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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Council Approves New Head of Seattle City Light (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregon’s Top Utility Regulator Resigns (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Carbon Emissions Highest in 66 Million Years, Since Dinosaur
Age (Reuters)
Legal Marijuana Sales Forecast to Hit $23B in Four Years (USA Today)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Council Approves New Head of Seattle City Light
- City Light CEO Appointment Sparks Charged Debate
- Oregon’s Top Utility Regulator Resigns
- Franklin PUD Rate Hike May Be Canceled
- Cowlitz PUD Hires Consultants for Meter Audit
- Meeting Oregon’s New Energy Standard
- Mason PUD 3 Honors Students for Electricity-Related Projects
- Editorial: Puget Sound Energy Gingerly Steps toward Future with Less Coal
- Op/Ed: Need for Transmission Project Is Still Strong
- California: Davis, Yolo County Take Charge of Electricity Purchases
- Amid a Graying Fleet of Nuclear Plants, a Hunt for Solutions
- Next Generation Utility Workforce: The New Energy Resource
- Sturgeon, Smelt, Lamprey Showing Declining Numbers in Columbia/Snake River Mainstem
- Op/Ed: Flores – Returns Prove Salmon Plan Working
- Oregon Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Plan Fails to Protect Salmon Streams, State Loses $1.2 Million
- DNR Study Sees Seagrass Recovering in Puget Sound
- Oregon: Sea Lions Take Over Rainier Docks, Leaving Damage in Wake
- Big Ambitions in Parts of Northwest to Put Water Back Underground
- Federal Regulators Divvying Up Oregon’s Stored Water
- The Alliance for Solar Choice Sues to Overturn Nevada Net Metering Decision
- SolarWorld Sales Rise, But a $770 Million Lawsuit Looms
- Op/Ed: Will Washington State Support Going Solar?
- Utilities See Growing Opportunity in the Community Solar Market
- Including Biomass Fuel: Wood Product Companies Consider Bellingham Shipping Terminal
- How Prepaid Electricity Saves Energy
- Smart Energy Use Helps the Budget
- Legal Marijuana Sales Forecast to Hit $23B in 4 Years
- Supreme Court Rejects Suit against Colorado over Marijuana Law
- Five Things You Probably Don’t Know About Washington State Marijuana Laws
- Carbon Emissions Highest in 66 Million Years, Since Dinosaur Age
- Colorado Company to Help Big Utility Turn Pig Plop into Power
- Seattle Mayor: Municipal Broadband Too Costly; Public-Private Deal is the Way to Go
- How Washington State Became a Battleground for Bitcoin Mining
- Number of U-S Government ‘Cyber Incidents’ Jumps in 2015
- Officials Seek to Reassure Congress on U-S Internet Giveaway
- Infographic: As Social Platforms Grow Older, So Do Their Users
- When Kickstarter Blows Up: Crowdfunding Site Wasn’t Built for Big-Time Projects
- Counsel for the Environment Influential in Energy Project Siting
- Belgium under Attack: Dozens Killed, More Injured as Three Explosions Rip through Brussels
- Updated Information on Lynch Road Propane Leak, Emergency Power Outage
- Olympic Peninsula Forest Collaborative Meeting in Shelton
- Remembering the Oso Landslide Two Years Later
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The new employee was figuratively shaking in his boots. His
first task was to make a twenty-minute presentation to the board of directors
on the duties of his position. For a debutant, having the entire job
description being listed as “other duties as assigned,” was daunting enough…but
to hold forth for 20 minutes on his mysterious duties was the figurative “Mount
Everest” of public speaking.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Council Approves New Head of Seattle City Light (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
City Light CEO Appointment Sparks Charged Debate (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregon’s Top Utility Regulator Resigns (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Franklin PUD Rate Hike May Be Canceled (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Cowlitz PUD Hires Consultants for Meter Audit (Longview Daily News, WA)
Meeting Oregon’s New Energy Standard (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Mason PUD 3 Honors Students for Electricity-Related Projects
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Stand By for Rate Increases – Editorial: Puget Sound Energy
Gingerly Steps toward Future with Less Coal (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Op/Ed: Need for Transmission Project Is Still Strong (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
California: Davis, Yolo County Take Charge of Electricity
Purchases (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Amid a Graying Fleet of Nuclear Plants, a Hunt for Solutions
(NY Times)
Next Generation Utility Workforce: The New Energy Resource
(Renewable Energy World)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sturgeon, Smelt, Lamprey Showing Declining Numbers in
Columbia/Snake River Mainstem (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Op/Ed: Flores – Returns Prove Salmon Plan Working (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Oregon Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Plan Fails to Protect
Salmon Streams, State Loses $1.2 Million (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
DNR Study Sees Seagrass Recovering in Puget Sound (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Oregon: Sea Lions Take Over Rainier Docks, Leaving Damage in
Wake (Pamplin Media Group, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Big Ambitions in Parts of Northwest to Put Water Back
Underground (KLCC, Eugene, OR)
Federal Regulators Divvying Up Oregon’s Stored Water (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
The Alliance for Solar Choice Sues to Overturn Nevada Net
Metering Decision (Utility Dive)
SolarWorld Sales Rise, But a $770 Million Lawsuit Looms (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Op/Ed: Will Washington State Support Going Solar?
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Utilities See Growing Opportunity in the Community Solar
Market (Greentech Media)
Including Biomass Fuel: Wood Product Companies Consider
Bellingham Shipping Terminal (Bellingham Herald, WA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
How Prepaid Electricity Saves Energy (Electric Co-op Today)
Smart Energy Use Helps the Budget (Fairbanks News Miner, AK)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Legal Marijuana Sales Forecast to Hit $23B in Four Years (USA Today)
Supreme Court Rejects Suit against Colorado over Marijuana
Law (Reuters)
Five Things You Probably Don’t Know About Washington State
Marijuana Laws (Canna Law Blog)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon Emissions Highest in 66 Million Years, Since Dinosaur
Age (Reuters)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Colorado Company to Help Big Utility Turn Pig Plop into Power
(Denver Business Journal, CO)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Seattle Mayor: Municipal Broadband Too Costly;
Public-Private Deal is the Way to Go (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
How Washington State Became a Battleground for Bitcoin
Mining (CoinDesk)
Number of U-S Government ‘Cyber Incidents’ Jumps in 2015 (Reuters)
Officials Seek to Reassure Congress on U-S Internet Giveaway
(Washington Examiner)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Infographic: As Social Platforms Grow Older, So Do Their
Users – Women outnumber men on social media (AdWeek)
When Kickstarter Blows Up: Crowdfunding Site Wasn’t Built
for Big-Time Projects (Oregonian, Portland)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Counsel for the Environment Influential in Energy Project
Siting – Little-known, state-appointed lawyer could have big role in
oil-terminal decision
GENERAL NEWS
Belgium under Attack: Dozens Killed, More Injured as Three
Explosions Rip through Brussels (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Updated Information on Lynch Road Propane Leak, Emergency
Power Outage (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Olympic Peninsula Forest Collaborative Meeting in Shelton
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Remembering the Oso Landslide Two Years Later (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Couple Accidentally Texts Strangers about Newborn, Strangers
Show Up to Congratulate Them at Hospital
China to Banish ‘Bizarre’ Foreign Names for Residential
Compounds
Library Book Overdue Nearly 50 Years Returned to Ohio School
Cops Say They Cracked Case of Who Egged Home 100-Plus Times
SONG OF THE DAY
Paul Anka – You’re Having My Baby
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