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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Chinese
Wind Company Sues Obama for Violating Its Constitutional Rights (Forbes Magazine)
Drier Winter Expected as El Nino Blows In (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Eastern Washington Wind Churns Up Dust, Triggers
Power Outages (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
BPA Turns down Montana State Transmission Intertie
Power Line as Preferred Option (Montana Standard, Butte, MT)
Editorial - Obstacles Could be Insurmountable to
Electrified Thurston County PUD (Olympian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Eastern Washington Wind Churns Up Dust, Triggers Power Outages
- BPA Turns down Montana State Transmission Intertie Power Line as Preferred Option
- Richland City Council Approves Electricity Rate Increase
- Editorial - Obstacles Could be Insurmountable to Electrified Thurston County PUD
- Mason County PUD 1 Director Named Top Female Executive
- Grant County PUD Spokeswoman Dedicates 36 Years to Work
- Mason County PUD 3 to Celebrate Public Power Week October 7-13
- Itron Gets Huge California Gas Meter Contract
- Seagull Blamed for Berkeley Fire & Power Outage
- O’Malley to Seek Surcharge to Harden Maryland’s Electric Grid
- Natural Gas Futures Fall. A Mild Winter to Blame?
- Answering Public’s Concerns about ‘Smart Meters’
- Obama in First Visit to Hoover Dam: ‘Spectacular’
- Sockeye Salmon Find Easier Path through Woodinville
- Chinese Wind Company Sues Obama for Violating Its Constitutional Rights
- Portland General Electric Searching for More Renewable Energy to Meet Mandate
- Flathead Electric Cooperative - Montana Co-op Aids City Hydro Plan
- AT&T to Buy 9.6 Megawatts of Bloom Energy’s Fuel Cells
- Want a Green Job? Here’s Who’s Hiring in Wind Energy, Solar
- Nest Learning Thermostat: Temperature Control for the iPhone Crowd
- Oregon Has One Company on Global Cleantech Roster
- Public Safety Broadband Network Will Rely on Existing Commercial Infrastructure
- With New Satellite Tech, Rural Dwellers Get Access to True Broadband
- Scoop: GoDaddy Quietly Kills Its Cloud Computing Business
- National Budget Watchdog Group Takes Aim at Columbia River Crossing Project
- Drier Winter Expected as El Nino Blows In
- In Washington State, Picker Shortage Threatens Apple Boom
- City of Shelton Looking at Derelict Buildings
- OysterFest 2012 in Mason County, Washington
- Squaxin Tribe Selects Croman to Lead Economic Enterprises
- Charge: Jailer Faked Military Deployment for Paid Year Off
WORD OF THE DAY
Obstreperous
• \ub-STREP-uh-russ\ • Adjective - 1: marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness:
clamorous 2: stubbornly resistant to control: unruly
The
staff’s autumnal equinox party had all the decorum of a child’s first birthday
party. No knowing why they were having a party (much less what the “equinox”
was) the accounting staff proceeded to perform a conga line through the
engineering department, their obstreperous chants ("Debits-Credits" -- "Debits-Credits") distracting even the most
disciplined engineer from their exacting tasks.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Eastern Washington Wind Churns Up Dust, Triggers
Power Outages (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
BPA Turns down Montana State Transmission Intertie Power
Line as Preferred Option (Montana Standard, Butte, MT)
Richland City Council Approves Electricity Rate
Increase (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Editorial - Obstacles Could be Insurmountable to
Electrified Thurston County PUD (Olympian, WA)
Mason County PUD 1 Director Named Top Female
Executive (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Grant County PUD Spokeswoman Dedicates 36 Years to
Work (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Mason County PUD 3 to Celebrate Public Power Week
October 7-13 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Itron Gets Huge California Gas Meter Contract (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
Seagull
Blamed for Berkeley Fire & Power Outage (SF Chronicle, CA)
O’Malley
to Seek Surcharge to Harden Maryland’s Electric Grid (Washington Post)
Natural Gas Futures Fall. A Mild Winter to Blame? (Christian
Science Monitor)
Answering Public’s Concerns about ‘Smart Meters’
(The Hill, Washington, D-C)
Obama
in First Visit to Hoover Dam: ‘Spectacular’ (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sockeye
Salmon Find Easier Path through Woodinville (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Chinese
Wind Company Sues Obama for Violating Its Constitutional Rights (Forbes Magazine)
Portland
General Electric Searching for More Renewable Energy to Meet Mandate (Oregonian, Portland)
Flathead
Electric Cooperative - Montana Co-op Aids City Hydro Plan (Electric Co-op
Today)
AT&T
to Buy 9.6 Megawatts of Bloom Energy’s Fuel Cells (Bloomberg News)
Want
a Green Job? Here’s Who’s Hiring in Wind Energy, Solar (Christian Science Monitor)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Nest Learning Thermostat: Temperature Control for
the iPhone Crowd (Christian Science Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon
Has One Company on Global Cleantech Roster (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Here’s
the Full List of the Cleantech Companies - The 2012 Global Cleantech 100 (Clean
Tech Group)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Public Safety Broadband Network Will Rely on
Existing Commercial Infrastructure (Fierce Government IT)
With
New Satellite Tech, Rural Dwellers Get Access to True Broadband (GigaOm)
Scoop: GoDaddy Quietly Kills Its Cloud Computing
Business (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
National
Budget Watchdog Group Takes Aim at Columbia River Crossing Project (Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
Drier Winter Expected as El Nino Blows In (KING-TV,
Seattle)
In Washington State, Picker Shortage Threatens
Apple Boom (National Public Radio)
City of Shelton Looking at Derelict Buildings (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
OysterFest 2012 in Mason County, Washington (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Squaxin Tribe Selects Croman to Lead Economic
Enterprises (South Sound Business Examiner, WA)
Charge: Jailer Faked Military Deployment for Paid
Year Off (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Restaurant Shut Down after Road Kill Brought into
Kitchen
Washington State Attorney: ‘I Have Physically
Traveled in Time’
Skydiver Aims to Break Sound Barrier in
Free Fall
Japanese Study Claims Viewing Photos of Cute
Animals at Work May Boost Productivity
SONG OF THE DAY
Rocky
Horror Picture Show - Time Warp
