.5 Billion Electric Vehicle Charger Push Is Probably Safe from Trump
33. As
Japan Sends a Wooden Satellite into Space, Experts Say Astronauts Could One Day
Live in Wooden Structures
34. WA
State: Is Lynnwood Council VP Allowed to Also Serve on PUD Board? Probably
35. ‘Busiest
Thanksgiving ever’: How the TSA Plans to Handle Record Air Travel
36. Will
It Snow on Thanksgiving? Here’s Where Cold, Snow & Storms Are Forecast
37. Guest
Essay: Modernizing Oregon’s Power Grid – The Key to a Carbon-Free Future
38. Outgoing
President Biden Could Be Considered the Salmon President
39. Commentary:
WA Gov. Jay Inslee Called 40% Of State ‘Miscreants’ for Disagreeing with Him
40.
Western Energy Markets Could Soon Be Governed
Differently – Here’s Why That Matters
Word of the Day – The Horrible Haiku Edition
Charm /chärm/ Noun – 1a: the chanting or reciting of a magic spell: incantation b: a practice or expression believed to have magic power 2: something worn about the person to ward off evil or ensure good fortune: amulet 3a: a trait that fascinates, allures, or delights b: a physical grace or attraction c: compelling attractiveness 4: a small ornament worn on a bracelet or chain
The rain. It falls...
Hard rain, and soft drops
Charm of Pacific Northwest
Evergreen and sweet
Energy & Utility
Issues
1.
Power Restored to 98% of Puget Sound Energy Customers
Days After Western Washington Windstorm (KOMO News, Seattle, WA)
2.
WA State: Grant PUD Utility Truck Broken into
While Crews Were Helping with Bomb Cyclone (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
3.
Paywall Advisory: Bomb Cyclone Shows Cracks in WA’s
Electrical Grid (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
4.
U.S. Senator Wyden (OR) Demands Answers from Portland
General Electric After Electricity Bills Surge Over 40% Since 2021 (KATU-TV,
Portland, OR)
5.
‘God Be with Your Soul’: Rocky Mountain Power Faces
Fiery Utah Lawmakers Over PacifiCorp Separation Plan (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/11/20/rocky-mountain-power-grilled-by/
6.
Federal Agencies Consider Additional Columbia
River Environmental Guidelines Amid Political Uncertainty (Spokesman-Review, Spokane,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/nov/21/federal-agencies-consider-additional-columbia-rive/
7.
California: Challenge to San Diego’s Franchise
Agreements with San Diego Gas & Electric Rebuffed by State Appeals Court
(San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
8.
California: Man Electrocuted While Allegedly
Stealing Copper Wire in Blue Lake (KRCR-TV, Redding, CA)
9.
Study: Artificial Intelligence & Data
Centers Could Drive Cost of Energy Up by 70% Over Ten Years (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/virginia/article_368b645e-a86e-11ef-8825-772ecfdea4b2.html?a
10.
Salt River Project, Other Arizona Utilities Plan
to Join Southwest Power Pool Market (American Public Power Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/srp-other-arizona-utilities-plan-join-spp-market
11.
Local Transmission Spending Soars Nationwide
Amid ‘Serious Absence of Cost Containment’ (Utility Dive)
12.
FERC Boosts State Role in Contentious Grid
Planning (E&E News)
https://www.eenews.net/articles/ferc-boosts-state-role-in-contentious-grid-planning/
Renewable Energy &
Self Storage
13.
Opponents Race to Stop Deal for ‘Largest Clean
Energy Project in Washington History’ (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
14.
U.S. Senator Risch (ID) Bill to Delay Lava Ridge
Passes Energy Committee with Bipartisan Support (U.S. Senator Jim Risch, ID)
https://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=047DD9BC-A725-4286-AD04-5AE5B6A1F992
15.
Orcas Power & Light’s Tidal Energy Pilot
Project Facing Early Headwinds (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
16.
14-Year-Old Casper Wind Farm Has Not Turned a
Blade in at Least Three Years (Cowboy State Daily)
17.
News Release: Oregon – BLM Sets Aside Lands for Review
of Proposed Expedition Solar Project (U.S. Bureau of Land Management)
https://www.blm.gov/announcement/blm-sets-aside-lands-review-proposed-expedition-solar-project
Conservation &
Efficiency
18.
Transforming Industrial Energy Use: Bonneville
Power Administration Celebrates 15 Years of Program Success (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Fish & Wildlife
19.
