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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Salmon-Eating Sea Lions Targeted at Columbia River Dam
(Associated Press)
Abandoned Sale Bolsters Avista First-Quarter Earnings
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Tougher Sentences Approved for Assaults Against Utility
Workers (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Budget Scrimps on Replacing Salmon-Blocking
Culverts (Associated Press)
Presidential Hopeful Inslee Wants 100% Clean Energy by 2030
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Abandoned Sale Bolsters Avista First-Quarter
Earnings
2.
Tacoma Power Slates Meeting to Discuss Mossyrock
Dam Safety, Recreation
3.
Tougher Sentences Approved for Assaults Against
Utility Workers
4.
Tri-Citians Are Big Consumers of Green
Electricity
5.
Streetlight Billing Issue Could Lead to Shutoffs
in Onalaska
6.
Spokane: Live Power Line Briefly Traps Man in
SUV Following Semi-Truck Crash into Pole on South Hill
7.
Grays Harbor PUD Warns of Phone Scams
8.
Pacific Gas & Electric Says S.E.C. Is
Investigating Its Wildfire Disclosures
9.
Idaho: Salmon River Electric Co-Op Plans Rate
Hike in Next Year
10.
To Protect Tax-Exempt Status - Montana Electric
Co-Ops Urging Congress to Pass RURAL Act
11.
Energy Imbalance Markets: The Grid Mod &
Strategic Plan Connection
12.
Op/Ed: The Winding Path to Washington’s
Clean-Energy Future
13.
Salmon-Eating Sea Lions Targeted at Columbia
River Dam
14.
Washington State Budget Scrimps on Replacing
Salmon-Blocking Culverts
15.
Daily Spring Chinook Counts at Bonneville
Rising; Numbers Show Run Now at 12 Percent of Average
16.
Editorial: Salmon & the Snake River Dams
17.
Editorial: Dam Removal Forum Is a Waste of State
Tax Dollars
18.
Presidential Hopeful Inslee Wants 100% Clean
Energy by 2030
19.
Missoula Officials to NorthWestern Energy:
Renewable Power Will Save Consumers Money
20.
Republicans Could Have a Green New Deal Problem
21.
Small Water District Mulling Merger with Chelan
PUD
22.
Shrimp from Five U.K. Rivers Have One Thing in
Common: Cocaine
23.
These Robocalls Don’t Want to Talk to You, They
Just Want You to Call Back, FCC Says
24.
Cannabis Waste Disposal Is Becoming Big Business
as Firms Look to Monetize Marijuana, Hemp Biomass
25.
Judge to Decide if Facebook Is Really Free of
Charge
26.
Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Other Extremist
Figures
27.
Type in the Digital Era Is a Mess
28.
A Galactic First? Hanford Scientists May Have
Seen a Black Hole Swallowing a Neutron Star
29.
Report: Lack of Oversight Led to Bremerton
Public Works Department Dismissal
30.
North Mason Fire Will Ask Voters for New Belfair
Station
31.
Unemployment Hits 49-Year Low as U.S. Employers
Step Up Hiring
32.
Five Oregon Counties Get Federal Disaster
Declaration for Winter Storm Damage
33.
Low Cloud Season Begins in the Pacific Northwest
WORD OF THE DAY
Slake • \SLAYK\ • Verb - 1archaic: subside, abate 2: to
become slaked: crumble 3: lessen the force of: moderate 4: satisfy, quench 5:
to cause (as lime) to heat & crumble by treatment with water: hydrate.
Gatorade, water, pickle juice or a cold beer. All may slake
your thirst and ward off dehydration (if you discount the alcohol in beer), but
let’s face it, a frosty brew after mowing the lawn on a hot day just seems to
hit the spot.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Abandoned Sale Bolsters Avista First-Quarter
Earnings (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
2.
Tacoma Power Slates Meeting to Discuss Mossyrock
Dam Safety, Recreation (Longview Daily News, WA)
3.
