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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
‘Red Flag’ Wind Warnings Hit Northern California – Pacific
Gas & Electric Urges Customers to Prepare (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Connecticut Can Use Efficiency Funds to Cover Budget
Shortfall, Federal Court Rules (Utility Dive)
FCC Falsely Claims Community Broadband an ‘Ominous Threat to
the First Amendment’ (Motherboard)
Fight Over Washington State Carbon Fee Initiative Shaping up
to Be Costliest (Associated Press)
Small 2.9 Earthquake Hits in Tacoma Early Tuesday (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
‘Red Flag’ Wind Warnings Hit Northern California
– Pacific Gas & Electric Urges Customers to Prepare
2.
Study: Natural Gas, Wind, Solar Cheapest Power
Generation
3.
Western Regionalization Plan B: Utilities Take
an Interim Step to Expand the Grid
4.
Oregon Governor Joins Other States in Offshore
Drilling Ban
5.
General Electric Reveals Deeper Regulatory
Probe, Restructuring, Ailing Power Unit
6.
French Pumped Hydropower Plan Stymied by
European Union Deadlock
7.
Op/Ed: Three Ways Utilities Can Better Engage
Low-Income Customers
8.
Tesla Faces a Challenger in the Home Solar
Business
9.
Eight Questions to Ask Before Going Solar at
Home
10.
FCC Falsely Claims Community Broadband an
‘Ominous Threat to the First Amendment’
11.
How Big Tech Will Be Hit by the United Kingdom’s
New Digital Tax
12.
Will South Dakota Get 5G?
13.
How Much Does a Cable Box Really Cost? The
Industry Would Prefer You Don’t Ask
14.
How’d This Government Agency Get Infected with
Malware? 9,000 Pages of P*rn.
15.
Connecticut Can Use Efficiency Funds to Cover
Budget Shortfall, Federal Court Rules
16.
Sacramento Leads by Example on Cleaner Energy,
with Help from Electrification
17.
Op/Ed: Dear Customer: We’re Shutting Off Your
Water
18.
Fight Over Washington State Carbon Fee
Initiative Shaping up to Be Costliest
19.
Carbon Fee Initiative: High Stakes, High
Spending in Washington State
20.
Earth’s Carbon Dioxide Levels Are Likely the
Highest They’ve Been in 15 Million Years
21.
Children, Activists Rally in Support of Climate
Change Lawsuit
22.
U-S Supreme Court Hears Arguments in ‘Landmark’
Yakama Nation Gas Tax Case
23.
Second Person Files Public Disclosure Complaint
against Donor Group Supporting Grant PUD Candidates
24.
Small 2.9 Earthquake Hits in Tacoma Early
Tuesday
25.
Mason General Hospital (Et. Al.) Breaks Ground
on Medical Office Building
26.
Squaxin Child Center Getting Commerce Funds
27.
It’s Almost Time to ‘Fall Back’, Daylight Saving
Time Ends This Weekend
WORD OF THE DAY
Haberdasher \HABB-err-dash-err\ Noun - 1: a dealer in
notions 2: a dealer in men’s clothing and accessories.
One of the country’s most celebrated presidents, Harry Truman,
was a successful haberdasher in Kansas City. That is, until the recession of
1921 put him out of business.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
‘Red Flag’ Wind Warnings Hit Northern California
– Pacific Gas & Electric Urges Customers to Prepare (Sacramento Bee, CA)
2.
Study: Natural Gas, Wind, Solar Cheapest Power
Generation (Utility Dive)
3.
Western Regionalization Plan B: Utilities Take an
Interim Step to Expand the Grid (Utility Dive)
4.
Oregon Governor Joins Other States in Offshore
Drilling Ban (Associated Press)
5.
General Electric Reveals Deeper Regulatory
Probe, Restructuring, Ailing Power Unit (Reuters)
6.
French Pumped Hydropower Plan Stymied by
European Union Deadlock (Renewable Energy World)
7.
Op/Ed: Three Ways Utilities Can Better Engage
Low-Income Customers (Utility Dive)
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/three-ways-utilities-can-better-engage-low-income-customers/540849/
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
8.
Tesla Faces a Challenger in the Home Solar
Business (NY Times)
9.
Eight Questions to Ask Before Going Solar at
Home (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
10. FCC
Falsely Claims Community Broadband an ‘Ominous Threat to the First Amendment’
(Motherboard)
11. How
Big Tech Will Be Hit by the United Kingdom’s New Digital Tax (Bloomberg News)
12. Will
South Dakota Get 5G? (Pots & Pans)
13. How
Much Does a Cable Box Really Cost? The Industry Would Prefer You Don’t Ask (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
14. How’d
This Government Agency Get Infected with Malware? 9,000 Pages of P*rn. (Washington
Post)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
15. Connecticut
Can Use Efficiency Funds to Cover Budget Shortfall, Federal Court Rules (Utility
Dive)
16. Sacramento
Leads by Example on Cleaner Energy, with Help from Electrification (Breaking
Energy)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
17. Op/Ed:
Dear Customer: We’re Shutting Off Your Water (NY Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18. Fight
Over Washington State Carbon Fee Initiative Shaping up to Be Costliest (Associated
Press)
19. Carbon
Fee Initiative: High Stakes, High Spending in Washington State (Politico)
20. Earth’s
Carbon Dioxide Levels Are Likely the Highest They’ve Been in 15 Million Years (Mashable)
21. Children,
Activists Rally in Support of Climate Change Lawsuit (Reuters)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
22. U-S
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in ‘Landmark’ Yakama Nation Gas Tax Case (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
23. Second
Person Files Public Disclosure Complaint against Donor Group Supporting Grant PUD
Candidates (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
24. Small
2.9 Earthquake Hits in Tacoma Early Tuesday (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
25. Mason
General Hospital (Et. Al.) Breaks Ground on Medical Office Building (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
26. Squaxin
Child Center Getting Commerce Funds (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
27. It’s
Almost Time to ‘Fall Back’, Daylight Saving Time Ends This Weekend (CBS Miami,
FL)
WITCHES ON THE WATER – DIVERSIONS
Hundreds of Witches Pick Paddles over Broomsticks to Paddleboard
the Willamette River
This Stray Cat Who Crashed a Fashion Show Is My Favorite
Supermodel
Couple in Mystery Proposal Photo Identified
Goodwill Workers in New Jersey Find Original 1774 ‘Rebel’
Newspaper
SONG OF THE DAY
Temptations – Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is
Today)
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