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Weather Forecast for March 4, 2016
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific Northwest Much Better Than Last Year – Basin
Snowpack, Water Supply Forecasts near Average (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Senate Vote Sends Oregon Renewable Energy Plan to Governor
(Portland Tribune, OR)
Seattle-Based GigabitNow Figured Out a Way to Bring Internet
to Areas Telecoms Won't Touch (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
Legal Marijuana Is Finally Doing What the Drug War Couldn’t
(Washington Post)
Overshadowed Legislation Incentivizes Utility-Scale Solar in
Oregon (Portland Business Journal, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Senate Vote Sends Oregon Renewable Energy Plan to Governor
- Tomorrow’s Nuclear Reactors Are Closer than You Think
- Disciplinary Decision on Hold While Port Angeles Utility Slush Fund Investigation Continues
- Peace River Dam Site Not the Best Choice for British Columbia’s Energy Needs, Report Author Says
- Seattle City Light Launches New Electrical Service Request Application
- Technology Innovation Summit Hosts Annual Research & Development Portfolio Review
- Court: California Utility Still on Hook to Pay Housing Costs after Natural Gas Leak
- Bird Poop Apparently Caused New York Nuclear Reactor Outage
- Pension Benefit Cuts Planned at TVA, Breaking a Federal Firewall
- Utilities Cautioned About Potential for a Cyberattack after Ukraine’s
- Northwest Power & Conservation Council’s Science Review Panel Looks at Broad Strategy to Restore John Day River Watershed
- Science Review Gives Colville Tribes’ Resident Fish Hatchery Management Plan Thumbs Up
- Cowlitz River Now Yields Highest Winter Steelhead Catches in March & April
- Pacific Northwest Much Better Than Last Year – Basin Snowpack, Water Supply Forecasts near Average
- California: Snowpack Level Falls Short of Water Needs
- Overshadowed Legislation Incentivizes Utility-Scale Solar in Oregon
- Future of U-S Solar Threatened in Nationwide Fight over Incentives
- Jewell Pushes U-S Interior Budget That Stresses Renewable Energy
- Ocean Energy Projects Key to Getting Hawaii to 100% Renewable, State Energy Czar Says
- EIA: FERC Order 745 to Spark Swift Growth in Demand Response Markets
- Advocating for Efficiency in the Clean Power Plan
- Amazon Extends Its Smart Home Push with Two New Gadgets & Support for Nest
- Legal Marijuana Is Finally Doing What the Drug War Couldn’t
- Oregon Marijuana Banking Bill Heading to Governor’s Desk
- Is Marijuana Necessary to Implement the Washington State Budget?
- Seattle-Based GigabitNow Figured Out a Way to Bring Internet to Areas Telecoms Won't Touch
- Google Fiber's Video Subscriber Growth Surges 79 Percent in 2015
- Analyst: Google Fiber Has Just 53,000 TV Customers
- FCC commissioner: Expect a broadband Internet Tax
- Don't Click 'Like' on Facebook Again Until You Read This
- The Human Problem at the Heart of Snapchat’s Employee Data Breach
- Apple Launches Support Page on Twitter; Instantly Gets 50,000 Followers
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Adjourn Without a Budget? Overtime Session? Both on Table in Olympia
- Oregon Legislature Adjourns 2016 Session
- Kittitas County: Effort to Create New County Launched by Upper County Group
- Despite Progress, Federal Energy Bill Remains Out of Reach
- Three Children Die in Centralia House Fire
- Shelton Retailer Helps People with Epilepsy
- Clark County, Others Ask Judge to Halt Cowlitz Casino Construction until Appeal Is Heard
- Sometimes to Prevent Fires, You Have to Set Fires: Lawmakers Mull DNR Reforms
- British Columbia Allergy Season Gets an Early Start, Says Doctor
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Senate Vote Sends Oregon Renewable Energy Plan to Governor
(Portland Tribune, OR)
Tomorrow’s Nuclear Reactors Are Closer than You Think (Breaking
Energy)
Disciplinary Decision on Hold While Port Angeles Utility
Slush Fund Investigation Continues (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Peace River Dam Site Not the Best Choice for British
Columbia’s Energy Needs, Report Author Says (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Seattle City Light Launches New Electrical Service Request
Application (Electric Energy Online)
Technology Innovation Summit Hosts Annual Research & Development
