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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
As Heat Wave Breaks across U.S. Northeast, Thousands Left
without Power (Reuters)
Wildfire Risk Causes Red Flag Warning in Spokane; Burn Ban
in Effect Today (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
Portland General Electric Plans 150 MW New Solar by 2023,
Finds Wind Cheaper Than Gas to Meet Future Capacity (Utility Dive)
Toxic Food, Toxic Water: What’s Killing British Columbia’s
Killer Whales? (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Kitsap Beaches Reopen after Sewage Spill, State
Investigating Incident (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)
https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2019/07/22/kitsap-beaches-reopen-after-sewage-spill/1798052001/
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
As Heat Wave Breaks across U.S. Northeast,
Thousands Left without Power
2.
Electric Co-Ops Ask Arizona Regulators to
Overturn Summer Shut-Off Ban
3.
NYC Mayor Suggests ConEd Takeover After Heat
Forces Shutdown
4.
Hawaii: Kauai’s Power Utility Implementing
Rolling Blackouts in Wake of Island Wide Outage
5.
Big Milestone for a Small Reactor: NRC Completes
Next Phases of NuScale Review
6.
Lawmakers Approve Financial Rescue for Ohio’s
Nuclear Plants
7.
Public Encouraged to Weigh in on Tacoma’s
Liquefied Natural Gas Facility
8.
Florida: Jacksonville Electric Authority Board
Authorizes Exploration of Privatizing Utility
9.
Maine Regulators Blast Utility Rate Hike,
Customer Service ‘Deficiencies’ in Local Op-Ed
10.
Electric Utility Rate Cases Increased in 2018
11.
U.S. Natural Gas Prices Sinking Again
12.
Why Eskom’s Power Crisis Is South Africa’s Top
Risk
13.
Toxic Food, Toxic Water: What’s Killing British
Columbia’s Killer Whales?
14.
Fraser River Salmon Trapped in Canada Landslide
to Be Airlifted to Safety
15.
High-Tech, Portable Fish Passage May Revolutionize
Salmon Transport Over Dams, Barriers
16.
Tribes Expect to Move Salmon above Dams Soon
17.
Oregon Fishing Regulations Aim to Avoid Whale
Entanglement
18.
Restoring Salmon Runs, Not Politics, Will Save
Southern Resident Killer Whales
19.
Kitsap Beaches Reopen after Sewage Spill, State
Investigating Incident
20.
Cantwell Calls for Federal Support of Water
Projects
21.
Organizations Struggle Over How to Repair
Eightmile Lake Dam
22.
Portland General Electric Plans 150 MW New Solar
by 2023, Finds Wind Cheaper Than Gas to Meet Future Capacity
23.
Can Northeast States Turn Their Offshore Wind
Goals into Reality?
24.
Why Is U.S. Demand for Solar Panels Booming?
25.
Members of Polygamist Group Plead Guilty to
Energy Scam
26.
Verizon Program Helps Utilities Find Solutions
to Smart Grid Challenges
27.
Locally Run ISPs Offer the Fastest Broadband in
America
28.
Okanogan County Gets Money for Broadband Access
29.
Huawei Plans to Deploy High-Speed Internet to
Canada’s Remote Regions
30.
Montana Governor Names Climate Solutions Board
Members
31.
Is Oregon Marijuana Tax Revenue Going Where
Voters Intended?
32.
FTC to Announce $5 Billion Settlement with
Facebook as Early as This Week: Sources
33.
Oregon Company Submits Bid for the Bulletin,
Redmond Spokesman Newspapers
34.
Six Facebook Ad Copy Secrets to Improve Your
Conversions
35.
Oregon’s Kate Brown Is One of the Most Unpopular
Governors in the Country: Morning Consult Survey
36.
Wildfire Risk Causes Red Flag Warning in
Spokane; Burn Ban in Effect Today
37.
Wildfire Prompts Evacuations from Idaho Nuclear
Energy Lab
WORD OF THE DAY
Screed • \SKREED\ • noun - 1a: a lengthy discourse b: an
informal piece of writing c: a ranting piece of writing 2: a strip laid on as a
guide 3: a leveling device drawn over freshly poured concrete
“Hoo boy,” sighed the new apprentice, as his foreman strode
to the edge of the newly poured concrete sidewalk. As the roll of parchment
containing the intricate screed written by the self-important rolled over the
forms containing the viscous, but rapidly hardening liquid, the fresh-faced
recruit settled himself for a long discourse on the proper use of a screed on
sidewalks and the dressing of the edges. “My job will be hardened into place
long before he finishes this thing,” mused the apprentice…who, as his boss
droned on, promptly began to daydream of sunny, faraway places.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
As Heat Wave Breaks across U.S. Northeast,
Thousands Left without Power (Reuters)
2.
