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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific Gas & Electric Shares Plunge after $1.6 Billion Quarterly
Loss amid Wildfire Costs (San Jose Mercury News, CA – Paywall Advisory)
Salmon on Prozac? A New Study Will Look at What King
County’s Wastewater Chemicals Do to Fish & Orcas (Crosscut Seattle)
Tacoma’s Public Broadband Network Will Be Privately Operated
(KING TV, Seattle, WA)
Idaho, Energy Department Sign Deal on Spent Nuclear Fuel
(Associated Press)
Inslee Shelves Transportation Projects in Wake of I-976
Approval (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Shares Plunge after
$1.6 Billion Quarterly Loss amid Wildfire Costs
2.
Idaho, Energy Department Sign Deal on Spent
Nuclear Fuel
3.
Columbia River Treaty Negotiators Invite First
Nations Observers to Speak
4.
Fall River Electric Co-Op Board Offsets
Wholesale Rate Hike
5.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District CEO Arlen
Orchard to Step Down Next August
6.
Benton PUD Introduces New “Pay as You Go”
Program
7.
Clark Public Utilities, Mason PUD 3, Snohomish
PUD, Tacoma Power Earn Smart Energy Provider Title
8.
Colorado: Power Supplier Tri-State Faces
Potential of More Defections, Complaints from Electric Associations
9.
U.S. Senate Committee Holds Hearing on New
Nominee to FERC
10.
Africa’s Largest Power Dam Stokes Regional
Tensions
11.
Salmon on Prozac? A New Study Will Look at What
King County’s Wastewater Chemicals Do to Fish & Orcas
12.
Express Lane for Fish: Migrating Salmon Get a
Boost Past Dams
13.
The Beat Blast Gets Chummy with Salmon
14.
Donkey Creek Still Needs Work for Salmon Runs
15.
As Lake Coeur d’Alene Gets Sicker, Idaho
Governor Orders Review of Data
16.
Editorial: Add Columbia River’s Polluted
Bradford Island to Superfund
17.
Large Water Purveyor Set to Acquire Rainier
View, Which Serves Gig Harbor, Puyallup
18.
Seattle: Activists Protest Plan for New Pioneer
Square Cruise Ship Terminal
19.
Eureka, California: Wind Project Opponents Say
Environmental Impacts Haven’t Been Mitigated
20.
Some Wonder if Electric Microgrids Could Light
the Way in California
21.
States, Enviros Sue Against Light Bulb
Energy-Saving Rule Reversal
22.
Opinion: Trump’s Attack on Lightbulb Standards
Is His Most Inane Environmental Rollback Yet
23.
Tacoma’s Public Broadband Network Will Be
Privately Operated
24.
Another ReConnect Program Announcement: USDA
Invests $23.7 Million in Rural Broadband for NC Families
25.
Lacey Utility Customers Urged to Check
Credit/Debit Cards after Website Hacked
26.
California Reveals Facebook Probe, Says Social
Media Company Stonewalling Investigation
27.
Inslee Shelves Transportation Projects in Wake
of I-976 Approval
28.
Debra Stephens Elected as New Chief Justice of
Washington State Supreme Court
29.
Equal Rights Amendment Activists Are Eyeing a
Win in Virginia. Is Now the Time?
30.
Changes in the Offing for Shelton/Matlock Road Interchange
31.
Ex-Twitter Worker Arrested in Seattle Is Charged
with Spying for Saudi Arabia
32.
Seattle Approaches Record Streak of Rain-Free
Days
33.
Eastern Half of Nation to Be Swallowed by Deep
Freeze as Arctic Blasts Surge South
WORD OF THE DAY
Repartee • \rep-er-TEE\ • noun - 1a: a quick & witty
reply *b: a succession or interchange of clever retorts: amusing & usually
light sparring with words 2: adroitness & cleverness in reply
I will leave today’s discussion to Merriam-Webster: One
person often noted for her repartee was Dorothy Parker, writer and legendary
member of the Algonquin Round Table. Upon hearing that Calvin Coolidge had
died, she replied, “How can they tell?” The taciturn Coolidge obviously did not
have a reputation for being the life of the party, but he himself came out with
a particularly famous repartee on one occasion. When a dinner guest approached
him and told him she had bet someone she could get him to say more than two
words, he replied, “You lose.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Shares Plunge after $1.6
Billion Quarterly Loss amid Wildfire Costs (San Jose Mercury News, CA – Paywall
Advisory)
2.
