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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific
Northwest: Nuclear-Renewable Mix Is Just What the EPA Ordered – “…This is what
power companies should be. A public, not-for-profit, entity whose job is to
provide reliable, cheap, low-carbon energy at cost, i.e. just covering
expenses. (Forbes Magazine)
For Californians, Higher Costs Dampen Support for
Clean Energy “…support for renewable energy quotas dropped to 46 percent when
respondents were asked to factor in higher electricity rates…” (Reuters)
Thousands without
Power Following Eastern Washington Storm (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
Pateros, Twisp May Have Power Restored by the
Weekend (Omak Herald, WA)
You Can Hear Mitchell Now: Fires Prompt Temporary
Cell Service in Rural Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Pacific Northwest: Nuclear-Renewable Mix Is Just What the EPA Ordered
- Thousands without Power Following Eastern Washington Storm
- Pateros, Twisp May Have Power Restored by the Weekend
- Space Needle Loses Power after Substation Fire
- Possible Refund Will Be on the Table for Puget Sound Energy Customers
- Feds Ban Free Climbing by Electric Utility Workers
- Seattle City Light CEO Grilled by City Councilmember over Recent Controversies
- PUD 3 Commission Report - July 22, 2014 Business Meeting
- When Power Goes Out, Crows, Birds Might Be to Blame
- Florida: Hot Cooling Canals Threaten Shutdown of Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plants
- Arizona: Electricity Demand Hits New High as Phoenix Enters Heat Wave
- South Africa: Three Appear for Stealing Copper Cables – Fourth Killed in Caper
- Salmon Fisheries Going Down as One of the Most Memorable in Recent Years
- States, Cities Get Creative about Recycling Water
- For Californians, Higher Costs Dampen Support for Clean Energy
- Wind Farm Tax Credits Warrant Deeper Look
- Texas Is Wired for Wind Power, & More Farms Plug In
- Burning Wood for Power Can Be Low Carbon, UK Government Finds
- Tyke-Tested, Energy Star Approved: Energy Efficiency Playhouse Teaches Kids to Conserve
- Word on the Street: Stay Cool, Stay Warm & Honor Business
- Green Power CEO Pleads Innocent to Tax Evasion
- New Biofuels Match Crude Oil's Energy ... But There's a Catch
- Sure the Utility Business Model is Changing, but Not So Fast
- You Can Hear Mitchell Now: Fires Prompt Temporary Cell Service in Rural Oregon
- FCC Serves Notice to Internet Service Providers on Speeds
- Behind Comcast’s Truthy Ad Campaign for Net Neutrality
- Come Back With Us to a Time When Google Ran Less Than a Thousand Servers
- Facebook Beats Wall Street Targets, Stock Hits Record High
- Foursquare Rebrands, Unveils New App & Logo
- Post about Restaurant Leads to Cheese Sandwich Fundraiser
- Hail, Rain Fall on Carlton Complex Fire, Now 52% Contained
- A Plea from Fire-Damaged Pateros: ‘Whoever Those Powers Are, Please Step Forward & Bring It On’
- Pot Growers Worry Wildfires Will Slow Deliveries to Retailers
- Mason County Reverses Course on Pot Moratorium
- Washington Denies Request to Fly Drone at Capitol
- Teen Trying to Set Record Killed in Pacific Ocean Plane Crash
Serendipity
• \sur-un-DIP-putt-tee\ • Noun - Luck that takes the form of finding valuable
or pleasant things that are not looked for; the faculty or phenomenon of
finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
Find
a penny, pick it up. All day long you’ll have good luck. Serendipity
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Pacific
Northwest: Nuclear-Renewable Mix Is Just What the EPA Ordered – “…This is what
power companies should be. A public, not-for-profit, entity whose job is to
provide reliable, cheap, low-carbon energy at cost, i.e. just covering
expenses. (Forbes Magazine)
Thousands without
Power Following Eastern Washington Storm (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
Pateros, Twisp May Have Power Restored by the Weekend
(Omak Herald, WA)
Space Needle Loses Power after Substation Fire (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Possible Refund
Will Be on the Table for Puget Sound Energy Customers (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Feds Ban Free Climbing
by Electric Utility Workers (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
Seattle City
Light CEO Grilled by City Councilmember over Recent Controversies (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
PUD 3 Commission
Report - July 22, 2014 Business Meeting (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
When Power Goes
Out, Crows, Birds Might Be to Blame (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Florida: Hot Cooling Canals Threaten Shutdown of
Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plants (Miami Herald, FL)
Arizona: Electricity
Demand Hits New High as Phoenix Enters Heat Wave (Arizona Republic, Phoenix)
South Africa: Three
Appear for Stealing Copper Cables – Fourth Killed in Caper (News24)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Fisheries Going Down as One of the Most
Memorable in Recent Years (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
States,
Cities Get Creative about Recycling Water (Government Technology)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
For Californians, Higher Costs Dampen Support for
Clean Energy “…support for renewable energy quotas dropped to 46 percent when
respondents were asked to factor in higher electricity rates…” (Reuters)
Wind Farm Tax Credits Warrant Deeper Look (Courthouse
News Service)
Texas Is Wired for Wind Power, & More Farms
Plug In (NY Times)
Burning Wood for Power Can Be Low Carbon, UK
Government Finds (The Guardian, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Tyke-Tested,
Energy Star Approved: Energy Efficiency Playhouse Teaches Kids to Conserve (Bonneville Power Administration)
Word
on the Street: Stay Cool, Stay Warm & Honor Business (The Dalles Chronicle,
OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Green
Power CEO Pleads Innocent to Tax Evasion (Tri-City
Herald, WA – and congrats for using the AP stylebook in your headline)
New
Biofuels Match Crude Oil's Energy ... But There's a Catch (Christian Science
Monitor)
Sure
the Utility Business Model is Changing, but Not So Fast (The Energy Collective)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
You Can Hear Mitchell Now: Fires Prompt Temporary Cell
Service in Rural Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
FCC Serves Notice to Internet Service Providers on
Speeds (USA Today)
Behind Comcast’s Truthy Ad Campaign for Net
Neutrality (Washington Post)
Come Back With Us to a Time When Google Ran Less
Than a Thousand Servers (GigaOM)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Beats Wall Street Targets, Stock Hits
Record High (Reuters)
Foursquare Rebrands, Unveils New App & Logo (USA
Today)
Post about Restaurant Leads to Cheese Sandwich
Fundraiser (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
Hail, Rain Fall on Carlton
Complex Fire, Now 52% Contained (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
A Plea from
Fire-Damaged Pateros: ‘Whoever Those Powers Are, Please Step Forward &
Bring It On’ (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Pot Growers Worry
Wildfires Will Slow Deliveries to Retailers (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Mason County Reverses
Course on Pot Moratorium (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal)
Washington Denies
Request to Fly Drone at Capitol (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Teen Trying to Set Record Killed in Pacific Ocean Plane
Crash (Christian Science Monitor)
DIVERSIONS
15
Jaw-Dropping Waterfalls worth Chasing
Finger
of God - Man in Road Rage Incident Run Over by Own
Truck
Naked Thieves Take 60 Hamburgers from Eatery in
Southwest Florida
Priscilla
Presley at Collingwood: How to Explain Elvis to Kids
SONG OF THE DAY
Ornette
Coleman & Howard Shore - Naked Lunch Soundtrack
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