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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Climatologist
Says Yakima Basin Needs More Water Storage (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
British Columbia Energy Minister Says U-S Has a
Good Deal in Columbia River Treaty (Northwest Public Radio)
Electricity Restored - Kamilche Area Outage
Affects About 600 Customers (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
REC
Silicon Wants Grant County to Rescind Tax Bill (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
WA
Ranked Eighth for Energy Efficiency (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- British Columbia Energy Minister Says U-S Has a Good Deal in Columbia River Treaty
- Electricity Restored - Kamilche Area Outage Affects About 600 Customers
- Businesses Targeted by Scammers Claiming to be Franklin PUD
- Montana: Flathead Electric Co-op Hit by Off-Shore Scammers
- Fitch Rates Grant PUD’s Electric System Bonds ‘AA’
- Editorial: Clean, Compact Energy? We Can Dream, Can’t We?
- So You Think We’re Reducing the Use of Coal? -- Think Again
- Massachusetts: Electrical Fires Are Common Cause of Deadly Residential Blazes
- Online Game Helps Ontario Residents Spot Electrical Hazards Lurking in Their Homes
- Final Lower Columbia Commercial Salmon Fishing Periods Set
- Grant PUD: Recently Renovated Hatchery Helping Salmon Runs Break Records
- Climatologist Says Yakima Basin Needs More Water Storage
- REC Silicon Wants Grant County to Rescind Tax Bill
- Jonesing for the Sun: Why Do People Put Solar on Their Roofs? Because Other People Put Solar on Their Roofs
- Op/Ed: Feds Should Pitch In on PUD Tidal Project
- How Sacramento Municipal Utility District Turned a Landfill Site into a $4 Million Solar-Power Plant
- Vermont’s Largest Municipal Utility Goes 100 Percent Renewable – With a Little Help from Hydro
- How Renewable Energy Could Leave You Mired in Blackouts
- WA Ranked Eighth for Energy Efficiency
- Detergent Companies Are Unhappy With Our Efficient Washing Machines
- Are You Using Your Thermostat Incorrectly? Five Home Heating Errors Pushing Up Energy Bills
- Study: Less Than 30% of Energy Consumers Highly Engaged With Smart Grid
- European Leaders Agree on Targets to Fight Climate Change
- Comcast Shedding Cable Subscribers - Broadband Growth More Than Compensates
- More Cities Call for Control of Their Broadband Destiny, as FCC Looks at States’ Power to Overrule Them
- Here’s The Latest Bit of Astroturfing from the Cable Industry about Broadband Speeds – Hey Look, Washington State is the 14th Fastest Internet Country!
- Netflix to Close Hillsboro Office in June 2015
- Cloud Business Lifts Microsoft’s Quarterly Results
- Please Do Not Leave a Message: Why Millennials Hate Voice Mail
- Six CEOs Who Have More Twitter Followers than Their Companies
- The Queen Just Sent Her First Tweet
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Tornado Damages Parts Of Longview, Kelso
- Mason Transit Offers First Glimpse of Cutting-Edge Transit Community Center
- Feds: Cowlitz Tribe Could Get Casino Land as Soon as January
- Legal Pot Store Owner to Defy Goldendale Ban
- Will a Big Solar Storm Mess with Our GPS?
Pandemonium
• \pan-duh-MONE-ee-um\ • noun –1: the capital of Hell in Milton’s Paradise Lost
2: the infernal regions: hell 3: not capitalized: a wild uproar: tumult
(From
the Greek: pan + the Latin: daemonium or demon)
Early
release from school resulted in a joyous pandemonium on the front lawn of the
local high school. Streamers of two-ply toilet paper soared through the air.
The only thought going through the mind of the school’s budget analyst was that
two rolls of one-ply would be more cost-effective.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
British Columbia Energy Minister Says U-S Has a
Good Deal in Columbia River Treaty (Northwest Public Radio)
Electricity Restored - Kamilche Area Outage
Affects About 600 Customers (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Businesses Targeted by Scammers Claiming to be
Franklin PUD (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Montana: Flathead Electric Co-op Hit by Off-Shore
Scammers (Electric Co-op Today)
Fitch Rates Grant PUD’s Electric System Bonds ‘AA’
(BusinessWire)
Editorial: Clean, Compact Energy? We Can Dream,
Can’t We? (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
So You Think We’re Reducing the Use of Coal? --
Think Again (Forbes)
Massachusetts: Electrical Fires Are Common Cause
of Deadly Residential Blazes (Boston Globe, MA)
Online Game Helps Ontario Residents Spot
Electrical Hazards Lurking in Their Homes (Electric Energy Online)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Final Lower Columbia Commercial Salmon Fishing
Periods Set (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Grant PUD: Recently Renovated Hatchery Helping
Salmon Runs Break Records (KULR TV, Billings, MT)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Climatologist
Says Yakima Basin Needs More Water Storage (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
REC
Silicon Wants Grant County to Rescind Tax Bill (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
Jonesing
for the Sun: Why Do People Put Solar on Their Roofs? Because Other People Put
Solar on Their Roofs (Washington Post)
Op/Ed:
Feds Should Pitch In on PUD Tidal Project (Everett Herald, WA)
How
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Turned a Landfill Site into a $4 Million Solar-Power
Plant (Sacramento Business Journal)
Vermont’s
Largest Municipal Utility Goes 100 Percent Renewable – With a Little Help from
Hydro (GreenBiz)
How
Renewable Energy Could Leave You Mired in Blackouts (Motley Fool)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
WA
Ranked Eighth for Energy Efficiency (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Detergent
Companies Are Unhappy With Our Efficient Washing Machines (Consumerist)
Are
You Using Your Thermostat Incorrectly? Five Home Heating Errors Pushing Up
Energy Bills (The Telegraph, UK)
Study:
Less Than 30% of Energy Consumers Highly Engaged With Smart Grid (Utility Dive)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
European
Leaders Agree on Targets to Fight Climate Change (NY
Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Shedding Cable Subscribers - Broadband
Growth More Than Compensates (Oregonian, Portland)
More Cities Call for Control of Their Broadband
Destiny, as FCC Looks at States’ Power to Overrule Them (GigaOM)
Here’s The Latest Bit of Astroturfing from the
Cable Industry about Broadband Speeds – Hey Look, Washington State is the 14th
Fastest Internet Country! (Consumerist)
Netflix to Close Hillsboro Office in June 2015
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Cloud Business Lifts Microsoft’s Quarterly Results
(Associated Press)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Please Do Not Leave a Message: Why Millennials Hate
Voice Mail (National Public Radio)
Six CEOs Who Have More Twitter Followers than Their
Companies (AdWeek)
The Queen Just Sent Her First Tweet (Gizmodo)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
GENERAL NEWS
Tornado Damages Parts Of Longview, Kelso (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Mason Transit Offers First Glimpse of Cutting-Edge
Transit Community Center (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Feds: Cowlitz Tribe Could Get Casino Land as Soon
as January (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Legal Pot Store Owner to Defy Goldendale Ban (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Will a Big Solar Storm Mess with Our GPS? (Christian
Science Monitor)
DIVERSIONS
Do You Have The Guts To Celebrate World Tripe
Day? (Ha Ha Ha Ha!)
Top 10 Most Ridiculous Excuses for Skipping
Work
Seahawks
Uniforms Ranked among National Football League’s Ugliest
Man’s
Ashes to be Scattered in Fireworks Display
SONG OF THE DAY
ZZ
Top - Sharp Dressed Man
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
All
the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some
media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in
broken links in the future.
Note
that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles
may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However,
some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before
holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.
