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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Surging Northern Pike Population in Lake Roosevelt Could
Threaten Salmon, Steelhead Downstream (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Fudging 60 Hertz – Clocks May Go a Little Cuckoo with Power
Grid Change (Associated Press)
SkagitNet: Port of Skagit & Skagit PUD Form Broadband
Company (Skagit Valley Herald, Mt Vernon, WA)
Report: Washington State Leads Nation in Energy Efficiency
Jobs (Washington State Wire, Olympia)
Electric Utilities at Risk from Climate Goals despite Paris
Exit, Moody’s Says (Washington Examiner)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Fudging 60 Hertz – Clocks May Go a Little Cuckoo
with Power Grid Change
2.
Power Outages Linger as U-S Northeast Recovers
from Deadly Storm
3.
Editorial: You’re Paying $388,000 Salary, So
Don’t Ignore Tacoma Utility Chief Hire
4.
Jefferson PUD, Weed Board Clear Out Transmission
Corridor
5.
Bonneville Power Administration Employees’
Skills on Display at Oregon Tradeswomen’s Career Fair
6.
Judy Wilson Announces Bid for Grant PUD Commission
7.
Full Reconstruction of Puerto Rico’s Grid Could
Take a Decade, Says Lead Contractor
8.
Utilities Join Grid Recovery Initiative to
Stockpile Transmission Equipment
9.
Texas Utility Blamed for Electrocution in
Floodwaters
10.
Bitcoin’s Energy Use Got Studied, & You
Libertarian Nerds Look Even Worse than Usual
11.
California’s Electricity Future in Peril without
a Plan, Commission President Warns
12.
Decision on Smart Meter Texas Will Help
Customers & Advanced Energy Providers Put Data to Work
13.
Surging Northern Pike Population in Lake
Roosevelt Could Threaten Salmon, Steelhead Downstream
14.
Salmon Migration Lessons Like Fantasy Football
for Fish, with 2,000 Classrooms Playing
15.
Clallam County: Jamestown Oyster Farm in
Wildlife Refuge Put on Hold
16.
Op/Ed: Idaho Congressmen Sell Out Our Salmon
17.
Petition Drive Set for Tax on Portland Retailers
to Fund Green Programs
18.
If Renewables Are So Great for the Environment,
Why Do They Keep Destroying It?
19.
Report Details Impact of Higher Renewables on
Wholesale Markets
20.
SkagitNet: Port of Skagit & Skagit PUD Form
Broadband Company
21.
Hillsboro Reverses Course, Plans City-Run
Internet Service
22.
U-S Senate Votes to Save Net Neutrality Rules
23.
The False 5G Narrative in DC
24.
Washington State’s Electric Car Sales Tax Break
Drives Away May 31
25.
Report: Washington State Leads Nation in Energy
Efficiency Jobs
26.
Chelan PUD Issues Columbia River Warning
27.
Federal Study Finds High Uranium Concentration
in Some NE Washington State Wells
28.
Electric Utilities at Risk from Climate Goals
despite Paris Exit, Moody’s Says
29.
Global Warming – Earth Just Had Its 400th
Straight Warmer-Than-Average Month
30.
Wyoming Inaugurates Center to Test Uses for
Captured Carbon Dioxide
31.
Study: As Oceans Warm, Fish Are Moving North
32.
People Who Live in Small Towns & Rural Areas
Are Happier Than Everyone Else, Researchers Say
33.
Old Dog Gets a New Home in Coldwell Banker’s
Adorable New Ad
34.
Industrial Hemp Being Used to Build Home in
Bellingham
35.
Teen Who Started $40 Million Eagle Creek Fire
Returns to Court to Learn What He Must Pay
36.
‘A Demented Social Club’: Dozens More Charges
Filed in Probe of Pacific Northwest Wildlife Poaching Ring
37.
How the Seattle Times Covered the Mount St.
Helens Eruption in 1980
38.
Mason County Elections: Day 3 of Candidate
Filing
39.
Road Work Planned for Dayton Airport Road near Shelton
40.
State Baseball Preview: Shelton Highclimbers
Face Tough Test against Southridge
WORD OF THE DAY
Arcadia • \ar-KAY-dee-uh\ • Noun – A region or scene of
simple pleasure & quiet
Halfway through the news conference, Abercrombie leaned back
in his chair, took a deep sigh and escaped to his “happy place.” Voracious
journalists continued to pepper him with pointed questions, but all he heard
was the buzzing of big, awkward bumblebees, flitting from flower to flower in
his Arcadian retreat. Five hours later he snapped out of his reverie, in an
empty, darkened conference room.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Fudging 60 Hertz – Clocks May Go a Little Cuckoo
with Power Grid Change (Associated Press)
2.
