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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State’s Carbon Tax Bill Dies in Legislature
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Washington State Coalition to Push Carbon-Pricing Ballot
Measure (Associated Press)
Investor-Owned Utilities Salivate over President Trump’s
Idea to Splinter TVA & Bonneville Power Administration (Forbes Magazine)
Utility Industry Descends on Washington, DC with an Ax to
Grind (Washington Examiner)
Inslee Vetoes Public Records Bill as Washington State
Lawmakers Acknowledge ‘We Made a Mistake’ (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Investor-Owned Utilities Salivate over President Trump’s Idea to Splinter TVA & Bonneville Power Administration
- Utility Industry Descends on Washington, DC with an Ax to Grind
- TVA & the Power Marketing Administrations - Time to Saddle Up & Ride Again
- As Washington State Looks for Cleaner Power, a Montana Coal Town Faces an Uncertain Future
- Longview, WA – Potential Fisher’s Lane Tenant Aims to Power Supercomputers
- Hearings Set for Possible Cascade Natural Gas Rate Increase
- British Columbia: Regulators Reject Freeze - BC Hydro Rates Going Up 3 Percent
- Jefferson PUD Picks New General Manager: Candidate Has Ties to Olympic Peninsula
- British Columbia: Peace River Dam Project Faces Rising Costs Owing to Work Stoppage, BC Hydro Says
- Itron Reports $57 Million in Income, Anticipates Revenue Growth for 2018
- Oklahoma: Norman Taxpayers on the Hook for Estimated $30,000 after Suspected Copper Thieves Strike Light Poles
- Power Nearly Restored to U-S Virgin Islands with Public Power Mutual Aid
- The Subtle Art of Making Substations Bulletproof
- Is Bitcoin a Waste of Electricity, or Something Worse?
- Low Returns Expected to Restrict Washington’s Salmon Fisheries
- Judge Simon Changes Court Schedule to Allow for Deschutes River Spill Consideration
- Chinook Salmon Are Shrinking; Orcas May Be among the Culprits
- Op/Ed: 40 Million Reasons to Save Our Dams – Columbia A& Snake River Dams Are the Lifeblood of Central Washington
- Independent Power Producers, Utilities, & Greens Push PURPA Recommendations in Washington State
- Portland General Electric Looks to Uncork Renewable Energy Bidding
- Cost of Green Energy: More Pollution Producing Plants
- Arlington to Get Microgrid Facility to Test Clean Energy Initiatives
- Kentucky: Utilities Spending Big to Snuff Rooftop Solar. Will Consumers Get Stuck with the Tab?
- A Gun-Owning Trump Fan’s New Crusade: Clean Energy
- Washington State First to Pass Tough Net Neutrality Law
- Cable Tax Break Repeal Dies in Oregon Senate, Preserving Millions in Savings for Comcast & Frontier
- Oops: Equifax Just Discovered 2.4 Million More Victims in Data Breach
- Team of Rivals: Utilities, Enviros Unite to Push Electric Vehicles
- The House That Spied on Me – By Choice
- Chelan PUD: Ecology Awards Clean Water Grants for Area Projects
- February Snow, Cold Helps Make Up for January; Basin Water Supply Forecast 111 Percent of Normal
- North Pole Surges above Freezing in the Dead of Winter, Stunning Scientists
- Marijuana Odor Rules Prompt Clash between Spokane Regional Clean Air Board Members
- They’re Hosting Parasitic Worms in Their Bodies to Help Treat a Neglected Disease
- Inslee Vetoes Public Records Bill as Washington State Lawmakers Acknowledge ‘We Made a Mistake’
- President Trump to Impose Sweeping Steel & Aluminum Tariffs
- Washington State’s Carbon Tax Bill Dies in Legislature
- Washington State Coalition to Push Carbon-Pricing Ballot Measure
- Forecast for National Weather Service Is Cloudy, with a Chance of Budget Cuts
- Even Hockey Fans Surprised by Volume, Speed of NHL Seattle Season-Ticket Deposits
De Rigueur • \duh ree-GURR\ • Adjective - Prescribed or
required by fashion, etiquette, or custom: proper.
During my student stint at The Evergreen State College,
periodic potlucks were a wonderful way to sample various vegan/sustainable
dietary offerings (including home-made beer, yum). A socially-conscious menu
was considered de rigueur, but it was hard to achieve for those like me who
lived a fair distance from the school. Therefore, Kentucky Fried Chicken was my
standard offering. At every potluck I was berated for bringing “Corporate Meat”
to the gathering.
