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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
President Trump’s Budget Goes after Bonneville Power
Administration Again (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Idaho Utility Regulators Dismiss Surveillance Complaint over
Electric Meters (Associated Press)
Bill That Would Preserve Net Neutrality in Washington State
Passes House (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
Customers Get Sticker Shock on Fluorescent Bulbs – An
Environmental Handling Charge (Everett Herald, WA)
Shelton City Council, Cooperative High School, Southside
Levy – Ballots Due Tonight (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- President Trump’s Budget Goes after Bonneville Power Administration Again
- American Public Power Association Says It Will Strongly Oppose TVA, PMA Grid Asset Privatization
- Idaho Utility Regulators Dismiss Surveillance Complaint over Electric Meters
- Efforts to Save Ponderay Newsprint Plant Lead to Lawsuit Settlement
- Online Company Taking Town, Wahkiakum PUD Payments without Permission
- BPA Science Bowl – They've Got It down To a Science
- Explosion in Puerto Rico knocks out power, emphasizing grid’s frailty after Hurricane Maria
- South Carolina: Possible Sale of Santee Cooper Attracts Multiple Proposals amid Summer Nuke Fallout
- Electricity Prices Are Highest in Hawaii – Expenditures Are Highest in South Carolina
- At Columbia River's Doorstep, an Uneasy Lookout for Invasive Mussels
- Atlantic Salmon Grower Calls Banning Fish Farms in Puget Sound ‘Foolishness’
- Oregon Increases Protections for Marbled Murrelet – The Timber Industry Is Not Pleased
- Native Birds Face Legal Threats, in Oregon & Beyond
- Op/Ed: Do Solar & Wind Degree Programs Offer College Students a Good Future?
- Bill That Would Preserve Net Neutrality in Washington State Passes House
- This Crafty Tactic May Let States Get Around the FCC on Net Neutrality
- President Trump Infrastructure Plan Leaves Out Rural Broadband Funding
- Georgia: Netflix Tax Floated for Rural Broadband
- Bitcoin Growth Sparks Debate on Environmental Impacts
- Blockchain Explained: It Builds Trust When You Need It Most
- Customers Get Sticker Shock on Fluorescent Bulbs – An Environmental Handling Charge
- Is the Third Pillar Of Electricity Delivery Preventing the Building of the First Two?
- A Hot, Dry Winter in California. Could It Be Drought Again?
- Columnist: The Evergreen State’s Golden Opportunity to Lead on Climate
- 13 Words You Should Never Use When Replying to a Customer
- Lawsuit Takes Aim at Trump Administration Marijuana Policy
- Massachusetts Agency Wants Efficiency Standards for Nascent Pot Industry
- Stop Saying 'Smart Cities' – Digital Stardust Won’t Magically Make Future Cities More Affordable or Resilient
- President Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Puts Burden on State & Private Money
- President Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Involves Selling National Assets
- Washington State Could End Statute of Limitations for Sex Offenses
- Shelton City Council, Cooperative High School, Southside Levy – Ballots Due Tonight
- If Timing Is Right, Snow Possible on Sunday
- Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Name to Stay
- High School Girls Basketball: 2018 All-League Teams
- Orcas Basketball Team Forfeits But Has a Victory for a Lifetime
- Spending a Perfect Day at Hoodsport
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
President Trump’s Budget Goes after Bonneville Power
Administration Again (Portland Business Journal, OR)
American Public Power Association Says It Will Strongly
Oppose TVA, PMA Grid Asset Privatization (American Public Power Association)
Idaho Utility Regulators Dismiss Surveillance Complaint over
Electric Meters (Associated Press)
Efforts to Save Ponderay Newsprint Plant Lead to Lawsuit
Settlement (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Online Company Taking Town, Wahkiakum PUD Payments without
Permission (Wahkiakum Eagle, Cathlamet, WA)
BPA Science Bowl – They've Got It down To a Science (Pamplin
Media Group, Portland, OR)
Explosion in Puerto Rico knocks out power, emphasizing
grid’s frailty after Hurricane Maria (Washington Post)
South Carolina: Possible Sale of Santee Cooper Attracts
Multiple Proposals amid Summer Nuke Fallout (Utility Dive)
Electricity Prices Are Highest in Hawaii – Expenditures Are
Highest in South Carolina (U-S Energy Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
At Columbia River's Doorstep, an Uneasy Lookout for Invasive
Mussels (Oregonian, Portland)
Atlantic Salmon Grower Calls Banning Fish Farms in Puget
Sound ‘Foolishness’ (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Oregon Increases Protections for Marbled Murrelet – The
Timber Industry Is Not Pleased (Associated Press)
Native Birds Face Legal Threats, in Oregon & Beyond
(Bend Bulletin, OR)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Op/Ed: Do Solar & Wind Degree Programs Offer College
Students a Good Future? (Washington Examiner)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bill That Would Preserve Net Neutrality in Washington State
Passes House (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
This Crafty Tactic May Let States Get Around the FCC on Net
Neutrality (Washington Post)
President Trump Infrastructure Plan Leaves Out Rural
Broadband Funding (C/NET News)
Georgia: Netflix Tax Floated for Rural Broadband (Valdosta
Daily Times, GA)
Bitcoin Growth Sparks Debate on Environmental Impacts (Associated
Press)
Blockchain Explained: It Builds Trust When You Need It Most
(C/NET News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Customers Get Sticker Shock on Fluorescent Bulbs – An Environmental
Handling Charge (Everett Herald, WA)
Is the Third Pillar Of Electricity Delivery Preventing the Building
of the First Two? (Utility Dive)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
A Hot, Dry Winter in California. Could It Be Drought Again? (NY
Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Columnist: The Evergreen State’s Golden Opportunity to Lead
on Climate (The Energy Collective)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
13 Words You Should Never Use When Replying to a Customer (AdWeek)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Lawsuit Takes Aim at Trump Administration Marijuana Policy (NY
Times)
Massachusetts Agency Wants Efficiency Standards for Nascent
Pot Industry (Utility Dive)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Stop Saying 'Smart Cities' – Digital Stardust Won’t
Magically Make Future Cities More Affordable or Resilient (Atlantic Magazine)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
President Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Puts Burden on State
& Private Money (NY Times)
President Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Involves Selling
National Assets (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Washington State Could End Statute of Limitations for Sex
Offenses (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton City Council, Cooperative High School, Southside
Levy – Ballots Due Tonight (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
If Timing Is Right, Snow Possible on Sunday (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Name to Stay
(NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
High School Girls Basketball: 2018 All-League Teams (Olympian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
Orcas Basketball Team Forfeits But Has a Victory for a Lifetime
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Spending a Perfect Day at Hoodsport (Thurston Talks,
Olympia, WA)
TRICHINOSIS IN THE GUT – DIVERSIONS
People Are Going Hog Wild over a Monstrous Wild Boar Dubbed
'Pigzilla'
College Professor Replaced after Insisting Australia Isn't a
Country
Vic Damone, Who Crooned His Way to Postwar Popularity, Dies
at 89
Couple Sells All To Sail The World, Boat Sinks on Day Two
SONG OF THE DAY
Vic Damone - The Shadow of Your Smile
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