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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Avista Sells Ecova;
Finalizes Purchase of Alaska Utility (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Energy Northwest:
Columbia Generating Station near Richland Sets New Megawatt Record (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Oregon’s
Business Energy Tax Credit Is Officially Dead, but Its Liability Lives On
(Oregonian, Portland)
California
Struggles to Manage Water Rights in Drought (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
This Is What the World Looked Like When Belgium
Beat the U-S (Mashable)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Sells Ecova; Finalizes Purchase of Alaska Utility
- Energy Northwest: Columbia Generating Station near Richland Sets New Megawatt Record
- Portland General Electric Says Squirrel to Blame in Major Washington County Power Outage
- How PUD 3 Linemen Do It Hot! June 28 Brockdale Rd Outage Response Saves Outage for Nearly 1,000 Customers
- Jefferson PUD Plans Outages in Port Ludlow to Balance Load
- Congressman Hastings Honored for Years of Public Power Work
- Op/Ed: Why the Columbia River Treaty Matters
- Bonneville Power Administration Engineer Honored with Prestigious Arthur S. Flemming Award
- Man Taken to Hospital after Fall into Boise Utility Hole
- Illinois: Attorney General Says ComEd Wrongly Asked Customers to Pay for Employee Bonuses
- Hawaii Utility Using Lasers to Protect Seabirds
- FERC Commissioner Norris Expects Not to Seek another Term
- Columbia River Salmon Season Reopens for the Weekend
- Rob Phillips: The Time Is Now to Nab a Tasty Sockeye
- Return Tags in Salmon, Steelhead for $25
- California Struggles to Manage Water Rights in Drought
- Water Worries Persist with Wapato Irrigation Project
- The River Where Swimming Lessons Can Be a Health Hazard
- Oregon’s Business Energy Tax Credit Is Officially Dead, but Its Liability Lives On
- SolarWorld Asks Feds for Action against Chinese Cyber Spies
- Snohomish PUD’s Pilot Project Inspires Business Community
- As Giant TVs Drop in Price, Americans Jump to Purchase
- How Much Energy Does Your iPhone (And Other Devices) Really Use?
- What You Can Learn from Seattle’s Approach to Building Resiliency
- ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’ Copper Wire Thieves Target Cell Tower
- Olympia Cell Tower Proposal Riles Neighbors
- Federal Trade Commission: T-Mobile Knowingly Added Bogus Charges to Bills
- 95% of Kansas City Qualified for Google Fiber
- Dialogue on Net Neutrality Hits Campuses
- The Cloud is Getting Crowded: Amazon Sues Former Manager for Taking a Google Job
- Internet Connection Speeds Are Up Globally, Lag in the U-S
- This Is What the World Looked Like When Belgium Beat the U-S
- Google Might Finally Be Ready to Mercy Kill Google Voice
- The 150 Most Popular U-S Microbreweries on Pinterest
- The Nine Best Out-of-Office Emails to Get You Ready for Vacation
- Proposed Tribal Recognition Changes Hold Promise & Pitfalls
- Mason County Enacts Pot Farm Moratorium
- Independence Day Weekend Means More Americans Are Roadtripping, Despite High Gas Prices
- Highway Funding Funding Crisis Looms as Soon as August, U-S Warns
- Washington State Task Force Starts Work on New Drone Regulations
- Idaho Vet Gets Apology from Homeowners’ Association over American Flag Flap
Distraction
• \diss-TRACK-shun\ • Noun - 1: something that makes it difficult to think or
pay attention 2: something that amuses or entertains you so that you do not
think about problems, work, etc. 3: a state in which you are very annoyed or
upset.
