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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Snow in Mountains, Wind, & Ample Precipitation: A La
Nina-Like Pattern This Week (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Judge OKs Plan to Boost Spill at Columbia & Snake River
Dams (Associated Press)
FERC Rejects DOE NOPR, Kicking Resilience Issue to Grid
Operators (Utility Dive)
More Equipment, Crews Head to Puerto Rico for Power Boost
(Associated Press)
Bill Could Allow More New Washington State Wells for
Domestic Use (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Seven Takeaways from Gov. Inslee’s 2018 State Of The State
Speech (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- FERC Rejects DOE NOPR, Kicking Resilience Issue to Grid Operators
- ‘FERC Did Its Job:’ Former Regulators, Lawyers Laud DOE NOPR Rejection
- More Equipment, Crews Head to Puerto Rico for Power Boost
- Almost All Power Plants That Retired In the Past Decade Were Powered by Fossil Fuels
- MIT: Cheap Gas, Not Renewables, Caused Nuclear Woes
- South Carolina Utility Wants Lawsuit over Nuclear Plant Costs Tossed Out of Court
- Chelan PUD has Aggressive Capital Improvement Plan
- British Columbia: The Great Flicker of 2018 (2.5 Second Outage) Was Caused by a Car Crash, BC Hydro Says
- Damming the Nile – Egypt, Sudan & Ethiopia Battle It Out
- Bitcoins Should Be Called BTUcoins – That’s a Problem
- Judge OKs Plan to Boost Spill at Columbia & Snake River Dams
- Bill Could Allow More New Washington State Wells for Domestic Use
- The Nation’s Rivers & Streams Are Getting Dangerously Saltier
- Oregon: Solar Developer Disputes Blockage of 80-Acre Project on Farmland
- Roadmap to Nowhere: The Myth of Powering the Nation 100% with Renewable Energy
- $30K Award another Example of How Naval Station Everett Is a Top Base
- Inslee’s Carbon Tax Would Raise Costs for Consumers, Polluters to Fund Environmental Projects
- Oregon Business Groups Blast Cap-And-Trade Bills
- Op/Ed: We Don’t Want California’s Cap-And-Trade Law
- Your Bathroom Could Soon Be a ‘Smart Bathroom’ Thanks to Kohler
- President Trump Is Pushing Rural Internet Access. Here’s What Montana Is Doing Already
- Donald Trump’s Executive Orders on ‘Great, Great’ Rural Broadband Don’t Really Do Anything
- Trump Rural Broadband Initiatives: Where’s the Beef?
- Congressional Democrats Try to Force a Vote to Keep Net Neutrality
- Pole Contact Switcheroo: Judge Backs AT&T Effort to Slow Google Fiber in Nashville
- Comcast under Fire for Using Sneaky Fees to Jack up Rates
- Seven Takeaways from Gov. Inslee’s 2018 State Of The State Speech
- Washington State Legislature Opens amid Protest, Calls for Action
- GOP Washington State Senator Staying in Olympia, Won’t Join Trump Administration
- America’s Rural Hospitals Are Dangerously Fragile
- Suspect Due In Court in Death of Washington State Sheriff’s Deputy
- 35 MPH Wind Gusts Possible Around Puget Sound Thursday
- Residents Rescued as Mud Inundates California Burn Areas
- Washington State Senator Floats Idea of Ferry Service between Olympia & Seattle
- New Frontier for Craft U-S Whiskey May Be Underfoot in Olympic Peninsula Bog Near Shelton
Conurbation • \kah-ner-BAY-shun\ • Noun - An aggregation or
continuous network of urban communities.
Welcome to “EverSeaTacoOly,” blared the tour guide. His
grating mashing of the conurbation along the central Puget Sound I-5 parking
lot of a freeway was only slightly tinged with irony.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
FERC Rejects DOE NOPR, Kicking Resilience Issue to Grid
Operators (Utility Dive)
‘FERC Did Its Job:’ Former Regulators, Lawyers Laud DOE NOPR
Rejection (Utility Dive)
More Equipment, Crews Head to Puerto Rico for Power Boost
(Associated Press)
Almost All Power Plants That Retired In the Past Decade Were
Powered by Fossil Fuels (U-S Energy Information Administration)
MIT: Cheap Gas, Not Renewables, Caused Nuclear Woes (Utility
Dive)
South Carolina Utility Wants Lawsuit over Nuclear Plant
Costs Tossed Out of Court (Associated Press)
Chelan PUD has Aggressive Capital Improvement Plan (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
British Columbia: The Great Flicker of 2018 (2.5 Second
Outage) Was Caused by a Car Crash, BC Hydro Says (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Damming the Nile – Egypt, Sudan & Ethiopia Battle It Out
(Jerusalem Post)
Bitcoins Should Be Called BTUcoins – That’s a Problem (The Energy
Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge OKs Plan to Boost Spill at Columbia & Snake River Dams
(Associated Press)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Bill Could Allow More New Washington State Wells for
Domestic Use (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
The Nation’s Rivers & Streams Are Getting Dangerously
Saltier (Washington Post)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Oregon: Solar Developer Disputes Blockage of 80-Acre Project
on Farmland (Capital Press)
Roadmap to Nowhere: The Myth of Powering the Nation 100%
with Renewable Energy (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
$30K Award another Example of How Naval Station Everett Is a
Top Base (My Everett News, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Inslee’s Carbon Tax Would Raise Costs for Consumers,
Polluters to Fund Environmental Projects (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Oregon Business Groups Blast Cap-And-Trade Bills (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Op/Ed: We Don’t Want California’s Cap-And-Trade Law (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Your Bathroom Could Soon Be a ‘Smart Bathroom’ Thanks to
Kohler (Mashable)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
President Trump Is Pushing Rural Internet Access. Here’s
What Montana Is Doing Already (KTVQ-TV, Billings, MT)
Donald Trump’s Executive Orders on ‘Great, Great’ Rural
Broadband Don’t Really Do Anything (Gizmodo – PG-13 for Language)
Trump Rural Broadband Initiatives: Where’s the Beef?
(Telecompetitor)
Congressional Democrats Try to Force a Vote to Keep Net
Neutrality (Courthouse News Service)
Pole Contact Switcheroo: Judge Backs AT&T Effort to Slow
Google Fiber in Nashville (Broadband Reports)
Comcast under Fire for Using Sneaky Fees to Jack up Rates
(Broadband Reports)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Seven Takeaways from Gov. Inslee’s 2018 State Of The State
Speech (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Washington State Legislature Opens amid Protest, Calls for
Action (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
GOP Washington State Senator Staying in Olympia, Won’t Join
Trump Administration (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
America’s Rural Hospitals Are Dangerously Fragile (Atlantic
Magazine)
GENERAL NEWS
Suspect Due In Court in Death of Washington State Sheriff’s
Deputy (Associated Press)
35 MPH Wind Gusts Possible Around Puget Sound Thursday
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Residents Rescued as Mud Inundates California Burn Areas
(Associated Press)
Washington State Senator Floats Idea of Ferry Service
between Olympia & Seattle (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
New Frontier for Craft U-S Whiskey May Be Underfoot in
Olympic Peninsula Bog Near Shelton (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Some People Curse & Say Nasty Things in Their Sleep.
There’s a Good Reason.
Buzzkill: Starbucks Wins Dismissal in U-S of Under Filled
Latte Lawsuit
Man Trying to Kill Spider Sets Apartment on Fire, Tenants
Forced to Move Out
Here Are 50 Pictures of Mount Hood Looking Beautiful Over
the Last 70 Years
SONG OF THE DAY
The K Sisters – Java Jive
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