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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Snow Expected over Western Washington (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Trade Commissioners Recommend Solar Tariffs & Quotas in Trade Case (Renewable Energy World)
Northeast Washington Silicon Smelter Plans Raise Concerns (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
U-S Senator Cantwell, Others in Congress Call for Investigation into Whitefish Energy Contract in Puerto Rico (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
5-G Boosting, Pole Attachments – Broadband-Boosting Bill Draft Circulated (Broadcasting & Cable)
Smelly Pot Farms May Be Policed by Clean Air Regulators (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Senator Cantwell, Others in Congress Call for Investigation into Whitefish Energy Contract in Puerto Rico
- American Public Power Association Responds to PREPA Request for Power Restoration Assistance
- Columbia Generating Station Shatters Generation Records in Quest for Reliability, Efficiency
- Delaying British Columbia’s Massive Peace River Dam Most Costly Option: Commission
- Lower Increases in 2018 – Idaho Regulators Announce Settlement in Avista Rate Case
- BC Hydro 2-Tier Rates Up for Review, Premier Says
- Pacific Gas & Electric Conundrum: Wine Country Blaze Damage Raised to $3 Billion
- Explosion at Power Plant in India Kills 16, Injures Dozens
- Utilities Focus on Plausibility, Prevention in Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios
- Northeast Washington Silicon Smelter Plans Raise Concerns
- U-S Trade Commissioners Recommend Solar Tariffs & Quotas in Trade Case
- New Mexico: Oregon-Based Energy Company Operating NM’s Largest Wind Farm Makes Lease Agreement with State Land Office
- Technology, Markets & Contracts — Oh My! The Keys to Profiting from California’s Duck Curve
- Smelly Pot Farms May Be Policed by Clean Air Regulators
- 5-G Boosting, Pole Attachments – Broadband-Boosting Bill Draft Circulated
- Two Grant PUD Commissioners Ask to Have Funding Dedicated to Fiber Build-Out
- Touting Hydropower, Infomart Data Centers’ Portland Facility Awarded LEED Platinum Green Building Certification
- Level 3 Now Part of CenturyLink; $34 Billion Buy Closes
- Here’s How Incognito Mode Can Save You Lots of Money
- Investing in Main Street: Community Engagement, Public Power Style
- Starbucks Ends ‘War on Christmas’ with New Holiday Cup
- Pruitt Bars Some Scientists from Advising EPA
- Washington State Legislative Leaders Respond to Report on Sexual Harassment at the Capitol
- Manhattan Terror Attack Kills 8 & Injures 11
- Shelton City Leaders Mull Proposals to Lower Sewer Rates, Boost Water Rates
Ichthyomania • \ick-thee-oh-MANE-ee-yah/ • Noun - An excessive fascination with fish.
Ichthyomancy 1. Divination by means of the heads or entrails of fishes. 2. Divination by examining the heads and/or entrails of fish for prophetic signs or processing the next fish caught.
Bradford was in heaven. As a rabid ichtyomnaniac, working in the fish processing plant let him play with his semi-frozen charges as if they were ventriloquist dummies. Hi Folks! He would exclaim while working the little fish mouths at lunch. It was when he started using ichthyomancy in an attempt to predict the annual salmon runs in the Columbia River that his co-workers started to avoid him like week-old chum.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Senator Cantwell, Others in Congress Call for Investigation into Whitefish Energy Contract in Puerto Rico (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
American Public Power Association Responds to PREPA Request for Power Restoration Assistance (American Public Power Association)
Columbia Generating Station Shatters Generation Records in Quest for Reliability, Efficiency (Power Magazine)
Delaying British Columbia’s Massive Peace River Dam Most Costly Option: Commission (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Lower Increases in 2018 – Idaho Regulators Announce Settlement in Avista Rate Case (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
BC Hydro 2-Tier Rates Up for Review, Premier Says (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Pacific Gas & Electric Conundrum: Wine Country Blaze Damage Raised to $3 Billion (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Explosion at Power Plant in India Kills 16, Injures Dozens (Associated Press)
Utilities Focus on Plausibility, Prevention in Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios (Utility Dive)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Northeast Washington Silicon Smelter Plans Raise Concerns (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
U-S Trade Commissioners Recommend Solar Tariffs & Quotas in Trade Case (Renewable Energy World)
New Mexico: Oregon-Based Energy Company Operating NM’s Largest Wind Farm Makes Lease Agreement with State Land Office (Albuquerque Business First, NM)
Technology, Markets & Contracts — Oh My! The Keys to Profiting from California’s Duck Curve (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Smelly Pot Farms May Be Policed by Clean Air Regulators (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
5-G Boosting, Pole Attachments – Broadband-Boosting Bill Draft Circulated (Broadcasting & Cable)
Two Grant PUD Commissioners Ask to Have Funding Dedicated to Fiber Build-Out (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
Touting Hydropower, Infomart Data Centers’ Portland Facility Awarded LEED Platinum Green Building Certification (Digital Journal)
Level 3 Now Part of CenturyLink; $34 Billion Buy Closes (Denver Business Journal)
Here’s How Incognito Mode Can Save You Lots of Money (Mashable)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Investing in Main Street: Community Engagement, Public Power Style (American Public Power Association)
Starbucks Ends ‘War on Christmas’ with New Holiday Cup
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Pruitt Bars Some Scientists from Advising EPA (NY Times)
Washington State Legislative Leaders Respond to Report on Sexual Harassment at the Capitol (Northwest Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Manhattan Terror Attack Kills 8 & Injures 11 (NY Times)
Shelton City Leaders Mull Proposals to Lower Sewer Rates, Boost Water Rates (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Winning Seahawks Touchdown Recorded on Seismographs
Oregon State Rep Who Backed Distracted Driver Law Gets a Ticket for Using Phone in Car
Giant Idaho Publicity Potato to Become Tiny Vacation Rental
Tourists Will No Longer Be Able to Climb Australia’s Uluru (Ayers Rock) In 2019
SONG OF THE DAY
The Carpenters – Top of the World
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