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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Governor Gregoire Calls Special
Session Seeking 23 Percent Budget Cut (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Washington Nuclear Power Plant Coming Back
Online (Seattle
Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016280676_apwanuclearplantoutage1stldwritethru.html
Federal Bill Backs Disclosure of Pacific
Northwest Salmon-Saving Costs (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
REC
Silicon May Expand Moses Lake Factory Further – Grant County PUD’s Biggest
Power User (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Brightwater Plant is Built to Save Energy
in Addition to Treating Wastewater (Everett Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington Nuclear Power Plant Coming Back Online
- Oregon - Backers of Coos Bay Liquefied Natural Gas Site to Apply for Federal Export License
- Coal-Export Plans Turn Into a Running Battle
- Oregon – City of Ashland Electric Rates to Rise 4%
- Montana - Beartooth Co-Op Board Vote Could Affect Great Falls Power Plant
- Vancouver Man Electrocuted at Job Site Identified
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Refinances to Save $70 Million
- Mary Kunkle Appointed Grant PUD Treasurer
- Op/Ed - Power Poles Take a Beating: Attaching posters, birdhouses, etc. is illegal, dangerous
- Scale Model of Mothballed Satsop Nuclear Reactor Building May Get Restored
- Threats to BC Hydro Wildly Exaggerated
- Utilities Feel Pinched by Growing Home Foreclosures
- US Senate Urged to Include New Commitment to Hydro in Jobs Legislation
- Gas-Fired Power to Still Edge Out Coal despite Attack on EPA Rules: Panel
- AT&T Offers Smart Meters with Pre-Paid Data Plans for Utilities
- $1 Million - Peco Trimming Trees in Philadelphia
- Federal Bill Backs Disclosure of Pacific Northwest Salmon-Saving Costs
- Chelan PUD Meets Fish Survival Goals
- Lower Deschutes River Continues an Amazing Fishing Season
- Big King Salmon Return to Reign in Elwha
- Environmental Group Says FEMA Policies in Puget Sound Harm Salmon
- Environmental Impact Statement for Removal of Klamath Dams in Oregon, California Released
- Removal of Four Klamath Dams Would Lift Salmon Count, Studies Find
- King County Opening $1.8 Billion Sewage Treatment Plant
- Brightwater Opens This Weekend, Costs Under Fire
- Belfair Side Sewer Permits Available from Mason County
- Legislative Audit Criticizes Puget Sound Partnership
- Who’ll Catch the Rain? Rain Barrels Are Great, But Oregon’s Ready to Cease the Cistern
- REC Silicon May Expand Moses Lake Factory Further – Grant County PUD’s Biggest Power User
- Big Solar Project at TRAC in Pasco
- SolarCity to Put Solar on 60 More California Wal-Mart Stores
- First Solar Falls for Seventh Day After Loan Guarantee Failure
- Lessons on Solyndra & Clean Energy Development
- Lake Stevens High’s Solar Panel to Generate Power, Learning Opportunities
- Bonneville Power Administration Catching Up on Wind Power Integration
- Constellation to Test Biomass in Two California Power Plants
- Brightwater Plant is Built to Save Energy in Addition to Treating Wastewater
- Puget Sound Energy Electric Customers Hit the Energy-Saving Lottery
- Clark County’s Free Heat Duct Inspection Expands
- Flathead Electric Co-op Members Help Determine Best Ways to Reduce Energy Use & Costs
- Why Saving Energy Use in Buildings Is Easier Said Than Done
- US Energy Secretary Urges Countries to Make Faster Progress on Storing Carbon Dioxide
- Do Economists All Favour a Carbon Tax?
- Grant Aims to Take Region’s Clean Technology Global
- Examining the Cost to Portlanders of the Oregon Sustainability Center
- Biowalls, iPads, Sheep Vie in Solar Decathlon
- Comcast to Raise Clark County Cable, Internet Rates in November
- National Broadband Map Updated - Still Omits Real-World Speeds, Price
- Clearwire Talking With AT&T, Verizon about Wireless Accord
- Op/Ed - FCC Must Protect Consumer in Telecom Reforms
- Feds: Trio Hacked Wi-Fi or Burglarized 50 Seattle-Area Firms
- US Senators Question Google Over Favoring Its Own Services
- Google+ is Open to the Public, But is Anyone Using It?
