The Energy News Digest for June 25, 2025

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Hotshots – Today’s Top Five Stories

Electricity Prices Soar as U.S. Regional Grids Wobble from Extreme Heat (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/new-england-electric-grid-operates-under-precautionary-alert-2025-06-24/

Court Fight Looms After Trump Nixes Pacific NW Salmon Pact (Axios)

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/06/25/court-fight-looms-after-trump-nixes-nw-salmon-pact

Montana: For Massive Great Falls Data Center Proposal, Energy Supply Is Crucial to Push Project Forward (Montana Free Press)

https://montanafreepress.org/2025/06/24/for-massive-great-falls-data-center-proposal-energy-supply-is-crucial-to-push-project-forward/

Electricity Prices Soar as U.S. Regional Grids Wobble from Extreme Heat (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/new-england-electric-grid-operates-under-precautionary-alert-2025-06-24/

Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Release Electric Vehicle Charger Funding in 14 States (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/lawsuit-ev-chargers-trump-washington-california-2a94e98f11d838f91ecf98cf2f939f01

News Highlights (See Stories Below)

1.      Electricity Prices Soar as U.S. Regional Grids Wobble from Extreme Heat

2.      Locals Remain Skeptical of On-Hold Plan to Breach Lower Snake River Dams

3.      Idaho Authority to Sell $90.2 Million of Taxable Bonds for Transmission Assets

4.      Hydropower Growth Continues, Though Policy Challenges Loom in U.S.

5.      How Wall Street Hedge Funds Are Gambling Millions on Eaton Fire Insurance Claims

6.      Idaho National Laboratory Steps Up – DOE-Led Nuclear Licensing Gains Traction Under Trump

7.      Power Utility Built $95 Million 500-Megawatt Power Substation for Intel’s $100 Billion Ohio Fab, But Six-Year Delay Leaves Substation Capable of Powering 500,000 Homes Idle

8.      Utilities Can’t Discipline Their Way to a Safety Culture: Snohomish County PUD’s John Haarlow

9.      Support For Solar Energy & Offshore Wind Falls Among Democrats & Independents, AP-NORC Poll Says

10.   Why Some Companies Want You to Switch to an Electric Grill

11.   Court Fight Looms After Trump Nixes Pacific NW Salmon Pact

12.   New Paper Continues Debate Over Link Between Lice from Salmon Farms & B.C. Wild Salmon

13.   Killer Whales Seen Grooming Each Other With Kelp in First for Marine Tool Use

14.   Alaska Wildfire Smoke Reaches the Pacific Northwest

15.   King County Sues Homeowners After 140 Trees Cut Down

16.   Switzerland’s Ebbing Glaciers Show a New, Strange Phenomenon: Holes Reminiscent of Swiss Cheese

17.   How Electric Co-Ops Are Impacting the Broadband Landscape – Report

18.   Montana: For Massive Great Falls Data Center Proposal, Energy Supply Is Crucial to Push Project Forward

19.   Exclusive: New Report Reveals Fiscal Impact of Microsoft’s Data Centers in North Central Washington

20.   Audio: Artificial Intelligence Could Mean Fewer Tech Jobs in Seattle

21.   Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Release Electric Vehicle Charger Funding in 14 States

22.   U.S. Senate Republicans Cannot Force Postal Service to Scrap Electric Vehicles, Parliamentarian Says

23.   Cargo Ship Carrying New Vehicles – Including Electric & Hybrid – To Mexico Sinks in the North Pacific Weeks After Catching Fire

24.   Oregon Bill Intended to Make Big Tech Pay for Local News Hits Roadblock

25.   Secretary of Energy Discusses Hydropower, Nuclear Energy at Senate Hearing

26.   Proposal To Sell Millions of Acres of Public Lands May Be Cut from Trump’s Mega-Bill

27.   Department of Homeland Security Issues National Terrorism Advisory Bulletin in Wake of Iran Conflict

28.   WA State: Copper Thieves Disrupt Light Rail Service for Second Time in Less Than a Week

29.   PNW Reflects on Anniversary of Historic Heat Dome as Summer Weather Kicks Off

30.   Police Agencies Across Western Washington Warn of Text Scams

31.   The ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Is a Key Moment for the U.S. Hydropower Industry

32.   Guest Essay: Why Utility Deregulation Is the Worst Way to Generate More Electricity

Word of the Day

Petrichor /PET-truh-core/ Noun - A distinctive, earthy, usually pleasant odor that is associated with rainfall, especially when following a warm, dry period, and that arises from a combination of volatile plant oils and geosmin released from the soil into the air and by ozone carried by downdrafts.

