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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
President Trump Prepares Lifeline for Money-Losing Coal
Power Plants (Bloomberg News)
Oregon Governor Declares State Of Emergency Over Salem Tap
Water (Oregonian, Portland)
NOAA Says It Must Complete New Salmon/Steelhead BiOp in 2018
to Ensure ESA Compliance (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
State Department Vague But Optimistic on Columbia River
Treaty Renegotiations (Jefferson Public Radio, Ashland, OR)
Eastern Oregon Telecom Execs Buy Out Umatilla Electric Cooperative’s
Broadband Business (Eastern Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
President Trump Prepares Lifeline for
Money-Losing Coal Power Plants
2.
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Board Makes
Decision on BPA Spill Charges
3.
Washington State Blamed for Holding Up Fossil
Fuel Exports
4.
Registration Challenge Dismissed against Ned
Piper, Cowlitz PUD Commission Candidate
5.
Editorial: Bonneville Power Administration Power
Kept in Public’s Hands
6.
Making Pacific Gas & Electric Pay More than
Its Fair Share of Fire Damage Could Backfire on California
7.
Returning Home: A Seattle City Light Engineer’s
Mission to Power Afghanistan
8.
A Diverse Power Supply Delivers Reliable
Electricity
9.
2018 Women with Hydro Vision Award Recipients
Announced – Including BPA Exec
10.
Bonneville Power Administration Saves $4.25
Million with Historic Designation Project
11.
Contractor at Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant
Overcharged TVA Nearly $4.4 Million
12.
Battered Puerto Rico Still Two Months from Full
Power as Hurricane Season Opens
13.
FERC Agrees to $2.7 Million Fine over ‘Serious’
Cyber Violations
14.
Michigan: Charges Dismissed for Taking High-Tech
Meters Off House
15.
State Department Vague But Optimistic on
Columbia River Treaty Renegotiations
16.
Feds Study Options for Managing Dams on
Columbia, Snake Rivers
17.
NOAA Says It Must Complete New Salmon/Steelhead
BiOp in 2018 to Ensure ESA Compliance
18.
You Can Keep More Adult Spring Chinook on Parts
of the Snake
19.
Parts of British Columbia Coast Now Closed to
Salmon Fishing in Effort to Protect Killer Whales
20.
Clean Energy – In the World of Cryptocurrency,
Even Good Projects Can Go Bad
21.
Eastern Oregon Telecom Execs Buy Out Umatilla
Electric Cooperative’s Broadband Business
22.
Editorial: Like Water & Electricity,
Publicly Owned Broadband Could Boost Rural Areas
23.
24 Million Americans Don’t Have Access to
Broadband—Why Isn’t It an Election Issue?
24.
FCC Rural Broadband Office Bill Introduced
25.
California, New York, New Jersey See Nearly $1.3
Billion in New Electric Vehicle Funding
26.
Canada: Electric-Powered Commercial Trucks Could
Be Key to Hitting Climate Change Targets
27.
EPA’s Science Advisory Board Rebukes Pruitt over
Rule Combating ‘Secret Science’
28.
Oregon Governor Declares State Of Emergency Over
Salem Tap Water
29.
360,000 Californians Have Unsafe Drinking Water.
Are You One of Them?
30.
Owner of Sequim Marijuana Farm Fights To Stay
Open
31.
What Starbucks Anti-Bias Training Day Was Like,
According to Employees
32.
Seattle Just Recorded Warmest — And One of the
Driest — Months of May in History
33.
Coast Guard, Life Jacket Save Life of Canoeist
near Dosewallips State Park
34.
Several Hurt after Jumping from Balconies to
Escape Federal Way Apartment Fire
35.
Man Trying to Torch Gophers Ignites 20-Acre Fire
in Tri-Cities Neighborhood
36.
Port of Olympia Commissioners Accept Executive
Director’s Resignation
37.
Mason County Forest Festival Is This Weekend!
WORD OF THE DAY
Banausic • \buh-NAW-sick\ • Adjective - Relating to or
concerned with earning a living -- used pejoratively; also: utilitarian,
practical
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Daisy loved digging in the
garden with her bare hands. Her banausic pleasure was only slightly lessened by
the soil that got under her fingernails.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
President Trump Prepares Lifeline for
Money-Losing Coal Power Plants (Bloomberg News)
2.