ISAB: Progress Made Toward Tracking Goal of
Returning 5 Million Salmon & Steelhead (Newsdata)
20.
Shifting Currents in Salmon Situation (Moscow-Pullman
Daily News, ID-WA)
https://www.dnews.com/stories/shifting-currents-in-salmon-situation-page_af3
21.
WA State: Seattle Park’s Record Chum Salmon Run
Points to Good Conditions for Sea Life (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
22.
British Columbia: ‘A Special Moment’: Water Again
Flowing at Red Slough on the Pitt River, Fresh Hope for Salmon (Vancouver Sun,
BC)
https://vancouversun.com/news/water-again-flowing-red-slough-pitt-river-salmon
Environmental Afflatus –
Clean Up on Aisle Three
23.
President Biden Proposes to Restrict Pollution from
New Gas Plants (The Hill)
Water, Water, Anywhere?
24.
U.S. Towns Plunge into Debates About Fluoride in
Water (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/fluoride-water-kennedy-cdc-47a0067edb128dbd9b9211a36e674b2c
25.
Mossback’s Northwest: The Columbia River’s Elusive
Origins (Cascade PBS)
https://www.cascadepbs.org/mossback/2024/11/mossbacks-northwest-columbia-rivers-elusive-origins
Climate Change
Sequestration Vault
26.
Climate-Driven Impacts on Water in U.S. West Will
Raise the Cost of Grid Decarbonization: Study (The Hill)
27.
Oregon Commission Approves Redo of Landmark
Climate Program after Lawsuit Derailed It (Oregon Capital Chronicle)
London Calling
–Telecommunications
28.
U.S. Supreme Court Steps into Fight Over FCC’s $8
Billion Subsidies for Internet & Phone Services (Associated Press)
29.
Who Spends the Most Money on Internet Access? WA.
We’re Number One (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
https://kpq.com/ixp/1135/p/study-reveals-state-internet-costs/
The Wizarding World of
Technology & Cybersecurity
30.
Microsoft’s Massive Outlook & Teams Outage
Has Gone on for Hours (AOL.COM)
https://www.aol.com/microsoft-massive-outlook-teams-outage-175356974.html
I Sing the Car Electric
31.
Hyundai, Kia Recall More Than 208,000 Electric
Vehicles Over Power Loss Issue (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hyundai-kia-recall-208000-electric-vehicles-power-loss-issue/
32.
Why Biden’s $7.5 Billion Electric Vehicle
Charger Push Is Probably Safe from Trump (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/20/biden-ev-charger-program-trump-proof-00190233
Barrel O’ Green
Potpourri – Seething Stew of Science
33.
As Japan Sends a Wooden Satellite into Space,
Experts Say Astronauts Could One Day Live in Wooden Structures (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/japan-wooden-satellite-space-buildings-1.7384643
Management, Politics, &
Governance
34.
WA State: Is Lynnwood Council VP Allowed to Also
Serve on PUD Board? Probably (Everett Herald, WA – Via MSN)
Other Things to Know
About Today
35.
‘Busiest Thanksgiving Ever’: How the TSA Plans to
Handle Record Air Travel (Associated Press)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/busiest-thanksgiving-ever-tsa-plans-232530242.html
36.
Will It Snow on Thanksgiving? Here’s Where Cold,
Snow & Storms Are Forecast (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/snow-thanksgiving-cold-weather-winter-161247315.html
Soapbox Serenade – Vox
Populi
37.
Guest Essay: Modernizing Oregon’s Power Grid – The
Key to a Carbon-Free Future (Daily Journal of Commerce, OR)
38.
Outgoing President Biden Could Be Considered the
Salmon President (Moscow-Pullman Daily News, ID-WA)
39.
Commentary: WA Gov. Jay Inslee Called 40% Of
State ‘Miscreants’ for Disagreeing with Him (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
40.
Western Energy Markets Could Soon Be Governed
Differently – Here’s Why That Matters (Union of Concerned Scientists)
Alligators in the Sewer – Diversions
At UN Climate
Talks, ‘Sewage’ Beer from Singapore Highlights Water Scarcity & Innovations
Hidden Glass Floats
Are Back on the Oregon Coast for 2025. Here’s When to Look
Sightings of Deer
Wearing High-Vis Jacket Raise Questions, Quips & Concerns in British
Columbia Village
Earth Bids Farewell
to Its Temporary ‘Mini Moon’ That Is Possibly a Chunk of Our Actual Moon
Song of the Day
Tom T. Hall – I
Like Beer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JcRw-GXwuk
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