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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Grant PUD Fires General Manager for Relationship
with Employee (Wenatchee World, WA)
Much at Stake for Montana in Rewrite of Columbia
River Treaty (Billings Gazette, MT)
Grays
Harbor PUD Commissioners Authorize Sale of Turbine at Paper Mill (KXRO Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
Analysis:
Northwest on Track with Energy-Saving Goals (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Pacific Northwest Seeking Fed Help to Fend Off
Mussel Scourge (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grant PUD Fires General Manager for Relationship with Employee
- Idaho Power Rates to Rise 6.8 Percent
- Idaho – Avista Meeting Discusses Work at Post Falls Dam
- Why B-C Hydro Rates Miss the Mark - Analysis: $2-billion-a-year spending plan outstrips revenues
- High Temperatures Lead to Rotating Electricity Blackouts in Alberta
- Petition Demands Pepco Bury Power Lines
- Pepco Seeks Delay in Maryland Rate Increase Decision – Wants to focus on storm recovery
- Outage Outrage - Lessons from the 'Derecho' Storm
- Is Union Busting to Blame for Power Outages in D-C?
- Wichita Man Sues Westar Energy - Was nearly killed while he worked to repair a cable TV line
- Hot Dam: Hydropower Continues to Grow
- Hydropower: Dammed If You Do
- Beware of Bill Payment Scam
- Keystone Oil Pipeline Finds Champions in Montana Democrats Eyeing Local Benefits
- Pacific Northwest Seeking Fed Help to Fend Off Mussel Scourge
- Puget Sound Troubles: Oysters on a Half-Life?
- Invasive Plants, Fish Threaten Great Lakes Region
- Much at Stake for Montana in Rewrite of Columbia River Treaty
- Ocean Acidity Increases Surprise Researchers
- Grays Harbor PUD Commissioners Authorize Sale of Turbine at Paper Mill
- Monroe School District Awarded Snohomish PUD "Planet Power" Grant
- Indiana Utility Pulling Plug on Renewable Energy Push
- Wind Energy Tax Credits Divide Republicans
- Analysis: Northwest on Track with Energy-Saving Goals
- Michigan - DTE Lightens Electricity Load by Cycling Customers' Air Conditioning On & Off
- Continental U-S Breaks Heat Record in First Half of 2012
- Apple's Withdrawal from 'Green' Certification Program Surprises Purchasers
- Seattle Pilot Program Would Allow 'Green' Buildings to be Taller
- Washington State Governor to Celebrate Broadband Network Expansion July 26 in Kennewick
- Malware Deadline Passes, Very Few Knocked Offline
- The Ultimate Geek Road Trip: North Carolina’s Mega Data Center Cluster
- Ten Reasons Apple, Facebook & Google Chose North Carolina for Their Mega Data Centers
- Cell Site - Nod to Progress Endangers an Old Clock
- How to Drive Co-op Website Traffic
- Samsung Wins Court Case against Apple Because It's "Not as Cool"
- Ongoing Budget Crisis Lands Tacoma New Financial Black Eye
- Dino Rossi Appointed to Fill Vacated State Senate Seat
- Alaskan Arrested in 1985 Chehalis Deaths
- Hoodsport - Husband Assaults Wife with a Knife in Front of Child
- Boeing lands another big deal at Farnborough Airshow
- City of Shelton Still Considering Hiring Public Works Director
- Editorial - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Deserves Respect in the Northwest & Beyond
- Allyn Dog Owner Tracks Down Missing Pup on Craigslist
- Tribal Canoe Journey Landing in Puget Sound
- Photographer Captures Amazing Lightning Strike over Mt. Rainier
- Am I Supposed to Tip at an Event with an Open Bar?
