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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Regulators Approve T-Mobile’s $26.5 Billion Takeover of
Sprint (Associated Press)
Washington State Says Cost to Replace Salmon-Blocking
Culverts Running into Billions (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Tribe, Environmental Groups Sue Oregon Agency Over Hells
Canyon Complex Dam Deal (Associated Press)
REC Silicon Looking at Alternatives for Moses Lake Plant
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Firefighters Address Central & Eastern Washington Fires
after Lightning Storms (Northwest Public Radio)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Tribe, Environmental Groups Sue Oregon Agency
Over Hells Canyon Complex Dam Deal
2.
Bonneville Power Administration Announces No
Increase to Base Wholesale Power Rates
3.
Portland General Electric Offers Rebate to
Customers Who Avoid Peak Hours
4.
Congressman Newhouse Introduces Bill to Honor
Ephrata Sons, Dam Pioneers
5.
Los Angeles: Overcharged Dept. of Water &
Power Customers Could Get an Additional $50 Million in Refunds, New Lawyers Say
“…fallout over the 2013 DWP billing debacle, in which hundreds of thousands of
customers were erroneously charged…”
6.
California Utilities Agree to Pay $10.5 Billion
into New Wildfire Fund
7.
More U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants Are
Decommissioning as Retirements Continue
8.
NERC, FERC Report Offers Recommendations for
Cold Weather Events
9.
India: Draft Plan Proposes Prepaid Smart Meter
for All Power Connections
10.
Washington State Says Cost to Replace
Salmon-Blocking Culverts Running into Billions
11.
Cowlitz County, Tribe Receive $1 Million in Fish
Barrier Removal Grants
12.
Efforts Underway to Reintroduce Sockeye Salmon
to Lake Cushman
13.
Chehalis River to Re-Open for Fishing
14.
Idaho Steelhead Forecast Remains Poor
15.
Feds Look Again at Reintroducing Grizzly Bears
to North Cascades
16.
REC Silicon Looking at Alternatives for Moses
Lake Plant
17.
Regulators Approve T-Mobile’s $26.5 Billion
Takeover of Sprint
18.
Slow Internet Speeds a Perpetual Problem on Key
Peninsula
19.
About a Third of U.S. Households Lack Broadband
Internet. 5G May Change That
20.
The Global Internet Is Powered by Vast Undersea
Cables – They’re Vulnerable.
21.
Seattle “Find It, Fix It” App Slammed with
Hundreds of Fake Homeless Reports
22.
Op/Ed: Is SCADA Your Enterprise Data Speed Bump?
23.
Frank Luntz, The GOP’s Message Master, Calls for
Climate Action
24.
Tidewater Glaciers Melting Faster Than
Previously Thought
25.
Study: Decades-Long ‘Megadroughts’ Could Return
to U.S. Due to Climate Change
26.
Twitter Reports Strong User Growth
27.
Twitter’s Redesign Isn’t About You
28.
Girls Cyberbullied More Than Boys amid U.S.
Harassment Rise
29.
Russia Targeted Election Systems in All 50
States, Report Finds
30.
More Property Tax Relief on the Way for 13
Counties in Washington
31.
Some Oregon Republicans Are Having Regrets About
Effort to Recall Gov. Kate Brown
32.
Oregon Judge Rules City Councilor’s Notes Are
Not Public
33.
Firefighters Address Central & Eastern
Washington Fires after Lightning Storms
34.
Two Firefighters Injured in Now Contained
Scatter Creek Brush Fire
35.
Rain on Saturday
36.
Asphalt Repair Set for SR 3 North of Shelton
37.
‘Mind-Blowing’: Stranded for Four Days,
73-Year-Old Man & His Two Dogs Survive in Remote Oregon Desert
38.
Dueling Meteor Showers to Light Up Sky Next Week
WORD OF THE DAY
Kasbah • \KAZ-bah\ • Noun – 1: A North African castle or
fortress 2: the native section of a North African city.
Every time I hear this lyric from the “Marrakech Express,” I
smile: “Striped djellabas we can wear at home…” I would imagine they found
those funky robes in the Kasbah of Marrakech.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Tribe, Environmental Groups Sue Oregon Agency
Over Hells Canyon Complex Dam Deal (Associated Press)
2.
