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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
More Than 4 Million SW US Customers Lose Power in Major Blackout – Caused by Utility Worker Doing Maintenance Near Yuma, Ariz (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Harry Reid: I’m ‘Not Confident’ Congress Can Extend the Production Tax Credit for Wind (Think Progress)
Google Divulges Data Center Power Usage (Oregonian, Portland)
Shocker: Power Demand from US Homes is Falling (Associated Press)
Longview - Longshoremen Storm EGT Terminal, Release Grain from Rail Cars (Longview Daily News, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- More Than 4 Million SW US Customers Lose Power in Major Blackout – Caused by Utility Worker Doing Maintenance Near Yuma, Ariz
- Google Divulges Data Center Power Usage
- Officials Warn Against 'Market' Power Rates for Bonneville Power Administration
- Landscaper Electrocuted on Mercer Island
- FERC - Final Environmental Impact Statement for Relicensing of Seattle’s Boundary Hydroelectric Project
- Douglas County PUD Plans $30 Million Bond Sale
- Fitch Rates Grant County PUD Electric System Rev Bonds 'AA'; Outlook Stable
- Chelan PUD Commissioners Hope Fewer Meetings Will Save Dough
- NRC Allows Closure of Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump
- Virginia Power Hopes to Restart Nuclear Power Reactors Soon
- Modular Nuclear - Father of Disgraced Investment Manager Offers to Buy Corvallis-Based NuScale
- US Forecasters: Solar Flare Won't Cause Problems
- Copper Thieves Steal Indiana Electric Co-op Truck…to Steal Copper
- Copper Thieves Slowly Dismantle Tulsa's Infrastructure
- Sockeye: A Special Thrill in the Elwha River
- Getting Salmon Past Daunting Willamette Basin Dams Could Have a Big Price Tag
- Forecast Shows Eastern Washington State Water Demand to Grow
- People for Puget Sound – Blood in the Water
- Using Trees to Guide Water Resource Management
- Harry Reid: I’m ‘Not Confident’ Congress Can Extend the Production Tax Credit for Wind
- Feds Execute Search Warrants at Company that Built Solar Panels for CenturyLink Event Center
- Port of Olympia Finishes Adding 48 Solar Panels
- Solarworld CEO Says He's Rebuffed 'Several' Takeover Tries
- In Oregon, Last Stand for Commercial Solar?
- Advanced Hydropower Gets New Funding from DOE and Interior Departments
- Sixteen Projects to Advance Hydropower Technology – $1.8 Million to Washington State Projects
- Oregon Projects Get Piece of $17 Million Hydropower Funding
- SMUD to Receive Millions from Federal Government for Hydropower Projects
- Ohio Renewable Energy Law in Danger
- BLM Clamps Down on Public Comment at Renewable Energy Meetings
- Two More Solar Companies Get US Loan Backing
- Tennessee - Solar Partners Outrun Subsidies, So Tennessee Valley Authority Revamps Program
- Scotch Whiskey Waste Fuels Biomass Plant
- Shocker: Power Demand from US Homes is Falling
- Energy Savings or Snake Oil? Experts Say Foil Insulation Blankets Not Right for North Central Washington State
- Climate Report Links Extreme Weather Events to Global Warming
- Switching from Coal to Natural Gas Would Do Little for Global Climate, Study Indicates
- British Columbia Hydro Policy Threatens to Collapse Climate-Change Progress, Scientist Says
- Op/Ed - Have You Had Your Daily Moment of Climate Dread?
- Op/Ed - Public Investment in Green Energy Is Not Producing Many Jobs
- Seattle removes rain gardens in Ballard
- How Cloud-Based Gmail is Energy Efficient
- What Utilities Tell Us about Work & Mobile Broadband
- Amazon Convinces California Lawmakers to Delay Tax Collection
- The Day Apple Won the Flash Fight
- Sixteen Persons Apply for Vacant Mason County Commissioner Position
- Fitch: Local Government Debt Makes China Credit Risky
- Longview - Longshoremen Storm EGT Terminal, Release Grain from Rail Cars
- Longshore Workers Back at Port Of Seattle after One-Day Walkout
- Judge Warns Longshore Union to Halt Illegal Tactics
- 'Big Hump' Fire in Olympic National Forest Grows Past 600 Acres
- Hundreds of Firefighters Battling 5,300-Acre Goldendale Wildfire
- Oregon - Firefight Near Bull Run Watershed Going Well
- South Sound September Sizzle to Linger
- La Nina Climate Event Returning, Forecasters Say
- Stevenson: The Long Campaign for Washington State Coastal Doppler
WORD OF THE DAY
Perspicacious • \purr-spuh-KAY-shus\ • Adjective - Of acute mental vision or discernment: keen
“While others would call me a nitpicker, I prefer to go under the description of perspicacious,” sniffed the bank examiner to his hard pressed client.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
More Than 4 Million SW US Customers Lose Power in Major Blackout – Caused by Utility Worker Doing Maintenance Near Yuma, Ariz (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Google Divulges Data Center Power Usage (Oregonian, Portland)
Officials Warn Against 'Market' Power Rates for Bonneville Power Administration (Hermiston Herald, OR)
Landscaper Electrocuted on Mercer Island (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
FERC - Final Environmental Impact Statement for Relicensing of Seattle’s Boundary Hydroelectric Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
Douglas County PUD Plans $30 Million Bond Sale (Wenatchee World, WA)
