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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Obama Administration Finalizes Clean Power Plan: Deeper Carbon Dioxide Cuts, More Time to Comply (Utility Dive)
Mason PUD 3’s Community Solar a First for Mason County - Registration for Shares Open Through September 17 (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Franklin PUD to Begin Customer Sign-Ups for Community Solar Project (Tri-City Herald, WA)
As Salmon Vanish in the Dry Pacific Northwest, So Does Native Heritage (Washington Post)
Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Filings in Idaho (MarketWatch)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Filings in Idaho
- Grant PUD Board OKs Power Sales Contract
- $6 Billion: Astoria LNG Project Developers Lose Out on Oregon Coast Land Ruling
- U-S Energy Generation, Mapped in Wonderful Detail
- As Salmon Vanish in the Dry Pacific Northwest, So Does Native Heritage
- $500,000 Send-Off for Greater Victoria Sewage Program Boss
- Clean Water Decision by Washington’s ‘Green’ Governor Makes Business Lobbies Turn Blue
- What Conserves More Water: Your Five-Minute Shower or Fixing a Leak?
- Mason PUD 3’s Community Solar a First for Mason County - Registration for Shares Open Through September 17
- Registration for Shares of First Mason County Community Solar Open
- Franklin PUD to Begin Customer Sign-Ups for Community Solar Project
- One Benefit to Everett’s Sunshine, Snohomish PUD Says Solar Capacity Up 70%
- State Auditors Examine Oregon Energy Tax Credit Sales
- Arizona Readies Consumer Protections for Solar Leasing as Installers Protest
- Co-ops Creative on Energy Efficiency
- How America Fell In Love with Crazy Amounts of Air Conditioning
- Legal Weed Crossing State Borders: No Big Deal?
- Obama Administration Finalizes Clean Power Plan: Deeper Carbon Dioxide Cuts, More Time to Comply
- Climate Change: Obama Orders Steeper Cuts from Power Plants
- Clean-Energy Debate Pitted Ambition against Legal Worries
- Obama’s Clean Power Plan Hailed as U-S’s Strongest Ever Climate Action
- Renewable Energy Group to Acquire Imperium Renewables
- Washington State Commits to Supporting a Growing EV Market
- Research Scientists to Use Network Much Faster Than Internet
- Need a Reason to Celebrate? Check Online, Where Social Media Fills the Calendar
- Update on Deckerville Fire – 8 PM – 100% Contained
- Chelan County Fire Grows to More than 15,000 Acres
- Washington State Senators (including Tim Sheldon) Want Investigation of Lands Commissioner Goldmark over ‘Low’ Lease Deal
- Interfor Gives Up on Tacoma Sawmill, Formerly a Simpson Lumber Facility
- Gas Tax Increases by 7 Cents in Washington State
Wisenheimer • \WYE-zun-hye-mer\ • Noun - Smart aleck
“Y’know, if y’all remove those dams, the fishies will tell all their friends, and they’ll come a’flockin back to the river in droves,” droned the out of town wisenheimer.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Filings in Idaho (MarketWatch)
Grant PUD Board OKs Power Sales Contract (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
$6 Billion: Astoria LNG Project Developers Lose Out on Oregon Coast Land Ruling (Portland Business Journal, OR)
U-S Energy Generation, Mapped in Wonderful Detail (Gizmodo)
FISH & WILDLIFE
As Salmon Vanish in the Dry Pacific Northwest, So Does Native Heritage (Washington Post)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
$500,000 Send-Off for Greater Victoria Sewage Program Boss (Vancouver Sun, BC)
Clean Water Decision by Washington’s ‘Green’ Governor Makes Business Lobbies Turn Blue (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
What Conserves More Water: Your Five-Minute Shower or Fixing a Leak? (Christian Science Monitor)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Mason PUD 3’s Community Solar a First for Mason County - Registration for Shares Open Through September 17 (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Registration for Shares of First Mason County Community Solar Open
Franklin PUD to Begin Customer Sign-Ups for Community Solar Project (Tri-City Herald, WA)
One Benefit to Everett’s Sunshine, Snohomish PUD Says Solar Capacity Up 70% (My Everett News, WA)
State Auditors Examine Oregon Energy Tax Credit Sales (Oregonian, Portland)
Arizona readies consumer protections for solar leasing as installers protest (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Co-ops Creative on Energy Efficiency (Electric Co-op Today)
How America Fell In Love with Crazy Amounts of Air Conditioning (Washington Post)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Legal Weed Crossing State Borders: No Big Deal? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Obama Administration Finalizes Clean Power Plan: Deeper Carbon Dioxide Cuts, More Time to Comply (Utility Dive)
Climate Change: Obama Orders Steeper Cuts from Power Plants (Associated Press)
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-mandate-steeper-emissions-cuts-us-power-plants-090146615--politics.html#
Clean-Energy Debate Pitted Ambition against Legal Worries (Washington Post)
Obama’s Clean Power Plan Hailed as U-S’s Strongest Ever Climate Action (The Guardian, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Renewable Energy Group to Acquire Imperium Renewables (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Washington State Commits to Supporting a Growing EV Market (The Energy Collective)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Research Scientists to Use Network Much Faster Than Internet (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Need a Reason to Celebrate? Check Online, Where Social Media Fills the Calendar (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Update on Deckerville Fire – 8 PM – 100% Contained (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Chelan County Fire Grows to More than 15,000 Acres (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Washington State Senators (including Tim Sheldon) Want Investigation of Lands Commissioner Goldmark over ‘Low’ Lease Deal (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Interfor Gives Up on Tacoma Sawmill, Formerly a Simpson Lumber Facility (South Sound Business Examiner)
Gas Tax Increases by 7 Cents in Washington State (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Maine Man Hires Plane to Fly Banner Protesting NFL’s Tom Brady Ruling
Massachusetts Woman’s Chicken Getting $2,500 Prosthetic Leg
Mountain Home Police Rescue Kitten Trapped on Speed Limit Sign
Here’s How a Facebook Post Turned a Doomed Wedding Into a Giant Party
SONG OF THE DAY
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
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