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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Moody’s Investor Service Pans White House Plan to Divest
Tennessee Valley Authority, Bonneville Power Administration (Utility Dive)
Facebook Losing Young Users to Snapchat Even Faster Than
Expected (SF Chronicle)
Lower Klamath Refuge Construction an Effort to Save Salmon
(Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Former Sec. of State John Kerry Visits Olympia to Promote
Inslee’s Carbon-Tax Plan (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
How to Build a Smart Home That’s Actually Secure (Gizmodo)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Moody’s Investor Service Pans White House Plan to Divest Tennessee Valley Authority, Bonneville Power Administration
- Cantwell Statement on Trump Plan to Privatize Bonneville Power Administration’s Transmission Assets
- Bonneville Power Administration Selloff: Power Play
- Yes, Nuclear Energy Is Clean Energy
- Op/Ed: Nuclear Should Be Part of Clean Energy Goals
- Alaska: Golden Valley Electric Association Shows Interest in Anchorage Utility
- Seattle City Light Spent $109M on a Flawed Billing System
- Home Destroyed In the Wine Country Wildfires? Expect a Phone Call from Pacific Gas & Electric
- Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Calls On Tennessee Valley Authority Chief to Step Down Over ‘Extravagant’ Spending
- Lower Klamath Refuge Construction an Effort to Save Salmon
- British Columbia Interior Steelhead at ‘Imminent’ Risk of Extinction, Advisory Committee Finds
- Washington State Senate Passes Boater Speed Limit around Endangered Orcas
- Reducing Conflicts between Hydropower & Fish Can Lower Investment Risk
- Sewage Spill Prompts Advisory for Sinclair Inlet near Bremerton
- What’s Actually Behind Cape Town’s Water Crisis
- How to Build a Smart Home That’s Actually Secure
- California: Pot Growers Are Flooding Sacramento With Applications. Some Areas Say Enough Is Enough
- Former Sec. of State John Kerry Visits Olympia to Promote Inslee’s Carbon-Tax Plan
- Oregon Lawmakers Move Carbon Cap Bills Closer to Full Vote
- Grant PUD Discusses Carbon Tax
- As Electric Vehicles Gain Favor, Utilities Can Accelerate EV Adoption
- Washington State Legislators at Odds over Rural Broadband Fixes
- Op/Ed: Statewide Data Center Incentives Would Preserve Washington’s Edge
- Oregon the Latest State to Push Its Own Net Neutrality Law
- Officials Considering External Advisory Board for Grant PUD’s Fiber Expansion Program
- Facebook Losing Young Users to Snapchat Even Faster Than Expected
- Ad Agencies Don’t Expect to Cut Down on Facebook as Site Continues Losing Younger Users
- Florida: School Shooting Death Toll Is at 17 & Could Rise
- La Nina Snows Over the Pacific Northwest Followed by Very Cold Air
- Save California Football? Proposal to Ban Tackling Before High School Creates Uproar
Fenestration • \fenn-uh-STRAY-shun\ • Noun - 1: the
arrangement, proportioning, & design of windows & doors in a building
2: an opening in a surface (as a wall or membrane)
Ok, say you live in a house that is completely made of
glass, no walls, no shutters, nothing. Would you say that it is made up
entirely of one fenestration…or none, and what about the door?
Just asking. Have a great day.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Moody’s Investor Service Pans White House Plan to Divest Tennessee
Valley Authority, Bonneville Power Administration (Utility Dive)
Cantwell Statement on Trump Plan to Privatize Bonneville
Power Administration’s Transmission Assets (U-S Senate Energy Committee,
Democrat News)
Bonneville Power Administration Selloff: Power Play
(Cascadia Weekly)
Yes, Nuclear Energy Is Clean Energy (Northwest Clean Energy)
Op/Ed: Nuclear Should Be Part of Clean Energy Goals
(Tri-City Herald, WA)
Alaska: Golden Valley Electric Association Shows Interest in
Anchorage Utility (Anchorage News Miner, AK)
Seattle City Light Spent $109M on a Flawed Billing System
(Crosscut Seattle)
Home Destroyed In the Wine Country Wildfires? Expect a Phone
Call from Pacific Gas & Electric (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Calls On Tennessee Valley
Authority Chief to Step Down Over ‘Extravagant’ Spending (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lower Klamath Refuge Construction an Effort to Save Salmon (Klamath
Falls Herald & News, OR)
British Columbia Interior Steelhead at ‘Imminent’ Risk of
Extinction, Advisory Committee Finds (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Washington State Senate Passes Boater Speed Limit around
Endangered Orcas (Northwest Public Radio)
Reducing Conflicts between Hydropower & Fish Can Lower
Investment Risk (Forbes Magazine)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Sewage Spill Prompts Advisory for Sinclair Inlet near Bremerton
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
What’s Actually Behind Cape Town’s Water Crisis (Atlantic
Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
How to Build a Smart Home That’s Actually Secure (Gizmodo)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
California: Pot Growers Are Flooding Sacramento With
Applications. Some Areas Say Enough Is Enough (Sacramento Bee, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Former Sec. of State John Kerry Visits Olympia to Promote Inslee’s
Carbon-Tax Plan (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Oregon Lawmakers Move Carbon Cap Bills Closer to Full Vote
(Oregonian, Portland)
Grant PUD Discusses Carbon Tax (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, Wa)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
As Electric Vehicles Gain Favor, Utilities Can Accelerate EV
Adoption (The Energy Collective)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Legislators at Odds over Rural Broadband
Fixes (Government Technology)
Op/Ed: Statewide Data Center Incentives Would Preserve Washington’s
Edge (Wenatchee World, WA)
Oregon the Latest State to Push Its Own Net Neutrality Law
(Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Oregon-the-Latest-State-to-Push-Its-Own-Net-Neutrality-Law-141241
Officials Considering External Advisory Board for Grant PUD’s
Fiber Expansion Program (iFiber One, Ephrata, WA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Losing Young Users to Snapchat Even Faster Than
Expected (SF Chronicle)
Ad Agencies Don’t Expect to Cut Down on Facebook as Site
Continues Losing Younger Users (AdWeek)
GENERAL NEWS
Florida: School Shooting Death Toll Is at 17 & Could
Rise (NY Times)
La Nina Snows Over the Pacific Northwest Followed by Very
Cold Air (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Save California Football? Proposal to Ban Tackling Before
High School Creates Uproar (Sacramento Bee)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Here’s Why Olympians Are Awarded Stuffed Tigers in Pyeongchang
The Norwegian Curling Team Wore Red & Pink Pants with
Hearts for Valentine’s Day
A Very Serious & Extremely Important Ranking of Olympic Mascots
Snow Volleyball: It’s Beach Volleyball, But Much, Much
Colder
SONG OF THE DAY
Sérgio Mendes – Olympia
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