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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Utility Crews, Residents Across Western Washington State,
Prepare for Heavy Rain, Windstorms (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Clallam County PUD Officials, Initiative 732 Proponents Talk
Finances (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
California Lawmaker Petitions FERC Supporting Klamath River
Dam Decommissioning (Utility Dive)
Portland General Electric Studies Major Boardman Biomass
Conversion (Platts)
Canadian Marine Lab Faces the Axe as U-S Funding of Sea Lion
Study Dries Up (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Utility Crews, Residents Across Western Washington State, Prepare for Heavy Rain, Windstorms
- Grays Harbor PUD Warns: Be Prepared for Possible Power Outages
- Avista Prepares for Storm to Hit Spokane Area
- California Lawmaker Petitions FERC Supporting Klamath River Dam Decommissioning
- Portland General Electric Studies Major Boardman Biomass Conversion
- Bonneville Power Administration Closes Out Integrated Program Review & Capital Investment Review
- Sniper Attack on Utah Substation Highlights Grid Vulnerability
- Winter Heating Bills Likely to Increase – Still Remain Below Recent Winters
- Exec: It’s Been ‘Tougher & Tougher’ To Make Money in the Power Business
- Canadian Marine Lab Faces the Axe as U-S Funding of Sea Lion Study Dries Up
- Duck Stamp Reflects Clarkston Woman’s Hunting, Birding & Artistic Talent
- Big Sky Solar: On the Long, Hard Road to Net Metering Reform in Montana
- Australia: Tesla Powerwall Demand Jumps 30 Times after Blackouts
- Too Many Energy Discussions Ignore Prices
- Energy Adviser: Utility Can Help Make Home Cozy for Winter
- Clallam County PUD Officials, Initiative 732 Proponents Talk Finances
- Coffee & Climate Change: In Brazil, a Disaster Is Brewing
- Google & Facebook Are Laying a Big Cable
- Verizon Closing Call Centers in Five States, Including California
- Comcast’s 1 Terabyte data caps hit Oregon, Washington State in November
- Millions of Hijacked “Smart” Devices Already Aiding Criminals, Research Finds
- Discovery Targets Millennials with $100 Million Investment in Digital Media
- U-S Senator Cantwell is Legislator of the Year
- Two Big Storms Coming to Western Washington State – Conflicting Models on Whether Saturday’s Will Be Historic
- Rake a Drain & Help Prevent Flooding During Storm Season
- Canada, U-S Poised to Resume Hostilities Over Softwood Lumber
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are a lot of confused activities, emotions, etc.; a dangerous area of water
that moves very fast in a circle.
Storm bears down on us
Nature’s fury unleashed
Gods broom sweeps briskly
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Utility Crews, Residents Across Western Washington State,
Prepare for Heavy Rain, Windstorms (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD Warns: Be Prepared for Possible Power
Outages (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Avista Prepares for Storm to Hit Spokane Area (KHQ-TV,
Spokane, WA)
California Lawmaker Petitions FERC Supporting Klamath River Dam
Decommissioning (Utility Dive)
Portland General Electric Studies Major Boardman Biomass
Conversion (Platts)
Bonneville Power Administration Closes Out Integrated
Program Review & Capital Investment Review (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Sniper Attack on Utah Substation Highlights Grid
Vulnerability (Utility Dive)
Winter Heating Bills Likely to Increase – Still Remain Below
Recent Winters (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Exec: It’s Been ‘Tougher & Tougher’ To Make Money in the
Power Business (Houston Business Journal, TX)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Canadian Marine Lab Faces the Axe as U-S Funding of Sea Lion
Study Dries Up (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Duck Stamp Reflects Clarkston Woman’s Hunting, Birding &
Artistic Talent (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Big Sky Solar: On the Long, Hard Road to Net Metering Reform
in Montana (Utility Dive)
Australia: Tesla Powerwall Demand Jumps 30 Times after Blackouts
(Financial Review, Australia)
Too Many Energy Discussions Ignore Prices (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Adviser: Utility Can Help Make Home Cozy for Winter (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/oct/13/energy-adviser-utility-can-help-make-home-cozy-for-winter/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Clallam County PUD Officials, Initiative 732 Proponents Talk
Finances (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Coffee & Climate Change: In Brazil, a Disaster Is
Brewing (National Public Radio)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google & Facebook Are Laying a Big Cable (Gizmodo)
Verizon Closing Call Centers in Five States, Including
California (Associated Press)
Comcast’s 1 Terabyte data caps hit Oregon, Washington State
in November (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Millions of Hijacked “Smart” Devices Already Aiding
Criminals, Research Finds (Consumerist)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Discovery Targets Millennials with $100 Million Investment
in Digital Media (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S Senator Cantwell is Legislator of the Year – ‘Freight
senator’ accepts association award from Pacific Northwest Waterways Association
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Two Big Storms Coming to Western Washington State – Conflicting
Models on Whether Saturday’s Will Be Historic (KKNX Radio, Tacoma, WA)
Rake a Drain & Help Prevent Flooding During Storm Season
(Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Canada, U-S Poised to Resume Hostilities Over Softwood
Lumber (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
There’s No Erasing the Chalkboard
Nobel Prize in Literature Won by Bob Dylan
Eagle Freed in Hurricane Matthew Aftermath from Car Grill
Groom's Mother Goes for a Walk, Gets Lost, Delaying Wedding
SONG OF THE DAY
David Shire – Night On Disco Mountain (based on Night on
Bald Mountain, Modest Mussorgsky)
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