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New York - Con
Edison Says Nor’easter May Cause More Power Outages (Reuters)
Broken Beaver
Dam Unleashes Flood near Duvall (Seattle Times)
Avista Reports Drop
in Third-Quarter Profit (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Ethics Fines May
Follow Gifts of Liquor to City Light Trainer - Employee may face penalties
under city ethics rules for accepting bottles of liquor from apprentices
(Seattle Times, WA)
Coulee City -
Metal Thieves Leave Grant PUD Customers in the Dark (Wenatchee World, WA)
TODAY’S
HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- New York - Con Edison Says Nor’easter May Cause More Power Outages
- Utility Workers Face Tasks Monumental & Mundane
- Flying Line Trucks - 62nd Port Dawgs Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ to Support Hurricane Relief Efforts
- Power Outages Remind Us How Much Utilities Matter
- Avista Reports Drop in Third-Quarter Profit
- Coulee City - Metal Thieves Leave Grant PUD Customers in the Dark
- Idaho’s Power Line Route Reveals Clashing Values, Dueling Processes
- Ethics Fines May Follow Gifts of Liquor to City Light Trainer
- Grays Harbor PUD Considers Two Versions of Their (sic) Capital Budget
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission to Hold 2013 Budget Hearing - November 13, 2012
- Grant PUD Commissioner Finalists Talk Issues
- Dams in the Supreme Court: Two Cases to Watch This Term
- Natural Gas: America’s Future Electric Grid?
- With Condit Dam Gone, Access Restored to White Salmon River
- Salmon on the Run - Kennedy Creek Trail is Open
- Salmon Tours Planned across Kitsap Peninsula
- Chelan PUD Crews Doing Road, Habitat Work in Sage Hills
- Looming Trade War Shakes Up U-S Solar Industry
- With Wind It’s Always Boom or Bust
- Energy Forward ‘Are You Fan Enough’ Energy-Efficient Televisions Campaign Awards Ultimate Tailgate Prize to Idaho Power Customer
- California - Energy Savings Pay Off for Napa Valley School District
- LED Streetlights Have Bright Future of Slashing City Electricity Use
- Green Washington Awards 2012 – Includes Snohomish PUD, Puget Sound Energy, Avista, and more…
- Walla Walla Hospital Installing Living Roof
- Washington, D-C, Dealmaker is Comcast’s Secret Weapon
- Costly, Bitter Race Goes to the Voters
- Washington State Governor - Inslee Vs. McKenna Could Drag On
- Dems, GOP Vying for Control of Washington State Senate
- Alleged Oregon Ballot Tampering Has Statewide Implications
- Voter Turnout: The Six States That Rank Highest, And Why
- Broken Beaver Dam Unleashes Flood near Duvall
- Afghanistan Deaths - Bales Upset, Angry before Killings, Soldiers Testify
- Data Thieves Target Debit Cards, PINS at Point of Sale
- Olympia Woman Arrested 700 Times by Washington State Patrol
WORD
OF THE DAY
Espresso •
\ess-SPRESS-oh\ • Noun – 1: strong coffee brewed by forcing steam through
finely ground darkly roasted coffee beans 2: a cup of espresso
Triple shot java
Scalosian water
Buzzed by
espresso
“Espresso” is
short for “caffè espresso,” which is Italian for “pressed-out coffee.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast
& Weather Alerts
HURRICANE
SANDY - RECONSTRUCTION FUNCTION
New York - Con
Edison Says Nor’easter May Cause More Power Outages (Reuters)
Utility Workers
Face Tasks Monumental & Mundane (Associated Press)
http://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/utility-workers-face-tasks-monumental-and-mundane-1.4190092
Flying Line
Trucks - 62nd Port Dawgs Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ to Support Hurricane Relief
Efforts (U-S Air Force)
Power Outages
Remind Us How Much Utilities Matter (National Resources Defense Council)
ENERGY
& UTILITY ISSUES
Avista Reports
Drop in Third-Quarter Profit (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Coulee City -
Metal Thieves Leave Grant PUD Customers in the Dark (Wenatchee World, WA)
Idaho’s Power
Line Route Reveals Clashing Values, Dueling Processes (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Ethics Fines May
Follow Gifts of Liquor to City Light Trainer - Employee may face penalties
under city ethics rules for accepting bottles of liquor from apprentices (Seattle
Times, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD
Considers Two Versions of Their (sic) Capital Budget (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Mason County PUD
3 Commission to Hold 2013 Budget Hearing - November 13, 2012 (Mason County PUD
No. 3)
Grant PUD
Commissioner Finalists Talk Issues (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Dams in the
Supreme Court: Two Cases to Watch This Term (GTH Energy & Natural Resources
Law Blog)
Natural Gas:
America’s Future Electric Grid? (Forbes Magazine)
FISH
& WILDLIFE
With Condit Dam
Gone, Access Restored to White Salmon River (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Salmon on the
Run - Kennedy Creek Trail is Open (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Salmon Tours
Planned across Kitsap Peninsula (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Chelan PUD Crews
Doing Road, Habitat Work in Sage Hills (Wenatchee World, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY
Looming Trade
War Shakes Up U-S Solar Industry (KQED Radio, San Francisco, CA)
With Wind It’s
Always Boom or Bust (Real Clear Energy)
CONSERVATION
Energy Forward
‘Are You Fan Enough’ Energy-Efficient Televisions Campaign Awards Ultimate
Tailgate Prize to Idaho Power Customer (Sacramento Bee, CA)
California -
Energy Savings Pay Off for Napa Valley School District (Napa Valley Register,
CA)
LED Streetlights
Have Bright Future of Slashing City Electricity Use (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/article/led-streetlights-have-bright-future-of-slashing-city-electricity-use
BARREL
‘O GREEN POTPOURRI
Green Washington
Awards 2012 – Includes Snohomish PUD, Puget Sound Energy, Avista, and more…
(Seattle Business Magazine)
Walla Walla
Hospital Installing Living Roof (KNDU/KNDO TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
TECHNOLOGY
& TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington, D-C,
Dealmaker is Comcast’s Secret Weapon (Seattle Times)
POLITICS
& GOVERNANCE
Costly, Bitter
Race Goes to the Voters (NY Times)
Washington State
Governor - Inslee Vs. McKenna Could Drag On (Seattle Times)
Dems, GOP Vying
for Control of Washington State Senate (Associated Press)
Alleged Oregon
Ballot Tampering Has Statewide Implications (Northwest Public Radio)
Voter Turnout:
The Six States That Rank Highest, And Why (Christian Science Monitor)
GENERAL
NEWS
Broken Beaver
Dam Unleashes Flood near Duvall (Seattle Times)
Afghanistan
Deaths - Bales Upset, Angry before Killings, Soldiers Testify (Seattle Times)
Data Thieves
Target Debit Cards, Pins at Point of Sale (USA Today)
Olympia Woman
Arrested 700 Times by Washington State Patrol (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
DIVERSIONS
– ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER
Ohio Court
Orders Driver to Wear ‘Idiot’ Sign
http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-ohio-court-orders-driver-to-wear-idiot-sign-20121106,0,2428264.story
Could a Campbell
River Maple Leaf Be a World Record?
Researchers
Scientifically Determine Top-Ten Worst Holiday Songs (Note: Comments may
contain PG-13 content)
At Last Some
Good News for New Yorkers: Thousands of RATS May Have Drowned In Superstorm as
Water Swept into City’s Tunnels
SONG
OF THE DAY
Cory Hall -
Maple Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin)
