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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Avista Extends Date for Sale to Hydro One (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Higher Electric Rates May End Central Washington Bitcoin
Rush (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Washington State Utilities Warn of “Pancaking” Carbon
Proposals (The Lens, Business Institute of Washington)
Benton Rural Electric Association Explains How Experimental
Water Spills at Dams Affect Customer Rates (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Facebook Will Spend Another $750 Million for Data Centers in
Prineville (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Avista Extends Date for Sale to Hydro One
2.
Higher Electric Rates May End Central Washington
Bitcoin Rush
3.
Benton Rural Electric Association Explains How
Experimental Water Spills at Dams Affect Customer Rates
4.
Jefferson County PUD Eyes $4 Million
Headquarters Expansion
5.
Snohomish PUD Moves to Appoint John Haarlow as
CEO/General Manager
6.
Clallam PUD Commissioners Select Haffner’s
Replacement
7.
New Energy Projects Seek to Lower Electricity
Costs in Southeast Alaska
8.
Talk About a ‘Superload’! Check Out What Just
Crawled Along Washington State Highways
9.
Op/Ed: Lisa Murkowski – The Case for Advanced
Nuclear Reactors
10.
One in Three U-S Households Faces a Challenge in
Meeting Energy Needs
11.
Treaty with Canada Would Include New Limits on
Fishing for Endangered Salmon
12.
Best Way to Save the Orcas? Borrow a Submarine
& Travel Down the Food Chain
13.
Chelan PUD Commission Hears Report on Importance
of Coho Program to Habitat Conservation Plan
14.
Port Townsend Community Gathers to “Save Our
Salish Sea”
15.
With Cultivation, Have Oysters Become Too
Perfect?
16.
Renewable Energy Incentives Will Be Delayed,
Cowlitz PUD Says
17.
Habitat for Birds? Or Solar Panels?
18.
Utilities Have a Problem: The Public Wants 100%
Renewable Energy, And Quick
19.
Does It Pay to Install Solar Panels in Alaska?
20.
Facebook Will Spend Another $750 Million for
Data Centers in Prineville
21.
Fiber Project Could Mean Big Changes for Skagit
County
22.
More FCC Mapping Woes
23.
DOE Seeks to Ensure Efficiency Rules Don’t
Hinder Smart Appliance Growth
24.
Nest’s Digital Health Ambitions Revealed in
Records from Secretive Purchase of Seattle Startup Senosis
25.
Marysville Compost Company Will Pay $785,000 in
Odor Lawsuit
26.
North Carolina: Florence Floodwaters Breach Dam
near Duke Power Plant, Potentially Leaking Coal Ash
27.
Washington State Utilities Warn of “Pancaking”
Carbon Proposals
28.
Who Would Pay a Washington State Carbon Fee on
November Ballot – Who Gets a Pass?
29.
What You Need to Know About Portland Clean
Energy Measure 26-201
30.
Licensing Delays Cost Alaskan Marijuana License
Applicants Time, Money
31.
It’s High Times for Soaring Marijuana Stocks on
Wall Street
32.
Portland to Go ‘Lights Out’ to Save the Birds
33.
Almost Everything Leaving Northwest Ports for
China Soon to Be Hit with Tariffs
34.
‘Suspicious Death’ of Shelton Woman Determined
to Be Suicide
35.
14th Cat Has Been Found Murdered in Olympia Area
36.
United Kingdom: ‘Croydon Cat Killer’ May Have
Struck in Kent after Remains Found
37.
Nearly Half of Cellphone Calls Will Be Scams by
2019, Report Says
38.
Idaho City Seeks Volunteers to Scare Off Crowds
of Crows
WORD OF THE DAY
Emaciated • \ih-MAY-shee-ate-ed\ • verb - Wasted away
physically 1: Loss of flesh so as to become very thin 2: to be feeble
The thin, pinch-faced clerk heaved a deep sigh. It was either
pay $250 for a prime parking spot from his emaciated bank account, or walk ten
blocks from a free public lot that had feeble lighting, and heavily cracked
pavement…weeds fighting their way to the thin winter sunshine. “I guess that we’ll
have to make that a ‘parking lot’ issue until we pay off our loan on the new
car,” he told his imposing, virago-like wife. “Hmmph,” she snorted. “Looks like
the only thing you got out of that management training were some fancy
buzz-words.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Avista Extends Date for Sale to Hydro One
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
2.
