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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
We Officially Have New Cloud Types for the First Time in
Decades (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/24/look-up-first-new-clouds-30-years/99574628/
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Falling Bonneville Power Administration Revenue May Trigger
Additional Electricity Fee (Longview Daily News, WA)
The High Cost of Tearing Down the Snake River Dams
(Washington Policy Center)
Could Colstrip Bill Hinder Montana’s Renewable-Energy
Future? (Montana Public News Service)
Cannabis Industry Expected to Maintain Growth despite Trump
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington State Governor Inslee Discusses the Destiny of
the Human Race with United Nations (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Falling Bonneville Power Administration Revenue May Trigger Additional Electricity Fee
- The High Cost of Tearing Down the Snake River Dams
- Clallam Public Utility District Electric Rates Going Up
- Lewis County PUD Completes First Reading of Rate Hike Proposal
- Evacuation Orders Lifted, But Oroville Dam Saga May Have Just Begun
- Damage, Design Flaws in Oroville Dam Spillway Point to Lengthy Repairs, Consultants Say
- "Smart Meter" Opponents Press Privacy Challenge in Seventh Circuit
- Keystone XL Pipeline Gets OK from U-S State Department
- Tracking Energy Demand Trends by State
- Golden Rule Applies to Public Servants
- Maine Man Charged Again with Stealing Electricity for Home
- Listed Steelhead Move into New Habitat Created by Removal of Obsolete Dam on Idaho's Potlatch River
- Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Names Pinkham New Executive Director
- Cod Fishing Catches Plummet in Waters Off New England
- Rate Hikes Coming for Chelan PUD Water, Sewer
- Could Colstrip Bill Hinder Montana’s Renewable-Energy Future?
- U-S Senator Alexander Urges Tennessee Valley Authority "Not to Raise Tennesseans’ Electric Bills to Buy Power It Doesn’t Need"
- Virginia to Utilize Old Coal Mines for Hydropower
- Inside Microsoft's Cutting-Edge Smart-Building Technology
- Reliability Hinges on Behind-The-Meter Data, Grid Operator Coalition Says
- Cannabis Industry Expected to Maintain Growth despite Trump
- Washington State Governor Inslee Discusses the Destiny of the Human Race with United Nations
- After EPA Budget Shock, Energy Industry Waits on President Trump's Climate Executive Orders
- Could a Moore's Law for Carbon Halt Climate Change?
- Op/Ed: What Are You Doing About Climate Change?
- Insane Light System Blasts the Energy of 10,000 Suns
- 170,000 Job-Seekers Compromised by Hacking at Idaho Department of Labor
- Congress Moves to Strike Internet Privacy Rules from Obama Era
- AT&T Workers End Strike
- Hackers Still Threaten a Remote Wipe of iPhones, Despite Apple’s Statement
- There Are 2.4 Billion Robo-Calls Every Month – The FCC Wants to Help Block Them
- Twitter Explores Subscription-Based Option for First Time
- Facebook Messenger Is Basically Slack Now
- A Journey into the Merriam-Webster Word Factory
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Washington State Senate Passes $43 Billion Budget Proposal
- Inslee Slams Washington State GOP Budget’s Tax Break for ‘Flavorful, Wood-Smoked Steaks’ – A Break He Signed into Law
- Commissioner: Portland Council Meetings Too Unsafe to Attend
- Gonzaga Bulldogs Claim Victory in Nail Biter to Advance to NCAA Elite Eight
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pondered. “Once I replaced those troublesome employees with Shropshire sheep,
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get nothing done all day, except to fertilize the carpet.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Falling Bonneville Power Administration Revenue May Trigger
Additional Electricity Fee (Longview Daily News, WA)
The High Cost of Tearing Down the Snake River Dams (Washington
Policy Center)
Clallam Public Utility District Electric Rates Going Up (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Lewis County PUD Completes First Reading of Rate Hike
Proposal (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Evacuation Orders Lifted, But Oroville Dam Saga May Have
Just Begun (Christian Science Monitor)
Damage, Design Flaws in Oroville Dam Spillway Point to
Lengthy Repairs, Consultants Say (Sacramento Bee, CA)
"Smart Meter" Opponents Press Privacy Challenge in
Seventh Circuit (CH& Energy Blog)
Keystone XL Pipeline Gets OK from U-S State Department (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Tracking Energy Demand Trends by State (The Economist)
Golden Rule Applies to Public Servants (American Public
Power Association)
Maine Man Charged Again with Stealing Electricity for Home (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Listed Steelhead Move into New Habitat Created by Removal of
Obsolete Dam on Idaho's Potlatch River (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Names Pinkham
New Executive Director (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Cod Fishing Catches Plummet in Waters Off New England (Associated
Press)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Rate Hikes Coming for Chelan PUD Water, Sewer (Wenatchee
World, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Could Colstrip Bill Hinder Montana’s Renewable-Energy
Future? (Montana Public News Service)
U-S Senator Alexander Urges Tennessee Valley Authority
"Not to Raise Tennesseans’ Electric Bills to Buy Power It Doesn’t
Need" (The Chattanoogan, TN)
Virginia to Utilize Old Coal Mines for Hydropower (Breaking
Energy)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Inside Microsoft's Cutting-Edge Smart-Building Technology (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
Reliability Hinges on Behind-The-Meter Data, Grid Operator
Coalition Says (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Cannabis Industry Expected to Maintain Growth despite Trump (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Governor Inslee Discusses the Destiny of the
Human Race with United Nations (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
After EPA Budget Shock, Energy Industry Waits on President Trump's
Climate Executive Orders (Utility Dive)
Could a Moore's Law for Carbon Halt Climate Change? (Christian
Science Monitor)
Op/Ed: What Are You Doing About Climate Change? (Ashland
Daily Tidings, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE
Insane Light System Blasts the Energy of 10,000 Suns
(Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
170,000 Job-Seekers Compromised by Hacking at Idaho
Department of Labor (Associated Press)
Congress Moves to Strike Internet Privacy Rules from Obama
Era (NY Times)
AT&T Workers End Strike (SF Chronicle)
Hackers Still Threaten a Remote Wipe of iPhones, Despite Apple’s
Statement (Yahoo! Tech)
MARKETING & MEDIA
There Are 2.4 Billion Robo-Calls Every Month – The FCC Wants
to Help Block Them (Washington Post)
Twitter Explores Subscription-Based Option for First Time (Reuters)
Facebook Messenger Is Basically Slack Now (Mashable)
A Journey into the Merriam-Webster Word Factory (NY Times)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Senate Passes $43 Billion Budget Proposal (Associated
Press)
http://www.nwcn.com/news/local/northwest/wa-senate-passes-43-billion-state-budget-proposal/425292514
Inslee Slams Washington State GOP Budget’s Tax Break for
‘Flavorful, Wood-Smoked Steaks’ – A Break He Signed into Law (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Commissioner: Portland Council Meetings Too Unsafe to Attend
(Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Gonzaga Bulldogs Claim Victory in Nail Biter to Advance to
NCAA Elite Eight (Northwest Public Radio)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Texas Dad Throws His Daughter a $6 Million Birthday Party
Hamsters Left Off List of Amherst College Mascot Finalists
This Teen Jumped Into Crocodile-Infested Waters to Impress a
Girl. It Did Not Go Well
A President’s Restless Corpse May Be on the Move Again in
Tennessee
SONG OF THE DAY
Dr. Hook – Only Sixteen
Dr. Hook – Cover of the Rolling Stone
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