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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
WA State: Horse
Heaven Wind Farm’s Virtual Meeting Draws Hundreds (KVEW/KAPP-TV,
Tri-Cities/Yakima, WA)
Pacific Gas &
Electric Plan to Reserve Temporary Generators for Wildfire Season Has Groups
Worried About Diesel Use (Utility Dive)
Montana: Lewis &
Clark Coal-Fired Power Plant Closing March 31 (Montana Free Press)
https://montanafreepress.org/2021/03/29/lewis-clark-power-plant-closing-march-31/
President Biden
Floats Plan to Bring Broadband to All Americans (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/biden-floats-plan-to-bring-broadband-to-all-americans-1846589551
California: Decision
on Controversial Wind-Energy Project in Shasta County Could Come Soon (Redding
Record Searchlight, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1. Pacific
Gas & Electric Plan to Reserve Temporary Generators for Wildfire Season Has
Groups Worried About Diesel Use
2. Montana:
Lewis & Clark Coal-Fired Power Plant Closing March 31
3. Wyoming
Lawmakers Move Ahead with Proposed Coal Lawsuit Fund
4. Snake
River Dams - Significant Hydro-Related Federal Legislation Pending
5. Groups’
Reps Pen a Letter Against Breaching Federal Snake River Dams
6. Utah
Approves $500,000 for Navajo Community Electricity Project
7. Millions
at Risk as States Begin to Lift Power Shut-Off Bans
8. Lawsuit
Challenges Gloria’s ‘Invitation to Bid’ On San Diego Electric & Gas
Franchise Agreements
9. Op/Ed:
Gary Ivory – Douglas County PUD Plan Will Serve Our Community for Generations
to Come
10. Women
in Public Power Offer Insights on Pathways to Leadership Positions
11. Preparing
for a Resilient Columbia River Hydropower System
12. WA
State: Horse Heaven Wind Farm’s Virtual Meeting Draws Hundreds
13. California:
Decision on Controversial Wind-Energy Project in Shasta County Could Come Soon
14. GOP
Lawmakers Take Aim at Arizona Renewable Energy Standards
15. Interest
in Hydrogen Fuel Growing in the Pacific Northwest -- And Tax Dollars Following
16. Portland,
Maine Company Builds Second Underwater Power Generator at Brunswick Landing for
Alaskan Village
17. Op/Ed:
Joy Ditto - Incentivize Public Power’s Clean Energy Future
18. Biomass:
The ‘Green Energy’ That Might Be Ruining the Planet
19. Puget
Sound Energy Begins Smart Street Light Installations to Help Customers Save
Energy, Reduce Carbon
20. Op/Ed:
All-Electric Homes Too Pricey for Low-Income Buyers
21. Op/Ed:
Studies Shed Light on Why Dams Matter to Salmon & Orcas
22. Op/Ed:
The Struggle to Share a Shrinking Resource — Northwest Salmon
23. Editorial:
Washington State’s Culvert Challenge Deserves Federal Funding
24. Young
Steelhead Begin Journey to Pacific as Part of Idaho Power’s Annual Fish-Hauling
Operation
25. U.S.
Officials OK Plan to Send Radioactive Waste to Idaho
26. Hazardous
Waste Landfill in Oregon Plans Expansion
27. Oregon:
The Battle to Protect One of America’s Last Wild Landscapes
28. Washington
State Senator’s Cap-&-Trade Claim Mystifies Farm Groups
29. What
Idaho Researchers Are Learning About Climate Change from a Glacier
30. President
Biden Floats Plan to Bring Broadband to All Americans
31. Oregon:
Blue River Will Get Better Broadband, Thanks to Grant
32. AT&T
Says 10 Mbps Upload Speed is Enough for Nationwide Broadband: Lawyer Accuses
Company of Overcharging
33. T-Mobile
Takes a Stab at 5G Home Broadband
34. Volkswagen
Admits Marketing Prank, Pulls Fake Release on Name Change
35. Op/Ed:
Mass Media Is Having a Very Bad Moment
36. The
Dalles Lock Set to Reopen After Emergency Repairs
37. President Biden Calls for Massive Climate & Transit Package
WORD OF THE DAY
Foist /FOYST/ Verb - 1a: to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant b: to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit 2: to pass off as genuine or worthy.
Haha, just fooling.
Volkswagen foists
false story.
And, gets burned by it.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Plan to Reserve
Temporary Generators for Wildfire Season Has Groups Worried About Diesel Use (Utility
Dive)
2.
Montana: Lewis & Clark Coal-Fired Power
Plant Closing March 31 (Montana Free Press)
https://montanafreepress.org/2021/03/29/lewis-clark-power-plant-closing-march-31/
3.
Wyoming Lawmakers Move Ahead with Proposed Coal
Lawsuit Fund (Associated Press)
4.
Snake River Dams - Significant Hydro-Related
Federal Legislation Pending (Lexology)
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=acb2fedd-5a40-46bb-b666-f1b1dfb86d93
5.
