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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Decision on Snake Dam Removal Has Senator Murray, Representative
Newhouse at Odds (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Irony, Hells Canyon Fish Passage is Thy Name: Idaho Power to
Appeal FERC’s Decision on Oregon Law (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Portland General Electric Seeks 4.8% Rate Increase (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Climate Activists Protest Puget Sound Energy Plan to Keep
Using Coal (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Electric Transportation Bills Hit the House Committee
(iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Decision on Snake Dam Removal Has Senator Murray, Representative Newhouse at Odds
- Irony, Hells Canyon Fish Passage is Thy Name: Idaho Power to Appeal FERC’s Decision on Oregon Law
- Portland General Electric Seeks 4.8% Rate Increase
- Climate Activists Protest Puget Sound Energy Plan to Keep Using Coal
- New Permit Would Allow Eight Times More Pollution from Oregon Power Plant
- Immigration & Customs Enforcement Wants Info on a Seattle City Light Customer – The Utility Is Asking Why
- Grant PUD’s Low Electrical Rates Generate Flood of Inquiries
- Commentary: What’s Not to Like in Trump’s Infrastructure Plan? – Kind Words for BPA Asset Selloff
- Washington State Plans to Reopen Fishing on Skokomish River
- Spring Chinook Are Coming. See What the Fishing Season Looks Like
- Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife ODFW Trapping Sea Lions at Willamette Falls, Relocating to Oregon Coast
- Including Washington State & Oregon – Publication of Net Neutrality Rule Prompts Challenge by 24 States
- Oregon’s Effort to Restore Net Neutrality Moves Forward
- Electric Transportation Bills Hit the House Committee
- Washington State Carbon Tax Passes in Fiscal Committee, Gets Lukewarm Support from Some Democrats
- Within Minutes of Each Other, Washington State Senate & House Agree to Shield Many of Their Records from the Public
Decision on Snake Dam Removal Has Senator Murray,
Representative Newhouse at Odds (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Irony, Hells Canyon Fish Passage is Thy Name: Idaho Power to
Appeal FERC’s Decision on Oregon Law (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Portland General Electric Seeks 4.8% Rate Increase (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Climate Activists Protest Puget Sound Energy Plan to Keep
Using Coal (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
New Permit Would Allow Eight Times More Pollution from Oregon
Power Plant (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Immigration & Customs Enforcement Wants Info on a Seattle
City Light Customer – The Utility Is Asking Why (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Grant PUD’s Low Electrical Rates Generate Flood of Inquiries
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Commentary: What’s Not to Like in Trump’s Infrastructure
Plan? – Kind Words for BPA Asset Selloff (Bond Buyer)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Plans to Reopen Fishing on Skokomish River (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2018/02/22/state-plans-reopen-fishing-skokomish-river/363768002/
Spring Chinook Are Coming. See What the Fishing Season Looks
Like (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife ODFW Trapping Sea
Lions at Willamette Falls, Relocating to Oregon Coast (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Including Washington State & Oregon – Publication of Net
Neutrality Rule Prompts Challenge by 24 States (Courthouse News Service)
Oregon’s Effort to Restore Net Neutrality Moves Forward (Oregonian,
Portland)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Electric Transportation Bills Hit the House Committee (iFiberOne
News, Ephrata, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Carbon Tax Passes in Fiscal Committee, Gets
Lukewarm Support from Some Democrats (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Within Minutes of Each Other, Washington State Senate & House
Agree to Shield Many of Their Records from the Public (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
SONG OF THE DAY
Yuja Wang Plays Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
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