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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Avista’s Three-Year Rate Plan Denied by Washington State
Regulators – Small Electric Increase Approved (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Solar Panels on Farmland? In Central Washington, That Stirs
a Fight. (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Just Like Last Year, Sea Lions at Willamette Falls Hammering
Wild Winter Steelhead Run (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Editorial: Will Washington Voters Warm to a New Carbon Tax
Initiative? (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Tesla’s Foe in Fight over Electric Vehicle Rebate: Utilities
(Bloomberg News)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista’s Three-Year Rate Plan Denied by Washington State Regulators – Small Electric Increase Approved
- Northwest Tribes Noticeably Absent in Columbia River Treaty Renegotiations
- Decision on Okanogan PUD General Manager Could Come Monday
- California: Can a City Ditch the Power Company? Not without a Fight
- Editorial: Bitcoin Miners May Threaten the Pacific NW’s Low-Cost Power
- Editorial: You May Be Able to Opt Out of Smart Meters
- Connecticut: Regulators Investigate a Nearly Doubled Increase in Utility’s Power Shut-Offs
- Perry Begins Doling Out Millions in Bid to Save Nuclear Power
- Just Like Last Year, Sea Lions at Willamette Falls Hammering Wild Winter Steelhead Run
- Federal Bill to Protect Columbia, Snake Dams — And Keep Your Power Rates Down — Passes House
- Yakamas Release Lamprey – Tribe, Others Celebrate Eel-Like Fish Contribution to Yakima River
- Lowland Lake Fishing Season Starts Saturday
- Save The Bees: Citizen Scientists Asked To Track Bumble Bees In Pacific Northwest
- Solar Panels on Farmland? In Central Washington, That Stirs a Fight.
- Arizona Utilities Cautious over Costs, Reliability for Proposed 80% Clean Energy Mandate
- Poo Power: Is It Time To Embrace Our Waste as a Source of Renewable Energy?
- Rural Oregon Joins Push for Faster Internet
- Microsoft’s Cloud Has Business Booming Again
- AT&T Thinks Fiber Makes More Sense than Fixed 5G
- Op/Ed: Net Neutrality Is Vital – But So Is Rural Broadband
- Tesla’s Foe in Fight over Electric Vehicle Rebate: Utilities
- Energy Use Disaggregation Is Coming. Here Are Three Ways Utilities Can Make the Most of It.
- Kittitas County to Expand Water Metering Program
- Editorial: Will Washington Voters Warm to a New Carbon Tax Initiative?
- As Climate Change Zaps Their Snow, Winter Sports Fans Seek to Change Washington
- Have We Underestimated the Power of the Hashtag?
- What the Mona Lisa Tells Us about Art in the Instagram Era
- Dr. Pepper Must Face Suit over Ginger Ale Labeling
- This Is What a Perfect Professional Email Signature Looks Like
- WSU Halts Research into Marijuana Breath Test in Fear of Trump Administration Reversal on Pot Enforcement
- How a Genealogy Website Led to the Alleged Golden State Killer
- Herrera Beutler Pushes Distillery Tribal Bill – Lawmaker Says 1834 Prohibition Stymies Opportunity
- With 14 Ballots Left to Count, Races for Shelton City Council Decided
- Mason Transit Plans for Highway 3 Roundabout near Belfair
- Consultant Recommends Belfair Bypass Connectors
- Bill Cosby, Once Beloved ‘America’s Dad,’ Convicted of Sexual Assault
- Shelton Fourth-Graders Take On High School Courses
- Three Questions for the Seahawks as the NFL Draft Enters Its Second Day
Footle • \FOO-tul\ • Verb - 1: To talk or act foolishly 2:
to waste time: trifle, fool
“MISTER Peebles, stop your footling around,” bellowed the
master sergeant to the fresh-faced recruit. For some reason the combination of
Peebles and Footle made the observing General laugh…thinking what a wonderful
name that would be for a pub in his West Virginia home town.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista’s Three-Year Rate Plan Denied by Washington State Regulators
– Small Electric Increase Approved (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Northwest Tribes Noticeably Absent in Columbia River Treaty
Renegotiations (KLCC Radio, Eugene, OR)
Decision on Okanogan PUD General Manager Could Come Monday
(Omak Chronicle, WA – Paywall Advisory)
California: Can a City Ditch the Power Company? Not without a
Fight (NY Times)
Editorial: Bitcoin Miners May Threaten the Pacific NW’s Low-Cost
