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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Beauty is a Beast: The East Coast Storm (Cliff Mass Weather
Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Attorney General Announces End to Policy That Allowed
Legal Pot to Flourish – DOJ leaders said the Obama-era policies made marijuana
industry players too comfortable (Politico)
Dominion, SCANA Agree to $14.6B All-Stock Merger (Utility
Dive)
Snow Measures Just 3 Percent of Average in First California
Mountain Survey (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Washington State DNR Chief Differs From Governor Inslee on
Climate Change Policy (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
The FCC is Preparing to Weaken the Definition of Broadband –
10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps Up (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-is-Preparing-to-Weaken-the-Definition-of-Broadband-140987
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Dominion, SCANA Agree to $14.6B All-Stock Merger
- Idaho: Avista Rates Increase Due to Settlement
- Washington State, Idaho: Avista Filing Request to Lower Natural Gas Prices
- Most Power Restored in North Whatcom County, Damages in the Hundreds of Thousands
- Silver Spring Networks Stockholders Approve Merger with Itron
- Idaho: Clearwater Power Residential Customers to See Increases on February Bill
- Orcas Power & Light + PNGC = More Power to Shape Our Islands’ Energy Future
- Interior’s Misstatement on Montana Coal Mine Leads to Small ‘Market Sensation’
- California Grid Operator ‘Reluctantly’ Announces It Will Become Its Own Reliability Coordinator
- Nuclear Pushes Its Role ‘Softening the Blow to Consumers’ as Cold Snap Enters Week Two
- It’s Electricity, Not Energy, That Matters During Blizzard
- Kentucky Electric Cooperative Fined $20K for Safety Violations
- Corps: Missouri River Power Generation up in 2017
- Washington State DNR Chief: Cooke to Dismantle Fish Pens at Ediz Hook
- British Columbia: Squamish First Nation’s Bid for More Sockeye Fails in Court
- Foskett Speckled Dace – Feds Propose Removing Protections for Rare Oregon Fish Listed Under Endangered Species Act
- Snow Measures Just 3 Percent of Average in First California Mountain Survey
- Become a Witness for ‘King Tides’ in Puget Sound, Now & Later
- Public Power Utilities Detail Microgrid Projects in Pacific NW, Florida
- Michigan: $90 Million Consumers Energy Wind Turbine Project Starts Operating
- Why Mandates Still Matter in the Age of Cheap Renewables
- United Kingdom: The World’s Biggest Wind Farm? ‘Crazy’ Artificial Power Island in the North Sea
- Which “Energy Vampires” Suck the Most Power on Your Electric Bill
- U-S Attorney General Announces End to Policy That Allowed Legal Pot to Flourish
- Trump Administration Takes Step That Could Threaten Marijuana Legalization Movement
- ‘An Attack on Seattle’: Washington State Officials Say They Won’t Back Down on Legal Pot as Sessions Plans Change
- Pacific Northwest Lawmakers Defend Cannabis Laws after U-S Attorney General Decision
- Opinion: Bye, Bye Cole Memo, Hello Uncertainty for Marijuana
- Washington State DNR Chief Differs From Governor Inslee on Climate Change Policy
- The FCC is Preparing to Weaken the Definition of Broadband – 10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps Up
- After Beating Cable Lobby, Colorado City Moves Ahead with Muni Broadband
- AT&T to Launch 5G in U-S by Late 2018
- Is the US Municipal Broadband Movement About to Gather Pace?
