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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Idaho Power Seeks $220 Million in Snake River Dam Licensing Costs from Idaho, Oregon Ratepayers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Oregon Democrats’ $1.4 Billion Carbon Pricing Plan Looms over 2018 Session (Oregonian, Portland)
Tesla Pledges ‘Hundreds’ of Powerwall Battery Packs for Puerto Rico (Utility Dive)
Local Leaders Tour Site of Proposed Chehalis River Dam (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Tesla Pledges ‘Hundreds’ of Powerwall Battery Packs for Puerto Rico (Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Idaho Power Seeks $220 Million in Snake River Dam Licensing Costs from Idaho, Oregon Ratepayers
- Avista’s Idaho Customers Will See Slight Increase in Electric Bills
- Idaho: Fall River Coop to Absorb Bonneville Power Administration Rate Hike
- Grant PUD Making Progress on Transmission Line Project along SR 17
- Pasco Teen’s Death Linked to Faulty Pump Wiring
- What Stinks? It Might Be Your New Scratch-And-Sniff Utility Bill
- “Public Power Week” - Mason County’s Public Power Legacy - PUD 3 Celebrates Service to Community
- How the Fed’s Baseload Power Rule ‘Would Blow the Market Up’
- Nuclear - Power the Extraordinary - New Ad Campaign Touting Marvels of Atomic Technology
- Advanced Metering: Making the Most of Connectivity for a Modern Grid
- Study: 300 Species of Sea Creatures Hitchhiked Across the Pacific on Tsunami Debris
- Healing the Columbia River – Activists & Supporters Discuss the Sustainability of Washington State’s Mightiest Waterway
- As Seas Warm, Whales Face New Dangers
- Local Leaders Tour Site of Proposed Chehalis River Dam
- Kennewick Goes Dry as Irrigation District Seeks Leak Source
- Tesla Pledges ‘Hundreds’ of Powerwall Battery Packs for Puerto Rico
- California: Lawmakers Missed a ‘Green’ Opportunity; Could Consumers Pay the Price?
- California: Roseville-Based Solar Company Wins Major Contract
- Oregon Convention Center Investments in Energy Efficiency & Solar Help Power Local Economy
- The Best Smart Thermostats of 2017
- Tribes Urged to Consider Boosting Revenue via Cannabis Industry
- As the Top Marijuana-Producing State in the Nation, California Could Be on Thin Ice with the Federal Government
- Poll: Americans Want Local Leaders to Fight Warming
- Comcast to Lead Doubling of Consumer Broadband Pricing, Analyst Says
- Missed Deadlines, Non-Answers Raise Questions for Google Fiber
- In Appalachia, a Public Broadband Project Hits Snags
- Editorial: FCC Plan Leaves Rural America in Internet Slow Lane
- Google Drops “First Click Free,” Loathed By Many Publishers
- Oregon Democrats’ $1.4 Billion Carbon Pricing Plan Looms over 2018 Session
- Head of Washington State Government Technology Leaves Post as Audit Reveals Troubles in the Agency
- Worst Mass Shooting in U-S History at Las Vegas Concert
- Belfair Man Involved in Fatal Grays Harbor County Crash
- 80 Evergreen State College Students Sanctioned Following Protests
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ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Idaho Power Seeks $220 Million in Snake River Dam Licensing Costs from Idaho, Oregon Ratepayers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Avista’s Idaho Customers Will See Slight Increase in Electric Bills (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Idaho: Fall River Coop to Absorb Bonneville Power Administration Rate Hike (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)
Grant PUD Making Progress on Transmission Line Project along SR 17 (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Pasco Teen’s Death Linked to Faulty Pump Wiring “…Razor wire encircled the top of the wire fence…to keep people off the wall. Somehow the teens got around it…” (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
What Stinks? It Might Be Your New Scratch-And-Sniff Utility Bill (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
“Public Power Week” - Mason County’s Public Power Legacy - PUD 3 Celebrates Service to Community (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
How the Fed’s Baseload Power Rule ‘Would Blow the Market Up’ (Utility Dive)
Nuclear - Power the Extraordinary - New Ad Campaign Touting Marvels of Atomic Technology (Forbes Magazine)
Advanced Metering: Making the Most of Connectivity for a Modern Grid (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Study: 300 Species of Sea Creatures Hitchhiked Across the Pacific on Tsunami Debris (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Healing the Columbia River – Activists & Supporters Discuss the Sustainability of Washington State’s Mightiest Waterway (The Daily, University Of Washington, Seattle, WA)
As Seas Warm, Whales Face New Dangers (NY Times)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Local Leaders Tour Site of Proposed Chehalis River Dam (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Kennewick Goes Dry as Irrigation District Seeks Leak Source (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Tesla Pledges ‘Hundreds’ of Powerwall Battery Packs for Puerto Rico (Utility Dive)
California: Lawmakers Missed a ‘Green’ Opportunity; Could Consumers Pay the Price? (Palm Springs Desert Sun, CA)
California: Roseville-Based Solar Company Wins Major Contract (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Oregon Convention Center Investments in Energy Efficiency & Solar Help Power Local Economy (Portland Business Journal, OR)
The Best Smart Thermostats of 2017 (USA Today)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Tribes Urged to Consider Boosting Revenue via Cannabis Industry (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
As the Top Marijuana-Producing State in the Nation, California Could Be on Thin Ice with the Federal Government (Los Angeles Times, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Poll: Americans Want Local Leaders to Fight Warming (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast to Lead Doubling of Consumer Broadband Pricing, Analyst Says (Fierce Cable)
Missed Deadlines, Non-Answers Raise Questions for Google Fiber (Broadband Reports)
In Appalachia, a Public Broadband Project Hits Snags (Associated Press)
Editorial: FCC Plan Leaves Rural America in Internet Slow Lane (Portland Press Herald, ME)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Google Drops “First Click Free,” Loathed By Many Publishers (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Oregon Democrats’ $1.4 Billion Carbon Pricing Plan Looms over 2018 Session (Oregonian, Portland)
Head of Washington State Government Technology Leaves Post as Audit Reveals Troubles in the Agency (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Worst Mass Shooting in U-S History at Las Vegas Concert (Christian Science Monitor)
Belfair Man Involved in Fatal Grays Harbor County Crash (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
80 Evergreen State College Students Sanctioned Following Protests (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Ohio Residents Say Monkeys on the Loose in Neighborhood
Police: Moving Help Unwitting Accomplices in Montana Theft
Mystery Couple Picking Up Tabs at Pennsylvania Restaurant
Fish Fall from Sky with Rain in Northern Mexico
SONG OF THE DAY
Eric Clapton – Let It Rain
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