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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Nuclear Power Plant Near Richland WA Being Shut Down to Fix
a Problem (Tri-City Herald, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nuclear-power-plant-near-richland-023143534.html
U.S. Electrical Grids Come Under Pressure as Heat Wave
Drives Up Power Demand (Reuters)
WA Spent $45 Million to Boost Electric Vehicle Use — With
Mixed Results (Cascade PBS)
Federal Judge to Deny Trump Administration’s Motion to
Dismiss Lawsuit Over Block on Wind Projects (Associated Press)
Mount Rainier’s Glaciers Are Disappearing. What Happens When
They’re Gone? (Tacoma News-Tribune, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mount-rainier-glaciers-disappearing-happens-120000889.html
News
Highlights (See Stories Below)
1.
Nuclear Power Plant Near Richland WA Being Shut
Down to Fix a Problem
2.
U.S. Electrical Grids Come Under Pressure as
Heat Wave Drives Up Power Demand
3.
Residential Electricity Bills Could Increase
Slightly This Summer
4.
Electric Bills Rising in Pacific Region, Higher
Costs Expected
5.
Why Electricity Prices Are Surging for U.S.
Households
6.
Electricity Is the New Eggs in a Power-Hungry
U.S.
7.
WSDOT To Hold Open Houses on Lower Snake Dam
Transportation Study in Eastern Washington Cities
8.
WA State: Snohomish County PUD to Change Its
Contract with Bonneville This Fall
9.
Puget Sound Energy: Wildfire Conditions in WA
Could Lead to Power Shut-Offs
10.
Oregon Passes Bills to Bolster Electric Grid
Amid ‘Alarming’ Transmission Shortage
11.
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Temporary
Nuclear Waste Storage in Texas & New Mexico
12.
Federal Judge to Deny Trump Administration’s
Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Block on Wind Projects
13.
What Comes Next for Salmon in the Pacific
Northwest?
14.
Want to Try Lab-Grown Salmon? The U.S. Just
Approved It.
15.
Bees Are Collapsing in the U.S. A Key to Their
Secrets Might Vanish
16.
Pasco City Council Votes to Initiate Fluoride
Removal from Water Supply
17.
Mount Rainier’s Glaciers Are Disappearing. What
Happens When They’re Gone?
18.
Utah Loses $7.8 Million in Federal Funding to
Expand High-Speed Internet Access
19.
WA State: Lewis County PUD Continues Years-Long
Broadband Effort
20.
Public Power Officials Detail Ways to
Effectively Utilize Artificial Intelligence
21.
Environmentalists Say They’re Cautious to Adopt
Artificial Intelligence into Their Work
22.
WA Spent $45 Million to Boost Electric Vehicle
Use — With Mixed Results
23.
Money Transfer Fraud – Retail Giant Walmart
Reaches $10 Million Deal to End Consumer Fraud Complaint
24.
Dangerous Heat Wave to Envelop 170 Million
Americans Through Late June
25.
'Not Looking Terrific for Summer': High Gas
Prices in WA Could Get Worse
26.
Guest Essay: President Trump Shows Strong
Support for Snake River Dams
27.
Commentary: A Half Bet at the Keno Dam
28.
Rural Broadband: A Lesson Not Learned
Word of the Day
Pareidolia /pear-ih-DOLE-ee-ah/ Noun - The phenomenon in which people see faces or other patterns in ambiguous images, such as Jesus on toast or the man in the moon.
If you believed they put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
Energy
& Utility Issues
1.
Nuclear Power Plant Near Richland WA Being Shut
Down to Fix a Problem (Tri-City Herald, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nuclear-power-plant-near-richland-023143534.html
2.
U.S. Electrical Grids Come Under Pressure as
Heat Wave Drives Up Power Demand (Reuters)
3.
Residential Electricity Bills Could Increase
Slightly This Summer (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=65544
4.
Electric Bills Rising in Pacific Region, Higher
Costs Expected (KFFB-TV, Great Falls, MT)
5.
Why Electricity Prices Are Surging for U.S. Households
(CNBC News)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/21/why-electricity-prices-are-surging-for-us-households.html
6.
Electricity Is the New Eggs in a Power-Hungry U.S.
(Bloomberg News)
7.
