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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Senate Votes to Confirm Former Texas Governor Rick Perry
as Energy Secretary (Washington Post)
Washington State’s U-S Senators Join Effort Urging Feds to
Be Hands off on State Marijuana Laws (Washington Wire, Olympia, WA)
War of the Wells: Hirst Decision Draws Stealthy
Demonstration to Washington State Capitol (Northwest Public Radio)
Amazon Blames Human Error for Cloud-Service Disruption
(Reuters)
Another Bout of Snowfall in the Forecast for Puget Sound
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Senate Votes to Confirm Former Texas Governor Rick Perry as Energy Secretary
- Army Corps of Engineers Reclassifies Some Columbia Basin Dams from ‘Moderate Risk’ to ‘Low Risk’
- California: Oroville Dam’s Power Plant May Resume Operations Friday
- Portland General Electric Asks Oregon Regulators for 5.6 Percent Rate Increase
- Franklin PUD Is Considering a Rate Increase – Will Hold Public Hearing
- Pacific Gas & Electric Changes Billing Tiers, Increases Electric Rates
- Jefferson PUD Plans to Replace Old Power Meters throughout County
- Pacific PUD Board Considers Ending Tokeland Expansion
- Jefferson PUD Picks New Chief Financial Officer
- Bonneville Power Administration Engineers Help Introduce Girls to Engineering
- Nuclear Industry Braces for Record Outages as Plants Refuel
- Environmental & Fishing Groups Sue to Save Columbia River Salmon
- Agencies Receive Over 250,000 Comments on Scoping For Upcoming EIS on Columbia/Snake Hydro System
- Ocean Conditions Appear Improving for Salmon
- Washington Gives Anglers First 2017 Salmon Return Forecast
- California Faces another Bleak Salmon-Fishing Season, a Holdover from the Drought
- Climate Change & Oregon Oysters: ‘One Morning We Came In Everything Was Dead’
- War of the Wells: Hirst Decision Draws Stealthy Demonstration to Washington State Capitol
- Mason County Leaders Hear Plan to Finance, Expand Belfair Sewer System
- President Trump Signs Order Aimed at Eliminating ‘Waters of US’ Rule
- SolarWorld Lauds President Trump’s ‘Tough Stance on Unfair Trade’
- Amazon Plans to Tap Solar Energy at 50 Fulfillment Centers
- Report: Appliance Standards Generate Big Savings for Energy Consumers
- Nest Thermostat Earns ENERGY STAR Designation
- Washington State’s U-S Senators Join Effort Urging Feds to Be Hands off on State Marijuana Laws
- U-S Attorney General Comments on Marijuana, But Doesn’t Outline Policy Plan
- Oregon Lawmakers Push to Protect Cannabis Users’ Info from U-S Gov’t
- Long-Shot Bill Sparks Hope for De-Scheduling Cannabis
- Pacific Gas & Electric Gives Marijuana Growers Ag Electricity Rates
- Oregon Business Groups Oppose Cap & Trade as Legislature Digs into Climate Bills
- Tesla Wants to Double Fast Charging Stations in North America by End of 2017
- Washington State Utilities & Transportation Commission Issues Guidance for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
- Amazon Blames Human Error for Cloud-Service Disruption
- Dish Gets Into another Contract Fight – Local Networks Go Off Air in 30 States
- FCC Blocks Stricter Broadband Privacy Rules from Taking Effect
- How Seattle Is Betting on Better Broadband
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Senator Tim Sheldon Talks Hirst Decision, 5G Cell Service & Preventative Health
- Griffey Bill to Aid Nonprofit Senior Centers Unanimously Passes House
- California: Government Officials Can’t Use Private Devices to Hide Texts & Emails, Court Rules
- Another Bout of Snowfall in the Forecast for Puget Sound
- Blizzard Dumps Snow on Hawaii, California Set for Record Winter Rain
- ‘Strong’ Tremors Recorded For the Past Week under Hood Canal
- Port Angeles Nippon Mill Sold to Subsidiary of Mexican Firm – Biomass Power to Cut Back Later in March
- U-S News & World Report: Washington among Top Five States #1 in Affordable Rates, #5 in renewable energy
- DNA Test: Subway Serving Chicken That’s Only 50% Chicken
Truculent • \TRUCK-you-lunt\ • Adjective – 1: feeling or
displaying ferocity: cruel, savage 2: deadly, destructive 3: scathingly harsh:
vitriolic 4: aggressively self-assertive: belligerent
“I absolutely love the pink and purple paint on my house,” gloated
Gertrude. Her other neighbors blanched at the horrific color choice of their
truculent local gadfly. “I know that she’s doing this to get back at us for
denying her motorized Elvis lawn ornament,” whispered the head of the
homeowners’ association to the assembled board members.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Senate Votes to Confirm Former Texas Governor Rick Perry
as Energy Secretary (Washington Post)
Army Corps of Engineers Reclassifies Some Columbia Basin
Dams from ‘Moderate Risk’ to ‘Low Risk’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
California: Oroville Dam’s Power Plant May Resume Operations
Friday (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Portland General Electric Asks Oregon Regulators for 5.6
Percent Rate Increase (Oregonian, Portland)
Franklin PUD Is Considering a Rate Increase – Will Hold
Public Hearings (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric Changes Billing Tiers, Increases