I never went home with leftovers.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Investor-Owned Utilities Salivate over President Trump’s
Idea to Splinter TVA & Bonneville Power Administration (Forbes Magazine)
Utility Industry Descends on Washington, DC with an Ax to
Grind (Washington Examiner)
TVA & the Power Marketing Administrations - Time to
Saddle Up & Ride Again (American Public Power Association)
As Washington State Looks for Cleaner Power, a Montana Coal
Town Faces an Uncertain Future (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Longview, WA – Potential Fisher’s Lane Tenant Aims to Power
Supercomputers (Longview Daily News, WA)
Hearings Set for Possible Cascade Natural Gas Rate Increase
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
British Columbia: Regulators Reject Freeze - BC Hydro Rates
Going Up 3 Percent (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Jefferson PUD Picks New General Manager: Candidate Has Ties
to Olympic Peninsula (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
British Columbia: Peace River Dam Project Faces Rising Costs
Owing to Work Stoppage, BC Hydro Says (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Itron Reports $57 Million in Income, Anticipates Revenue
Growth for 2018 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Oklahoma: Norman Taxpayers on the Hook for Estimated $30,000
after Suspected Copper Thieves Strike Light Poles (KFOR-TV, Oklahoma City, OK)
Power Nearly Restored to U-S Virgin Islands with Public
Power Mutual Aid (American Public Power Association)
The Subtle Art of Making Substations Bulletproof (Greentech
Media)
Is Bitcoin a Waste of Electricity, or Something Worse? (NY
Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Low Returns Expected to Restrict Washington’s Salmon
Fisheries (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Judge Simon Changes Court Schedule to Allow for Deschutes
River Spill Consideration (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Chinook Salmon Are Shrinking; Orcas May Be among the
Culprits (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Op/Ed: 40 Million Reasons to Save Our Dams – Columbia A&
Snake River Dams Are the Lifeblood of Central Washington (Sunnyside Daily Sun,
WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Independent Power Producers, Utilities, & Greens Push
PURPA Recommendations in Washington State (Utility Dive)
Portland General Electric Looks to Uncork Renewable Energy
Bidding (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Cost of Green Energy: More Pollution Producing Plants
(KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Arlington to Get Microgrid Facility to Test Clean Energy
Initiatives (North County Outlook, Marysville, WA)
Kentucky: Utilities Spending Big to Snuff Rooftop Solar.
Will Consumers Get Stuck with the Tab? (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY)
A Gun-Owning Trump Fan’s New Crusade: Clean Energy (NY
Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State First to Pass Tough Net Neutrality Law
(Broadband Reports)
Cable Tax Break Repeal Dies in Oregon Senate, Preserving
Millions in Savings for Comcast & Frontier (Oregonian, Portland)
Oops: Equifax Just Discovered 2.4 Million More Victims in
Data Breach (Fast Company)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Team of Rivals: Utilities, Enviros Unite to Push Electric
Vehicles (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The House That Spied on Me – By Choice (Gizmodo)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Chelan PUD: Ecology Awards Clean Water Grants for Area
Projects (NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)
February Snow, Cold Helps Make Up for January; Basin Water
Supply Forecast 111 Percent of Normal (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
North Pole Surges above Freezing in the Dead of Winter,
Stunning Scientists (Washington Post)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana Odor Rules Prompt Clash between Spokane Regional
Clean Air Board Members (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
They’re Hosting Parasitic Worms in Their Bodies to Help
Treat a Neglected Disease (NY Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Inslee Vetoes Public Records Bill as Washington State Lawmakers
Acknowledge ‘We Made a Mistake’ (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
President Trump to Impose Sweeping Steel & Aluminum
Tariffs (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State’s Carbon Tax Bill Dies in Legislature
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Washington State Coalition to Push Carbon-Pricing Ballot
Measure (Associated Press)
Front & Centered Website
Forecast for National Weather Service Is Cloudy, with a
Chance of Budget Cuts (National Public Radio)
Even Hockey Fans Surprised by Volume, Speed of NHL Seattle
Season-Ticket Deposits (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Drunk Man Takes $1,600 Uber from West Virginia to New Jersey
Dulles Airport: Pilot Reports Hellish, Vomit-Filled Landing
in Middle of Strengthening Nor’easter
Heat Lamp for Pet Tarantulas Sparks Olympia House Fire
Official: Oregon College Campus Overrun by Wild ‘Gangster’
Turkeys
SONG OF THE DAY
Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others –
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
George Harrison & Eric Clapton – While My Guitar Gently
Weeps
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