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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Mason PUD 3 Seeks Breathing Room on Bitcoin Mining
Operations (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
McMorris Rodgers, Newhouse Bill to Protect Columbia &
Snake River Dams Passes House Committee (U-S Rep. McMorris Rodgers)
Grant PUD Researching Dam Leak (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
Connelly: Snohomish PUD Withdraws Proposed Skykomish River
Hydro Project (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Okanogan PUD Commission OKs Enloe Phase 1 (Omak Chronicle,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grant PUD Researching Dam Leak
- Connelly: Snohomish PUD Withdraws Proposed Skykomish River Hydro Project
- Okanogan PUD Commission OKs Enloe Phase 1
- Copper Thieves Cause Power Outage in Wallula Area
- New Washington State Law. It’s Not Just Cop Cars You Must Move Over For
- Montana: Average Monthly Flathead Electric Bill to Go Up $1
- Montana-Based Whitefish Energy Still Owed $100M by Puerto Rico Utility, Court Filing Says
- New Jefferson PUD Manager Introduced to Community at Celebration
- Franklin PUD Announces New Assistant General Manager
- Summer Hydropower Camp Offered for High School Students
- Tillamook PUD Board Awards 2018 Community Grants
- Let Pacific Gas & Electric ‘Off the Hook’ for Wildfire Costs? If Not, Your Utility Bills Could Rise
- Public Power Experienced Lowest Instances of Outages: EIA
- Insurance Claim Costs for Dog Bites in Washington State Reached $13.7 Million Last Year, Study Says
- McMorris Rodgers, Newhouse Bill to Protect Columbia & Snake River Dams Passes House Committee
- Committee Advances Bills to Save Western Ratepayers Millions, Establish National Heritage & Memorial Sites
- Op/Ed: Congress Must Take Control of Federal Dam Policy
- Op/Ed: Blaming Salmon Concerns on Snake River Dams Is a Red Herring
- ‘We’re Losing’ Sea Lion Fight on Columbia River, Says Fishery Scientist
- Pacific Salmon Population Explosion
- Salmon Could Return to Upper Reaches of Columbia River for First Time in 70 Years
- Construction Begins on New Ellensburg-Area Hatchery in Spring
- Montana Net Metering Customers Are Overpaid, New Study Says
- Apple Now Runs On 100% Green Energy; Here’s How It Got There
- Mason PUD 3 Seeks Breathing Room on Bitcoin Mining Operations
- Cryptocurrency Miners Seek Cheap Energy in Norway & Sweden
- Op/Ed: Energy-Sucking Bitcoin Mining in Walla Walla County Worth Closer Look
- What’s Behind America’s Inability to Create a Trustworthy Broadband Map?
- No More ‘Second-Class’ Treatment, Rural Utility Providers Tell Congress
- Travel Industry Eyes Blockchain Potential for Fees, Delays, Lost Bags
- Centralia College Lighting Grant
- Enough Water for 600,000 People: Sultan Basin Snowpack Looks Good
- California Needs More Water Storage as the Climate Changes. Yes, That Means Dams
- Initiative Ballot Title Approved: A Washington State Pollution Fee, Not a Carbon Tax
- Climate Change Denialists Say Polar Bears Are Fine. Scientists Are Pushing Back.