Idaho, Energy Department Sign Deal on Spent
Nuclear Fuel (Associated Press)
3.
Columbia River Treaty Negotiators Invite First
Nations Observers to Speak (Columbia Valley Pioneer, BC)
4.
Fall River Electric Co-Op Board Offsets
Wholesale Rate Hike (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)
https://www.localnews8.com/news/fall-river-board-offsets-wholesale-rate-hike/1139340565
https://www.localnews8.com/news/fall-river-board-offsets-wholesale-rate-hike/1139340565
6.
Benton PUD Introduces New “Pay as You Go”
Program (KVEW-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
7.
Clark Public Utilities, Mason PUD 3, Snohomish PUD,
Tacoma Power Earn Smart Energy Provider Title (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/nov/06/clark-public-utilities-earns-smart-energy-provider-title/
8.
Colorado: Power Supplier Tri-State Faces
Potential of More Defections, Complaints from Electric Associations (Denver
Post, CO)
9.
U.S. Senate Committee Holds Hearing on New Nominee
to FERC (Daily Energy Insider)
https://dailyenergyinsider.com/news/22741-senate-committee-holds-hearing-on-new-appointment-to-ferc/
10.
Africa’s Largest Power Dam Stokes Regional
Tensions (France 24)
FISH & WILDLIFE
11.
Salmon on Prozac? A New Study Will Look at What King
County’s Wastewater Chemicals Do to Fish & Orcas (Crosscut Seattle)
12.
Express Lane for Fish: Migrating Salmon Get a Boost
Past Dams (Capital Press)
13.
The Beat Blast Gets Chummy with Salmon (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)
14.
Donkey Creek Still Needs Work for Salmon Runs (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
15.
As Lake Coeur d’Alene Gets Sicker, Idaho Governor
Orders Review of Data (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
16.
Editorial: Add Columbia River’s Polluted Bradford
Island to Superfund (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
17.
Large Water Purveyor Set to Acquire Rainier View,
Which Serves Gig Harbor, Puyallup (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
18.
Seattle: Activists Protest Plan for New Pioneer
Square Cruise Ship Terminal (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
19.
Eureka, California: Wind Project Opponents Say Environmental
Impacts Haven’t Been Mitigated (Redwood Times, Eureka, CA)
20.
Some Wonder if Electric Microgrids Could Light
the Way in California (The Pew Charitable Trust)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
21.
States, Enviros Sue Against Light Bulb
Energy-Saving Rule Reversal (Reuters)
22.
Opinion: Trump’s Attack on Lightbulb Standards
Is His Most Inane Environmental Rollback Yet (Los Angeles Times, CA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
23.
Tacoma’s Public Broadband Network Will Be
Privately Operated (KING TV, Seattle, WA)
24.
Another ReConnect Program Announcement: USDA Invests
$23.7 Million in Rural Broadband for NC Families (WNCT-TV, Greenville, NC)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
25.
Lacey Utility Customers Urged to Check
Credit/Debit Cards after Website Hacked (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
26.
California Reveals Facebook Probe, Says Social
Media Company Stonewalling Investigation (Reuters)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
27.
Inslee Shelves Transportation Projects in Wake of
I-976 Approval (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
28.
Debra Stephens Elected as New Chief Justice of Washington
State Supreme Court (Associated Press)
29.
Equal Rights Amendment Activists Are Eyeing a
Win in Virginia. Is Now the Time? (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
30.
Changes in the Offing for Shelton/Matlock Road
Interchange (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
31.
Ex-Twitter Worker Arrested in Seattle Is Charged
with Spying for Saudi Arabia (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
32.
Seattle Approaches Record Streak of Rain-Free
Days (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
33.
Eastern Half of Nation to Be Swallowed by Deep
Freeze as Arctic Blasts Surge South (Washington Post)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Dying for a Better Life: South Koreans Fake Their Funerals
for Life Lessons
Labrador Sworn in at State’s Attorney’s Office in Chicago –
Therapy Dog for Children in Court
Matchbox Cars, Coloring Book, Magic Make Toy Hall of Fame
Orangutan Granted Human Status Settles into New Florida Home
SONG OF THE DAY
Interesting Rendition:
Angel City Chorale – Africa
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