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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Senate Confirms Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Nominees (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Oregon
Wind Farm Rejection: Obama Administration Denies Chinese Firm Due Process,
Appeals Court Rules (Washington Post)
Farmers
Face Severe Water Shortage in Southeastern Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
News Release: Clark
Public Utilities Receives J-D Power Recognition for Electric Utilities Seven
Years in a Row (Clark Public Utilities, Vancouver, WA)
Surge in Net-Neutrality Comments Crashes FCC Site;
Deadline Extended (Los Angeles Times, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Senate Confirms Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Nominees
- News Release: Clark Public Utilities Receives J-D Power Recognition for Electric Utilities Seven Years in a Row
- J-D Power Reports: Overall Customer Satisfaction with Residential Electric Utilities Continues to Improve
- Energy Northwest, BPA Save Ratepayers $100+ Million with Regional Cooperation Debt Agreement
- Is There Life in Other Markets? Bonneville Power Administration Explores Preschedule Capacity
- Grays Harbor PUD to Consider 1.5-Percent Rate Increase
- Japanese Nuclear Plant Deemed Safe, Nears Restart
- Michigan: Consumers Energy Sends Out 700 Workers to Trim, Remove Trees Away from Electric Lines
- What Happens When Electricity Sales Tumble?
- Chief Customer Officer: New Class of Utility Executive Puts Focus on Customer
- News Release: Sockeye Returns Hit All-Time Record High on Columbia River
- Farmers Face Severe Water Shortage in Southeastern Oregon
- California Adopts $500 Criminal Penalty for Water Waste
- Oregon Wind Farm Rejection: Obama Administration Denies Chinese Firm Due Process, Appeals Court Rules
- Chinese Investors in Oregon Wind Farm Project Are Entitled to Know Better Why Obama Administration Blocked It, Court Rules
- Microsoft to Buy Wind Power for Chicago Data Center
- Only Two U-S Community Solar Developers Have Finished More Than One Project. Why?
- Neighbors Not Happy about City of Seattle’s New LED Lights
- Though Scorned by Colleagues, a Climate-Change Skeptic is Unbowed
- California – Where the Electric Vehicles Roam Free
- The Plan to Store Wind Energy in Giant Underwater Air Bubbles
- Surge in Net-Neutrality Comments Crashes FCC Site; Deadline Extended
- Wyden’s Internet Anti-Tax Act Extended, Lawmakers Seek More
- Olympia Considers Six Percent Cable TV Tax as Part of Updated List of Capital Projects
- First Take: Layoffs a Painful Necessity of Microsoft Re-Engineering
- Dish to Senate: Block Broadband Access Consolidation
- Op/Ed: You Don’t Promote a Competitive Broadband Market by Prohibiting Competition
- Can Google Make the Internet Bug-Free?
- Yahoo Profit Declines Due to Disappointing Ad Sales
- A Long Day’s Journey into Canceling Comcast Service
- Mason County Candidates Sound Off at Shelton Mason County Chamber Forum
- ‘Six Californias’ Proposal May Make 2016 Ballot
- U-S House Passes Highway Funding Extension Bill
- State of Emergency Declared in Much of Washington State as Fires Rage
- Rail Car Fire Still Smoldering on Johns Prairie near Shelton; Blocking Port Rail Spur
- Exports & Housing Starts Spark Increased Timber Harvest
- WSDOT Never Told Transportation Commission It Was Shrinking I-90 to One Lane
- Visioning Project for Downtown Shelton
- Two Arrested in Theft of Tillamook Minibuses in California
Splendiferous
• \spel-DIFF-uh-russ\ • Adjective - Extraordinarily or showily impressive.
