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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Asking Consumers to Conserve
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mid-Columbia Spot On-Peak Power Price Reaches Nearly
$900/Mwh, Hits Over 18-Year High (Platt’s)
Clean Electricity Rule to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Plants
Passes Washington State Senate (Northwest News Network)
Telecommuting Lets Yakima Valley Residents Work from Home –
Doing So Isn’t for Everybody (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Is There More Snow Coming to Western Washington State This
Week? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Asking Consumers
to Conserve
2.
Mid-Columbia Spot On-Peak Power Price Reaches
Nearly $900/Mwh, Hits Over 18-Year High
3.
Record-Breaking Cold Blast in U.S. Will Roil
Power Markets Next Week
4.
U-S & Canadian Negotiators Have ‘Frank’
Talks on Columbia River Treaty
5.
Settlement Agreement Calls for Puget Sound
Energy to Return Over-Collected Taxes to Customers
6.
Snohomish PUD Says No 2019 Rate Increase – Rate
to Remain at 10.4 Cents Per-Kilowatt-Hour
7.
Richland Considering Electric Rate Increase
8.
Moody’s confirms Kitsap PUD’s Aa2 Issuer &
GOLT Ratings, & A1 Water Revenue Bond Rating
9.
British Columbia: Peace River Dam Could Still Be
Cancelled at ‘11th Hour’ If First Nations Successful in Court
10.
When Environmentalists Busted Up Dams, Coal
Moved In
11.
Republican ‘Save Colstrip’ Bill Still in Play
12.
Montana U-S Senator Tester Reintroduces Bill to
Increase Funding Access for Rural Electric Cooperatives
13.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Cancels
Controversial Power Line Project North of Sacramento
14.
Oregon U-S Rep. Walden Receives National Public
Power Award
15.
Canada: How LED Lights Could Help Prevent the
Decline of Eulachon Fish (Smelt)
16.
Op/Ed: Killer Whales Are the New Polar Bears of
Politics
17.
Douglas County Commissioner Appointed to Upper
Columbia Salmon Recovery Board
18.
How Can We Fix Our Salmon Streams? Ask an
Eighth-Grade Scientist
19.
Snohomish County Makes Clean Energy Pledge
20.
Tesla’s Store-Shuttering Strategy May Pull the
Rug Out of Solar
21.
Telecommuting Lets Yakima Valley Residents Work
from Home – Doing So Isn’t for Everybody
22.
FCC Pledges More Funding for Rural Broadband
Deployment
23.
Op/Ed: Mary Dye – Government Should Foster
High-Speed Broadband, Not Slow Its Development
24.
Comcast Set Mobile Pins to ‘0000,’ Helping
Attackers Steal Phone Numbers
25.
As Trump & Kim Met, North Korean Hackers Hit
Over 100 Targets in U-S & Ally Nations
26.
What Exactly Is a ‘Smart’ Device Anyway?
27.
A Massive Aquifer Lies Beneath the Mojave
Desert. Could It Help Solve California’s Water Problem?
28.
Republicans Launch New Caucus to Counteract the
Green New Deal
29.
How the Weather Gets Weaponized in Climate
Change Messaging
30.
‘Power Tchotchkes’: Four Small Objects That Keep
Some Big People Going
31.
Idaho State Police May Get Tests to Tell Hemp
& Pot Apart
32.
Clean Electricity Rule to Phase Out Fossil Fuel
Plants Passes Washington State Senate
33.
Washington State Senate: GOP Stalls Energy Bill
Vote, Gives Governor Inslee a Win
34.
Inslee Faces Daunting 2020 Challenge: To ‘Get
Americans Excited’ about Climate Change
35.
Part Two: Polluted by Money – How Corporate Cash
Corrupted One of the Greenest States in America
36.
Is There More Snow Coming to Western Washington
State This Week?
37.
March 8 – Olympic National Park to Launch Online
Permit Reservations
38.
Study: Seattle Drivers Will Lose Nearly Ten Days
Commuting to Work This Year
39.
Hungry Birds Pick Clean Ten Acres of Sequim-Area
Farm
WORD OF THE DAY
Vox Populi \VOCKS-POP-you-lie\ Noun – Popular sentiment.
From Merriam Webster: Vox populi is a Latin phrase that
literally translates as “the voice of the people.” It can be found in the
longer maxim, Vox populi, vox Dei, which means “The voice of the people is the
voice of God.” Many people think that expression means that the people are
always right, but it really implies that the will of the masses—right or
wrong—is often irresistible. Since the mid-20th century, English speakers,
especially British ones, have trimmed vox populi down to the abbreviated form
vox pop, an expression used particularly for popular opinion as it is used &
expressed by the media.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Bonneville Power Administration Asking Consumers
to Conserve (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
2.
