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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Dave Aldrich, Former PUD Commissioner, Dies at 69 (Everett Herald,
WA)
3.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported in Olympic Peninsula
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Wave Broadband Buys Cascade Networks (Multichannel News)
Oregon Will Defy Joint Fish Management on the Lower Columbia
River (Oregonian, Portland)
Legal, Political Clashes Will Settle Future of California’s
Cap-And-Trade System (Sacramento Bee, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Dave Aldrich, Former PUD Commissioner, Dies at 69
- Okanogan, Douglas County PUDs Break Usage Records
- Stevenson, Washington, To Apply for Storm Relief Funds
- A Gassy Future? Debate Rages Over What Replaces Portland General Electric’s Boardman Coal Plant
- The Days of Cheap Natural Gas Are Over
- Natural Gas Prices in 2017 & 2018 Are Expected to Be Higher Than Last Year
- Compact, Prefab Power Plants May Revive Nuclear Option
- Utah: Rocky Mountain Power Offers $5,000 Reward to Catch San Juan County Copper Thieves
- Ten Trends Shaping the Electric Utility Industry in 2017
- Researchers Calculate Economic Cost of Major Solar Storm, & It’s Big
- 48 Spine Chilling Linemen Photos During Work
- Oregon Will Defy Joint Fish Management on the Lower Columbia River
- Hirst Water Decision Prompts Legislation
- Washington State Ecology Department Takes Heat Over Livestock Water Quality Permits
- Electricity-Storage Tech Facing Biggest Test Yet in California
- Trump White House Hits Pause on Obama Efficiency Standards
- Is Marijuana Money the Answer to Fund Washington State Schools?
- Oregon Marijuana Tax Revenues Take Late-Year Hit, Still Come in High
- Legal, Political Clashes Will Settle Future of California’s Cap-And-Trade System
- California Utilities Want $1 Billion to Promote Electric Cars
- Wave Broadband Buys Cascade Networks
- Texas: San Antonio City Officials Explain Google Fiber Pause
- Yahoo Is Under Scrutiny for Delaying Disclosure of Its Massive Data Breach
- Interior Department Reactivates Twitter Accounts After Shutdown Following Inauguration
- News Release: America’s Electric Co-ops: A Bridge to Rural America for the New Administration
- 3.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported in Olympic Peninsula
- Puget Sound Returns to Drier Weather with Close to Average Temperatures
- Southern California Pounded by Intense Storm & Flooding
- Storm System Roars Up U-S East Coast After Tornados Kill 18
- Head-On Hit & Run in Shelton
Dave Aldrich, Former PUD Commissioner, Dies at 69 (Everett
Herald, WA)
Okanogan, Douglas County PUDs Break Usage Records (Quad City
Herald, WA)
Stevenson, Washington, To Apply for Storm Relief Funds
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
A Gassy Future? Debate Rages Over What Replaces Portland
General Electric’s Boardman Coal Plant (Oregonian, Portland)
The Days of Cheap Natural Gas Are Over (Forbes Magazine)
Natural Gas Prices in 2017 & 2018 Are Expected to Be
Higher Than Last Year (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Compact, Prefab Power Plants May Revive Nuclear Option (USA
Today)
Utah: Rocky Mountain Power Offers $5,000 Reward to Catch San
Juan County Copper Thieves (KCSG-TV, St George, UT)
Ten Trends Shaping the Electric Utility Industry in 2017
(Utility Dive)
Researchers Calculate Economic Cost of Major Solar Storm, &
It’s Big (Christian Science Monitor)
48 Spine Chilling Linemen Photos During Work (Infotainworld)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon Will Defy Joint Fish Management on the Lower Columbia
River (Oregonian, Portland)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Hirst Water Decision Prompts Legislation (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
Washington State Ecology Department Takes Heat Over Livestock
Water Quality Permits (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Electricity-Storage Tech Facing Biggest Test Yet in
California (Christian Science Monitor)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Trump White House Hits Pause on Obama Efficiency Standards
(Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Is Marijuana Money the Answer to Fund Washington State
Schools? (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Oregon Marijuana Tax Revenues Take Late-Year Hit, Still Come
in High (Portland Business Journal, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Legal, Political Clashes Will Settle Future of California’s
Cap-And-Trade System (Sacramento Bee, CA)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
California Utilities Want $1 Billion to Promote Electric
Cars (Bloomberg News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Wave Broadband Buys Cascade Networks (Multichannel News)
Texas: San Antonio City Officials Explain Google Fiber Pause
(San Antonio Express News, TX)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Yahoo Is Under Scrutiny for Delaying Disclosure of Its
Massive Data Breach (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Interior Department Reactivates Twitter Accounts After
Shutdown Following Inauguration (Washington Post)
News Release: America’s Electric Co-ops: A Bridge to Rural
America for the New Administration (NRECA)
GENERAL NEWS
3.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported in Olympic Peninsula
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Puget Sound Returns to Drier Weather with Close to Average
Temperatures (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Southern California Pounded by Intense Storm & Flooding
(Associated Press)
Storm System Roars Up U-S East Coast After Tornados Kill 18
(Reuters)
Head-On Hit & Run in Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘Lost’ Songs from Woody Guthrie’s Time in the PNW Found,
Rolled into Double Album
Indiana: Trucker Loses Trailer of 38,000 Pounds of Marbles
on I-465
Addictive Post: Police Say Men Advertised Heroin on Facebook
SONG OF THE DAY
Woody Guthrie – This Land is Your Land
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