     The soft rain’s patter

     Reveals petrichor’s perfume

     My nose celebrates

https://joelshorriblehaiku.blogspot.com/

Energy & Utility Issues

1.      Electricity Prices Soar as U.S. Regional Grids Wobble from Extreme Heat (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/new-england-electric-grid-operates-under-precautionary-alert-2025-06-24/

2.      Locals Remain Skeptical of On-Hold Plan to Breach Lower Snake River Dams (The Center Square)

https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_48844ff0-1ea7-498a-b5d7-2c6b63415dd1.html

3.      Idaho Authority to Sell $90.2 Million of Taxable Bonds for Transmission Assets (Morningstar)

https://www.morningstar.com/news/dow-jones/202506248812/idaho-authority-to-sell-902-million-of-taxable-bonds-for-transmission-assets

4.      Hydropower Growth Continues, Though Policy Challenges Loom in U.S. (Power Magazine)

https://www.powermag.com/hydropower-growth-continues-though-policy-challenges-loom-in-u-s/

5.      How Wall Street Hedge Funds Are Gambling Millions on Eaton Fire Insurance Claims (Los Angeles Times, CA – Via Yahoo! News)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wall-street-hedge-funds-gambling-100000328.html

6.      Idaho National Laboratory Steps Up – DOE-Led Nuclear Licensing Gains Traction Under Trump (E&E News)

https://www.eenews.net/articles/doe-led-nuclear-licensing-gains-traction-under-trump/

7.      Power Utility Built $95 Million 500-Megawatt Power Substation for Intel’s $100 Billion Ohio Fab, But Six-Year Delay Leaves Substation Capable of Powering 500,000 Homes Idle (Tom’s Hardware)

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/power-utility-built-usd95-million-500-megawatt-power-substation-for-intels-usd100-billion-ohio-fab-but-six-year-delay-leaves-substation-capable-of-powering-500-000-homes-idle

8.      Utilities Can’t Discipline Their Way to a Safety Culture: Snohomish County PUD’s John Haarlow (American Public Power Association)

https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/utilities-cant-discipline-their-way-safety-culture-snohomish-county-puds-john-haarlow

Renewable Energy & Self Storage

9.      Support For Solar Energy & Offshore Wind Falls Among Democrats & Independents, AP-NORC Poll Says (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/climate-ev-solar-wind-tax-fema-trump-5303f07c30f2cdbc9cf129f9928c8a32

Conservation & Efficiency

10.   Why Some Companies Want You to Switch to an Electric Grill (Boise State Public Radio, ID)

https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/2025-06-24/why-some-companies-want-you-to-switch-to-an-electric-grill

Fish & Wildlife

11.   Court Fight Looms After Trump Nixes Pacific NW Salmon Pact (Axios)

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/06/25/court-fight-looms-after-trump-nixes-nw-salmon-pact

12.   New Paper Continues Debate Over Link Between Lice from Salmon Farms & B.C. Wild Salmon (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/salmon-farm-wild-lice-new-paper-1.7560737

13.   Killer Whales Seen Grooming Each Other With Kelp in First for Marine Tool Use (Yahoo! News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/killer-whales-seen-grooming-other-150019871.html

Environmental Afflatus – Clean Up on Aisle Three

14.   Alaska Wildfire Smoke Reaches the Pacific Northwest (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2025/06/alaska-wildfire-smoke-reaches-pacific.html

15.   King County Sues Homeowners After 140 Trees Cut Down (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/king-county-sues-homeowners-after-140-trees-cut-down-washington-issaquah/281-8b9f892a-8038-4946-9c58-75a4c05b7376

Climate Change Sequestration Vault

16.   Switzerland’s Ebbing Glaciers Show a New, Strange Phenomenon: Holes Reminiscent of Swiss Cheese (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/switzerland-rhone-glacier-blatten-climate-melting-20734108e501c3c05143dafb176441fa