Higher Electric Rates May End Central Washington
Bitcoin Rush (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
3.
Benton Rural Electric Association Explains How Experimental
Water Spills at Dams Affect Customer Rates (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
4.
Jefferson County PUD Eyes $4 Million Headquarters
Expansion (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
5.
Snohomish PUD Moves to Appoint John Haarlow as
CEO/General Manager (My Edmonds News, WA)
6.
Clallam PUD Commissioners Select Haffner’s
Replacement (Sequim Gazette, WA)
7.
New Energy Projects Seek to Lower Electricity
Costs in Southeast Alaska (KTOO-TV, Juneau, AK)
8.
Talk About a ‘Superload’! Check Out What Just
Crawled Along Washington State Highways (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
9.
Op/Ed: Lisa Murkowski – The Case for Advanced
Nuclear Reactors (Washington Examiner)
10. One
in Three U-S Households Faces a Challenge in Meeting Energy Needs (U-S Energy
Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
11. Treaty
with Canada Would Include New Limits on Fishing for Endangered Salmon
(Associated Press)
12. Best
Way to Save the Orcas? Borrow a Submarine & Travel Down the Food Chain
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
13. Chelan
PUD Commission Hears Report on Importance of Coho Program to Habitat
Conservation Plan (Lake Chelan Mirror, WA)
14. Port
Townsend Community Gathers to “Save Our Salish Sea” (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
16. Renewable
Energy Incentives Will Be Delayed, Cowlitz PUD Says (Longview Daily News, WA)
17. Habitat
for Birds? Or Solar Panels? (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
18. Utilities
Have a Problem: The Public Wants 100% Renewable Energy, And Quick (VOX)
19. Does
It Pay to Install Solar Panels in Alaska? (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
20. Facebook
Will Spend Another $750 Million for Data Centers in Prineville (Oregonian,
Portland)
21. Fiber
Project Could Mean Big Changes for Skagit County (Government Technology)
22. More
FCC Mapping Woes (Pots & Pans)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
23. DOE
Seeks to Ensure Efficiency Rules Don’t Hinder Smart Appliance Growth (Utility
Dive)
24. Nest’s
Digital Health Ambitions Revealed in Records from Secretive Purchase of Seattle
Startup Senosis (Geekwire)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
25. Marysville
Compost Company Will Pay $785,000 in Odor Lawsuit (Associated Press)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
26. North
Carolina: Florence Floodwaters Breach Dam near Duke Power Plant, Potentially
Leaking Coal Ash (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
27. Washington
State Utilities Warn of “Pancaking” Carbon Proposals (The Lens, Business
Institute of Washington)
28. Who
Would Pay a Washington State Carbon Fee on November Ballot – Who Gets a Pass?
(Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
29. What
You Need to Know About Portland Clean Energy Measure 26-201 (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
30. Licensing
Delays Cost Alaskan Marijuana License Applicants Time, Money (Marijuana
Business Daily)
31. It’s
High Times for Soaring Marijuana Stocks on Wall Street (SF Chronicle)
https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/It-s-high-times-for-soaring-marijuana-stocks-on-13245916.php
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
32. Portland
to Go ‘Lights Out’ to Save the Birds (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
33. Almost
Everything Leaving Northwest Ports for China Soon to Be Hit with Tariffs
(Northwest Public Broadcasting)
GENERAL NEWS
34. ‘Suspicious
Death’ of Shelton Woman Determined to Be Suicide (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
35. 14th
Cat Has Been Found Murdered in Olympia Area (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
36. United
Kingdom: ‘Croydon Cat Killer’ May Have Struck in Kent after Remains Found (ITV
News, UK)
37. Nearly
Half of Cellphone Calls Will Be Scams by 2019, Report Says (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
38. Idaho
City Seeks Volunteers to Scare Off Crowds of Crows
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Walk into My Parlor: Greek Spiders Spin Giant Web Over Shore
Rabbits Are Taking Over Cannon Beach & Causing a Divide
Olympia Woman Refuses to Pull Over Because She “Drives a
Prius”
Bud Light ‘Victory Fridges’ Open after Cleveland Browns Beat
New York Jets
SONG OF THE DAY
Queen – We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions
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