- Washington State Governor Gregoire Calls Special Session Seeking 23 Percent Budget Cut
- Washington State Cuts Cutting Board Over Costs
- Port of Olympia Commissioner Davis Seeks 35th District Legislative Office
- State-By-State: Benefits Available to State Legislators
- Editorial - Sonntag Defender of Accessible Government
- US Senator Cantwell: Hero in Book on Obama Heavies
- Contract Ratified; Tacoma Teacher Strike Over
- Meteorologists Get New Coastal Radar Dome, Just in Time for Fall
- Mason County Commissioner Applicants Move Forward
- Zoning Change Could Pave Way for Major New Belfair Development
- Belfair Loses a Landmark as Crazy Eric’s Calls It Quits
- Hundreds of Washington’s Bridges Tagged Structurally Deficient
- Listing of Deficient Bridges by County
- Seattle Safe from Dead Satellite Expected to Hit Earth
- Centralia Newspaper Will Drop to Three Print Editions Per Week
- Captain Clark’s Descendants Make Amends to Chinook Tribe
WORD OF THE DAY
Lagniappe • \LANN-yapp\ • Noun - A small gift given a customer by a
merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly: something given or obtained
gratuitously or by way of good measure
The hordes of “prize locusts” descended on the local utility’s county
fair booth. The ferocity of the prize hunters was intensified by the popular
hand fans that were being distributed wholesale in the 100 degree heat of the
summer event. Some wit at the exit crafted an unexpected lagniappe for the
attendees, a trick water bucket for unsuspecting fairgoers. It cooled them
off…but also heated them up. Many were not amused.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington Nuclear Power Plant Coming Back
Online (Seattle
Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016280676_apwanuclearplantoutage1stldwritethru.html
Oregon - Backers of Coos Bay Liquefied Natural Gas
Site to Apply for Federal Export License (Oregonian, Portland)
Coal-Export Plans Turn Into a Running
Battle (Crosscut Seattle)
Oregon – City of Ashland Electric Rates to
Rise 4%: Council approves increase which kicks in Oct. 20 (Ashland Daily
Tidings, OR)
Montana - Beartooth Co-Op Board Vote Could Affect
Great Falls Power Plant (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
Vancouver Man Electrocuted at Job Site Identified
(Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Refinances to Save $70 Million (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Mary Kunkle Appointed Grant PUD Treasurer
(Columbia Basin Herald, WA)
Op/Ed - Power Poles Take a Beating:
Attaching posters, birdhouses, etc. is illegal, dangerous (Blue Mountain Eagle,
Grant County, OR)
Scale Model of Mothballed Satsop Nuclear Reactor
Building May Get Restored (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Threats to BC Hydro Wildly Exaggerated
(Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
US Senate Urged to Include New Commitment
to Hydro in Jobs Legislation (Water Power Magazine)
Gas-Fired Power to Still Edge Out Coal despite
Attack on EPA Rules: Panel (Platts)
AT&T Offers Smart Meters with Pre-Paid Data
Plans for Utilities (Electric Light & Power)
$1 Million - Peco Trimming Trees in Philadelphia
(Philadelphia Business Journal, PA – That’s it?)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Federal Bill Backs Disclosure of Pacific
Northwest Salmon-Saving Costs (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Chelan PUD
Meets Fish Survival Goals (Wenatchee World, WA)
Lower Deschutes River Continues an Amazing
Fishing Season (Oregonian, Portland)
Big King Salmon Return to Reign in Elwha (Seattle Times)
Environmental Group Says FEMA Policies in Puget
Sound Harm Salmon (Associated Press)
Environmental
impact statement for removal of Klamath dams in Oregon, California released (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Removal of Four Klamath Dams Would Lift Salmon
Count, Studies Find (Los Angeles Times, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
King
County Opening $1.8 Billion Sewage Treatment Plant (Associated Press)
Brightwater
Opens This Weekend, Costs Under Fire (Seattle Times)
Belfair
Side Sewer Permits Available from Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Legislative
Audit Criticizes Puget Sound Partnership (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Who’ll
Catch the Rain? Rain Barrels Are Great, But Oregon’s Ready to Cease the Cistern
(Sightline Daily)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
REC
Silicon May Expand Moses Lake Factory Further – Grant County PUD’s Biggest
Power User (Puget Sound Business Journal)
First
Solar Falls for Seventh Day After Loan Guarantee Failure (Bloomberg)
Lessons on Solyndra & Clean Energy
Development (SF Chronicle)
Lake Stevens High’s Solar Panel to Generate
Power, Learning Opportunities (Everett Herald, WA)
Bonneville
Power Administration Catching Up on Wind Power Integration (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Constellation
to Test Biomass in Two California Power Plants (Brighter Energy)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy Electric Customers Hit the
Energy-Saving Lottery (Market Watch)
Why Saving Energy Use in Buildings Is Easier Said
Than Done (NY Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Do Economists All Favour a Carbon Tax?
(Economist Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Grant Aims to Take Region’s Clean Technology Global
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Examining the Cost to Portlanders of the
Oregon Sustainability Center (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Biowalls, iPads, Sheep Vie in Solar Decathlon (USA
Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast to Raise Clark County Cable,
Internet Rates in November (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
National Broadband Map Updated - Still Omits
Real-World Speeds, Price (Broadband Reports)
Clearwire Talking With AT&T, Verizon about
Wireless Accord (Bloomberg)
Op/Ed - FCC Must Protect Consumer in
Telecom Reforms
US Senators Question Google Over Favoring
Its Own Services (Bloomberg News)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Governor Gregoire Calls Special
Session Seeking 23 Percent Budget Cut (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Washington State Cuts Cutting Board Over Costs (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Port of Olympia Commissioner Davis Seeks 35th
District Legislative Office (Olympian, WA)
State-By-State: Benefits Available to State
Legislators (USA Today)
Editorial - Sonntag Defender of Accessible
Government (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
US Senator Cantwell: Hero in Book on Obama
Heavies (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
Contract Ratified; Tacoma Teacher Strike
Over (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Meteorologists Get New Coastal Radar Dome,
Just in Time for Fall (Seattle Times)
Mason County Commissioner Applicants Move Forward (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Zoning Change Could Pave Way for Major New
Belfair Development (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Belfair Loses a Landmark as Crazy Eric’s
Calls It Quits (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Hundreds of Washington’s Bridges Tagged
Structurally Deficient (KING-TV, Seattle)
Listing of Deficient Bridges by County
(WashPirg)
Seattle Safe from Dead Satellite Expected to
Hit Earth (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Centralia Newspaper Will Drop to Three
Print Editions Per Week (Longview Daily News, WA)
Captain Clark’s Descendants Make Amends to Chinook Tribe
(Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Spiders Are Out & Looking For Love
PETA Wants Parents to Rethink Taking Their
Kids Fishing
$16 Muffins at a Justice Department Conference?
Hilton Worldwide Says Not. Overall Price of $39,360
On This Day: Richard Nixon Delivers “Checkers
Speech”
SONG OF THE DAY
Henry
Mancini - Moon River (From “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”)
