Energy News Digest for October 2, 2015 – Hot Shots Edition

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Sandy in Mind, East Coast Utilities Prep for Hurricane Joaquin (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/sandy-in-mind-east-coast-utilities-prep-for-hurricane-joaquin/406647/

Drought Was Rough on Sockeye Salmon – The Future Could Be an Upstream Battle (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/drought-was-rough-on-sockeye-and-future-could-be-an/article_c3574d1e-68cf-11e5-92de-8f6fa08e7611.html

U-S House Energy Committee Passes Grid Modernization Bill (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/house-energy-committee-passes-grid-modernization-bill/406649/

Clallam Commissioner Candidates Debate Elwha River Dams, Spending, Climate (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20151002/NEWS/310029971/clallam-commissioner-candidates-debate-dams-spending-climate

Bonneville Power Administration’s Regional Science Bowl Registration Opens (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Regional-Science-Bowl-registration-opens-2016.aspx

Portland General Electric Offers $5 Solar Energy 'Blocks' from Huge Oregon Farm (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/green/2015/10/01/pge-offers-5-solar-energy-blocks-huge-ore-farm/73151636/

Community Solar: Photovoltaics for the Rest of Us (The Energy Collective)

http://www.theenergycollective.com/frank-swigonski/2278186/community-solar-pv-rest-us

Pendleton: $45 Million Data Center Planned near Eastern Oregon Airport (Oregonian Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/eastern-oregon-pendleton-airport-data-center/

Oregon: Fiber Optic Network Service May be in Columbia County's Future (Portland Tribune, OR)

http://portlandtribune.com/scs/83-news/275334-151122-fiber-service-may-be-in-columbia-countys-future

Credit Check Company Hacked, 15 Million T-Mobile Customers' Data Stolen (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2015/10/credit-check-company-hacked-15m-t-mobile-customers.html

Oregon's Legal Pot Sales Robust But Violations Worry State (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/marijuana/index.ssf/2015/10/oregons_legal_pot_sales_robust.html

Two Remain In Critical Condition after UCC Shooting, Five Others Hospitalized (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/news/local/2-people-remain-in-critical-condition-5-others-hospitalized-in-UCC-shooting--330348451.html

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