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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
British Columbia Energy Projects Face New Legal
Hurdles (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Weather: Below-Average Snowfall Expected across
Inland Northwest (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
As Infrastructure Crumbles, Trillions of
Gallons of Water Lost (National Public Radio)
Portland General Electric Status Report: Earnings
Are Up, New Rates Are in the Offing & Three New Power Stations Are in the
Pipeline (Portland Business Journal, OR)
California:
Bay Area Solar Firms Take Dim View of Arizona Utility’s Move (SF Chronicle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- British Columbia Energy Projects Face New Legal Hurdles
- Portland General Electric Status Report: Earnings Are Up, New Rates Are in the Offing & Three New Power Stations Are in the Pipeline
- Oregon: Springfield Utility Board Asks for Power, Water Rate Increases
- Op/Ed: Steve Wright - It’s Time to Plan Projects
- PacifiCorp Employee Claims Retaliation after Refusing to Meet with Boss’ Daughter, Who Sold Knives Door-to-Door
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resumes Plant Licensing
- OSHA Final Rule on Derricks Delayed
- Eleven Utilities Are Winners in APPA Annual Report Contest
- Oregon: Rescue Nets Thousands of Deschutes River Fish
- Watchdog Group Finds Shrimp Mislabeled Nationwide, with Less Fraud in Portland
- As Infrastructure Crumbles, Trillions of Gallons of Water Lost
- California: Bay Area Solar Firms Take Dim View of Arizona Utility’s Move
- Researchers Turning Wood Waste into Energy, Agricultural Resource
- Montana: Bridger Bowl Receives Grant to Install Biomass Burner
- Canada: Report Says Wind Turbines Blowing Ontario Taxpayers’ Money
- Fukushima Sets Off Green Boom & Glut as Utilities Choke on Cost, Hope for Return of Nuclear
- This Diagram Will Help You Visualize How Opower’s Software Platform Operates
- Washington State Governor Inslee’s Consultant: Clean-Fuel Standard Might Raise Gas Prices Two Cents by 2020
- Fires & Floods: North Cascades Federal Lands Prepare for Climate Change
- Are Environmental Regulations Causing U-S Utility Bills to Surge?
- APPA Applauds Recognition by Broadband Agency of Safety Role Played by Electric Utilities
- Some Connecticut Residents Say Frontier/AT&T Switchover Left Them without Service
- Op/Ed: Who is Winning the Broadband Race?
- Seven Big Stats from Facebook’s Third Quarter Earnings Report - Ad Sales Continue to Drive Growth
- Lysol Buys Ad around Google Searches for ‘Ebola’ Exploiting Public Fear?
- Why Did Taco Bell Just Wipe Out Its Social Media Accounts? An Unorthodox Approach to Launching an App
- Senate Republicans Call for Formal Investigations into Mailers Targeting Sen. Sheldon
- Weather: Below-Average Snowfall Expected across Inland Northwest
- Transportation Officials Say 3,000 Rail Crossings in Washington Go Un-Inspected
- Oregon, Alaska Now Ground Zero in Legal Marijuana Fight
- Pot Legalization Measure Divides Marijuana Producers in Southwest Oregon
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Amber
stumbled from her first meeting with her utility’s energy experts in a daze.
Acronyms and specialized concepts rolled out the door behind her, somewhat like
“Fibber McGee’s Closet.” The colloquial onset was dulled somewhat by a quick “break”
at the nearby pub, where a pint of ale replaced her mental confusion with more
of a physical one.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
British Columbia Energy Projects Face New Legal
Hurdles (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Portland General Electric Status Report: Earnings
Are Up, New Rates Are in the Offing & Three New Power Stations Are in the Pipeline
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Oregon: Springfield Utility Board Asks for Power,
Water Rate Increases - Rising BPA costs & the loss of two big customers
hurt the utility (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Clallam PUD to Conduct Customer Survey (KONP
Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Op/Ed: Steve Wright - It’s Time to Plan Projects (Wenatchee World, WA)
PacifiCorp Employee Claims Retaliation after
Refusing to Meet with Boss’ Daughter, Who Sold Knives Door-to-Door (Oregonian,
Portland)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resumes Plant
Licensing (Utility Dive)
OSHA Final Rule on Derricks Delayed (Electric
Co-op Today)
Eleven Utilities Are Winners in APPA Annual
Report Contest (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon: Rescue Nets Thousands of Deschutes River Fish
(Bend Bulletin, OR)
Watchdog Group Finds Shrimp Mislabeled
Nationwide, with Less Fraud in Portland (Oregonian, Portland)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
As Infrastructure Crumbles, Trillions of
Gallons of Water Lost (National Public Radio)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California:
Bay Area Solar Firms Take Dim View of Arizona Utility’s Move (SF Chronicle)
Researchers
Turning Wood Waste into Energy, Agricultural Resource (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Montana:
Bridger Bowl Receives Grant to Install Biomass
Burner (Bozeman Daily Chronicle, MT)
Canada:
Report Says Wind Turbines Blowing Ontario Taxpayers’ Money (Sun News, Canada)
Fukushima
Sets Off Green Boom & Glut as Utilities Choke on Cost, Hope for Return of Nuclear
(Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
This
Diagram Will Help You Visualize How Opower’s Software Platform Operates (The
Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Governor Inslee’s Consultant: Clean-Fuel Standard Might Raise Gas Prices Two
Cents by 2020 (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Fires
& Floods: North Cascades Federal Lands Prepare for Climate Change (UW Today,
Seattle, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Are
Environmental Regulations Causing U-S Utility Bills to Surge? (Renewable Energy World)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
APPA Applauds Recognition by Broadband Agency of
Safety Role Played by Electric Utilities (American Public Power Association)
Some Connecticut Residents Say Frontier/AT&T Switchover
Left Them without Service (New Haven Register-Citizen, CT)
Op/Ed: Who is Winning the Broadband Race? (Detroit
News, MI)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Seven Big Stats from Facebook’s Third Quarter Earnings
Report - Ad Sales Continue to Drive Growth (AdWeek)
Lysol Buys Ad around Google Searches for ‘Ebola’
Exploiting Public Fear? (AdWeek)
Why Did Taco Bell Just Wipe Out Its Social Media
Accounts? An Unorthodox Approach to Launching an App (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Senate Republicans Call for Formal Investigations
into Mailers Targeting Sen. Sheldon (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Weather: Below-Average Snowfall Expected across Inland
Northwest (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Transportation
Officials Say 3,000 Rail Crossings in Washington Go Un-Inspected (Northwest
Public Radio)
Oregon, Alaska Now Ground Zero in Legal Marijuana
Fight (Associated Press)
Pot Legalization Measure Divides Marijuana
Producers in Southwest Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
DIVERSIONS
Once
& for All: Is It Duck Tape or Duct Tape?
Man’s
Own Dog Helps Police Bust Him on Drug Charge
Man
Who Vanished from Denver NFL Game Said He ‘Had His Fill of Football’
Grandma
Got Run over by a Reindeer. In October - All-Christmas Radio Is an Enduring, &
Profitable, Tradition
SONG OF THE DAY
Genesis
- Follow You Follow Me
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