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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Removing Klamath Dams Estimated to Cost More Than $400
Million (Associated Press)
Federal Study Planned on Raising Boise River Dam (Associated
Press)
He Made Tacoma Power Employees Reconnect His Power at
Gunpoint, Charges Say. SWAT Followed (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Grant PUD: High-Speed Fiber Internet Subscriber Growth
Looking “Solid” for 2019 (iFiberone News, Ephrata, WA)
Twenty-Two States Sue Trump Administration Over Carbon Rule
Replacement (Reuters)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Removing Klamath Dams Estimated to Cost More
Than $400 Million
2.
He Made Tacoma Power Employees Reconnect His
Power at Gunpoint, Charges Say. SWAT Followed
3.
Grid Mod: Capturing the Impacts of the Energy
Imbalance Market on BPA’s Transmission
4.
Power Blows Past $9,000 MWH Cap in Texas as Heat
Triggers Emergency
5.
Pacific Gas & Electric Blasts Competing
Bankruptcy Plans as Self-Serving
6.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Looking to
Buy Pacific Gas & Electric’s Chili Bar Power Plant Near Placerville
7.
California: Valley Clean Energy in Davis
Exploring Taking Over Pacific Gas & Electric Distribution Assets
8.
Owners of Electrocuted Dog Sue North Vancouver,
Fortis British Columbia
9.
Washington, Oregon State Fish Managers to
Discuss Columbia Salmon, Invite Public
10.
‘Slowly Slipping Away.’ Fewest Sockeye Salmon
Ever Counted at Ballard Locks
11.
Salmon Spawning Starts New Generation at
Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery
12.
Southern Resident Killer Whales Spotted in
Pacific Northwest Waters Near Vancouver Island
13.
British Columbia: Poisoned, Electrocuted &
Hit by Car: Human Negligence Hurting Haida Gwaii Eagles, Says Volunteer
14.
Stephen Colbert Makes Some Dam Good Jokes About
the Salmon Cannon
15.
Federal Study Planned on Raising Boise River Dam
16.
Olympia City Council to Consider Approving
City’s Largest Solar Array Lease
17.
PacifiCorp Acquires Full Ownership of Wyoming
Wind Project
18.
Grant PUD: High-Speed Fiber Internet Subscriber
Growth Looking “Solid” for 2019
19.
FCC Chair Recommends Approval of Merger Between
T-Mobile & Sprint
20.
Pole Contact Fees, Preemption – Florida Cities
Take Aim at Wireless Technology Law
21.
Federal Court Chips Away at 5G Deployment Rules
22.
CenturyLink, FCC Reach Settlement Over
‘Cramming’ Fees on Phone Bills
23.
Defense Inspector General to Investigate
Pentagon’s $10 Billion Cloud Contract
24.
Facial Recognition Test Falsely Identifies 26
Lawmakers as Criminals
25.
U.S. Needs to Invest $2.2 Billion to Meet EV
Charging Demand Through 2025: ICCT
26.
Twenty-Two States Sue Trump Administration Over
Carbon Rule Replacement
27.
Seattle City Council Passes Resolution Advancing
Green New Deal
28.
Why Utility Companies Are Key to Slowing Climate
Change
29.
Facebook Let Contractors Listen to Audio
Recordings from Users
30.
‘The’ Ohio State University Wants to Trademark
the Word ‘THE’
31.
As California’s Recycling Industry Struggles,
Companies & Consumers Are Forced to Adapt
32.
New Oregon Law Requires Cage-Free Commercial
Eggs by 2024
33.
Olympia Woman Accused of Strangling,
Dismembering Mother
34.
Two Men Killed, Three Women Injured in Tacoma
Shooting
35.
Kitsap County Next to Ban Single-Use Plastic
Shopping Bags
36.
Fighting Hunger in the Klamath River Basin
37.
Survivors Retell the Story of Quake Lake 60
Years Later
WORD OF THE DAY
Haiku • \HI-koo\ • noun - An unrhymed verse form of Japanese
origin having three lines containing usually five, seven, and five syllables
respectively; also: a poem in this form usually having a seasonal reference
Nuclear dreams rise
History’s ghosts fade away
Follow power’s path
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Removing Klamath Dams Estimated to Cost More
Than $400 Million (Associated Press)
2.
He Made Tacoma Power Employees Reconnect His
Power at Gunpoint, Charges Say. SWAT Followed (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
3.
