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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
High Density Power User Moratorium Extended by Chelan PUD
(KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Snohomish PUD Customers Pack House Demanding Answers for
Their Escalating Bills (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Oregon: State Utility Regulators Were Silenced by Governor
on Big Energy Bill (Oregonian, Portland)
Groups Sue Feds over Lack of Steelhead Recovery Plan
(Associated Press)
Mason Transit Manager Resigns under Pressure (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- High Density Power User Moratorium Extended by Chelan PUD
- Snohomish PUD Customers Pack House Demanding Answers for Their Escalating Bills
- Oregon: State Utility Regulators Were Silenced by Governor on Big Energy Bill
- Oregon: Since You Asked – Where Do We Get Electricity? Coal or Hydro?
- Smart Meters “Dramatically Underutilized” With Lack of Access to Data
- From the Ashes of Some Coal Plants, New Energy Rises
- Growth, Infrastructure Challenges Set Stage for Fewer, Larger US Utilities
- Groups Sue Feds over Lack of Steelhead Recovery Plan
- Hatchery Life Changes Fish Genetics, Oregon Study Finds
- Oregon Conservation Projects to Receive More than $20 Million in 2016
- Nevada Regulators Deny ‘Grandfathering’ Provision for Existing Rooftop Solar Users
- Warm Beach Camp Solar System Supports Snohomish PUD Power Grid
- El Niño Not Cause of 2015 “Wind Drought”
- Ohio: Cost to Power a Hospital Outlined in New Regulatory Filing
- Washington State Scrutinizing Cannabis Pesticide Use
- Op/Ed: Time for a Carbon Tax
- That’s the Brakes: Utilizing Stored Energy from Public Transit for Grid Services
- Grass Greener, Internet Faster? Why Seattle Is Mapping Broadband Speeds across the City
- Spokane: Is Your Internet Up to Speed?
- AT&T Will Start Testing 5G This Year
- Google Plans to Double the Size of Kirkland Engineering Office
- Google’s Project Loon Will Be Tested By Real Carriers This Year
- Why Brand Matters for Electric Cooperatives
- CBS All Access Streaming Service Bungles the Grammy Awards
- Why Do Consumers Increasingly Want to Be Less Connected, Not More?
- Four Ways to Optimize Your Facebook Ads
- States Form Clean-Power Pact after SCOTUS Stay
- Mason Transit Manager Resigns under Pressure
- Seattle Set to Break Wettest Winter Records
- Mason County Commissioners Appoint McFadden as Interim Public Works Director
- Bombardier to Cut About 7,000 Jobs, Hire for Growth Areas
- That Grated Parmesan on Your Pasta May Contain Nine Percent Wood
- German Shorthaired Pointer Westminster’s Top Dog
The Oxford Comma Is Extremely Important, Everyone Should Be
Using It (Buzzfeed – Contains PG-13 Language, and puns)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
High Density Power User Moratorium Extended by Chelan PUD (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Snohomish PUD Customers Pack House Demanding Answers for
Their Escalating Bills (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Oregon: State Utility Regulators Were Silenced by Governor on
Big Energy Bill (Oregonian, Portland)
Oregon: Since You Asked – Where Do We Get Electricity? Coal or
Hydro? (Medford Mail-Tribune, OR)
Smart Meters “Dramatically Underutilized” With Lack of
Access to Data (American Public Power Association)
From the Ashes of Some Coal Plants, New Energy Rises (National
Public Radio)
Growth, Infrastructure Challenges Set Stage for Fewer,
Larger US Utilities (Forbes Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Groups Sue Feds over Lack of Steelhead Recovery Plan (Associated Press)
Hatchery Life Changes Fish Genetics, Oregon Study Finds (Oregonian,
Portland)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon Conservation Projects to Receive More than $20 Million
in 2016 (Portland Business Journal, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Nevada Regulators Deny ‘Grandfathering’ Provision for
Existing Rooftop Solar Users (Utility Dive)
Warm Beach Camp Solar System Supports Snohomish PUD Power
Grid (Stanwood Camano News, WA)
El Niño Not Cause of 2015 “Wind Drought” (DNV GL)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Ohio: Cost to Power a Hospital Outlined in New Regulatory
Filing (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington State Scrutinizing Cannabis Pesticide Use
(Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Op/Ed: Time for a Carbon Tax (Brookings Institution)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
That’s the Brakes: Utilizing Stored Energy from Public
Transit for Grid Services (Utility Dive)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Grass Greener, Internet Faster? Why Seattle Is Mapping
Broadband Speeds across the City (Geekwire)
Spokane: Is Your Internet Up to Speed? (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
AT&T Will Start Testing 5G This Year (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Google Plans to Double the Size of Kirkland Engineering
Office (Puget Sound Business Journal,
WA)
Google’s Project Loon Will Be Tested By Real Carriers This
Year (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Why Brand Matters for Electric Cooperatives (Electric Co-op Today)
CBS All Access Streaming Service Bungles the Grammy Awards (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/CBS-All-Access-Streaming-Service-Bungles-The-Grammy-Awards-136301
Why Do Consumers Increasingly Want to Be Less Connected, Not
More? Horizon Media finds growing desire to unplug (AdWeek)
Four Ways to Optimize Your Facebook Ads (Social Media
Examiner)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
States Form Clean-Power Pact after SCOTUS Stay (Courthouse News Service)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason Transit Manager Resigns under Pressure (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Seattle Set to Break Wettest Winter Records (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Mason County Commissioners Appoint McFadden as Interim
Public Works Director (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Bombardier to Cut About 7,000 Jobs, Hire for Growth Areas (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
That Grated Parmesan on Your Pasta May Contain Nine Percent
Wood (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
German Shorthaired Pointer Westminster’s Top Dog (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
If You Hate Telemarketers, You’ll Love This Robot Designed
to Waste Their Time
How “The Martian” Is Helping to Sell Actual Potatoes –
Astronaut Poop Not Included
Impatient Patient Floods Bathrooms, Three Emergency Rooms
For $500, Your Kid Can Have Their Own Battery-Powered Tesla with
Top Speed of Six MPH
SONG OF THE DAY
The Martian OST – The Martian Score Suite
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