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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Water
Reserves OK for Now, But Hot Weather Has Put a Dent in Snowpack (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Balance of Power, Environment Key to Columbia
River Treaty Talks (Vancouver Sun, BC)
SolarWorld
Cuts Jobs, Blames Cheap Chinese Solar Panels (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Lake Washington Sockeye Count Now Totals 117,251,
And Still Increasing Day-To-Day (Seattle Times,
WA)
Understanding Yakima’s Expanding 4G Network (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Balance of Power, Environment Key to Columbia River Treaty Talks
- “Coal Transition Power” - TransAlta Receives Power Purchase Agreement Approval with Puget Sound Energy for Centralia Coal-Fired Plant
- Mason County PUD 3 Linemen Restore Electricity to Island Shores Road on Harstine Island
- Chelan County PUD GM Search
- NorthWestern Energy Works to Rebuild Trust; $370 Million Investment in Delivery System Key
- Enron's Fastow is Remorseful & Nearly Poor
- New CEO Brings Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear & Non-Nuclear Power Plants under Same Management
- Duke Energy: Political Contributions Mistakenly Charged to Customers in Rate Proposal
- Editorial - Rhode Island: Canadian Hydro On Hold
- Lake Washington Sockeye Count Now Totals 117,251, And Still Increasing Day-To-Day
- Chinook Are Waiting in Our Own Back Yard
- Puget Sound Crabbing Season Underway
- Oyster Lovers Beware in Hot Weather
- Water Reserves OK for Now, But Hot Weather Has Put a Dent in Snowpack
- Water Squeeze in Oregon's Klamath Basin Pits Ranchers against Tribes, Both with Strong Ties to the Land
- Klamath Basin Task Force Will Be Coordinated By Governor's Office
- SolarWorld Cuts Jobs, Blames Cheap Chinese Solar Panels
- News Release: Washington Governor Inslee, First Wind and Avista Celebrate
- Developer Gives Up on Proposed Lompoc Wind Power Project
- California - Operator Seeks Phase-Out Changes of Altamont Wind Turbines
- TransAlta Bets Renewables Spinoff Ends Losses: Corporate Canada
- Biomass Company Excited to be Headquartered in Sacramento
- The Massive London Array Offshore Wind Farm is Finally Done & It’s Awesome
- Mafia Laundering Via Wind on Rise
- Five Easy Fixes for a High Summer Electric Bill
- Cooling Costs Give Retirees the Shivers
- Will the Philosophical Divide Swallow Obama's Climate Plan?
- Storm Warning: Climate Change to Spawn More Hurricanes
- Olympia School District Named a ‘Green District’
- Energy Plant to Use Toronto Zoo's Animal Manure to Generate Electricity
- Understanding Yakima’s Expanding 4G Network
- Wi-Fi Is About to Get Faster, More Reliable
- Op/Ed - Should Government be in Internet Biz? YES
- Op/Ed - Should Government be in Internet Biz? NO
- United Kingdom Rural Broadband Rollout Criticized by Auditors
- How to Become a Thought Leader
- This Brain Part Decides What Goes Viral on Social Media
- Oregon Lawmakers Close Out 2013 Session
- SR 3-JP Road Intersection - Two Injured in Bayshore Crash
- Fireworks May Have Started Fire near Lake Chelan
- Audit Finds Department of Ecology Employee Gave Dozens of Massages on State Dime
WORD OF THE DAY
Utile
• \YOO-tul\ • Adjective - Useful
Full
of utile things
Batman’s
utility belt
Batarangs
Baby!
