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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
$8
Billion Proposal Aims to Send Wyoming Wind Energy to Los Angeles Area within a
Decade (Associated Press)
Tribes, Religious
Leaders Call for Columbia River Treaty Updates (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Frontier
Boosts Top Internet Speeds to 100 Mbps as Fiber War Heats Up (Oregonian,
Portland)
Season’s First Storm Breaks Plenty of Records, But
When Will It End? (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Sale Pending for
Mason PUD 3’s Former Administration Building (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Tribes, Religious Leaders Call for Columbia River Treaty Updates
- Washington State a Leader in Race to Replace Aging Natural Gas Pipes
- Clatskanie PUD Raises Rates to Cover Its Growing Expenses
- Council Member Sawant Wants Seattle City Light to Flatten Rates, Help Residents
- Chelan County PUD Puts $72 Million Dent in Long-Term Debt
- Sale Pending for Mason PUD 3’s Former Administration Building
- Sale Pending for Mason PUD 3’s Former Admin Building
- Conservation District to Buy Former Mason PUD 3 Building
- Longview Man Digging Trench Zapped by Power Line
- Squirrel Causes Outage That Leads to Columbia Heights Flooding
- Pepco Shareholders Approve $6.8 Billion Acquisition by Nuclear Power Giant Exelon
- Meters Eyed As Possible Cause of Nevada Fires
- Florida: Drug Habit May Have Prompted Electrocuted Man’s Copper Thefts, Family Says
- Lower Columbia Hatcheries Jumpstart Clearwater Coho Comeback
- Idaho, Bonneville Power Administration Reach $40 Million Habitat Agreement
- 2014 Pinniped Predation: Salmonid Consumption Higher than Past Three Years, 2.1 Percent of Run
- $8 Billion Proposal Aims to Send Wyoming Wind Energy to Los Angeles Area within a Decade
- Things to Know about $8 Billion Proposal That Would Send Wind Energy from Wyoming to Los Angeles
- Plan to Boost Clean Energy in the California Desert Released
- 5 States Leading the Distributed Energy Revolution
- Jefferson PUD Revs Up Rebate Program
- Tillamook PUD is Committed to Energy Efficiency
- Demand-Response Compensation: FERC, Group Ask Court to Hold Off on Finalizing Ruling That Vacated Order 745
- Hey Look, It’s BPA! Finalists Announced in Second Annual Fierce Innovation Awards
- Jerry Brown Defends Cap-And-Trade, Calls for Further Climate Change Action at United Nations
- Companies Take the Baton in Climate Change Efforts
- California Teachers Fund to Boost Clean Energy Bets
- Frontier Boosts Top Internet Speeds to 100 Mbps as Fiber War Heats Up
- Bent iPhone Claims Put Apple under Pressure to Respond
- Apple’s New iPhones Score Big in Durability
- Google Balloons Take Flight in Vast Remote Broadband Launch
- FCC Embraces Broadband as Health Solution for Aging Population
- This Map of the U-S Shows the Most Googled Brand in Each State
- Five Facebook Settings to Change Now
- Season’s First Storm Breaks Plenty of Records, But When Will It End?
- FEMA Rejects Washington Appeal for Wildfire Victim Aid
- Mason Transit Authority Gets $1.5 million Grant for Transit-Community Center
- Spokane Sewage Could Be Tested for Marijuana Levels
- Washington Wineries Wrestling with Record Grape Crop
- Seattle to Fine People for Food Scraps in Trash
- Customer Sues Costco for $670,000 - Claims Employee Used Martial Arts Move to Break Leg
Leitmotif
• \LITE-moh-teef\ • Noun – 1: In music drama, a marked melodic phrase or short
passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person,
situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of
musical label 2: A dominant & recurring theme.
Leitmotif:
Star Wars, Darth Vader – Peter & the Wolf – Harry Potter’s Hedwig’s Theme….
