SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for December 17, 2015
Flood Watch in Effect for Mason County
Winter Storm Warning Means 1-2 Feet of Snow in the Cascades in
Just 24 Hours (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Winter Storm Warning Means 1-2 Feet of Snow in the Cascades
in Just 24 Hours (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
A Price on Carbon Could Be Oregon’s New ‘Bottle Bill’
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Snohomish PUD to Apply for License to Build Hydroelectric
Plant (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
New Research Suggests Warm Water ‘Blob’ Could Hurt Salmon
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Washington State Liquor & Cannabis Board to Add Marijuana
Stores (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Snohomish PUD to Apply for License to Build Hydroelectric Plant
- Portland General Electric Rates to Drop Slightly Next Year
- Cowlitz PUD Defers Projects, Dips into Reserves to Cover $7 Million Budget Deficit
- Water, Sewer, Electric Rates to Rise in 2016 for Clallam PUD Customers
- Lewis County PUD Approves $70.3 Million Budget; Rate Increase Expected in 2017
- Sanders Elected President of the Benton PUD Commission
- Montana: Feds Seek Comments for Proposed Hungry Horse Power Plant Modernization
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: People of the State of California vs. FERC
- Paid Demand Response: Supreme Court Likely to Defer Rule on FERC Order 745 to Next Year
- Nuclear Reactor at New York’s Indian Point Is Shut Down
- Two-Year Delay in Interim Rules for Clean Power Plan May Not Help Utilities Much
- New Research Suggests Warm Water ‘Blob’ Could Hurt Salmon
- California: California Drought Regulators Back Off Controversial Salmon-Rescue Plan
- New Orca Calf Spotted in Puget Sound
- Land & Water Conservation Fund Gets Three-Year Lifeline in Federal Spending Bill
- Mason PUD 3’s Shared Solar Program is LIVE
- California Regulators Reject Steeper Fees for Solar Users
- Congress Strikes Deal to Extend Wind, Solar Tax Credits & Lift Oil Export Ban
- Solar Federal Tax Credit Extension Could Boost Installations 54%
- SolarCity Wins Contract to Install Photovoltaic Panels for Federal Offices In California & Nevada
- Pacific Northwest Can Meet Power Need with Energy Efficiency
- Michigan Cities Prevail in Dispute with Utilities over LED Street Lights
- Washington State Liquor & Cannabis Board to Add Marijuana Stores
- Franklin County Commissioners Vote 2-1 to Ban Marijuana Businesses
- Testing Rules Could Mean Big Price Increase in Oregon
- The Big Banks Are Starting to Look Hard at Marijuana
- U-S Opposes Marijuana Challenge by Colorado’s Neighbors
- A Price on Carbon Could Be Oregon’s New ‘Bottle Bill’
- Washington State Governor Inslee: Climate Agreement Is Just the Beginning
- November Was Record-Warm Month for Globe, Extending Streak
- Solar-Powered Treehouse Is for the Birds
- More Than 13,000 Comcast Customers Have Complained to FCC about Data Caps
- How Facebook at Work Is Getting Tested by Its First Global Marketing Agency
- Washington State Treasurer McIntire Won’t Seek Third Term
- What Washington Lawmakers Consider ‘Wins’ in Omnibus Spending Bill
- Firefighting Costs Burn Hole in Washington State Budget
- Collision Closes Johns Prairie Road – Opened in 9:00 Hour
- City of Shelton Agrees to a “Hiring Plan” to Replace Outgoing Administrator O’Leary
- Washington State’s Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly to 5.3 Percent
- Washington Attorney General Sues Tech Support Company for Scamming Customers
- Hoquiam Man Posts Plans to Rob Bank on Social Media before Arrest
- Bremerton Coach Files Religious Discrimination against District over 50-Yard-Line Prayers
- Shelton High Seniors Invited To State Choir
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Snohomish PUD to Apply for License to Build Hydroelectric
Plant (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Portland General Electric Rates to Drop Slightly Next Year
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Cowlitz PUD Defers Projects, Dips into Reserves to Cover $7
Million Budget Deficit (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Water, Sewer, Electric Rates to Rise in 2016 for Clallam PUD
Customers (Peninsula Daily News,
Port Angeles, WA)
Lewis County PUD Approves $70.3 Million Budget; Rate
Increase Expected in 2017 (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Sanders Elected President of the Benton PUD Commission (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Montana: Feds Seek Comments for Proposed Hungry Horse Power
Plant Modernization (Char-Koosta News, MT)
