SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Chelan PUD Commissioners Approve New High Density Load
Electric Rate – Will Affect Bitcoin Miners (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
For Utility Customer Satisfaction, J-D Power Says
Communication, Control Are Key – Customers are happiest when their utility
engages before there's a problem, a new survey shows (Utility Dive)
Wind Gives Port of Vancouver a Lift – Renewal of tax
incentives boosts import of parts bound for projects throughout U-S (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Kittitas County Solar Farm Draws Concerns from Neighbors
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Study Says Drawing Down Lower Granite Reservoir during
Summer Could Help Fish (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Chelan PUD Commissioners Approve New High Density Load Electric Rate – Will Affect Bitcoin Miners
- For Utility Customer Satisfaction, J-D Power Says Communication, Control Are Key
- NuScale Taps Overseas Partner for Key Small-Scale Nuclear Reactor Part
- Unanimous Vote Bans Oil Facilities in City of Vancouver, WA
- Reno Casino Latest Nevada Company to Request Exit from NV Energy Service
- New Jersey: Woman Electrocuted By Downed Power Lines During Violent Summer Storm
- Study Says Drawing Down Lower Granite Reservoir during Summer Could Help Fish
- Oregon: Low Water Levels Affecting Detroit Lake
- A Dreaded Forecast for Our Times: Algae, and Lots of It
- Wind Gives Port of Vancouver a Lift
- Kittitas County Solar Farm Draws Concerns from Neighbors
- Yamhill County Neighbors: Solar Farms Will Make Land ‘Industrial Site’
- Solar Power Financing Offered to Idaho Power Customers
- How Renewable Energy Is Blowing Climate Change Efforts Off Course
- Urban Smart Bellevue – Energy-Saving Actions, Powerful Results
- The Marijuana Industry, Increasingly Legal, Has a Voracious Energy Appetite
- Growing Pot Indoors Is Consuming Massive Quantities of Energy
- June Was Earth's 14th Straight Record Warm Month
- Opinion: Audubon Backs I-732 to Fight Climate Change – It’s Better than Nothing
- Canada Moves On Carbon Tax – U-S Won't Follow
- Pokémon Go 'A Nightmare' for IT Departments
- Yahoo Prepares for Sale amid Low Earnings
- Microsoft Says Windows 10 Won’t Meet Timeline for 1 Billion Devices Goal
- Facebook Thinks Shoppers Will Use Their Phones More Than Ever This Holiday Season
- Twitter Looking to Score with NBA Deal
- Millennials to Banks: More Mobile, Please
- Selena Gomez's Social Media Posts Are Evidently Worth $550,000 Apiece
- Four Ways to Humanize Your Social Media Updates
- Eight Tricks to Take Better Photos with Your Phone
- Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Renamed to Honor Billy Frank Jr.
- Sigh - Safety Concerns Prompt Boeing to Ban Pokemon Game at Work
- New Utah Law Lets Authorities Jam, Crash Drones at Wildfires
- Ex-Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels: Sonics Were Gone ‘The Day They Were Sold’
Infrangible • \in-FRAN-juh-bul\ • Adjective – 1: not capable
of being broken or separated into parts *2: not to be infringed or
violated (From Merriam-Webster)
“There they are,” whispered Amber, “The infrangible twins.” “I
know,” said Bernice, “you can never tell if they’re there” “Not intangible, you
dolt,” muttered Amber. “They’re infrangible; you never see them apart.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Chelan PUD Commissioners Approve New High Density Load
Electric Rate – Will Affect Bitcoin Miners (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
For Utility Customer Satisfaction, J-D Power Says
Communication, Control Are Key – Customers are happiest when their utility
engages before there's a problem, a new survey shows (Utility Dive)
NuScale Taps Overseas Partner for Key Small-Scale Nuclear Reactor
Part (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Unanimous Vote Bans Oil Facilities in City of Vancouver, WA (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Reno Casino Latest Nevada Company to Request Exit from NV
Energy Service (Utility Dive)
New Jersey: Woman Electrocuted By Downed Power Lines During
Violent Summer Storm (USA Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Study Says Drawing Down Lower Granite Reservoir during
Summer Could Help Fish (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon: Low Water Levels Affecting Detroit Lake (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
A Dreaded Forecast for Our Times: Algae, and Lots of It (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/science/a-dreaded-forecast-for-our-times-algae-and-lots-of-it.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Wind Gives Port of Vancouver a Lift – Renewal of tax
incentives boosts import of parts bound for projects throughout U-S (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Kittitas County Solar Farm Draws Concerns from Neighbors
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Yamhill County Neighbors: Solar Farms Will Make Land
‘Industrial Site’ (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
Solar Power Financing Offered to Idaho Power Customers (Associated Press)
How Renewable Energy Is Blowing Climate Change Efforts Off
Course (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Urban Smart Bellevue – Energy-Saving Actions, Powerful
Results (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
The Marijuana Industry, Increasingly Legal, Has a Voracious
Energy Appetite (Bangor Daily News, ME)
Growing Pot Indoors Is Consuming Massive Quantities of
Energy (Yubanet, Nevada City, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
June Was Earth's 14th Straight Record Warm Month (USA Today)
Opinion: Audubon Backs I-732 to Fight Climate Change – It’s
Better than Nothing (Seattle Times, WA
- Paywall Advisory)
Canada Moves On Carbon Tax – U-S Won't Follow (Washington
Examiner)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Pokémon Go 'A Nightmare' for IT Departments (Triangle
Business Journal, NC)
Yahoo Prepares for Sale amid Low Earnings (Christian Science
Monitor)
Microsoft Says Windows 10 Won’t Meet Timeline for 1 Billion
Devices Goal (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Thinks Shoppers Will Use Their Phones More Than
Ever This Holiday Season (AdWeek)
Twitter Looking to Score with NBA Deal (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
Millennials to Banks: More Mobile, Please (Mashable)
Selena Gomez's Social Media Posts Are Evidently Worth
$550,000 Apiece (AdWeek)
Four Ways to Humanize Your Social Media Updates (Social
Media Examiner)
Eight Tricks to Take Better Photos with Your Phone (Gizmodo)
GENERAL NEWS
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Renamed to Honor Billy
Frank Jr. (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Sigh - Safety Concerns Prompt Boeing to Ban Pokemon Game at
Work (Everett Herald, WA)
New Utah Law Lets Authorities Jam, Crash Drones at Wildfires
(Associated Press)
Ex-Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels: Sonics Were Gone ‘The Day
They Were Sold’ (Seattle Times, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
The Surprising Science of Why a Curveball Curves
Ford Is Teaming Up with Jose Cuervo to Make Car Parts from Agave
Wild Boar Surfaces from the Sea to Terrorize a Polish Beach
How Do Hummingbirds Navigate at Such High Speeds?
SONG OF THE DAY
Seals & Crofts – Hummingbird
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