Bertha’s
entry at the hat party was the most splendiferous of them all.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Senate Confirms Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Nominees (The Hill, Washington, DC)
News Release: Clark
Public Utilities Receives J-D Power Recognition for Electric Utilities Seven
Years in a Row (Clark Public Utilities, Vancouver, WA)
J-D Power Reports: Overall Customer Satisfaction
with Residential Electric Utilities Continues to Improve “…Clark Public
Utilities ranks highest in the midsize utility segment in the West region for a
seventh consecutive year, followed by Colorado Springs Utilities; Seattle City
Light; & Intermountain Rural Electric Association…” (Yahoo! Finance)
Energy Northwest, BPA Save Ratepayers $100+
Million with Regional Cooperation Debt Agreement (Northwest Public Power
Association)
Is There Life in Other Markets? Bonneville Power
Administration Explores Preschedule Capacity (Bonneville Power Administration)
Grays Harbor PUD to Consider 1.5-Percent Rate
Increase (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Japanese Nuclear Plant Deemed Safe, Nears Restart
(Associated Press)
Michigan: Consumers Energy Sends Out 700 Workers to
Trim, Remove Trees Away from Electric Lines (Jackson Citizen Patriot, MI)
What Happens When Electricity Sales Tumble? (Electric
Co-op Today)
Chief Customer Officer: New Class of Utility
Executive Puts Focus on Customer (E&E Publishing)
FISH & WILDLIFE
News Release: Sockeye Returns Hit All-Time Record
High on Columbia River (Northwest RiverPartners)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Farmers
Face Severe Water Shortage in Southeastern Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
California
Adopts $500 Criminal Penalty for Water Waste (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon
Wind Farm Rejection: Obama Administration Denies Chinese Firm Due Process,
Appeals Court Rules (Washington Post)
Chinese
Investors in Oregon Wind Farm Project Are Entitled to Know Better Why Obama Administration
Blocked It, Court Rules (Oregonian, Portland)
Microsoft
to Buy Wind Power for Chicago Data Center (GigaOM)
Only
Two U-S Community Solar Developers Have Finished More Than One Project. Why?
(The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Neighbors
Not Happy about City of Seattle’s New LED Lights (Queen Anne & Magnolia
News, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Though
Scorned by Colleagues, a Climate-Change Skeptic is Unbowed (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
California
– Where the Electric Vehicles Roam Free (SF Chronicle)
The
Plan to Store Wind Energy in Giant Underwater Air Bubbles (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Surge in Net-Neutrality Comments Crashes FCC Site;
Deadline Extended (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Wyden’s Internet Anti-Tax Act Extended, Lawmakers
Seek More (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Olympia Considers Six Percent Cable TV Tax as Part of
Updated List of Capital Projects (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
First Take: Layoffs a Painful Necessity of Microsoft
Re-Engineering (USA Today)
Dish to Senate: Block Broadband Access Consolidation
(Broadcasting & Cable)
Op/Ed: You Don’t Promote a Competitive Broadband
Market by Prohibiting Competition (Forbes Magazine)
Can Google Make the Internet Bug-Free? (Christian
Science Monitor)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Yahoo Profit Declines Due to Disappointing Ad Sales
(British Broadcasting Corporation)
A Long Day’s Journey into Canceling Comcast Service
(Washington Post)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Mason County Candidates Sound Off at Shelton Mason County Chamber Forum (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
‘Six Californias’ Proposal May Make 2016 Ballot (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
U-S House Passes Highway Funding Extension Bill (USA
Today)
GENERAL NEWS
State of Emergency
Declared in Much of Washington State as Fires Rage (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Rail Car Fire Still
Smoldering on Johns Prairie near Shelton; Blocking Port Rail Spur (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Exports &
Housing Starts Spark Increased Timber Harvest (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
WSDOT Never Told Transportation Commission It Was
Shrinking I-90 to One Lane (Seattle Weekly)
Visioning Project
for Downtown Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Two Arrested in
Theft of Tillamook Minibuses in California (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Man
Sets House Afire While Trying to Kill Spider with Lighter, Spray Paint
A
Little Salt with Your Coffee? Cappuccino-Flavored Potato Chips on Way
Remedial
Geography: Is That ID Real? TSA Agent Doesn’t Recognize D-C License
Just
6 Minutes A Day?! Company Puts Harsh Limits on Bathroom Breaks
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Guess Who - No Time
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