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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
San
Bruno: Pacific Gas & Electric Hit with Record Penalty of $1.6 Billion for
Fatal Explosion (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Spill for Fish Passage Begins Friday at Columbia
River Dams (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Electric
Co-Ops – Nespelem Valley Electric, Inland Power & Light – To Study Merger
Idea (Star of the Grand Coulee, WA)
Ellensburg:
Proposed Solar Farm Public Hearing Set for Thursday (Ellensburg Daily Record,
WA)
Olympic
Peninsula on the List: Drought Committee Adds to List of Areas at Risk for
Water Shortages (Washington State Department of Ecology)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- San Bruno: Pacific Gas & Electric Hit with Record Penalty of $1.6 Billion for Fatal Explosion
- Electric Co-Ops – Nespelem Valley Electric, Inland Power & Light – To Study Merger Idea
- Lewis County PUD Proposes Rate Increase
- Low Service Line Violations: Oregon Homeowners – Surprise $1,000 Bill Could be Coming
- Fitch Rates Energy Northwest Bonds ‘AA’; Outlook Stable
- Taking the Hydro Out of Hydropower
- Top Ten Facts about Yucca Mountain
- Spill for Fish Passage Begins Friday at Columbia River Dams
- Oregon/Washington Extend Spring Salmon Fishing
- Olympic Peninsula on the List: Drought Committee Adds to List of Areas at Risk for Water Shortages
- Conditions ‘Practically Out of Control’ as Snowpack Hits Record Low
- Ellensburg: Proposed Solar Farm Public Hearing Set for Thursday
- Montana Will Delay Action on Net Metering Until a Study of Its Impacts is Complete
- Including the Poor in the Solar Energy Boom
- Portland Battery Energy Startup Lands $250,000 from Wells Fargo Incubator
- Residents React Strongly to Proposed Southwest North Dakota Wind Farm
- Joel Spira, Founder of Light Dimmer Switch Empire, Dies
- BPA, Public Utilities Fueling the Energy Efficiency Powerhouse
- Marijuana Taxes Won’t Save State Budgets
- Wave Broadband Acquires ReallyFast.net to Expand Gigabit Service in Seattle
- Google Leases New Downtown Portland Office
- CEO’s Fight for Control Could Cost Google Half a Billion Dollars
- CenturyLink Apologizes for Overstating Gigabit Availability
- High-Speed Internet Added to Everett Apartments
- Teens Aren’t Fleeing Facebook as Quickly as We Thought
- More U-S Teens Turning to Instagram, Snapchat, Survey Finds
- Why Livestreaming Apps Like Meerkat & Periscope Will be a Huge Boon for Cops
- Watch How Absurd Email Would Seem in Real Life
- Leader of Washington State Campaign Watchdog Agency Resigning
- Road Rage Contributed to Fatal Three-Car Crash on I-5, WSP Says – Centralia Woman Killed
- Get Your Motor Running: Gas at $2.35 This Summer
- Fewer People Taking & Passing the G.E.D. Test
- Low Snowpack Prompts Port Townsend Paper to Plan Water Conservation Measures, Meet with City Officials
- Stolen Eastern Washington Cabin Found Outside of Springdale
Ingénue
• \AN-juh-noo\ • Noun – 1: a naïve girl or young woman *2: the stage role of an
ingénue; also: an actress playing such a role
Whenever
I see this word, I always think of the actress Theresa Wright. I think that
when you look up the word ingénue in the dictionary, her picture should be
right there. Not that I’m obsessed with Theresa Wright, you see. I just think
she was neat. Doesn’t hurt that she was an Oscar winner too. But I digress…
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
San
Bruno: Pacific Gas & Electric Hit with Record Penalty of $1.6 Billion for Fatal
Explosion (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Electric
Co-Ops – Nespelem Valley Electric, Inland Power & Light – To Study Merger
Idea (Star of the Grand Coulee, WA)
Lewis
County PUD Proposes Rate Increase (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Low
Service Line Violations: Oregon Homeowners – Surprise $1,000 Bill Could be Coming
(KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Fitch
Rates Energy Northwest Bonds ‘AA’; Outlook Stable (Yahoo! Finance)
Taking
the Hydro Out of Hydropower (Marketplace, American Public Media)
Top
Ten Facts about Yucca Mountain (Nuclear Energy Institute)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Spill for Fish Passage Begins Friday at Columbia
River Dams (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Oregon/Washington Extend Spring Salmon Fishing (Oregonian,
Portland)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Olympic
Peninsula on the List: Drought Committee Adds to List of Areas at Risk for Water
Shortages (Washington State Department of Ecology)
Conditions
‘Practically Out of Control’ as Snowpack Hits Record Low (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Ellensburg:
Proposed Solar Farm Public Hearing Set for Thursday (Ellensburg Daily Record,
WA)
Montana
Will Delay Action on Net Metering Until a Study of Its Impacts is Complete (Utility
Dive)
Including
the Poor in the Solar Energy Boom (Christian Science Monitor)
Portland
Battery Energy Startup Lands $250,000 from Wells Fargo Incubator (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Residents
React Strongly to Proposed Southwest North Dakota Wind Farm (Northern Plains
Business News, Grand Forks, ND)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Joel
Spira, Founder of Light Dimmer Switch Empire, Dies (Associated Press)
BPA,
Public Utilities Fueling the Energy Efficiency Powerhouse (Bonneville Power Administration)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana
Taxes Won’t Save State Budgets (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Wave
Broadband Acquires ReallyFast.net to Expand Gigabit Service in Seattle
(Geekwire)
Google
Leases New Downtown Portland Office (Oregonian, Portland)
CEO’s
Fight for Control Could Cost Google Half a Billion Dollars (Christian Science
Monitor)
CenturyLink
Apologizes for Overstating Gigabit Availability (Broadband
Reports)
High-Speed
Internet Added to Everett Apartments (Everett Herald, WA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Teens
Aren’t Fleeing Facebook as Quickly as We Thought (Washington Post)
More
U-S Teens Turning to Instagram, Snapchat, Survey Finds (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Why
Livestreaming Apps Like Meerkat & Periscope Will be a Huge Boon for Cops (Washington
Post)
Watch
How Absurd Email Would Seem in Real Life (Gizmodo – The video ends with an ad,
but the content is fun!)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Leader
of Washington State Campaign Watchdog Agency Resigning (Everett Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Road Rage Contributed to Fatal Three-Car Crash on
I-5, WSP Says – Centralia Woman Killed (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Get
Your Motor Running: Gas at $2.35 This Summer (USA Today)
Fewer
People Taking & Passing the G.E.D. Test (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
Low Snowpack Prompts Port Townsend Paper to Plan
Water Conservation Measures, Meet with City Officials (Peninsula Daily News,
Port Angeles, WA)
Stolen
Eastern Washington Cabin Found Outside of Springdale (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Meet
the Real Women Who Inspired a League of Their Own
Couple
Rescues Starving Dog Lost in Washington Mountains; Looks for Owner
Civil
War: 150th Anniversary of Lee Surrender at Appomattox
Comcast
Refused to Cancel Cable for Customer Whose House Went Up in Flames
SONG OF THE DAY
Crosby
Stills Nash & Young – Our House
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