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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Seattle City Council to Consider Natural Gas Ban (Associated
Press)
White House to Relax Energy Efficiency Rules for Light Bulbs
(NY Times)
Canada: Many Chinook, Sockeye Salmon Now Passing Fraser
River Slide on Their Own (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray Discusses Her Digital Equity Act in
Seattle (KING TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregon Ethanol Facility a Step Closer to Shipping Oil along
Columbia River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Seattle City Council to Consider Natural Gas Ban
2.
Oregon Ethanol Facility a Step Closer to
Shipping Oil along Columbia River
3.
Boardman to Hemingway (B2H) Transmission Line
Still Has Opposition
4.
Chelan PUD Plans Electric Rate Increases
5.
Grant PUD Workers Required to Pay Back Alleged
Overpayments
6.
Hydropower Giant Bonneville Power Is Going Broke
7.
Hurricane Dorian Batters the Carolinas, Leaving
200,000 without Power
8.
Female Lineworkers Can Ride High for Utility
Industry
9.
Democrats Split Over Nuclear Energy Amid Climate
Fight
10.
FERC Chairman to Congress: 'Make Energy Policy
Boring Again'
11.
Canada: Many Chinook, Sockeye Salmon Now Passing
Fraser River Slide on Their Own
12.
Agreement Reached to Benefit Fish in Wynoochee
Basin
13.
Fall Chinook Permits Issued to Idaho, Oregon
& Washington, Allowing Additional Harvest of Unclipped Fish
14.
Related to 2017 Hatchery Release Problem, Few
Sockeye Salmon Returning to Idaho
15.
Canada: Squamish River Pink Salmon Fishery
Should Be Closed
16.
Jefferson PUD Waives $100 Fee for New Solar
Customers
17.
Alaska City, Nuvista Light & Electric
Cooperative to Build Battery System
18.
California Raises the Caution Flag on ‘Green
Jobs’
19.
White House to Relax Energy Efficiency Rules for
Light Bulbs
20.
North Dakota, Montana, And Wyoming Consume the
Most Residential Energy Per Capita
21.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray Discusses Her Digital
Equity Act in Seattle
22.
Op/Ed: High-Speed Internet Is Basic
Infrastructure for the 21st-Century Economy
23.
Verizon's 5G Service Will Kick Off in 13 NFL
Stadiums This Season
24.
$250,000 Worth of Marijuana Stolen from Kelso
Producer
25.
Oregon: Vineyard's Lawsuit Against Pot Operation
Can Proceed, Judge Rules
26.
Florida Man Accused of Stealing $12,000 in
Electricity to Power His Marijuana Grow House
27.
YouTube Fined $170 Million for Violating Child
Privacy Laws
28.
Public Radio Station KNKX Goes from the Brink of
Doom to New Downtown Tacoma Digs
29.
Former Republican U.S. Rep. Reichert Not Running
for Governor
30.
Funding of Coast Guard Pier Project at Bangor
Cut for Border Wall
31.
Olympia City Manager Steve Hall Will Retire
After More Than 16 Years in Top Job
32.
Rochester Man Arrested in Fatal Grand Mound
Shooting
33.
Amtrak Concedes Negligence in Catastrophic 2017
Derailment South of Tacoma
34.
Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Off Oregon Coast, No
Tsunami Expected, USGS Says
35.
Washington State Nuclear Site Study Considers
Waste Options
36.
European Aviation Safety Agency Sets Strict
Demands for Boeing 737 MAX Return to Flight
37.
Fred Meyer, QFC Customers Asked by Corporate
Parent Kroger Not to Openly Carry Guns in Stores
WORD OF THE DAY
Scurrilous • \SKURR-uh-luss\ • adjective - 1a: using or
given to coarse language b: vulgar and evil 2: containing obscenities, abuse,
or slander
“This meeting of Squirrels Against Scurrilous Attacks will
come to order,” squeaked the diminutive, bottle-brushed chairman to his
assembled, arboreal rodents. “Electric utilities have blamed us too often for
outages,” he squealed. “For an update on our eco-terror tactics, I had invited
Sparky to speak, but we haven’t seen him since last week’s big Kamilche
outage.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Seattle City Council to Consider Natural Gas Ban
(Associated Press)
2.
