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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
18-Term Congressman Norm Dicks Says He Will Not
Seek Re-Election (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Ex-City of Seattle Worker Fined $1,500 for
Adjusting Her Utility Bills 71 Times (Seattle Times)
PacifiCorp Files for Three Requests to Increase
Rates by 4.3 Percent to Cover Power, Coal Plant Upgrades & Transmission
Lines (Oregonian, Portland)
Portland
Mayor Sam Adams Considers Using Ratepayer Funds to Help Build a $55 Million
Energy Plant (Oregonian, Portland)
Pacific
Power Announces Major Oregon Solar Project (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Ex-City of Seattle Worker Fined $1,500 for Adjusting Her Utility Bills 71 Times
- PacifiCorp Files for Three Requests to Increase Rates by 4.3 Percent to Cover Power, Coal Plant Upgrades & Transmission Lines
- Inland Power & Light Boosts Its Net Margins
- Coal Is Coming to Port of St. Helens Oregon
- Oklahoma - Thief Posed as Worker to Steal Copper Wiring
- California – Pacific Gas & Electric Proposes Targeted Rate Reduction to Promote Economic Development
- Debate or Dithering - Council Decides to Continue Study of Rate Hike Proposals
- Texas Grid Warns of Tight Summer Power Supply
- North Carolina - Duke Energy’s Cliffside Coal Plant on Target for September Opening
- Entergy Indian Point 3 Nuke Plant in New York Back in Service
- US Natural Gas Supplies Fell Last Week
- Improper Grounds Alleged - Court Revives Suit over Electrocuted Guardsman
- Central Asia’s Dam Debacle
- Grant PUD to Avoid Fines with Hatchery Project
- Puget Sound Salmon Forecast Predicts Drop in Coho Return
- How Carbon Dioxide Acidifies Ocean Water
- Bend Mayor Proposes Delaying Parts of Water Project
- Two-Thirds of China’s Cities Fail on Air Standards
- Portland Mayor Sam Adams Considers Using Ratepayer Funds to Help Build a $55 Million Energy Plant
- Pacific Power Announces Major Oregon Solar Project
- US Loses Its Solar Trade Surplus with China as Commerce Agency Mulls Tariffs Sought by SolarWorld
- Oregon Wave Energy Trust Opens Grant Program
- US Senator Jeff Bingaman Launches Uphill Battle With ‘Clean’ Power Proposal
- Chelan County Public Utility District Joins Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
- More Than 25 Million Smart Energy Devices to be Shipped to US Consumers
- Seattle’s First Urban Food Forest Will Be Open to Foragers
- What’s Most Precious to the Hobbit? Broadband!
- A Gigabit Is the Loneliest Number
- Google, AT&T Sign Deal for Access to Utility Poles in Missouri, Kansas
- AT&T Relents on ‘Unlimited Data’ Plan Limits
- 18-Term Congressman Norm Dicks Says He Will Not Seek Re-Election
- Top Appropriator, Rep. Norm Dicks of Washington State to Retire
- Washington State House Budget Passes; Finn among Three Dems Voting No
- Environmentalists on Edge as Legislature Nears an End
- Gregoire Signs Bill to Help Stave Off Wenatchee Arena Debt
- Attorney Says Bremerton School Shooting Was ‘No Accident’
- BP Refinery Using Outage for Spring Maintenance
- Men Sentenced for Defacing Pictographs
- Co-Author of ‘Broken Windows’ Policing Theory Dies
- Legislature Approves Tire Socks as New Traction Device
- Police: Recognize These Thieves Who Took Miss Washington’s Crown?