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: People of the State of California
vs. FERC (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals – PDF File)
Paid Demand Response: Supreme Court Likely to Defer Rule on FERC
Order 745 to Next Year (Utility Dive)
Nuclear Reactor at New York’s Indian Point Is Shut Down (NBC
News)
Two-Year Delay in Interim Rules for Clean Power Plan May Not
Help Utilities Much (Breaking Energy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Research Suggests Warm Water ‘Blob’ Could Hurt Salmon
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
California: California Drought Regulators Back Off
Controversial Salmon-Rescue Plan (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
New Orca Calf Spotted in Puget Sound (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Land & Water Conservation Fund Gets Three-Year Lifeline in
Federal Spending Bill (The Hill, Washington, DC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Mason PUD 3’s Shared Solar Program is LIVE (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
California Regulators Reject Steeper Fees for Solar Users
(San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Congress Strikes Deal to Extend Wind, Solar Tax Credits &
Lift Oil Export Ban (Utility Dive)
Solar Federal Tax Credit Extension Could Boost Installations
54% (Utility Dive)
SolarCity Wins Contract to Install Photovoltaic Panels for Federal
Offices In California & Nevada (Sacramento Business Journal)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Pacific Northwest Can Meet Power Need with Energy Efficiency
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Michigan Cities Prevail in Dispute with Utilities over LED Street
Lights (Midwest Energy News)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington State Liquor & Cannabis Board to Add
Marijuana Stores (KXRO Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
Franklin County Commissioners Vote 2-1 to Ban Marijuana
Businesses (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Testing Rules Could Mean Big Price Increase in Oregon
(Marijuana Business Daily)
The Big Banks Are Starting to Look Hard at Marijuana
(Atlantic Magazine)
U-S Opposes Marijuana Challenge by Colorado’s Neighbors
(SCOTUS Blog)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
A Price on Carbon Could Be Oregon’s New ‘Bottle Bill’ (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Washington State Governor Inslee: Climate Agreement Is Just the
Beginning (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
November Was Record-Warm Month for Globe, Extending Streak (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Solar-Powered Treehouse Is for the Birds (Gizmag)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
More Than 13,000 Comcast Customers Have Complained to FCC about
Data Caps (Consumerist)
MARKETING & MEDIA
How Facebook at Work Is Getting Tested by Its First Global
Marketing Agency (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Treasurer McIntire Won’t Seek Third Term (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
What Washington Lawmakers Consider ‘Wins’ in Omnibus
Spending Bill (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Firefighting Costs Burn Hole in Washington State Budget (Northwest
Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Collision Closes Johns Prairie Road – Opened in 9:00 Hour
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
City of Shelton Agrees to a “Hiring Plan” to Replace Outgoing
Administrator O’Leary (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/25948-city-agrees-to-a-hiring-plan-to-replace-o-leary
Washington State’s Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly to 5.3
Percent (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington Attorney General Sues Tech Support Company for
Scamming Customers (Consumerist)
Hoquiam Man Posts Plans to Rob Bank on Social Media before
Arrest (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Bremerton Coach Files Religious Discrimination against
District over 50-Yard-Line Prayers (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Shelton High Seniors Invited To State Choir (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
DIVERSIONS
Canada Is Doing Quick Business Selling Bottled Air to China’s
Polluted Cities
‘Baker Street’: The Mystery of Rock’s Greatest Sax Riff
Mystery Santas Pay for $484,000 in U-S Shoppers’ Walmart Purchases
Hubris: Turing CEO Martin Shkreli Arrested for Securities
Fraud – Had Boosted Drug Prices after Pharmaceutical Company Purchase
SONG OF THE DAY
Tower of Power – So Very Hard To Go
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