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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Town Hall Meeting Set on Future of Columbia River Treaty
(Sunnyside Daily Sun, WA)
Tree Felled across Transmission lines – Excavator Blamed for
Island-Wide Blackout in Puerto Rico (Sacramento Bee, CA)
High-Voltage Power Lines Will Pass near Idaho Bird Sanctuary
(Associated Press)
Southern-Resident Killer Whales’ Inbreeding May Devastate
the Population (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants Plunge, EPA
Report Shows (Washington Examiner)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Town Hall Meeting Set on Future of Columbia River Treaty
- Tree Felled across Transmission lines – Excavator Blamed for Island-Wide Blackout in Puerto Rico
- High-Voltage Power Lines Will Pass near Idaho Bird Sanctuary
- Chelan PUD Board Sets New Fees, Charges for Unauthorized Crypto Miners
- A Tip of the Hard Hat to Bonneville Power Administration Line Crews
- Bonneville Power Administration Agenda for May 1 Quarterly Business Review announced
- Warden Farmer Announces Run for Grant PUD Commission
- Schweitzer Electric Power Research Center Set for Purdue Discovery Park
- Nevada: Regulators Claim Energy Choice Ballot Question Will Cost Millions to Implement, Raise Electric Bills for Residential Customers
- House Panel Advances Bills to Guard Energy Grid from Cyberattacks
- Women in Power: The Future of the Sector’s Leadership
- Southern-Resident Killer Whales’ Inbreeding May Devastate the Population
- Students Learn About Life Cycle of Salmon
- Forget Rising Interest Rates, Banks Are Still Loving Solar Power
- The Time Has Come for Battery Net Metering
- Dams Provide Renewable Energy But Also Take Toll on the Environment
- Wind Industry Blows past Records, But Trouble Looms
- What It’s Like to Live in America without Broadband Internet
- Space Heater Likely to Blame for Yakima Garage Fire
- Pollution Forces Shellfish Limits in Commercial Areas of Grays Harbor, Kitsap, Pierce, & Thurston Counties
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants Plunge, EPA Report Shows
- How Big Forests Solve Global Problems
- Anatomy of a PR Response: How Starbucks Is Handling Its Philadelphia Crisis
- Teacher Uprisings Harness Social Media in Fight for Funding
- Facebook Is Trying to Exclude 1.5 Billion Users from Stricter Privacy Regulations
- Is It Too Late to Stop the Rise of Marijuana, Inc.?
- Washington State Unemployment Rate at 4.8 Percent
- ‘Operation Human Freight’ Busts Prostitution, Trafficking Ring in Lewis County
- Is This the Future of Seattle Transit? A Look at Vancouver, BC — A City That Figured It Out Years Ago
Invidious • \in-VID-ee-us\ • Adjective – 1: Tending to cause
discontent, animosity, or envy 2: envious 3a: of an unpleasant or objectionable
nature: obnoxious *b: of a kind to cause harm or resentment.
“You’re wearing a silly hat,” thundered Octavio during the
morning session on energy conservation. Ignoring the remark, the hardy
presenter droned on about heat pumps and cost savings. “You’re mother wears
army boots,” marked the next salvo in Octavio’s barrage of invidious comments.
His barking, irrelevant comments were the only points that kept the attendees
awake. Unfortunately for the presenter, the only things the attendees
remembered were something about boots and hats.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Town Hall Meeting Set on Future of Columbia River Treaty (Sunnyside
Daily Sun, WA)
Tree Felled across Transmission lines – Excavator Blamed for
Island-Wide Blackout in Puerto Rico (Sacramento Bee, CA)
High-Voltage Power Lines Will Pass near Idaho Bird Sanctuary
(Associated Press)
Chelan PUD Board Sets New Fees, Charges for Unauthorized
Crypto Miners (American Public Power Association)
A Tip of the Hard Hat to Bonneville Power Administration Line
Crews (Bonneville Power Administration)
Bonneville Power Administration Agenda for May 1 Quarterly
Business Review announced (Bonneville Power Administration)
Warden Farmer Announces Run for Grant PUD Commission (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Schweitzer Electric Power Research Center Set for Purdue
Discovery Park (Associated Press)
Nevada: Regulators Claim Energy Choice Ballot Question Will
Cost Millions to Implement, Raise Electric Bills for Residential Customers (Nevada
Independent, Las Vegas)
House Panel Advances Bills to Guard Energy Grid from
Cyberattacks (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Women in Power: The Future of the Sector’s Leadership (Utility
Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Southern-Resident Killer Whales’ Inbreeding May Devastate the
Population (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Students Learn About Life Cycle of Salmon (Skagit Valley Herald,
Mt Vernon, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Forget Rising Interest Rates, Banks Are Still Loving Solar
Power (Bloomberg News)
The Time Has Come for Battery Net Metering (Green Tech
Media)
Dams Provide Renewable Energy But Also Take Toll on the
Environment (Accuweather)
Wind Industry Blows past Records, But Trouble Looms (E&E
Publishing, via National Wind Watch)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
What It’s Like to Live in America without Broadband Internet
(Motherboard)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Space Heater Likely to Blame for Yakima Garage Fire (KNDO/KNDU,-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Pollution Forces Shellfish Limits in Commercial Areas of Grays
Harbor, Kitsap, Pierce, & Thurston Counties (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants Plunge, EPA Report
Shows (Washington Examiner)
How Big Forests Solve Global Problems (NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Anatomy of a PR Response: How Starbucks Is Handling Its Philadelphia
Crisis (Washington Post)
Teacher Uprisings Harness Social Media in Fight for Funding (Associated
Press)
Facebook Is Trying to Exclude 1.5 Billion Users from
Stricter Privacy Regulations (Gizmodo)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Is It Too Late to Stop the Rise of Marijuana, Inc.? (Atlantic
Magazine)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/legal-marijuana-gardner/558416/?utm_source=feed
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Unemployment Rate at 4.8 Percent (Associated
Press)
‘Operation Human Freight’ Busts Prostitution, Trafficking
Ring in Lewis County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Is This the Future of Seattle Transit? A Look at Vancouver, BC
— A City That Figured It Out Years Ago (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
A Heartbreaking Story with a Heartwarming Finale: Cat Walks
12 Miles to Get Home to Family – Then They Ask Shelter to Euthanize Him
Watch This Guy Try to Eat 117-Year-Old Beef from an Army
Ration
She Wore a Dinosaur Puppet During a Military Oath. It Got
Her & a Colonel Removed from the Job.
Neighborhood Calls for Help after Getting Buried in
Tumbleweed Takeover
SONG OF THE DAY
Sons of the Pioneers – Tumbling Tumbleweeds
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