WSDOT To Hold Open Houses on Lower Snake Dam Transportation
Study in Eastern Washington Cities (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
8.
WA State: Snohomish County PUD to Change Its
Contract with Bonneville This Fall (Everett Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/snohomish-countypud-to-change-its-contract-with-bonneville-this-fall/
9.
Puget Sound Energy: Wildfire Conditions in WA Could
Lead to Power Shut-Offs (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
10.
Oregon Passes Bills to Bolster Electric Grid
Amid ‘Alarming’ Transmission Shortage (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
11.
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Temporary
Nuclear Waste Storage in Texas & New Mexico (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-nuclear-waste-storage-c456419801ab93cb272e92937e2c76d5
Renewable
Energy & Self Storage
12.
Federal Judge to Deny Trump Administration’s
Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Block on Wind Projects (Associated Press)
Fish
& Wildlife
13.
What Comes Next for Salmon in the Pacific
Northwest? (The Sierra Club)
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/columbia-basin-salmon-what-comes-next-pacific-northwest
14.
Want to Try Lab-Grown Salmon? The U.S. Just
Approved It. (Grist Online)
15.
Bees Are Collapsing in the U.S. A Key to Their Secrets
Might Vanish. (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/jun/22/bees-are-collapsing-in-the-us-a-key-to-their-secre/
Water,
Water, Anywhere?
16.
Pasco City Council Votes to Initiate Fluoride
Removal from Water Supply (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Climate
Change Sequestration Vault
17.
Mount Rainier’s Glaciers Are Disappearing. What Happens
When They’re Gone? (Tacoma News-Tribune, WA – Via Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mount-rainier-glaciers-disappearing-happens-120000889.html
London
Calling –Telecommunications
18.
Utah Loses $7.8 Million in Federal Funding to Expand
High-Speed Internet Access (KSL Radio, Salt Lake City, UT)
19.
WA State: Lewis County PUD Continues Years-Long
Broadband Effort (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
https://chronline.com/stories/lewis-county-pud-continues-years-long-broadband-effort,382812
The
Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity
20.
Public Power Officials Detail Ways to
Effectively Utilize Artificial Intelligence (American Public Power Association)
21.
Environmentalists Say They’re Cautious to Adopt Artificial
Intelligence into Their Work (Oregon Capital Chronicle)
I
Sing the Car Electric
22.
WA Spent $45 Million to Boost Electric Vehicle
Use — With Mixed Results (Cascade PBS)
Public
Relations, Marketing & Media
23.
Money Transfer Fraud – Retail Giant Walmart Reaches
$10 Million Deal to End Consumer Fraud Complaint (MSN News)
Other
Things to Know About Today
24.
Dangerous Heat Wave to Envelop 170 Million Americans
Through Late June (Yahoo! News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dangerous-heat-wave-envelop-170-164201173.html
25.
'Not Looking Terrific for Summer': High Gas
Prices in WA Could Get Worse (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_670c191c-e1f5-437f-8f8d-2c3dbf2c4023.html
Soapbox
Serenade – Vox Populi
26.
Guest Essay: President Trump Shows Strong
Support for Snake River Dams (The Center Square)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/opinion/article_067211af-d5bd-4adf-be7d-0c2ec9ae1e24.html
27.
Commentary: A Half Bet at the Keno Dam (Oregon Capital
Chronicle)
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/20/a-half-bet-at-the-keno-dam/
28.
Rural Broadband: A Lesson Not Learned (Pots
& Pans)
https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/06/20/a-lesson-not-learned/
Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer
New York Graduating Class Features 15 Sets of Twins
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/06/23/Plainview-Bethpage-JFK-High-School-twins/7361750695879/
Rescue Seeking Forever Home for Parrot with 'inappropriate' Vocabulary
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/06/23/parrot-Forever-Paws-curse-words/2911750701073/
Man Cleaning Out His Car Finds Powerball Ticket Worth
$50,000
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/06/17/lotto-Maryland-Lottery-forgotten-ticket-car/5251750190750/
Lemur at Scottish Zoo Named the World's Oldest at 39
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/06/17/guinness-world-records-oldest-lemur/3191750190344/
Song of the Day
Foreigner – Double Vision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqUlXiL5KP8
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