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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
New Plan Targets Salmon-Eating Sea Lions in Columbia River
(Associated Press)
Seattle City Light Faces Possible Class-Action Lawsuit Over Billing
Practices (Crosscut Seattle)
Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Requests in Washington
(Globe Newswire)
Salmon Can Now Be Transported Around Fraser River Landslide
by Truck, Officials Say (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Cantwell, Murray Announce Major Federal Investment for Rural
Broadband in Stevens County (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Seattle City Light Faces Possible Class-Action
Lawsuit Over Billing Practices
2.
Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Requests in
Washington
3.
Lewis County PUD Budget Hearings Start Tuesday
4.
Large Energy Users – Douglas PUD Considers Rate
Increase for Select Customers
5.
Asotin PUD Backs Off of Clarkston Sewer Takeover
6.
FERC Indicates Chelan PUD’s Hydro Investments
Qualify for License Credit
7.
Jefferson PUD Moving Its Customer Service Office
Sept. 16
8.
Anita Decker, Electric Industry Leader Named to
Western Energy Imbalance Market Governing Body
9.
Gott, Mason PUD 3 Commissioner, Elected to
Energy Northwest Executive Board
10.
A Second Chance: Canada, U.S. Renegotiate a
Critical Water Treaty
11.
Wildfires in Alaska? A Historic Drought Has
Chugach Electric Association Scrambling
12.
Fight Over Energy Law Heads to New Mexico
Supreme Court
13.
‘An Aggressive New Thing’ — How Sanders Would
Ramp Up Federal Role in Electricity Generation
14.
New Plan Targets Salmon-Eating Sea Lions in
Columbia River
15.
Salmon Can Now Be Transported Around Fraser River
Landslide by Truck, Officials Say
16.
First Sockeye from Idaho Hatchery Comes Home — $14 Million, 6 Years & Hundreds of Thousands of Smolts
Later
17.
Grant PUD, Tribes Asking for Help in Eradicating
Northern Pike
18.
Op/Ed: We Need a New Vision for Salmon & the
Region
19.
Great White Sharks Have Abandoned Their Favorite
Hunting Ground Off the Coast of South Africa – Being Hunted by Invading Orcas
Who Feast on Their Livers
20.
Partially Treated Sewage Released into
Clatskanie River
21.
Washington State Finalizes Plan for Implementation
of 100 Percent Clean Electricity Law
22.
Editorial: Rolling on to Future of 100 Percent
Clean Energy
23.
Okanogan PUD Considers Ending Conservation Loan
Program
24.
Cantwell, Murray Announce Major Federal
Investment for Rural Broadband in Stevens County
25.
Colorado: Comcast, Beware – New City-Run
Broadband Offers 1Gbps for $60 a Month
26.
FCC – Please Don’t Fund 25/3 Broadband
27.
Warren Says U.S. Broadband Lags Compared to
Other Nations. She’s Close
28.
Carbon Capture: What You Need to Know About
Catching Carbon Dioxide to Fight Climate Change
29.
Oregon: Fast-Growing Rural Hemp Company Hits a
Bump
30.
Cultivating Originality in Photography
31.
As Washington State Republicans Struggle to
Field 2020 Candidates, Reichert Eyes Run for Governor
32.
Lawsuit Claims Former Pierce County Housing
Authority Employee Took Millions
33.
Shelton Woman Dies in Highway 101 Crash &
Fire
34.
Weakened Hurricane Dorian Heads Toward Florida
after Bashing Bahamas
35.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Surges with a Wave of
New Hires
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
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Bathed in slanting evening sun
Foreshadows sweet wine
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Seattle City Light Faces Possible Class-Action
Lawsuit Over Billing Practices (Crosscut Seattle)
2.
Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Requests in
Washington (Globe Newswire)
3.
Lewis County PUD Budget Hearings Start Tuesday
(The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
4.
Large Energy Users – Douglas PUD Considers Rate
Increase for Select Customers (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
5.
