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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Local Lawmakers See Little Hope for Capital Budget This Year
(Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
U-S Senate Panel Opposes Sale of Power Marketing
Administration Assets, Bolsters Cybersecurity Agreement (American Public Power
Association)
New Meters Mean Seattle City Light Won’t Visit Homes Anymore
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Undammed River – Fraser River Sockeye Fishery Closed after
Low Early Returns (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Rural Internet Can Help Shrink Economic Gap (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Senate Panel Opposes Sale of Power Marketing Administration Assets, Bolsters Cybersecurity Agreement
- New Meters Mean Seattle City Light Won’t Visit Homes Anymore
- Okanogan PUD Commissioners Pass Resolution to Amend Electric Service Rate Schedules
- Tillamook PUD to Keep Power Rates Stable through Next Year
- Local Utilities Support Balanced, Focused Columbia River Management
- Chelan PUD Commissioners Extend GM Steve Wright’s Contract
- Bonneville Power Administration Employee Wins DOE Earth Day Photo Contest
- San Juan County Youth Scholars Shine at Regional Co-op Leadership Camp
- Per Capita Residential Electricity Sales in the U-S Have Fallen Since 2010
- U-S Judge Refuses to Halt New York Nuclear Power Plant Subsidies
- Researchers: US Natural Gas Reserves at 52-Year High
- U-S Energy Secretary Duped into Fake Interview with Russian Comedians
- Undammed River – Fraser River Sockeye Fishery Closed after Low Early Returns
- Olympic National Park Issues Draft Mountain Goat Plan – Options Include Relocation, Killing
- Idaho, Utah Team Up to Fight Invasive Mussels
- Algae Bloom in Hood Canal, Washington
- Columbia River Levels Discussed at Grant PUD Meetings
- Tariffs on Solar Panels Could Slow Industry Growth by 66%
- First Cooperative Community Solar Project in Idaho Launches
- Editorial: Oregon – Drop Solar Farm Idea
- Washington State’s Cannabis Financier Problem
- California’s Cap-and-Trade Tax Extension Signed Into Law
- Study: Utilities Knew about Climate Change Risks Decades Ago
- Rural Internet Can Help Shrink Economic Gap
- Lawmakers Are Calling for a Net Neutrality Faceoff Between Google & Comcast, Among Others
- Some Bitcoin Backers Are Defecting to Create a Rival Currency
- An Internet Revolt Just Saved Microsoft Paint
- Yakima Anti-Pot Billboard Draws Social Media Ire
- Inside 'Energy Dominance' & Other DOE Buzzwords
- Roomba’s Collection of Personal Home Data a Possible Threat to Livelihood of Owners
- Local Lawmakers See Little Hope for Capital Budget This Year
- Washington State Agency Says No Capital Budget Puts Forests in Jeopardy
- Petition Started Against Washington Distracted Driving Law
- Pay-Per-Mile Tax Program Is Going to be Tested in Washington State
- Group Secures Enough Valid Shelton Voter Signatures to Place ‘City Council’ Government Proposal on Ballot
- Council Initiative – Special Shelton City Commission Meeting Wednesday
- Suspect in Bizarre Shooting of Mason County Man Dragging Dead Animal Pleads Innocent
- Mason County Unemployment Drops Again
- Shavings Company Opens Shelton Plant
- Mandatory Ten-Digit Dialing for Western Washington Begins This Weekend
Argus • \ARE-guss\ • Noun – 1: a hundred-eyed monster of
Greek mythology 2: a watchful guardian
“Man, that guy has eyes in the back of his head… literally”
whispered the study hall student to his companion. Principal Strickland was
pleased with the hiring of Argus as his vice-principal. “I’m no slacker when it
comes to keeping an eye on things,” he barked. “But this guy’s the best!”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Senate Panel Opposes Sale of Power Marketing
Administration Assets, Bolsters Cybersecurity Agreement (American Public Power
Association)
New Meters Mean Seattle City Light Won’t Visit Homes Anymore
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Okanogan PUD Commissioners Pass Resolution to Amend Electric
Service Rate Schedules (Okanogan PUD, Okanogan, WA)
Tillamook PUD to Keep Power Rates Stable through Next Year
(Tillamook Headlight Herald, OR)
Local Utilities Support Balanced, Focused Columbia River
