SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for March 11, 2016
“Spring Forward” This Weekend to Daylight Saving Time
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Power Outages Remain as More Rain, Wind Approaches (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
U-S Senator Cantwell Says Trudeau Agreeable to Columbia
River Talks (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Google Fiber Strikes Utility Pole Deals across Portland,
Oregon (Broadband Reports)
Solar Industry Keeping Close Watch on Washington State
Legislature’s Moves (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Special Session Begins Today as Legislators Deadlock over
Budget (PubliCola)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Tens of Thousands Lose Power after Winds Pummel Region
- Twin Storms Cause Scattered Mason PUD 3 Outages
- Most Lights Back on after Wild Weather Cuts Power to Thousands on North Olympic Peninsula
- U-S Senator Cantwell Says Trudeau Agreeable to Columbia River Talks
- Under Close Watch, Puget Sound Energy Has Worked to Improve Safety
- Idaho: Heyburn Officials Approve Service Study That Will Soften Electric Rate Hike
- Op/Ed: Eugene Water & Electric Board Has Handled Financial Challenges Expertly
- Moody’s Assigns Aa1 to Energy Northwest Bonds Rating – Outlooks Are Stable
- Utilities Discover a New Era of Engagement as the Focus Shifts to the ‘Customer of One’
- Northwest Power & Conservation Council Fish & Wildlife Committee Moves Forward on Salmon Reintroduction Study above Grand Coulee
- Tribes Seek to Restore Columbia River Salmon Runs
- Forecast Good for Columbia River Salmon Runs
- BPA, Northwest Power & Conservation Council Identify More Than $500,000 in Cost Savings in Fish & Wildlife Projects
- Spokane River to Benefit from $15 Million in Conservation Efforts
- Rep. Kilmer Goes to White House State Dinner after Talking Victoria Sewage with Trudeau
- Clallam County & Clallam PUD to Meet over Water Mitigation
- “Waters of the U-S” Rule Still Subject to Nationwide Stay…For Now
- Solar Industry Keeping Close Watch on Washington State Legislature’s Moves
- Oregon Passes 50% Renewables Standard into Law
- Despite Layoffs, Oregon’s Solar Market Expected to Grow in 2016
- Idaho: Local Solar-Power Program Reduces Cost
- Dismantling Under Way at Altamont Pass
- Rural Electric Cooperatives Improve Energy Efficiency with On-Bill Financing
- How to Build a Better Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program
- Tri-Cities, Washington – Local impact of Carbon Emission Tax initiative
- Aggressive Electric Vehicle Plan Announced For Seattle
- Google Fiber Strikes Utility Pole Deals across Portland, Oregon
- Inside the Game-Changing Data Center That Connects Seattle to Asia
- Obama Recommends Extending Phone Subsidy to Broadband Internet
- Telemedicine Eliminates Long Waits for Doctors
- #BCStorm Lights Up Social Media
- Special Session Begins Today as Legislators Deadlock over Budget
- Governor Inslee Vetoes Bills after Washington State Lawmakers Fail to Reach Budget Deal
- Spat over Drilling Royalties – Florida Senator Puts Hold on Broad Energy Bill, Ties Up Flint Funds
- Editorial: Pacific Northwest Interests on the Menu as Obama, Trudeau Meet
- Washington State Senator Jim Hargrove of Hoquiam Announces Retirement
- Power Outages Remain as More Rain, Wind Approaches
- Heavy Rains Create Extreme Landslide Hazard for Mason County
- Driver Investigated in 3-Vehicle Crash Involving School Bus
- Washington State Sets March 30 Public Hearing on Shelton’s C Street Landfill
- Above-Normal Snowpack May Not Reduce Severity of Summer Fire Season
- Avalanche Kills Director of Avalanche Center in Oregon
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Tens of Thousands Lose Power after Winds Pummel Region (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2016/03/10/thousands-lose-power-overnight-wind-storm/81575350/
Twin Storms Cause Scattered Mason PUD 3 Outages (Mason PUD
3, Shelton, WA)
Most Lights Back on after Wild Weather Cuts Power to Thousands
on North Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
U-S Senator Cantwell Says Trudeau Agreeable to Columbia
River Talks (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Under Close Watch, Puget Sound Energy Has Worked to Improve
Safety (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Idaho: Heyburn Officials Approve Service Study That Will
Soften Electric Rate Hike (Twin Falls Times-News, ID)