Portfolio Review (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Court: California Utility Still on Hook to Pay Housing Costs
after Natural Gas Leak (Associated
Press)
Bird Poop Apparently Caused New York Nuclear Reactor Outage (Associated Press)
http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/bird-poop-apparently-caused-ny-nuclear-reactor-outage-37373196
Pension Benefit Cuts Planned at TVA, Breaking a Federal
Firewall (NY Times)
Utilities Cautioned About Potential for a Cyberattack after
Ukraine’s (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Northwest Power & Conservation Council’s Science Review
Panel Looks at Broad Strategy to Restore John Day River Watershed (Columbia Basin
Bulletin)
Science Review Gives Colville Tribes’ Resident Fish Hatchery
Management Plan Thumbs Up (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Cowlitz River Now Yields Highest Winter Steelhead Catches in
March & April (Longview Daily
News, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Pacific Northwest Much Better Than Last Year – Basin
Snowpack, Water Supply Forecasts near Average (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
California: Snowpack Level Falls Short of Water Needs (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Overshadowed Legislation Incentivizes Utility-Scale Solar in
Oregon (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Future of U-S Solar Threatened in Nationwide Fight over Incentives
(Reuters)
Jewell Pushes U-S Interior Budget That Stresses Renewable
Energy (Renewable Energy World)
Ocean Energy Projects Key to Getting Hawaii to 100%
Renewable, State Energy Czar Says (Pacific Business News, HI)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
EIA: FERC Order 745 to Spark Swift Growth in Demand Response
Markets (Utility Dive)
Advocating for Efficiency in the Clean Power Plan (The
Energy Collective)
Amazon Extends Its Smart Home Push with Two New Gadgets &
Support for Nest (Washington Post)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Legal Marijuana Is Finally Doing What the Drug War Couldn’t (Washington
Post)
Oregon Marijuana Banking Bill Heading to Governor’s Desk (Marijuana
Business Daily)
Is Marijuana Necessary to Implement the Washington State Budget?
(Washington State Wire)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Seattle-Based GigabitNow Figured Out a Way to Bring Internet
to Areas Telecoms Won't Touch (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
Google Fiber's Video Subscriber Growth Surges 79 Percent in
2015 (Reuters)
Analyst: Google Fiber Has Just 53,000 TV Customers (Broadband Reports)
FCC commissioner: Expect a broadband Internet Tax (Washington
Examiner)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Don't Click 'Like' on Facebook Again Until You Read This (USA Today)
The Human Problem at the Heart of Snapchat’s Employee Data
Breach (Washington Post)
Apple Launches Support Page on Twitter; Instantly Gets 50,000
Followers (Reuters)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Adjourn Without a Budget? Overtime Session? Both on Table in
Olympia (Northwest Public Radio)
Oregon Legislature Adjourns 2016 Session – Legislative
session ended 3 days ahead of schedule (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
Kittitas County: Effort to Create New County Launched by Upper
County Group (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Despite Progress, Federal Energy Bill Remains Out of Reach (Breaking
Energy)
GENERAL NEWS
Three Children Die in Centralia House Fire (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Shelton Retailer Helps People with Epilepsy (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Clark County, Others Ask Judge to Halt Cowlitz Casino
Construction until Appeal Is Heard (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Sometimes to Prevent Fires, You Have to Set Fires: Lawmakers
Mull DNR Reforms (The Lens, Business Institute of Washington)
British Columbia Allergy Season Gets an Early Start, Says
Doctor (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Driver Arrested for Homemade License Plate
Romanians Make Fun of Bernie Sanders for Tweet about Internet
Speed
Best-Selling Author Explains the Complexity of Pairing Wine with
Girl Scout Cookies
Empty Paper Towel
Dispenser in Men's Restroom Leads to $990,000 Lawsuit against Walmart
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