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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Businesses Slam Carbon Tax (Northwest
Public Radio)
Idaho Power Appeals Transmission Line Permit Denial
(Associated Press)
Seattle Energy Consultant: Brother Forged Oregon Solar
Documents (Associated Press)
Portland General Electric’s Downtown ‘Electric Avenue’
Powers One Million Miles of Driving (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Three Ways to Create a Video Studio on Any Budget (Social
Media Examiner)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Idaho Power Appeals Transmission Line Permit Denial
- How Good Are Seattle’s Dams? City Council Briefed on Safety
- Residents Fill Second Lewis County PUD Meeting Over Proposed
Rate Increases
- Franklin PUD Holds Hearings for Proposed Rate Increase,
Would Raise Average Bill $5
- ‘Watchdog’ Wins $18,000 Judgment against Jefferson PUD
- Scammers Target Clallam PUD Customers
- Skagit PUD Names George Sidhu General Manager
- Oregon, Washington Legislators Push for More Funding for
Columbia River Tribal Housing Effort
- Energy Northwest Employees Bring Free Science Event to
Community
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Celebrates 70 Years of
Powering What You Love
- CAISO: Renewable Energy Curtailment Could Hit 8,000 MW This
Spring
- Idaho: Bonneville Power Administration Comes to the Rescue
for Utility Customer, Millions of Young Fish
- General Mills Giving Away Wildflower Seeds to Help Save the
Bees
- Seattle Energy Consultant: Brother Forged Oregon Solar
Documents
- Utility Wind Rush Set to Strengthen as Low Prices Allow
Resource to Spread across Nation
- Jeff Sessions Goes Full ‘Reefer Madness’ on Pot
- Washington State Businesses Slam Carbon Tax
- Washington State House Carbon Tax Bill Sees Hours of
Supportive, Critical Public Testimony
- No El Nino? No Problem. Earth Sizzles to Near Record Heat
- ‘Biggest Case on the Planet’ Pits Kids vs. Climate Change
- Portland General Electric’s Downtown ‘Electric Avenue’ Powers
One Million Miles of Driving
- Portland Teens’ Solar Device Gives Electricity to Homeless
- Grant County Customers to Be Asked about PUD Fiber System
- Russian Hackers Targeted Just One Yahoo Employee in Order to
Breach 500 Million Accounts
- Shareholders of CenturyLink, Level 3 Approve Merger
- Susan Crawford: Google Fiber’s Backpedal Provides Useful
Lessons
- Tennessee Internet Providers Wary of Bill Allowing Co-Ops to
Offer Broadband
- Three Ways to Create a Video Studio on Any Budget
- Woman Fatally Stuck by Train While Posing for Photos
- FBI Arrests Man for Allegedly Sending Journalist
Seizure-Causing GIF
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Washington State Supreme Court Ruling Touted as ‘Landmark’
for Tribal Sovereignty
- President’s Budget Plan Would End Subsidies for Rural
Airline Service
- 9th U-S Circuit Appeals Court Judges to Congress: Leave Us
Alone
- ‘I Deserved to Win That One’: Shelton Man Subdues Gunman
after Being Shot Three Times
- Bail Set at $750,000 for Spencer Lake Bar & Grill
Shooter
- Emergency Declaration for Winter Storms Includes Mason
County
- Mason, Kitsap Sheriffs Try to Reassure Immigrant Community
at Belfair Meeting
- Port of Shelton Awarded $300,000 Economic Revitalization
Grant
- Kids Wow at Skookum Rotary’s Mason County Science &
Engineering Fair
WORD OF THE DAY
Effulgence ● /if-FULL-juns/ ● Noun – Radiant splendor:
brilliance.
