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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Chelan PUD to Power Microsoft’s Puget Sound Campuses
(Everett Herald, WA)
Power Arrangement with Microsoft Could Help Chelan PUD
Expand Rural Broadband ... For an Undisclosed Price (iFiberOne News, Ephrata,
WA)
Dismal Columbia River Salmon Forecast May Trigger Emergency
Fishing Restrictions (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Appeal Filed by Opponents in Pend Oreille Smelter Lawsuit
(Bonner County Daily Bee, Sandpoint, ID)
Washington State’s 100% Clean Energy Bill Gets One Step
Closer to Inslee’s Desk (Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Chelan PUD to Power Microsoft’s Puget Sound
Campuses
2.
Microsoft Makes Clean-Power Deal with Chelan PUD
3.
Appeal Filed by Opponents in Pend Oreille
Smelter Lawsuit
4.
Montana: Flathead Electric Opts for Peak-Hour
Pricing Structure
5.
Columnist: British Columbia in No Big Rush to
Conclude Columbia River Treaty Talks with U.S.
6.
Cause of Seattle City Light Utility Pole
Collapse Still Unknown
7.
California Governor Seeks to Protect Utilities
from the Cost of Wildfires
8.
New Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Says Board
Right on Coal Plant Closures
9.
Dismal Columbia River Salmon Forecast May
Trigger Emergency Fishing Restrictions
10.
Chehalis River Will Not Open for Spring Chinook
11.
Trump Wants to Speed Up the Snake River Dams
Decision. Democrats Wonder Why the Rush
12.
Op/Ed: With Billions More in the Washington
State Budget, It’s Time to Fully Fund Salmon Recovery
13.
Pacific Sardines at Risk as Their Numbers are
Overfished
14.
‘Our Relatives Under the Water.’ Lummi Release a
Salmon to Ailing Orcas
15.
DC Circuit Sinks Challenge to Fishing Bycatch
Rule
16.
REC Silicon Looking at Late June Closure
17.
Oregon: Summit Ridge Wind Project Draws Fire
18.
California Discusses Protecting Migratory Birds
after Rollback of Federal Protections
19.
Increases in Electricity Generation from Biomass
Stop After a Decade of Growth
20.
Street Light Issue Leaving Cashmere Partly in
the Dark – Lack of Grounding System
21.
Power Arrangement with Microsoft Could Help
Chelan PUD Expand Rural Broadband ... For an Undisclosed Price
22.
A Necessity, Not a Luxury: How Public-Private
Partnerships Are Extending Broadband Access to Rural Areas
23.
Amazon’s Entry into the Satellite Internet
Market Sets Up Another Faceoff between Jeff Bezos & Elon Musk
24.
AT&T’s Fastest Wireless Network Claim Is Not
Entirely What It’s Cracked Up to Be
25.
Microsoft Breach Exposed Hotmail, Outlook Email
Users
26.
Tillamook PUD Rolls Out Electric Fleet Vehicles
– Utility Fuels New Cars with Own Power
27.
Oregon: All Invited to Newport Electric Vehicle
Event Sunday
28.
Musk Tweets Out Another Tesla Forecast in Midst
of SEC Talks
29.
EPA May Have Tipped Hand on Weakening Washington
State Water Rule
30.
Washington State Bill Would Likely Approve
Dredging & Flood-Prevention Project on Satsop River
31.
British Columbia’s Maritime Museum Highlights
Shame of Great Pacific Garbage Patch
32.
Sharing Skagit: How Seattle City Light’s Skagit
Tours Accounts Share User-Generated Content to Tell Their Story
33.
Washington State’s 100% Clean Energy Bill Gets
One Step Closer to Inslee’s Desk
34.
State Legislature’s Energy Plan: A Coal-Free
Washington by 2025
35.
Orca Recovery Bills Alive after Cutoff
36.
Outlook Report Stirs Fire Concerns Despite Rain
on the Olympic Peninsula
37.
911 Outage in Mason County Was Actually Only One
Affected Line
38.
Authorities: Suspect in Cowlitz County Deputy’s
Slaying Had Firearm
39.
Toxic Algae Advisory Issued for Summit Lake in
Thurston County
40.
Layoffs Planned at Idaho Nuclear Waste
Processing Project
41.
Shelton Traffic Signal Boxes Get Face Lifts
42.
President Trump Says Boeing Should Fix, Then
Re-Brand Max Jets
WORDS OF THE DAY
Veritable \VAIR-it-tuh-bull\ Adjective – Being in fact the
thing named & not false, unreal, or imaginary – often used to stress the
aptness of a metaphor.
Factotum • \fack-TOE-tum\ • Noun - 1: a person having many
diverse activities or responsibilities 2: a general servant
“You’re a veritable Swiss army knife, a factotum of the
highest degree,” enthused the mustachioed, Brylcream scented supervisor to his
new hire. “We hired you to deliver the mail, but you’ve been sneaking around to
the empty cubicles during the day to complete unfinished projects left by
employees out to lunch, or cleaning cluttered desks, even making new coffee to
replace the bubbling dregs.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Chelan PUD to Power Microsoft’s Puget Sound Campuses
(Everett Herald, WA)
2.
