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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Arctic Express Coming to the Pacific Northwest (Cliff Mass
Weather Blog)
Emergency Order Halts Salmon, Steelhead Fishing on Most of
Columbia River (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric Begins Restoring Power to North
Bay, Sierra Foothills (KCRA-TV, Sacramento, CA)
New Marine Heat Wave Resembles Killer ‘Blob’ That Devastated
Sea Life on West Coast, NOAA Says (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Mason PUD 3 Commissioners Adopt 2020 Budget (Mason PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Begins Restoring
Power to North Bay, Sierra Foothills
2.
Mason PUD 3 Commissioners Adopt 2020 Budget
3.
Mason PUD 3 Commissioners Adopt 2020 Budget
4.
Op/Ed: Pacific PUD Works to Limit Rate Impacts
on Customers
5.
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative: Monthly Bills
Will Increase $4 Per Month
6.
Grant PUD Discusses Cash & What to Do with
It
7.
Orcas Power & Light Board Votes to Support
Actions to Save Southern Resident Killer Whales & Keep Dams
8.
Montana Co-op, Ravalli Electric Moves from Power
Line Carrier System to Sensus Solution
9.
News Release: Western Energy Imbalance Market
Expands, Electricity Markets Outlook Brightens
10.
IDACORP Announces Changes to Idaho Power’s
Officer Team
11.
Emergency Order Halts Salmon, Steelhead Fishing
on Most of Columbia River
12.
Fisheries Disaster Money After ‘Blob’ Just Now
Being Disbursed as New Marine Heatwave Looms
13.
U.S. Senator Cantwell Calls for Fishery Disaster
Funding Reform
14.
Environmentalists Urge Feds to Protect Oregon
Spring Salmon
15.
NW River Partners Op/Ed: In Response to the
Salmon Crisis
16.
17 States Sue Feds Over Endangered Species Act
Rules
17.
Inspection Discovers Line Dumping Raw Sewage
into Lake Union
18.
Water Levels Restored in Alaska Communities Hit
by Drought
19.
Snohomish PUD Holds Open House at Community
Solar Project
20.
California Wants a Carbon-Free Economy by 2045:
Can Floating Offshore Wind Help It Get There?
21.
Maine, New York Become The 6th & 7th States
to Adopt 100% Clean Electricity Targets
22.
Port of Whitman County Joins Broadband
Cooperative
23.
Comcast to Pay $15.5M to Settle Class-Action
Lawsuit Over Set-Top Box Rentals
24.
Watchdog: Energy Department Not Doing Enough to
Protect Grid Against Cyber Attacks
25.
The Oil Industry Vs. the Electric Car
26.
New Marine Heat Wave Resembles Killer ‘Blob’
That Devastated Sea Life on West Coast, NOAA Says
27.
The World’s Oceans Are in Danger, Major Climate
Change Report Warns
28.
Key Congressional Committee Advances Kilmer Bill
to Help Coastal Tribes Facing Severe Weather Threats
29.
U.S. House Passes Bill Giving Marijuana
Businesses Access to Banking
30.
Washington State Increases Projected Revenues to
$51.4 Billion Through Mid-2021
31.
Arctic Express Coming to the Pacific Northwest
32.
Mason County Unemployment Rate Steady
33.
Jamestown Tribe Facing Community Opposition Over
Proposed Sequim Addiction Clinic
34.
Washington & Oregon Get Another 5 Years of
Federal Money to Replace Failed I-5 Bridge
35.
Record Number of Births in August at Mason
General Hospital Birth Center
WORD OF THE DAY
Untoward • \un-TOE-erd\ • adjective - 1: difficult to guide,
manage, or work with: unruly, intractable 2: not favorable: adverse,
unpropitious 3: improper, indecorous
The owner of the small widget company hummed tunelessly to
himself following an untoward visit from an oily salesman representing
Conhugeco Corporation. “Never again will he bother us, or any other small
company,” he mused, as he put the finishing touches on his latest
taxidermogical creation…which he placed over the entranced as a warning to
other nefarious poachers of the local firm.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Begins Restoring
Power to North Bay, Sierra Foothills (KCRA-TV, Sacramento, CA)
2.
