SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for June 27, 2016
Who Provides the Best Weather Forecasts? (Cliff Mass Weather
Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
USA vs. State of Washington, 13-35474 – WSDOT Culverts &
Salmon Barriers (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals – Links to PDF File)
Major Battle over Oil Terminal Unfolds in Pacific Northwest (Associated Press)
Folsom’s California ISO Leading Push for Distributed Energy
Resources (Sacramento Bee, CA)
The New Electric Vehicle Playbook: How Utilities Can Gain
from the Coming Boom in Electric Vehicles (Utility Dive)
Holiday Fireworks Sales Begin Tuesday in Washington State;
Brush Up on Your Local Laws (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Major Battle over Oil Terminal Unfolds in Pacific Northwest
- Folsom’s California ISO Leading Push for Distributed Energy Resources
- Governance Plan Fails to Dispel Western RTO Concerns
- California ISO to Study Gas Generation Units Susceptible to Early Retirement
- Who’s Covered By Federal Safety Laws? One Man’s Fall Raises Questions about Contract Work on Tribal Lands
- FERC Upholds Right of Cooperatives to Buy from Independent Generators
- USA vs. State of Washington, 13-35474 – WSDOT Culverts & Salmon Barriers
- Is Northwest Cormorant Kill Paying Off?
- Op/Ed: Renewed Optimism for Salmon Recovery
- Including Skagit PUD: Local Water Quality Projects Get State Funds
- Elwha Unplugged
- Community Solar Gardens Gain Popularity throughout West
- Beat the Heat with a Deal on the Nest Thermostat
- Energy Dept. Watches Movies, Sports to Improve Energy Efficiency
- Oregon Ranked Second, Washington Fifth among States Smoking the Most Marijuana
- The New Electric Vehicle Playbook
- Residents of Eugene Communal Home Reap Collective Benefits
- Boeing Latest to Plan Low Orbit Broadband Satellites
- Is Google Fiber Coming To Portland?
- Cable Firms, FCC Work on Proposal
- Twitter Debuting Stickers That Act Like Hashtags for Photos
- How to Target Local Customers with Facebook Ads
- Lacey Plans E-Commerce Zone in Lot at City Hall
- The Troll Hunters
- Holiday Fireworks Sales Begin Tuesday in Washington State; Brush Up on Your Local Laws
- Port Orchard Man Identified in Fatal Crash near Spider Lake
- Fire Destroys Shelton Garage; Sailboat Mast in Power Lines Causes Pickering Area Brush Fire
- Vacation Rental Home Battles Mason County over Rules
- Allyn – Belfair Collaboration Group Forms
- Executive Director Shaw to Leave Mason County Senior Activities Center
- Panama Canal Expands
Jactitation ● /jack-tuh-TAYT-shun/ ● Noun – A tossing to &
fro or jerking & twitching of the body.
Gone are the days when the dances of the 1960’s like “The
Jerk,” “Mashed Potato,” “the Watusi,” and the “Frug” resulted in the
indescribable jactitation of the groovy participants in their mod outfits. Can
you dig it?
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Major Battle over Oil Terminal Unfolds in Pacific Northwest (Associated Press)
Folsom’s California ISO Leading Push for Distributed Energy
Resources (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Governance Plan Fails to Dispel Western RTO Concerns (RTO
Insider)
California ISO to Study Gas Generation Units Susceptible to
Early Retirement (Utility Dive)
Who’s Covered By Federal Safety Laws? One Man’s Fall Raises
Questions about Contract Work on Tribal Lands (Bend Bulletin, OR)
FERC Upholds Right of Cooperatives to Buy from Independent
Generators (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
USA vs. State of Washington, 13-35474 – WSDOT Culverts &
Salmon Barriers (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals – Links to PDF File)
Is Northwest Cormorant Kill Paying Off? Maybe fish-gobbling
cormorants aren’t quite to blame after all (Electric Co-op Today)
Op/Ed: Renewed Optimism for Salmon Recovery (Oregonian,
Portland)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Including Skagit PUD: Local Water Quality Projects Get State
Funds (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)
http://www.goskagit.com/news/local-water-quality-projects-get-state-funds/article_979a3953-159d-5ba3-9b3e-f3a17fa1a8a1.html
http://www.goskagit.com/news/local-water-quality-projects-get-state-funds/article_979a3953-159d-5ba3-9b3e-f3a17fa1a8a1.html
Elwha Unplugged (Canoe & Kayak)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Community Solar Gardens Gain Popularity throughout West
(Blanco Herald Times, Meeker, CO)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Beat the Heat with a Deal on the Nest Thermostat (USA Today)
Energy Dept. Watches Movies, Sports to Improve Energy
Efficiency (Washington Examiner)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon Ranked Second, Washington Fifth among States Smoking
the Most Marijuana (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The New Electric Vehicle Playbook: How Utilities Can Gain
from the Coming Boom in Electric Vehicles (Utility Dive)
Residents of Eugene Communal Home Reap Collective Benefits (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Boeing Latest to Plan Low Orbit Broadband Satellites (Broadband Reports)
Is Google Fiber Coming To Portland? (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Cable Firms, FCC Work on Proposal (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Twitter Debuting Stickers That Act Like Hashtags for Photos (Consumerist)
How to Target Local Customers with Facebook Ads (Social
Media Examiner)
Lacey Plans E-Commerce Zone in Lot at City Hall (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
The Troll Hunters (MIT Technology Review)
GENERAL NEWS
Holiday Fireworks Sales Begin Tuesday in Washington State;
Brush Up on Your Local Laws (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Port Orchard Man Identified in Fatal Crash near Spider Lake (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Fire Destroys Shelton Garage; Sailboat Mast in Power Lines Causes
Pickering Area Brush Fire (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Vacation Rental Home Battles Mason County over Rules (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Allyn – Belfair Collaboration Group Forms (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Executive Director Shaw to Leave Mason County Senior
Activities Center (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Panama Canal Expands (Associated
Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Lithuanian Village Crowns Prettiest Goat in Annual Pageant
Save Browser: White Settlement Council Fur-Loughs Library
Cat
Terrible Graffiti Artist Banned from Millions of Acres of
National Parks
Florida Man Brags about Burglary on Facebook, Lands Him in
Jail
SONG OF THE DAY
Ferde Grofé - The Grand Canyon Suite
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