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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Solar Project, with More Than a
Half-Million Panels, Proposed for Private & State Lands Near Columbia River
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Record U-S Electricity Generation In 2018 Driven by Record
Residential, Commercial Sales (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Can Washington State Maintain Affordable Energy? (The Lens,
Business Institute of Washington)
Moses Lake: REC Silicon Will Continue to Operate as Company
Seeks Clarity on Trade Negotiations with China (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
Rainier Connect Recommended in Public-Private Click Option
for Tacoma (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Record U-S Electricity Generation In 2018 Driven
by Record Residential, Commercial Sales
2.
Can Washington State Maintain Affordable Energy?
3.
Editorial: 100 Percent Clean Electricity
Achievable in Washington
4.
Chelan PUD Commission Reviews Probe of Rock
Island Dam Fatality
5.
Pacific Gas & Electric ‘Unsafe’ Actions,
‘Dismal’ Prevention, Caused Wildfires: Judge
6.
NorthWestern Energy Warns Customers About Imposter
Utility Scams
7.
Wyoming Passes Coal Support Bill in Spate of
Western Action to Save Ailing Plants
8.
Good News! European Electric Grid Will Still
Work When Earth Crumbles
9.
Restoring Pacific Northwest Waterways:
Eighteenmile Creek
10.
Solar Project, with More Than a Half-Million
Panels, Proposed for Private & State Lands Near Columbia River
11.
Moses Lake: REC Silicon Will Continue to Operate
as Company Seeks Clarity on Trade Negotiations with China
12.
Energy Adviser: Green Lights Curbs Carbon,
Benefits Kids
13.
Rainier Connect Recommended in Public-Private
Click Option for Tacoma
14.
Jefferson PUD Approves NoaNet Loan
15.
Public Power Voices Support for Bill to Overturn
FCC Pole Contact Order
16.
New Net Neutrality Bill Would Strip the FCC of
Its Power to Mess with the Internet
17.
Coming to a City Near You, 5G. Fastest Wireless
Yet Will Bring New Services
18.
South Dakota U-S Sen. Thune Schedules Rural
Broadband Hearing
19.
Utilities Rev Up the Electric Vehicle
Renaissance
20.
4,000 Gallons of Sewage Spills from Puget Sound
Naval Shipyard
21.
School Lessons Increasingly a Target for Climate
Skeptics
22.
Extreme Weather Alert: How Utilities Are
Adapting to a Changing Climate
23.
John Kerry, Chuck Hagel Lead Former National
Security Officials in Rebuke of President Trump’s Climate Skeptic Panel
24.
Washington State Ferries’ Haiku Contest Returns
to Twitter This Week
25.
Toledo Indian Mascot, ‘Tomahawk Chop’ Are Out
26.
Finalists from Smithsonian Magazine’s 2018 Photo
Contest
27.
‘Brilliant’ Man, Inventor of the Calculator,
Dies
28.
Statewide Plastic Bag Ban Passes Washington
Senate
29.
Washington State House Passes Bill to Limit
Measles Vaccine Exemption
30.
Idaho Secretary of State Forgot to Budget for
Primary
31.
More Than 30,000 Pounds of Washington State Beef
Products Recalled Over Contamination Concerns
32.
City of Olympia Moves Homeless People Out of
Unsanctioned Camp
33.
Thousands of Fake Government IDs Made in Covert
Oregon Lab Were Sold Across U-S, Prosecutors Say
WORD OF THE DAY
Abecedarian \ay-bee-see-DAIR-ee-un\ Adjective – 1a: of or
relating to the alphabet b: alphabetically arranged 2: rudimentary.
Adherents to the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism have a
bone to pick with the abecedarian listing of the world’s faiths. “I can see their
point, mused Zeke Zaborowski,” as he paged through the ancient texts of the Avesta,
during the interminable high school graduation ceremony, waiting to receive his
diploma.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Record U-S Electricity Generation In 2018 Driven
by Record Residential, Commercial Sales (U-S Energy Information Administration)
2.
Can Washington State Maintain Affordable Energy?
