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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
JP Morgan to Pay $410 Million to Settle Power
Market Case (Reuters)
Congress
to Hold Hearings Thursday on Hiring & Discrimination Allegations at Bonneville
Power Administration (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Pacific Northwest Wildfires Cover More Than 125,000
Acres (Northwest Cable News Network)
Idaho Governor Butch Otter Tepid on School Wi-Fi
Deal (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
The
Alaskan Village Set to Disappear Underwater in a Decade (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- JP Morgan to Pay $410 Million to Settle Power Market Case
- JP Morgan Pays $410 Million in Energy Manipulation Case
- FERC, JP Morgan Unit Agree to $410 Million in Penalties, Disgorgement to Ratepayers
- California Officials Call JP Morgan Settlement 'Vindication' for Electricity Charges
- Feds Describe How JP Morgan Chase Allegedly Gamed California Power Market
- Congress to Hold Hearings Thursday on Hiring & Discrimination Allegations at Bonneville Power Administration
- Pacific Northwest Could Be Ground Zero in Fight over FERC Order No. 1000 Authority
- City of Richland Taking Over Hanford 300 Area Electrical Service
- Boulder City Council Votes to Start Process for Acquiring Local Poles, Wires from Xcel Energy
- Jurisdictional Jostling: Hearing Begins on Tri-State’s Electricity Rates
- New York Power Authority Grants Low-Cost Power to Three Local Firms
- EIA Projects 56% Increase by 2040
- United Kingdom - Delay Smart Meter Rollout Rather Than Dumb It Down, Say Ministers of Parliament
- Energy Facts: Map of U-S Electricity Consumption in 1921
- Efforts to Cool Water at Lower Granite, Plus Trap/Haul, Have Snake River Sockeye Moving Again
- Editorial: Saving Salmon is a Complex Prospect
- Thurston County Gopher Situation Frustrating for Some
- Why a Dam in Afghanistan Might Set Back Peace
- British Columbia: Harmac's $45-Million Electrical Generation Plant Expected to Soon Connect to Hydro Grid
- BP Calls Off Sale of U-S Wind Business
- Clean Energy Clash: Solar Advocates & Conservationists Butt Heads
- Net Metering Key to Arizona, Other States’ Solar Growth
- Geothermal Heat Pump Market to Triple by 2020
- The Alaskan Village Set to Disappear Underwater in a Decade
- Climate Study Predicts a Watery Future for New York, Boston & Miami
- Texas: General Manager Says Carbon Rules Could Shutter His Co-op
- Urban Sustainability Accelerator Shares Portland's Green Expertise with Cities around the Country
- Infographic - How Green is My State
- Busy Beavers Building Natural Carbon Storage
- Idaho Governor Butch Otter Tepid on School Wi-Fi Deal
- Survey Ranks Utah Tops in West for Broadband Internet Speeds
- CenturyLink Appeals Portland Tax on Landline Phones
- California: Hayward Could Get High-Speed Fiber-Optic Network
- AT&T’s Latest Home Broadband Service Isn’t DSL or Fiber. It’s LTE
- New Washington State Social Media Law in Effect
- FEMA App Adds Crowdsourcing for Disaster Relief
- Washington State Republican Chairman Resigns for D-C Job
- U-S Rep. Herrera Beutler's Baby First to Survive Potter's Syndrome
- Department Of Ecology: Washington State Audit Finds $14,000 in Fraudulent Purchases
- Pacific Northwest Wildfires Cover More Than 125,000 Acres
- Interactive Map of Northwest Wildfires
- Seattle Woman Drowns at Lake Nahwatzel near Shelton
- Storm Knocks Out Power on Several Hawaiian Islands
- Poor Translations Used by Washington State’s Health Care Exchange
WORD OF THE DAY
Cineast
• \SIN-ee-ast\ • Noun - A devotee of motion pictures; also: moviemaker
Hitchcock;
cineaste
Films
of suspense, without peer
Don’t
blink, you’ll miss it
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
JP Morgan to Pay $410 Million to Settle Power
Market Case (Reuters)
JP Morgan Pays $410 Million in Energy Manipulation
Case (USA Today)
FERC, JP Morgan Unit Agree to $410 Million in
Penalties, Disgorgement to Ratepayers (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
California Officials Call JP Morgan Settlement
'Vindication' for Electricity Charges (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Feds Describe How JP Morgan Chase Allegedly Gamed California
Power Market (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Congress to Hold Hearings Thursday on Hiring &
Discrimination Allegations at Bonneville Power Administration (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Pacific Northwest Could Be Ground Zero in Fight over
FERC Order No. 1000 Authority (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
