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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Idaho
Wind Developer’s Woes Mount with Minnesota Lawsuit (Associated Press)
Windmills
Overload East Europe’s Grid Risking Blackout: Energy (Bloomberg News)
Avista Should Lower, Not Raise Rates says
Washington State Public Counsel (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Energy Trust of Oregon Marks Ten Years, $1 Billion
in Savings (Sustainable Business Oregon)
South Puget Sound Chum Salmon Spawning to Begin
Soon - Local trail gives good view to see 700,000-1 million fish (Olympian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Should Lower, Not Raise Rates says Washington State Public Counsel
- Avista Expects 46 Percent Dip in Profits
- Avista Offering Buyouts to About 900 Employees
- Gas Heating Bills Will Be Going Down, Washington State Agency Says
- Moses Lake Ratepayers Unhappy over Proposed Grant PUD Hike in Utilities Rates
- Boardman Goes Biomass - Coal Plants Get Second Lives
- Seattle Paid Less for Electricity, More for Gas in September, Compared with U-S
- Benton PUD Picks New General Manager
- Fitch Rates Snohomish County PUD’s $58.3 Million Bonds ‘AA-’; Outlook Stable
- Fitch Affirms Chelan County PUD’s AA+ Rating on Bond Debt
- Texas - Electricity Provider Owners Collect $528.3 Million in Payments Despite Company Nearing Bankruptcy
- Economic Decision - Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor to Be Closed
- South Puget Sound Chum Salmon Spawning to Begin Soon
- They’re Already Here – Johns Creek Salmon near Shelton, WA
- New Hatchery to Bring Salmon to Colville Tribe
- Washington State Fish & Wildlife Project to Put Wild Salmon in Hatcheries Pulls in Fish
- Obama Administration Proposes Dropping ‘Critical Habitat’ Protections for Threatened Marbled Murrelets
- Sea Lion Killings Remain Unsolved, Reward Offer Still Stands
- Mason County Votes to Pull Out of Hood Canal Council
- Management Plan for Yakima River Basin Provides a Splash of Can-Do Cheer
- Coyle Water System Moves under Jefferson County PUD Umbrella
- Idaho Wind Developer’s Woes Mount with Minnesota Lawsuit
- Windmills Overload East Europe’s Grid Risking Blackout: Energy
- Renewable Energy Corp is Merger Candidate as Solar Takeovers Loom, CEO Says
- The Solar Saga Continues: Siemens Flees Solar Market
- Are Wind Turbines Making People Sick? Or Is It All Psychological?
- Giant Wind Turbine on Wheels Can Be Set Up Anywhere You Want
- Energy Trust of Oregon Marks Ten Years, $1 Billion in Savings
- Regulator Approves Idaho Power Efficiency Costs
- Lighting Retrofit Project Aimed at Making Washington State Capitol Campus Parking Garage Safer
- Pacific Northwest Utility (SnoPUD) Cozies Up to Ductless Heat Pumps as CFL Market Saturates
- [Video] Four Tips to Save on Home Energy Costs
- This Light Switch Forces Kids to Save Energy through Emotional Manipulation
- Uwajimaya Recognized for Energy Efficiency Initiatives
- Cities Enticed by Pay-if-You-Save Energy Deals
- Pacific Ocean Hacker Speaks Out
- Op/Ed - Climate Change-Caused Fires Raise Regulatory Questions
- In U-S Building Industry, Is It Too Easy to be Green?
