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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Auburn: Downed Electrical Lines Trap 38 Students on
Bus – Causes Outage (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Brush Fire near Lake Limerick (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
3,300 Lacey Customers Lose Power as Puget
Sound Energy Crews Replace Wiring (Olympian, WA)
Free City Wi-Fi Arrives - In Port Angeles (Seattle Times)
Federal Cash Comes Through for Wave Energy
Testing Site (Sustainable Business Oregon)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Auburn: Downed Electrical Lines Trap 38 Students on Bus – Causes Outage
- 3,300 Lacey Customers Lose Power as Puget Sound Energy Crews Replace Wiring
- Thurston County Public Power Forum Set For Thursday at Washington Center
- Helicopter Buzzing over Lewis County? It’s the Bonneville Power Administration
- Rare Chance to Hear Three Notables Together During Public Power Week
- Southern Montana Electric Co-Op Trustee Considers Reorganization Proposals
- Columbia River PUD Wins Communications Awards
- FERC Extends Power Trade Reporting Requirements to Public Power
- New York Grid Sees Risk of Power Outages Rising in Next Decade - Indian Point plant retirement to cause grid, supply problems
- Maryland - Pepco May Face Strike; Union Rejects Contract Offer
- House Passes ‘Stop the War on Coal’ Bill Aimed at Repealing EPA Rules
- Massive Makeover Possible for Lower Columbia Sport, Commercial Fisheries
- Op/Ed - Collaborative Solutions Will Benefit ‘Pacific Salmon States’
- Columbia River - Algae Tests Nontoxic Above Wanapum Dam: Blooms Subsiding Above Wells Dam
- Longview Vessel Leaks Diesel into Columbia River
- Shelton Celebrates Upgrades to its Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Federal Cash Comes Through for Wave Energy Testing Site
- SoloPower Rolls Out Flexible Solar Panels in Portland Plant Opening
- Nine Canyon Wind Project Attains Milestone; Phase I Reaches Ten-Year Anniversary - Mason County PUD 3 a Project Participant
- North Dakota - LM Wind Power to Cut 345 Jobs, Blames Industry Downturn, Lack of Political Support
- NIMBY to the Max: Building Helipads to Stop Wind Turbines
- GE Introduces New Gas-Fired Power Plant Designed to Integrate with Renewables
- How to Make LED Lighting Mainstream: Make It a Service
- Meet Buddy, the Energy Tracking Dog
- Salt Marshes to Absorb Carbon to 2050, But Emit It Later
- Free City Wi-Fi Arrives - In Port Angeles
- Dish Pushes Rural Broadband With DishNET Bundles
- Op/Ed - Lagging Internet Access in Rural Washington State
- After California Departure - Comcast to Hire 140 in Snohomish County
- With Data Centers, Web Giants Have Great Eco-Responsibility
- United Kingdom - Newspaper Wants Tax on Broadband to Save Failing Newspapers
- Unfair Campaign Tactics Probed in Race for Secretary of State
- Brush Fire near Lake Limerick
- Missing Shelton Man Found Dead Near Home; Foul Play Not Suspected
- Air Quality Down Again in Wenatchee Area as Wildfires Continue to Burn
- NFL Referee Deal Reached. Back to Work Thursday
- Olympic National Park Employee to Take Over at Devils Tower Monument
WORD OF THE DAY
Rebuff
• \rih-BUFF\ • Verb - To reject or criticize sharply
Relentless
suitor
Rebuffed
by young debutante
Father’s
punch ends it
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Auburn: Downed Electrical Lines Trap 38 Students on
Bus – Causes Outage (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
3,300 Lacey Customers Lose Power as Puget
Sound Energy Crews Replace Wiring (Olympian, WA)
Thurston County
Public Power Forum Set For Thursday at Washington Center (Olympian, WA)
Helicopter Buzzing over Lewis County? It’s the
Bonneville Power Administration (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Rare Chance to Hear Three Notables Together
During Public Power Week (NCW Television)
Southern Montana Electric Co-Op Trustee Considers
Reorganization Proposals (Billings Gazette, MT)
Columbia River PUD Wins Communications
Awards (Coast River Business Journal, Astoria, OR)
FERC Extends Power Trade Reporting Requirements to
Public Power (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
New York Grid Sees Risk of Power Outages Rising in
Next Decade - Indian Point plant retirement to cause grid, supply problems (Reuters)
Maryland - Pepco May Face Strike; Union
Rejects Contract Offer (Washington Post)
House Passes ‘Stop the War on Coal’ Bill Aimed at
Repealing EPA Rules (Pennenergy)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Massive Makeover Possible for Lower
Columbia Sport, Commercial Fisheries (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Op/Ed - Collaborative Solutions Will Benefit ‘Pacific
Salmon States’ (Sacramento Bee, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia River - Algae Tests Nontoxic Above
Wanapum Dam: Blooms Subsiding Above Wells Dam (Wenatchee World, WA)
Longview
Vessel Leaks Diesel into Columbia River (Associated Press)
Shelton
Celebrates Upgrades to its Wastewater Treatment Plant (Mason Web TV, Shelton,
WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Federal Cash Comes Through for Wave Energy
Testing Site (Sustainable Business Oregon)
SoloPower Rolls Out Flexible Solar Panels
in Portland Plant Opening (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Nine
Canyon Wind Project Attains Milestone; Phase I Reaches Ten-Year Anniversary - Mason
County PUD 3 a Project Participant (Mason County PUD No. 3)
North
Dakota - LM Wind Power to Cut 345 Jobs, Blames Industry Downturn, Lack of Political
Support (Grand Forks Herald, ND)
NIMBY to the Max: Building Helipads to Stop
Wind Turbines (Grist Online)
GE
Introduces New Gas-Fired Power Plant Designed to Integrate with Renewables (Power
Engineering)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
How to Make LED Lighting Mainstream: Make It a
Service (GigaOM)
Meet Buddy, the Energy Tracking Dog (Electric Co-op
Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Salt Marshes to Absorb Carbon to 2050, But
Emit It Later (Reuters)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Free City Wi-Fi Arrives - In Port Angeles (Seattle Times)
Dish Pushes Rural Broadband With DishNET
Bundles (MultiChannel)
Op/Ed - Lagging Internet Access in Rural
Washington State (Seattle
Times)
After California Departure - Comcast to
Hire 140 in Snohomish County (Everett Herald, WA)
With Data Centers, Web Giants Have Great
Eco-Responsibility (GigaOM)
United Kingdom - Newspaper Wants Tax on Broadband
to Save Failing Newspapers: $3 Per Broadband User Reward for Failure to Adapt (Broadband
Reports)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Unfair Campaign Tactics Probed in Race for
Secretary of State (Seattle
Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Brush Fire near Lake Limerick (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Missing Shelton Man Found Dead Near Home;
Foul Play Not Suspected (Olympian, WA)
Air Quality Down Again in Wenatchee Area as
Wildfires Continue to Burn (Associated Press)
NFL Referee Deal Reached. Back to Work Thursday (Christian
Science Monitor)
Olympic National Park Employee to Take Over
at Devils Tower Monument (Olympian, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Baby Shower? So 2010. Edgier Moms-To-Be Have a Baby
Gender Reveal
Student Prompted Bomb Threat to Catch Up on
Homework, Police Say
Willie Wiredhand History
Man Disguised as Car Seat Busted by Spanish
Border Authorities
SONG OF THE DAY
Gary
Numan - Cars
