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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Meteorologists Warn of Elevated Landslide Risk; Another Foot
of Snow in Cascades (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
73-Year-Old Jefferson PUD Employee Killed in State Highway
20 Wreck (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Portland General Electric Proposes Voluntary Green Tariff
for Munis, Large Customers (Utility Dive)
Kitsap Public Utility District Authorized to Sell Retail
Internet Access (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Hackers Exploit Casino’s Smart Thermometer to Steal Database
Info (Mashable)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- 73-Year-Old Jefferson PUD Employee Killed in State Highway 20 Wreck
- Unauthorized Chelan County Cryptocurrency Miners Face Increased Fees, Charges
- Mason PUD 3: Bitcoin Mining & High Energy Consumption
- Bitcoin Is Eating Quebec
- Okanogan PUD Commissioners Give Green Light to Project That Will Restore Power to Enloe Dam
- Pennsylvania: Nuclear Plant Closures Expected To Bring Jolt of $285M in Increased Electricity Costs: Report
- Customer Spending on Electricity Expected to Increase This Summer
- FERC Rejects California ISO’s Proposals to Modify Capacity Procurement
- Portland General Electric Proposes Voluntary Green Tariff for Munis, Large Customers
- Public Power Weighs in on Distributed Energy Resource Aggregation Issues at FERC
- The Dark Side of Solar
- Kitsap Public Utility District Authorized to Sell Retail Internet Access
- T-Mobile Fined $40 Million for Hiding Crappy Rural Phone Service
- Panel Tackles Lack of High-Speed Internet in Indian Country
- Supreme Court Tosses Out Microsoft Case on Digital Data Abroad
- Former FCC Broadband Panel Chair Arrested for Fraud
- Tesla to Temporarily Halt Production of Model 3 Cars
- Hackers Exploit Casino’s Smart Thermometer to Steal Database Info
- When Did Social Media Stop Being So … Social?
- 5 Mistakes Companies Are Making in Digital
- A Beginner’s Guide to Taking Great Video on Your Phone
- Washington State Considering Options for Marijuana-Delivery System
- Renewable-Biofuels Plant Approved for South-Central Oregon City
- Women Who Watched “The X-Files” Pursued More Careers in STEM
- Should All Online Retailers Charge You State Sales Tax? Supreme Court Hearing Case
- Meteorologists Warn of Elevated Landslide Risk; Another Foot of Snow in Cascades
- New Park on Tap in Belfair
- National Movement to Protest Sex Education on April 23 Gaining Momentum
- South Carolina Gang Dispute Sparks Deadliest U-S Prison Riot in 25 Years: Official
- Smoking Even One Cigarette a Day Raises Risk for Coronary Heart Disease
The rain. It falls...
Hard rain, and soft drops
Charm of Pacific Northwest
Evergreen and sweet
The blessing of the rain...
I welcome the rain
Torrents, sprinkles, soft drizzle
Blesses blooms of May
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
73-Year-Old Jefferson PUD Employee Killed in State Highway 20
Wreck (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Unauthorized Chelan County Cryptocurrency Miners Face
Increased Fees, Charges (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Mason PUD 3: Bitcoin Mining & High Energy Consumption (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Bitcoin is eating Quebec – A Canadian hydropower operation
put out the welcome mat for bitcoin miners. Shortly thereafter, it was overrun.
(MIT Technology Reviews)
Okanogan PUD Commissioners Give Green Light to Project That
Will Restore Power to Enloe Dam (KOZI Radio, Chelan, WA)
Pennsylvania: Nuclear Plant Closures Expected To Bring Jolt of
$285M in Increased Electricity Costs: Report (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Customer Spending on Electricity Expected to Increase This
Summer (U-S Energy Information Administration)
FERC Rejects California ISO’s Proposals to Modify Capacity
Procurement (Utility Dive)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Portland General Electric Proposes Voluntary Green Tariff for
Munis, Large Customers (Utility Dive)
Public Power Weighs in on Distributed Energy Resource Aggregation
Issues at FERC (American Public Power Association)
The Dark Side of Solar – How the rising solar industry
empowers political interests that could impede a clean energy transition
(Brookings)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Kitsap Public Utility District Authorized to Sell Retail
Internet Access (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
T-Mobile Fined $40 Million for Hiding Crappy Rural Phone
Service (Broadband Reports)
Panel Tackles Lack of High-Speed Internet in Indian Country (Associated
Press)
Supreme Court Tosses Out Microsoft Case on Digital Data
Abroad (NY Times)
Former FCC Broadband Panel Chair Arrested for Fraud (Broadband
Reports)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Tesla to Temporarily Halt Production of Model 3 Cars (NY
Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Hackers Exploit Casino’s Smart Thermometer to Steal Database
Info (Mashable)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
When Did Social Media Stop Being So … Social? (AdWeek)
5 Mistakes Companies Are Making in Digital (AdWeek)
A Beginner’s Guide to Taking Great Video on Your Phone (NY
Times)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Washington State Considering Options for Marijuana-Delivery
System (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Renewable-Biofuels Plant Approved for South-Central Oregon City
(Associated Press)
Women Who Watched “The X-Files” Pursued More Careers in STEM
(Fast Company)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Should All Online Retailers Charge You State Sales Tax? Supreme
Court Hearing Case (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Meteorologists Warn of Elevated Landslide Risk; Another Foot
of Snow in Cascades (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
New Park on Tap in Belfair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
National Movement to Protest Sex Education on April 23
Gaining Momentum (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
South Carolina Gang Dispute Sparks Deadliest U-S Prison Riot
in 25 Years: Official (Reuters)
Smoking Even One Cigarette a Day Raises Risk for Coronary
Heart Disease (Washington Post)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Stolen Lawn Flamingo Returns to Its Rightful Owners after
Wild Travel Adventures
Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall From the Sky Each
Day
‘Night Court’ Star Harry Anderson Dies At 65
40 Sea Gulls Wrecked His Hotel Room. 17 Years Later, a Pepperoni
Pardon.
SONG OF THE DAY
Mel Torme - Yesterday When I Was Young
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