Grid Mod: Capturing the Impacts of the Energy
Imbalance Market on BPA’s Transmission (Bonneville Power Administration)
4.
Power Blows Past $9,000 MWH Cap in Texas as Heat
Triggers Emergency (Bloomberg News)
5.
Pacific Gas & Electric Blasts Competing
Bankruptcy Plans as Self-Serving (Courthouse News Service)
6.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Looking to
Buy Pacific Gas & Electric’s Chili Bar Power Plant Near Placerville
(Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
7.
California: Valley Clean Energy in Davis Exploring
Taking Over Pacific Gas & Electric Distribution Assets (American Public
Power Association)
8.
Owners of Electrocuted Dog Sue North Vancouver, Fortis
British Columbia (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Washington, Oregon State Fish Managers to
Discuss Columbia Salmon, Invite Public (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
10. ‘Slowly
Slipping Away.’ Fewest Sockeye Salmon Ever Counted at Ballard Locks (KUOW
Radio, Seattle, WA)
11. Salmon
Spawning Starts New Generation at Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery (The
Leavenworth Echo, WA)
12. Southern
Resident Killer Whales Spotted in Pacific Northwest Waters Near Vancouver
Island (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
13. British
Columbia: Poisoned, Electrocuted & Hit by Car: Human Negligence Hurting Haida
Gwaii Eagles, Says Volunteer (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
14. Stephen
Colbert Makes Some Dam Good Jokes About the Salmon Cannon (Mashable)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
15. Federal
Study Planned on Raising Boise River Dam (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
16. Olympia
City Council to Consider Approving City’s Largest Solar Array Lease (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
17. PacifiCorp
Acquires Full Ownership of Wyoming Wind Project (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/pacificorp-acquires-full-ownership-of-wyoming-wind-project/article_1d31de08-bdef-11e9-b42e-fffb9b7f2ba6.html
https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/pacificorp-acquires-full-ownership-of-wyoming-wind-project/article_1d31de08-bdef-11e9-b42e-fffb9b7f2ba6.html
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
18. Grant
PUD: High-Speed Fiber Internet Subscriber Growth Looking “Solid” for 2019 (iFiberone
News, Ephrata, WA)
19. FCC
Chair Recommends Approval of Merger Between T-Mobile & Sprint (USA Today)
20. Pole
Contact Fees, Preemption – Florida Cities Take Aim at Wireless Technology Law
(Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
21. Federal
Court Chips Away at 5G Deployment Rules (Pots & Pans)
22. CenturyLink,
FCC Reach Settlement Over ‘Cramming’ Fees on Phone Bills (C|Net News)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
23. Defense
Inspector General to Investigate Pentagon’s $10 Billion Cloud Contract (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
24. Facial
Recognition Test Falsely Identifies 26 Lawmakers as Criminals (Huffington Post)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
25. U.S.
Needs to Invest $2.2 Billion to Meet EV Charging Demand Through 2025: ICCT (Utility
Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
26. Twenty-Two
States Sue Trump Administration Over Carbon Rule Replacement (Reuters)
27. Seattle
City Council Passes Resolution Advancing Green New Deal (Utility Dive)
28. Why
Utility Companies Are Key to Slowing Climate Change (National Public Radio)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
29. Facebook
Let Contractors Listen to Audio Recordings from Users (Mashable)
30. ‘The’
Ohio State University Wants to Trademark the Word ‘THE’ (NBC News)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
31. As
California’s Recycling Industry Struggles, Companies & Consumers Are Forced
to Adapt (Los Angeles Times, CA)
32. New
Oregon Law Requires Cage-Free Commercial Eggs by 2024 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
33. Olympia
Woman Accused of Strangling, Dismembering Mother (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
34. Two
Men Killed, Three Women Injured in Tacoma Shooting (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
35. Kitsap
County Next to Ban Single-Use Plastic Shopping Bags (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall
Advisory)
36. Fighting
Hunger in the Klamath River Basin (NY Times)
37. Survivors
Retell the Story of Quake Lake 60 Years Later (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Sketches Hidden Underneath Leonardo’s ‘Virgin of the Rocks’ Revealed
After 500 Years
Iraqi Transforms Kalashnikov Rifle into Musical Instrument
Fairway to Heaven? UK Cathedral Golf Course Draws Fans
Too Much to Swallow: Giant Oyster Named “Georgette” Found
Off French Coast
SONG OF THE DAY
Rachel Portman – The Legend of Bagger Vance (Soundtrack, Main
Theme)
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