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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Snow & Freezing Rain Possible for Mason County This
Weekend (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Load Tops 10,000 MW on
Winter Storm (Platts)
Avista Spent $10 Million on Idaho Energy Efficiency Programs
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
ESA-Listed Chum Salmon Below Bonneville Dam Show Good
Spawning Rate – Flows Maintained to Cover Redds (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Northwest Cable News Set to Go Off Air Friday Night (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Load Tops 10,000 MW on Winter Storm
- Daily Energy Demands in North Central Washington State Hit All-Time Highs Again
- Grant PUD Electrical System Demand Hits Winter Record
- Near Record Demand for Electricity in Centralia
- Nuclear Power in Washington State Continues to Break Records
- Grays Harbor PUD Customers Victim of Scam Once Again
- Dozen Years Enough for Washington State UTC Commissioner Jones
- Power Returns to Vegas’ Rio Casino After Week of Issues
- ESA-Listed Chum Salmon Below Bonneville Dam Show Good Spawning Rate
- Idaho’s Sage Grouse Lawsuit Dismissed by Federal Judge
- Washington State Offers Steelhead License Plates to Help Fund Conservation of Native Steelhead
- ‘Salmon Cannon’ Gives Fish a Boost Over Dams
- Oregon PUC Release Guidelines for Energy Storage Mandate
- Avista Spent $10 Million on Idaho Energy Efficiency Programs
- How Much Marijuana Was Sold in 2016? A Lot!
- What Another Ice Shelf Collapse Might Mean for Antarctica & the Planet
- Falcons, Drones, Data: A Winery Battles Climate Change
- All That Glitters is Not Green: Costa Rica’s Renewables Conceal Dependence on Oil
- Northwest Cable News Set to Go Off Air Friday Night
- KOMO Cuts Positions in Its Newsroom
- Snapchat Stats Are Bogus, Fired Snap Employee Says
- Obama Was Too Good at Social Media
- Stop Using the Phrase Creative Writing
- Lawmakers Seek to Ban Use of Handheld Devices by Drivers
- Washington State Congresswoman DelBene Gets Coveted Seat on House Ways & Means Committee
- A Record 75 Straight Months of Job Growth Under Obama
- Snow & Freezing Rain Possible for Mason County This Weekend
- Forecasters: Cold Temps Could Bring Snow This Weekend
- 18 Dogs Killed in Fire at Warehouse-Like Building Near Tumwater
- City of Shelton – Mason Street Water Main Break
- Montana Not Able to Pay STEM Scholarship Winners for Their Awards
- Inslee Proclaims January 6, 2017 “Seahawks Blue Friday”
Anachronism • \ uh-NAH-kruh-nizz-um\ • noun - 1: an error in
chronology; especially: a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects,
or customs in regard to each other 2: a person or a thing that is
chronologically out of place; especially: one from a former age that is
incongruous in the present 3: the state or condition of being chronologically
out of place.
Bobby had to smile every time he filled out a form for a
software upgrade for his turbo charged office PC. The order forms were only
available as multi part NEC documents. The irony of this anachronism was not
lost on him, especially since the documents required him to use his 1949 Royal
Standard typewriter to fill them out.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Load Tops 10,000 MW on Winter
Storm (Platts)
Daily Energy Demands in North Central Washington State Hit
All-Time Highs Again (North Central Washington Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
Grant PUD Electrical System Demand Hits Winter Record
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wa)
Near Record Demand for Electricity in Centralia (KELA Radio,
Centralia, WA)
Nuclear Power in Washington State Continues to Break Records
(Forbes Magazine)
Grays Harbor PUD Customers Victim of Scam Once Again (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Dozen Years Enough for Washington State UTC Commissioner
Jones (South Sound Business Examiner)
Power Returns to Vegas’ Rio Casino After Week of Issues (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
ESA-Listed Chum Salmon Below Bonneville Dam Show Good
Spawning Rate – Flows Maintained to Cover Redds (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Idaho’s Sage Grouse Lawsuit Dismissed by Federal Judge (Associated
Press)
Washington State Offers Steelhead License Plates to Help
Fund Conservation of Native Steelhead (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
‘Salmon Cannon’ Gives Fish a Boost Over Dams (Renewable
Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2017/01/salmon-cannon-gives-fish-a-boost-over-dams.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Oregon PUC Release Guidelines for Energy Storage Mandate (Utility
Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Avista Spent $10 Million on Idaho Energy Efficiency Programs
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
How Much Marijuana Was Sold in 2016? A Lot! (Washington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
What Another Ice Shelf Collapse Might Mean for Antarctica &
the Planet (Christian Science Monitor)
Falcons, Drones, Data: A Winery Battles Climate Change (NY
Times)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
All That Glitters is Not Green: Costa Rica’s Renewables
Conceal Dependence on Oil (The Guardian, UK)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Northwest Cable News Set to Go Off Air Friday Night (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
KOMO Cuts Positions in Its Newsroom (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Snapchat Stats Are Bogus, Fired Snap Employee Says (USA
Today)
Obama Was Too Good at Social Media (Atlantic Magazine)
Stop Using the Phrase Creative Writing – It’s time to stop
devaluing the forms of writing most people engage in (Slate Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Lawmakers Seek to Ban Use of Handheld Devices by Drivers (Associated
Press – Glanced over at a driver this morning who appeared to be watching
sports videos while driving down the road)
Washington State Congresswoman DelBene Gets Coveted Seat on House
Ways & Means Committee (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
A Record 75 Straight Months of Job Growth Under Obama (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Snow & Freezing Rain Possible for Mason County This
Weekend (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Forecasters: Cold Temps Could Bring Snow This Weekend
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/weather/article/Cold-temps-could-bring-snow-this-weekend-10838540.php
18 Dogs Killed in Fire at Warehouse-Like Building Near Tumwater
(KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
City of Shelton – Mason Street Water Main Break (City of
Shelton Facebook Page, WA)
Montana Not Able to Pay STEM Scholarship Winners for Their
Awards (Associated Press)
Inslee Proclaims January 6, 2017 “Seahawks Blue Friday” (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
BIRDBRAINS – DIVERSIONS
Hawks Unleashed on Crows in Downtown Portland
Facebook Post – Who’s There? Mason PUD 3’s Infrared
Inspection Finds High-Powered Owl
Unique Glass Penny from World War II Sells for $70,000
Watch a Man’s Beautiful Waterfall Proposal End in Disaster
SONG OF THE DAY
Leonard Cohen - Bird on a Wire
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