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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bill Virgin: More People Means More Electricity Needs. Can
We Get by without Hydropower? (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Washington State House Approves Governor’s Rural Broadband
Bill – Broadband Leaders DeBolt, Dye Support Measure (Washington State
Republican Caucus)
Montana: Embattled Colstrip Bill Gets a Messaging Makeover –
It’s All About Transmission, Now (Sidney Herald, MT)
West Coast Public Power Entities to Study Electric Vehicle
Charging for Trucks (American Public Power Association)
Will Limits on Fishing Free Up Salmon for Starving Orcas?
(Crosscut Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Bill Virgin: More People Means More Electricity
Needs. Can We Get by without Hydropower?
2.
Montana: Embattled Colstrip Bill Gets a
Messaging Makeover – It’s All About Transmission, Now
3.
U.S. & Canada Continue to Talk Columbia
River Treaty
4.
Jessica Matlock Named new CEO at La Plata
Electric Association
5.
Avista Builds on Commitment to Renewable Energy
with Goal of 100 Percent Clean Electricity by 2045
6.
Chelan PUD Commissioner Randy Smith to Lead
Washington PUDs Association
7.
Canada: Feds, BC Hydro Fund $289 Million
Transmission Line Expansion in Peace Region
8.
Montana: Judge Delivers Major Setback to Trump
Policy to Increase Coal Mining on Federal Land
9.
California Utilities Release Economic Study of
Housing Electrification Costs, Benefits
10.
Florida: Underground Power Lines Bill Gets
Support
11.
Energy Information Administration Expects 2019
Summer Average Residential Electricity Use to Be Lowest in Five Years
12.
Will Limits on Fishing Free Up Salmon for
Starving Orcas?
13.
Inslee’s Orca Task Force Wants to Plan Now for
the Potential Breaching of Four Snake River Dams – But There’s Pushback from
Some Groups
14.
Feds Eye Protection for Northern California
Trout
15.
Snohomish PUD Community Solar Sales Begin April
22
16.
Wind Turbine Firm Officially Makes Portland Its
Home
17.
Transmission Line to Carry Wind Energy to
California Clears Last Wyoming Hurdle
18.
Texas: Austin Energy to Buy Biomass Plant for
$460 Million
19.
Researchers Suggest 100 Percent Renewable Energy
Isn’t Very Green
20.
Washington State House Approves Governor’s Rural
Broadband Bill – Broadband Leaders DeBolt, Dye Support Measure
21.
U.S. Senator Visits Yakima to Discuss Digital
Divide & How to Fix It
22.
Why We Have Crappy Rural Broadband
23.
West Coast Public Power Entities to Study
Electric Vehicle Charging for Trucks
24.
Aw Shucks! Can Oysters Clean Up New York’s
Harbor?
25.
Rising Sea Level Threatens Waikiki Beach’s
Existence
26.
The Dawn of the Cyborg Journalist
27.
Excavation of Materials Resumes at Hood Canal
Site
28.
South Carolina: Claims of Shoddy Production Draw
Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet
29.
Petition for Washington State Senator to Shadow
Nurse’s 12-Hour Shift Goes Viral
30.
Washington Democrats Call for GOP State Rep.
Matt Shea to be Expelled after Latest Allegations
31.
Douglas County Adopts Policy Referring to
Projects as “Tax Payer Funded”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Bill Virgin: More People Means More Electricity
Needs. Can We Get by without Hydropower? (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
2.
Montana: Embattled Colstrip Bill Gets a Messaging
Makeover – It’s All About Transmission, Now (Sidney Herald, MT)
3.
U.S. & Canada Continue to Talk Columbia
River Treaty (Salmon Arm Observer, BC)
4.
Jessica Matlock Named new CEO at La Plata
Electric Association (Pagosa Daily Post, CO)
5.
Avista Builds on Commitment to Renewable Energy with
Goal of 100 Percent Clean Electricity by 2045 (Nasdaq)
6.
Chelan PUD Commissioner Randy Smith to Lead
Washington PUDs Association (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
7.
Canada: Feds, BC Hydro Fund $289 Million
Transmission Line Expansion in Peace Region (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
8.
Montana: Judge Delivers Major Setback to Trump
Policy to Increase Coal Mining on Federal Land (NY Times)
9.
California Utilities Release Economic Study of
Housing Electrification Costs, Benefits (Daily Energy Insider)
10. Florida:
Underground Power Lines Bill Gets Support (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
11. Energy
Information Administration Expects 2019 Summer Average Residential Electricity
Use to Be Lowest in Five Years (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12. Will
Limits on Fishing Free Up Salmon for Starving Orcas? (Crosscut Seattle)
13. Inslee’s
Orca Task Force Wants to Plan Now for the Potential Breaching of Four Snake
River Dams – But There’s Pushback from Some Groups (Inlander, Spokane, WA)
14. Feds
Eye Protection for Northern California Trout (Courthouse News Service)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
15. Snohomish
PUD Community Solar Sales Begin April 22 (Mountlake Terrace News, WA)
16. Wind
Turbine Firm Officially Makes Portland Its Home (Portland Business Journal, OR)
17. Transmission
Line to Carry Wind Energy to California Clears Last Wyoming Hurdle (Casper Star-Tribune,
WY)
18. Texas:
Austin Energy to Buy Biomass Plant for $460 Million (American Public Power
Association)
19. Researchers
Suggest 100 Percent Renewable Energy Isn’t Very Green (Engadget)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
20. Washington
State House Approves Governor’s Rural Broadband Bill – Broadband Leaders DeBolt,
Dye Support Measure (Washington State Republican Caucus)
21. U.S.
Senator Visits Yakima to Discuss Digital Divide & How to Fix It (Yakima
Herald Republic, WA)
22. Why
We Have Crappy Rural Broadband (Pots & Pans)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
23. West
Coast Public Power Entities to Study Electric Vehicle Charging for Trucks (American
Public Power Association)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
24. Aw
Shucks! Can Oysters Clean Up New York’s Harbor? (Christian Science Monitor)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
25. Rising Sea Level Threatens
Waikiki Beach’s Existence (Associated Press)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
26. The
Dawn of the Cyborg Journalist (Medium)
GENERAL NEWS
27. Excavation
of Materials Resumes at Hood Canal Site (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
28. South
Carolina: Claims of Shoddy Production Draw Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet (NY
Times)
29. Petition
for Washington State Senator to Shadow Nurse’s 12-Hour Shift Goes Viral (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
30. Washington
Democrats Call for GOP State Rep. Matt Shea to be Expelled after Latest Allegations
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
31. Douglas
County Adopts Policy Referring to Projects as “Tax Payer Funded” (iFiberOne
News, Ephrata, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Drunk on Smoke: Notre Dame’s Bees Survive Cathedral Blaze
Ambulance That Hit Pothole on Way to Hospital May Have Saved
Patient’s Life, Doctors Say
Want to Get Paid to Drink Beer? This Belgium Brewery Has the
Opportunity for You
Road Crew Misspells ‘School’ in School Crossing
SONG OF THE DAY
Rimsky-Korsakov – Flight of the Bumblebee
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