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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Trump Administration Says It Won’t Sell Off BPA Transmission
Lines (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Washington State Carbon Initiative Fails To Get Labor
Council Support (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
Avista to Spend $165 Million on New Smart Meters (Associated
Press)
Jackie Flowers – Tacoma Public Utility Board Chooses Its
Next Director. Next Stop: City Council (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Seattle Water Quality Project Trending $30 Million over
Budget (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Trump Administration Says It Won’t Sell Off BPA
Transmission Lines
2.
Herrera Beutler Praises Trump Administration’s
Move to Abandon Bonneville Power Administration Privatization
3.
Jackie Flowers – Tacoma Public Utility Board
Chooses Its Next Director. Next Stop: City Council
4.
Wayne King, Who Is Retiring, Tells of Tenure on
the Jefferson County PUD Commission
5.
Former Cowlitz PUD Commissioner Ned Piper Will
Run to Regain Seat
6.
Columbia River Flood Control & Power Rates
Will Depend on Treaty Talks
7.
Train Severs Teen’s Leg in Washougal – Clark
Public Utilities Worker Provides First Aid
8.
Oregon: Contract Keeps City of Cove’s Hydro
Plant Running
9.
Columbia River Spill Order to Cost Umatilla
Electric $204,000
10.
Seattle Water Quality Project Trending $30
Million over Budget
11.
Eightmile Dam near Leavenworth Has New Spillway,
Is Being Monitored
12.
City of Spokane Offering Up to $500 Utility
Rebate If You Remodel Your Yard
13.
Blockchain Helps Us Take Green Power into Our
Own Hands
14.
General Electric’s Power Unit Fights for Growth
as Wind, Solar Gain
15.
Avista to Spend $165 Million on New Smart Meters
16.
Washington State Carbon Initiative Fails To Get
Labor Council Support
17.
Few Energy Technologies, Sectors on Track for
Climate Goals: IEA
18.
How to Use Social Media to Promote Your Event
19.
Police: Shelton Woman Held in Hammer Attack on
Neighbor
20.
National Park Service to Allow Wireless
Facilities Inside Mount Rainier National Park
21.
Mason County Unemployment Down in April
22.
Washington Secretary of State Warns Businesses
of Letters Seeking Payment
23.
Pierce County: Handgun Found Lodged in Car’s
Bumper
24.
Standing for National Anthem Now Required: NFL
Adopts New Policy to Address Protests
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Trump Administration Says It Won’t Sell Off BPA Transmission
Lines (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
2.
Herrera Beutler Praises Trump Administration’s
Move to Abandon Bonneville Power Administration Privatization (Longview Daily
News, WA)
3.
Jackie Flowers – Tacoma Public Utility Board Chooses
Its Next Director. Next Stop: City Council (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
4.
Wayne King, Who Is Retiring, Tells of Tenure on
the Jefferson County PUD Commission (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
5.
Former Cowlitz PUD Commissioner Ned Piper Will
Run to Regain Seat (Longview Daily News, WA)
6.
Columbia River Flood Control & Power Rates
Will Depend on Treaty Talks (Longview Daily News, WA)
7.
Train Severs Teen’s Leg in Washougal – Clark Public
Utilities Worker Provides First Aid (Camas-Washougal Post Record, WA)
8.
Oregon: Contract Keeps City of Cove’s Hydro
Plant Running (LaGrande Observer, OR)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Columbia River Spill Order to Cost Umatilla
Electric $204,000 (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
10. Seattle
Water Quality Project Trending $30 Million over Budget (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
11. Eightmile
Dam near Leavenworth Has New Spillway, Is Being Monitored (Northwest Public
Radio)
12. City
of Spokane Offering Up to $500 Utility Rebate If You Remodel Your Yard (KHQ-TV,
Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13. Blockchain
Helps Us Take Green Power into Our Own Hands (C/NET News)
14. General
Electric’s Power Unit Fights for Growth as Wind, Solar Gain (Reuters)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
15. Avista
to Spend $165 Million on New Smart Meters (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
16. Washington
State Carbon Initiative Fails To Get Labor Council Support (Washington State
Wire, Olympia, WA)
17. Few
Energy Technologies, Sectors on Track for Climate Goals: IEA (Reuters)
MARKETING & MEDIA
18. How
to Use Social Media to Promote Your Event (Social Media Examiner)
GENERAL NEWS
19. Police:
Shelton Woman Held in Hammer Attack on Neighbor (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
20. National
Park Service to Allow Wireless Facilities Inside Mount Rainier National Park
(South Sound Business Examiner)
21. Mason
County Unemployment Down in April (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
22. Washington
Secretary of State Warns Businesses of Letters Seeking Payment (Puget Sound
Business Journal)
23. Pierce
County: Handgun Found Lodged in Car’s Bumper (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
24. Standing
for National Anthem Now Required: NFL Adopts New Policy to Address Protests (Associated
Press)
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