- Bitcoin-Like Cryptocurrency Used to Buy Home in Tukwila, Likely a First for Seattle-Area Market
- All the Ways Your Smartphone & Its Apps Can Track You
- Washington State Senator, Tim Sheldon City Champion Award Winner
- For Native Americans, a ‘Historic Moment’ on the Path to Power at the Ballot Box
- Olympic Highway North – Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle, Killed in Shelton
- Twenty Flu Deaths So Far In Washington State as Peak Season Starts
- New Shelton Commissioner Dorcy Takes Oath, Joins State’s Last 3-Member City Commission
- Olympia Farm Operators Avoid Jail Time in Goat Abuse Case
- Real Weather Term ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Blows up on Social Media
- Oregonians Come to Terms with Pumping Their Own Gas
- Powerball Jumps to $550 Million after No Winning Tickets Sold
Trichotillomania • \trick-kuh-tillah-MANE-ee-uh\ • Noun – An
abnormal desire to pull out one’s hair
A bald man with trichotillomania; think about it.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Dominion, SCANA Agree to $14.6B All-Stock Merger (Utility
Dive)
Idaho: Avista Rates Increase Due to Settlement (Bonner
County Bee, Sandpoint, ID)
Washington State, Idaho: Avista Filing Request to Lower
Natural Gas Prices (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Most Power Restored in North Whatcom County, Damages in the
Hundreds of Thousands (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Silver Spring Networks Stockholders Approve Merger with Itron
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Idaho: Clearwater Power Residential Customers to See
Increases on February Bill (Daily Fly, Lewiston, ID)
Orcas Power & Light + PNGC = More Power to Shape Our
Islands’ Energy Future (San Juan Islander, Friday Harbor, WA)
Interior’s Misstatement on Montana Coal Mine Leads to Small ‘Market
Sensation’ (Montana Public Radio)
California Grid Operator ‘Reluctantly’ Announces It Will
Become Its Own Reliability Coordinator (Utility Dive)
Nuclear Pushes Its Role ‘Softening the Blow to Consumers’ as
Cold Snap Enters Week Two (Washington Examiner)
It’s Electricity, Not Energy, That Matters During Blizzard
(Axios)
Kentucky Electric Cooperative Fined $20K for Safety
Violations (Associated Press)
Corps: Missouri River Power Generation up in 2017
(Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State DNR Chief: Cooke to Dismantle Fish Pens at
Ediz Hook (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
British Columbia: Squamish First Nation’s Bid for More
Sockeye Fails in Court (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Foskett Speckled Dace – Feds Propose Removing Protections for
Rare Oregon Fish Listed Under Endangered Species Act (Oregonian, Portland)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Snow Measures Just 3 Percent of Average in First California
Mountain Survey (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Become a Witness for ‘King Tides’ in Puget Sound, Now &
Later (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Public Power Utilities Detail Microgrid Projects in Pacific
NW, Florida (American Public Power Association)
Michigan: $90 Million Consumers Energy Wind Turbine Project
Starts Operating (Associated Press)
Why Mandates Still Matter in the Age of Cheap Renewables (Utility
Dive)
United Kingdom: The World’s Biggest Wind Farm? ‘Crazy’
Artificial Power Island in the North Sea (The Daily Mail, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Which “Energy Vampires” Suck the Most Power on Your Electric
Bill (CBS News)
CORNUCOPIA OF CANNABIS NEWS
U-S Attorney General Announces End to Policy That Allowed
Legal Pot to Flourish – DOJ leaders said the Obama-era policies made marijuana
industry players too comfortable (Politico)
Link to the memo, which give direction, but doesn’t appear
to give criteria (Politico)
Trump Administration Takes Step That Could Threaten
Marijuana Legalization Movement (NY Times)
‘An Attack on Seattle’: Washington State Officials Say They
Won’t Back Down on Legal Pot as Sessions Plans Change ((Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Pacific Northwest Lawmakers Defend Cannabis Laws after U-S
Attorney General Decision (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Opinion: Bye, Bye Cole Memo, Hello Uncertainty for Marijuana
(Canna Law Blog)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State DNR Chief Differs From Governor Inslee on
Climate Change Policy (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The FCC is Preparing to Weaken the Definition of Broadband –
10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps Up (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-is-Preparing-to-Weaken-the-Definition-of-Broadband-140987
After Beating Cable Lobby, Colorado City Moves Ahead with
Muni Broadband (Ars Technica)
AT&T to Launch 5G in U-S by Late 2018 (Reuters)
Is the US Municipal Broadband Movement About to Gather Pace?
(Telecom-TV)
Bitcoin-Like Cryptocurrency Used to Buy Home in Tukwila,
Likely a First for Seattle-Area Market (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
All the Ways Your Smartphone & Its Apps Can Track You
(Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Senator, Tim Sheldon City Champion Award
Winner (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
For Native Americans, a ‘Historic Moment’ on the Path to
Power at the Ballot Box (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Olympic Highway North – Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle, Killed
in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Twenty Flu Deaths So Far In Washington State as Peak Season
Starts (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
New Shelton Commissioner Dorcy Takes Oath, Joins State’s
Last 3-Member City Commission (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Olympia Farm Operators Avoid Jail Time in Goat Abuse Case (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Real Weather Term ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Blows up on Social Media
(Associated Press)
https://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2018-01-04/real-weather-term-bomb-blows-up-on-social-media
Oregonians Come to Terms with Pumping Their Own Gas (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
Powerball Jumps to $550 Million after No Winning Tickets
Sold (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Watch These Employees Leave Armed Robber Locked in Store,
Begging for Release
Hockey Romance Writer Safeguards ‘Seattle Sockeyes’ Team
Name as NHL Considers Seattle Team
Your iPhone Is Filthier than You Think
It’s So Cold in Florida (How Cold Is It?), That Iguanas Are
Falling from Trees
SONG OF THE DAY
Hockey Night in Canada Theme Song
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