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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Irrigators Claim Judge Erred in Columbia River Basin
Hydropower Ruling (Capital Press)
PUD Commissioner – The Most Important Political Race You’ve
Never Heard Of (Sightline Institute)
West Oregon Electric Cooperative Members Circulate Petition
to Leave Co-Op (Banks Post, OR)
More Than a Dozen Cities Are Challenging the FCC over How to
Deploy 5G Cell Sites (Washington Post)
A Strong Atmospheric River Should Hit the Northwest Next
Weekend (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
PUD Commissioner – The Most Important Political
Race You’ve Never Heard Of
2.
West Oregon Electric Cooperative Members
Circulate Petition to Leave Co-Op
3.
Washington State Utilities & Transportation
Commission Approves Rate Decreases for Several Natural Gas Companies
4.
How Snake River Dam Debate Could Affect Your
Power Bill
5.
Lead Diplomat for U-S Sizes Up Ongoing Columbia
River Treaty Negotiations
6.
Grant PUD Discusses Options for $50 Million
7.
Avista CEO Scott Morris Discusses the Utility’s
Proposed Sale, His Role & What It Means to His Hometown
8.
Utilities Worry FCC Plan to Open Wireless
Spectrum Could Compromise Communications
9.
Billionaire Brawl: Warren Buffett vs. Sheldon
Adelson in Nevada Energy Ballot Measure
10.
Florida: Hit & Run - Three Linemen Killed
While Repairing Power Lines Downed by Hurricane
11.
Energy Secretary Perry Says White House Still
Backs Nevada Nuclear Dump
12.
FERC Names Chatterjee as New Chairman
13.
Power from the People: Rural Electrification
Brought More than Lights
14.
Irrigators Claim Judge Erred in Columbia River
Basin Hydropower Ruling
15.
Now’s Your Last Chance to Provide Feedback on
the Southern Resident Task Force Recommendations
16.
A Homecoming for Lostine Coho – Run was
officially declared extinct in the 1980s
17.
Feds, Tribes, States Sign Extended Columbia
Basin Fish Accords; $400 Million for Fish/Wildlife
18.
Scientists Declare Annual ‘Dead Zone’ Season Off
Pacific Coast
19.
With Comments on Newport Silicon Smelter Open
Through Oct. 26, Citizens Express Concerns
20.
Energy Northwest to Construct Solar Array &
Energy Storage System
21.
California: Clock Ticking on Humboldt County
Wind Energy Project
22.
More Than a Dozen Cities Are Challenging the FCC
over How to Deploy 5G Cell Sites
23.
Bringing VoIP to Rural America via Electric
Cooperatives
24.
The Digital Gap Between Rich & Poor Kids Is
Not What We Expected
25.
Seattle Caught Between Tribal Rights &
Protecting Its Water Supply
26.
Will One State Go It Alone to Make Polluters
Pay?
27.
Washington State Carbon Fee Initiative Too Risky
for Cowlitz PUD Commissioners
28.
Unions Helped Write Washington State’s Carbon
Fee Initiative. Some Also Want to Sink It.
29.
Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the U-S Power
Sector Have Declined 28% Since 2005
30.
Google Wants to Write Your Emails for You. It’s
Time to Draw the Line.
31.
Twitter Should Kill the Retweet
32.
Vancouver, Canada’s Marijuana Capital, Struggles
to Tame the Black Market
33.
Pork Giant Smithfield to Convert Pig Poop Gases
into Power
34.
Yakamas in the Supreme Court: A Tax Lion in the
Cougar Den? — Treaties Versus Taxes in Federal Indian Law
35.
Lawsuit Claims Washington State Rep Walsh’s
Blocking of Facebook Users Violates First Amendment
36.
A Strong Atmospheric River Should Hit the
Northwest Next Weekend
37.
Washington State’s Volcanoes Ranked among
Nation’s Most Hazardous
38.
Tacoma Man Faces DUI Charge in 101 Head-On Crash
near Lilliwaup
39.
Highway 8 McCleary Construction Complete. All
Roads Open & 60 Mph Once Again
40.
Kitsap’s Crisis Triage Center Serves 88 in First
Two Months
41.
Video: Ross McDowell – Mason County Emergency
Management
WORD OF THE DAY - THE HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Shambles /SHAM-bulls/ Noun – 1: slaughterhouse 2a: a place
of mass slaughter or bloodshed b: a scene or a state of great destruction:
wreckage c: a scene or a state of great disorder or confusion d: great
confusion: mess.
Scrambles and shambles
Poles like jackstraws, big damage
Storm season’s coming
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
PUD Commissioner – The Most Important Political
Race You’ve Never Heard Of (Sightline Institute)
2.
