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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Canada Proposes More Habitat Protection for
Southern-Resident Orcas (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
PacifiCorp, Sierra Club Go to Court Over Coal Plant Analysis
(Associated Press)
Renewable Energy Producers Flood Puget Sound Energy with
Proposals (KGMI Radio, Bellingham, WA)
Public Option for Click! Network Would Skip Cable TV (Tacoma
Weekly, WA)
Wildfire Northwest of Shelton Burns West, Now at More Than
3,000 Acres (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
PacifiCorp, Sierra Club Go to Court Over Coal
Plant Analysis
2.
California: Oroville Dam Repair Costs Soar Past
$1 Billion
3.
No Electric Rate Increases for 2018-2019,
Cowlitz PUD Says
4.
Rodent + Transformer = Fire – An Errant Squirrel
Likely Started 4,500-Acre Fire in Benton City
5.
California Today: A Bailout for the Power
Company?
6.
Electricity Generation Drives Need for Natural
Gas Demand Response
7.
Turlock Irrigation District vs FERC
8.
Canada Proposes More Habitat Protection for
Southern-Resident Orcas
9.
Sea Lions & Orcas Battle It Out in Puget
Sound
10.
Why Are Puffins Vanishing? The Hunt for Clues
Goes Deep, Into Their Burrows
11.
Democratic States Sue Trump Administration for
Easing Bird Kill Rules
12.
Renewable Energy Producers Flood Puget Sound
Energy with Proposals
13.
A Brighter Future: Solar Power Charges Rural
Education in Uganda
14.
Public Option for Click! Network Would Skip
Cable TV
15.
Tesla Bond Hits Record Low, Stock Slips as
Investor Worry Deepens
16.
Walmart Canada Orders 30 More Tesla Semi-Trucks
as It Aims to Shed Diesel
17.
States Could Save $16 Billion Annually Through
Energy Efficiency Policies: Report
18.
Low Flows in Elwha River Prompts Call for
Voluntary Conservation in Port Angeles
19.
Olympia Government Officials Prepare for Rising
Sea Levels
20.
Washington Governor State on Carbon Tax, Climate
Lawsuits & More
21.
Grant PUD Launches New Website
22.
More Than 1 In 4 American Users Have Deleted
Facebook, Pew Survey Finds
23.
31 Words & Phrases You No Longer Need
24.
Key Concerns Emerge During Washington State
Legislative Task Force on Public Record’s First Meeting
25.
U-S Attorney General Announces Review of Social
Media Platforms after Hearing
26.
Wildfire Northwest of Shelton Burns West, Now at
More Than 3,000 Acres
27.
Thurston County Cat Mutilations: Your Questions
Answered
WORD OF THE DAY
Quiddity ● /KWID-uh-tee/ ● Noun – 1: whatever makes
something the type that it is: essence 2a: a trifling point: quibble b: an
unusual personal opinion or habit: eccentricity
Sophisticated
One smooth, suave character
James Bond’s quiddity
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
PacifiCorp, Sierra Club Go to Court Over Coal
Plant Analysis (Associated Press)
2.
California: Oroville Dam Repair Costs Soar Past
$1 Billion (Los Angeles Times, CA)
3.
No Electric Rate Increases for 2018-2019, Cowlitz
PUD Says (Longview Daily News, WA)
4.
Rodent + Transformer = Fire – An Errant Squirrel
Likely Started 4,500-Acre Fire in Benton City (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
5.
California Today: A Bailout for the Power
Company? (NY Times)
6.
Electricity Generation Drives Need for Natural
Gas Demand Response (Utility Dive)
7.
Turlock Irrigation District vs FERC - In this
petition for review, we consider whether the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (“FERC”) acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying a complaint
brought by the Turlock and Modesto Irrigation Districts (collectively, the
“Districts”). The complaint alleged that Pacific Gas & Electric Company
(“PG&E”) breached agreements between the Districts and PG&E. We
conclude that FERC’s orders denying the complaint and denying rehearing were arbitrary
and capricious, and we grant the Districts’ petition. (Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals - PDF)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
Canada Proposes More Habitat Protection for
Southern-Resident Orcas (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
9.
Sea Lions & Orcas Battle It Out in Puget
Sound (Crosscut Seattle)
10. Why
Are Puffins Vanishing? The Hunt for Clues Goes Deep, Into Their Burrows (NY
Times)
11. Democratic
States Sue Trump Administration for Easing Bird Kill Rules (Washington Examiner)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12. Renewable
Energy Producers Flood Puget Sound Energy with Proposals (KGMI Radio,
Bellingham, WA)
13. A
Brighter Future: Solar Power Charges Rural Education in Uganda (Christian
Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14. Public
Option for Click! Network Would Skip Cable TV (Tacoma Weekly, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
15. Tesla
Bond Hits Record Low, Stock Slips as Investor Worry Deepens (Reuters)
16. Walmart
Canada Orders 30 More Tesla Semi-Trucks as It Aims to Shed Diesel (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
17. States
Could Save $16 Billion Annually Through Energy Efficiency Policies: Report (Utility
Dive)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
18. Low
Flows in Elwha River Prompts Call for Voluntary Conservation in Port Angeles (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19. Olympia
Government Officials Prepare for Rising Sea Levels (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
20. Washington
Governor State on Carbon Tax, Climate Lawsuits & More (Axios)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
21. Grant
PUD Launches New Website (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
22. More
Than 1 In 4 American Users Have Deleted Facebook, Pew Survey Finds (Washington
Post)
23. 31
Words & Phrases You No Longer Need (Grammarly)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
24. Key
Concerns Emerge During Washington State Legislative Task Force on Public
Record’s First Meeting (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
25. U-S
Attorney General Announces Review of Social Media Platforms after Hearing (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
26. Wildfire
Northwest of Shelton Burns West, Now at More Than 3,000 Acres (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
27. Thurston
County Cat Mutilations: Your Questions Answered (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Drive-Thru Drugs: Florida Couple Allegedly Builds Heroin
Pick-Up Window at Mobile Home
California State Senator Agrees to Discontinue ‘Fun-Loving’
Noogie Practices
Cheese Fueled Early European Expansion, Study Finds
Pet Pot-Bellied Pig 'Porky' Killed after Hunter Mistakes It for
Feral Hog
SONG OF THE DAY
BBC Proms 2011 – James Bond Medley
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