SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for June 16, 2016
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Solar’s Latest Subsidy Is Squeezing Down Costs -- And
Companies (Bloomberg News)
California’s Landmark Cap & Trade Program Faces
Uncertain Future (Reuters)
California Governor Wants to Resurrect a Plan to Expand the State’s
Power Grid – Some Say It’s Not That Simple (Los Angeles Times, CA)
BC Hydro Acknowledges Dark Past of W.A.C. Bennett Dam in New
Exhibit (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Mason County Leader Seeks Land Swap to Preserve Angleside
Forest in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California Governor Wants to Resurrect a Plan to Expand the State’s Power Grid – Some Say It’s Not That Simple
- BC Hydro Acknowledges Dark Past of W.A.C. Bennett Dam in New Exhibit
- Powerhouse at Ross Dam Getting New Transformers
- Centralia City Light Rate Increase Approved
- Snohomish PUD Increases Security at its Facilities
- Pepco Merger Done, Exelon CEO Chris Crane Wants Market Reforms to Save Nuclear Fleet
- New York City, Con Ed Blamed for 2nd Ave Building Fires Caused by Illegal Gas Hookups
- We Need Lots More Power Lines – Why Are We So Bad at Planning Them?
- Senate Bill Keeps LIHEAP Funds Level
- How the 1920s Thought Electricity Would Transform Farms Forever
- Pine Beetle Making a Comeback in the Inland Pacific Northwest
- Mason County Leader Seeks Land Swap to Preserve Angleside Forest in Shelton
- Solar’s Latest Subsidy Is Squeezing Down Costs -- And Companies
- California Local Renewables Are Getting Robbed, But CA Independent System Operator Can Help
- U-S Chamber of Commerce Joins Anti-Solar Crusade
- Feds Say Energy Efficiency Will Slow Electricity Sales Growth through 2040
- The Lazy Homeowner’s Guide to Keeping Your House Cool This Summer
- Considering a Career Path in the California Pot Industry? Here’s What You Should Know
- Microsoft Teams with Ancillary Marijuana Company in Landmark Partnership
- California’s Landmark Cap & Trade Program Faces Uncertain Future
- Why the Tesla Boom Could Actually Be Very Good News for the Electric Grid
- Op/ED: Should Single Moms Be Forced to Subsidize Luxury Electric Cars?
- Flying Wi-Fi: Google Accused of Stealing Project Loon Idea
- Facebook Messenger Is Adding a Home Button to Help Keep Track of Conversations
- Nine Visual Tools to Create Awesome Social Media Images
- Shelton Native Accepts Job as City’s Next Top Administrator
- Dramatic Video Shows Hero Disarming Shooter at Seattle Pacific University in 2014
- Weyerhaeuser Sells Final Piece of Cellulose Fibers Business
- Don’t Toss That Burning Cigarette from Your Vehicle – You Could Face $1,025 Fine
Frenetic
• \frih-NET-tick\ • Adjective - Frenzied, frantic
The
three-o’clock return of the office staff from the nearby “Jitters” coffee stand
was a constant source of entertainment for the floor supervisor. From his
massive cubicle on the tenth floor of the glass and metal corporate castle, the
boss watched his staff’s frenetic work as they bounced between the cubicles
like the miniature football players on those Tudor Tru-Action
Electric Football Games of his youth…only to crash and burn at 4:30.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California Governor Wants to Resurrect a Plan to Expand the
State’s Power Grid – Some Say It’s Not That Simple (Los Angeles Times, CA)
BC Hydro Acknowledges Dark Past of W.A.C. Bennett Dam in New
Exhibit (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Powerhouse at Ross Dam Getting New Transformers (Skagit
Valley Herald, Mt Vernon, WA)
Centralia City Light Rate Increase Approved (KELA Radio,
Centralia, WA)
Snohomish PUD Increases Security at its Facilities
(Snohomish PUD, Everett, WA)
Pepco Merger Done, Exelon CEO Chris Crane Wants Market
Reforms to Save Nuclear Fleet (Utility Dive)
New York City, Con Ed Blamed for 2nd Ave Building Fires
Caused by Illegal Gas Hookups (Courthouse
News Service)
We Need Lots More Power Lines – Why Are We So Bad at Planning
Them? (Vox)
Senate Bill Keeps LIHEAP Funds Level (Electric Co-op Today)
How the 1920s Thought Electricity Would Transform Farms
Forever (Gizmodo)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Pine Beetle Making a Comeback in the Inland Pacific Northwest
(KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason County Leader Seeks Land Swap to Preserve Angleside Forest
in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Solar’s Latest Subsidy Is Squeezing Down Costs -- And
Companies (Bloomberg News)
California Local Renewables Are Getting Robbed, But CA
Independent System Operator Can Help (Utility Dive)
U-S Chamber of Commerce Joins Anti-Solar Crusade (Grist Online)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Feds Say Energy Efficiency Will Slow Electricity Sales
Growth through 2040 (Utility Dive)
The Lazy Homeowner’s Guide to Keeping Your House Cool This
Summer (Realtor.com)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Considering a Career Path in the California Pot Industry? Here’s
What You Should Know (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Microsoft Teams with Ancillary Marijuana Company in Landmark
Partnership (Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California’s Landmark Cap & Trade Program Faces
Uncertain Future (Reuters)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Why the Tesla Boom Could Actually Be Very Good News for the
Electric Grid (Washington Post)
Op/ED: Should Single Moms Be Forced to Subsidize Luxury
Electric Cars? (Morning Consult)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Flying Wi-Fi: Google Accused of Stealing Project Loon Idea (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Messenger Is Adding a Home Button to Help Keep
Track of Conversations (AdWeek)
Nine Visual Tools to Create Awesome Social Media Images (Social
Media Examiner)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Native Accepts Job as City’s Next Top Administrator (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Dramatic Video Shows Hero Disarming Shooter at Seattle
Pacific University in 2014 (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Weyerhaeuser Sells Final Piece of Cellulose Fibers Business (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Don’t Toss That Burning Cigarette from Your Vehicle – You
Could Face $1,025 Fine (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
http://q13fox.com/2016/06/15/dont-bogart-that-burning-cigarette-from-your-vehicle-or-face-1025-fine/
FLYING FIGS – DIVERSIONS
First New Rainier Beer in 20 Years Is Being Brewed in Woodinville
A Bizarre Avocado Crime Wave is Sweeping through New Zealand
Cow With Head Stuck in Tree Is Freed by Firefighters
Italian Chefs Create Mile-Long Neapolitan to Break Longest
Pizza Record
SONG OF THE DAY
Beer Bottle Symphony Orchestra (not Rainier Beer, but still
pretty cool)
Rainier Beer Commercials
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