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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Chelan PUD Outlook Good Despite Low Prices for
Surplus Power (Wenatchee World, WA)
Op/Ed - BC Hydro Must Clarify Its Deal with US
Utility (North Shore News, North Vancouver, BC)
Toxics from Everyday Life Reaching Columbia River
(Associated Press)
PNNL
Research Could Save Businesses Money on Energy Bills (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Skagit County Hardest Hit in State by Whooping
Cough (KING-TV, Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Chelan PUD Outlook Good Despite Low Prices for Surplus Power
- Seattle Mayor Wants Residents to Pay More for Their Electricity
- Washington State Ecology Director Calls for Environmental Review of Coal Terminals
- PUD 3's Mason Substation Rebuild Project Underway in Downtown Shelton
- Op/Ed - BC Hydro Must Clarify Its Deal with US Utility
- How US Utilities Can Avoid A Risky $2 Trillion Bet
- Grid Operators to Report Market Data to FERC
- North Carolina - Duke Energy, Progress Energy Reach Merger Deal with Customer Advocate
- Natural Gas Claims Bigger Role, Though Prices are Rebounding
- Op/Ed - It's Dangerous to Depend on Natural Gas
- Steelhead Trout Lose Out When Water is Low in Wine Country
- New York Power Authority Reports Success with Tern Habitat Project in Buffalo Harbor
- Toxics from Everyday Life Reaching Columbia River
- EPA Not Mandated to Update Clean Air Rules
- Cruise Industry Fights Proposal to Burn Clean(er) Fuel
- Arizona Legislature Exempts the Sale of Renewable Energy Credits from State Sales Tax
- Geothermal the Next Big Alt-Energy? One Company Thinks So
- PNNL Research Could Save Businesses Money on Energy Bills
- Op/Ed - How to Spur Mass Market Consumer Adoption of LEDs
- Climate Change Poses Challenges for Water Managers
- An Inconvenient Lawsuit: Teenagers Take Global Warming to the Courts
- Ohio Panel Clears $3.1 Million for Broadband Boost
- Like Broadband? Then It’s Time to Take Action
- Op/Ed – United Kingdom: Why High Speed Broadband Just Doesn't Matter
- Yahoo Committee to Review CEO Credentials
- Search Engines Have Same Speech Rights as the New York Times, Says Google Report
- Senate Confirms Nguyen for 9th Circuit Judgeship
- Poll: Washington State is Sick of Dirty Political Ads on TV
- Skagit County Hardest Hit in State by Whooping Cough
- Filing for County Offices Begins Next Week
- Mukilteo Trucking Company Unfairly Collecting Millions in State Contracts
- Postal Service: Will Keep Rural Post Offices Open
- Brand New Camaro Hits 150 Mph in Chase on I-5
WORD OF THE DAY
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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Chelan PUD Outlook Good Despite Low Prices for
Surplus Power (Wenatchee World, WA)
Seattle
Mayor Wants Residents to Pay More for Their Electricity (KUOW Radio, Seattle,
WA)
Washington State Ecology Director Calls for
Environmental Review of Coal Terminals (Longview Daily News, WA)
PUD 3's Mason Substation Rebuild Project Underway
in Downtown Shelton (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Op/Ed - BC Hydro Must Clarify Its Deal with US
Utility (North Shore News, North Vancouver, BC)
How US Utilities Can Avoid A Risky $2 Trillion Bet
(Forbes Magazine)
Grid Operators to Report Market Data to FERC (Courthouse
News Service)
North Carolina - Duke Energy, Progress Energy Reach
Merger Deal with Customer Advocate (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Natural Gas Claims Bigger Role, Though Prices are
Rebounding (Kansas City Star, MO)
Op/Ed - It's Dangerous to Depend on Natural Gas
(CNN)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Steelhead Trout Lose Out When Water is Low in
Wine Country (Phys.Org)
New York Power Authority Reports Success with
Tern Habitat Project in Buffalo Harbor (American Public Power Association)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Toxics from Everyday Life Reaching Columbia River
(Associated Press)
EPA
Not Mandated to Update Clean Air Rules (Courthouse News Service)
Cruise Industry Fights Proposal to Burn Clean(er)
Fuel (Olympian, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Arizona
Legislature Exempts the Sale of Renewable Energy Credits from State Sales Tax (Renewable
Energy World)
Geothermal
the Next Big Alt-Energy? One Company Thinks So (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2012/05/07/energy-utilities/22207/Geothermal-next-big-energy-One-company-oregon/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
PNNL
Research Could Save Businesses Money on Energy Bills (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Op/Ed - How to Spur Mass Market Consumer Adoption of
LEDs (Forbes Magazine)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/05/08/how-to-spur-mass-market-consumer-adoption-of-leds/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate
Change Poses Challenges for Water Managers (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
An
Inconvenient Lawsuit: Teenagers Take Global Warming to the Courts (The
Atlantic)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Ohio Panel Clears $3.1 Million for Broadband Boost
(Bloomberg Businessweek)
Like Broadband? Then It’s Time to Take Action (GigaOM)
Op/Ed – United Kingdom: Why High Speed Broadband
Just Doesn't Matter (Forbes Magazine)
Yahoo Committee to Review CEO Credentials (Washington
Post)
Search Engines Have Same Speech Rights as the New
York Times, Says Google Report (Paid Content)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Senate Confirms Nguyen for 9th Circuit Judgeship (Courthouse
News Service)
Poll: Washington State is Sick of Dirty Political
Ads on TV (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
Skagit County Hardest Hit in State by Whooping
Cough (KING-TV, Seattle)
Filing for County Offices Begins Next Week (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Mukilteo Trucking Company Unfairly Collecting
Millions in State Contracts (KING-TV, Seattle)
Postal Service: Will Keep Rural Post Offices Open (Associated
Press)
Brand New Camaro Hits 150 Mph in Chase on I-5 (KING-TV,
Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Orangutans at Miami Zoo Use IPads to Communicate
Oregon Workers Urged to Prepare for Zombies
Twelve Sets of Twins Graduating from Just One
High-School Class
Accidental 911 Calls Are 38% of All Emergency Calls
in NYC: ‘Butt-Dials’ on Rise
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/accidental-911-calls-38-emergency-calls-nyc-butt-160639687.html
SONG OF THE DAY
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