Energy News Digest for November 10, 2015 – Hot Shots Edition

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for November 10, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/qhkuslb

Small Craft Advisory for Puget Sound & Hood Canal

http://tinyurl.com/pzg8x2k

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Emergency Management Crews Prepare Ahead of This Week’s Storms (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2015/11/09/crews-prepare-roads-ahead-of-expected-storms/

Winter Storm Watch for the Olympics, Cascades (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/story/weather/2015/11/09/first-big-snow-expected-in-passes/75490368/

Northwest Power Draft Plan Sees Little New Generation Coming for Bonneville Power Administration (Ravalli Republic, MT)

http://ravallirepublic.com/missoula/news/local/article_78a665f3-976f-5f3e-a018-d1e29ebe00c5.html

Seattle Communities Worry Pot Growers Could Overload Power Grid (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-community-worry-marijuana-growers-could-overload-power-grid-344367962.html

Cowlitz PUD phone scam alert (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/cowlitz-pud-phone-scam-alert/article_75450548-43b0-5426-9192-8c829a07f99c.html

British Columbia: Wind Farm Concept Testing Generates No Controversy in Juan de Fuca (CFAX Radio, Victoria, BC)

http://www.cfax1070.com/News/Top-Stories/Wind-farm-concept-testing-generates-no-controversy

Maine & New England looking at Canadian hydro (WCSH-TV, Portland, ME)

http://www.wcsh6.com/story/news/2015/11/09/canadian-hydro/75485292/

CenturyLink Maps Its Gigabit Footprint in Portland (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2015/11/centurylink_maps_its_portlands.html

Comcast Says It’s Not to Blame after 200,000 User Accounts Were Put Up for Sale Online (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.theheraldbusinessjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20151109/BIZ02/151109093

Squaxin Island Tribe to Open First Ever Pot Shop on Reservation (South Sound Business Examiner)

http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/October-2015/Squaxin-Island-Tribe-to-open-first-ever-pot-shop-on-reservation/

Weyerhaeuser-Plum Creek Deal Could Slash Pacific Northwest Workforce (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2015/11/weyerhaeuser-plum-creek-deal-could-slash-northwest.html

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