Groups’ Reps Pen a Letter Against Breaching Federal
Snake River Dams (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
6.
Utah Approves $500,000 for Navajo Community
Electricity Project (KSL-TV, Salt Lake City, UT)
https://ksltv.com/458642/utah-approves-500k-for-navajo-community-electricity-project/
7.
Millions at Risk as States Begin to Lift Power
Shut-Off Bans (National Public Radio)
8.
Lawsuit Challenges Gloria’s ‘Invitation to Bid’
On San Diego Electric & Gas Franchise Agreements (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2021-03-29/lawsuit-itb
9.
Op/Ed: Gary Ivory – Douglas County PUD Plan Will
Serve Our Community for Generations to Come (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
10.
Women in Public Power Offer Insights on Pathways
to Leadership Positions (American Public Power Association)
11.
Preparing for a Resilient Columbia River Hydropower
System (Bonneville Power Administration – PDF)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12.
WA State: Horse Heaven Wind Farm’s Virtual
Meeting Draws Hundreds (KVEW/KAPP-TV, Tri-Cities/Yakima, WA)
13.
California: Decision on Controversial
Wind-Energy Project in Shasta County Could Come Soon (Redding Record
Searchlight, CA)
14.
GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at Arizona Renewable
Energy Standards (Associated Press)
15.
Interest in Hydrogen Fuel Growing in the Pacific
Northwest -- And Tax Dollars Following (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
16.
Portland, Maine Company Builds Second Underwater
Power Generator at Brunswick Landing for Alaskan Village (Portland Press-Herald,
ME)
17.
Op/Ed: Joy Ditto - Incentivize Public Power’s
Clean Energy Future (The Hill, Washington, DC)
18.
Biomass: The ‘Green Energy’ That Might Be
Ruining the Planet (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/03/26/biomass-carbon-climate-politics-477620
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
19.
Puget Sound Energy Begins Smart Street Light
Installations to Help Customers Save Energy, Reduce Carbon (Whatcom Talk,
Bellingham, WA)
20.
Op/Ed: All-Electric Homes Too Pricey for Low-Income
Buyers (Colorado Politics)
FISH & WILDLIFE
21.
Op/Ed: Studies Shed Light on Why Dams Matter to Salmon
& Orcas (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
22.
Op/Ed: The Struggle to Share a Shrinking
Resource — Northwest Salmon (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-struggle-to-share-a-shrinking-resource-northwest-salmon/
23.
Editorial: Washington State’s Culvert Challenge
Deserves Federal Funding (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
24.
Young Steelhead Begin Journey to Pacific as Part
of Idaho Power’s Annual Fish-Hauling Operation (Big Country News, Clarkston,
WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
25.
U.S. Officials OK Plan to Send Radioactive Waste
to Idaho (KTVB-TV, Boise, ID)
26.
Hazardous Waste Landfill in Oregon Plans
Expansion (Associated Press)
27.
Oregon: The Battle to Protect One of America’s
Last Wild Landscapes (Huffington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
28.
Washington State Senator’s Cap-&-Trade Claim
Mystifies Farm Groups (Capital Press)
29.
What Idaho Researchers Are Learning About
Climate Change from a Glacier (Boise Public Radio, ID)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
30.
President Biden Floats Plan to Bring Broadband
to All Americans (Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/biden-floats-plan-to-bring-broadband-to-all-americans-1846589551
31.
Oregon: Blue River Will Get Better Broadband,
Thanks to Grant (KLCC Radio, Eugene, OR)
https://www.klcc.org/post/blue-river-will-get-better-broadband-thanks-grant
32.
AT&T Says 10 Mbps Upload Speed is Enough for
Nationwide Broadband: Lawyer Accuses Company of Overcharging (TechTimes)
33.
T-Mobile Takes a Stab at 5G Home Broadband (Bloomberg
News)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
34.
Volkswagen Admits Marketing Prank, Pulls Fake
Release on Name Change (Reuters)
35.
Op/Ed: Mass Media Is Having a Very Bad Moment (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/mass-media-is-having-a-very-bad-moment/
BUSINESS, GOVERNANCE, & MANAGEMENT
36.
The Dalles Lock Set to Reopen After Emergency
Repairs (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
37.
President Biden Calls for Massive Climate &
Transit Package (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/biden-climate-transit-package-d9c8ffad-4486-4e61-a7bb-3d421fa0546d.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Doc Severinsen, Oregon
Native & Longtime ‘Tonight Show’ Bandleader, Is Profiled in a PBS Special
Stranger Lived
Undetected in Couple’s Basement, Stealing Their Food, Washington Cops Say
NCAA Kicks Beavers Out
of Hotel in the Middle of the Night After Elite 8 Loss
Hickory the Mule Is
Back Home After Leading Hikers to Injured Owner, Then Disappearing into Forest
SONG OF THE DAY
Doc Severinsen –
McArthur Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF8scBG0iJs
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