(The Lens, Business Institute of Washington)
3.
Editorial: 100 Percent Clean Electricity
Achievable in Washington State (Everett Herald, WA)
4.
Chelan PUD Commission Reviews Probe of Rock
Island Dam Fatality (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
5.
Pacific Gas & Electric ‘Unsafe’ Actions, ‘Dismal’
Prevention, Caused Wildfires: Judge (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
6.
NorthWestern Energy Warns Customers About
Imposter Utility Scams (Daily Energy Insider)
7.
Wyoming Passes Coal Support Bill in Spate of Western
Action to Save Ailing Plants (Utility Dive)
8.
Good News! European Electric Grid Will Still
Work When Earth Crumbles (Courthouse News Service)
https://www.courthousenews.com/good-news-european-electric-grid-will-still-work-when-earth-crumbles/
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Restoring Pacific Northwest Waterways: Eighteenmile
Creek (Bonneville Power Administration)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10. Solar
Project, with More Than a Half-Million Panels, Proposed for Private & State
Lands Near Columbia River (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11. Moses
Lake: REC Silicon Will Continue to Operate as Company Seeks Clarity on Trade
Negotiations with China (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
12. Energy
Adviser: Green Lights Curbs Carbon, Benefits Kids (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13. Rainier
Connect Recommended in Public-Private Click Option for Tacoma (News Tribune, Tacoma,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
14. Jefferson
PUD Approves NoaNet Loan (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
16. New
Net Neutrality Bill Would Strip the FCC of Its Power to Mess with the Internet (Gizmodo)
17. Coming
to a City Near You, 5G. Fastest Wireless Yet Will Bring New Services (National
Public Radio – Make you taller, better looking, & a better dancer)
18. South
Dakota U-S Sen. Thune Schedules Rural Broadband Hearing (Multichannel News)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
19. Utilities
Rev Up the Electric Vehicle Renaissance (Forbes Magazine)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
20. 4,000
Gallons of Sewage Spills from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
21. School
Lessons Increasingly a Target for Climate Skeptics (Associated Press)
22. Extreme
Weather Alert: How Utilities Are Adapting to a Changing Climate (Utility Dive)
23. John
Kerry, Chuck Hagel Lead Former National Security Officials in Rebuke of President
Trump’s Climate Skeptic Panel (Washington Examiner)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
24. Washington
State Ferries’ Haiku Contest Returns to Twitter This Week (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
25. Toledo
Indian Mascot, ‘Tomahawk Chop’ Are Out (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
26. Finalists
from Smithsonian Magazine’s 2018 Photo Contest (Atlantic Magazine)
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/03/finalists-smithsonian-magazines-2018-photo-contest/584182/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
27. ‘Brilliant’
Man, Inventor of the Calculator, Dies (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
28. Statewide
Plastic Bag Ban Passes Washington Senate (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
29. Washington
State House Passes Bill to Limit Measles Vaccine Exemption (Associated Press)
https://www.kxly.com/news/washington-house-passes-bill-to-limit-measles-vaccine-exemption/1051910201
30. Idaho
Secretary of State Forgot to Budget for Primary (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
31. More
Than 30,000 Pounds of Washington State Beef Products Recalled Over
Contamination Concerns (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
32. City
of Olympia Moves Homeless People Out of Unsanctioned Camp (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
33. Thousands
of Fake Government IDs Made in Covert Oregon Lab Were Sold Across U-S,
Prosecutors Say (Oregonian, Portland)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Follow-Up – Oregon Man Who Survived Off Taco Sauce While
Trapped in the Snow Gets Free Taco Bell for a Year
Bragging About Getting Away in a High-Speed Chase Didn’t Win
Him Points During Drug Bust
Thousands Overwhelm California Town to See Superbloom: ‘I Think
Social Media Has Played Huge Role’
Nearly 1,500 Pulses of Lightning Recorded Off Southern
California Coast in Five Minutes
SONG OF THE DAY
“Woke last night to the sound of thunder. How far off, I sat
and wondered…”
Bob Seger – Night Moves
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