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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Wall Street Spends Millions to Buy Up Washington State Water
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Puget Sound Energy Natural Gas Customers Will See 14 Percent
Rate Increase Nov. 1 (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Republicans, Outraged by No Dam-Breaching Session in
Tri-Cities, Get Their Way (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Plan Mulls Killing More Sea Lions to Save Salmon (Courthouse
News Service)
Tacoma's Click! Network One Step Closer to Becoming a
Private-Public Partnership (KING TV, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Puget Sound Energy Natural Gas Customers Will
See 14 Percent Rate Increase Nov. 1
2.
Average Avista Customer to See Nearly 15% Gas
Rate Increase
3.
Republicans, Outraged by No Dam-Breaching
Session in Tri-Cities, Get Their Way
4.
Lower Snake River Dam Breaching Hearings Set for
Early 2020
5.
Grant PUD Finishes Third Quarter in the Black
6.
Clallam PUD to Raise Water, Sewer, Electric
Rates
7.
Chehalis School District Superintendent Ed
Rothlin Appointed to Lewis PUD Commission
8.
Public Power Utilities Earn Smart Energy
Provider Designation- Includes Mason PUD 3, Clark Public Utilities, Snohomish
PUD, Tacoma Power
9.
Online Bill Pay for Chehalis Utility Customers
to Start Early Next Year
10.
California Governor Calls on Warren Buffett to
Purchase Bankrupt Pacific Gas & Electric
11.
California: Pacific Gas & Electric Agrees to
Credit Customers for Blackouts, Gov. Newsom Says
12.
Wyoming: Lower Valley Energy Cuts Ribbon on New
Transmission Line
13.
Central Lincoln PUD – Local Lineman One of the
Best
14.
Plan Mulls Killing More Sea Lions to Save Salmon
15.
Projects Help Fish Habitat in Upper Yakima Basin
16.
Could Columbia River Sturgeon Become a Source of
High-End Caviar? The Yakama Nation Is Counting on It
17.
Fish Woes Debated by Salmon Panelists
18.
New Fisher Agreements Boost Conservation on 2
Million Acres in Oregon
19.
Wall Street Spends Millions to Buy Up Washington
State Water
20.
REC Silicon to Double Down on Moses Lake
Investment
21.
Report Debunks Contention That Increased
Renewables Worsen Air Quality
22.
Most Pumped Storage Electricity Generators in
the U.S. Were Built in the 1970s
23.
For Best Climate Impact, Put Renewables in the
U.S. Midwest: Study
24.
Meet Carrie Nelson, Low Income Energy Efficiency
Grant Program
25.
Washington State Begins Developing New Standard
for Sustainable Buildings
26.
Tacoma's Click! Network One Step Closer to
Becoming a Private-Public Partnership
27.
Grant PUD Commissioner Says on Pace to Being
First Large Rural County in U.S. to Have Widespread Fiber Connectivity
28.
British Columbia Would Need at Least Double the
Power to Electrify Ground Transportation by 2055: Study
29.
California’s Blackouts Could Make Fighting
Climate Change Even Harder
30.
Electric Utilities Can’t Blame Wildfires Solely
on Climate, Experts Say
31.
Twitter Drops All Political Ads in Shot at
Zuckerberg
32.
It’s the End of California as We Know It
33.
How to Die a Good, Green Death
34.
Pair of Controversial Ninth Circuit Picks
Grilled by Senators
35.
Olympia Stands Behind Its ‘Vote NO’ Mailer --
‘Although Minds May Differ’
36.
Modernizing Congress to Meet Public Expectation
– See Congressman Kilmer at Work
37.
Hunt Is on for Location for Additional Commercial
Airport for Puget Sound Region
38.
Mason County Unemployment Drops in September
39.
Shelton Man Arrested After Speeding Down I-5 At
111 MPH “…I’m a dumbass…”
40.
'Nation's Report Card' Show Declines in Oregon,
Washington State, & Nationally
41.
NCAA Decision Paves Way for Washington State
Legislation to Pay College Athletes
WORD OF THE DAY THE HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Phantasm /FAN-taz-zum/ Noun – 1: a product of fantasy: as a:
delusive appearance: illusion b: ghost, specter c: a figment of the imagination
2: a mental representation of a real object.
Phantasm attack
Trick-or-treaters flood the streets
Specters of the night
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Puget Sound Energy Natural Gas Customers Will
See 14 Percent Rate Increase Nov. 1 (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2.
Average Avista Customer to See Nearly 15% Gas
Rate Increase (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
3.
Republicans, Outraged by No Dam-Breaching
Session in Tri-Cities, Get Their Way (Tri-City Herald, WA)
4.