WORD OF THE DAY
Impertinent
• \im-PERT-tih-nunt\ • Adjective – 1: not pertinent: irrelevant 2a: not
restrained within due or proper bounds especially of propriety or good taste b:
given to or characterized by insolent rudeness
The
wise board chair was unsure as to whether the fresh-faced accounting wizard was
being ignorant or impertinent. “When you address me and the other members of
this august board, you will call SIR,” bellowed the chairman, spittle
spattering over his notes. “Sure thing, daddy-o,” came the flippant reply.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grant PUD Fires General Manager for Relationship
with Employee (Wenatchee World, WA)
Idaho Power Rates to Rise 6.8 Percent (Twin Falls
Times News, ID)
Idaho – Avista Meeting Discusses Work at Post Falls
Dam (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Why B-C Hydro Rates Miss the Mark - Analysis:
$2-billion-a-year spending plan outstrips revenues (Victoria Times Colonist,
B-C)
High Temperatures Lead to Rotating Electricity
Blackouts in Alberta (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Petition Demands Pepco Bury Power Lines (WTOP Radio,
Washington, D-C)
Pepco Seeks Delay in Maryland Rate Increase
Decision – Wants to focus on storm recovery (Washington Post)
Outage Outrage - Lessons from the 'Derecho' Storm (The
Energy Collective)
Is Union Busting to Blame for Power Outages in D-C?
(Truthout)
Wichita Man Sues Westar Energy - Was nearly killed
while he worked to repair a cable TV line (KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS)
Hot Dam: Hydropower Continues to Grow (Grist
Online)
Hydropower: Dammed If You Do (Consumer Energy
Report)
Beware of Bill Payment Scam (Electric Co-op Today)
Keystone Oil Pipeline Finds Champions in Montana
Democrats Eyeing Local Benefits (Washington Post)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Pacific Northwest Seeking Fed Help to Fend Off
Mussel Scourge (Associated Press)
Puget Sound Troubles: Oysters on a Half-Life?
(Crosscut Seattle)
Invasive Plants, Fish Threaten Great Lakes Region
(USA Today)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Much at Stake for Montana in Rewrite of Columbia
River Treaty (Billings Gazette, MT)
Ocean
Acidity Increases Surprise Researchers (Christian
Science Monitor)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Grays
Harbor PUD Commissioners Authorize Sale of Turbine at Paper Mill (KXRO Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
Monroe
School District Awarded Snohomish PUD "Planet Power" Grant (Everett
Herald, WA)
Indiana
Utility Pulling Plug on Renewable Energy Push (Associated Press)
Wind
Energy Tax Credits Divide Republicans (Portland Business Journal, OR)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Analysis:
Northwest on Track with Energy-Saving Goals (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Michigan - DTE Lightens Electricity Load by Cycling
Customers' Air Conditioning On & Off (Detroit Free Press, MI)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Continental
U-S Breaks Heat Record in First Half of 2012 (Reuters)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Apple's
Withdrawal from 'Green' Certification Program Surprises Purchasers (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
Seattle
Pilot Program Would Allow 'Green' Buildings to be Taller (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Governor to Celebrate Broadband
Network Expansion July 26 in Kennewick (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Malware Deadline Passes, Very Few Knocked Offline (Associated
Press)
The Ultimate Geek Road Trip: North Carolina’s Mega
Data Center Cluster (GigaOM)
Ten Reasons Apple, Facebook & Google Chose North
Carolina for Their Mega Data Centers (GigaOM)
Cell Site - Nod to Progress Endangers an Old Clock
(NY Times)
How to Drive Co-op Website Traffic (Electric Co-op
Today)
Samsung Wins Court Case against Apple Because It's
"Not as Cool" (Reuters – Samsung that is, not the court)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Ongoing Budget Crisis Lands Tacoma New Financial
Black Eye (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Dino Rossi Appointed to Fill Vacated State Senate Seat
(Everett Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Alaskan Arrested in 1985 Chehalis Deaths (Olympian, WA)
Hoodsport - Husband Assaults Wife with a Knife in
Front of Child (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Boeing lands another big deal at Farnborough
Airshow (USA Today – And the accompanying photo is of an Airbus poster….)
City of Shelton Still Considering Hiring Public
Works Director (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Editorial - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Deserves
Respect in the Northwest & Beyond (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Allyn Dog Owner Tracks Down Missing Pup on Craigslist
(Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Tribal Canoe Journey Landing in Puget Sound (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Photographer Captures Amazing Lightning Strike over
Mt. Rainier (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Am I Supposed to Tip at an Event with an Open Bar?
(Consumerist)
DIVERSIONS
Facebook’s Yoga Teacher Fired for Banning Phones in
Class
Man Accidentally Eats Steel Bristle During BBQ
Cut & Run - Burglar Steals Guns, Coins; Uses
Riding Lawnmower for Getaway
AT&T Drops Fight over $1 Million Phone Bill
SONG OF THE DAY
Walter
Egan - Magnet & Steel
