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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Groups Detail How the Bonneville Power Administration Is
Well-Positioned to Provide Long-Term Value (American Public Power Association)
Emaciated Grizzly Bears In Canada Spark Greater Concerns
Over Depleted Salmon Population – “…the worst (British Columbia) salmon season
in nearly 50 years (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Consumers Got Millions in Questionable Electric-Car Tax
Credits (Bloomberg News)
Fire Damages Equipment at Priest Rapids Dam (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, Wa)
State of Oregon Finds Wind Farm Abused Workers (Willamette
Week, Portland, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Groups Detail How the Bonneville Power
Administration Is Well-Positioned to Provide Long-Term Value
2.
Fire Damages Equipment at Priest Rapids Dam
3.
Avista Customers to See Increase in Annual Rate
Calculation
4.
U.S. Nuclear Outages Remained Low in Summer
& Moderate in September
5.
Navajo Company Keeps 1,200 Workers after Buying
Three Coal Mines
6.
Florida Underground Power Lines Plan Moves
Forward
7.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry Eyeing Exit in
November
8.
Op/Ed: U.S. Senator Tina Smith - Pushing for an
Electric Co-Op Tax Change to Keep Rural Communities Thriving
9.
Emaciated Grizzly Bears In Canada Spark Greater
Concerns Over Depleted Salmon Population – “…the worst (British Columbia)
salmon season in nearly 50 years…”
10.
Washington State Dept of Wildlife Putting
Climate Change, Population Growth at Forefront of New Planning Process
11.
Ninth Circuit Orders Feds to Reexamine Army
Corps’ Yuba River Dams Harm to Native Fish
12.
Lawmaker, Scientists Challenge Trump Officials’
Push to Disband Two Key Species Advisory Boards
13.
Home Sweet Volcano: Alaska Fur Seals Thrive at
Unlikely Spot
14.
State of Oregon Finds Wind Farm Abused Workers
15.
Meet the ‘NIMBY People’ Trying to Kill Solar
16.
United Kingdom: Giant Offshore Turbines Set To
Take Centre Stage in Global Power Markets
17.
Energy Vampires May Be Draining Your Business.
Here’s How to Reduce Your Electric Costs.
18.
Broadband on Tribal Lands
19.
Video: Telemedicine Connects Patients to Doctors
Virtually
20.
Cable Companies Use Hidden Fees to Raise Prices
24% a Month
21.
Iranians Tried to Hack U.S. Presidential
Candidate in Effort That Targeted Hundreds, Microsoft Says
22.
Op/Ed: Hands Off, EPA: Leave Washington State’s
Water-Quality Standards Alone
23.
The Next Big California vs. President Trump
Fight Is Over Water & Endangered Species
24.
Consumers Got Millions in Questionable
Electric-Car Tax Credits
25.
Carbon Price Could Allay ‘Astounding’ Cost to
Attain New York’s Zero Carbon Target: Report
26.
Facebook Can Be Ordered to Remove Content
Worldwide, European Union Says
27.
Woman in Swimsuit Photo-Shamed by Potential
Employer – Company Had Shared Pic from Her Social Media Account
28.
Here’s How to Type Faster on Your Phone – Get
Those Index Fingers Off Your Screen
29.
Amendment Would Give Washington State
Legislature Broad Powers in Catastrophe
30.
Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice
Mary Fairhurst to Retire
WORD OF THE DAY
Supererogation • \soop-err-air-uh-GAY-shun\ • Noun - The act
of performing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need
“Barty, you have an exemplary talent…you’re supererogation
is an inspiration to all the other employees here,” barked the supervisor to
his cowering minion. “Great,” thought Barty, “Now I need to buy a dictionary to
see if that was a compliment or not.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Groups Detail How the Bonneville Power
Administration Is Well-Positioned to Provide Long-Term Value (American Public
Power Association)
2.
Fire Damages Equipment at Priest Rapids Dam
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wa)
3.
Avista Customers to See Increase in Annual Rate
Calculation (Coeur D’alene Press, Id)
4.
U.S. Nuclear Outages Remained Low in Summer
& Moderate in September (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
5.
Navajo Company Keeps 1,200 Workers after Buying Three
Coal Mines (Associated Press)
6.
Florida Underground Power Lines Plan Moves
Forward (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
7.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry Eyeing Exit in November
(Politico)
8.
Op/Ed: U.S. Senator Tina Smith - Pushing for an Electric
Co-Op Tax Change to Keep Rural Communities Thriving (Austin Daily Herald, TX)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Emaciated Grizzly Bears In Canada Spark Greater
Concerns Over Depleted Salmon Population – “…the worst (British Columbia) salmon
season in nearly 50 years…” (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
10. Washington
State Dept of Wildlife Putting Climate Change, Population Growth at Forefront of
New Planning Process (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
11. Ninth
Circuit Orders Feds to Reexamine Army Corps’ Yuba River Dams Harm to Native
Fish (Courthouse News Service)
12. Lawmaker,
Scientists Challenge Trump Officials’ Push to Disband Two Key Species Advisory
Boards (The Hill, Washington, DC)
13. Home
Sweet Volcano: Alaska Fur Seals Thrive at Unlikely Spot (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
14. State
of Oregon Finds Wind Farm Abused Workers (Willamette Week, Portland, OR)
15. Meet
the ‘NIMBY People’ Trying to Kill Solar (EE News)
16. United
Kingdom: Giant Offshore Turbines Set To Take Centre Stage in Global Power
Markets (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
17. Energy
Vampires May Be Draining Your Business. Here’s How to Reduce Your Electric
Costs. (Sacramento Buisness Journal., CA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
18. Broadband
on Tribal Lands (Pots & Pans)
19. Video:
Telemedicine Connects Patients to Doctors Virtually (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities,
WA)
20. Cable
Companies Use Hidden Fees to Raise Prices 24% a Month (Ars Technica)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
21. Iranians
Tried to Hack U.S. Presidential Candidate in Effort That Targeted Hundreds, Microsoft
Says (Washington Post)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
22. Op/Ed:
Hands Off, EPA: Leave Washington State’s Water-Quality Standards Alone (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
23. The
Next Big California vs. President Trump Fight Is Over Water & Endangered
Species (Los Angeles Times, CA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
24. Consumers
Got Millions in Questionable Electric-Car Tax Credits (Bloomberg News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
25. Carbon
Price Could Allay ‘Astounding’ Cost to Attain New York’s Zero Carbon Target: Report
(Utility Dive)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
26. Facebook
Can Be Ordered to Remove Content Worldwide, European Union Says (Washington
Post)
27. Woman
in Swimsuit Photo-Shamed by Potential Employer – Company Had Shared Pic from Her
Social Media Account (British Broadcasting Corporation)
28. Here’s
How to Type Faster on Your Phone – Get Those Index Fingers Off Your Screen (NY
Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
29. Amendment
Would Give Washington State Legislature Broad Powers in Catastrophe (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
30. Washington
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Fairhurst to Retire (Associated Press)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
The Beatles’ Abbey Road Returns to Number One After More
Than 49 Years
After Woman Dies at 102, DirecTV Charges $160 ‘Early
Termination Fee’
Man Banned from Cowlitz County Parks for Allegedly Baiting
Squirrels
SONG OF THE DAY
The Beatles – Here Comes the Sun
Richie Havens - Here Comes the Sun
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