Oregon Ethanol Facility a Step Closer to Shipping
Oil along Columbia River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
3.
Boardman to Hemingway (B2H) Transmission Line
Still Has Opposition (Ontario Argus, OR)
4.
Chelan PUD Plans Electric Rate Increases (NCW
Life News, East Wenatchee, WA)
6.
Hydropower Giant Bonneville Power Is Going Broke
(E&E News)
7.
Hurricane Dorian Batters the Carolinas, Leaving
200,000 without Power (Gizmodo)
8.
Female Lineworkers Can Ride High for Utility
Industry (Associated Press)
9.
Democrats Split Over Nuclear Energy Amid Climate
Fight (The Hill, Washington, DC)
10. FERC
Chairman to Congress: 'Make Energy Policy Boring Again' (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
11. Canada:
Many Chinook, Sockeye Salmon Now Passing Fraser River Slide on Their Own (Victoria
Times-Colonist, BC)
12. Agreement
Reached to Benefit Fish in Wynoochee Basin (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
13. Fall
Chinook Permits Issued to Idaho, Oregon & Washington, Allowing Additional
Harvest of Unclipped Fish (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
14. Related
to 2017 Hatchery Release Problem, Few Sockeye Salmon Returning to Idaho (Associated
Press)
15. Canada:
Squamish River Pink Salmon Fishery Should Be Closed – Fish populations are in
decline, but federal officials aren't tracking it, say critics (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
16. Jefferson
PUD Waives $100 Fee for New Solar Customers (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
18. California
Raises the Caution Flag on ‘Green Jobs’ (Politico)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
19. White
House to Relax Energy Efficiency Rules for Light Bulbs (NY Times)
20. North
Dakota, Montana, And Wyoming Consume the Most Residential Energy Per Capita (U.S.
Energy Information Administration)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21. U.S.
Sen. Patty Murray Discusses Her Digital Equity Act in Seattle (KING TV, Seattle,
WA)
22. Op/Ed:
High-Speed Internet Is Basic Infrastructure for the 21st-Century Economy (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA)
23. Verizon's
5G Service Will Kick Off in 13 NFL Stadiums This Season (Mashable)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
24. $250,000
Worth of Marijuana Stolen from Kelso Producer (Longview Daily News, WA)
25. Oregon:
Vineyard's Lawsuit Against Pot Operation Can Proceed, Judge Rules (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
26. Florida
Man Accused of Stealing $12,000 in Electricity to Power His Marijuana Grow
House (Newsweek)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
27. YouTube
Fined $170 Million for Violating Child Privacy Laws (SF Chronicle, CA)
28. Public
Radio Station KNKX Goes from the Brink of Doom to New Downtown Tacoma Digs (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
29. Former
Republican U.S. Rep. Reichert Not Running for Governor (Associated Press)
30. Funding
of Coast Guard Pier Project at Bangor Cut for Border Wall (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton
– Paywall Advisory)
31. Olympia
City Manager Steve Hall Will Retire After More Than 16 Years in Top Job (Olympian,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
32. Rochester
Man Arrested in Fatal Grand Mound Shooting (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
33. Amtrak
Concedes Negligence in Catastrophic 2017 Derailment South of Tacoma (Northwest
Public Radio)
34. Magnitude
5.9 Earthquake Off Oregon Coast, No Tsunami Expected, USGS Says (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
35. Washington
State Nuclear Site Study Considers Waste Options (Associated Press)
36. European
Aviation Safety Agency Sets Strict Demands for Boeing 737 MAX Return to Flight (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
37. Fred
Meyer, QFC Customers Asked by Corporate Parent Kroger Not to Openly Carry Guns in
Stores (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
French Rooster Triumphs in Battle Over Right to Crow
Judge Dismisses Felony Charges Against Woman Who
Electrocuted Squirrels to Protect Walnut Tree
Florida Man Parks Smart Car in Kitchen So It Won't Blow Away
Seattle Among Nation’s Most Facial-Hair-Friendly Cities, New
Study Says
SONG OF THE DAY
Harve Presnell – They Call the Wind Maria
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