Sunflower’s vast bloom
Golden effulgence, bee’s feast
Peaceful green giant
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Idaho Power Appeals Transmission Line Permit Denial
(Associated Press)
How Good Are Seattle’s Dams? City Council Briefed on Safety
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Residents Fill Second Lewis County PUD Meeting Over Proposed
Rate Increases (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Franklin PUD Holds Hearings for Proposed Rate Increase,
Would Raise Average Bill $5 (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
‘Watchdog’ Wins $18,000 Judgment against Jefferson PUD (Port
Townsend Leader, WA)
Scammers Target Clallam PUD Customers (KONP Radio, Port
Angeles, WA)
Skagit PUD Names George Sidhu General Manager (Skagit Valley
Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)
Oregon, Washington Legislators Push for More Funding for
Columbia River Tribal Housing Effort (Oregonian, Portland)
Energy Northwest Employees Bring Free Science Event to
Community (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Celebrates 70 Years of
Powering What You Love (Electric Energy Online)
CAISO: Renewable Energy Curtailment Could Hit 8,000 MW This
Spring (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho: Bonneville Power Administration Comes to the Rescue
for Utility Customer, Millions of Young Fish (Bonneville Power Administration)
General Mills Giving Away Wildflower Seeds to Help Save the
Bees (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Seattle Energy Consultant: Brother Forged Oregon Solar Documents
(Associated Press)
Utility Wind Rush Set to Strengthen as Low Prices Allow
Resource to Spread across Nation (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Jeff Sessions Goes Full ‘Reefer Madness’ on Pot (Rolling
Stone Magazine, Man)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Businesses Slam Carbon Tax (Northwest
Public Radio)
Washington State House Carbon Tax Bill Sees Hours of
Supportive, Critical Public Testimony (Washington State Wire)
No El Nino? No Problem. Earth Sizzles to Near Record Heat
(Associated Press)
‘Biggest Case on the Planet’ Pits Kids vs. Climate Change
(National Geographic Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Portland General Electric’s Downtown ‘Electric Avenue’
Powers One Million Miles of Driving (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Portland Teens’ Solar Device Gives Electricity to Homeless
(Oregonian, Portland)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Grant County Customers to Be Asked about PUD Fiber System
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Russian Hackers Targeted Just One Yahoo Employee in Order to
Breach 500 Million Accounts (BGR News)
Shareholders of CenturyLink, Level 3 Approve Merger (Denver
Business Journal, CO)
Susan Crawford: Google Fiber’s Backpedal Provides Useful
Lessons (Broadband Reports)
Tennessee Internet Providers Wary of Bill Allowing Co-Ops to
Offer Broadband (Tennessee Watchdog)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Three Ways to Create a Video Studio on Any Budget (Social
Media Examiner)
Woman Fatally Stuck by Train While Posing for Photos
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
FBI Arrests Man for Allegedly Sending Journalist
Seizure-Causing GIF (Gizmodo)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Supreme Court Ruling Touted as ‘Landmark’
for Tribal Sovereignty (Northwest Public Radio)
President’s Budget Plan Would End Subsidies for Rural
Airline Service (Associated Press)
9th U-S Circuit Appeals Court Judges to Congress: Leave Us
Alone (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
‘I Deserved to Win That One’: Shelton Man Subdues Gunman
after Being Shot Three Times (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Bail Set at $750,000 for Spencer Lake Bar & Grill
Shooter (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Emergency Declaration for Winter Storms Includes Mason
County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason, Kitsap Sheriffs Try to Reassure Immigrant Community
at Belfair Meeting (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Port of Shelton Awarded $300,000 Economic Revitalization
Grant (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Kids Wow at Skookum Rotary’s Mason County Science &
Engineering Fair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CHICKENS IN SWEATERS – DIVERSIONS
Boot, Wheelbarrow, Thimble Ousted
from Monopoly Board Game
Retirees Knit Sweaters for Chilly Chickens – Efforts Keep
Poultry Warm in Cold New England Winters
Vasectomy Requests Peak during March Madness
Teenager Finds 7.44 Carat Diamond
in Arkansas State Park
SONG OF THE DAY
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring
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