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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Watchdog Says JPMorgan Unit May Have Broken
California Power Market Rules (Reuters)
Feds:
Idaho Power Must Buy Wind Power - Utility Wanted to Limit Use During Low Demand
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Review of Science Lets People Off the Hook for
Hood Canal Fish Kills (Seattle Times)
Seattle City Council Exempts Smaller Buildings from
Energy-Efficiency Reporting Program (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Alarming Trend: State Wildfires Continue to Grow;
160 Homes Evacuated (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Watchdog Says JPMorgan Unit May Have Broken California Power Market Rules
- Feds Threaten to Suspend JPMorgan’s Right to Sell Electricity in California
- Council Backs 10 Percent Rate Increase for Seattle City Light
- Avista Rate Increase Proposal Decried as Too High
- Montana Company to Mothball Coal-Fired Plant in 2015
- High Winds, Rain Hit Alaska Co-ops
- Update - Kamilche Point: Mason County PUD 3 Restoration of Electricity Expected by Noon Today
- Lewis County PUD, Washington State to Conduct Dam Study
- Oregon Trail Electric Co-op Contends ‘Smart Meters’ Good For Co-op, Customers
- Japan, Under Pressure, Backs Off Goal to Phase Out Nuclear Power by 2040
- Op/Ed - New York: No Cheap or Easy Way to Replace Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
- U-S Electricity Ignores Scarce Water Costs; Report Finds
- Ohio Aluminum Company Wants Deeper Electric Rate Cut
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
- Review of Science Lets People Off the Hook for Hood Canal Fish Kills
- Spawning Salmon Return to the Yakima River
- Condit Dam Removal on White Salmon River Complete
- Vancouver Island Dam Removal Could End Salmon Run, Critics Say
- Oregon Fish & Wildlife Struggles to Preserve Sandy River’s Wild Salmon & Hatchery Fish
- Congressman Norm Dicks Named to Salmon Hall of Fame
- Shelton Creek Dredging to Close City Streets
- Thurston County Sewer Utility to Raise Rates Three Percent
- Columbia River: Great River of the West - Photo Essay
- Beyond Big Dams: Turning to Grass-Roots Solutions on Water
- Feds: Idaho Power Must Buy Wind Power - Utility Wanted to Limit Use During Low Demand
- Tax Credit in Doubt, Wind Power Industry Is Withering
- Wind Whack: Siemens Cutting 615 U-S Workers
- SoloPower to Cut Ribbon on Portland Solar Manufacturing Plant Next Week
- New Wave Energy Test Site Will Go Off Reedsport or Newport
- Taxpayers, Ratepayers Will Fund California Solar Plants
- Northwest Renewable RFPs: Seattle City Light Issues RFP for Renewable Resources
- Japan – U-S Smart Grid Project Now Live in New Mexico
- Seattle City Council Exempts Smaller Buildings from Energy-Efficiency Reporting Program
- Faux Boutique Demonstrates LED Use for Small, Midsize Businesses
- Umbra’s Second Helpings: Unplug Your Vampire Appliances
- Arctic Sea Ice Melts to All-Time Record Low
- Businesses Plead for Changes to California’s New Cap-And-Trade Market
- How Would a Carbon Tax Work? Let’s Ask British Columbia
- 60% of Rural Users Get 3 Mbps or Less - And it’s Not Getting Better Anytime Soon
- Op/Ed – FCC: Chairman: The Need for Speed
- Google Fiber TV Bets on Blistering Broadband
- Will Microsoft’s Data Centers be Backed Up by Bloom Fuel Cells?
- Washington State’s High Court to Hear Governor’s Executive Privilege Case
- Alarming Trend: State Wildfires Continue to Grow; 160 Homes Evacuated
- Firefighters Prepare for Potential Washington State Lightning Storms
- No Significant Rain in Forecast as Pacific Northwest Dry Spell Continues
- Environmental Impact Statement Scoping Meeting for Shelton Hills Development
WORD OF THE DAY
Orphic
• \ORR-fick\ • Adjective - 1: of or relating to Orpheus or the rites or
doctrines ascribed to him 2: of, relating to, being, or resembling an oracle:
oracular, mystic 3: fascinating, entrancing
“Dude,
your mom’s brownies are absolutely the BEST,” enthused the slacker student to
his straight-laced roommate. With each bite, the orphic quality of the baked
goods seemed to become more elevated. (I guess where you can see this feeble
attempt at drug humor is going. Feel free to use your imagination to envision the
effects of the next few helpings of these most excellent brownies.)
