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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Heat Wave Poised to Break Bonneville Power Administration’s Summer Peak for Electricity Use – Readiness Actions in Motion Agency-Wide (Bonneville Power Administration)
Blistering Heat Wave Threatens Seattle, Where Only a Third Have Air-Conditioning (NY Times)
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Creating Haze over Puget Sound (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Avista Reports Lower Second Quarter Income – Will Reveal Details of Hydro One Deal in September (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Los Angeles Issues Plan to Electrify Its Entire Bus Fleet (Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Heat Wave Poised to Break Bonneville Power Administration’s Summer Peak for Electricity Use
- Oregon Could Break Records for Power Consumption during Heat Wave
- Clatskanie PUD Sets Up Cool Zone for Heat
- Joel Myer & Justin Holzgrove Talk Fiberhood and PUD 3
- Avista Reports Lower Second Quarter Income – Will Reveal Details of Hydro One Deal in September
- Avista Credits Would Buffer Request for Idaho Surcharge
- BC Hydro to Spend $1.3 Billion for Ownership of Trail Dam
- Brookings Man’s Cable Woes Reveal Electrical Fire Risk
- Oregon: Downed Power Line Kills Dog, Starts Fire in Banks
- U-S Gives Montana $4.6 Million for Retraining Coal Workers
- Power Outage in North Carolina's Outer Banks Could Take Weeks to Fix
- Federal Judge Rules Tennessee Valley Authority Must Limit Tree-Cutting Policy – Requires Environmental Impact Statement
- Tennessee Valley Authority Earns $233 Million in Spring Quarter
- South Carolina: Sorry, No Customer Refunds for Now-Abandoned Nuke Project
- RP3 – Reliability Designation Can Help Public Power Credit Ratings
- Top Ten Utility Commission Actions of 2017, So Far
- Oregon’s Biggest Salmon Fishing Season Opens Today
- Nations Will Start Talks to Protect Fish of the High Seas
- To Dam or Not to Dam? That’s This Fish Story
- Bees Are Bouncing Back from Colony Collapse Disorder
- Op/Ed: We Don’t Need To Fix Hirst
- Idaho Power Wants to Put Rooftop Solar Customers in Separate Rate Class
- Report: Planned Wind Energy Projects Increases 40 Percent
- United Kingdom: Utility Companies Won't Let You Sell Your Own Solar Power. Why Not?
- Colville Confederated Tribes Launch Hemp Project
- U-S Senator Wyden Demand’s Sessions Reveal Pot Policy Changes
- Bill Seeks to Make Marijuana Legal on the Federal Level
- Los Angeles Issues Plan to Electrify Its Entire Bus Fleet
- As the Top State for Solar Power, California Is Not Pumped for the Eclipse
- Pole Attachment Hypocrisy – Verizon Is Screwing Internet Users Who Aren’t Even Its Own Customers
- Winners of the 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
- Ten Tricks to Immediately Make Your Day More Productive
- Blistering Heat Wave Threatens Seattle, Where Only a Third Have Air-Conditioning
- Canadian Wildfire Smoke Creating Haze over Puget Sound
- Haze Over Western Washington Being Compared to Cloud Cover
- Heat & Winds Damage Air Quality in Eastern Washington
- Mason County Elections – August 1, 2017 Primary
- Costco Co-Founder Jeff Brotman Dies at 74
Neophyte • \NEE-uh-fite\ • Noun - 1: a new convert: proselyte 2: novice 3: tyro, beginner
The new Public Utility District communicator received her bright, shiny, ten pound “Big Book ‘O Acronyms” on the first day on the job. The resounding thud it made when she placed it on the kitchen table that night made the neophyte have second thoughts about the day she signed voluminous, fine-print documents before the wooden faced clerk in the utility’s human resources office.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Heat Wave Poised to Break Bonneville Power Administration’s Summer Peak for Electricity Use – Readiness Actions in Motion Agency-Wide (Bonneville Power Administration)
Oregon Could Break Records for Power Consumption during Heat Wave (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Clatskanie PUD Sets Up Cool Zone for Heat (Clatskanie Chief, OR)
Joel Myer & Justin Holzgrove Talk Fiberhood and PUD 3 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Avista Reports Lower Second Quarter Income – Will Reveal Details of Hydro One Deal in September (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Avista Credits Would Buffer Request for Idaho Surcharge (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
BC Hydro to Spend $1.3 Billion for Ownership of Trail Dam (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Brookings Man’s Cable Woes Reveal Electrical Fire Risk (Curry Coastal Pilot, Brookings, OR)
Oregon: Downed Power Line Kills Dog, Starts Fire in Banks (Associated Press)
U-S Gives Montana $4.6 Million for Retraining Coal Workers (Associated Press)
Power Outage in North Carolina's Outer Banks Could Take Weeks to Fix (National Public Radio)
Federal Judge Rules Tennessee Valley Authority Must Limit Tree-Cutting Policy – Requires Environmental Impact Statement (Associated Press)
Tennessee Valley Authority Earns $233 Million in Spring Quarter (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)
South Carolina: Sorry, No Customer Refunds for Now-Abandoned Nuke Project (Associated Press)
RP3 – Reliability Designation Can Help Public Power Credit Ratings (American Public Power Association)
Top Ten Utility Commission Actions of 2017, So Far (The Energy Collective)
http://www.theenergycollective.com/coley-girouard/2409968/top-10-utility-commission-actions-2017-far
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon’s Biggest Salmon Fishing Season Opens Today (KXL Radio, Portland, OR)
Nations Will Start Talks to Protect Fish of the High Seas (NY Times)
To Dam or Not to Dam? That’s This Fish Story (Crosscut Seattle)
Bees Are Bouncing Back from Colony Collapse Disorder (Bloomberg News)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Op/Ed: We Don’t Need To Fix Hirst (Northwest Treaty Tribes)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Idaho Power Wants to Put Rooftop Solar Customers in Separate Rate Class (Utility Dive)
Report: Planned Wind Energy Projects Increases 40 Percent (Wyoming Public Media)
United Kingdom: Utility Companies Won't Let You Sell Your Own Solar Power. Why Not? (The Guardian, UK)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Colville Confederated Tribes Launch Hemp Project (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
U-S Senator Wyden Demand’s Sessions Reveal Pot Policy Changes (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Bill Seeks to Make Marijuana Legal on the Federal Level (Consumerist)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Los Angeles Issues Plan to Electrify Its Entire Bus Fleet (Utility Dive)
As the Top State for Solar Power, California Is Not Pumped for the Eclipse (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Pole Attachment Hypocrisy – Verizon Is Screwing Internet Users Who Aren’t Even Its Own Customers (Yahoo Tach)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Winners of the 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest (Atlantic Magazine)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Ten Tricks to Immediately Make Your Day More Productive (Fast Company)
GENERAL NEWS
Blistering Heat Wave Threatens Seattle, Where Only a Third Have Air-Conditioning (NY Times)
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Creating Haze over Puget Sound (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Haze Over Western Washington Being Compared to Cloud Cover (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Heat & Winds Damage Air Quality in Eastern Washington (Associated Press)
Mason County Elections – August 1, 2017 Primary (Mason County Auditor, Shelton, WA)
Costco Co-Founder Jeff Brotman Dies at 74 (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
KILLDOZER – DIVERSIONS
Utility Workers Do Good Deed, Recover Wedding Ring in Sewer
Police: Landlord Runs over Tenant for Digging Up Plants
German Court Rules against 'Spaghetti Monster Church'
Texas Calf Born Looking Like KISS Rocker Gene Simmons
SONG OF THE DAY
Carlos Santana - Flor de Luna
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