Op/Ed: Eugene Water & Electric Board Has Handled
Financial Challenges Expertly (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
Moody’s Assigns Aa1 to Energy Northwest Bonds Rating –
Outlooks Are Stable (Moody’s Investor Service)
Utilities Discover a New Era of Engagement as the Focus
Shifts to the ‘Customer of One’ (Breaking Energy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Northwest Power & Conservation Council Fish &
Wildlife Committee Moves Forward on Salmon Reintroduction Study above Grand
Coulee (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Tribes Seek to Restore Columbia River Salmon Runs (Native
Times)
http://www.nativetimes.com/index.php/news/wildlife/12709-tribes-seek-to-restore-columbia-salmon-runs
Forecast Good for Columbia River Salmon Runs (St Helens
Chronicle, OR)
BPA, Northwest Power & Conservation Council Identify
More Than $500,000 in Cost Savings in Fish & Wildlife Projects (Columbia
Basin Bulletin)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Spokane River to Benefit from $15 Million in Conservation
Efforts (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Rep. Kilmer Goes to White House State Dinner after Talking Victoria
Sewage with Trudeau (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Clallam County & Clallam PUD to Meet over Water
Mitigation (KONP Radio, Port
Angeles, WA)
“Waters of the U-S” Rule Still Subject to Nationwide Stay…For
Now (Breaking Energy)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Solar Industry Keeping Close Watch on Washington State Legislature’s
Moves (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Oregon Passes 50% Renewables Standard into Law (Utility Dive)
Despite Layoffs, Oregon’s Solar Market Expected to Grow in 2016
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Idaho: Local Solar-Power Program Reduces Cost (Idaho
Mountain Express, Ketchum)
Dismantling Under Way at Altamont Pass (Wind Power Monthly)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Rural Electric Cooperatives Improve Energy Efficiency with
On-Bill Financing (The Energy Collective)
How to Build a Better Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program
(The Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Tri-Cities, Washington – Local impact of Carbon Emission Tax
initiative (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Aggressive Electric Vehicle Plan Announced For Seattle (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Fiber Strikes Utility Pole Deals across Portland, Oregon
(Broadband Reports)
Inside the Game-Changing Data Center That Connects Seattle to
Asia (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Obama Recommends Extending Phone Subsidy to Broadband Internet
(CBS News)
Telemedicine Eliminates Long Waits for Doctors (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
#BCStorm Lights Up Social Media (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Special Session Begins Today as Legislators Deadlock over Budget
(PubliCola)
Governor Inslee Vetoes Bills after Washington State Lawmakers
Fail to Reach Budget Deal (Northwest Public Radio)
Spat over Drilling Royalties – Florida Senator Puts Hold on
Broad Energy Bill, Ties Up Flint Funds (Utility Dive)
Editorial: Pacific Northwest Interests on the Menu as Obama,
Trudeau Meet (Everett Herald, WA)
Washington State Senator Jim Hargrove of Hoquiam Announces
Retirement (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Power Outages Remain as More Rain, Wind Approaches (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Heavy Rains Create Extreme Landslide Hazard for Mason County
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Driver Investigated in 3-Vehicle Crash Involving School Bus (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Sets March 30 Public Hearing on Shelton’s C
Street Landfill (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Above-Normal Snowpack May Not Reduce Severity of Summer Fire
Season (Northwest Public Radio)
Avalanche Kills Director of Avalanche Center in Oregon (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Okanagan Beavers Won’t Stop Felling Trees onto Man’s
Property
Justin Bieber Tour T-Shirt Has Typo
Women Dressed as Anna, Elsa Kicked Out of ‘Frozen on Ice’ for
Being ‘Too Popular’
Woman, 93, Gets Diploma Once Denied Because She Was Married
SONG OF THE DAY
Harve Presnell – They Call the Wind Maria (From Paint Your
Wagon)
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