Distraction,
See Doug the Dog, squirrels, Movie, UP. Squirrel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrAIGLkSMls
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista Sells Ecova;
Finalizes Purchase of Alaska Utility (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Energy Northwest:
Columbia Generating Station near Richland Sets New Megawatt Record (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Portland General
Electric Says Squirrel to Blame in Major Washington County Power Outage (Oregonian,
Portland)
How PUD 3 Linemen Do It Hot! June 28 Brockdale Rd
Outage Response Saves Outage for Nearly 1,000 Customers (Mason County PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
Jefferson PUD Plans
Outages in Port Ludlow to Balance Load (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Congressman Hastings Honored for Years of Public Power Work (KNDU/KNDO-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Op/Ed: Why the Columbia
River Treaty Matters (Seattle Times, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
Bonneville Power Administration Engineer Honored with
Prestigious Arthur S. Flemming Award (Bonneville Power Administration)
Man Taken to
Hospital after Fall into Boise Utility Hole (Northwest Cable News)
Illinois: Attorney
General Says ComEd Wrongly Asked Customers to Pay for Employee Bonuses (Chicago
Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-comed-customer-funds-employee-bonuses-20140701,0,422930.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-comed-customer-funds-employee-bonuses-20140701,0,422930.story
Hawaii Utility Using Lasers to Protect Seabirds (Associated
Press)
FERC Commissioner Norris Expects Not to Seek another
Term (SNL Financial)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Salmon Season Reopens for the
Weekend (Longview Daily News, WA)
Rob Phillips: The Time Is Now to Nab a Tasty
Sockeye (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Return Tags in Salmon, Steelhead for $25 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
California
Struggles to Manage Water Rights in Drought (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Water
Worries Persist with Wapato Irrigation Project (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
The
River Where Swimming Lessons Can Be a Health Hazard (British Broadcasting Corporation)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon’s
Business Energy Tax Credit Is Officially Dead, but Its Liability Lives On (Oregonian,
Portland)
SolarWorld
Asks Feds for Action against Chinese Cyber Spies (Portland Business Journal,
OR)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish
PUD’s Pilot Project Inspires Business Community (Stanwood-Camano News, WA)
As
Giant TVs Drop in Price, Americans Jump to Purchase (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
How
Much Energy Does Your iPhone (And Other Devices) Really Use? (Forbes Magazine)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
What
You Can Learn from Seattle’s Approach to Building Resiliency (Emergency
Management)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
‘Can You Hear Me Now?’ Copper Wire Thieves Target
Cell Tower (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Olympia Cell Tower Proposal Riles Neighbors (Olympian
- Paywall Advisory)
Federal Trade Commission: T-Mobile Knowingly Added
Bogus Charges to Bills (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
95% of Kansas City Qualified for Google Fiber (Broadband
Reports)
Dialogue on Net
Neutrality Hits Campuses (USA Today)
The Cloud is Getting Crowded: Amazon Sues Former Manager for Taking a
Google Job (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Internet Connection Speeds Are Up Globally, Lag in
the U-S (Mashable)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
This Is What the World Looked Like When Belgium
Beat the U-S (Mashable)
Google Might Finally Be Ready to Mercy Kill Google
Voice (Gizmodo)
The 150 Most Popular U-S Microbreweries on
Pinterest (Mashable)
The Nine Best Out-of-Office Emails to Get You Ready
for Vacation (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Proposed Tribal
Recognition Changes Hold Promise & Pitfalls (Northwest Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Enacts Pot Farm Moratorium (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Independence Day Weekend Means More Americans Are
Roadtripping, Despite High Gas Prices (Christian Science Monitor)
Highway Funding Funding Crisis Looms as Soon as
August, U-S Warns (Associated Press)
Washington State Task Force Starts Work on New
Drone Regulations (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)
Idaho Vet Gets Apology from Homeowners’ Association
over American Flag Flap (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
http://www.kxly.com/news/north-idaho-news/vet-gets-apology-from-hoa-over-american-flag-flap/26753948
DIVERSIONS
This
Is the Actual Hack That Saved the Astronauts of Apollo 13
Angry
Neighbor: Molly Moon’s Ice Cream Smell ‘Unbearable’
Newsstand
Barred from Selling Coffee after Starbucks Moves into Building
‘Bigfoot’
Hair Samples Undergo DNA Analysis: Big Mammals, Yes. Bigfoot, No
SONG OF THE DAY
Diana
Krall - Fly Me to the Moon
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