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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration’s Klickitat County
Power Line Set Back One Year (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
Columbia River Dam Treaty to be Revisited - Original
didn’t address salmon, climate change (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Chelan PUD opts out of NoaNet (Wenatchee World, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration, Utilities Tap
Starbucks Employees & Facebook for Energy Efficiency (Sustainable Business
Oregon)
Columbia
River’s High Water to Continue 2-3 Weeks (Wenatchee World, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration’s Klickitat County Power Line Set Back One Year
- Columbia River Dam Treaty to be Revisited
- Firm Behind Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal in Warrenton: Put Pipeline through Columbia, Cowlitz Counties
- Oregon - Pipeline across the Cascades Could be in for More Trouble with Settlement
- Portland General Electric Seeks Input on Draft RFP for New Renewable Resources
- Feds Settle Western Energy Corridor Lawsuit
- FERC probes JPMorgan over electricity charges
- Mason County PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming in Shorecrest area
- Grant PUD Photo Contest Rewards “River Nomads”
- Oregon - Linahan Retiring as General Manager of Springfield Utility Board
- Power Back On for Many Mid-Atlantic Residents
- Texas Electricity: Impact of PUC Price Cap Ruling Up for Debate
- Missouri - Feds Deny Stimulus for Repairs to Taum Sauk Pumped Hydro Reservoir
- Canadian Regulator Approves TransAlta Energy Electricity Competition Blocking Settlement
- Toxic Shellfish Shuts Down Harvest in Whatcom County
- Columbia River’s High Water to Continue 2-3 Weeks
- Yakima River Basin Sees Plenty of Water, If Not a Record Supply
- California State Farm Bureau Gets OK to Sue over Solar Project
- Renewable Energy Corporation Financial Restructuring Hits Hurdle
- Wind Credit with Bipartisan Backing Gets Lost in Election-Year Fray
- Get Ready for Solar Sharing Communities
- ‘Flat-Pack’ Wind Turbine Aims to Transform the Future of the Urban Landscape
- Bonneville Power Administration, Utilities Tap Starbucks Employees & Facebook for Energy Efficiency
- A Startup Emerges to Help Time Shift Energy Use
- Oregon Sustainability Center ‘Concerns’ Redacted: Portland City Hall Roundup
- Chelan PUD opts out of NoaNet
- Utah’s Strong Broadband Infrastructure Attracts Businesses
- South Carolina Latest State to Restrict Rural Internet Projects
- Who’s Driving Your Broadband Bus?
- QR Codes Become Joke as Enthusiasm Wanes
- Gregoire, Others Criticize Pay Raises for Western Washington University Professors
- Powerhouse Minority Contractor Ousted from Government Program
- Olympic College Students, Employees Report Credit Card Fraud
- Mt. Ellinor - Gruff Goats Shut Popular Olympic National Forest Trail
- Wire Theft & Vandalism Cost Pierce County $8,865
- Hoquiam Copper Theft Will Cost Taxpayers
- Mason County Man to Chair State Transportation Commission
- 100 MPH - Motorcyclist Popping Wheelie Before Fatal Crash
- Hey, That’s Jay Himlie! - ‘Thump Junkies’ Light Up Sky across Olympic Peninsula
- Occupy Seattle Rains $5,000 Down on City Streets
WORD OF THE DAY
Albeit
• \awl-BEE-utt\ • Conjunction - Conceding the fact that: even though: although.
