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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Energy Secretary Backs Keeping Snake Dams to Make Cheap Electricity
(Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Cyberattacks Put Russian Fingers on the Switch at Power
Plants, U-S Says (NY Times)
Report: Sea Lion Predation Consumed 4.7 Percent of Salmonids
in 2017 in Bonneville Tailwater (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Lisa Murkowski, Maria Cantwell Renew Push for Big Federal
Energy Bill (Washington Examiner)
Is the Western U-S Snowpack Declining “Dramatically”? (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Secretary Backs Keeping Snake Dams to Make Cheap Electricity
- Cyberattacks Put Russian Fingers on the Switch at Power Plants, U-S Says
- Op/Ed: Russia Hacks Into U-S Power Plants, But Nuclear Reactors Should Be Safe
- Op/Ed: The Case for Consolidating Chugach Electric & Municipal Light & Power
- Grant PUD Tackles Pole Replacement from Above
- Pacific Gas & Electric, Edison International Investors Welcome California Pledge to Update Utility Liability Rules
- FERC Works to Ensure Customers Get Private Utility Rate Cuts from GOP Tax Bill
- North Carolina: Settlement Calls for Bridge Builder to Pay $10 Million for Outer Banks Blackout
- Munis to Charge Cryptocurrency Miners Higher Power Prices in New York
- Lumberjack Beaver Chews Tree, Turns Out Lights in Kentucky
- Report: Sea Lion Predation Consumed 4.7 Percent of Salmonids in 2017 in Bonneville Tailwater
- Not Too Late to Save Pacific Northwest’s Critically Endangered Orcas Say State Leaders & Feds
- Feds Sued Over Lack of Protection for California Whales
- Feral Cats Make Western Governor’s List of Invasive Species
- Cow Poop Could Help Us Make Clean(er) Energy
- Is the Internet of Things a Friend or Foe of the Utility Industry?
- Verizon Agrees To Fix Failing Broadband Networks to Settle New York Investigation
- Virginia: Another Path to Rural Broadband – Electric Co-ops
- Your Smartphone Is Giving Away More Personal Info Than You Realize. Here’s How to Lock It Down.
- For Utilities Trying to Drive Conservation, Mixed Messages May Be Best
- Green Buildings Will Have to Go Beyond Conserving Energy
- Is the Western U-S Snowpack Declining “Dramatically”?
- How the Mighty Mississippi Became a Flooding Nightmare for Millions
- Your Users Don’t Need to ‘Learn More’ – Boost Engagement with More Contextual Calls to Action
- Streaming Soon: A Fight over AT&T, Time Warner, & the Future of TV
- The Seattle Mariners, Whose Ads Are Always a Hit, Just Rolled Out Their 2018 Spots
- California: Outlaw Marijuana Comes Into the Light
- Kelp Farms & Mammoth Windmills Are Just Two of the Government’s Long-Shot Energy Bets
- A Bold, Divisive Plan to Wean Californians from Cars
- Lisa Murkowski, Maria Cantwell Renew Push for Big Federal Energy Bill
- Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Rumors He’s Becoming VA Secretary: Trump Knows ‘I Like Where I Am’
- When the ‘Big One’ Hits, Portland Faces Mass Casualties, Widespread Destruction: Study
- Florida’s Fallen Bridge: ‘Stress Test’ Preceded Collapse That Killed 6
- Seattle City Council Considering Controversial Head Tax Proposal Again
- Toys R Us to Close All 800 of Its US Stores
- Franklin County Coroner Apologizes for Racist Facebook Post
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Energy Secretary Backs Keeping Snake Dams to Make Cheap
Electricity (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Cyberattacks Put Russian Fingers on the Switch at Power
Plants, U-S Says (NY Times)
Op/Ed: Russia Hacks Into U-S Power Plants, But Nuclear
Reactors Should Be Safe (Forbes Magazine)
Op/Ed: The Case for Consolidating Chugach Electric & Municipal
Light & Power (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
Grant PUD Tackles Pole Replacement from Above (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric, Edison International Investors
Welcome California Pledge to Update Utility Liability Rules (Utility Dive)
FERC Works to Ensure Customers Get Private Utility Rate Cuts
from GOP Tax Bill (Washington Examiner)
North Carolina: Settlement Calls for Bridge Builder to Pay
$10 Million for Outer Banks Blackout (The Outer Banks Voice, NC)
Munis to Charge Cryptocurrency Miners Higher Power Prices in
New York (Utility Dive)
Lumberjack Beaver Chews Tree, Turns Out Lights in Kentucky (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Report: Sea Lion Predation Consumed 4.7 Percent of Salmonids
in 2017 in Bonneville Tailwater (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Not Too Late to Save Pacific Northwest’s Critically
Endangered Orcas Say State Leaders & Feds (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Feds Sued Over Lack of Protection for California Whales (Courthouse
News Service)
Feral Cats Make Western Governor’s List of Invasive Species (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Cow Poop Could Help Us Make Clean(er) Energy (Popular
Science)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Is the Internet of Things a Friend or Foe of the Utility
Industry? (Utility Dive)
Verizon Agrees To Fix Failing Broadband Networks to Settle New
York Investigation (Ars Technica)
Virginia: Another Path to Rural Broadband – Electric Co-ops
(Bacon’s Rebellion)
Your Smartphone Is Giving Away More Personal Info Than You
Realize. Here’s How to Lock It Down. (USA Today)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
For Utilities Trying to Drive Conservation, Mixed Messages
May Be Best (Utility Dive)
Green Buildings Will Have to Go Beyond Conserving Energy
(Popular Science)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Is the Western U-S Snowpack Declining “Dramatically”? (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
How the Mighty Mississippi Became a Flooding Nightmare for
Millions (Washington Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Your Users Don’t Need to ‘Learn More’ – Boost Engagement with
More Contextual Calls to Action (AdWeek)
Streaming Soon: A Fight over AT&T, Time Warner, &
the Future of TV (NY Times)
The Seattle Mariners, Whose Ads Are Always a Hit, Just
Rolled Out Their 2018 Spots (AdWeek)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
California: Outlaw Marijuana Comes Into the Light (Washington
Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Kelp Farms & Mammoth Windmills Are Just Two of the
Government’s Long-Shot Energy Bets (NY Times)
A Bold, Divisive Plan to Wean Californians from Cars (NY
Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Lisa Murkowski, Maria Cantwell Renew Push for Big Federal Energy
Bill (Washington Examiner)
Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Rumors He’s Becoming VA Secretary:
Trump Knows ‘I Like Where I Am’ (Washington Examiner)
GENERAL NEWS
When the ‘Big One’ Hits, Portland Faces Mass Casualties,
Widespread Destruction: Study (Oregonian, Portland)
Florida’s Fallen Bridge: ‘Stress Test’ Preceded Collapse
That Killed 6 (Courthouse News Service)
Seattle City Council Considering Controversial Head Tax
Proposal Again (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Toys R Us to Close All 800 of Its US Stores (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Franklin County Coroner Apologizes for Racist Facebook Post
(Associated Press)
GUITARS IN THE GARAGE – DIVERSIONS
Nokie Edwards, the Ventures’ Lead Guitarist, Dead at 82
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nokie-edwards-the-ventures-lead-guitarist-dead-at-82-w517837
Dead Man Walking: Court Rejects Romanian’s Claim He’s Alive
Millennials Replacing Engagement Rings with Diamonds
Embedded in Their Fingers
Dog Sent Overseas By Mistake Returned to Kansas Family
SONG OF THE DAY
The Ventures – Walk, Don’t Run
The Ventures – Hawaii Five-O
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