SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
La Nina Watch Canceled by NOAA (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Oregon: Offshore Wind Power Project Near Coos Bay Appears
Sunk (Oregonian, Portland)
NOAA Fisheries Stipulates No Mitchell Act Funds for Ten
Hatcheries Until Hatchery BiOp Completed (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Federal Appeals Court Upholds California Energy Crisis
Manipulation Findings (Associated Press)
California Tightens Climate Change Rules Under Bills Signed
by Governor (Reuters)
Neutral Weather Pattern Sets Up ‘Anything Goes’ Pacific
Northwest Winter (Northwest Public Radio)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Federal Appeals Court Upholds California Energy Crisis Manipulation Findings
- North Dakota Governor Calls in National Guard Ahead of Pipeline Ruling
- Tennessee Valley Authority: For Sale, Two Unfinished Reactors, With Hope for Jobs
- Montana: Mission Valley Power General Manager Clarifies Latest Fee Increases
- Fitch Rates Benton PUD Electric Revenue Bonds ‘A+’; Outlook Stable
- Bonneville Power Administration Wins Awards for Recycling, Reducing, & Repurposing
- German Power Companies – Breaking Bad
- NOAA Fisheries Stipulates No Mitchell Act Funds for Ten Hatcheries Until Hatchery BiOp Completed
- Oregon: Offshore Wind Power Project Near Coos Bay Appears Sunk
- Southeast Asian Students Explore Ravalli Electric Co-Op’s Bitterroot Solar Project
- Oregon PUC Staff Says State Should Adopt ‘Value of Solar’ Payments
- U-S Forests Are So Full of Dead Trees That Some Scientists Want to Burn Them Instead of Coal
- Newly-Released Text Messages Draw Scrutiny to Arizona Public Service Relationship with State Consumer Advocate
- Xcel Energy reaches settlement on 600 MW Colorado wind farm
- United Kingdom Will Miss Its 2020 Renewable Energy Targets, Warn Ministers of Parliament
- Puyallup Tribe Aims to Become First in Washington State to Grow, Test, Sell Cannabis
- California Tightens Climate Change Rules Under Bills Signed by Governor
- Washington Attorney General: Comcast Wasn’t Blindsided by Lawsuit, ‘They Lied’
- FCC Moves Forward with Plan to Crack Down on Set-Top Boxes
- Comcast Already Crying That FCC Set-Top Box Proposal Violates Federal Law
- FAA ‘Strongly Advises’ You to Turn Off Your Explosive Samsung Phone While on Planes
- Nine Digital Marketing Stats That You Need to See from This Week
- Twitter Already Hates the New Apple AirPods
- From ‘High on Life’ to ‘High Noon’: Shamed Canadians Set for Yellowstone Showdown
- With Hopes Fading, Federal Lawmakers Meet on Energy Bill
- Opportunity for Olympia Threatens Lawsuit as Income Tax Goes to November Ballot
- Greg Walden Wants to Chair Energy & Commerce Panel
- On Camera – Grays Harbor County Commissioner Accused of Removing Opponent’s Sign
- Neutral Weather Pattern Sets Up ‘Anything Goes’ Pacific Northwest Winter
- Wells Fargo Fined Millions, 5,300 Employees Fired – Opened Millions of Unauthorized Customer Accounts to Meet Sales
- Container Ships Stranded at Sea after South Korean Company Goes Bankrupt
- Social Media Helps Shelton Police Retrieve Family Wood Carving
Sylvan /SILL-vun/ Adjective – 1 a: living or located in the
woods or forest b: of, relating to, or characteristic of the woods or forest 2 a:
made from wood: wooden b: abounding in woods, groves, or trees: wooded.
Shaded sylvan glade
Mottled sunlight filters through
Leaves dance in the breeze
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Federal Appeals Court Upholds California Energy Crisis
Manipulation Findings (Associated Press)
North Dakota Governor Calls in National Guard Ahead of
Pipeline Ruling
Tennessee Valley Authority: For Sale, Two Unfinished Reactors,
With Hope for Jobs (E&E Publishing)
Montana: Mission Valley Power General Manager Clarifies
Latest Fee Increases (Char-Koosta News, Pablo, MT)
Fitch Rates Benton PUD Electric Revenue Bonds ‘A+’; Outlook
Stable (BusinessWire)
Bonneville Power Administration Wins Awards for Recycling,
Reducing, & Repurposing (Bonneville Power Administration)
German Power Companies – Breaking Bad (The Economist)
FISH & WILDLIFE
NOAA Fisheries Stipulates No Mitchell Act Funds for Ten
Hatcheries Until Hatchery BiOp Completed (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Oregon: Offshore Wind Power Project Near Coos Bay Appears
Sunk (Oregonian, Portland)
Southeast Asian Students Explore Ravalli Electric Co-Op’s Bitterroot
Solar Project (KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)
Oregon PUC Staff Says State Should Adopt ‘Value of Solar’
Payments (American Public Power Association)
U-S Forests Are So Full of Dead Trees That Some Scientists
Want to Burn Them Instead of Coal (Washington Post)
Newly-Released Text Messages Draw Scrutiny to Arizona Public
Service Relationship with State Consumer Advocate (Utility Dive)
Xcel Energy reaches settlement on 600 MW Colorado wind farm (Utility
Dive)
United Kingdom Will Miss Its 2020 Renewable Energy Targets,
Warn Ministers of Parliament (The Guardian, UK)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Puyallup Tribe Aims to Become First in Washington State to
Grow, Test, Sell Cannabis (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California Tightens Climate Change Rules Under Bills Signed by
Governor (Reuters)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington Attorney General: Comcast Wasn’t Blindsided by
Lawsuit, ‘They Lied’ (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
FCC Moves Forward with Plan to Crack Down on Set-Top Boxes
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Comcast Already Crying That FCC Set-Top Box Proposal
Violates Federal Law (Consumerist)
FAA ‘Strongly Advises’ You to Turn Off Your Explosive
Samsung Phone While on Planes (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Nine Digital Marketing Stats That You Need to See from This
Week (AdWeek)
Twitter Already Hates the New Apple AirPods (SF Chronicle)
From ‘High on Life’ to ‘High Noon’: Shamed Canadians Set for
Yellowstone Showdown (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
POLITICS & MANAGEMENT
With Hopes Fading, Federal Lawmakers Meet on Energy Bill (Associated
Press)
Opportunity for Olympia Threatens Lawsuit as Income Tax Goes
to November Ballot (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Greg Walden Wants to Chair Energy & Commerce Panel
(Morning Consult)
On Camera – Grays Harbor County Commissioner Accused of
Removing Opponent’s Sign (Northwest Cable News Network)
GENERAL NEWS
Neutral Weather Pattern Sets Up ‘Anything Goes’ Pacific Northwest
Winter (Northwest Public Radio)
Wells Fargo Fined Millions, 5,300 Employees Fired – Opened
Millions Of Unauthorized Customer Accounts To Meet Sales Goals (Associated
Press)
Container Ships Stranded at Sea after South Korean Company
Goes Bankrupt (National Public Radio)
Social Media Helps Shelton Police Retrieve Family Wood
Carving (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Mariners’ Cotton-Candy Girl is New Internet Hero
A Jet Ended Up in Melbourne Instead of Malaysia after the
Pilot Entered the Wrong Navigation Code
TV-Watching Just Got Even Chiller Thanks to New Beer Mug
Truck Crashes, Spills Penny Blanks on I-95 in Delaware
SONG OF THE DAY
Paul Pena - Jet Airliner
Steve Miller Band – Threshold/Jet Airliner
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