City of Richland Taking Over Hanford 300 Area
Electrical Service (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Boulder City Council Votes to Start Process for
Acquiring Local Poles, Wires from Xcel Energy (American
Public Power Association)
Jurisdictional Jostling: Hearing Begins on Tri-State’s
Electricity Rates - Co-ops object to policy that doesn’t reward off-peak users
(Durango Herald, CO)
http://durangoherald.com/article/20130729/NEWS01/130729472/0/FRONTPAGE/Hearing-begins-on-Tri-State%E2%80%99s-electricity-rates
http://durangoherald.com/article/20130729/NEWS01/130729472/0/FRONTPAGE/Hearing-begins-on-Tri-State%E2%80%99s-electricity-rates
New York Power Authority Grants Low-Cost Power to
Three Local Firms (Buffalo News, NY)
EIA Projects 56% Increase by 2040 (Real Clear
Energy)
United Kingdom - Delay Smart Meter Rollout Rather
Than Dumb It Down, Say Ministers of Parliament (Utility Week)
Energy Facts: Map of U-S Electricity Consumption
in 1921 (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Efforts to Cool Water at Lower Granite, Plus
Trap/Haul, Have Snake River Sockeye Moving Again (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Editorial: Saving Salmon is a Complex Prospect (Daily
Astorian, OR)
Thurston County Gopher Situation Frustrating for
Some (Olympian, WA - Paywall Advisory)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Why
a Dam in Afghanistan Might Set Back Peace (Christian Science Monitor)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
British
Columbia: Harmac's $45-Million Electrical Generation Plant Expected to Soon
Connect to Hydro Grid (Nanaimo Daily News, BC)
BP
Calls Off Sale of U-S Wind Business (Renewable Energy World)
Clean
Energy Clash: Solar Advocates & Conservationists Butt Heads (Grist Online)
Net
Metering Key to Arizona, Other States’ Solar Growth (Phoenix Business Journal,
AZ)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Geothermal
Heat Pump Market to Triple by 2020 (Renewable Energy World)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The
Alaskan Village Set to Disappear Underwater in a Decade (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
Climate
Study Predicts a Watery Future for New York, Boston & Miami (The Guardian, UK)
Texas:
General Manager Says Carbon Rules Could Shutter His Co-op (Electric Co-op
Today)
http://www.ect.coop/public-policy-watch/energy-environment/co-op-makes-case-on-co2-epa-no-show/59542
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Urban
Sustainability Accelerator Shares Portland's Green Expertise with Cities around
the Country (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Infographic
- How Green is My State (MPH Online)
Busy
Beavers Building Natural Carbon Storage (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Idaho Governor Butch Otter Tepid on School Wi-Fi Deal
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Survey Ranks Utah Tops in West for Broadband
Internet Speeds (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
CenturyLink Appeals Portland Tax on Landline Phones
(Oregonian, Portland, OR)
California: Hayward Could Get High-Speed
Fiber-Optic Network (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
AT&T’s Latest Home Broadband Service Isn’t DSL
or Fiber. It’s LTE (GigaOM)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
New Washington State Social Media Law in Effect (South
Sound Business Examiner)
FEMA App Adds Crowdsourcing for Disaster Relief
(Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Republican Chairman Resigns for D-C
Job (Associated Press)
U-S Rep. Herrera Beutler's Baby First to Survive
Potter's Syndrome (KGW TV, Portland, OR)
Department Of Ecology: Washington State Audit Finds
$14,000 in Fraudulent Purchases (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Pacific Northwest Wildfires Cover More Than 125,000
Acres (Northwest Cable News Network)
Interactive Map of Northwest Wildfires (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Seattle Woman Drowns at Lake Nawatzel near Shelton (KBKW
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Storm Knocks Out Power on Several Hawaiian Islands (Seattle
Times - Paywall Advisory)
Poor Translations Used by Washington State’s Health
Care Exchange (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
DIVERSIONS
Local
Mom Looking to Become 'America's Strongest Woman'
Campaign
Aims to Show Farm Animals’ Intelligence
Nevada
Statehood License Plates Made In Oregon
It's
a Bird, It's a Plane, It's ... Swiss 'Jetman'
SONG OF THE DAY
Elton
John - Rocket Man
Brian
Evans - Rocket Man
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