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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Rainy Weather & Dark Skies Overtake Puget Sound for
Foreseeable Future (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Southern California Utility Warns Winds Could Spur
Pre-Emptive Blackouts (Courthouse News Service)
California: ‘I Back More Competition’ – Governor Newsom
Encourages Bids to Buy Parts of Pacific Gas & Electric (SF Chronicle, CA)
Oregon Attorney General Files Lawsuit, Claims Air Duct
Cleaning Companies Mailed Deceptive Ads (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
FCC Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Deal in Party-Line Vote
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
California: ‘I Back More Competition’ – Governor
Newsom Encourages Bids to Buy Parts of Pacific Gas & Electric
2.
Jefferson County PUD Discusses Opt-Out Program
for Electric Meters
3.
Small Modular Reactors Have High-Level Support
4.
Energy Adviser: Generators Handy If Power Goes
Out
5.
Seeing Science at Work – Klickitat PUD Employees
Show Students That Science Has Real World Applications
6.
Accelerated Innovations Announces a New
Partnership with Snohomish PUD
7.
Report Finds Forming Public Power Utility in
Pueblo, Colo., to Be Feasible
8.
Congress Introduces Bill to Fix Unintended
Consequences of Tax Law for Electric Co-Ops
9.
Southern California Utility Warns Winds Could
Spur Pre-Emptive Blackouts
10.
Strong Winds Cause Power Outages in Whatcom
County
11.
Powerful ‘Weather Bomb’ Socks New England with
Wind Gusts to 90 Mph, Knocking Out Power to More Than Half a Million
12.
Pacific Gas & Electric, Newsom &
Lawmakers Had Months to Plan for a Power Outage. They Didn’t Plan Enough
13.
Blackouts to Prevent Wildfires Remain in
Oregon’s Toolbox
14.
EIA’s Hourly Electric Grid Monitor Shows Effects
of California Wildfire-Related Shutoffs
15.
Judge Tosses Federal Permit for Washington
Shellfish Industry, Saying It Doesn’t Do Enough to Protect Environment
16.
Flipping the Bird on the Sage Grouse
17.
Oregon Attorney General Files Lawsuit, Claims
Air Duct Cleaning Companies Mailed Deceptive Ads
18.
Cashmere City Receives Updated Cost Estimate for
LED Streetlights
19.
One Thing You Can Do: Consider a Heat Pump
20.
Why Residential Developers Are Reportedly Turning
Away from Google’s Nest
21.
FCC Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Deal in Party-Line
Vote
22.
With 10% Penetration, Electric Vehicles Could
Shift All Residential Peak Load to Night, Analysis of Southern California
Edison Finds
23.
The First Nine Months of 2019 Were the Second
Hottest on Record
24.
Glass Art Is a Gas Guzzler. Can Seattle Stoke
the Flames of Environmental Change?
25.
Idaho’s Bees to Bears Project Hopes This Simple
Idea Can Combat Climate Change
26.
‘Vibrant’ Black Market Persists as Legal Pot
Marks Its First Full Year in Canada
27.
Colorado Pot Grower Loses 20,000 Plants Due to
Early Snow
28.
Plastic Bottles vs. Aluminum Cans: Who’ll Win
the Global Water Fight?
29.
Rainy Weather & Dark Skies Overtake Puget
Sound for Foreseeable Future
30.
National Weather Service Winter Forecast: Warm,
But Ever Changing
31.
Statewide Earthquake Drill at 10:17 AM Thursday:
Drop, Cover & Hold On
32.
Open House on Highway 3 Freight Corridor/Bypass
Thursday
WORD OF THE DAY
Soughing • \SOW-ing – sounds like COW-ing\ • verb – A
moaning or sighing sound
The wind whispered through the riotous tropical vegetation,
the soughing sounds providing a dark accompaniment to the nearly final words
spoken by Kurtz on the dark, mysterious Congo, “the horror, the horror.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
California: ‘I Back More Competition’ – Governor
Newsom Encourages Bids to Buy Parts of Pacific Gas & Electric (SF
Chronicle, CA)
2.
