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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Hot, Hotter, Hottest - Record Breaking Temps on Tap for
Mason County This Week (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Avista’s Ownership in a Montana Coal Plant Is under Scrutiny
in Ontario, Which Has Banned Coal-Fired Electricity (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
Shelton, WA: Marijuana’s Boost in City Where Timber Was King
(Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
‘A Mountain’ of Silt Moving Down Columbia River, Port Says
(Longview Daily News, WA)
Call Before You Dig – Generators Arrive as 10,000 Tourists
Evacuate North Carolina Islands (TIME Magazine)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista’s Ownership in a Montana Coal Plant Is under Scrutiny in Ontario, Which Has Banned Coal-Fired Electricity
- Oregon: Clatskanie PUD Faces Four Yearly Rate Increases
- Officials: Bonneville Power Administration Shift Won’t Affect Pacific Power’s Walla Walla Power Rates
- Cascade Natural Gas – Local Natural Gas Customers Could See Slightly Higher Rates
- Tri-City-Area Utilities Support Proposed Law to Save Snake River Dams
- Montana Coal Production Up 1.5 Million Tons
- Editorial: Why Coal Is Number One
- Call Before You Dig – Generators Arrive as 10,000 Tourists Evacuate North Carolina Islands
- North Carolina: 2 of 3 Cables ‘Compromised’ in Crippling Outer Banks Power Outage
- South Carolina: Utilities to Stop Building Billion-Dollar Nuke Reactors
- Utility Worker Accused of Shooting Dog during Surveying Work for AT&T
- Tagging Tiny Fish: Scientists Aim to Learn More about Lamprey Migration
- OSU Researchers Study Elusive Threatened Seabird, the Marbled Murrelet
- ‘A Mountain’ of Silt Moving Down Columbia River, Port Says
- Wind Farms Are Not Ready for Ransomware
- Utility Helps Wean Vermonters from the Electric Grid
- Brazil: This Dam Has Been a Disaster–Can Turning It into a Solar Plant Save It?
- Shelton, WA: Marijuana’s Boost in City Where Timber Was King
- It’s Not Your Imagination; Summers Are Getting Hotter
- Georgia: Lawmaker Say Electric Cooperatives Could Fill Broadband Gaps
- Cellphone Service Could Be Spotty for Rural Eclipse-Watchers – Bring in the COWS
- FCC Activity Watch: Electric Utility Pole Attachments
- Hackers Threaten ‘Game of Thrones,’ as HBO Confirms Cyberattack
- Steve Bannon Presidential Advisor, Wants to Regulate Facebook & Google as Utilities
- How to Talk Social in the C-Suite
- Every Voting Machine at This Hacking Conference Got Totally Pwned
- Editorial: Washington State Capital Budget Failure Will Cost Local Ratepayers
- Last Word: Sen. Lisa Murkowski
- Hot, Hotter, Hottest - Record Breaking Temps on Tap for Mason County This Week
- Taylor Shellfish to pay $160,000 to settle racial harassment case
- Driver Flees after Three-Vehicle Head-On Crash on Highway 3
- Mason County Primary Ballots Due Tuesday
- Pee Wee Reese World Series at Mason County Recreation Area
- Ten-Digit Dialing Underway in Western Washington State
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista’s Ownership in a Montana Coal Plant Is under Scrutiny
in Ontario, Which Has Banned Coal-Fired Electricity (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
Oregon: Clatskanie PUD Faces Four Yearly Rate Increases (The
Clatskanie Chief, OR)
Officials: Bonneville Power Administration Shift Won’t
Affect Pacific Power’s Walla Walla Power Rates (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
Cascade Natural Gas – Local Natural Gas Customers Could See
Slightly Higher Rates (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
Tri-City-Area Utilities Support Proposed Law to Save Snake
River Dams (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Montana Coal Production Up 1.5 Million Tons (Billings
Gazette, MT)
Editorial: Why Coal Is Number One – The ‘booming’ solar
energy field accounts for only one percent of American power production
(Washington Times)
Call Before You Dig – Generators Arrive as 10,000 Tourists
Evacuate North Carolina Islands (TIME Magazine)
North Carolina: 2 of 3 Cables ‘Compromised’ in Crippling Outer
Banks Power Outage (WTVR-TV, Richmond. VA)
South Carolina: Utilities to Stop Building Billion-Dollar
Nuke Reactors (Associated Press)
Utility Worker Accused of Shooting Dog during Surveying Work
for AT&T (Consumerist)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Tagging Tiny Fish: Scientists Aim to Learn More about
Lamprey Migration (Northwest Public Radio)
OSU Researchers Study Elusive Threatened Seabird, the Marbled
Murrelet (Northwest Public Radio)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
‘A Mountain’ of Silt Moving Down Columbia River, Port Says (Longview
Daily News, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Wind Farms Are Not Ready for Ransomware (PC Magazine)
Utility Helps Wean Vermonters from the Electric Grid (NY
Times)
Brazil: This Dam Has Been a Disaster–Can Turning It into a
Solar Plant Save It? (Fast Company)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Shelton, WA: Marijuana’s Boost in City Where Timber Was King
(Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
It’s Not Your Imagination; Summers Are Getting Hotter (NY
Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Georgia: Lawmaker Say Electric Cooperatives Could Fill
Broadband Gaps (Valdosta Daily Times, GA)
Cellphone Service Could Be Spotty for Rural Eclipse-Watchers
– Bring in the COWS (Associated Press)
FCC Activity Watch: Electric Utility Pole Attachments (American
Public Power Association)
Hackers Threaten ‘Game of Thrones,’ as HBO Confirms
Cyberattack (NY Times)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Steve Bannon Presidential Advisor, Wants to Regulate
Facebook & Google as Utilities (Fortune Magazine)
How to Talk Social in the C-Suite (AdWeek)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Every Voting Machine at This Hacking Conference Got Totally
Pwned (Gizmodo)
Editorial: Washington State Capital Budget Failure Will Cost
Local Ratepayers (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
Last Word: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (American Public Power
Association)
GENERAL NEWS
Hot, Hotter, Hottest - Record Breaking Temps on Tap for
Mason County This Week (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Taylor Shellfish to pay $160,000 to settle racial harassment
case (Associated Press)
Driver Flees after Three-Vehicle Head-On Crash on Highway 3
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Primary Ballots Due Tuesday (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
Pee Wee Reese World Series at Mason County Recreation Area
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Ten-Digit Dialing Underway in Western Washington State (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
SNAKES AROUND YOUR NECK – DIVERSIONS
Neil Armstrong’s Solid Gold Moon Lander Replica Stolen from Museum
12 Double-Yolked Eggs in a Row Is Almost a Mathematical
Impossibility, Yet Here We Are
Lottery Luck Strikes Twice for Quebec Man Who Won Millions
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished – Firefighters Rescue Ohio Woman
Entangled by Boa Constrictor
SONG OF THE DAY
Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On (Beverly Hills Cop Soundtrack)
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