At
five-foot-seven Tad was the tallest man in the kingdom, albeit the kingdom
consisted of the Aka pygmy tribe of central Africa.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration’s Klickitat County Power
Line Set Back One Year (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Columbia River Dam Treaty to be Revisited - Original
didn’t address salmon, climate change (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Firm Behind Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal
in Warrenton: Put Pipeline through Columbia, Cowlitz Counties (Longview Daily
News, WA)
Oregon - Pipeline across the Cascades Could be in
for More Trouble with Settlement (Oregonian, Portland)
Portland General Electric Seeks Input on Draft RFP for
New Renewable Resources (Your Industry News)
Feds Settle Western Energy Corridor Lawsuit (Associated
Press)
FERC probes JPMorgan over electricity charges (SF
Chronicle, CA)
Mason County PUD 3 to Conduct Tree Trimming in
Shorecrest area - Project Begins July 9th (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Grant PUD Photo Contest Rewards “River Nomads” (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Oregon - Linahan Retiring as General Manager of
Springfield Utility Board (American Public Power Association)
Power Back On for Many Mid-Atlantic Residents (Associated
Press)
Texas Electricity: Impact of PUC Price Cap Ruling
Up for Debate (Energy Central)
Missouri - Feds Deny Stimulus for Repairs to Taum
Sauk Pumped Hydro Reservoir (St Louis Post-Dispatch, MO)
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/feds-deny-stimulus-for-taum-sauk-reservoir/article_3542ac0e-c593-11e1-9dca-001a4bcf6878.html
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/feds-deny-stimulus-for-taum-sauk-reservoir/article_3542ac0e-c593-11e1-9dca-001a4bcf6878.html
Canadian Regulator Approves TransAlta Energy Electricity
Competition Blocking Settlement (Financial Post, Canada)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Toxic Shellfish Shuts Down Harvest in Whatcom
County (KING-TV, Seattle)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia
River’s High Water to Continue 2-3 Weeks (Wenatchee World, WA)
Yakima
River Basin Sees Plenty of Water, If Not a Record Supply (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California
State Farm Bureau Gets OK to Sue over Solar Project (Fresno Bee, CA)
Renewable
Energy Corporation Financial Restructuring Hits Hurdle (PV Magazine)
Wind
Credit with Bipartisan Backing Gets Lost in Election-Year Fray (E&E
Publishing)
Get
Ready for Solar Sharing Communities (GigaOM)
‘Flat-Pack’
Wind Turbine Aims to Transform the Future of the Urban Landscape (Greenwise)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Bonneville Power Administration, Utilities Tap Starbucks
Employees & Facebook for Energy Efficiency (Sustainable Business Oregon)
A Startup Emerges to Help Time Shift Energy Use (GigaOM)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon
Sustainability Center ‘Concerns’ Redacted: Portland City Hall Roundup (Oregonian, Portland)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chelan PUD opts out of NoaNet (Wenatchee World, WA)
Utah’s Strong Broadband Infrastructure Attracts
Businesses (Utah Pulse)
South Carolina Latest State to Restrict Rural
Internet Projects (Huffington Post)
Who’s Driving Your Broadband Bus? (GigaOM)
QR Codes Become Joke as Enthusiasm Wanes (SF
Chronicle, CA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Gregoire, Others Criticize Pay Raises for Western
Washington University Professors (Seattle Times)
Powerhouse Minority Contractor Ousted from
Government Program (KING-TV, Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
Olympic College Students, Employees Report Credit
Card Fraud (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Mt. Ellinor - Gruff Goats Shut Popular Olympic
National Forest Trail (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Wire Theft & Vandalism Cost Pierce County $8,865
(South Sound Business Examiner)
Hoquiam Copper Theft Will Cost Taxpayers (KBKW
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Mason County Man to Chair State Transportation
Commission (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
100 MPH - Motorcyclist Popping Wheelie Before Fatal
Crash (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Hey, That’s Jay Himlie! - ‘Thump Junkies’ Light Up
Sky across Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Occupy Seattle Rains $5,000 Down on City Streets - Group
throws $1, $5 bills off building to protest money in politics (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Anchorage,
Alaska, Mayor Sworn in from Hawaii
126-Year-Old Bible Turns Up in Bag Donated to Sequim
Thrift Store
Amelia Earhart Search Missions Begins: Five Others
That Failed
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0703/Amelia-Earhart-search-missions-begins-five-others-that-failed
Driver Leaves Hit-And-Run Because She ‘Didn’t Want
My Ice Cream to Melt’
SONG OF THE DAY
Bette
Midler - Ukulele Lady
