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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Western Washington Conserves Gas, Power after Enbridge
Pipeline Rupture in Canada (Utility Dive)
Washington Gas Prices Could Rise 15 to 30 Cents in Wake of
British Columbia Pipeline Rupture (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Port of Longview Commissioners Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative
(Longview Daily News, WA)
Hydropower Bill Overwhelmingly Clears Senate, Heads to
President’s Desk (Power Magazine)
Cryptocurrencies Just Plummeted $13 Billion in Value Over
the Course of a Few Hours (Gizmodo)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Western Washington Conserves Gas, Power after
Enbridge Pipeline Rupture in Canada
2.
Hydropower Bill Overwhelmingly Clears Senate,
Heads to President’s Desk
3.
Gulf Power: ‘Unprecedented’ Storm May Require
System Rebuild
4.
Connelly: ‘A Deadly Wind’ -- The Pacific
Northwest’s Greatest Storm Remembered
5.
San Diego Gas & Electric to Lobby Utilities
Commission to Eliminate ‘High Usage Charge’ to Try to Reduce Customer Bills
6.
Op/Ed: What Nevada Can Learn from Virginia’s
Experience with Electric Deregulation – “Don’t”
7.
Over 500 8th Graders Participate in Ultimate
Energy Experience
8.
Capacity Markets, Pole Attachments Key Public
Power Issues
9.
British Columbia & Washington Pledge to
Protect Habitat for Orcas, Salmon
10.
Combined Wind & Solar Made Up at Least 20%
of Electric Generation in Ten States in 2017
11.
Cryptocurrencies Just Plummeted $13 Billion in
Value Over the Course of a Few Hours
12.
31 Percent of Rural Households Don’t Have
Broadband Access
13.
Ajit Pai’s 5G Plans Make It Harder for Small
ISPs to Deploy Broadband
14.
T-Mobile Seeks Permission for 5G Tests in Las
Vegas & Spokane, Washington
15.
Snohomish PUD Offers Customers Ways to Save
Money on Heat Pumps
16.
Port of Longview Commissioners Oppose Carbon Tax
Initiative
17.
Stop with the ‘Goodnight’ Tweets, & Other
Social Media Tips from NJ Transit’s $1.3 Million Audit
18.
Kitsap County in Line for $500,000 in Marijuana
Tax
19.
Canadian Pot Legalization Will Likely Be a
Smooth Process, Washington Governor Says
20.
Telescopes Pick Up Huge Number of Unexplained
Signals Coming from Alien Galaxies
21.
Social Security Checks Will Grow in 2019 as
Inflation Rises
22.
Washington Gas Prices Could Rise 15 to 30 Cents
in Wake of British Columbia Pipeline Rupture
23.
Woman’s Body Found with ‘Significant’ Injuries
along Olympia Waterfront
24.
Washington Supreme Court Ends State’s Death
Penalty
25.
Washington State Lands Commissioner Proposes $55
Million to Fight Wildfires
26.
Space Crew Survives Plunge to Earth after
Russian Rocket Fails
27.
Mason County Habitat for Humanity House 29 Going
Up in Shelton
WORD OF THE DAY
Luddite. • \LUD-ite\ • noun – Etymology: perhaps from Ned
Ludd, 18th century Leicestershire workman who destroyed a knitting frame – one
of a group of early 19th century English workmen destroying laborsaving
machinery as a protest; broadly: one who is opposed to change; especially
technological change.
The cell-tower opponent was depicted in the local media as a
neo-Luddite by the local media. “I will protest this cell tower to my dying
breath,” the wool-festooned opponent intoned. The message was diminished by the
fact that he made the pronouncement using his cell phone, while talking to a
satellite news service over a portable microwave transmitter site near his
home, under high voltage transmission lines, located directly next to a nuclear
power plant.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Western Washington Conserves Gas, Power after Enbridge
Pipeline Rupture in Canada (Utility Dive)
2.
Hydropower Bill Overwhelmingly Clears Senate,
Heads to President’s Desk (Power Magazine)
3.
Gulf Power: ‘Unprecedented’ Storm May Require
System Rebuild (Utility Dive)
4.
Connelly: ‘A Deadly Wind’ -- The Pacific
Northwest’s Greatest Storm Remembered (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Connelly-A-Deadly-Wind-The-Northwest-s-13294665.php
5.
San Diego Gas & Electric to Lobby Utilities
Commission to Eliminate ‘High Usage Charge’ to Try to Reduce Customer Bills (San
Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
6.
Op/Ed: What Nevada Can Learn from Virginia’s Experience
with Electric Deregulation – “Don’t” (Utility Dive)
7.
Over 500 8th Graders Participate in Ultimate
Energy Experience (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
8.
Capacity Markets, Pole Attachments Key Public
Power Issues (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
British Columbia & Washington Pledge to
Protect Habitat for Orcas, Salmon (100 Mile Free Press, BC)
https://www.100milefreepress.net/news/b-c-and-washington-pledge-to-protect-habitat-for-orcas-salmon/
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10. Combined
Wind & Solar Made Up at Least 20% of Electric Generation in Ten States in 2017
(U-S Energy Information Administration)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
11. Cryptocurrencies
Just Plummeted $13 Billion in Value Over the Course of a Few Hours (Gizmodo)
12. 31
Percent of Rural Households Don’t Have Broadband Access (High Plains Journal, Dodge
City, KS)
13. Ajit
Pai’s 5G Plans Make It Harder for Small ISPs to Deploy Broadband (Ars Technica)
14. T-Mobile
Seeks Permission for 5G Tests in Las Vegas & Spokane, Washington (Fierce
Wireless)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
15. Snohomish
PUD Offers Customers Ways to Save Money on Heat Pumps (My Mountlake Terrace
News, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
16. Port
of Longview Commissioners Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative (Longview Daily News, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
17. Stop
with the ‘Goodnight’ Tweets, & Other Social Media Tips from NJ Transit’s $1.3
Million Audit (Washington Post)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
18. Kitsap
County in Line for $500,000 in Marijuana Tax (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
19. Canadian
Pot Legalization Will Likely Be a Smooth Process, Washington Governor Says (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20. Telescopes
Pick Up Huge Number of Unexplained Signals Coming from Alien Galaxies (The Independent,
UK)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
21. Social
Security Checks Will Grow in 2019 as Inflation Rises (Los Angeles Times, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
22. Washington
Gas Prices Could Rise 15 to 30 Cents in Wake of British Columbia Pipeline
Rupture (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
23. Woman’s
Body Found with ‘Significant’ Injuries along Olympia Waterfront (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
24. Washington
Supreme Court Ends State’s Death Penalty (Associated Press)
25. Washington
State Lands Commissioner Proposes $55 Million to Fight Wildfires (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
26. Space
Crew Survives Plunge to Earth after Russian Rocket Fails (Reuters)
27. Mason
County Habitat for Humanity House 29 Going Up in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Emotional Support Squirrel’s Owner Flips the Bird as She’s
Kicked Off Frontier Flight
It’s Hammer Time! Giant Hammer Artwork Stolen in Northern
California
For Sale to the Highest Bidder: A 12-Pound Chunk of the Moon
Rare 1932 Movie Poster for The Mummy Expected to Fetch Over
$1 Million at Sotheby’s Auction
SONG OF THE DAY
Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star
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