Tougher Sentences Approved for Assaults Against
Utility Workers (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
https://www.pud3.org/blog/articles--blog/post/tougher-sentences-approved-for-assaults-against-utility-workers
4.
Tri-Citians Are Big Consumers of Green
Electricity (Tri-Cities Business News, WA)
5.
Streetlight Billing Issue Could Lead to Shutoffs
in Onalaska (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
6.
Spokane: Live Power Line Briefly Traps Man in SUV
Following Semi-Truck Crash into Pole on South Hill (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
7.
Grays Harbor PUD Warns of Phone Scams (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
8.
Pacific Gas & Electric Says S.E.C. Is
Investigating Its Wildfire Disclosures (NY Times)
9.
Idaho: Salmon River Electric Co-Op Plans Rate
Hike in Next Year (The Challis Messenger, ID)
10. To
Protect Tax-Exempt Status - Montana Electric Co-Ops Urging Congress to Pass
RURAL Act (KRTV-TV, Great Falls, MT)
11. Energy
Imbalance Markets: The Grid Mod & Strategic Plan Connection (Bonneville Power
Administration)
12. Op/Ed:
The Winding Path to Washington’s Clean-Energy Future (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
FISH & WILDLIFE
13. Salmon-Eating
Sea Lions Targeted at Columbia River Dam (Associated Press)
14. Washington
State Budget Scrimps on Replacing Salmon-Blocking Culverts (Associated Press)
15. Daily
Spring Chinook Counts at Bonneville Rising; Numbers Show Run Now at 12 Percent of
Average (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
16. Editorial:
Salmon & the Snake River Dams (Longview Daily News, WA)
17. Editorial:
Dam Removal Forum Is a Waste of State Tax Dollars (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin,
WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
18. Presidential
Hopeful Inslee Wants 100% Clean Energy by 2030 (Associated Press)
19. Missoula
Officials to NorthWestern Energy: Renewable Power Will Save Consumers Money (The
Missoulian, MT)
20. Republicans
Could Have a Green New Deal Problem (Politico)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
21. Small
Water District Mulling Merger with Chelan PUD (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
22. Shrimp
from Five U.K. Rivers Have One Thing in Common: Cocaine (NY Times)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
23. These
Robocalls Don’t Want to Talk to You, They Just Want You to Call Back, FCC Says
(USA Today)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
24. Cannabis
Waste Disposal Is Becoming Big Business as Firms Look to Monetize Marijuana,
Hemp Biomass (Marijuana Business Daily)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
25. Judge
to Decide if Facebook Is Really Free of Charge (Courthouse News Service)
26. Facebook
Bans Alex Jones, Other Extremist Figures (Reuters)
27. Type
in the Digital Era Is a Mess (Fast Company)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
28. A
Galactic First? Hanford Scientists May Have Seen a Black Hole Swallowing a Neutron
Star (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
29. Report:
Lack of Oversight Led to Bremerton Public Works Department Dismissal (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
30. North
Mason Fire Will Ask Voters for New Belfair Station (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
31. Unemployment
Hits 49-Year Low as U.S. Employers Step Up Hiring (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
32. Five
Oregon Counties Get Federal Disaster Declaration for Winter Storm Damage (Oregonian,
Portland)
33. Low
Cloud Season Begins in the Pacific Northwest (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
RESCUE ON THE HIGH SEAS – DIVERSIONS
Florida Teens Who Prayed for Rescue While Lost at Sea Are
Saved by Boat Named ‘The Amen’
Toll Evader Named Stiff to Pay Up; Had $128K In Tolls, Fines
Just the Feces: Kentucky Derby Winner Poop on Sale for $200
Chewbacca Actor Peter Mayhew Dies Aged 74
SONG OF THE DAY
The BBC Concert Orchestra – Star Wars Suite
Star Wars Music: Themes & Leitmotifs (music that
represents a place, mood, or character(s))
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