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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Inslee: Washington’s Stay-At-Home Order Will Extend Past May
4; State to Reveal Phased-In Approach Friday (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Utility Regulators Raise Concerns About Federal Proposals on
Service Disconnections, Debt Collection (Daily Energy Insider)
APPA, PPC Highlight Cost Concerns Tied to Columbia River
System Operations Draft EIS (American Public Power Association)
Work on Skookumchuck Wind Project Continues Though
Completion Date Has Been Delayed (Nisqually Valley News, Yelm, WA)
Silence Is Golden for Whales as Lockdown Reduces Ocean Noise
(The Guardian, UK)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Utility Regulators Raise Concerns About Federal
Proposals on Service Disconnections, Debt Collection
2.
APPA, PPC Highlight Cost Concerns Tied to
Columbia River System Operations Draft EIS
3.
British Columbia’s Road to Recovery: Big Energy
Projects, Including Hydropower, Await Return to Full Power
4.
Chelan PUD Moves Forward on Headquarters
Property Redevelopment
5.
Montana: Flathead Electric Co-Op Won’t Raise
Rates This Year
6.
Grant PUD – Best Practices for Pandemic Response
7.
New York: Curtain Lowers on Nuclear Power Plant
a Stone’s Throw from Manhattan
8.
Moody’s Stable Outlook for Public Power Reflects
Expectation for Resilience During Pandemic
9.
Silence Is Golden for Whales as Lockdown Reduces
Ocean Noise
10.
Researchers Say Climate Change Is Impacting Diet
of Whales
11.
‘Sherman’s Lagoon’ Wades into Columbia River
Debate
12.
Work on Skookumchuck Wind Project Continues
Though Completion Date Has Been Delayed
13.
People Reminded to Dispose of Coals Properly
After Small Fire at Spokane Waste to Energy Plant
14.
Disney Sparks Backlash with #MayThe4th Tweet
15.
Inslee: Washington’s Stay-At-Home Order Will
Extend Past May 4; State to Reveal Phased-In Approach Friday
16.
Seattle, Olympia Companies Among Firms Targeted
for Touting Coronavirus Cures, Vaccine
17.
Squaxin Island Tribe’s Salish Cliffs Reopens for
Golf with Virus Protections in Place
18.
Costco Shoppers to Be Required to Wear Face
Masks/Coverings
19.
Georgia Men Drink Disinfectant Believing It
Would Cure Coronavirus
20.
Coronavirus: Boeing to Cut 15,000 Jobs in ‘Body
Blow’
21.
Some Tenants Calling for a Seattle May Day ‘Rent
Strike’
22.
Fire District 6 EMS Levy Passing, North Mason
School & Fire District 16 Measures Failing
23.
‘Just Glad We Can Help’: Free Idaho Potatoes Are
Feeding People at Home, Across U.S.
24.
Vandals Spray-Paint Historic Rock Site Signed in
1800s
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Zipper /zip-purr/ Noun – A fastener consisting of two rows
of metal or plastic teeth on strips of tape and a sliding piece that closes an
opening by drawing the teeth together
Welcome to National Zipper Day!
Modesty closure
Behold the mighty zipper
Check it every day
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Utility Regulators Raise Concerns About Federal
Proposals on Service Disconnections, Debt Collection (Daily Energy Insider)
2.
APPA, PPC Highlight Cost Concerns Tied to Columbia
River System Operations Draft EIS (American Public Power Association)
3.
British Columbia’s Road to Recovery: Big Energy
Projects, Including Hydropower, Await Return to Full Power (Victoria
Times-Colonist, BC)
4.
Chelan PUD Moves Forward on Headquarters
Property Redevelopment (KPQ-Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
5.
Montana: Flathead Electric Co-Op Won’t Raise
Rates This Year (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
6.
Grant PUD – Best Practices for Pandemic Response
(Transmission & Distribution World)
7.
New York: Curtain Lowers on Nuclear Power Plant a
Stone’s Throw from Manhattan (Associated Press)
8.
Moody’s Stable Outlook for Public Power Reflects
Expectation for Resilience During Pandemic (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10.
Researchers Say Climate Change Is Impacting Diet
of Whales (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
11.
‘Sherman’s Lagoon’ Wades into Columbia River Debate
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12.
Work on Skookumchuck Wind Project Continues
Though Completion Date Has Been Delayed (Nisqually Valley News, Yelm, WA)
13.
People Reminded to Dispose of Coals Properly
After Small Fire at Spokane Waste to Energy Plant (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
14.
Disney Sparks Backlash with #MayThe4th Tweet
(British Broadcasting Corporation)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
15.
Inslee: Washington’s Stay-At-Home Order Will
Extend Past May 4; State to Reveal Phased-In Approach Friday (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
16.
Seattle, Olympia Companies Among Firms Targeted for
Touting Coronavirus Cures, Vaccine (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
17.
Squaxin Island Tribe’s Salish Cliffs Reopens for
Golf with Virus Protections in Place (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
18.
Costco Shoppers to Be Required to Wear Face
Masks/Coverings (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
19.
Georgia Men Drink Disinfectant Believing It
Would Cure Coronavirus (Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
20.
Coronavirus: Boeing to Cut 15,000 Jobs in ‘Body
Blow’ (British Broadcasting Corporation)
21.
Some Tenants Calling for a Seattle May Day ‘Rent
Strike’ (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
23.
‘Just Glad We Can Help’: Free Idaho Potatoes Are
Feeding People at Home, Across U.S. (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
24.
Vandals Spray-Paint Historic Rock Site Signed in
1800s (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Before Amazon, We Had Bookmobiles: 75 Rare Photos of
Libraries-On-Wheels
Toilet Paper Trophy Hunters on a Roll as U.S. Shortages
Start Easing
Locked in Under Lockdown: “We Can’t Complain”, Say Pals
Stuck in Pub
Eat Your Fries: Belgians Get the Most Delicious Coronavirus
Quarantine Order
SONG OF THE DAY
Bread – Diary
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