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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Oregon’s Sunny Employment News: Solar Jobs Surged in 2016
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Army Corps of Engineers Weighs Privatizing Oregon Hatcheries
(Associated Press)
Grant PUD Sees Spike in Scam Phone Calls Targeting Utility
Customers (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
Jefferson PUD: Website Hack Is ‘Digital Version of Graffiti’
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Portland Finds Parasite in Drinking Water, Raising Possible
Need for Treatment Plant (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grant PUD Sees Spike in Scam Phone Calls Targeting Utility Customers
- Chelan PUD Shows 20 Million Dollar End of Year Budget Savings
- Avista’s Board Votes to Increase Quarterly Dividend on Shares of Common Stock
- California: Bay Area Customers Cry Foul as Pacific Gas & Electric Enacts Double-Digit Rate Hikes
- FERC & Oregon PUC Provide Key Guidance for Energy Storage Projects
- Can Nuclear Power Rise From The Chaos In Washington, DC?
- Back to the Future: Senators Want to Go Low-Tech to Improve Electrical Grid Security
- This Drone Operator Is Helping Power Companies Mechanize Their Most Dangerous Jobs
- Army Corps of Engineers Weighs Privatizing Oregon Hatcheries
- Low Numbers Result in No Sport Smelt Dipping Season
- Portland Finds Parasite in Drinking Water, Raising Possible Need for Treatment Plant
- Oregon’s Sunny Employment News: Solar Jobs Surged in 2016
- Solar Industry Clamors for Workers as Jobs Climb by 25 Percent
- NRG’s Massive California Solar Plant Finally Making Enough Power
- Utah House Committee Clears Bill to Phase Out Solar Tax Credit
- Hawaii: Bill Would Boost Untapped Potential of Hydroelectricity on Oahu
- Offshore Wind Moves into Energy’s Mainstream
- Jefferson PUD: Website Hack Is ‘Digital Version of Graffiti’
- Millions of Smart TVs Were Apparently Spying on Their Owners
- YouTube Takes on Facebook Live with Mobile Live Streaming
- Op/Ed: The Private Model Must Prevail When It Comes to Broadband
- Broadband Boondoggles: A Map of Failed Taxpayer-Funded Networks
- Twitter’s Going to Start Weeding out Abusive Tweets before You See Them
- Five Ways to Improve Business’ Social Media Presence
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Arguments on President Trump’s Travel Ban
- British Columbia Forestry Minister Prepares for ‘Challenging’ Softwood Lumber Negotiations
- Lawmakers Consider Expanding Self-Serve Gas in Rural Oregon
Brummagem • \BRUM-uh-jumm\ • Adjective - Not genuine:
spurious; also: cheaply showy: tawdry
The rural town’s tinker had an eye for genuine articles…and
could spot the various brummagem trinkets hawked at the community fair as
“treasures from afar.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grant PUD Sees Spike in Scam Phone Calls Targeting Utility
Customers (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
Chelan PUD Shows 20 Million Dollar End of Year Budget
Savings (North Central Washington Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
Avista’s Board Votes to Increase Quarterly Dividend on
Shares of Common Stock (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
California: Bay Area Customers Cry Foul as Pacific Gas &
Electric Enacts Double-Digit Rate Hikes (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)
FERC & Oregon PUC Provide Key Guidance for Energy
Storage Projects (CH& Energy Blog)
Can Nuclear Power Rise From The Chaos In Washington, DC? (Forbes
Magazine)
Back to the Future: Senators Want to Go Low-Tech to Improve
Electrical Grid Security (Washington Examiner)
This Drone Operator Is Helping Power Companies Mechanize
Their Most Dangerous Jobs (Washington Post)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Army Corps of Engineers Weighs Privatizing Oregon Hatcheries
(Associated Press)
Low Numbers Result in No Sport Smelt Dipping Season (Longview
Daily News, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE (INCLUDING THE LIFE IN IT)
Portland Finds Parasite in Drinking Water, Raising Possible
Need for Treatment Plant (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Oregon’s Sunny Employment News: Solar Jobs Surged in 2016 (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Solar Industry Clamors for Workers as Jobs Climb by 25
Percent (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NRG’s Massive California Solar Plant Finally Making Enough
Power (Bloomberg News)
Utah House Committee Clears Bill to Phase Out Solar Tax
Credit (Utility Dive)
Hawaii: Bill Would Boost Untapped Potential of Hydroelectricity
on Oahu (Pacific Business Journal, HI)
Offshore Wind Moves into Energy’s Mainstream (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Jefferson PUD: Website Hack Is ‘Digital Version of Graffiti’
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Millions of Smart TVs Were Apparently Spying on Their Owners
(Sacramento Bee, CA)
YouTube Takes on Facebook Live with Mobile Live Streaming
(C/NET News)
Op/Ed: The Private Model Must Prevail When It Comes to Broadband
(The Hill, Washington, DC)
Broadband Boondoggles: A Map of Failed Taxpayer-Funded
Networks (Taxpayers Protection Alliance)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Twitter’s Going to Start Weeding out Abusive Tweets before
You See Them (Washington Post)
Five Ways to Improve Business’ Social Media Presence (USA
Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Arguments on President
Trump’s Travel Ban (Reuters)
GENERAL NEWS
British Columbia Forestry Minister Prepares for ‘Challenging’
Softwood Lumber Negotiations (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Lawmakers Consider Expanding Self-Serve Gas in Rural Oregon (Associated
Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
There Are Over 200 Bodies on Mount Everest, And They’re Used
as Landmarks
Merriam-Webster Adds New Words: Photobomb, Ghost &
Microaggression
Hawaii’s Epic Lava ‘Fire Hose’ Has Returned with a Vengeance
Slow Food? Black Hole Taking Entire Decade to Devour Star
SONG OF THE DAY
Annie Lennox – Into the West
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