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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
California Will Use Diesel This Summer to Help Keep Lights
On (Bloomberg News)
Clean Energy Backers’ Anger Grows as House Ignores Aid Plea
(Politico)
Sleeping In, Showering Less. BC Hydro Says Power Use Changes
Since Pandemic (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
Op/Ed: Telemedicine Is Here to Stay — Now We Need to Fund It
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Washington Schools Superintendent on Fall Semester Plans:
‘We’re Coming Back’ (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
California Will Use Diesel This Summer to Help
Keep Lights On
2.
Sleeping In, Showering Less. BC Hydro Says Power
Use Changes Since Pandemic
3.
U.S. Weighs End to Foreign Nuclear Power Finance
Ban, Potentially Boosting Advanced Reactors
4.
Tacoma Link Extension Needs $35 Million More
After Underground Utility Problems Eat Up Budget
5.
Skagit PUD Seeking Candidates for Commissioner
Position
6.
Nevada: NV Energy Could Shut Off Power to
Prevent Wildfires in Tahoe Area
7.
New York’s Economy Is Slowly Reopening, But
Electricity Demand Remains Clipped Due to COVID-19
8.
Power Line Management in the Time of Coronavirus
9.
Washington State Fish & Wildlife Commission
to Decide Whether to Retain Pocket Gopher Status Friday
10.
Outdoors: Shrimping a Tasty Option
11.
Return of Sea Otters to British Columbia Coast
Worth Millions, But Not Everyone Seeing the Benefits, Study Says
12.
Clean Energy Backers’ Anger Grows as House
Ignores Aid Plea
13.
The Central United States Set Several Wind Power
Records This Spring
14.
Op/Ed: Telemedicine Is Here to Stay — Now We
Need to Fund It
15.
FCC Allows Satellite Companies to Apply for
Rural Broadband Funding as ‘Low-Latency’ Providers
16.
Why We Should Care That Facebook Accidentally
Deplatformed Hundreds of Users
17.
NASA Is Sending a Rover to the Moon to Prospect
for Water & Help Astronauts ‘Live Off the Land’
18.
National Weather Service Proposes Eliminating
‘Advisories’ to Simplify Severe Warning System
19.
Energy Industry’s Diversity Problem
20.
Aberdeen Radio News Director Appointed to City
Council Spot
21.
Washington State Reports 137 New COVID-19 Cases
& 4 Deaths Thursday
22.
Positive COVID-19 Case Re-Assigned to Mason
County
23.
Oregon Governor Announces ‘Pause’ on County
Reopening as Cases Spike
24.
Rural Oregon Leaders Mull Revolt Against
COVID-19 Reopening Rules
25.
Washington Schools Superintendent on Fall
Semester Plans: ‘We’re Coming Back’
26.
George Floyd: Trump Told to Back Off Seattle’s
Chaz Police-Free Zone
27.
Homes Are Selling at a Brisk Clip as Washington
State’s Economy Reopens
28.
Campers Mistaken for Antifa: From Hundreds of
Clallam County Families, an Apology
29.
‘More Than Cows & Cotton Candy’: Washington
Fairs Cancel Events for 2020 Hoping for Big 2021
WORD OF THE DAY
Grating • \GRATE-ing\ • Verb - 1: to rub or rasp noisily 2:
to cause irritation: jar
The grating sounds of Dilbert’s ukulele faded away to a soft
“plink” as he finished his excruciating version of “Walk on the Wild Side.” Curious,
but disengaged bystanders eventually wandering away from the scene, still
wondering what it was all about. (kinda like this lame example sentence)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
California Will Use Diesel This Summer to Help
Keep Lights On (Bloomberg News)
2.
Sleeping In, Showering Less. BC Hydro Says Power
Use Changes Since Pandemic (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
3.
U.S. Weighs End to Foreign Nuclear Power Finance
Ban, Potentially Boosting Advanced Reactors (Utility Dive)
4.
Tacoma Link Extension Needs $35 Million More
After Underground Utility Problems Eat Up Budget (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
5.
Skagit PUD Seeking Candidates for Commissioner
Position (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)
6.
Nevada: NV Energy Could Shut Off Power to
Prevent Wildfires in Tahoe Area (KRNV-TV, Reno, NV)
7.
New York’s Economy Is Slowly Reopening, But
Electricity Demand Remains Clipped Due to COVID-19 (Utility Dive)
8.
Power Line Management in the Time of Coronavirus
(Power Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Washington State Fish & Wildlife Commission to
Decide Whether to Retain Pocket Gopher Status Friday (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
10.
Outdoors: Shrimping a Tasty Option (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
11.
Return of Sea Otters to British Columbia Coast
Worth Millions, But Not Everyone Seeing the Benefits, Study Says (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12.
Clean Energy Backers’ Anger Grows as House Ignores
Aid Plea (Politico)
13.
The Central United States Set Several Wind Power
Records This Spring (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14.
Op/Ed: Telemedicine Is Here to Stay — Now We
Need to Fund It (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
15.
FCC Allows Satellite Companies to Apply for
Rural Broadband Funding as ‘Low-Latency’ Providers (Via Satellite)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
16.
Why We Should Care That Facebook Accidentally
Deplatformed Hundreds of Users (Slate Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
17.
NASA Is Sending a Rover to the Moon to Prospect for
Water & Help Astronauts ‘Live Off the Land’ (Washington Post)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
19.
Energy Industry’s Diversity Problem (Politico)
20.
Aberdeen Radio News Director Appointed to City
Council Spot (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
21.
Washington State Reports 137 New COVID-19 Cases &
4 Deaths Thursday (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
22.
Positive COVID-19 Case Re-Assigned to Mason
County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
23.
Oregon Governor Announces ‘Pause’ on County Reopening
as Cases Spike (Portland Business Journal, OR)
24.
Rural Oregon Leaders Mull Revolt Against
COVID-19 Reopening Rules (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
GENERAL NEWS
25.
Washington Schools Superintendent on Fall
Semester Plans: ‘We’re Coming Back’ (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
26.
George Floyd: Trump Told to Back Off Seattle’s
Chaz Police-Free Zone (British Broadcasting Corporation)
27.
Homes Are Selling at a Brisk Clip as Washington State’s
Economy Reopens (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
28.
Campers Mistaken for Antifa: From Hundreds of Clallam
County Families, an Apology (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
29.
‘More Than Cows & Cotton Candy’: Washington
Fairs Cancel Events for 2020 Hoping for Big 2021 (Northwest News Network)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Downtown Pasco Development Authority Handing Out “Lucha
Libre” Masks to Encourage People to Wear Masks
Video: New Yorkers Turn to Pet Adoption to De-Stress
Cambodian Man Kept Live Land Mines as Yard Decorations
Metal Detector Hobbiest Finds 97-Year-Old Class Ring in Illinois
Park
SONG OF THE DAY
The More Boys I Meet (The More I Love My Dog) – Carrie Underwood
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