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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Report: Majority of Tested Washington School Taps Have
Unsafe Lead Levels (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Solar Installers Are Struggling to Find Tesla Powerwall
Battery Systems (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Split apart Pacific Gas & Electric? The Utility Is Open
to It, But Warns Rates Would Likely Rise (Utility Dive)
Google’s Nest Hub Has a Microphone It Forgot to Mention
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Washington State Legislature’s Proposed Public Records Bill
Is Dead, At Least for This Year (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Split apart Pacific Gas & Electric? The
Utility Is Open to It, But Warns Rates Would Likely Rise
2.
De-Energize & Districted Energy Resources:
The Tough Options Wildfires Pose for California Utilities
3.
Power Play – Satsop Business Park Aims to be the
South Sound’s Next Employment Hub
4.
Cowlitz PUD: For Steve Kern, ‘It’s Good to Go
Out on a High Note’
5.
Um, OK - Rep. Shewmake Sponsors Washington State
Law to Require Info on Energy Sources
6.
Explain This Then: Fuel Mix Disclosure -
Washington State Department of Commerce
7.
New Process Drives More Successful Outage
Opportunities for Bonneville Power Administration
8.
Firm Seeks Witnesses, Plaintiffs for Possible
Duke Energy Cybersecurity Suit
9.
Maine: Gov. Mills Signs onto Canada to U-S Power
Line after CMP Sweetens Pot
10.
Canada: Hydro One Reports Fourth Quarter Profit
Up from Year Ago, Helped by Weather & Lower Taxes
11.
Solar Installers Are Struggling to Find Tesla
Powerwall Battery Systems
12.
Natural Gas-Fired Reciprocating Engines
Increasingly Being Deployed to Balance Renewables, EIA Says
13.
Scandalous Abramoff Summoned to Take on the
Green New Deal
14.
Someone Needs to Let Us Know: Ajit Pai Says
Broadband Access Is Soaring—And That He’s the One to Thank
15.
Google’s Nest Hub Has a Microphone It Forgot to
Mention
16.
Report: Majority of Tested Washington School
Taps Have Unsafe Lead Levels
17.
Greenhouse Gas: Washington State Refrigeration
Legislation Has Dye Hot
18.
U-S Judge Dismisses Boys’ Lawsuit against Trump
Climate Rollbacks
19.
‘They’re Going to Show It Until We Die’: How
Zion Williamson’s Shoe Mishap Hurts Nike
20.
Washington State Legislature’s Proposed Public
Records Bill Is Dead, At Least for This Year
21.
Massive Public Lands Bill Expected to Receive
Easy Approval in the House
22.
Pacific Northwest in an Earthquake Lull
According to New Study
23.
Audio: Some Sheriffs in Rural Washington Refuse
to Enforce New Gun Law
24.
Video: ‘Clink’ on the Brink: The Story Behind
Mason County’s Jail Crisis
25.
Tim Eyman Accused of Stealing Office Chair,
Films Himself Bringing It Back
WORD OF THE DAY
Skullduggery • \skull-DUGG-ur-ree\ • Noun – Underhanded or
unscrupulous behavior; also, a devious device or trick
Unfortunately for the corporate leader, skullduggery of his
support staff so undermined his credibility with stockholders that everything
he said at the annual meeting was met with peals of laughter. Initially he
thought that they were laughing along with him at some large, inside joke. That
is, until his aide whispered in his ear, “Sir, they’re not laughing WITH you,
they’re laughing BESIDE you. And that’s a BIG difference.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Split apart Pacific Gas & Electric? The Utility
Is Open to It, But Warns Rates Would Likely Rise (Utility Dive)
2.
De-Energize & Districted Energy Resources: The
Tough Options Wildfires Pose for California Utilities (Utility Dive)
3.
Power Play – Satsop Business Park Aims to be the
South Sound’s Next Employment Hub (South Sound Business)
5.
Um, OK - Rep. Shewmake Sponsors Washington State
Law to Require Info on Energy Sources (KGMI-Radio, Bellingham, WA0
6.
Explain This Then: Fuel Mix Disclosure -
Washington State Department of Commerce (PDF – Washington State Department of
Commerce)
7.
New Process Drives More Successful Outage
Opportunities for Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville Power
Administration)
8.
Firm Seeks Witnesses, Plaintiffs for Possible Duke
Energy Cybersecurity Suit (Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh, NC)
9.
Maine: Gov. Mills Signs onto Canada to U-S Power
Line after CMP Sweetens Pot (Washington Post)
10. Canada:
Hydro One Reports Fourth Quarter Profit Up from Year Ago, Helped by Weather &
Lower Taxes (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
11. Solar
Installers Are Struggling to Find Tesla Powerwall Battery Systems (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
12. Natural
Gas-Fired Reciprocating Engines Increasingly Being Deployed to Balance
Renewables, EIA Says (Daily Energy Insider)
13. Scandalous
Abramoff Summoned to Take on the Green New Deal (Washington Examiner)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14. Someone
Needs to Let Us Know: Ajit Pai Says Broadband Access Is Soaring—And That He’s the
One to Thank (Ars Technica)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
15. Google’s
Nest Hub Has a Microphone It Forgot to Mention (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
16. Report:
Majority of Tested Washington School Taps Have Unsafe Lead Levels (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
17. Greenhouse
Gas: Washington State Refrigeration Legislation Has Dye Hot (Washington Ag
Network)
18. U-S
Judge Dismisses Boys’ Lawsuit against Trump Climate Rollbacks (Reuters)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
19. ‘They’re
Going to Show It Until We Die’: How Zion Williamson’s Shoe Mishap Hurts Nike (Yahoo
Sports
https://sports.yahoo.com/theyre-going-show-die-zion-williamsons-shoe-mishap-hurt-nike-044022904.html
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
20. Washington
State Legislature’s Proposed Public Records Bill Is Dead, At Least for This
Year (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
21. Massive
Public Lands Bill Expected to Receive Easy Approval in the House (Olympian, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
22. Pacific
Northwest in an Earthquake Lull According to New Study (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
23. Audio:
Some Sheriffs in Rural Washington Refuse to Enforce New Gun Law (National
Public Radio)
24. Video:
‘Clink’ on the Brink: The Story Behind Mason County’s Jail Crisis (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
25. Tim
Eyman Accused of Stealing Office Chair, Films Himself Bringing It Back (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Peter Tork of the Monkees dies at 77
Guy Webster, Master of the Album Cover Photograph, Dies at
79
Washington State Could Ban Eyeball Tattoos
World’s Biggest Bee, Once Thought Extinct, Has Been Found
Alive
SONG OF THE DAY
The Monkees – Daydream Believer
John Stewart interview on writing “Daydream Believer”
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