Electric Rates (KFSN-TV Fresno, CA)
Jefferson PUD Plans to Replace Old Power Meters throughout
County (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Pacific PUD Board Considers Ending Tokeland Expansion
(Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA)
Jefferson PUD Picks New Chief Financial Officer (Port
Townsend Leader, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Engineers Help Introduce
Girls to Engineering (Bonneville Power Administration)
Nuclear Industry Braces for Record Outages as Plants Refuel (Utility
Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Environmental & Fishing Groups Sue to Save Columbia
River Salmon (Associated Press)
Agencies Receive Over 250,000 Comments on Scoping For
Upcoming EIS on Columbia/Snake Hydro System (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Ocean Conditions Appear Improving for Salmon (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Washington Gives Anglers First 2017 Salmon Return Forecast (Yakima
Herald Republic, WA)
California Faces another Bleak Salmon-Fishing Season, a
Holdover from the Drought (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Climate Change & Oregon Oysters: ‘One Morning We Came In
Everything Was Dead’ (KVAL-TV, Eugene, OR)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
War of the Wells: Hirst Decision Draws Stealthy
Demonstration to Washington State Capitol (Northwest Public Radio)
Mason County Leaders Hear Plan to Finance, Expand Belfair Sewer
System (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
President Trump Signs Order Aimed at Eliminating ‘Waters of US’
Rule (American Public Power Association)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
SolarWorld Lauds President Trump’s ‘Tough Stance on Unfair
Trade’ (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Amazon Plans to Tap Solar Energy at 50 Fulfillment Centers (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Report: Appliance Standards Generate Big Savings for Energy
Consumers (Utility Dive)
Nest Thermostat Earns ENERGY STAR Designation (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington State’s U-S Senators Join Effort Urging Feds to
Be Hands off on State Marijuana Laws (Washington Wire, Olympia, WA)
U-S Attorney General Comments on Marijuana, But Doesn’t
Outline Policy Plan (Washington Wire, Olympia, WA)
Oregon Lawmakers Push to Protect Cannabis Users’ Info from U-S
Gov’t (Associated Press)
Long-Shot Bill Sparks Hope for De-Scheduling Cannabis (Canna
Law Blog)
Pacific Gas & Electric Gives Marijuana Growers Ag
Electricity Rates (Redding Record Searchlight, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon Business Groups Oppose Cap & Trade as Legislature
Digs into Climate Bills (Portland Business Journal, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Tesla Wants to Double Fast Charging Stations in North
America by End of 2017 (Utility Dive)
Washington State Utilities & Transportation Commission Issues
Guidance for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (CH& Energy Blog)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Amazon Blames Human Error for Cloud-Service Disruption (Reuters)
Dish Gets Into another Contract Fight – Local Networks Go
Off Air in 30 States (Consumerist)
FCC Blocks Stricter Broadband Privacy Rules from Taking
Effect (Reuters)
How Seattle Is Betting on Better Broadband (StateScoop)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Senator Tim Sheldon Talks Hirst Decision, 5G Cell Service &
Preventative Health (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA – 5-G Discussion at the 4:48 mark
on the video)
Griffey Bill to Aid Nonprofit Senior Centers Unanimously
Passes House (Washington State House Republicans, Olympia, WA)
California: Government Officials Can’t Use Private Devices to
Hide Texts & Emails, Court Rules (Sacramento Bee, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Another Bout of Snowfall in the Forecast for Puget Sound (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Blizzard Dumps Snow on Hawaii, California Set for Record
Winter Rain (Reuters)
‘Strong’ Tremors Recorded For the Past Week under Hood Canal
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/strong-tremors-recorded-for-the-past-week-under-hood-canal/498251255
Port Angeles Nippon Mill Sold to Subsidiary of Mexican Firm –
Biomass Power to Cut Back Later in March (Portland Business Journal, OR)
U-S News & World Report: Washington among Top Five States
#1 in Affordable Rates, #5 in renewable energy (Governor Jay Inslee, Olympia,
WA)
https://medium.com/wagovernor/washington-among-top-5-states-according-to-u-s-a59932d0d7d5#.i2abxw44p
DNA Test: Subway Serving Chicken That’s Only 50% Chicken (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Tin Foil Hats Actually Make it Easier for the Government to
Track Your Thoughts
Ohio Carjacking Duo Stymied by Stick Shift: Police
Penicillin Mold Cultured By Alexander Fleming Auctioned for Over
$14,000
The Mouse That Soared: Rodent Discovery Disrupts Flight to San
Francisco
SONG OF THE DAY
Paul Pena – Jet Airliner (Steve Miller’s version was a
remake)
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