Jefferson County PUD Discusses Opt-Out Program for
Electric Meters (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
3.
Small Modular Reactors Have High-Level Support (Power
Magazine)
4.
Energy Adviser: Generators Handy If Power Goes
Out (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
5.
Seeing Science at Work – Klickitat PUD Employees
Show Students That Science Has Real World Applications (Goldendale Sentinel, WA)
6.
Accelerated Innovations Announces a New Partnership
with Snohomish PUD (Benzinga)
7.
Report Finds Forming Public Power Utility in Pueblo,
Colo., to Be Feasible (American Public Power Association)
8.
Congress Introduces Bill to Fix Unintended
Consequences of Tax Law for Electric Co-Ops (Daily Energy Insider)
DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
9.
Southern California Utility Warns Winds Could
Spur Pre-Emptive Blackouts (Courthouse News Service)
10. Strong
Winds Cause Power Outages in Whatcom County (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
11. Powerful
‘Weather Bomb’ Socks New England with Wind Gusts to 90 Mph, Knocking Out Power to
More Than Half a Million (Washington Post)
12. Pacific
Gas & Electric, Newsom & Lawmakers Had Months to Plan for a Power
Outage. They Didn’t Plan Enough (Los Angeles Times, CA)
13. Blackouts
to Prevent Wildfires Remain in Oregon’s Toolbox (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
14. EIA’s
Hourly Electric Grid Monitor Shows Effects of California Wildfire-Related
Shutoffs (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
15. Judge
Tosses Federal Permit for Washington Shellfish Industry, Saying It Doesn’t Do
Enough to Protect Environment (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
16. Flipping
the Bird on the Sage Grouse (Washington Examiner, Daily on Energy)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
17. Oregon
Attorney General Files Lawsuit, Claims Air Duct Cleaning Companies Mailed
Deceptive Ads (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
18. Cashmere
City Receives Updated Cost Estimate for LED Streetlights (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee,
WA)
19. One
Thing You Can Do: Consider a Heat Pump (NY Times)
20. Why
Residential Developers Are Reportedly Turning Away from Google’s Nest (Silicon
Valley Business Journal, CA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21. FCC
Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Deal in Party-Line Vote (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
22. With
10% Penetration, Electric Vehicles Could Shift All Residential Peak Load to Night,
Analysis of Southern California Edison Finds (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23. The
First Nine Months of 2019 Were the Second Hottest on Record (Bloomberg News)
24. Glass
Art Is a Gas Guzzler. Can Seattle Stoke the Flames of Environmental Change? (Crosscut
Seattle)
25. Idaho’s
Bees to Bears Project Hopes This Simple Idea Can Combat Climate Change (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
26. ‘Vibrant’
Black Market Persists as Legal Pot Marks Its First Full Year in Canada (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
27. Colorado
Pot Grower Loses 20,000 Plants Due to Early Snow (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
28. Plastic
Bottles vs. Aluminum Cans: Who’ll Win the Global Water Fight? (Reuters)
GENERAL NEWS
29. Rainy
Weather & Dark Skies Overtake Puget Sound for Foreseeable Future (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
30. National
Weather Service Winter Forecast: Warm, But Ever Changing (Associated Press)
31. Statewide
Earthquake Drill at 10:17 AM Thursday: Drop, Cover & Hold On (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
32. Open
House on Highway 3 Freight Corridor/Bypass Thursday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Blood Floods a Family’s Basement – We Could Not Be More
Horrified
Hikers Unearth Mystery Skeleton on Second Highest Mountain
Peak in California, U.S
Idaho Library Reports Political Books Are Frequently Hidden
Firefighters Let Terrified Toddler Paint Their Fingernails at
an Accident Scene
SONG OF THE DAY
Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs – Go Rest High on
That Mountain
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