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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Seattle City Council Repeals ‘Head Tax’ On Big Businesses
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Inspector General: Two U-S Dams at Risk of ‘Insider Threats’
(Associated Press)
Idaho Hearings Scheduled This Week on Avista’s Proposed Sale
to Canadian Utility (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
‘This Ruling Gives Us Hope’: Supreme Court Sides with
Washington State Tribe in Salmon Case (NY Times)
Montana: Blackfeet Resolve Water Battle with United States
(Courthouse News Service)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Inspector General: Two U-S Dams at Risk of
‘Insider Threats’
2.
Idaho Hearings Scheduled This Week on Avista’s
Proposed Sale to Canadian Utility
3.
Montana Approves Sale of Colstrip Plant’s
Co-Owner
4.
Bonneville Power Administration’s 2017
Sustainability Report Now Available Online
5.
Franklin PUD Pays $1.7 Million in Privilege Tax
to Washington State
6.
Canadian Utility Halts Processing Service
Requests from Cryptominers
7.
Energy Information Administration: Southern
California Could Face Gas Constraints This Summer
8.
Troubled Waters for Powerex in Energy Imbalance
Market
9.
Power Marketers Are Increasing Their Share of
U-S Retail Electricity Sales
10.
Off Beat: Dam Song Beloved By Many, But Not Dam
Staff
11.
‘This Ruling Gives Us Hope’: Supreme Court Sides
with Washington State Tribe in Salmon Case
12.
Opinion Analysis: Court Affirms without Opinion
in Washington State Tribal-Fishing-Rights Case
13.
Algae Bloom Decimates Two British Columbia Fish
Farms
14.
U-S Department of Energy Announces Funding For
Six Marine Energy Projects
15.
Maryland: A Wind Farm Developer Offered Ocean
City Free Electricity – The Resort Town Is Still Fighting Offshore Turbines
16.
How Solar Power Is Changing the Lives of Some in
the Philippines
17.
Washington First State to Officially Protect Net
Neutrality
18.
‘I Don’t Think Consumers Are Going to See Any
Change at All,’ FCC Chief Ajit Pai Says of Net Neutrality Repea
19.
Elon Musk Announces Companywide Tesla Layoffs
20.
Montana: Blackfeet Resolve Water Battle with
United States
21.
IHOP Grilled by Burger King, Wendy’s on Twitter
over IHob Name Change
22.
IHOP’s Name Change Is What Happens When Brands
Exploit the Internet Outrage Cycle
23.
One or Two Spaces after a Period? That New Study
Can’t Tell You
24.
Mayors of Six U-S Cities Where Marijuana Is
Legal Form Group
25.
Kids in These U.S. ‘Hotspots’ at Higher Risk
Because Parents Opt Out of Vaccinations – Hello King & Spokane Counties
26.
Free USB Fan Handed to Journalists at Trump-Kim
Summit Raises Security Concern
27.
Seattle City Council Repeals ‘Head Tax’ On Big
Businesses
28.
Rantz: Seattle Spent Thousands on ‘Fake’ Head
Tax Survey They Ignored
29.
Investigation Finds Washington State Lawmaker
Violated Harassment Policy
30.
Report Finds Wage Theft Running Rampant –
California Tops the List
31.
Live Updates: Trump-Kim Summit Ends with Promise
to Suspend Military Exercises
32.
California Man Accused of Child Kidnapping,
Molestation at Shelton Walmart
33.
North Mason High School Seniors’ Last Act
Debated as a Show of Pride, or a Real Pain
34.
Shelton City Council Seeks Feedback on Meeting
Time
35.
Chinook, Cayuse Passes Open for Season
WORD OF THE DAY
Inenarrable • \in-ih-NAIR-uh-bul\ • Adjective – Incapable of
being narrated: indescribable
The fresh-faced cub reporter trod disconsolately to the city
desk, certain of his inability to write his story for the morning’s edition. The
city’s plan to replace all parks with miniature golf courses came under a
withering, excoriating attack; an attack so peppered with a head-to-toe dipping
in ‘Roget’s Thesaurus’ that any attempt to recreate the event was utterly
inerrable.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Inspector General: Two U-S Dams at Risk of ‘Insider
Threats’ (Associated Press)
2.