- Zuckerberg Faces More Cambridge Analytica Questions from Congress
- Forget the Emerald Triangle. The Central Coast Is Becoming California’s Weed Hotspot
- Judge Finds Malfeasance by Shelton Mayor Cronce, Clearing Way for Recall Effort
- Shelton Mayor Cronce’s Recall Going to Petition; Commissioner McDowell Recall Dismissed
- Mason County Commission Briefed on Sewer Lagoon
- Jefferson Commissioners Hear Views on Pleasant Harbor Resort at Public Hearing
- Shelton Woman Injured After Chase in Lacey
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companions. “If I win that beret, it will be kismet.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grant PUD Researching Dam Leak (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
Connelly: Snohomish PUD Withdraws Proposed Skykomish River
Hydro Project (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Okanogan PUD Commission OKs Enloe Phase 1 (Omak Chronicle,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
Copper Thieves Cause Power Outage in Wallula Area
(KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
New Washington State Law. It’s Not Just Cop Cars You Must
Move Over For (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Montana: Average Monthly Flathead Electric Bill to Go Up $1
(The Western News, Libby, Mt)
Montana-Based Whitefish Energy Still Owed $100M by Puerto
Rico Utility, Court Filing Says (Utility Dive)
New Jefferson PUD Manager Introduced to Community at
Celebration (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Franklin PUD Announces New Assistant General Manager
(Franklin PUD, Pasco, WA)
Summer Hydropower Camp Offered for High School Students
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Tillamook PUD Board Awards 2018 Community Grants (Tillamook
County Pioneer, Tillamook, OR)
Let Pacific Gas & Electric ‘Off the Hook’ for Wildfire
Costs? If Not, Your Utility Bills Could Rise (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Public Power Experienced Lowest Instances of Outages: EIA
(American Public Power Association)
https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/public-power-experienced-lowest-instances-outages-eia
Insurance Claim Costs for Dog Bites in Washington State
Reached $13.7 Million Last Year, Study Says (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CONGRESSIONAL CONCOCTIONS ON COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN BiOP
McMorris Rodgers, Newhouse Bill to Protect Columbia &
Snake River Dams Passes House Committee (U-S Rep. McMorris Rodgers)
Committee Advances Bills to Save Western Ratepayers
Millions, Establish National Heritage & Memorial Sites (U-S House Committee
on Natural Resources)
Op/Ed: Congress Must Take Control of Federal Dam Policy
(Longview Daily News, WA)
Op/Ed: Blaming Salmon Concerns on Snake River Dams Is a Red
Herring (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
‘We’re Losing’ Sea Lion Fight on Columbia River, Says
Fishery Scientist (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Pacific Salmon Population Explosion (The Lens, Business
Institute Of Washington)
Salmon Could Return to Upper Reaches of Columbia River for
First Time in 70 Years (IFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
Construction Begins on New Ellensburg-Area Hatchery in
Spring (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Montana Net Metering Customers Are Overpaid, New Study Says
(Utility Dive)
Apple Now Runs On 100% Green Energy; Here’s How It Got There
(Fast Company)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Mason PUD 3 Seeks Breathing Room on Bitcoin Mining
Operations (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Cryptocurrency Miners Seek Cheap Energy in Norway &
Sweden (Reuters)
Op/Ed: Energy-Sucking Bitcoin Mining in Walla Walla County
Worth Closer Look (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
What’s Behind America’s Inability to Create a Trustworthy
Broadband Map? (Pacific Standard Magazine)
No More ‘Second-Class’ Treatment, Rural Utility Providers
Tell Congress (Washington Examiner)
Travel Industry Eyes Blockchain Potential for Fees, Delays,
Lost Bags (Reuters)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Centralia College Lighting Grant (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Enough Water for 600,000 People: Sultan Basin Snowpack Looks
Good (Everett Herald, WA)
California Needs More Water Storage as the Climate Changes.
Yes, That Means Dams (Sacramento Bee, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Initiative Ballot Title Approved: A Washington State Pollution
Fee, Not a Carbon Tax (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
Climate Change Denialists Say Polar Bears Are Fine.
Scientists Are Pushing Back. (NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Zuckerberg Faces More Cambridge Analytica Questions from
Congress (C/Net News)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Forget the Emerald Triangle. The Central Coast Is Becoming
California’s Weed Hotspot (Sacramento Bee, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Judge Finds Malfeasance by Shelton Mayor Cronce, Clearing
Way for Recall Effort (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Shelton Mayor Cronce’s Recall Going to Petition; Commissioner
McDowell Recall Dismissed (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Commission Briefed on Sewer Lagoon (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Jefferson Commissioners Hear Views on Pleasant Harbor Resort
at Public Hearing (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Shelton Woman Injured After Chase in Lacey (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
New York Police, Fed Up with Lingering Cold Weather,
‘Arrest’ Winter
“Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs” – Comic Children’s Actor, Voice for
Cocoa Puff’s Cuckoo, Dies
Jail Job Applicant Not Hired, Arrested Instead in Theft Case
Workers Discover Mummified Monkey in Old Department Store
SONG OF THE DAY
Buck Owens – You Made a Monkey Out of Me
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