Asotin PUD Backs Off of Clarkston Sewer Takeover
(Lewiston Tribune, ID)
6.
FERC Indicates Chelan PUD’s Hydro Investments
Qualify for License Credit (American Public Power Association)
7.
Jefferson PUD Moving Its Customer Service Office
Sept. 16 (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
8.
Anita Decker, Electric Industry Leader Named to
Western Energy Imbalance Market Governing Body (Western Energy Imbalance
Market, Folsom, CA)
9.
Gott, Mason PUD 3 Commissioner, Elected to
Energy Northwest Executive Board (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
10. A
Second Chance: Canada, U.S. Renegotiate a Critical Water Treaty (Globe &
Mail, Canada)
11. Wildfires
in Alaska? A Historic Drought Has Chugach Electric Association Scrambling (Utility
Dive)
12. Fight
Over Energy Law Heads to New Mexico Supreme Court (Associated Press)
13. ‘An
Aggressive New Thing’ — How Sanders Would Ramp Up Federal Role in Electricity
Generation (Washington Examiner, Daily On Energy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
14. New
Plan Targets Salmon-Eating Sea Lions in Columbia River (Associated Press)
15. Salmon
Can Now Be Transported Around Fraser River Landslide by Truck, Officials Say (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
16. First
Sockeye from Idaho Hatchery Comes Home — $14 Million, 6 Years &
Hundreds of Thousands of Smolts Later (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
17. Grant
PUD, Tribes Asking for Help in Eradicating Northern Pike (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee,
WA)
18. Op/Ed:
We Need a New Vision for Salmon & the Region (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
19. Great
White Sharks Have Abandoned Their Favorite Hunting Ground Off the Coast of South
Africa – Being Hunted by Invading Orcas Who Feast on Their Livers (The Daily
Mail, UK)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
20. Partially
Treated Sewage Released into Clatskanie River (Longview Daily News, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
21. Washington
State Finalizes Plan for Implementation of 100 Percent Clean Electricity Law (Daily
Energy Insider)
22. Editorial:
Rolling on to Future of 100 Percent Clean Energy (Everett Herald, WA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
23. Okanogan
PUD Considers Ending Conservation Loan Program (Okanogan Gazette Tribune, Oroville,
WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
24. Cantwell,
Murray Announce Major Federal Investment for Rural Broadband in Stevens County
(Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
25. Colorado:
Comcast, Beware – New City-Run Broadband Offers 1Gbps for $60 a Month (Ars
Technica)
26. FCC
– Please Don’t Fund 25/3 Broadband (Pots & Pans)
27. Warren
Says U.S. Broadband Lags Compared to Other Nations. She’s Close (Politifact)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
28. Carbon
Capture: What You Need to Know About Catching Carbon Dioxide to Fight Climate
Change (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
29. Oregon:
Fast-Growing Rural Hemp Company Hits a Bump (Portland Business Journal, OR)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
30. Cultivating
Originality in Photography (Medium, The Smart View)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
31. As
Washington State Republicans Struggle to Field 2020 Candidates, Reichert Eyes
Run for Governor (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
32. Lawsuit
Claims Former Pierce County Housing Authority Employee Took Millions (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
33. Shelton
Woman Dies in Highway 101 Crash & Fire (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
34. Weakened
Hurricane Dorian Heads Toward Florida after Bashing Bahamas (Reuters)
35. Puget
Sound Naval Shipyard Surges with a Wave of New Hires (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall
Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Texas Popeye’s Ran Out of Chicken Sandwiches, Man Pulls Gun
Farmers’ Almanac – Winter Prediction 2018-19: How Accurate
Was Our Weather Forecast?
The Unlikely Story of the Fisher Fair Scone
Nashville School Bans “Harry Potter” Series, Citing Risk of “Conjuring
Evil Spirits”
SONG OF THE DAY
10,000 Maniacs - Like the Weather
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