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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Power Plant Costs – Portland General Electric Sues Insurers
for $180M, Could Ask Customers to Cover Cost Overruns (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Washington State Governor Signs Off Colstrip Bill with Partial
Veto (Utility Dive)
Mason PUD 3 Commission Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative 732
(Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
High Snowpack Year: Apparently Nature Is Rightside Up Again
(Washington Policy Center)
Sea Lion Return Bad for Fish, Pacific Northwest Ratepayers (Electric Co-op Today)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Power Plant Costs – Portland General Electric Sues Insurers for $180M, Could Ask Customers to Cover Cost Overruns
- Washington State Governor Signs Off Colstrip Bill with Partial Veto
- Bureau of Land Management Endorses Southern Boardman to Hemingway Route
- NorthWestern Energy Has Highest Electric Rates in Six-State Region, of Any Major Utility
- Clallam PUD Rate Comparison
- Seattle’s New Utility-Billing System at Least $34M over Budget, a Year Late
- Community Advocate Jeff Randall to Challenge Incumbent Barney Burke for Jefferson PUD Seat
- Op/Ed: Jefferson PUD – On the Bright Side, We’re Greener than PSE by Far
- Nuclear Power Is Too Safe to Save the World from Climate Change
- Sea Lion Return Bad for Fish, Pacific Northwest Ratepayers
- For Second Year, Corps Issued Permit to Cull Cormorants in Lower Columbia River – Allows Killing 3,216 Birds
- Bat-Killing White Nose Syndrome Confirmed in Pacific Northwest
- High Snowpack Year: Apparently Nature Is Rightside Up Again
- Idaho Regulators Ask Utilities to Double Check Water Systems
- Cowlitz PUD’s Solar Panel Program Now Live
- Umatilla Electric Solar Project Completed
- Oregon PUC Rejects Pacific Power Request to Reduce Renewable Energy Contracts
- Iberdrola Goes Solar, But Has Major Oregon Wind Projects in the Pipeline
- Advocacy Group Lists ‘Ten Worst-Sited’ Energy Projects for Birds – None in the Pacific Northwest
- Is Nest Thermostat’s Future with Google on Shaky Ground?
- EPRI, Seattle City Light, BPA Host Workshop to Boost Server-Room Efficiency
- Mason PUD 3 Commission Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative 732
- Carbon WA Responds to Mason PUD 3 Action on I-732
- Carbon Tax Should Be Higher, Say 130 British Columbia Businesses in Letter to Christy Clark
- Canada: Electric Car Boom Drives Surge in Charging-Station Demand
- Tesla’s Electric Cars Aren’t as Green as You Might Think
- Google Grant to Bring Wi-Fi to Low-Income Seattle Residents
- Smaller Telecoms Get Shot at Stand-Alone Broadband Subsidy
- Tennessee: Home Developer Built an ISP Because State Law Restricts Muni Broadband
- Infographic: What Consumers Are Really Looking for in a Wired Home
- Report: EEI Hired Brand Crisis Consultant to Improve Utility Industry’s Image
- Rhode Island Will Revamp Its Marketing Campaign after a Disastrous Roll Out
- Washington Legislature: What Passed, Died & Was Revived
- Alaska Air Confirms Plans to Purchase Virgin America
- Man Who Shot at Pursuing Mason Deputy Sough
- Completion of Belfair Highway Work Pushed Back Again
- Developer to Donate Old Tumwater Brewhouse to City
- City Considers Felony Charges in Illegal West Seattle Clear-Cut
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Power Plant Costs – Portland General Electric Sues Insurers
for $180M, Could Ask Customers to Cover Cost Overruns (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
Washington State Governor Signs Off Colstrip Bill with
Partial Veto (Utility Dive)
Bureau of Land Management Endorses Southern Boardman to
Hemingway Route (My Columbia Basin News)
NorthWestern Energy Has Highest Electric Rates in Six-State
Region, of Any Major Utility (KRTV-TV, Great Falls, MT)
Clallam PUD Rate Comparison (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Seattle’s New Utility-Billing System at Least $34M over
Budget, a Year Late (Seattle Times, WA
- Paywall Advisory)
Community Advocate Jeff Randall to Challenge Incumbent
Barney Burke for Jefferson PUD Seat (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Op/Ed: Jefferson PUD – On the Bright Side, We’re Greener
than PSE by Far (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Nuclear Power Is Too Safe to Save the World from Climate
Change (Wired Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sea Lion Return Bad for Fish, Pacific Northwest Ratepayers (Electric Co-op Today)
For Second Year, Corps Issued Permit to Cull Cormorants in
Lower Columbia River – Allows Killing 3,216 Birds (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Bat-Killing White Nose Syndrome Confirmed in Pacific
Northwest (Northwest Public Radio)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
High Snowpack Year: Apparently Nature Is Rightside Up Again
(Washington Policy Center)
Idaho Regulators Ask Utilities to Double Check Water Systems
(Northwest Cable News Network)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Cowlitz PUD’s Solar Panel Program Now Live (Longview Daily News, WA)
Umatilla Electric Solar Project Completed (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Oregon PUC Rejects Pacific Power Request to Reduce Renewable
Energy Contracts (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Iberdrola Goes Solar, But Has Major Oregon Wind Projects in
the Pipeline (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Advocacy Group Lists ‘Ten Worst-Sited’ Energy Projects for
Birds – None in the Pacific Northwest (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Is Nest Thermostat’s Future with Google on Shaky Ground?
(Utility Dive)
EPRI, Seattle City Light, BPA Host Workshop to Boost
Server-Room Efficiency (Bonneville
Power Administration)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Mason PUD 3 Commission Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative 732
(Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Carbon WA Responds to Mason PUD 3 Action on I-732 (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Carbon Tax Should Be Higher, Say 130 British Columbia
Businesses in Letter to Christy Clark (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Canada: Electric Car Boom Drives Surge in Charging-Station
Demand (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Tesla’s Electric Cars Aren’t as Green as You Might Think
(Wired Magazine)
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/teslas-electric-cars-might-not-green-think/
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/teslas-electric-cars-might-not-green-think/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Grant to Bring Wi-Fi to Low-Income Seattle Residents (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Smaller Telecoms Get Shot at Stand-Alone Broadband Subsidy
(Broadcasting & Cable)
Tennessee: Home Developer Built an ISP Because State Law
Restricts Muni Broadband (Ars Technica)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Infographic: What Consumers Are Really Looking for in a
Wired Home (AdWeek)
Report: EEI Hired Brand Crisis Consultant to Improve Utility
Industry’s Image (Utility Dive)
Rhode Island Will Revamp Its Marketing Campaign after a
Disastrous Roll Out – Promotional video included footage from Iceland (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington Legislature: What Passed, Died & Was Revived (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Alaska Air Confirms Plans to Purchase Virgin America (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Man Who Shot at Pursuing Mason Deputy Sought (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Completion of Belfair Highway Work Pushed Back Again (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Developer to Donate Old Tumwater Brewhouse to City (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
City Considers Felony Charges in Illegal West Seattle
Clear-Cut (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Move Aside, Pizza Rat; Portland Has Its Own Pizza Squirrel
Japan-Bound Plane Returns to Hawaii after Passenger Does
Yoga in Galley
U.S. Fills in the Blanks as Coloring Books Sweep Market
Two Arrested after Dispute over Crab Legs Turns Violent
SONG OF THE DAY
Color My World – Chicago
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