Electric Co-Ops Ask Arizona Regulators to
Overturn Summer Shut-Off Ban (Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ)
3.
NYC Mayor Suggests ConEd Takeover After Heat
Forces Shutdown (Bloomberg News)
4.
Hawaii: Kauai’s Power Utility Implementing
Rolling Blackouts in Wake of Island Wide Outage (Hawaii Public Radio)
5.
Big Milestone for a Small Reactor: NRC Completes
Next Phases of NuScale Review (Utility Dive)
6.
Lawmakers Approve Financial Rescue for Ohio’s Nuclear
Plants (Associated Press)
7.
Public Encouraged to Weigh in on Tacoma’s Liquefied
Natural Gas Facility (KING TV, Seattle, WA)
8.
Florida: Jacksonville Electric Authority Board
Authorizes Exploration of Privatizing Utility (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
9.
Maine Regulators Blast Utility Rate Hike,
Customer Service ‘Deficiencies’ in Local Op-Ed (Utility Dive)
10. Electric
Utility Rate Cases Increased in 2018 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
11. U.S.
Natural Gas Prices Sinking Again (Forbes Magazine)
12. Why
Eskom’s Power Crisis Is South Africa’s Top Risk (Washington Post)
FISH & WILDLIFE
15. High-Tech,
Portable Fish Passage May Revolutionize Salmon Transport Over Dams, Barriers
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
16. Tribes
Expect to Move Salmon above Dams Soon (Tribal Tribune, Nespelem, WA)
17. Oregon
Fishing Regulations Aim to Avoid Whale Entanglement (Associated Press)
18. Restoring
Salmon Runs, Not Politics, Will Save Southern Resident Killer Whales (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
19. Kitsap
Beaches Reopen after Sewage Spill, State Investigating Incident (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton
– Paywall Advisory)
https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2019/07/22/kitsap-beaches-reopen-after-sewage-spill/1798052001/
20. Cantwell
Calls for Federal Support of Water Projects (Washington Ag Network)
https://www.washingtonagnetwork.com/2019/07/22/cantwell-calls-for-federal-support-of-water-projects/
21. Organizations
Struggle Over How to Repair Eightmile Lake Dam (The Wenatchee World, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
22. Portland
General Electric Plans 150 MW New Solar by 2023, Finds Wind Cheaper Than Gas to
Meet Future Capacity (Utility Dive)
23. Can
Northeast States Turn Their Offshore Wind Goals into Reality? (Energy News
Network)
24. Why
Is U.S. Demand for Solar Panels Booming? (Yahoo Finance)
25. Members
of Polygamist Group Plead Guilty to Energy Scam (The Hill, Washington, DC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
26. Verizon
Program Helps Utilities Find Solutions to Smart Grid Challenges (Daily Energy
Insider)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
27. Locally
Run ISPs Offer the Fastest Broadband in America (Motherboard)
28. Okanogan
County Gets Money for Broadband Access (Washington Ag Network)
29. Huawei
Plans to Deploy High-Speed Internet to Canada’s Remote Regions (The Guardian, UK)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/22/huawei-plans-to-deploy-high-speed-internet-to-canadas-remote-regions
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/22/huawei-plans-to-deploy-high-speed-internet-to-canadas-remote-regions
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
30. Montana
Governor Names Climate Solutions Board Members (Great Falls Tribune, MT
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
31. Is
Oregon Marijuana Tax Revenue Going Where Voters Intended? (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
32. FTC
to Announce $5 Billion Settlement with Facebook as Early as This Week: Sources
(Reuters)
33. Oregon
Company Submits Bid for the Bulletin, Redmond Spokesman Newspapers (Associated
Press)
34. Six
Facebook Ad Copy Secrets to Improve Your Conversions (Social Media Examiner)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
35. Oregon’s
Kate Brown Is One of the Most Unpopular Governors in the Country: Morning
Consult Survey (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
36. Wildfire
Risk Causes Red Flag Warning in Spokane; Burn Ban in Effect Today (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA)
37. Wildfire
Prompts Evacuations from Idaho Nuclear Energy Lab (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘Astonishingly Preserved’ 500-Year-Old Shipwreck Found in
Baltic Sea
Book a Stay in the Iconic Oscar Mayer Wienermobile through Airbnb
Goats Gobble Wildfire Fuel around Wenatchee, Where Dozens of
Homes Burned in 2015
Pig wrangling out, greased watermelons are in at longtime
county fair event
SONG OF THE DAY
Shaun Cassidy – Hey Deanie
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