Energy News Digest for May 2, 2013 – Hot Shots Edition

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP SIX STORIES

Columbia River Gorge Wind Farm Project Headed for High Court - Whistling Ridge's effect on wildlife worries Friends group (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/may/01/gorge-wind-farm-project-headed-for-high-court/

Puget Sound Energy Electric & Natural Gas Customers to Pay More for Energy Service (Utility Products)

http://www.utilityproducts.com/news/2013/05/01/washington-puget-sound-energy-electric-and-natural-gas-customers-to-pay-more-for-energy-service.html

Crack Causes Temporary Reduction of Columbia Basin's Irrigation Water (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/business/agriculture/article_ceeeab34-b2a8-11e2-825b-0019bb2963f4.html

Portland General Electric Company CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript (Seeking Alpha)

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1391021-portland-general-electric-company-ceo-discusses-q1-2013-results-earnings-call-transcript

Mills Reopen as Home Building Lifts Lumber Business (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/30/housing-rebound-pulling-up-lumber-industry/2123301/

First Charges Filed in Seattle May Day Melee (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Clean-up-Seattle-May-Day-violence-205774811.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Emmylou Harris - Two More Bottles of Wine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Z2MGv7DLU

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