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Board Makes
Decision on BPA Spill Charges (Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day. OR)
3.
Washington State Blamed for Holding Up Fossil
Fuel Exports (Associated Press)
4.
Registration Challenge Dismissed against Ned
Piper, Cowlitz PUD Commission Candidate (Longview Daily News, WA)
5.
Editorial: Bonneville Power Administration Power
Kept in Public’s Hands – Selling off the BPA would have meant higher
electricity bills & loss of control of a public asset (Everett Herald, WA)
6.
Making Pacific Gas & Electric Pay More than
Its Fair Share of Fire Damage Could Backfire on California (Sacramento Bee, CA)
7.
Returning Home: A Seattle City Light Engineer’s
Mission to Power Afghanistan (American Public Power Association)
8.
A Diverse Power Supply Delivers Reliable
Electricity (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
9.
2018 Women with Hydro Vision Award Recipients
Announced – Including BPA Exec (Hydro World)
10. Bonneville
Power Administration Saves $4.25 Million with Historic Designation Project
(Bonneville Power Administration)
11. Contractor
at Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant Overcharged TVA Nearly $4.4 Million
(Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)
12. Battered
Puerto Rico Still Two Months from Full Power as Hurricane Season Opens (USA
Today)
13. FERC
Agrees to $2.7 Million Fine over ‘Serious’ Cyber Violations (Politico Morning
Energy)
14. Michigan:
Charges Dismissed for Taking High-Tech Meters Off House (Associated Press)
COLUMBIA RIVER CACOPHONY
15. State
Department Vague But Optimistic on Columbia River Treaty Renegotiations
(Jefferson Public Radio, Ashland, OR)
16. Feds
Study Options for Managing Dams on Columbia, Snake Rivers (Capital Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
17. NOAA
Says It Must Complete New Salmon/Steelhead BiOp in 2018 to Ensure ESA
Compliance (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
18. You
Can Keep More Adult Spring Chinook on Parts of the Snake (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick,
WA)
19. Parts
of British Columbia Coast Now Closed to Salmon Fishing in Effort to Protect
Killer Whales (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
20. Clean
Energy – In the World of Cryptocurrency, Even Good Projects Can Go Bad (NY
Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21. Eastern
Oregon Telecom Execs Buy Out Umatilla Electric Cooperative’s Broadband Business
(Eastern Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
22. Editorial:
Like Water & Electricity, Publicly Owned Broadband Could Boost Rural Areas
(The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
23. 24
Million Americans Don’t Have Access to Broadband—Why Isn’t It an Election
Issue? (Motherboard)
24. FCC
Rural Broadband Office Bill Introduced (Broadcasting & Cable)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
25. California,
New York, New Jersey See Nearly $1.3 Billion in New Electric Vehicle Funding
(Utility Dive)
26. Canada:
Electric-Powered Commercial Trucks Could Be Key to Hitting Climate Change
Targets (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
27. EPA’s
Science Advisory Board Rebukes Pruitt over Rule Combating ‘Secret Science’
(Washington Examiner)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
28. Oregon
Governor Declares State Of Emergency Over Salem Tap Water (Oregonian, Portland)
29. 360,000
Californians Have Unsafe Drinking Water. Are You One of Them? (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
30. Owner
of Sequim Marijuana Farm Fights To Stay Open (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
31. What
Starbucks Anti-Bias Training Day Was Like, According to Employees (Fast
Company)
GENERAL NEWS
32. Seattle
Just Recorded Warmest — And One of the Driest — Months of May in History
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
33. Coast
Guard, Life Jacket Save Life of Canoeist near Dosewallips State Park
(Associated Press)
34. Several
Hurt after Jumping from Balconies to Escape Federal Way Apartment Fire
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
35. Man
Trying to Torch Gophers Ignites 20-Acre Fire in Tri-Cities Neighborhood
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
36. Port
of Olympia Commissioners Accept Executive Director’s Resignation (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
37. Mason
County Forest Festival Is This Weekend! (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Charges: Impersonators Acted as Police in Michigan for Years
New York School District Mulling Homework Ban Proposal from
Students
Texas Boy Spells ‘Koinonia’ Correctly, Wins Scripps National
Spelling Bee
Ted Dabney, a Founder of Atari & a Creator of Pong, Dies
at 81
SONG OF THE DAY
Wendy Carlos – Tron (Soundtrack, Ending Titles)
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