Fitch Rates Grant County PUD Electric System Rev Bonds 'AA'; Outlook Stable (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110908006807/en/Fitch-Rates-Grant-County-PUD-Electric-System
Chelan PUD Commissioners Hope Fewer Meetings Will Save Dough (Wenatchee World, WA)
NRC Allows Closure of Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump (Associated Press)
Virginia Power Hopes to Restart Nuclear Power Reactors Soon (Richmond Times Dispatch, VA)
Modular Nuclear - Father of Disgraced Investment Manager Offers to Buy Corvallis-Based NuScale (Associated Press)
US Forecasters: Solar Flare Won't Cause Problems (Associated Press)
Copper Thieves Steal Indiana Electric Co-op Truck…to Steal Copper (Electric Cooperative Today)
Copper Thieves Slowly Dismantle Tulsa's Infrastructure (KOTV-TV, Tulsa, OK)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sockeye: A Special Thrill in the Elwha River (Seattle Times)
Getting Salmon Past Daunting Willamette Basin Dams Could Have a Big Price Tag - And A Big Payoff (Oregonian, Portland)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Forecast Shows Eastern Washington State Water Demand to Grow (Associated Press)
People for Puget Sound – Blood in the Water (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Using Trees to Guide Water Resource Management (Oregon Public Radio)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Harry Reid: I’m ‘Not Confident’ Congress Can Extend the Production Tax Credit for Wind (Think Progress)
Feds Execute Search Warrants at Company that Built Solar Panels for CenturyLink Event Center (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Port of Olympia Finishes Adding 48 Solar Panels (Olympian, WA)
Solarworld CEO Says He's Rebuffed 'Several' Takeover Tries (Oregonian, Portland)
In Oregon, Last Stand for Commercial Solar? (Renewable Energy World)
Advanced Hydropower Gets New Funding from DOE and Interior Departments (The Energy Collective)
Sixteen Projects to Advance Hydropower Technology – $1.8 Million to Washington State Projects (US Department of Energy)
Oregon Projects Get Piece of $17 Million Hydropower Funding (Sustainable Business Oregon)
SMUD to Receive Millions from Federal Government for Hydropower Projects (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Ohio Renewable Energy Law in Danger - GOP bill would strip 'green' requirements from state utilities (Toledo Blade, OH)
BLM Clamps Down on Public Comment at Renewable Energy Meetings (KCET-TV, Los Angeles, CA)
Two More Solar Companies Get US Loan Backing (NY Times)
Tennessee - Solar Partners Outrun Subsidies, So Tennessee Valley Authority Revamps Program (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)
Scotch Whiskey Waste Fuels Biomass Plant (UPI)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Shocker: Power Demand from US Homes is Falling (Associated Press)
Energy Savings or Snake Oil? Experts Say Foil Insulation Blankets Not Right for North Central Washington State (Wenatchee World, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate Report Links Extreme Weather Events to Global Warming (USA Today)
Switching from Coal to Natural Gas Would Do Little for Global Climate, Study Indicates (Physorg)
British Columbia Hydro Policy Threatens to Collapse Climate-Change Progress, Scientist Says (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Op/Ed - Have You Had Your Daily Moment of Climate Dread? (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Op/Ed - Public Investment in Green Energy Is Not Producing Many Jobs (Seattle Times)
Seattle removes rain gardens in Ballard (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
How Cloud-Based Gmail is Energy Efficient (GigaOM)
What Utilities Tell Us about Work & Mobile Broadband (GigaOM)
Amazon Convinces California Lawmakers to Delay Tax Collection (Sacramento Bee, CA)
The Day Apple Won the Flash Fight (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Sixteen Persons Apply for Vacant Mason County Commissioner Position (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Fitch: Local Government Debt Makes China Credit Risky (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Longview - Longshoremen Storm EGT Terminal, Release Grain from Rail Cars (Longview Daily News, WA)
Longshore Workers Back at Port Of Seattle after One-Day Walkout (KING-TV, Seattle)
Judge Warns Longshore Union to Halt Illegal Tactics (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
'Big Hump' Fire in Olympic National Forest Grows Past 600 Acres - 'Red Flag' Fire Danger Alert (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Hundreds of Firefighters Battling 5,300-Acre Goldendale Wildfire (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Hundreds-of-firefighters-battling-5300-acre-Goldendale-wildfire.html
Oregon - Firefight Near Bull Run Watershed Going Well (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
South Sound September Sizzle to Linger (Olympian, WA)
La Nina Climate Event Returning, Forecasters Say (Associated Press)
Stevenson: The Long Campaign for Washington State Coastal Doppler (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Police Update Meats Found In Accused Shoplifter's Pants
Apparent Carjacker Gets One-Way Ride to Jail
Man dressed as Gumby tries to rob store
San Francisco Ordinance Would Cover Naked Bottoms (PG-13 Content)
SONG OF THE DAY
Peter & Gordon – Lady Godiva
