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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Federal Plan to Update Grids for Cleaner Energy May
Mean Power Rates Double (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20120719/NEWS01/207190301/Federal-plan-update-grids-cleaner-energy-may-mean-power-rates-double
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20120719/NEWS01/207190301/Federal-plan-update-grids-cleaner-energy-may-mean-power-rates-double
Op/Ed - Grays Harbor PUD Commissioners Think Feds
Are Overstepping (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Chelan PUD Appeals Federal Court Ruling in Telecom
Managers’ Lawsuit (Wenatchee World, WA)
What Is Killing Baby Birds on the Oregon Coast?
(KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Native
Americans Seek Plan to Respond to Climate Changes They Say Affect Their Way of
Life (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Federal Plan to Update Grids for Cleaner Energy May Mean Power Rates Double
- Op/Ed - Grays Harbor PUD Commissioners Think Feds Are Overstepping
- Eugene Water & Electric Board: Power, Water Rate Increases Needed
- Sinkhole Discovered in Centralia City Light’s Yelm Canal
- Grant County PUD - Ninth Turbine Going in at Wanapum Dam
- Mason County PUD 3 Reaches 33 Consecutive Years of State Audits with Clean Findings
- Op/Ed - Thurston Voters Will Pick a Power Provider
- Oregon - Coal Export Critics Pressure Gov. John Kitzhaber to Delay Permit Approvals
- Feds: California Nuclear Plant Didn’t Mislead Regulators
- How to Expand Nuclear Power without Attracting (Too Much) Attention
- New York City - At Con Ed, the Managers Are Tasked With Repairs
- In the Southeast, a Struggle for the Future of Utilities
- Talking leadership with Jon Wellinghoff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Texas - Power Struggle: Local Woman Uses Gun to Stop Worker from Installing Smart Meter
- What Is Killing Baby Birds on the Oregon Coast?
- Lake Washington Sockeye Counts Waning, But Still Well on Its Way to Being a Good Return
- Solo Sockeye - Lonesome Larry Hits 20-Year Anniversary
- Discovery of Deadly Salmon Virus in Freshwater Fish Puts Pressure on British Columbia to Conduct Wider Study
- PacifiCorp Not Done Having Blast at Condit Dam Site
- Study Suggests Multi-Pronged Solutions to Chehalis River Flooding
- Tolerable Risk vs. Terrible Catastrophe: Dams & the Big One
- Dabob Bay - Washington State Governor Praises Hood Canal Mitigation Program
- New Director Aims to Shore Up Puget Sound Agency
- America’s Big Drought: Time to Rethink Water Conservation
- Report: SolarWorld CEO Forgoes Pay Until Profits Return
- California - Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One Project Vandalized
- Using Electricity Rate Data to Sell Solar
- Texas - Expensive Wood Waste Power Plant to Push Up Austin Electric Bills
- Congressmen Probe FAA’s Cape Wind Approval
- Renewable Energy Corporation Reports Improved Margins, Heavy Loss in 2Q 2012
- Power Play: Can Utilities Turn Energy Efficiency Into Fun & Games?
- Report: Efficient Homes Are Key to Strong Housing Market
- Climate Savers Merges With Green Grid
- Native Americans Seek Plan to Respond to Climate Changes They Say Affect Their Way of Life
- Dumping Iron in the Ocean Could Slow Global Warming, Say Scientists
- Probe Into Leak of Climate Change Emails Is Closed
- When Is Green Not Green Enough? Dispute Swirls Around Two Seattle Projects
- Sustainability Brings BPA Highest Award in Federal Electronics Challenge
- Chelan PUD Appeals Federal Court Ruling in Telecom Managers’ Lawsuit
- FCC Says Broadband Providers Getting Close to Advertised Speeds
- AT&T Wins Ruling on U-Verse Street Boxes in San Francisco
- Facebook Comes to OSCON to Promote Open Data Center Design
- This Data Center Is Protected by a Fortress of Defense
- Mason County Ballots for Primary Election in Mail
- Four Candidates in 35th District Call Education, Jobs Priorities
- Olympia Spending $100K to Fix Downtown Parking Problems
- Controversial Mayor of Pacific Arrested by Own Police Force
- Stabbing & Robbery at Shelton Burger King
- 12 Dead in ‘Dark Knight’ Colorado Theater Shooting
- Thunderstorms, Severe Weather Possible in Puget Sound Area
- Microsoft Posts First Quarterly Loss as It Writes Down ‘07 Acquisition
- British Columbia Claims ‘Total Victory’ In Softwood Dispute with U-S
WORD OF THE DAY
Ponderous
• \PAWN-duh-russ\ • Adjective - 1: of very great weight 2: unwieldy or clumsy
because of weight & size 3: oppressively or unpleasantly dull: lifeless
“Weekend
at Bernies”
Hauling
a ponderous weight
Bad
script, bad movie
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Federal Plan to Update Grids for Cleaner Energy May
Mean Power Rates Double (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20120719/NEWS01/207190301/Federal-plan-update-grids-cleaner-energy-may-mean-power-rates-double
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20120719/NEWS01/207190301/Federal-plan-update-grids-cleaner-energy-may-mean-power-rates-double
Op/Ed - Grays Harbor PUD Commissioners Think Feds
Are Overstepping (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Eugene Water & Electric Board: Power, Water
Rate Increases Needed (KVAL TV, Eugene, OR)
http://www.kval.com/news/consumertips/New-budget-woes--EWEB-rate-hikes--162965626.html
http://www.kval.com/news/consumertips/New-budget-woes--EWEB-rate-hikes--162965626.html
Sinkhole Discovered in Centralia City Light’s Yelm
Canal (Nisqually Valley News, Yelm, WA)
Grant County PUD - Ninth Turbine Going in at Wanapum
