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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Predicted Strong Storm ‘A Little Unusual’ For This Time of
Year (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Dam Spill Could Boost Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative
Bills – Cooperative might add $2 charge to monthly bills from May through
September each year (Baker City Herald, OR)
McMorris Rodgers Says Bill Promoting Hydropower, Fish
Migration Will See House Action Soon (Ripon Advance, Washington, DC)
Salmon Survival: ‘We Need More Lethal Removal of Sea Lions.
Hazing Is Not the Answer’ (Longview Daily News, WA)
Twitter Suspends Over 1.2 Million Accounts for Terrorist
Content (C/Net News)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Dam Spill Could Boost Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Bills
- Chelan PUD Staff Gets OK to Target ‘Rogue’ Bitcoin Operations
- Northwest Power & Conservation Council Sends ‘State of the Columbia River Basin’ to Congress
- Tacoma Requests Proposals for Advanced Metering Infrastructure Technology & Services
- New Hydro Project on Hold at Idaho’s Black Canyon Dam Due to Low Energy Prices
- Jefferson PUD to Celebrate Five Years of Providing Electrical Power
- Chelan PUD Customer-Owners Happy with Service
- Public Invited to Engage Okanogan PUD General Manager Finalists
- Op/Ed: Franklin PUD: Our Future - Challenges & OPPORTUNITIES Lie Ahead
- South Carolina Lawmakers Vote to Remove Santee Cooper Board, Create New Panel to Study Sale
- President Trump Says He’s Looking at Emergency Aid for Battered Power Plants
- Salmon Survival: ‘We Need More Lethal Removal of Sea Lions. Hazing Is Not the Answer’
- Ninth Circuit Revives Lower Yellowstone River Dam Meant to Help Endangered Fish
- Surprising Parties, U.S. District Judge Dismisses U-S V. Oregon Case Guiding Basin Fisheries
- Puget Sound Salmon Do Drugs, Which May Hurt Their Survival
- Editorial: Compromise on Salmon
- Olympic Mountains Provide Suitable Reintroduction Site for Gray Wolves, Study Finds
- Build It. We Dare You – Sierra Club Likes Wind Farms – Just Not This New Jersey One
- Google Officially Hits Its 100% Renewable Energy Target
- Former FTC Chair Takes Aim at State Broadband Bills
- Project Will Boost Access to Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles in Washington State
- Western, Northeast U-S States Strike Partnerships to Boost Electric Vehicle Adoption
- Are Electric Vehicle Charging Corridors the Best Way to Spend Volkswagen’s Dieselgate Billions?
- Smart Meter Project Puts Power in the Hands of People
- Twitter Suspends Over 1.2 Million Accounts for Terrorist Content
- Cannabis Sales Forecast Suggests It May Surpass Soda by 2030
- Turning Poultry Poop & Scrap Wood into Electricity
- McMorris Rodgers Says Bill Promoting Hydropower, Fish Migration Will See House Action Soon
- U-S Senator Murray Talks Tri-Cities Issues Like Dams, Shoreline — And Tennis Shoes?
- Predicted Strong Storm ‘A Little Unusual’ For This Time of Year
- One of the Greatest West Coast Atmospheric Rivers on Record
- Skokomish Flood Watch this Weekend, Wind Possible Saturday
Ineluctable \in-uh-LUCK-tuh-bull\ ● Adjective – Not to be
avoided, changed, or resisted: inevitable.
Running Gag from the Radio Show “Fibber
McGee & Molly:” Fibber McGee’s
Closet
Fibber McGee carefully inserted a shoebox of receipts into
the last available space in his closet. Unwittingly, the box would become the
keystone to holding all the other contents of the closet in a tightly packed,
tenuous position. Of course, mayhem and hilarity ensued when he opened the closet
door one day, only to be engulfed with the ineluctable avalanche of items that poured
from the ill-fated storage space.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Dam Spill Could Boost Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Bills
– Cooperative might add $2 charge to monthly bills from May through September
each year (Baker City Herald, OR)
Chelan PUD Staff Gets OK to Target ‘Rogue’ Bitcoin
Operations (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Northwest Power & Conservation Council Sends ‘State of the
Columbia River Basin’ to Congress (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Tacoma Requests Proposals for Advanced Metering
Infrastructure Technology & Services (South Sound Business Examiner)
New Hydro Project on Hold at Idaho’s Black Canyon Dam Due to
Low Energy Prices (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Jefferson PUD to Celebrate Five Years of Providing
Electrical Power (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Chelan PUD Customer-Owners Happy with Service (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
Public Invited to Engage Okanogan PUD General Manager Finalists
(Okanogan PUD, Okanogan, WA)
Op/Ed: Franklin PUD: Our Future - Challenges &
OPPORTUNITIES Lie Ahead (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
South Carolina Lawmakers Vote to Remove Santee Cooper Board,
Create New Panel to Study Sale (Charleston Post & Courier, SC)
President Trump Says He’s Looking at Emergency Aid for
Battered Power Plants (Bloomberg News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Survival: ‘We Need More Lethal Removal of Sea Lions. Hazing
Is Not the Answer’ (Longview Daily News, WA)
Ninth Circuit Revives Lower Yellowstone River Dam Meant to Help
Endangered Fish (Courthouse News Service)
Surprising Parties, U.S. District Judge Dismisses U-S V.
Oregon Case Guiding Basin Fisheries (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Puget Sound Salmon Do Drugs, Which May Hurt Their Survival (Yakima
Herald Republic, WA)
Editorial: Compromise on Salmon (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Olympic Mountains Provide Suitable Reintroduction Site for
Gray Wolves, Study Finds (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Build It. We Dare You – Sierra Club Likes Wind Farms – Just
Not This New Jersey One (Bloomberg News)
Google Officially Hits Its 100% Renewable Energy Target
(Green Tach Media)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Former FTC Chair Takes Aim at State Broadband Bills
(Broadcasting & Cable)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Project Will Boost Access to Charging Stations for Electric
Vehicles in Washington State (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Western, Northeast U-S States Strike Partnerships to Boost
Electric Vehicle Adoption (Utility Dive)
Are Electric Vehicle Charging Corridors the Best Way to Spend
Volkswagen’s Dieselgate Billions? (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Smart Meter Project Puts Power in the Hands of People (Cornell
Chronicle)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Twitter Suspends Over 1.2 Million Accounts for Terrorist
Content (C/Net News)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Cannabis Sales Forecast Suggests It May Surpass Soda by 2030
(Oregonian, Portland)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Turning Poultry Poop & Scrap Wood into Electricity (Bloomberg
News)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
McMorris Rodgers Says Bill Promoting Hydropower, Fish
Migration Will See House Action Soon (Ripon Advance, Washington, DC)
U-S Senator Murray Talks Tri-Cities Issues Like Dams,
Shoreline — And Tennis Shoes? “…I did not call for, nor will I call for, the
removal of the Snake River dams...” (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Predicted Strong Storm ‘A Little Unusual’ For This Time of
Year (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
One of the Greatest West Coast Atmospheric Rivers on Record (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
Skokomish Flood Watch this Weekend, Wind Possible Saturday
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
ANIMAL STORIES – DIVERSIONS
Ohio Police Investigate Reports of ‘Zombie’ Raccoons
Zoo Offering Visitors Buckets of ‘Detroit Zoo Poo’
Gig Harbor: HGTV Dream Home Winner: ‘We Finally Get Our Win’
SONG OF THE DAY
The Carpenter - Bless the Beasts & the Children
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