Power (Capital Ag Press)
Editorial: You May Be Able to Opt Out of Smart Meters – State
utilities commission requires private & inverstor-owned (sic) utilities to
offer opt-out (Sunnyside Daily Sun, WA)
Connecticut: Regulators Investigate a Nearly Doubled Increase
in Utility’s Power Shut-Offs (Associated Press)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/27/regulators-investigate-increase-in-utilitys-power-/
Perry Begins Doling Out Millions in Bid to Save Nuclear
Power (Washington Examiner, Daily on Energy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Just Like Last Year, Sea Lions at Willamette Falls Hammering
Wild Winter Steelhead Run (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Federal Bill to Protect Columbia, Snake Dams — And Keep Your
Power Rates Down — Passes House (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Yakamas Release Lamprey – Tribe, Others Celebrate Eel-Like
Fish Contribution to Yakima River (Sunnyside Daily Sun, WA)
Lowland Lake Fishing Season Starts Saturday (KELA Radio,
Centralia, WA)
Save The Bees: Citizen Scientists Asked To Track Bumble Bees
In Pacific Northwest (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Solar Panels on Farmland? In Central Washington, That Stirs a
Fight. (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Arizona Utilities Cautious over Costs, Reliability for
Proposed 80% Clean Energy Mandate (Utility Dive)
Poo Power: Is It Time To Embrace Our Waste as a Source of Renewable
Energy? (The Guardian, UK)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rural Oregon Joins Push for Faster Internet (Walla Walla
Union Bulletin, WA)
Microsoft’s Cloud Has Business Booming Again (NY Times)
AT&T Thinks Fiber Makes More Sense than Fixed 5G (Broadband
Reports)
Op/Ed: Net Neutrality Is Vital – But So Is Rural Broadband
(Anchorage Daily News, AK)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Tesla’s Foe in Fight over Electric Vehicle Rebate: Utilities
(Bloomberg News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Use Disaggregation Is Coming. Here Are Three Ways
Utilities Can Make the Most of It. (Utility Dive)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Kittitas County to Expand Water Metering Program (Ellensburg
Daily Record, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Editorial: Will Washington Voters Warm to a New Carbon Tax
Initiative? (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
As Climate Change Zaps Their Snow, Winter Sports Fans Seek to
Change Washington (McClatchy News)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Have We Underestimated the Power of the Hashtag? (AdWeek)
What the Mona Lisa Tells Us about Art in the Instagram Era (NY
Times)
Dr. Pepper Must Face Suit over Ginger Ale Labeling (Courthouse
News Service)
This Is What a Perfect Professional Email Signature Looks
Like (Grammarly)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
WSU Halts Research into Marijuana Breath Test in Fear of Trump
Administration Reversal on Pot Enforcement (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
How a Genealogy Website Led to the Alleged Golden State
Killer (Atlantic Magazine)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Herrera Beutler Pushes Distillery Tribal Bill – Lawmaker Says
1834 Prohibition Stymies Opportunity (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
With 14 Ballots Left to Count, Races for Shelton City
Council Decided (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mason Transit Plans for Highway 3 Roundabout near Belfair (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Consultant Recommends Belfair Bypass Connectors (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Bill Cosby, Once Beloved ‘America’s Dad,’ Convicted of Sexual
Assault (Reuters)
Shelton Fourth-Graders Take On High School Courses (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Three Questions for the Seahawks as the NFL Draft Enters Its
Second Day (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Winning Wildlife Photo Disqualified Because of Suspected
Fake Anteater
Theater Accidentally Plays Horror Movie Trailer before Peter
Rabbit, Families Run Out Screaming
Brought Back to Life! Two of Four Kittens Saved from Chesapeake
IHOP Fire
ABBA Announce First New Music Since 1982
SONG OF THE DAY
ABBA – Money, Money, Money
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