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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
States, Utilities Pledge to Keep Water Flowing Amid
Coronavirus (Bloomberg News)
Mnuchin: President Trump Wants Checks Sent to Public in
Virus Response (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Courts Agree with Grant PUD over Transaction Processors’
Rate Hike (CoinGeek)
Florida, Utah, Washington State Approve Bills to Boost
Electric Vehicles (Utility Dive)
Frontier’s Buyer Will Name Its Oregon Telecom Business Ziply
Fiber (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
States, Utilities Pledge to Keep Water Flowing
Amid Coronavirus
2.
Franklin PUD to Suspend Power Shutoffs, Close
Lobby in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak
3.
Puget Sound Energy Won’t Disconnect Gas,
Electric Service during Coronavirus Crisis, Company Says
4.
Courts Agree with Grant PUD over Transaction
Processors’ Rate Hike
5.
California Court OKs Pacific Gas &
Electric’s $23 Billion Financing Packag
6.
Frontier’s Buyer Will Name Its Oregon Telecom
Business Ziply Fiber
7.
The Dirty Secret of Coaxial Broadband
8.
Jeff Burbrink: Electricity Was the Broadband of
the 1930s
9.
Washington State Climate Activists Disappointed
by Session Outcome: New Goals Set – Action Lags Behind
10.
EIA Analysis Shows How Carbon Fees Would Reduce
Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Near Term
11.
Florida, Utah, Washington State Approve Bills to
Boost Electric Vehicles
12.
Groups Warn Discarded Single-Use Coronavirus
Face Masks Are Bad for the Environment
13.
Clallam County Commissioners Considering a Fund
for Social Media Campaign to Support Local Businesses
14.
Mnuchin: President Trump Wants Checks Sent to
Public in Virus Response
15.
Washington State Commerce Director Lisa Brown:
Patronize Businesses as Best You Can Safely
16.
14 Washington State Legislators Leaving Their
Seats in 2021
17.
Bay Area Orders ‘Shelter in Place,’ Only
Essential Businesses Open in Six Counties
18.
Mason County Offices Limiting Public Access
19.
Tribes Begin Shutting Down Casinos to Slow
Spread of Coronavirus
20.
Spirit Mountain, Chinook Winds, Other Oregon
Casinos Remain Open; Washington’s Ilani Closes until April
21.
Oregon Gov. Brown: Close Restaurants, Bars to
Fight Coronavirus
22.
Online ‘Phishing’ Attacks Expected to Target
Housebound Staffers as COVID-19 Spreads
23.
Amazon to Hire 100,000 Workers as Online Orders
Surge on Coronavirus Worries
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE CELTIC HAIKU
Crwth /KROOTH/ Noun – An ancient Celtic stringed instrument
that is plucked or bowed
Playing “Celtic Ray”
The crwth’s jangling strings sing out
We’re Irish today!
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS – UTILITIES & COVID-19
1.
States, Utilities Pledge to Keep Water Flowing
Amid Coronavirus (Bloomberg News)
2.
Franklin PUD to Suspend Power Shutoffs, Close
Lobby in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak (KVEW-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
3.
Puget Sound Energy Won’t Disconnect Gas, Electric
Service during Coronavirus Crisis, Company Says (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
4.
Courts Agree with Grant PUD over Transaction
Processors’ Rate Hike (CoinGeek)
5.
California Court OKs Pacific Gas & Electric’s
$23 Billion Financing Package (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
6.
Frontier’s Buyer Will Name Its Oregon Telecom
Business Ziply Fiber (Oregonian, Portland)
7.
The Dirty Secret of Coaxial Broadband “…copper
networks the coaxial networks are getting old & a network built around 1970
is now fifty years old…” (Pots & Pans)
8.
Jeff Burbrink: Electricity Was the Broadband of
the 1930s (Goshen News, In)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
9.
Washington State Climate Activists Disappointed by
Session Outcome: New Goals Set – Action Lags Behind (KNKX-Radio, Tacoma, WA)
10.
EIA Analysis Shows How Carbon Fees Would Reduce
Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Near Term (U.S. Energy Information
Administration)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
11.
Florida, Utah, Washington State Approve Bills to
Boost Electric Vehicles (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
12.
Groups Warn Discarded Single-Use Coronavirus
Face Masks Are Bad for the Environment (The Hill, Washington, DC)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
13.
Clallam County Commissioners Considering a Fund for
Social Media Campaign to Support Local Businesses (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
14.
Mnuchin: President Trump Wants Checks Sent to Public
in Virus Response (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
15.
Washington State Commerce Director Lisa Brown: Patronize
Businesses as Best You Can Safely (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
16.
14 Washington State Legislators Leaving Their
Seats in 2021 (Washington State Wire)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
17.
Bay Area Orders ‘Shelter in Place,’ Only
Essential Businesses Open in Six Counties (SF Chronicle)
18.
Mason County Offices Limiting Public Access (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
19.
Tribes Begin Shutting Down Casinos to Slow
Spread of Coronavirus (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
20.
Spirit Mountain, Chinook Winds, Other Oregon Casinos
Remain Open; Washington’s Ilani Closes until April (Oregonian, Portland)
21.
Oregon Gov. Brown: Close Restaurants, Bars to
Fight Coronavirus (Associated Press)
22.
Online ‘Phishing’ Attacks Expected to Target
Housebound Staffers as COVID-19 Spreads (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
GENERAL NEWS
23.
Amazon to Hire 100,000 Workers as Online Orders
Surge on Coronavirus Worries (Reuters)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Tom Brady Makes It Official: He’s Leaving the Patriots
Newport Police Ask Residents Not to Call 911 over Toilet
Paper Shortages
Urban Coyotes Eat Lots of Cats — And Human Garbage, Study of
Their Poop Reveals
Cheerful Masks Help Battle Coronavirus in Bulgaria
SONG OF THE DAY
Celtic Ray - Van Morrison
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