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Balance of Power, Environment Key to Columbia
River Treaty Talks (Vancouver Sun, BC)
“Coal Transition Power” - TransAlta Receives Power
Purchase Agreement Approval with Puget Sound Energy for Centralia Coal-Fired
Plant (Individual.Com)
Mason County PUD 3 Linemen Restore Electricity to
Island Shores Road on Harstine Island (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Chelan County PUD GM Search (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
NorthWestern Energy Works to Rebuild Trust; $370 Million
Investment in Delivery System Key (McClatchy)
Enron's Fastow is Remorseful & Nearly Poor
(EnergyBiz Insider)
New CEO Brings Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear
& Non-Nuclear Power Plants under Same Management (Knoxville News Sentinel,
TN)
Duke Energy: Political Contributions Mistakenly
Charged to Customers in Rate Proposal (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/power_city/2013/07/duke-energy-political-contributions.html
www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/power_city/2013/07/duke-energy-political-contributions.html
Editorial - Rhode Island: Canadian Hydro On Hold
(Province Journal, RI)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lake Washington Sockeye Count Now Totals 117,251,
And Still Increasing Day-To-Day (Seattle Times,
WA)
Chinook Are Waiting in Our Own Back Yard (Wenatchee World, WA)
Puget Sound Crabbing Season Underway (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oyster Lovers Beware in Hot Weather (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Water
Reserves OK for Now, But Hot Weather Has Put a Dent in Snowpack (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Water
Squeeze in Oregon's Klamath Basin Pits Ranchers against Tribes, Both with
Strong Ties to the Land (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Klamath
Basin Task Force Will Be Coordinated By Governor's Office (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
SolarWorld
Cuts Jobs, Blames Cheap Chinese Solar Panels (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
News
Release: Washington Governor Inslee, First Wind and Avista Celebrate
(4-Traders)
Developer
Gives Up on Proposed Lompoc Wind Power Project (KCOY-TV, Santa Maria, CA)
California
- Operator Seeks Phase-Out Changes of Altamont Wind Turbines (The Independent,
Livermore, CA)
TransAlta
Bets Renewables Spinoff Ends Losses: Corporate Canada (Bloomberg News)
Biomass
Company Excited to be Headquartered in Sacramento (Sacramento Bee, CA)
The
Massive London Array Offshore Wind Farm is Finally Done & It’s Awesome (GigaOM)
Mafia
Laundering Via Wind on Rise (ReNews)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Five
Easy Fixes for a High Summer Electric Bill (Forbes Magazine)
Cooling
Costs Give Retirees the Shivers (Albuquerque Business First, NM)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Will
the Philosophical Divide Swallow Obama's Climate Plan? (Forbes Magazine)
Storm
Warning: Climate Change to Spawn More Hurricanes (USA
Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Olympia
School District Named a ‘Green District’ (Thurston Talk, Olympia, WA)
Energy
Plant to Use Toronto Zoo's Animal Manure to Generate Electricity (Vancouver
Sun, BC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Understanding Yakima’s Expanding 4G Network (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Wi-Fi Is About to Get Faster, More Reliable (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Op/Ed - Should Government be in Internet Biz? YES
(Charlotte Observer, NC)
Op/Ed - Should Government be in Internet Biz? NO
(Charlotte Observer, NC)
United Kingdom Rural Broadband Rollout Criticized by
Auditors (British Broadcasting Corporation)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
How to Become a Thought Leader (Mashable)
This Brain Part Decides What Goes Viral on Social
Media (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Oregon Lawmakers Close Out 2013 Session (Northwest
Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
SR 3-JP Road Intersection - Two Injured in Bayshore
Crash (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Fireworks May Have Started Fire near Lake Chelan (Associated
Press)
Audit Finds Department of Ecology Employee Gave
Dozens of Massages on State Dime (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Roller
Coaster Screams Exceed Decibel Limit in Northern California
New
Twinkies Rising from the Ashes to be Reborn with Extended Shelf Life
California
City Tries Humor to Keep Butts Out of Parks
Patient
Awoke to Doctors Mistakenly Preparing to Remove Her Organs
SONG OF THE DAY
Jerry
Goldsmith - Disco Strut - Coma Soundtrack
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