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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Governor Expands Drought Emergency to Include
More of Mason County & More of Washington State (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Report:
Oregon, Washington Solar Markets Will Boom This Year (Utility Dive)
West
Side Story: California & Energy Northwest Lead $8.7B Week (The Bond Buyer)
Washington
State Governor Paves Way for Doctors to Ramp Up Telemedicine Use (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Pot’s
Holy Day Brings New Attention to Legalization Debate (Sacramento Bee, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- West Side Story: California & Energy Northwest Lead $8.7B Week
- Grays Harbor County Outage Hits Over 1500 Yesterday
- Update: Mason PUD 3 Crews Restore Electricity to nearly 600 Customers in Kamilche Area
- Reuse of Harbor Paper Materials Saves Grays Harbor PUD over $460K in Clean-Up Costs
- Go Grand Coulee! The Ten Biggest Power Plants in America – Not What You Think
- Congressman Newhouse Tours Ice Harbor Dam, Discusses Treaty Negotiations
- British Columbia: Dam Pioneers Displeased with Bill Bennett, BC Hydro’s Peace River Dam Site Visions
- Utah’s Oldest Coal Plant Retired in Face of New EPA Standards
- North Dakota: Pole Fires Were Likely Cause of Fargo Power Outages
- APPA, LPPC, TAPS Ask Senate Tax Groups to Preserve Tax-Exempt Status of Municipal Bonds
- Globally Rethinking the Power of the Grid
- House Panel OKs Bill Directing Withdrawal of WOTUS Rule
- Editorial: American Rivers’ Annual ‘Most Endangered’ List Lacks Credibility
- Editorial: Idaho Governor Steps Up for Lake Pend Oreille
- Report: Oregon, Washington Solar Markets Will Boom This Year
- Solar Power Battle Puts Hawaii at Forefront of Worldwide Changes
- New Mexico Attorney General Joins Solar Lobby in Opposition to PNM Grid Fees
- Wind Tax Credits Likely to Get ‘Rolled over in Some Capacity,’ GE’s Immelt Says
- Nine Easy Earth Day Tips You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
- Efficiency Exchange Highlights Energy Efficiency Innovations & Trends
- Pot’s Holy Day Brings New Attention to Legalization Debate
- Five Things to Know on 420: Some Facts about Marijuana
- Marijuana Web Site Puts $1 Million into Possible California Initiative
- U-S Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions Increase in Past Two Years
- The Most Carbon-Efficient Year Ever for America’s Power Industry?
- Eugene’s Great Electric Vehicle Hope Lands $1 Million
- Low-Carbon Energy Systems Costlier than Gas-Fed Plants
- Washington State Governor Paves Way for Doctors to Ramp Up Telemedicine Use
- Comcast Bringing Super-Fast Fiber Network to Silicon Valley & Other California Markets
- Norway Will Be the First Country to Turn Off FM Radio in 2017
- Is Facebook Trying to Edge Out YouTube?
- Box, Provider of Cloud-Computing Services, Faces Make-or-Break Moment
- Governor Expands Drought Emergency to Include More of Mason County & More of Washington State
- Jail Time for Man Who Moved Tahuya River
- Smoke from Siberian Wildfires Turns Northwestern Sunsets a Fiery Red
- California: Judge Rejects Sierra Pacific Attempt to Throw Out Moonlight Fire Settlement
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
West
Side Story: California & Energy Northwest Lead $8.7B Week (The Bond Buyer)
Grays
Harbor County Outage Hits Over 1500 Yesterday (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Update:
Mason PUD 3 Crews Restore Electricity to nearly 600 Customers in Kamilche Area (Mason
PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Reuse
of Harbor Paper Materials Saves Grays Harbor PUD over $460K in Clean-Up Costs (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Go
Grand Coulee! The Ten Biggest Power Plants in America – Not What You Think (Forbes
Magazine)
Congressman
Newhouse Tours Ice Harbor Dam, Discusses Treaty Negotiations (Tri-City Herald, WA)
British
Columbia: Dam Pioneers Displeased with Bill Bennett, BC Hydro’s Peace River Dam
Site Visions (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Utah’s
Oldest Coal Plant Retired in Face of New EPA Standards (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
North
Dakota: Pole Fires Were Likely Cause of Fargo Power Outages (Inforum, Fargo,
ND)
APPA,
LPPC, TAPS Ask Senate Tax Groups to Preserve Tax-Exempt Status of Municipal
Bonds (American Public Power Association)
Globally
Rethinking the Power of the Grid (Breaking Energy)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
House
Panel OKs Bill Directing Withdrawal of WOTUS Rule (American Public Power
Association)
Editorial:
American Rivers’ Annual ‘Most Endangered’ List Lacks Credibility (Longview Daily News, WA)
Editorial:
Idaho Governor Steps Up for Lake Pend Oreille (Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Report:
Oregon, Washington Solar Markets Will Boom This Year (Utility Dive)
Solar
Power Battle Puts Hawaii at Forefront of Worldwide Changes (NY Times)
New
Mexico Attorney General Joins Solar Lobby in Opposition to PNM Grid Fees (Utility
Dive)
Wind
Tax Credits Likely to Get ‘Rolled over in Some Capacity,’ GE’s Immelt Says (SNL
Financial)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Nine
Easy Earth Day Tips You Won’t Find Anywhere Else (Renewable
Energy World)
Efficiency
Exchange Highlights Energy Efficiency Innovations & Trends (Bonneville
Power Administration)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Pot’s
Holy Day Brings New Attention to Legalization Debate (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Five
Things to Know on 420: Some Facts about Marijuana – On historic pot culture ‘holiday’
for state, here’s a brief history lesson (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Marijuana
Web Site Puts $1 Million into Possible California Initiative (Sacramento Bee, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U-S
Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions Increase in Past Two Years (U-S Energy
Information Administration)
The
Most Carbon-Efficient Year Ever for America’s Power Industry? (Breaking Energy)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Eugene’s
Great Electric Vehicle Hope Lands $1 Million (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Low-Carbon
Energy Systems Costlier than Gas-Fed Plants – That Will Reverse Over Time,
Experts Say (Vancouver Sun, BC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington
State Governor Paves Way for Doctors to Ramp Up Telemedicine Use (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Comcast
Bringing Super-Fast Fiber Network to Silicon Valley & Other California
Markets (Consumerist)
Norway
Will Be the First Country to Turn Off FM Radio in 2017 (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Is
Facebook Trying to Edge Out YouTube? More publishers are debuting exclusive,
optimized content (AdWeek)
Box,
Provider of Cloud-Computing Services, Faces Make-or-Break Moment (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Governor Expands Drought Emergency to Include
More of Mason County & More of Washington State (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Jail Time for Man Who Moved Tahuya River (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Smoke from Siberian Wildfires Turns Northwestern Sunsets
a Fiery Red (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
California: Judge Rejects Sierra Pacific Attempt to
Throw Out Moonlight Fire Settlement (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
DIVERSIONS
Behind
The Photo That Changed the Boston Marathon Forever
You
Can Now Bathe in Ramen Noodles
Mom
Eats Three 72-Ounce Steaks in 20 Minutes
New
Species of Frog Found in Costa Rica Looks Just Like Kermit
SONG OF THE DAY
Willie
Nelson – Rainbow Connection
Kermit
the Frog - Rainbow Connection, The Muppet Movie
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