Dam (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Mason County PUD 3 Reaches 33 Consecutive Years of
State Audits with Clean Findings (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Op/Ed - Thurston Voters Will Pick a Power Provider (Olympian, WA)
Oregon - Coal Export Critics Pressure Gov. John
Kitzhaber to Delay Permit Approvals (Oregonian, Portland)
Feds: California Nuclear Plant Didn’t Mislead
Regulators (Christian Science Monitor)
How to Expand Nuclear Power without Attracting (Too
Much) Attention (Washington Post)
New York City - At Con Ed, the Managers Are Tasked
With Repairs (NY Times)
In the Southeast, a Struggle for the Future of
Utilities (The Energy Collective)
Talking leadership with Jon Wellinghoff of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Washington Post)
Texas - Power Struggle: Local Woman Uses Gun to
Stop Worker from Installing Smart Meter (KHOU-TV, Houston, TX)
FISH & WILDLIFE
What Is Killing Baby Birds on the Oregon Coast? (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Lake Washington Sockeye Counts Waning, But Still
Well on Its Way to Being a Good Return (Seattle Times)
Solo Sockeye - Lonesome Larry Hits 20-Year
Anniversary (Northwest Public Radio)
Discovery of Deadly Salmon Virus in Freshwater
Fish Puts Pressure on British Columbia to Conduct Wider Study (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC)
PacifiCorp Not Done Having Blast at Condit Dam
Site - Utility requests OK to use dynamite to ease dam’s removal (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Study
Suggests Multi-Pronged Solutions to Chehalis River Flooding (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Tolerable
Risk vs. Terrible Catastrophe: Dams & the Big One (Oregon Public Broad
casting)
Dabob
Bay - Washington State Governor Praises Hood Canal Mitigation Program (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
New
Director Aims to Shore Up Puget Sound Agency (Northwest Public Radio)
America’s
Big Drought: Time to Rethink Water Conservation (Christian
Science Monitor)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Report:
SolarWorld CEO Forgoes Pay Until Profits Return (Portland Business Journal, OR)
California
- Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One Project Vandalized (Solar Feeds)
Using
Electricity Rate Data to Sell Solar (GigaOM)
Texas
- Expensive Wood Waste Power Plant to Push Up Austin Electric Bills (Austin
American-Statesman, TX)
Congressmen
Probe FAA’s Cape Wind Approval (Boston Herald, MA)
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20220717congressmen_probe_faas_cape_wind_approval/
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20220717congressmen_probe_faas_cape_wind_approval/
Renewable
Energy Corporation Reports Improved Margins, Heavy Loss in 2Q 2012 (Solar Server)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Power Play: Can Utilities Turn Energy Efficiency
Into Fun & Games? (Grist Online)
Report: Efficient Homes Are Key to Strong Housing
Market (The Energy Collective)
Climate Savers Merges With Green Grid (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Native
Americans Seek Plan to Respond to Climate Changes They Say Affect Their Way of
Life (Associated Press)
Dumping
Iron in the Ocean Could Slow Global Warming, Say Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)
Probe
Into Leak of Climate Change Emails Is Closed (The Independent, UK)
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/probe-into-leak-of-climate-change-emails-is-closed-7957246.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/probe-into-leak-of-climate-change-emails-is-closed-7957246.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
When
Is Green Not Green Enough? Dispute Swirls Around Two Seattle Projects (Seattle Times)
Sustainability Brings BPA Highest Award in Federal
Electronics Challenge (Bonneville Power Administration)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chelan PUD Appeals Federal Court Ruling in Telecom Managers’
Lawsuit (Wenatchee World, WA)
FCC Says Broadband Providers Getting Close to
Advertised Speeds (PC World)
AT&T Wins Ruling on U-Verse Street Boxes in San
Francisco (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Facebook Comes to OSCON to Promote Open Data Center
Design (Oregonian, Portland)
This Data Center Is Protected by a Fortress of
Defense (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Mason County Ballots for Primary Election in Mail (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Four Candidates in 35th District Call Education,
Jobs Priorities (Olympian, WA)
Olympia Spending $100K to Fix Downtown Parking
Problems (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Controversial Mayor of Pacific Arrested by Own
Police Force (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
Stabbing & Robbery at Shelton Burger King
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
12 Dead in ‘Dark Knight’ Colorado Theater Shooting (USA
Today)
Thunderstorms, Severe Weather Possible in Puget
Sound Area (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Microsoft Posts First Quarterly Loss as It Writes
Down ‘07 Acquisition (Seattle Times)
British Columbia Claims ‘Total Victory’ In Softwood
Dispute with U-S (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
DIVERSIONS
Georgia Woman Calls 911 to Complain About Mug Shot;
Gets Arrested Again
‘Goat Man’ Spotted in Mountains of Northern Utah
Water-Only Café Opens to Flood of Criticism in New
York City
More Than 1,000 Turtles Slowly Escape Captivity
SONG OF THE DAY
Foghat
- Slow Ride