London Calling –Telecommunications

17.   How Electric Co-Ops Are Impacting the Broadband Landscape – Report (Light Reading)

https://www.lightreading.com/broadband/how-electric-co-ops-are-impacting-the-broadband-landscape-report

The Wizarding World of Technology & Cybersecurity

18.   Montana: For Massive Great Falls Data Center Proposal, Energy Supply Is Crucial to Push Project Forward (Montana Free Press)

https://montanafreepress.org/2025/06/24/for-massive-great-falls-data-center-proposal-energy-supply-is-crucial-to-push-project-forward/

19.   Exclusive: New Report Reveals Fiscal Impact of Microsoft’s Data Centers in North Central Washington (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/business/exclusive-new-report-reveals-fiscal-impact-of-microsoft-s-data-centers-in-ncw/article_e2550003-aa2b-4817-a266-136445c47881.html

20.   Audio: Artificial Intelligence Could Mean Fewer Tech Jobs in Seattle (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)

https://www.kuow.org/stories/ai-could-mean-fewer-tech-jobs-in-seattle

I Sing the Car Electric

21.   Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Release Electric Vehicle Charger Funding in 14 States (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/lawsuit-ev-chargers-trump-washington-california-2a94e98f11d838f91ecf98cf2f939f01

22.   U.S. Senate Republicans Cannot Force Postal Service to Scrap Electric Vehicles, Parliamentarian Says (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/senate-republicans-cannot-force-us-postal-service-scrap-evs-parliamentarian-says-2025-06-23/

23.   Cargo Ship Carrying New Vehicles – Including Electric & Hybrid – To Mexico Sinks in the North Pacific Weeks After Catching Fire (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/car-carrier-sinks-aleutian-islands-5eec64f6bad760cf3ebbb4c810f78b68

Public Relations, Marketing & Media

24.   Oregon Bill Intended to Make Big Tech Pay for Local News Hits Roadblock (Courthouse News Service)

https://www.courthousenews.com/oregon-bill-intended-to-make-big-tech-pay-for-local-news-hits-roadblock/

Politics, Governance, and Management

25.   Secretary of Energy Discusses Hydropower, Nuclear Energy at Senate Hearing (American Public Power Association)

https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/secretary-energy-discusses-hydropower-nuclear-energy-senate-hearing

26.   Proposal To Sell Millions of Acres of Public Lands May Be Cut from Trump’s Mega-Bill (National Public Radio)

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/24/nx-s1-5442481/proposal-to-sell-millions-of-acres-of-public-lands-may-be-cut-from-trumps-mega-bill

Other Things to Know About Today

27.   Department of Homeland Security Issues National Terrorism Advisory Bulletin in Wake of Iran Conflict (American Public Power Association)

https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/department-homeland-security-issues-national-terrorism-advisory-bulletin-wake-iran-conflict

28.   WA State: Copper Thieves Disrupt Light Rail Service for Second Time in Less Than a Week (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/copper-wire-theft-light-rail-service-disruption-redmond/281-14bafb92-070a-4a31-a1f6-0f2e61451d17

29.   PNW Reflects on Anniversary of Historic Heat Dome as Summer Weather Kicks Off (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

https://mynorthwest.com/pacific-northwest-weather/pnw-heat-dome/4102651

30.   Police Agencies Across Western Washington Warn of Text Scams (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/police-agencies-across-western-washington-warn-text-scams/CRGR7EGIQZDFBAPVIP2ETL7M2I/

Soapbox Serenade – Vox Populi

31.   The ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Is a Key Moment for the U.S. Hydropower Industry (The Triple Pundit)

https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2025/hydropower-big-beautiful-bill/822761

32.   Guest Essay: Why Utility Deregulation Is the Worst Way to Generate More Electricity (The Hill, Washington, DC)

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5367466-trump-electricity-utility-markets/

Diversions - Alligators in the Sewer

A Revolutionary War-Era Boat Is Being Painstakingly Rebuilt After Centuries Buried Beneath Manhattan

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-buried-boat-revolution-7751e21d35d49dfe27d255ec46048403