Management (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Chelan PUD Commissioners Extend GM Steve Wright’s Contract
(NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Employee Wins DOE Earth Day
Photo Contest (Bonneville Power Administration)
San Juan County Youth Scholars Shine at Regional Co-op
Leadership Camp (San Juan Islander, Friday Harbor, WA)
Per Capita Residential Electricity Sales in the U-S Have
Fallen Since 2010 (U-S Energy Information Administration)
U-S Judge Refuses to Halt New York Nuclear Power Plant
Subsidies (Reuters)
Researchers: US natural gas reserves at 52-year high
(Washington Examiner)
U-S Energy Secretary Duped into Fake Interview with Russian
Comedians (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Undammed River – Fraser River Sockeye Fishery Closed after Low
Early Returns (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Olympic National Park Issues Draft Mountain Goat Plan – Options
Include Relocation, Killing (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Idaho, Utah Team Up to Fight Invasive Mussels (Associated
Press)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Algae Bloom in Hood Canal, Washington (NASA Earth
Observatory)
Columbia River Levels Discussed at Grant PUD Meetings
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wa)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Tariffs on Solar Panels Could Slow Industry Growth by 66%
(Bloomberg News)
First Cooperative Community Solar Project in Idaho Launches
(KREM-TV, Spokane, WA)
Editorial: Oregon – Drop Solar Farm Idea (Ashland Daily
Tidings, OR)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington State’s Cannabis Financier Problem (Canna Law
Blogg)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California’s Cap-and-Trade Tax Extension Signed Into Law
(Courthouse News Service)
Study: Utilities Knew about Climate Change Risks Decades Ago
(The Hill. Washington, DC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Rural Internet Can Help Shrink Economic Gap (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
Lawmakers Are Calling for a Net Neutrality Faceoff Between Google
& Comcast, Among Others (Washington Post)
Some Bitcoin Backers Are Defecting to Create a Rival
Currency (NY Times)
An Internet Revolt Just Saved Microsoft Paint (Washington
Post)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Yakima Anti-Pot Billboard Draws Social Media Ire (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Yakima-anti-pot-billboard-draws-social-media-ire-11404396.php
Inside 'Energy Dominance' & Other DOE Buzzwords (E&E
Publishing)
Roomba’s Collection of Personal Home Data a Possible Threat
to Livelihood of Owners (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Local Lawmakers See Little Hope for Capital Budget This Year
(Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
Washington State Agency Says No Capital Budget Puts Forests
in Jeopardy (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Petition Started Against Washington Distracted Driving Law (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Pay-Per-Mile Tax Program Is Going to be Tested in Washington
State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Group Secures Enough Valid Shelton Voter Signatures to Place
‘City Council’ Government Proposal on Ballot (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Council Initiative – Special Shelton City Commission Meeting
Wednesday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Suspect in Bizarre Shooting of Mason County Man Dragging
Dead Animal Pleads Innocent (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Mason County Unemployment Drops Again (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Shavings Company Opens Shelton Plant (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
Mandatory Ten-Digit Dialing for Western Washington Begins
This Weekend (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
WATERSHIP DOWN EDITION – DIVERSIONS
Randy Bachman's Guitarology – The Real Opening Chord to a
Hard Days Night
Police: Woman Arrested after Topless Road Rage Attack
Hop On! Wild Rabbits Surf on Sheep to Flee New Zealand Flood
Wisconsin Company Offers Employees Microchip Implants
SONG OF THE DAY
The Salsoul Orchestra – Getaway
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