Microsoft Makes Clean-Power Deal with Chelan PUD
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
3.
Appeal Filed by Opponents in Pend Oreille
Smelter Lawsuit (Bonner County Daily Bee, Sandpoint, ID)
4.
Montana: Flathead Electric Opts for Peak-Hour
Pricing Structure (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, Mt)
5.
Columnist: British Columbia in No Big Rush to
Conclude Columbia River Treaty Talks with U.S. (Vancouver Sun, BC)
6.
Cause of Seattle City Light Utility Pole
Collapse Still Unknown (Associated Press)
7.
California Governor Seeks to Protect Utilities
from the Cost of Wildfires (NY Times)
8.
New Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Says Board
Right on Coal Plant Closures (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Dismal Columbia River Salmon Forecast May
Trigger Emergency Fishing Restrictions (Tri-City Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)
10. Chehalis
River Will Not Open for Spring Chinook (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
11. Trump
Wants to Speed Up the Snake River Dams Decision. Democrats Wonder Why the Rush
(Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
12. Op/Ed:
With Billions More in the Washington State Budget, It’s Time to Fully Fund
Salmon Recovery (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
13. Pacific
Sardines at Risk as Their Numbers are Overfished (Courthouse News Service)
14. ‘Our
Relatives Under the Water.’ Lummi Release a Salmon to Ailing Orcas (KUOW Radio,
Seattle, WA)
15. DC
Circuit Sinks Challenge to Fishing Bycatch Rule (Courthouse News Service)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
16. REC
Silicon Looking at Late June Closure (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
17. Oregon:
Summit Ridge Wind Project Draws Fire (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
18. California
Discusses Protecting Migratory Birds after Rollback of Federal Protections
(Jefferson Public radio, Ashland, OR)
19. Increases
in Electricity Generation from Biomass Stop After a Decade of Growth (U.S./
Energy Information Administration)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
20. Street
Light Issue Leaving Cashmere Partly in the Dark – Lack of Grounding System
(KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21. Power
Arrangement with Microsoft Could Help Chelan PUD Expand Rural Broadband ... For
an Undisclosed Price (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
22. A
Necessity, Not a Luxury: How Public-Private Partnerships Are Extending
Broadband Access to Rural Areas (Prairie Business)
23. Amazon’s
Entry into the Satellite Internet Market Sets Up Another Faceoff between Jeff
Bezos & Elon Musk (Los Angeles Times, CA)
24. AT&T’s
Fastest Wireless Network Claim Is Not Entirely What It’s Cracked Up to Be
(Gizmodo)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
25. Microsoft
Breach Exposed Hotmail, Outlook Email Users (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
26. Tillamook
PUD Rolls Out Electric Fleet Vehicles – Utility Fuels New Cars with Own Power
(Tillamook Headlight-Herald, OR)
27. Oregon:
All Invited to Newport Electric Vehicle Event Sunday (Newport News, OR)
28. Musk
Tweets Out Another Tesla Forecast in Midst of SEC Talks (Bloomberg News)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
29. EPA
May Have Tipped Hand on Weakening Washington State Water Rule (Bloomberg News)
30. Washington
State Bill Would Likely Approve Dredging & Flood-Prevention Project on
Satsop River (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
31. British
Columbia’s Maritime Museum Highlights Shame of Great Pacific Garbage Patch
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
32. Sharing
Skagit: How Seattle City Light’s Skagit Tours Accounts Share User-Generated
Content to Tell Their Story (American Public Power Association)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
33. Washington
State’s 100% Clean Energy Bill Gets One Step Closer to Inslee’s Desk (Utility
Dive)
34. State
Legislature’s Energy Plan: A Coal-Free Washington by 2025 (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
35. Orca
Recovery Bills Alive after Cutoff (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
36. Outlook
Report Stirs Fire Concerns Despite Rain on the Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
37. 911
Outage in Mason County Was Actually Only One Affected Line (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
38. Authorities:
Suspect in Cowlitz County Deputy’s Slaying Had Firearm (Associated Press)
39. Toxic
Algae Advisory Issued for Summit Lake in Thurston County (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
40. Layoffs
Planned at Idaho Nuclear Waste Processing Project (Associated Press)
41. Shelton
Traffic Signal Boxes Get Face Lifts (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
42. President
Trump Says Boeing Should Fix, Then Re-Brand Max Jets (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Art Class: Could Be a Pollock; Must Be a Yarn
‘Come Out Now’: Watch as Police Close In & Discover
Burglary Suspect — A Roomba
The People Demand Answers: What Happened to Julian Assange’s
Cat?
Gas Thieves Siphon Wrong Tank on Bus in Gross Mix-Up
SONG OF THE DAY
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
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