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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Montana Supreme Court Denies $1.4 Million Electricity Rate
Increase for Northwestern Energy (KVGO Radio, Missoula, MT)
Utility Board Votes for Tacoma Funding of Click Network
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Lewis County Public Utility District Opposes Proposed Carbon
Tax (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Smallmouth Bass Invading Lower Deschutes River (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Statewide Blackout in Australia Raises Questions Over
Renewable Energy (Reuters)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana Supreme Court Denies $1.4 Million Electricity Rate Increase for Northwestern Energy
- Statewide Blackout in Australia Raises Questions Over Renewable Energy
- Public Power, Other Groups Take FERC to Court over PJM Capacity Performance Plan
- Bonneville Power Administration to Dedicate $16 Million Pasco Maintenance Hub
- Grant PUD Employee Among 16 Recipients of Governor’s Lifesaving Award
- Public Power Week October 2 – 8
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Tries New Tactics to Renovate Headquarters for $68 Million
- Colorado: Boulder Drops Push for Xcel Assets in New Supplemental Application
- Hawaii: Utility Company to Use Drones Infrastructure Inspection
- Photos: Power Grid
- Smallmouth Bass Invading Lower Deschutes River
- Snohomish River Opens for Coho Thursday after Run Size Deemed Strong Enough
- Skagit River Coho Opener Wednesday Was Good
- Puyallup Salmon Homecoming Event to Bring Awareness to Salmon Life Cycle
- Batteries Not Included: Swimming Charges Innovative Fish Tags
- Penlight Celebrates Community Solar Project
- California PUC Rejects Rehearing on Revised Net Metering Policy
- What Do Solar Panels & Tomatoes Have in Common? Living Space
- Oregon: Cannabis Farm Fundraiser for House Democrats Shows Weed’s Growing Political Clout
- Meet the U-S Senators & Congressmen Who Support Marijuana Legalization
- Weed Might Make You Feel Chill – Its Impact on the Climate Is Anything But
- Lewis County Public Utility District Opposes Proposed Carbon Tax
- How Obama Could Lose His Big Climate Case
- California Wants to Regulate Cow Belches – It’s Less Weird Than It Sounds
- What the Paris Car Show Says about the Future of Electric Cars
- Utility Board Votes for Tacoma Funding of Click Network
- U-S Senators Push Bill for More Taxpayer-Funded Broadband Projects
- Three States Sue to Block U-S Ceding Control of Internet Group
- FCC Pulls Set-Top Box Rules from Meeting Agenda
- HP Says “Sorry” for Shutting Down Printers Using Others’ Ink
- Ban on Selfies in the Voting Booth Is Unconstitutional
- Londoners Horrified by ‘Tube Chat’ Badge Encouraging Them to Interact on the Tube
- Race for Washington Lieutenant Governor a Study in Contrasts
- Why the U-S Government Will Pay Native Americans Almost Half a Billion Dollars
- Justices Take Up Trademark Case That Could Affect Redskins
- Suspect in Two Shelton ‘Offer Up’ Car Thefts Arrested, Jailed
- Washington State Patrol Investigates Crash Involving School Bus
- Major Seafood Company, Taylor Shellfish, Sued for Racial Harassment at Whatcom County Farm
- Macy’s Store Re-Opens after Last Week’s Deadly Cascade Mall Shooting
- Washington State’s Minimum Wage to Increase January 1st
- OysterFest This Weekend – At Sanderson Field North of Shelton
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Montana Supreme Court Denies $1.4 Million Electricity Rate
Increase for Northwestern Energy (KVGO Radio, Missoula, MT)
Statewide Blackout in Australia Raises Questions Over
Renewable Energy (Reuters)
Public Power, Other Groups Take FERC to Court over PJM Capacity
Performance Plan (American Public Power Association)
Bonneville Power Administration to Dedicate $16 Million Pasco
Maintenance Hub (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
Grant PUD Employee Among 16 Recipients of Governor’s
Lifesaving Award (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Public Power Week October 2 – 8 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Tries New Tactics to
Renovate Headquarters for $68 Million (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Colorado: Boulder Drops Push for Xcel Assets in New
Supplemental Application (Utility Dive)
Hawaii: Utility Company to Use Drones Infrastructure Inspection
(Pacific Business Journal, HI)
Photos: Power Grid (U-S News & World Report)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Smallmouth Bass Invading Lower Deschutes River (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Snohomish River Opens for Coho Thursday after Run Size
Deemed Strong Enough (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Skagit River Coho Opener Wednesday Was Good – Updated Run
Size Almost Four Times Larger Than Forecast (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Puyallup Salmon Homecoming Event to Bring Awareness to
Salmon Life Cycle (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Batteries Not Included: Swimming Charges Innovative Fish
Tags (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Penlight Celebrates Community Solar Project (Peninsula Light
Company, Gig Harbor, WA)
California PUC Rejects Rehearing on Revised Net Metering
Policy (Utility Dive)
What Do Solar Panels & Tomatoes Have in Common? Living Space
(Grist Online)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon: Cannabis Farm Fundraiser for House Democrats Shows
Weed’s Growing Political Clout (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Meet the U-S Senators & Congressmen Who Support
Marijuana Legalization (Washington Post)
Weed Might Make You Feel Chill – Its Impact on the Climate
Is Anything But (Grist Online – PUD 3’s cannabis rate is obliquely referred in
the cited Green Tech Media article)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Lewis County Public Utility District Opposes Proposed Carbon
Tax (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
How Obama Could Lose His Big Climate Case (Atlantic
Magazine)
California Wants to Regulate Cow Belches – It’s Less Weird
Than It Sounds (Vox)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
What the Paris Car Show Says about the Future of Electric
Cars (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Utility Board Votes for Tacoma Funding of Click Network (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
U-S Senators Push Bill for More Taxpayer-Funded Broadband Projects
(Watchdog.Org)
Three States Sue to Block U-S Ceding Control of Internet Group
(Associated Press)
FCC Pulls Set-Top Box Rules from Meeting Agenda (USA Today)
HP Says “Sorry” for Shutting Down Printers Using Others’ Ink
(Oregonian, Portland)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Ban on Selfies in the Voting Booth Is Unconstitutional (Consumerist)
Londoners Horrified by ‘Tube Chat’ Badge Encouraging Them to
Interact on the Tube (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Race for Washington Lieutenant Governor a Study in Contrasts
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Why the U-S Government Will Pay Native Americans Almost Half
a Billion Dollars (Christian Science Monitor)
Justices Take Up Trademark Case That Could Affect Redskins (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory – PG for possible political
incorrectness perceived by the weak of heart)
GENERAL NEWS
Suspect in Two Shelton ‘Offer Up’ Car Thefts Arrested,
Jailed (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Washington State Patrol Investigates Crash Involving School
Bus (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Major Seafood Company, Taylor Shellfish, Sued for Racial
Harassment at Whatcom County Farm (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Macy’s Store Re-Opens after Last Week’s Deadly Cascade Mall Shooting
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Washington State’s Minimum Wage to Increase January 1st
(North Central Washington Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
OysterFest This Weekend – At Sanderson Field North of
Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Who Wants to Punch Martin Shkreli in the Face (for Charity)?
Ball Point Bigwig – Happy Birthday to Laszlo Biro
Life-Sized Scrabble Game Takes Over Busy Street on Seattle’s
Capitol Hill
A Black Moon Will Rise Friday Night – You Aren’t Going to
See It
SONG OF THE DAY
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon (Full Album)
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