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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Already Projecting
Electricity Rate Increase for 2018 (Longview Daily News, WA)
Washington (Puget Sound Energy), Arizona Utilities Begin
Testing CAISO EIM Integration (Utility Dive)
Risk of Major Quake on Cascadia Subduction Zone Higher than
Previously Thought (Oregonian, Portland)
Feds Deny Governors’ Petitions to Reclassify Marijuana for
Medical Use (Consumerist)
Tennessee/North Carolina: U-S Court Blocks FCC Bid to Expand
Public Broadband (Reuters)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Already Projecting Electricity Rate Increase for 2018
- Washington (Puget Sound Energy), Arizona Utilities Begin Testing CAISO EIM Integration
- Blackouts Looming, California Speeds Battery Deployment after Aliso Canyon Gas Leak
- Northern Wasco PUD System Upgrades Top $12 Million
- Putting Bonneville Power Administration’s Newest Asset to the Test
- Alcoa Intalco Celebrates 50 Years
- BC Hydro Refuses to Halt Peace River Dam Project, Despite Amnesty Report
- New Mexico: Regulatory Staff Say Utility’s Smart Meter Plan Might Not Bring Immediate Savings
- Scientists on the Lookout for Invasive European Green Crabs in Washington State
- On the Hunt for Pygmy Rabbits
- Clock Ticking on Oregon Wind, Solar Projects
- Oregon Department of Energy Backs Proposed Wheatridge Wind Farm
- Turns Out Wind & Solar Have a Secret Friend: Natural Gas
- Massachusetts Governor Signs Wind, Hydro Bill into Law
- Forget Solar Panels, Elon Musk Wants to Sell You a Solar Roof
- Editorial: How Billings Saves with Energy Conservation
- Feds Deny Governors’ Petitions to Reclassify Marijuana for Medical Use
- Political Push to Get Banks into Marijuana Business
- Supporters Say Legal Marijuana Has Enough Signatures for Arizona Ballot
- If You Build It, Will They Charge? Utilities Cautious in Plans to Spur Electric Vehicle Adoption
- Audi’s New Shock Absorber System Generates Electricity as Car Drives over Bumpy Roads
- Tennessee/North Carolina: U-S Court Blocks FCC Bid to Expand Public Broadband
- Google Fiber Applies to Test Ultra-Fast Wireless in 24 Cities
- Delta Computer Outage Included ‘Small Fire’ at Data Center
- Hillary Clinton Says Every American Should Have High Speed Internet by 2020
- That Was Fast: Ad-Blocker Announces Block for Facebook’s Ad-Blocker Blocking
- U-S Viewers Blast NBC Coverage of Rio Olympics
- Runner Symmonds Talks ‘Double Standard’ of Olympics Marketing
- The U-S Gymnastics Team Dominates in Competition & Social Media
- Roger Millar Appointed secretary of Washington State Department of Transportation
- Sportscaster Tony Ventrella Relaunches Congressional Campaign
- Risk of Major Quake on Cascadia Subduction Zone Higher than Previously Thought
- Shelton School District to Seek $64.8 Million Bond
- Mason County: Another Approach to Salary Alignment for ALL Elected Officials
- Mason County Park District Commissioner Candidate Filing Period Announced
- Why Are There So Many Crashes on I-90 This Year?
- Perseid Meteor Shower ‘Outburst’ Coming Thursday Night
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Already Projecting
Electricity Rate Increase for 2018 (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Washington (Puget Sound Energy), Arizona Utilities Begin
Testing CAISO EIM Integration (Utility Dive)
Blackouts Looming,
California Speeds Battery Deployment after Aliso Canyon Gas Leak (Utility Dive)
Northern Wasco PUD System
Upgrades Top $12 Million (The Dalles Chronicle OR)
Putting Bonneville
Power Administration’s Newest Asset to the Test (Bonneville Power Administration)
Alcoa Intalco Celebrates
50 Years (KGMI Radio, Bellingham, WA – Public Power is still waiting for that
thank you card…)
BC Hydro Refuses to Halt Peace River Dam Project, Despite
Amnesty Report (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
New Mexico: Regulatory Staff Say Utility’s Smart Meter Plan
Might Not Bring Immediate Savings (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Scientists on the Lookout for Invasive European Green Crabs
in Washington State (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
On the Hunt for Pygmy Rabbits (Northwest Public Radio)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Clock Ticking on Oregon Wind, Solar Projects (Pamplin Media
Group, Portland, OR)
Oregon Department of Energy Backs Proposed Wheatridge Wind
Farm (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
Turns Out Wind & Solar Have a Secret Friend: Natural Gas
(Washington Post)
Massachusetts Governor Signs Wind, Hydro Bill into Law
(Utility Dive)
Forget Solar Panels, Elon Musk Wants to Sell You a Solar
Roof (Consumerist)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Editorial: How Billings Saves with Energy Conservation
(Billings Gazette, MT)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Feds Deny Governors’ Petitions to Reclassify Marijuana for
Medical Use (Consumerist)
Political Push to Get Banks into Marijuana Business
(Northwest Public Radio)
Supporters Say Legal Marijuana Has Enough Signatures for
Arizona Ballot (Associated Press)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/supporters-say-legal-marijuana-has-enough-signatures-for-arizona-ballot/
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
If You Build It, Will They Charge? Utilities Cautious in
Plans to Spur Electric Vehicle Adoption (Utility Dive)
Audi’s New Shock Absorber System Generates Electricity as
Car Drives over Bumpy Roads (The Daily Mail, UK)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Tennessee/North Carolina: U-S Court Blocks FCC Bid to Expand
Public Broadband (Reuters)
Google Fiber Applies to Test Ultra-Fast Wireless in 24
Cities (Broadband Reports)
Delta Computer Outage Included ‘Small Fire’ at Data Center (Associated Press)
Hillary Clinton Says Every American Should Have High Speed
Internet by 2020 (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & MEDIA
That Was Fast: Ad-Blocker Announces Block for Facebook’s
Ad-Blocker Blocking (Consumerist)
U-S Viewers Blast NBC Coverage of Rio Olympics (AFP)
Runner Symmonds Talks ‘Double Standard’ of Olympics
Marketing (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
The U-S Gymnastics Team Dominates in Competition &
Social Media (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Roger Millar Appointed secretary of Washington State Department
of Transportation (NWC Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
Sportscaster Tony Ventrella Relaunches Congressional Campaign
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Risk of Major Quake on Cascadia Subduction Zone Higher than
Previously Thought (Oregonian, Portland)
Shelton School District to Seek $64.8 Million Bond (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason County: Another Approach to Salary Alignment for ALL
Elected Officials (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Mason County Park District Commissioner Candidate Filing
Period Announced (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Why Are There So Many Crashes on I-90 This Year? (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Perseid Meteor Shower ‘Outburst’ Coming Thursday Night (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
FISH ON CRANES, SQUIRRELS ON CAMERA – DIVERSIONS
Photo: Alaska Fishermen Pull In 400-Pound, Eight-Foot
Halibut
Squirrel Steals GoPro, Records Harrowing Escape
A Few British Words & Phrases I’ve Confused My American
Co-Workers With
Congratulations Internet, You Were Correct About Why the Rio
Diving Pool Turned Green
SONG OF THE DAY
Dimitri Tiomkin – The Old Man & the Sea, Soundtrack
Suite
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