Power Outages Linger as U-S Northeast Recovers
from Deadly Storm (Reuters)
3.
Editorial: You’re Paying $388,000 Salary, So Don’t
Ignore Tacoma Utility Chief Hire (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
4.
Jefferson PUD, Weed Board Clear Out Transmission
Corridor (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
5.
Bonneville Power Administration Employees’
Skills on Display at Oregon Tradeswomen’s Career Fair (Bonneville Power
Administration)
6.
Judy Wilson Announces Bid for Grant PUD
Commission (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
7.
Full Reconstruction of Puerto Rico’s Grid Could
Take a Decade, Says Lead Contractor (Utility Dive)
8.
Utilities Join Grid Recovery Initiative to
Stockpile Transmission Equipment (Utility Dive)
9.
Texas Utility Blamed for Electrocution in
Floodwaters (Courthouse News Service)
10. Bitcoin’s
Energy Use Got Studied, & You Libertarian Nerds Look Even Worse than Usual
(Grist Online)
11. California’s
Electricity Future in Peril without a Plan, Commission President Warns (Silicon
Valley Business Journal, CA)
12. Decision
on Smart Meter Texas Will Help Customers & Advanced Energy Providers Put
Data to Work (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
13. Surging
Northern Pike Population in Lake Roosevelt Could Threaten Salmon, Steelhead
Downstream (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
14. Salmon
Migration Lessons Like Fantasy Football for Fish, with 2,000 Classrooms Playing
(Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
15. Clallam
County: Jamestown Oyster Farm in Wildlife Refuge Put on Hold (Associated Press)
16. Op/Ed:
Idaho Congressmen Sell Out Our Salmon (Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
17. Petition
Drive Set for Tax on Portland Retailers to Fund Green Programs (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
18. If
Renewables Are So Great for the Environment, Why Do They Keep Destroying It?
(Forbes Magazine)
19. Report
Details Impact of Higher Renewables on Wholesale Markets (American Public Power
Association)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
20. SkagitNet:
Port of Skagit & Skagit PUD Form Broadband Company (Skagit Valley Herald,
Mt Vernon, WA)
21. Hillsboro
Reverses Course, Plans City-Run Internet Service (Oregonian, Portland)
22. U-S
Senate Votes to Save Net Neutrality Rules (Courthouse News Service)
23. The
False 5G Narrative in DC (POTs & PANs)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
24. Washington
State’s Electric Car Sales Tax Break Drives Away May 31 (Northwest Public
Broadcasting)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
25. Report:
Washington State Leads Nation in Energy Efficiency Jobs (Washington State Wire,
Olympia)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
26. Chelan
PUD Issues Columbia River Warning (NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)
27. Federal
Study Finds High Uranium Concentration in Some NE Washington State Wells
(Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
28. Electric
Utilities at Risk from Climate Goals despite Paris Exit, Moody’s Says
(Washington Examiner)
29. Global
Warming – Earth Just Had Its 400th Straight Warmer-Than-Average Month (USA
Today)
30. Wyoming
Inaugurates Center to Test Uses for Captured Carbon Dioxide (Utility Dive)
31. Study:
As Oceans Warm, Fish Are Moving North (Courthouse News Service)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
32. People
Who Live in Small Towns & Rural Areas Are Happier Than Everyone Else,
Researchers Say (Washington Post)
33. Old
Dog Gets a New Home in Coldwell Banker’s Adorable New Ad (AdWeek)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
34. Industrial
Hemp Being Used to Build Home in Bellingham (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
35. Teen
Who Started $40 Million Eagle Creek Fire Returns to Court to Learn What He Must
Pay (Oregonian, Portland)
36. ‘A
Demented Social Club’: Dozens More Charges Filed in Probe of Pacific Northwest
Wildlife Poaching Ring (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
37. How
the Seattle Times Covered the Mount St. Helens Eruption in 1980 (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
38. Mason
County Elections: Day 3 of Candidate Filing (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
39. Road
Work Planned for Dayton Airport Road near Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
40. State
Baseball Preview: Shelton Highclimbers Face Tough Test against Southridge (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
25-Year Old Man Arrested for Posing as Texas High School
Athlete
Painting That Hung in a Chicago Convention Center Brings
Unexpected Windfall
$50,000 Powerball Winner Almost Out of Time to Claim Prize
Decades after Woman Finds Baby Buried Alive In Shallow
Grave, the Two Reunite
SONG OF THE DAY
Jackson Browne - The Pretender
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