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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
How Climate Change Threatens the Future of Seattle’s Power
Supply (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Wilder Weather Means Tricky Times for Reservoir Operators
(Associated Press)
Puget Sound Energy Seeks Court Assist to Prevent Release of
Gas-Storage Records (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Pacific Northwest Treaty Tribes Release 43 Million Hatchery
Salmon Last Year (Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission)
Integra Division’s Fiber-Optic Route Reaches Quincy Data
Centers (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- How Climate Change Threatens the Future of Seattle’s Power Supply
- Puget Sound Energy Seeks Court Assist to Prevent Release of Gas-Storage Records
- California Utilities Prepare for Possible Outages Due to Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Problems
- ‘Blackout Blackmail’: New Report Casts Doubt on Utility’s Claims
- Bonneville Power Administration Releases Environmental Assessment for Washington State Line
- Intalco Aluminum Smelter in Ferndale to Stay Open – New power agreement could keep smelter open through February 2018
- Another Direct Service Industry? Infomart Portland Converts to Low-Carbon BPA System Power – Boasting an Emissions Factor 96% Below the National Average
- Idaho Power Will Be Sixth Utility to Join CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market
- World’s Largest Private Coal Company Files for Bankruptcy
- Pepco Customers in Maryland to Receive First $50 Credit from Exelon Merger
- Why It’s Time to Dispel the Myths about Nuclear Power
- Pacific Northwest Treaty Tribes Release 43 Million Hatchery Salmon Last Year
- Iconic Issaquah Hatchery Could Run Afoul of Federal, State Rules
- Cowlitz PUD Launches Video Feed of Two Nesting Osprey
- Ortho to Drop Chemicals Linked to Bee Declines
- Wilder Weather Means Tricky Times for Reservoir Operators
- Spokane River Snowpack Melting Because of Warm Nights
- Irrigation Upgrades Save Billions of Gallons of Water in Yakima
- Vestas Poised for U-S Mega-Order
- Why Companies Like Google & Walmart Are Buying So Much Wind Power
- U-S Senators Suspect Agency Interference in Solar Fraud Investigation
- Co-ops Rally Around Electric Water Heaters
- Smart Savings: $12 Remote Controlled LED Lighting
- The Story of a House That Never Stayed Warm: A Well-Insulated Resolution
- Arizona Marijuana Legalization Campaign Has 200,000 Signatures
- Why the Time for Utilities to Promote Electric Vehicles Is Now – Why the Moment Could Quickly Fade
- The Mental Trick You Can Use to Get Through Any Stressful Situation
- Integra Division’s Fiber-Optic Route Reaches Quincy Data Centers
- About 40,000 Verizon Unionized Workers Walk Off the Job
- This Farm in Kansas Is the Default Address for All American Internet Users
- Will Facebook’s Chatbots Spell the End of Apps?
- Upthegrove Jumps Into Washington State Land Commissioner Race as “Environmental Champion”
- Washington State Representative Brad Hawkins Becomes Second Republican Vying for Senate Seat
- Cantwell: Energy Bill ‘Must-Pass’ to Improve Manufacturing Workforce
- Happy Birthday: How Thomas Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of Independence
- Washington Psychiatric Hospital CEO Fired, New CEO Named
- Mason County Selects Former Public Works Director as Public Works Director
- Mason County Selects Community Services Director
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
How Climate Change Threatens the Future of Seattle’s Power
Supply (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Puget Sound Energy Seeks Court Assist to Prevent Release of
Gas-Storage Records (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
California Utilities Prepare for Possible Outages Due to Aliso
Canyon Natural Gas Storage Problems (American Public Power Association)
‘Blackout Blackmail’: New Report Casts Doubt on Utility’s
Claims (Think Progress)
Bonneville Power
Administration Releases Environmental Assessment for Washington State Line
(Transmission & Distribution World)
Intalco Aluminum Smelter in Ferndale to Stay Open – New
power agreement could keep smelter open through February 2018 (Bellingham
Herald, WA)
Another Direct Service Industry? Infomart Portland Converts
to Low-Carbon BPA System Power – Boasting an Emissions Factor 96% Below the
National Average (Digital Journal)
Idaho Power Will Be Sixth Utility to Join CAISO’s Western Energy
Imbalance Market (Utility Dive)
World’s Largest
Private Coal Company Files for Bankruptcy (Washington Examiner)
Pepco Customers in Maryland to Receive First $50 Credit from
Exelon Merger (Washington Post)
Why It’s Time to Dispel the Myths about Nuclear Power (The
Guardian, UK)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Pacific Northwest Treaty Tribes Release 43 Million Hatchery
Salmon Last Year (Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission)
Iconic Issaquah Hatchery Could Run Afoul of Federal, State
Rules (The Issaquah Press, WA)
Cowlitz PUD Launches Video Feed of Two Nesting Osprey (Longview Daily News, WA)
Ortho to Drop Chemicals Linked to Bee Declines (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Wilder Weather Means Tricky Times for Reservoir Operators (Associated Press)
Spokane River Snowpack Melting Because of Warm Nights (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Irrigation Upgrades Save Billions of Gallons of Water in Yakima
(Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Vestas Poised for U-S Mega-Order (renews)
Why Companies Like Google & Walmart Are Buying So Much
Wind Power (Washington Post)
U-S Senators Suspect Agency Interference in Solar Fraud
Investigation (Washington Examiner)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Co-ops Rally Around Electric Water Heaters (Electric Co-op Today)
Smart Savings: $12 Remote Controlled
LED Lighting (Northwest Cable News Network)
The Story of a House That Never Stayed Warm: A
Well-Insulated Resolution (Breaking Energy)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Arizona Marijuana Legalization Campaign Has 200,000
Signatures (The Arizona Republic, Phoenix)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Why the Time for Utilities to Promote Electric Vehicles Is
Now – Why the Moment Could Quickly Fade (Utility Dive)
The Mental Trick You Can Use to Get Through Any Stressful
Situation (The Muse)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Integra Division’s Fiber-Optic Route Reaches Quincy Data
Centers (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
About 40,000 Verizon Unionized Workers Walk Off the Job (Reuters)
This Farm in Kansas Is the Default Address for All American
Internet Users (Consumerist)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Will Facebook’s Chatbots Spell the End of Apps? (Christian
Science Monitor)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Upthegrove Jumps Into Washington State Land Commissioner Race
as “Environmental Champion” (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Washington State Representative Brad Hawkins Becomes Second
Republican Vying for Senate Seat (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Cantwell: Energy Bill ‘Must-Pass’ to Improve Manufacturing
Workforce (Morning Consult)
Happy Birthday: How Thomas Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of
Independence (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington Psychiatric Hospital CEO Fired, New CEO Named (Northwest
Cable News Network)
Mason County Selects Former Public Works Director as Public
Works Director (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Selects Community Services Director (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
So What’s Going on Inside an Etch a Sketch?
Handwriting Study Finds Clues on When Biblical Texts Written
Painting Discovered In Leaky French Attic Could Be Lost
Masterpiece worth $136 Million
Wanted Iowa Woman Arrested after Found Hiding Inside Oven
SONG OF THE DAY
Joe Cocker - The Letter
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