Idaho Hearings Scheduled This Week on Avista’s Proposed
Sale to Canadian Utility (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
3.
Montana Approves Sale of Colstrip Plant’s
Co-Owner (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
4.
Bonneville Power Administration’s 2017
Sustainability Report Now Available Online (Bonneville Power Administration)
https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPAs-2017-Sustainability-Report-is-now-available-online.aspx
5.
Franklin PUD Pays $1.7 Million in Privilege Tax
to Washington State (Franklin PUD, Pasco, WA)
6.
Canadian Utility Halts Processing Service
Requests from Cryptominers (Utility Dive)
7.
Energy Information Administration: Southern
California Could Face Gas Constraints This Summer (Utility Dive)
8.
Troubled Waters for Powerex in Energy Imbalance
Market (RTO Insider)
9.
Power Marketers Are Increasing Their Share of U-S
Retail Electricity Sales (U-S Energy Information Administration)
10. Off
Beat: Dam Song Beloved By Many, But Not Dam Staff (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/jun/10/off-beat-bonneville-dam-staff-hated-song-roll-on-columbia/
FISH & WILDLIFE
11. ‘This
Ruling Gives Us Hope’: Supreme Court Sides with Washington State Tribe in
Salmon Case (NY Times)
12. Opinion
Analysis: Court Affirms without Opinion in Washington State Tribal-Fishing-Rights
Case (SCOTUS Blog)
13. Algae
Bloom Decimates Two British Columbia Fish Farms (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
14. U-S
Department of Energy Announces Funding For Six Marine Energy Projects (Renewable
Energy World)
15. Maryland:
A Wind Farm Developer Offered Ocean City Free Electricity – The Resort Town Is
Still Fighting Offshore Turbines (Baltimore Sun, MD)
16. How
Solar Power Is Changing the Lives of Some in the Philippines (National Public
Radio)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
17. Washington
First State to Officially Protect Net Neutrality (Broadband Reports)
18. ‘I
Don’t Think Consumers Are Going to See Any Change at All,’ FCC Chief Ajit Pai Says
of Net Neutrality Repeal (Washington Post)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
19. Elon
Musk Announces Companywide Tesla Layoffs (Mashable)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
20. Montana:
Blackfeet Resolve Water Battle with United States (Courthouse News Service)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
21. IHOP
Grilled by Burger King, Wendy’s on Twitter over IHob Name Change (USA Today)
22. IHOP’s
Name Change Is What Happens When Brands Exploit the Internet Outrage Cycle (Washington
Post)
23. One
or Two Spaces after a Period? That New Study Can’t Tell You (Forbes Magazine)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
24. Mayors
of Six U-S Cities Where Marijuana Is Legal Form Group (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
25. Kids
in These U.S. ‘Hotspots’ at Higher Risk Because Parents Opt Out of Vaccinations
– Hello King & Spokane Counties (Washington Post)
26. Free
USB Fan Handed to Journalists at Trump-Kim Summit Raises Security Concern (Mashable)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
27. Seattle
City Council Repeals ‘Head Tax’ On Big Businesses (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
28. Rantz:
Seattle Spent Thousands on ‘Fake’ Head Tax Survey They Ignored (KTTH Radio,
Seattle, WA)
29. Investigation
Finds Washington State Lawmaker Violated Harassment Policy (Northwest Public
Broadcasting)
30. Report
Finds Wage Theft Running Rampant – California Tops the List (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
31. Live
Updates: Trump-Kim Summit Ends with Promise to Suspend Military Exercises (NY
Times)
32. California
Man Accused of Child Kidnapping, Molestation at Shelton Walmart (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
33. North
Mason High School Seniors’ Last Act Debated as a Show of Pride, or a Real Pain (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
34. Shelton
City Council Seeks Feedback on Meeting Time (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
35. Chinook,
Cayuse Passes Open for Season (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
The Blimp Industry Is Changing, Right Over Our Noses
Distillery Has New Bourbon Flavored by Beaver Secretion
Six-Day-Old Abandoned Moose Befriends Family, Begs for Attention
Domino’s Pizza Is Fixing Potholes Across America. Come Save Portland!
SONG OF THE DAY
Willie Nelson – Whiskey River
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