Mid-Columbia Spot On-Peak Power Price Reaches
Nearly $900/Mwh, Hits Over 18-Year High (Platt’s)
3.
Record-Breaking Cold Blast in U.S. Will Roil
Power Markets Next Week (Bloomberg News)
4.
U-S & Canadian Negotiators Have ‘Frank’
Talks on Columbia River Treaty (CTV News, Canada)
5.
Settlement Agreement Calls for Puget Sound
Energy to Return Over-Collected Taxes to Customers (South Sound Business)
6.
Snohomish PUD Says No 2019 Rate Increase – Rate
to Remain at 10.4 Cents Per-Kilowatt-Hour (My Everett News, WA)
7.
Richland Considering Electric Rate Increase
(KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
8.
Moody’s confirms Kitsap PUD’s Aa2 Issuer &
GOLT Ratings, & A1 Water Revenue Bond Rating (Markets Insider)
9.
British Columbia: Peace River Dam Could Still Be
Cancelled at ‘11th Hour’ If First Nations Successful in Court (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
10. When
Environmentalists Busted Up Dams, Coal Moved In (Grist Online)
11. Republican
‘Save Colstrip’ Bill Still in Play (Fairfield Sun Times, MT)
12. Montana
U-S Senator Tester Reintroduces Bill to Increase Funding Access for Rural
Electric Cooperatives (Daily Energy Insider)
13. Sacramento
Municipal Utility District Cancels Controversial Power Line Project North of
Sacramento (Sacramento Bee, CA)
14. Oregon
U-S Rep. Walden Receives National Public Power Award (American Public Power
Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
15. Canada:
How LED Lights Could Help Prevent the Decline of Eulachon Fish (Smelt)
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
16. Op/Ed:
Killer Whales Are the New Polar Bears of Politics (Columbia Valley Pioneer, BC)
17. Douglas
County Commissioner Appointed to Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board
(KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
18. How
Can We Fix Our Salmon Streams? Ask an Eighth-Grade Scientist (Crosscut Seattle)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
19. Snohomish
County Makes Clean Energy Pledge (Everett Herald, WA)
20. Tesla’s
Store-Shuttering Strategy May Pull the Rug Out of Solar (Reuters)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21. Telecommuting
Lets Yakima Valley Residents Work from Home – Doing So Isn’t for Everybody
(Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
22. FCC
Pledges More Funding for Rural Broadband Deployment (C/Net News)
23. Op/Ed:
Mary Dye – Government Should Foster High-Speed Broadband, Not Slow Its
Development (WA Republican Caucus)
24. Comcast
Set Mobile Pins to ‘0000,’ Helping Attackers Steal Phone Numbers (Ars Technica)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
25. As
Trump & Kim Met, North Korean Hackers Hit Over 100 Targets in U-S &
Ally Nations (NY Times)
26. What
Exactly Is a ‘Smart’ Device Anyway? (USA Today)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
27. A
Massive Aquifer Lies Beneath the Mojave Desert. Could It Help Solve California’s
Water Problem? (Washington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
28. Republicans
Launch New Caucus to Counteract the Green New Deal (Washington Examiner)
29. How
the Weather Gets Weaponized in Climate Change Messaging (NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
30. ‘Power
Tchotchkes’: Four Small Objects That Keep Some Big People Going (NY Times)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
31. Idaho
State Police May Get Tests to Tell Hemp & Pot Apart (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA – Will the officers get tests, or will they get technology to test
the two plant varieties?)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
32. Clean
Electricity Rule to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Plants Passes Washington State Senate
(Northwest News Network)
33. Washington
State Senate: GOP Stalls Energy Bill Vote, Gives Governor Inslee a Win
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
34. Inslee
Faces Daunting 2020 Challenge: To ‘Get Americans Excited’ about Climate Change
(Washington Examiner)
35. Part
Two: Polluted by Money – How Corporate Cash Corrupted One of the Greenest
States in America (Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
36. Is
There More Snow Coming to Western Washington State This Week? (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
37. March
8 – Olympic National Park to Launch Online Permit Reservations (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
38. Study:
Seattle Drivers Will Lose Nearly Ten Days Commuting to Work This Year (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
39. Hungry
Birds Pick Clean Ten Acres of Sequim-Area Farm (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
In a Glamorous Turn of Events, Polar Bears Are Pooping
Glitter to Fight Off Extinction
Publicist: Luke Perry Has Died at 52 after Suffering Stroke
Quick-Thinking Teens Catch Boy Dangling from Chairlift in
Dramatic Rescue
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chairlift-rescue-grouse-mountain-vancouver_n_5c7c5da2e4b0e5e313cc2307
Millions of Canadian Daffodils Await Warmer Weather
SONG OF THE DAY
Claude Debussy - The Snow is Dancing
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