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Tribes, Religious
Leaders Call for Columbia River Treaty Updates (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Washington State a
Leader in Race to Replace Aging Natural Gas Pipes (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Clatskanie PUD Raises
Rates to Cover Its Growing Expenses (Longview Daily News, WA)
Council Member Sawant
Wants Seattle City Light to Flatten Rates, Help Residents (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Chelan County PUD
Puts $72 Million Dent in Long-Term Debt (American Public Power Association)
Sale Pending for
Mason PUD 3’s Former Administration Building (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Sale Pending for Mason
PUD 3’s Former Admin Building (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Conservation
District to Buy Former Mason PUD 3 Building (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Longview Man
Digging Trench Zapped by Power Line (Longview Daily News, WA)
Squirrel Causes
Outage That Leads to Columbia Heights Flooding (Longview Daily News, WA)
Pepco
Shareholders Approve $6.8 Billion Acquisition by Nuclear Power Giant Exelon (Washington
Post)
Meters Eyed As
Possible Cause of Nevada Fires (Associated Press)
Florida: Drug Habit
May Have Prompted Electrocuted Man’s Copper Thefts, Family Says (Orlando
Sentinel, FL)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lower Columbia Hatcheries Jumpstart Clearwater
Coho Comeback (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Idaho, Bonneville Power Administration Reach $40 Million
Habitat Agreement (Boise State Public Radio, ID)
2014 Pinniped Predation: Salmonid Consumption
Higher than Past Three Years, 2.1 Percent of Run (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
$8
Billion Proposal Aims to Send Wyoming Wind Energy to Los Angeles Area within a
Decade (Associated Press)
Things
to Know about $8 Billion Proposal That Would Send Wind Energy from Wyoming to Los
Angeles (Associated Press)
http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2014/09/23/things-to-know-about-8b-wind-energy-proposal
Plan
to Boost Clean Energy in the California Desert Released (Reuters)
5
States Leading the Distributed Energy Revolution (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Jefferson
PUD Revs Up Rebate Program (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Tillamook
PUD is Committed to Energy Efficiency (St. Helens Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thechronicleonline.com/home_improvement/article_91c35a04-affc-5a35-95be-9703f0a005a4.html
Demand-Response
Compensation: FERC, Group Ask Court to Hold Off on Finalizing Ruling That
Vacated Order 745 (American Public Power Association)
Hey
Look, It’s BPA! Finalists Announced in Second Annual Fierce Innovation Awards
(PR Web)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Jerry
Brown Defends Cap-And-Trade, Calls for Further Climate Change Action at United
Nations (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Companies
Take the Baton in Climate Change Efforts (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
California
Teachers Fund to Boost Clean Energy Bets (Associated
Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Frontier Boosts Top Internet Speeds to 100 Mbps as
Fiber War Heats Up (Oregonian, Portland)
Bent iPhone Claims Put Apple under Pressure to
Respond (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Apple’s New iPhones Score Big in Durability (Associated Press)
Google Balloons Take Flight in Vast Remote
Broadband Launch (Forbes Magazine)
FCC Embraces Broadband as Health Solution for Aging
Population (Health Data Management)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
This Map of the U-S Shows the Most Googled Brand in
Each State (AdWeek)
Five Facebook Settings to Change Now (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Season’s First Storm Breaks Plenty of Records, But
When Will It End? (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
FEMA Rejects Washington Appeal for Wildfire Victim
Aid (Associated Press)
Mason Transit Authority Gets $1.5 million Grant for
Transit-Community Center (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Spokane Sewage Could Be Tested for Marijuana Levels
(Associated Press)
Washington Wineries Wrestling with Record Grape
Crop (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Seattle to Fine People for Food Scraps in Trash (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
Customer Sues Costco for $670,000 - Claims Employee
Used Martial Arts Move to Break Leg (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
9%
of Americans Are Bad People, Think It’s Ok to Use Phone at Movies
http://consumerist.com/2014/09/23/9-of-americans-are-bad-people-think-its-ok-to-use-phone-at-movies/
First
Day of Autumn: Why Do the Leaves Change Color Anyway?
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0923/First-day-of-autumn-Why-do-the-leaves-change-color-anyway
Cashews
Come From What? Ten Foods That Grow in Unexpected Places
Hearses
to Parade through Hell (Michigan)
SONG OF THE DAY
Sergei
Prokofiev - Peter & the Wolf
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