Ancient Canoe Replica Recreates a 30,000-Year-Old Voyage

https://www.popsci.com/science/canoe-replica-ancient-voyage/

Want to Own Napoleon’s Hat? Some of His Belongings Are Being Auctioned

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/24/nx-s1-5442446/want-to-own-napoleons-hat-some-of-his-belongings-are-being-auctioned

Stanley Cup Damaged as the Florida Panthers Celebrate a Second Straight Championship

https://apnews.com/article/panthers-stanley-cup-crack-60bd5610c41f16885a09ade63557f880

Song of the Day

Beethoven – Emperor Concerto No.5. (Van Cliburn & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brkJWFXSnEI&start_radio=1

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The Energy News Digest for June 23, 2025

The Northwest Public Power Association sponsors The Energy News Digest.

The News Digest on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X (formerly known as Twitter) will bring breaking news throughout the week.

Subscribe to The Energy News Digest.

Joel Myer, Communicator Emeritus, edits the Energy News Digest.

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)

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/grid-operator-pjm-issues-maximum-generation-alert-monday-amid-heat-wave-2025-06-23/

WA Spent $45 Million to Boost Electric Vehicle Use — With Mixed Results (Cascade PBS)

https://www.cascadepbs.org/investigations/2025/06/wa-spent-45m-to-boost-electric-vehicle-use-with-mixed-results/

Federal Judge to Deny Trump Administration’s Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Block on Wind Projects (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-wind-permitting-offshore-attorney-general-fb0d8a8040bef42398b2ec711c71a41e

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)

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/grid-operator-pjm-issues-maximum-generation-alert-monday-amid-heat-wave-2025-06-23/

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)

https://www.montanarightnow.com/news/electric-bills-rising-in-pacific-region-higher-costs-expected/article_6399f05e-7a6b-507c-9501-b735535f05eb.html

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)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-20/electricity-is-the-new-eggs-in-power-hungry-us-amid-rise-of-data-centers-and-ai

7.      WSDOT To Hold Open Houses on Lower Snake Dam Transportation Study in Eastern Washington Cities (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)

https://www.kxly.com/news/wsdot-to-hold-open-houses-on-lower-snake-dam-transportation-study-in-eastern-washington-cities/article_e6ec455d-ee27-44c8-b3df-b90e7383d985.html

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)

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/wildfire-conditions-in-wa-could-lead-to-power-shut-offs-pse-says/

10.   Oregon Passes Bills to Bolster Electric Grid Amid ‘Alarming’ Transmission Shortage (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/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 (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)

https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-wind-permitting-offshore-attorney-general-fb0d8a8040bef42398b2ec711c71a41e

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)

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/lab-grown-salmon-wildtype-cultivated-meat-politics-state-bans/

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)

https://keprtv.com/news/local/pasco-city-council-votes-to-initiate-fluoride-removal-from-water-supply

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)

https://www.ksl.com/article/51332138/utah-loses-78m-in-federal-funding-to-expand-high-speed-internet-access

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)

https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/public-power-officials-detail-ways-effectively-utilize-artificial-intelligence

21.   Environmentalists Say They’re Cautious to Adopt Artificial Intelligence into Their Work (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/06/18/repub/environmentalists-say-theyre-cautious-to-adopt-ai-into-their-work/

I Sing the Car Electric

22.   WA Spent $45 Million to Boost Electric Vehicle Use — With Mixed Results (Cascade PBS)

https://www.cascadepbs.org/investigations/2025/06/wa-spent-45m-to-boost-electric-vehicle-use-with-mixed-results/

Public Relations, Marketing & Media

23.   Money Transfer Fraud – Retail Giant Walmart Reaches $10 Million Deal to End Consumer Fraud Complaint (MSN News)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/retail-giant-reaches-10-million-deal-to-end-consumer-fraud-complaint/ar-AA1H9LwS

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

Links & Paywall Advisory

Links in The Energy News Digest are for current stories. Media organizations frequently update their websites, which can result in broken links.

Although I choose stories that are accessible without paying a subscription, individual experiences may vary. Media attribution includes information about possible paywall restrictions. Regularly clearing your browser’s history and cookie files may help you access some paywall sites.