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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
‘We Will Have Major Social Distancing After May 4th.’ WA
Governor Offers Reality Check in Interview. (Northwest News Network)
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Settlement with Wildfire
Victims Faces Crucial Vote (NY Times)
Ecotrust to Pay $4.4M To Oregon to Settle Tax Credit Case
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Study: Seals Nab 16 Percent of Steelhead in Nisqually
Estuary (Nisqually Valley News, Yelm, WA)
Okanogan PUD Will Deploy 15 Free Hotspots (Okanogan PUD,
Okanogan, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Settlement with
Wildfire Victims Faces Crucial Vote
2.
Ecotrust to Pay $4.4M To Oregon to Settle Tax
Credit Case
3.
Chelan PUD Watching Closely to See If Its
Customers Are Having Financial Troubles
4.
Clallam County Agencies Talk Coronavirus Impact
on Utilities, Customers
5.
Study: Gas-Powered Appliances May Be Hazardous
for Your Health
6.
Former Tennessee Valley Authority Chairman
Blasts TVA for Ad Promotions during COVID-19 Pandemic
7.
Op/Ed: Nuclear Energy Remains Essential to
Electricity Generation Amid COVID-19
8.
Study: Seals Nab 16 Percent of Steelhead in
Nisqually Estuary
9.
2020 Pikeminnow Season Opening Delayed – States’
Responses to Covid-19 Outbreak Impacts Fishing Season, Boat Ramps
10.
Portland General Electric, PacifiCorp Say
COVID-19 Won’t Jeopardize Wind Power Tax Breaks
11.
Fires Are Coming - Pacific Gas & Electric
& Some Cities Are Holding Up Battery Backups
12.
Okanogan PUD Will Deploy 15 Free Hotspots
13.
Telemedicine Provides Health Care Option
14.
Microsoft’s Cloud Business Helps Offset Pandemic
Woes
15.
Managers Turn to Surveillance Software,
Always-On Webcams to Ensure Employees Are (Really) Working from Home
16.
Forty Electric School Buses Coming to School
Districts, Including Two in Grays Harbor, one at Mary M. Knight School in Mason
17.
Coronavirus Is Driving Down Global Carbon
Dioxide Emissions to Levels Last Seen 10 Years Ago, Agency Says
18.
How to Harness Online Collaboration Tools
19.
‘We Will Have Major Social Distancing After May
4th.’ WA Governor Offers Reality Check in Interview.
20.
Washington State Hustles for Masks, Gowns, &
Gloves, But Is Millions Short of What It Wants
21.
Election Could Suffer if Federal Government
Doesn’t Increase Postal Service Funding amid Coronavirus, Wyman Says
22.
Editorial: Hard-Hit Local Governments Need
Federal Help
23.
To Safely Reopen, Make the Workweek Shorter.
Then Keep It Shorter.
24.
Second Round of Testing at Foster Farms Kelso
Plant Reveals New Coronavirus Cases
25.
Flying Out of Paine Field in Everett? The
Airport Will Check Your Body Temperature First
26.
Olympic National Park to Begin Phased-In
Reopening Next Week
27.
City of Shelton Announces New Inspections
Protocol
28.
Sierra Pacific Industries Donates New Surface
for Huff ‘N’ Puff Trail
29.
Eighth-Graders’ Understanding Of History,
Geography Declines Sharply Nationwide
WORD OF THE DAY
Trichotillomania \trick-kuh-tillah-MANE-ee-uh\ Noun - An
abnormal desire to pull out one’s hair
A bald man with trichotillomania; think about it.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Settlement with Wildfire
Victims Faces Crucial Vote (NY Times)
2.
Ecotrust to Pay $4.4M To Oregon to Settle Tax
Credit Case (Portland Business Journal, OR)
3.
Chelan PUD Watching Closely to See If Its
Customers Are Having Financial Troubles (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
4.
Clallam County Agencies Talk Coronavirus Impact on
Utilities, Customers (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
5.
Study: Gas-Powered Appliances May Be Hazardous for
Your Health (Grist Online)
6.
Former Tennessee Valley Authority Chairman
Blasts TVA for Ad Promotions during COVID-19 Pandemic (Chattanooga Times Free-Press,
TN)
7.
Op/Ed: Nuclear Energy Remains Essential to
Electricity Generation Amid COVID-19 (Morning Consult)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
Study: Seals Nab 16 Percent of Steelhead in Nisqually
Estuary (Nisqually Valley News, Yelm, WA)
9.
2020 Pikeminnow Season Opening Delayed – States’
Responses to Covid-19 Outbreak Impacts Fishing Season, Boat Ramps (Bonneville
Power Administration)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10.
Portland General Electric, PacifiCorp Say COVID-19
Won’t Jeopardize Wind Power Tax Breaks (Portland Business Journal, OR)
11.
Fires Are Coming - Pacific Gas & Electric
& Some Cities Are Holding Up Battery Backups (Los Angeles Times, CA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12.
Okanogan PUD Will Deploy 15 Free Hotspots (Okanogan
PUD, Okanogan, WA)
13.
Telemedicine Provides Health Care Option (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
14.
Microsoft’s Cloud Business Helps Offset Pandemic
Woes (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
15.
Managers Turn to Surveillance Software,
Always-On Webcams to Ensure Employees Are (Really) Working from Home (Washington
Post)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
16.
Forty Electric School Buses Coming to School
Districts, Including Two in Grays Harbor, one at Mary M. Knight School in Mason
(KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
17.
Coronavirus Is Driving Down Global Carbon
Dioxide Emissions to Levels Last Seen 10 Years Ago, Agency Says (Washington
Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
18.
How to Harness Online Collaboration Tools (Pioneer
Utility Resources)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
19.
‘We Will Have Major Social Distancing After May 4th.’
WA Governor Offers Reality Check in Interview. (Northwest News Network)
20.
Washington State Hustles for Masks, Gowns, &
Gloves, But Is Millions Short of What It Wants (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
21.
Election Could Suffer if Federal Government
Doesn’t Increase Postal Service Funding amid Coronavirus, Wyman Says (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
22.
Editorial: Hard-Hit Local Governments Need
Federal Help (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/apr/29/in-our-view-hard-hit-local-governments-need-federal-help/
23.
To Safely Reopen, Make the Workweek Shorter.
Then Keep It Shorter. (Atlantic Magazine)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
24.
Second Round of Testing at Foster Farms Kelso Plant
Reveals New Coronavirus Cases (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
25.
Flying Out of Paine Field in Everett? The Airport
Will Check Your Body Temperature First (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
26.
Olympic National Park to Begin Phased-In
Reopening Next Week (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
27.
City of Shelton Announces New Inspections
Protocol (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
28.
Sierra Pacific Industries Donates New Surface
for Huff ‘N’ Puff Trail (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
29.
Eighth-Graders’ Understanding Of History,
Geography Declines Sharply Nationwide (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Mexican Wrestlers Are Sewing Lucha Libre Masks to Protect
People from the Coronavirus
How ‘Betty the Weathercat’ Became a Star on TV News in Indiana
‘I Was Actually Very Shocked’: Neighborhood Battles over Blue
Christmas Lights Honoring Medical Workers
Alaska School Board Removes ‘The Great Gatsby’ From
Curriculum for ‘Controversial’ Content
SONG OF THE DAY
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat
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