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Watchdog Says JPMorgan Unit May Have Broken
California Power Market Rules (Reuters)
Feds Threaten to Suspend JPMorgan’s Right to Sell
Electricity in California (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Council Backs 10 Percent Rate Increase for Seattle
City Light - Long in the works, increases over the next two years will address
rising distribution costs, which affect households more than large-scale
electricity users in business & industry (Seattle Times)
Avista Rate Increase Proposal Decried as Too High –
Washington State challenges utility’s latest rate hike request (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Montana Company to Mothball Coal-Fired Plant in
2015 (Associated Press)
High Winds, Rain Hit Alaska Co-ops (Electric Co-op
Today)
Update - Kamilche Point: Mason County PUD 3 Restoration
of Electricity Expected by Noon Today (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Lewis County PUD, Washington State to Conduct Dam
Study (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Oregon Trail Electric Co-op Contends ‘Smart Meters’
Good For Co-op, Customers (Baker City Herald, OR)
Japan, Under Pressure, Backs Off Goal to Phase Out
Nuclear Power by 2040 (NY Times)
Op/Ed - New York: No Cheap or Easy Way to Replace Indian
Point Nuclear Power Plant (New York Newsday)
U-S Electricity Ignores Scarce Water Costs; Report
Finds (Bloomberg News)\
Ohio Aluminum Company Wants Deeper Electric Rate
Cut (Associated Press)
U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Review of Science Lets People Off the Hook for Hood
Canal Fish Kills (Seattle Times)
Spawning Salmon Return to the Yakima River “…The
end result will be sockeye runs of around 200,000 per year, which could make
the Yakima sockeye run go from zero to the largest in the lower 48…” (American
Rivers)
Condit Dam Removal on White Salmon River Complete (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Vancouver Island Dam Removal Could End Salmon Run,
Critics Say (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Oregon Fish & Wildlife Struggles to Preserve Sandy
River’s Wild Salmon & Hatchery Fish (Oregonian, Portland)
Congressman Norm Dicks Named to Salmon Hall of Fame
(Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Shelton
Creek Dredging to Close City Streets (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Thurston
County Sewer Utility to Raise Rates Three Percent (Olympian, WA)
Columbia
River: Great River of the West - Photo Essay (Oregonian,
Portland)
Beyond
Big Dams: Turning to Grass-Roots Solutions on Water (Christian Science Monitor)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Feds:
Idaho Power Must Buy Wind Power - Utility Wanted to Limit Use During Low Demand
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Tax
Credit in Doubt, Wind Power Industry Is Withering (NY Times)
Wind
Whack: Siemens Cutting 615 U-S Workers (The Energy Collective)
SoloPower
to Cut Ribbon on Portland Solar Manufacturing Plant Next Week (Sustainable Business Oregon)
New
Wave Energy Test Site Will Go Off Reedsport or Newport (Oregonian, Portland)
Taxpayers,
Ratepayers Will Fund California Solar Plants (Christian
Science Monitor)
Northwest
Renewable RFPs: Seattle City Light Issues RFP for Renewable Resources, Portland
General’s is Due Soon (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Japan
– U-S Smart Grid Project Now Live in New Mexico (GigaOM)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Seattle City Council Exempts Smaller Buildings from
Energy-Efficiency Reporting Program (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Faux Boutique Demonstrates LED Use for Small,
Midsize Businesses (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Umbra’s Second Helpings: Unplug Your Vampire
Appliances (Grist Online)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Arctic
Sea Ice Melts to All-Time Record Low (Associated Press)
Businesses
Plead for Changes to California’s New Cap-And-Trade Market (Sacramento Bee, CA)
How
Would a Carbon Tax Work? Let’s Ask British Columbia (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
60% of Rural Users Get 3 Mbps or Less - And it’s
Not Getting Better Anytime Soon (Broadband Reports)
Op/Ed – FCC: Chairman: The Need for Speed
(TechCrunch)
Google Fiber TV Bets on Blistering Broadband
(TVTechnology)
Will Microsoft’s Data Centers be Backed Up by Bloom
Fuel Cells? (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State’s High Court to Hear Governor’s Executive
Privilege Case (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Alarming Trend: State Wildfires Continue to Grow;
160 Homes Evacuated (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Firefighters Prepare for Potential Washington State
Lightning Storms (Associated Press)
No Significant Rain in Forecast as Pacific Northwest
Dry Spell Continues (Associated Press)
Environmental Impact Statement Scoping Meeting for
Shelton Hills Development (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Sixteen Amish Convicted of Hate Crimes in Beard
Cutting Attacks
Miracle Dog ‘Missy’ Adopted By Rescuer, Former
Owner Anthony Ortolani Gets Death Threats
British Soldier Unexpectedly Gives Birth While
Deployed in Afghanistan
Hero Pig Saves Baby Goat from Drowning
SONG OF THE DAY
Babe
- End Credits Music