West Oregon Electric Cooperative Members
Circulate Petition to Leave Co-Op (Banks Post, OR)
3.
Washington State Utilities & Transportation
Commission Approves Rate Decreases for Several Natural Gas Companies (Daily
Energy Insider)
4.
How Snake River Dam Debate Could Affect Your
Power Bill (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
5.
Lead Diplomat for U-S Sizes Up Ongoing Columbia
River Treaty Negotiations (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
6.
Grant PUD Discusses Options for $50 Million
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
7.
Avista CEO Scott Morris Discusses the Utility’s
Proposed Sale, His Role & What It Means to His Hometown (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
8.
Utilities Worry FCC Plan to Open Wireless
Spectrum Could Compromise Communications (Utility Dive)
9.
Billionaire Brawl: Warren Buffett vs. Sheldon
Adelson in Nevada Energy Ballot Measure (Politico)
10. Florida:
Hit & Run - Three Linemen Killed While Repairing Power Lines Downed by
Hurricane (CBS News)
11. Energy
Secretary Perry Says White House Still Backs Nevada Nuclear Dump (Bloomberg
News)
12. FERC
Names Chatterjee as New Chairman (Daily Energy Insider)
13. Power
from the People: Rural Electrification Brought More than Lights (Smithsonian
Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
14. Irrigators
Claim Judge Erred in Columbia River Basin Hydropower Ruling (Capital Press)
15. Now’s
Your Last Chance to Provide Feedback on the Southern Resident Task Force
Recommendations (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
16. A
Homecoming for Lostine Coho – Run was officially declared extinct in the 1980s
(Lewiston Tribune, ID)
17. Feds,
Tribes, States Sign Extended Columbia Basin Fish Accords; $400 Million for
Fish/Wildlife (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
18. Scientists
Declare Annual ‘Dead Zone’ Season Off Pacific Coast (Politico, Morning Energy)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
19. With
Comments on Newport Silicon Smelter Open Through Oct. 26, Citizens Express
Concerns (The Inlander, Spokane, WA)
20. Energy
Northwest to Construct Solar Array & Energy Storage System (Daily Energy
Insider)
21. California:
Clock Ticking on Humboldt County Wind Energy Project (Mad River Union, Arcata,
CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
22. More
Than a Dozen Cities Are Challenging the FCC over How to Deploy 5G Cell Sites (Washington
Post)
23. Bringing
VoIP to Rural America via Electric Cooperatives (ToolBox)
24. The
Digital Gap Between Rich & Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected (NY Times)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
25. Seattle
Caught Between Tribal Rights & Protecting Its Water Supply (Crosscut
Seattle)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
26. Will
One State Go It Alone to Make Polluters Pay? (NY Times)
27. Washington
State Carbon Fee Initiative Too Risky for Cowlitz PUD Commissioners (Longview
Daily News, WA)
28. Unions
Helped Write Washington State’s Carbon Fee Initiative. Some Also Want to Sink
It. (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
29. Carbon
Dioxide Emissions from the U-S Power Sector Have Declined 28% Since 2005 (U-S
Energy Information Administration)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
30. Google
Wants to Write Your Emails for You. It’s Time to Draw the Line. (Washington
Post)
31. Twitter
Should Kill the Retweet (Atlantic Magazine)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
32. Vancouver,
Canada’s Marijuana Capital, Struggles to Tame the Black Market (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
33. Pork
Giant Smithfield to Convert Pig Poop Gases into Power (Associated Press)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
34. Yakamas
in the Supreme Court: A Tax Lion in the Cougar Den? — Treaties Versus Taxes in
Federal Indian Law (SCOTUS Blog)
35. Lawsuit
Claims Washington State Rep Walsh’s Blocking of Facebook Users Violates First
Amendment (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
36. A
Strong Atmospheric River Should Hit the Northwest Next Weekend (Cliff Mass
Weather Blog)
37. Washington
State’s Volcanoes Ranked among Nation’s Most Hazardous (Associated Press)
38. Tacoma
Man Faces DUI Charge in 101 Head-On Crash near Lilliwaup (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
39. Highway
8 McCleary Construction Complete. All Roads Open & 60 Mph Once Again (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
41. Video:
Ross McDowell – Mason County Emergency Management (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Pumpkins Fly in Union
What a Break! Man’s Fall Leads to Hospital Lottery Pool Win
Blowtorch Used to Kill Spiders May Have Started House Fire
The Curse of the Bradford Pear
SONG OF THE DAY
Louis Dowdeswell – Gonna Fly Now
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