- Avoiding another Smart Grid False Start
- Watching TV Online Often Exposes Slow Bandwidth
- Data Center Confab: Progress, But Not Enough, On Efficiency
- Wi-Fi Electricity Meters Helping Burglars? Easily Hacked, Showing Whether You’re Home
- ‘Frankenstorm,’ the Monster of All Storms, Predicted for East Coast
- New Puget Sound Winter Forecast Ripe for Pineapple Express
- Weyerhaeuser Sees ‘Improving Housing Market’
- Absent Washington State Workers Forcing Ferries to Cancel Sailings
- Auburn Goes To College to Solve Copper Theft Problem
- Northwest Wild Mushrooms in Short Supply
- Season of Carbon Monoxide Looms
WORD OF THE DAY
Demiurge
• \DEMM-ee-urj\ • Noun - One that is an autonomous creative force or decisive
power
As
storms go, the demiurge that takes the prize this year may be the “Frankenstorm”
known as Sandy.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista Should Lower, Not Raise Rates says
Washington State Public Counsel (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Avista Expects 46 Percent Dip in Profits - Tied to
energy management subsidiary & other non-utility businesses (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Avista Offering Buyouts to About 900 Employees - Spokane
utility seeking to trim $14 million from budget (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Gas Heating Bills Will Be Going Down, Washington State
Agency Says (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Moses Lake Ratepayers Unhappy over Proposed Grant
PUD Hike in Utilities Rates (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Boardman Goes Biomass - Coal Plants Get Second
Lives (EnergyBiz)
Seattle Paid Less for Electricity, More for Gas in
September, Compared with U-S (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Benton PUD Picks New General Manager (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Fitch Rates Snohomish County PUD’s $58.3 Million Bonds
‘AA-’; Outlook Stable (Reuters)
Fitch Affirms Chelan County PUD’s AA+ Rating on
Bond Debt (Wenatchee World, WA)
Texas - Electricity Provider Owners Collect $528.3
Million in Payments Despite Company Nearing Bankruptcy (Philadelphia Inquirer,
PA)
Economic Decision - Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor to Be
Closed (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
South Puget Sound Chum Salmon Spawning to Begin
Soon - Local trail gives good view to see 700,000-1 million fish (Olympian, WA)
They’re
Already Here – Johns Creek Salmon near Shelton, WA (YouTube)
New Hatchery to Bring Salmon to Colville Tribe (Seattle Times)
Washington State Fish & Wildlife Project to
Put Wild Salmon in Hatcheries Pulls in Fish (KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Obama Administration Proposes Dropping ‘Critical
Habitat’ Protections for Threatened Marbled Murrelets (Oregonian, Portland)
Sea Lion Killings Remain Unsolved, Reward Offer
Still Stands (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason
County Votes to Pull Out of Hood Canal Council (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Management
Plan for Yakima River Basin Provides a Splash of Can-Do Cheer (Seattle Times)
Coyle
Water System Moves under Jefferson County PUD Umbrella (Port Townsend Leader,
WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Idaho
Wind Developer’s Woes Mount with Minnesota Lawsuit (Associated Press)
Windmills
Overload East Europe’s Grid Risking Blackout: Energy (Bloomberg News)
Renewable
Energy Corp is Merger Candidate as Solar Takeovers Loom, CEO Says (Renewable
Energy World)
The
Solar Saga Continues: Siemens Flees Solar Market (GigaOM)
Are
Wind Turbines Making People Sick? Or Is It All Psychological? (Washington Post)
Giant
Wind Turbine on Wheels Can Be Set Up Anywhere You Want (Grist Online)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Trust of Oregon Marks Ten Years, $1 Billion in
Savings (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Regulator Approves Idaho Power Efficiency Costs (Associated
Press)
Lighting Retrofit Project Aimed at Making Washington
State Capitol Campus Parking Garage Safer (Olympian, WA)
Pacific Northwest Utility (SnoPUD) Cozies Up to
Ductless Heat Pumps as CFL Market Saturates (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
[Video] Four Tips to Save on Home Energy Costs
(Yahoo! News)
This Light Switch Forces Kids to Save Energy
through Emotional Manipulation (Grist Online)
Uwajimaya Recognized for Energy Efficiency
Initiatives (Progressive Grocer)
Cities Enticed by Pay-if-You-Save Energy Deals (NY
Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Pacific
Ocean Hacker Speaks Out - Is Russ George a “rogue geoengineer,” salmon savior
or something else? (Scientific American)
Op/Ed
- Climate Change-Caused Fires Raise Regulatory Questions (Idaho Statesman,
Boise)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
In
U-S Building Industry, Is It Too Easy to be Green? (USA Today)
Avoiding
another Smart Grid False Start (The Energy Collective)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Watching TV Online Often Exposes Slow Bandwidth (National
Public Radio)
Data Center Confab: Progress, But Not Enough, On
Efficiency (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Wi-Fi Electricity Meters Helping Burglars? Easily
Hacked, Showing Whether You’re Home (Broadband Reports)
GENERAL NEWS
‘Frankenstorm,’ the Monster of All Storms,
Predicted for East Coast (Associated Press)
New Puget Sound Winter Forecast Ripe for Pineapple
Express (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Weyerhaeuser Sees ‘Improving Housing Market’ (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
Absent Washington State Workers Forcing Ferries to
Cancel Sailings (Everett Herald, WA)
Auburn Goes To College to Solve Copper Theft
Problem (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Northwest Wild Mushrooms in Short Supply (Northwest
Public Radio)
Season of Carbon Monoxide Looms (Olympian, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Diaper Theft Ring Busted in Puyallup
After Three Years on the Lam, Tampa’s Wild Monkey is
Finally Captured
Kissing Students Steal the Show at President’s
Photo Op
Truck Runs Over Sunbathing Reality Star’s Head
SONG OF THE DAY
Rod
Stewart & Chrissie Hynde - As Time Goes By
Dooley
Wilson - As Time Goes By