Lower Snake River Dam Breaching Hearings Set for
Early 2020 (Washington Ag Network)
5.
Grant PUD Finishes Third Quarter in the Black
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
https://www.columbiabasinherald.com/local_news/20191030/grant_pud_finishes_third_quarter_with_profit
6.
Clallam PUD to Raise Water, Sewer, Electric
Rates (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
7.
Chehalis School District Superintendent Ed
Rothlin Appointed to Lewis PUD Commission (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
8.
Public Power Utilities Earn Smart Energy
Provider Designation- Includes Mason PUD 3, Clark Public Utilities, Snohomish PUD,
Tacoma Power (American Public Power Association)
9.
Online Bill Pay for Chehalis Utility Customers
to Start Early Next Year (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
10. California
Governor Calls on Warren Buffett to Purchase Bankrupt Pacific Gas & Electric
(Utility Dive)
11. California:
Pacific Gas & Electric Agrees to Credit Customers for Blackouts, Gov. Newsom
Says (SF Chronicle, CA)
12. Wyoming:
Lower Valley Energy Cuts Ribbon on New Transmission Line (Jackson Hole Radio,
WY)
13. Central
Lincoln PUD – Local Lineman One of the Best (Newport News Times, OR)
FISH & WILDLIFE
14. Plan
Mulls Killing More Sea Lions to Save Salmon (Courthouse News Service)
15. Projects
Help Fish Habitat in Upper Yakima Basin (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
16. Could
Columbia River Sturgeon Become a Source of High-End Caviar? The Yakama Nation Is
Counting on It (Crosscut Seattle)
17. Fish
Woes Debated by Salmon Panelists (The Challis Messenger, ID)
18. New
Fisher Agreements Boost Conservation on 2 Million Acres in Oregon (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
19. Wall
Street Spends Millions to Buy Up Washington State Water (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
20. REC
Silicon to Double Down on Moses Lake Investment (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
21. Report
Debunks Contention That Increased Renewables Worsen Air Quality (Utility Dive)
22. Most
Pumped Storage Electricity Generators in the U.S. Were Built in the 1970s (U.S.
Energy Information Administration)
23. For
Best Climate Impact, Put Renewables in the U.S. Midwest: Study (Reuters)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
24. Meet
Carrie Nelson, Low Income Energy Efficiency Grant Program (Bonneville Power
Administration)
https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Meet-Carrie-Nelson-Low-Income-Energy-Efficiency-Grant-Program.aspx
25. Washington
State Begins Developing New Standard for Sustainable Buildings (South Sound
Business)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
26. Tacoma's
Click! Network One Step Closer to Becoming a Private-Public Partnership (KING
TV, Seattle, WA)
27. Grant
PUD Commissioner Says on Pace to Being First Large Rural County in U.S. to Have
Widespread Fiber Connectivity (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
28. British
Columbia Would Need at Least Double the Power to Electrify Ground
Transportation by 2055: Study (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
29. California’s
Blackouts Could Make Fighting Climate Change Even Harder (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
30. Electric
Utilities Can’t Blame Wildfires Solely on Climate, Experts Say (Scientific
American)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
31. Twitter
Drops All Political Ads in Shot at Zuckerberg (Politico)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
32. It’s
the End of California as We Know It – The fires and the blackouts are connected
to a larger problem in this state: a failure to live sustainably. (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
33. How
to Die a Good, Green Death (Crosscut Seattle)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
34. Pair
of Controversial Ninth Circuit Picks Grilled by Senators (Courthouse News Service)
35. Olympia
Stands Behind Its ‘Vote NO’ Mailer -- ‘Although Minds May Differ’ (Olympian, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
36. Modernizing
Congress to Meet Public Expectation – See Congressman Kilmer at Work (Morning
Consult)
GENERAL NEWS
37. Hunt
Is on for Location for Additional Commercial Airport for Puget Sound Region (Northwest
News Network)
38. Mason
County Unemployment Drops in September (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
39. Shelton
Man Arrested After Speeding Down I-5 At 111 MPH “…I’m a dumbass…” (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
40. 'Nation's
Report Card' Show Declines in Oregon, Washington State, & Nationally
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
41. NCAA
Decision Paves Way for Washington State Legislation to Pay College Athletes (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Masterpiece Found in French Woman's Kitchen Sells for $26.6 Million
Germans Flock to Frankenstein Castle for Spooky Halloween
‘The Peanuts Papers’: How a Comic Strip Shaped the Lives of Writers
& Artists
Bill Murray Says He Applied for Job at P.F. Chang’s, Got
Hired
SONG OF THE DAY
Nina Simone – Feeling Good
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