Bonneville Power Administration Announces No
Increase to Base Wholesale Power Rates (Longview Daily News, WA)
3.
Portland General Electric Offers Rebate to
Customers Who Avoid Peak Hours (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
4.
Congressman Newhouse Introduces Bill to Honor
Ephrata Sons, Dam Pioneers (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
5.
Los Angeles: Overcharged Dept. of Water & Power
Customers Could Get an Additional $50 Million in Refunds, New Lawyers Say “…fallout
over the 2013 DWP billing debacle, in which hundreds of thousands of customers
were erroneously charged…” (Los Angeles Times, CA)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-25/dwp-lawsuit-refund-billing-customers-overcharged
6.
California Utilities Agree to Pay $10.5 Billion into
New Wildfire Fund (Los Angeles Times, CA)
7.
More U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants Are Decommissioning
as Retirements Continue (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
8.
NERC, FERC Report Offers Recommendations for
Cold Weather Events (American Public Power Association)
9.
India: Draft Plan Proposes Prepaid Smart Meter for
All Power Connections (domain-b.com)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10. Washington
State Says Cost to Replace Salmon-Blocking Culverts Running into Billions (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11. Cowlitz
County, Tribe Receive $1 Million in Fish Barrier Removal Grants (Longview Daily
News, WA)
12. Efforts
Underway to Reintroduce Sockeye Salmon to Lake Cushman (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
13. Chehalis
River to Re-Open for Fishing (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
14. Idaho
Steelhead Forecast Remains Poor (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
15. Feds
Look Again at Reintroducing Grizzly Bears to North Cascades (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
16. REC
Silicon Looking at Alternatives for Moses Lake Plant (Columbia Basin Herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
17. Regulators
Approve T-Mobile’s $26.5 Billion Takeover of Sprint (Associated Press)
18. Slow
Internet Speeds a Perpetual Problem on Key Peninsula (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
19. About
a Third of U.S. Households Lack Broadband Internet. 5G May Change That (Digital
Trends)
20. The
Global Internet Is Powered by Vast Undersea Cables – They’re Vulnerable. (Cable
News Network)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
21. Seattle
“Find It, Fix It” App Slammed with Hundreds of Fake Homeless Reports (KOMO TV, Seattle,
WA)
22. Op/Ed:
Is SCADA Your Enterprise Data Speed Bump? (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23. Frank
Luntz, The GOP’s Message Master, Calls for Climate Action (Grist Online)
24. Tidewater
Glaciers Melting Faster Than Previously Thought (Courthouse News Service)
25. Study:
Decades-Long ‘Megadroughts’ Could Return to U.S. Due to Climate Change (The
Hill, Washington, DC)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
26. Twitter
Reports Strong User Growth (Associated Press)
27. Twitter’s
Redesign Isn’t About You (OneZero, Medium)
28. Girls
Cyberbullied More Than Boys amid U.S. Harassment Rise (Associated Press)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
29. Russia
Targeted Election Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds (NY Times)
30. More
Property Tax Relief on the Way for 13 Counties in Washington (KING TV, Seattle,
WA)
31. Some
Oregon Republicans Are Having Regrets About Effort to Recall Gov. Kate Brown (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
32. Oregon
Judge Rules City Councilor’s Notes Are Not Public (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
33. Firefighters
Address Central & Eastern Washington Fires after Lightning Storms (Northwest
Public Radio)
34. Two
Firefighters Injured in Now Contained Scatter Creek Brush Fire (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
35. Rain
on Saturday (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
36. Asphalt
Repair Set for SR 3 North of Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
37. ‘Mind-Blowing’:
Stranded for Four Days, 73-Year-Old Man & His Two Dogs Survive in Remote Oregon
Desert (USA Today)
38. Dueling
Meteor Showers to Light Up Sky Next Week (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Widow, 46, Gives Birth One Day after Discovering Her
Pregnancy – ‘I Thought I Couldn’t Have Babies’
Dial Back the ‘Wild West’ Iguana Hunting, Florida Wildlife
Officials Say
Amphibian Apocalypse – Frog Population Explodes in Region of
Vermont
Man Gives Wife Cake Shaped Like One of Her Favorite Things –
An Amazon Box
SONG OF THE DAY
Benjamin Frankel – The Night of the Iguana (Soundtrack, Theme)
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