Energy News Digest for October 28, 2015 – Hot Shots Edition

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Portland General Electric Income Falls $3 Million as It Prepares to Open New $450m Natural Gas Plant (Portland Business Journal, Or)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/10/pge-income-falls-3m-as-it-prepares-to-open-new.html

Future of Avista’s Coal Power to be Discussed in Spokane Wednesday (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/oct/27/future-of-avistas-coal-power-to-be-discussed-in-sp/

Cowlitz PUD to Save $3 Million with Bond Refinancing (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/cowlitz-pud-to-save-million-with-bond-refinancing/article_9983bd9d-7513-5057-9fda-8e3eaa134d45.html

Attorney Says Two Utilities’ Negligence Led to New Mexico Wildfire (Associated Press)

http://krqe.com/2015/10/27/closings-expected-in-civil-case-over-new-mexico-wildfire/

Drone Crash Kills Power to Hundreds of LA Residents (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/drone-knocks-out-power-to-hundreds-of-hollywood-residen-1739122287

Mason PUD 3’s Social Media Outreach Receives National Award (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/17628

Oregon: Columbia River PUD Website Receives National Honors (St Helens Chronicle, OR)

http://www.thechronicleonline.com/news/pud-website-receives-national-honors/article_329bf9ec-7cfb-11e5-81e6-efe5391e365e.html

Forget Google Fiber: Lake Oswego May Build Its Own High Speed Network (KATU-TV, Portland, Or)

http://www.katu.com/news/local/Forget-waiting-around-for-Google-fiber-City-of-Lake-Oswego-may-build-its-own-high-speed-network--337763741.html

Google Fiber Kansas City Offline as Royals Start World Series (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2015/10/google_fiber_kansas_city_goes.html

How Comcast Wants to Meter the Internet (Associated Press)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20151027/BIZ02/151029109

Bipartisan Coalition Launches Congressional Battery Storage Caucus (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/bipartisan-coalition-launches-congressional-battery-storage-caucus/408096/

Dusting the Sky With Diamond is the Latest Crazy Scheme to Cool the Planet (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/dusting-the-sky-with-diamond-is-the-latest-crazy-scheme-1739047425

Turn Your Halloween Pumpkins Into Power (Breaking Energy)

http://breakingenergy.com/2015/10/27/turn-your-halloween-pumpkins-into-power/

Shelton Women Share Life: Surgeons perform first live liver transplant in Pacific Northwest (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/health/Surgeons-perform-first-ever-live-liver-transplant-in-Pacific-Northwest-337719891.html

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