Mason PUD 3 Commissioners Adopt 2020 Budget
(Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
3.
Mason PUD 3 Commissioners Adopt 2020 Budget (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
5.
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative: Monthly Bills
Will Increase $4 Per Month (LaGrande Observer, OR)
6.
Grant PUD Discusses Cash & What to Do with
It (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
7.
Orcas Power & Light Board Votes to Support
Actions to Save Southern Resident Killer Whales & Keep Dams (San Juan
Islander, Friday Harbor, WA)
8.
Montana Co-op, Ravalli Electric Moves from Power
Line Carrier System to Sensus Solution (Yahoo Finance)
9.
News Release: Western Energy Imbalance Market
Expands, Electricity Markets Outlook Brightens (Natural Resources Defense
Council)
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/carl-zichella/western-eim-expands-electricity-markets-outlook-brightens
10. IDACORP
Announces Changes to Idaho Power’s Officer Team (Daily Energy Insider)
FISH & WILDLIFE
11. Emergency
Order Halts Salmon, Steelhead Fishing on Most of Columbia River (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
12. Fisheries
Disaster Money After ‘Blob’ Just Now Being Disbursed as New Marine Heatwave
Looms (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
13. U.S.
Senator Cantwell Calls for Fishery Disaster Funding Reform (Longview Daily News,
WA)
14. Environmentalists
Urge Feds to Protect Oregon Spring Salmon (Courthouse News Service)
15. NW
River Partners Op/Ed: In Response to the Salmon Crisis (Bend Bulletin, OR)
16. 17
States Sue Feds Over Endangered Species Act Rules (Associated Press)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
17. Inspection
Discovers Line Dumping Raw Sewage into Lake Union (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
18. Water
Levels Restored in Alaska Communities Hit by Drought (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
19. Snohomish
PUD Holds Open House at Community Solar Project (North County Outlook,
Marysville, WA)
20. California
Wants a Carbon-Free Economy by 2045: Can Floating Offshore Wind Help It Get
There? (Utility Dive)
21. Maine,
New York Become The 6th & 7th States to Adopt 100% Clean Electricity
Targets – Where’s Washington State? (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
22. Port
of Whitman County Joins Broadband Cooperative (The Lewiston Tribune, ID)
23. Comcast
to Pay $15.5M to Settle Class-Action Lawsuit Over Set-Top Box Rentals (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2019/09/25/comcast-to-pay-15-5m-to-settle-class-action.html
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
24. Watchdog:
Energy Department Not Doing Enough to Protect Grid Against Cyber Attacks (The
Hill, Washington, DC)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
25. The
Oil Industry Vs. the Electric Car – Electric vehicles could make up nearly half
the fleet of passenger cars & trucks by 2040 (Politico)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
26. New
Marine Heat Wave Resembles Killer ‘Blob’ That Devastated Sea Life on West Coast,
NOAA Says (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
27. The
World’s Oceans Are in Danger, Major Climate Change Report Warns (NY Times)
28. Key
Congressional Committee Advances Kilmer Bill to Help Coastal Tribes Facing
Severe Weather Threats (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
29. U.S.
House Passes Bill Giving Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking (KHQ TV,
Spokane, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
30. Washington
State Increases Projected Revenues to $51.4 Billion Through Mid-2021 (Olympian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
31. Arctic
Express Coming to the Pacific Northwest (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
32. Mason
County Unemployment Rate Steady (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
33. Jamestown
Tribe Facing Community Opposition Over Proposed Sequim Addiction Clinic (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
34. Washington
& Oregon Get Another 5 Years of Federal Money to Replace Failed I-5 Bridge
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
35. Record
Number of Births in August at Mason General Hospital Birth Center (Thurston
Talks, Olympia, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘Truly Dreaming of a White Claw Christmas’: Company Debuts
Hard Seltzer Advent Calendars
‘Gross’: Lanternflies Causing Big Bug Problem for Some
Health Care Company Sends Woman Over 500 Letters in Five
Days
Squirrel Guides Woman to Its Injured Baby Vulnerable to Cat
Attack
SONG OF THE DAY
Joe Cocker – The Letter
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