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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Scammers Put a New & “Scary” Twist on Old Late Utility
Bill Swindle (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
US House Bill Says Shooting Hungry Sea Lions Is Fair Game
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Renewable Northwest Names Successor to Shimshak (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Idaho: Huge Wind & Solar Projects Proposed for Jerome
County (Twin Falls Times-News, ID)
Trial Spill at Dams for Fish Costs $10.2 Million, Affects
Mason Power Rates (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Scammers Put a New & “Scary” Twist on Old
Late Utility Bill Swindle
2.
Trial Spill at Dams for Fish Costs $10.2
Million, Affects Mason Power Rates
3.
California: Pacific Gas & Electric’s
Preemptive Blackout Plan Worries Santa Cruz Mountains Residents
4.
New Grant PUD ‘Emerging Industries’ Rate Class
Proposed
5.
California Inches Closer to Joining Giant
Electricity Co-Op
6.
California Public Utilities Commission Judge Gives
Approval to Proposed San Onofre Settlement
7.
Why Coal Is a Big Part of the Debate over
California Moving Into a Regional Power Grid
8.
South Carolina: Santee Cooper Asks Court to
Decide If Co-Ops, Customers Should Pay for Nuclear Fiasco
9.
US House Bill Says Shooting Hungry Sea Lions Is
Fair Game
10.
Renewable Northwest Names Successor to Shimshak
11.
Idaho: Huge Wind & Solar Projects Proposed
for Jerome County
12.
How Your Home Could Generate, Store & Sell
Energy
13.
The Energy 202: White House Seeking More Clean
Energy Cuts despite Congressional Opposition
14.
Facebook Abandons Ambitious Internet Drone
Program
15.
U-S Senator to Push for TVA to Help Expand
Broadband Access
16.
Startup Lets Users Build Their Own ISP, for a
cool $25,000
17.
Colorado River Water Managers Can Imagine the
Future – It Doesn’t Look Pretty
18.
Southern California Edison Files $760 Million
Plan to Significantly Expand Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
19.
Can We Really Blame Climate Change for Puget
Sound’s Oyster Problem?
20.
Japan Space Explorer Arrives at Asteroid to
Collect Samples
21.
U-S Judge Orders Migrant Families to Be Reunited
22.
High Court Bars ‘Fair-Share’ Fees to Public
Unions
23.
Shelton: Motorcyclist Seriously Injured in
Hit-&-Run Crash. Police Searching for Fleeing Driver
24.
University Place: They Planned to ‘Shoot Off
Some Rounds.’ Two Men Ended Up Fatally Shot in the Head
25.
Lands Commissioner Visits Yakima, Touts
Preparation for What Could Be a Long Wildfire Season
26.
Shelton Native Receives ‘Health Care Champion’
Community Impact Award
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Spam ● /spam/ ● Noun – 1. irrelevant or inappropriate
messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients. 2. A canned meat
product made mainly from ham.
Verb – Send the same message indiscriminately to (large
numbers of recipients) on the Internet.
While I would LOVE to take credit for these Spam-Inspired
haikus, I defer to other masters…
The color of Spam
Is natural as the sky:
A block of sunrise.
Pink tender morsel
Glistening with salty gel
What the hell is it?
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Scammers Put a New & “Scary” Twist on Old
Late Utility Bill Swindle (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2.
Trial Spill at Dams for Fish Costs $10.2
Million, Affects Mason Power Rates (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
3.
California: Pacific Gas & Electric’s Preemptive
Blackout Plan Worries Santa Cruz Mountains Residents (San Jose Mercury News,
CA)
4.
New Grant PUD ‘Emerging Industries’ Rate Class
Proposed (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
5.
California Inches Closer to Joining Giant
Electricity Co-Op (Courthouse News Service)
6.
California Public Utilities Commission Judge
Gives Approval to Proposed San Onofre Settlement (San Diego Union Tribune, CA)
7.
Why Coal Is a Big Part of the Debate over California
Moving Into a Regional Power Grid (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
8.
South Carolina: Santee Cooper Asks Court to
Decide If Co-Ops, Customers Should Pay for Nuclear Fiasco (Columbia, SC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
US House Bill Says Shooting Hungry Sea Lions Is
Fair Game (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10. Renewable
Northwest Names Successor to Shimshak (Portland Business Journal, OR)
11. Idaho:
Huge Wind & Solar Projects Proposed for Jerome County (Twin Falls Times-News,
ID)
12. How
Your Home Could Generate, Store & Sell Energy (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
13. The
Energy 202: White House Seeking More Clean Energy Cuts despite Congressional
Opposition (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14. Facebook
Abandons Ambitious Internet Drone Program (San Francisco Business Times)
15. U-S
Senator to Push for TVA to Help Expand Broadband Access (Associated Press)
16. Startup
Lets Users Build Their Own ISP, for a cool $25,000 (Broadband Reports)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
17. Colorado
River Water Managers Can Imagine the Future – It Doesn’t Look Pretty (KUNC Radio,
Greeley, CO)
http://www.kunc.org/post/colorado-river-water-managers-can-imagine-future-and-it-doesn-t-look-pretty
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
18. Southern
California Edison Files $760 Million Plan to Significantly Expand Electric
Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19. Can
We Really Blame Climate Change for Puget Sound’s Oyster Problem? (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20. Japan
Space Explorer Arrives at Asteroid to Collect Samples (Associated Press)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
21. U-S
Judge Orders Migrant Families to Be Reunited (Reuters)
22. High
Court Bars ‘Fair-Share’ Fees to Public Unions (Courthouse News Service)
GENERAL NEWS
23. Shelton:
Motorcyclist Seriously Injured in Hit-&-Run Crash. Police Searching for Fleeing
Driver (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
24. University
Place: They Planned to ‘Shoot Off Some Rounds.’ Two Men Ended Up Fatally Shot in
the Head (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
25. Lands
Commissioner Visits Yakima, Touts Preparation for What Could Be a Long Wildfire
Season (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
26. Shelton
Native Receives ‘Health Care Champion’ Community Impact Award (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
This Fascinating Map Shows Where You Are Most & Least
Likely to Get Struck by Lightning
Now It Begins – Beer Is Being Rationed in the UK
This Futuristic Solar Power Plant from 1923 Was Supposed to
Light Up the World
Giant Tech-Inspired Egg Sculpture Heading to Harvard
SONG OF THE DAY
Stevie Wonder – You Are the Sunshine of My Life
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