WORD OF THE DAY
Mordant • \MORE-dunt\ • Adjective - 1: biting and
caustic in thought, manner, or style: incisive 2: burning, pungent
“Mmmmm, curry,” sighed Albert to his table-mates in
the busy hub-bub of the bustling Thai restaurant. The mordant fumes of the
tasty tidbits wafted through the air, curling his nose hairs and eliciting an
involuntary bead of sweat on his upper lip.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Ex-City of Seattle Worker Fined $1,500 for
Adjusting Her Utility Bills 71 Times (Seattle Times)
PacifiCorp Files for Three Requests to Increase
Rates by 4.3 Percent to Cover Power, Coal Plant Upgrades & Transmission
Lines (Oregonian, Portland)
Inland Power & Light Boosts Its Net Margins
(Journal of Business, Spokane, WA)
Coal Is Coming to Port of St. Helens Oregon (Coast
River Business Journal, Asotria, OR)
Oklahoma - Thief Posed as Worker to Steal Copper
Wiring: Police Say Man Confessed To Removing Wire from Utility Poles (KOCO-TV,
Oklahoma City, OK)
California – Pacific Gas & Electric Proposes
Targeted Rate Reduction to Promote Economic Development (Electric Energy
Online)
Debate or Dithering - Council Decides to Continue
Study of Rate Hike Proposals (Austin Statesman-American, TX)
Texas Grid Warns of Tight Summer Power Supply (Reuters)
North Carolina - Duke Energy’s Cliffside Coal Plant
on Target for September Opening (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Entergy Indian Point 3 Nuke Plant in New York Back
in Service (Associated Press)
US Natural Gas Supplies Fell Last Week (Associated
Press)
Improper Grounds Alleged - Court Revives Suit over
Electrocuted Guardsman (Courthouse News Service)
Central Asia’s Dam Debacle (China Dialogue)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Grant PUD to Avoid Fines with Hatchery Project (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Puget Sound Salmon Forecast Predicts Drop in Coho
Return (Issaquah Press, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
How
Carbon Dioxide Acidifies Ocean Water (Seattle Times)
Bend
Mayor Proposes Delaying Parts of Water Project (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Two-Thirds
of China’s Cities Fail on Air Standards (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Two-thirds-of-China-s-cities-fail-on-air-standards-3375933.php
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Portland
Mayor Sam Adams Considers Using Ratepayer Funds to Help Build a $55 Million
Energy Plant (Oregonian, Portland)
Pacific
Power Announces Major Oregon Solar Project (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
US
Loses Its Solar Trade Surplus with China as Commerce Agency Mulls Tariffs
Sought by SolarWorld (Oregonian, Portland)
Oregon
Wave Energy Trust Opens Grant Program (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
US
Senator Jeff Bingaman Launches Uphill Battle With ‘Clean’ Power Proposal (The
Hill)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Chelan County Public Utility District Joins
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (PR Newswire)
More Than 25 Million Smart Energy Devices to be
Shipped to US Consumers (Electric Light & Power)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Seattle’s
First Urban Food Forest Will Be Open to Foragers (National Public Radio)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
What’s Most Precious to the Hobbit? Broadband! (GigaOM)
A Gigabit Is the Loneliest Number (GigaOM)
Google, AT&T Sign Deal for Access to Utility Poles
in Missouri, Kansas (Kansas City Business Journal, MO)
AT&T Relents on ‘Unlimited Data’ Plan Limits (USA
Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
18-Term Congressman Norm Dicks Says He Will Not
Seek Re-Election (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Top Appropriator, Rep. Norm Dicks of Washington
State to Retire (Washington Post)
Washington State House Budget Passes; Finn among Three
Dems Voting No (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Environmentalists on Edge as Legislature Nears an
End (Crosscut Seattle)
Gregoire Signs Bill to Help Stave Off Wenatchee Arena
Debt (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Attorney Says Bremerton School Shooting Was ‘No
Accident’ (KING-TV, Seattle)
BP Refinery Using Outage for Spring Maintenance - It
will likely be another month before BP’s Cherry Point refinery resumes operations
(Associated Press)
Men Sentenced for Defacing Pictographs (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Co-Author of ‘Broken Windows’ Policing Theory Dies (Associated
Press)
Legislature Approves Tire Socks as New Traction
Device (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Police: Recognize These Thieves Who Took Miss
Washington’s Crown? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Police-Recognize-these-thieves-who-took-Miss-3376023.php
DIVERSIONS
Peeing Frenchman Sues Google Over Embarrassing
Street View Photo
Smart Phone Makes Dumb Mistake, Locks Down Two
Schools
This Guy Needed Just 28.80 Seconds to Solve a Rubik’s
Cube. While Blindfolded.
New Section of Great Wall Discovered in Mongolia
SONG OF THE DAY
T’Pau
- China In Your Hand
