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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Port Angeles City Council Co-Signs Snake River Dam Letter
Supporting Breaching (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Releases Comprehensive
Wildfire Mitigation Plan (Bonneville Power Administration)
Energy-Efficiency Industry Group Presses for Tax Credits
(Roll Call)
Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ Will Be Large This Summer,
Scientists Predict (NY Times)
Frontier Users Must Pay “Rental” Fee for Equipment They Own
Until December (Ars Technica)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Port Angeles City Council Co-Signs Snake River
Dam Letter Supporting Breaching
2.
Bonneville Power Administration Releases
Comprehensive Wildfire Mitigation Plan
3.
June 13 Planned Outage – Mason PUD 1 & PUD 3
Customers to be Affected by Bonneville Power Administration Maintenance Work
4.
Idaho: Fall River Electric Cooperative’s Annual
Meeting Goes Virtual
5.
Op/Ed: Ferndale’s Smelter Workers Deserve
Federal Aid
6.
Public Power Utilities Are Being Thoughtful,
Deliberate in Pandemic Re-Entry: Waterhouse
7.
Over Six Tons of Carp Removed from Moses Lake
8.
Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ Will Be Large This
Summer, Scientists Predict
9.
Epidemic of Wipes & Masks Plague Sewers,
Storm Drains
10.
Utilities Stay Silent on Proposal to Federalize
Net Metering as States Call It a ‘Threat’ to Solar Policy
11.
Energy-Efficiency Industry Group Presses for Tax
Credits
12.
Frontier Users Must Pay “Rental” Fee for
Equipment They Own Until December
13.
Local Broadband is the Solution to Paucity of
Access in United States, Say Panelists at Merit Network Webinar
14.
Why Does the FCC Support Data Caps?
15.
Clark County’s Cannabis Industry Starts Growing
Like a Weed
16.
Six Counties Apply to Move to Phase 3 of
COVID-19 Recovery
17.
Washington’s Smallest Counties Will Lead Way
into Next Phase of Reopening Economy
18.
Seattle Fishing Trawler Docked After 85 Crew
Members Test Positive for COVID-10
19.
Washington State Lawsuit Alleges Price-Fixing by
StarKist & Rival Tuna Conglomerates
20.
The Coast Is Clear-ing: Tourist Lodgings
Reopening Along Oregon & Washington State Shores
WORD OF THE DAY
Draconian \drack-CONE-ee-un\ Adjective - of, relating to, or
characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by
him 2: cruel; also: severe
“I know that you’re upset about thefts from the lunchroom ‘fridge,”
whined the CEO’s assistant. “I think that blood tests and retina scans to get
into the icebox are a little draconian.”
Draco was the first legislator of ancient Athens, Greece,
7th century BC. He replaced the prevailing system of oral law & blood feud
by a written code to be enforced only by a court. Because of its harshness,
this code also gave rise to the term “draconian”.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Port Angeles City Council Co-Signs Snake River Dam
Letter Supporting Breaching (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
2.
Bonneville Power Administration Releases
Comprehensive Wildfire Mitigation Plan (Bonneville Power Administration)
3.
June 13 Planned Outage – Mason PUD 1 & PUD 3
Customers to be Affected by Bonneville Power Administration Maintenance Work (Mason
PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
4.
Idaho: Fall River Electric Cooperative’s Annual
Meeting Goes Virtual (Teton Valley News, Driggs, ID)
5.
Op/Ed: Ferndale’s Smelter Workers Deserve
Federal Aid (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
6.
Public Power Utilities Are Being Thoughtful,
Deliberate in Pandemic Re-Entry: Waterhouse (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
Over Six Tons of Carp Removed from Moses Lake (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFLATUS – CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE
8.
Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ Will Be Large This
Summer, Scientists Predict (NY Times)
9.
Epidemic of Wipes & Masks Plague Sewers,
Storm Drains (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
10.
Utilities Stay Silent on Proposal to Federalize
Net Metering as States Call It a ‘Threat’ to Solar Policy (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
11.
Energy-Efficiency Industry Group Presses for Tax
Credits (Roll Call)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
12.
Frontier Users Must Pay “Rental” Fee for
Equipment They Own Until December (Ars Technica)
13.
Local Broadband is the Solution to Paucity of
Access in United States, Say Panelists at Merit Network Webinar (Broadband
Breakfast)
14.
Why Does the FCC Support Data Caps? (Pots &
Pans)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
15.
Clark County’s Cannabis Industry Starts Growing
Like a Weed (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
16.
Six Counties Apply to Move to Phase 3 of COVID-19
Recovery (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
17.
Washington’s Smallest Counties Will Lead Way into
Next Phase of Reopening Economy (Northwest News Network)
18.
Seattle Fishing Trawler Docked After 85 Crew
Members Test Positive for COVID-10 (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
19.
Washington State Lawsuit Alleges Price-Fixing by
StarKist & Rival Tuna Conglomerates (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
20.
The Coast Is Clear-ing: Tourist Lodgings
Reopening Along Oregon & Washington State Shores (Northwest News Network)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Looters Drive Off With $90,000 Muscle Cars in San Leandro Over
Weekend, Police Say
Police: Man Faked Wife’s Disappearance So She’d Avoid Prison
Banana, Bean Cake & Fertilizer Stunts in Hong Kong’s Legislature
Ring Found in Package of Beans Returned to Grocery Store
Worker
SONG OF THE DAY
The Beach Boys – 409
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