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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Dueling Cost Estimates as Thurston PUD Attempts Takeover
of Puget Sound Energy (Fierce Energy)
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Near the
Wires: Washington Supreme Court Accepts Review of EMF Damages Case (GTH Energy
& Natural Resources Law Blog)
Idaho
- Twin Lakes Canal Company Appeals Bear River Dam Ruling to State (Associated
Press)
Jefferson
County PUD Buys Kala Point Water System, May Acquire Coyle System (Port
Townsend Leader, WA)
FCC Eyes Tax on Internet Service (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Dueling Cost Estimates as Thurston PUD Attempts Takeover of Puget Sound Energy
- EMF and the Courts - Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Near the Wires
- Fitch Rates Eugene, Oregon's Electric Utility Bonds 'AA-'; Outlook to Negative
- Portland General Electric Lauded for Economic Development Efforts
- The Power of People - The Top Utilities of 2012 transmit positive energy and connect better than most
- Investigation into Idaho Irrigation Canal Electrocutions Continues
- The Power of Public Service: A Leadership Interview with Bonneville Power Administration’s Stephen Wright
- Alaska Leaders Seek New Grid
- California - Sebastopol Council Hears Pitch for County Power Agency
- Duke Energy to ‘Rebrand’ After the Merger
- What’s The Point of the Green Button?
- How to Read Your Electric Bill
- More Puget Sound Coho Expected to Arrive in September
- Carefully Restored Habitat of Lahonta Cutthroat Trout Destroyed in Oregon's Holloway Fire; Fishing Suspended
- What's so Special about Copper River Salmon?
- Jefferson County PUD Buys Kala Point Water System, May Acquire Coyle System
- Raw Sewage Forces Closure of Popular Olympia Swimming Lake
- Montana Wins Appeal on Control of River Islands
- County to Host 'Green' Community Meetings in North Kitsap
- How Conserving Water Affects Your Wallet: Five Ways
- Idaho - Twin Lakes Canal Company Appeals Bear River Dam Ruling to State
- Sierra Club Sues Arizona Corporation Commission to Stop Waste-to-Energy Facility
- Off-Grid Solar Powers Remote Cabin Near Moses Lake
- Do as I Say, Not as I Do
- “Hundreds of Thousands” of Nest Learning Thermostats Sold
- Big Data in the (Heated or Cooled) Air Around You
- Obama – Romney - Shifting Views on Climate Change
- Seattle Biotech Turning Pond Scum into Fuel
- Critics Say California Environmental Law Hurts Effort to Add Jobs
- Can Electricity from the Human Body Replace Batteries?
- FCC Eyes Tax on Internet Service
- Broadband Subscriber Losses Getting Ugly for Telcos
- Comcast Customers May Need New Box as Company Goes All Digital
- I’ll Take a Gigabit to Go. Hold the Wires.
- Rocky Mountain Broadband is Latest Rural WiMax Provider to Shut Down
- People Think Cloud Computing Involves Actual Clouds
- Idaho Couple Injured in Belfair Crash
- DNR Diver High On Cocaine at Time of Drowning Off Bainbridge Island
- Nude Swimmer Arrested in Seattle Park Assault
- Op/Ed: Mason County & Lawsuits
- Loggers, Fishermen Brawl Outside Astoria Tavern
- Farmers’ Almanac Predicts Dry But Chilly Pacific Northwest Winter
WORD OF THE DAY
Inspissate
• \inn-SPISS-ayt\ • Verb - To make or become thick or thicker
“You
gotta use more grounds in the first pot of coffee,” growled the grizzled Chief
Petty Officer to his new recruit. “Navy regulations for coffee states that it
must inspissate to such a state as to hold a spoon upright for one minute. If
you can’t eat it, it’s not worth drinking!”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Dueling Cost Estimates as Thurston PUD Attempts
Takeover of Puget Sound Energy (Fierce Energy)
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Near the
Wires: Washington Supreme Court Accepts Review of EMF Damages Case (GTH Energy
& Natural Resources Law Blog)
Fitch Rates Eugene, Oregon's Electric Utility Bonds
'AA-'; Outlook to Negative (Yahoo! Finance)
Portland General Electric Lauded for Economic
Development Efforts (Portland Business Journal, OR)
The Power of People - The Top Utilities of 2012
transmit positive energy and connect better than most (Site Selection Magazine)
Investigation into Idaho Irrigation Canal Electrocutions
Continues (Associated Press)
The Power of Public Service: A Leadership Interview
with Bonneville Power Administration’s Stephen Wright (Washington Post)
Alaska Leaders Seek New Grid (Electric Co-op Today)
California - Sebastopol Council Hears Pitch for
County Power Agency (Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, CA)
Duke Energy to ‘Rebrand’ After the Merger (Charlotte
Business Journal, NC)
What’s The Point of the Green Button? (The Energy
Collective)
How to Read Your Electric Bill (Renewable Energy
World)
FISH & WILDLIFE
More Puget Sound Coho Expected to Arrive in
September (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Carefully Restored Habitat of Lahonta Cutthroat
Trout Destroyed in Oregon's Holloway Fire; Fishing Suspended (Oregonian, Portland)
What's so Special about Copper River Salmon? (Sacramento Bee, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Jefferson
County PUD Buys Kala Point Water System, May Acquire Coyle System (Port
Townsend Leader, WA)
Raw
Sewage Forces Closure of Popular Olympia Swimming Lake (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Montana
Wins Appeal on Control of River Islands (Courthouse News Service)
County
to Host 'Green' Community Meetings in North Kitsap (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
How
Conserving Water Affects Your Wallet: Five Ways (Christian
Science Monitor)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Idaho
- Twin Lakes Canal Company Appeals Bear River Dam Ruling to State (Associated
Press)
Sierra
Club Sues Arizona Corporation Commission to Stop Waste-to-Energy Facility (Phoenix
Business Journal, AZ)
Off-Grid
Solar Powers Remote Cabin Near Moses Lake (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Do as I Say, Not as I Do - Even as the Energy
Department preaches energy conservation and efficiency, it is failing to take
advantage of readily available, low-cost opportunities to reduce its energy
consumption, the (NY Times)
“Hundreds of Thousands” of Nest Learning
Thermostats Sold (GigaOM)
Big Data in the (Heated or Cooled) Air Around You (NY
Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Obama
– Romney - Shifting Views on Climate Change (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Seattle
Biotech Turning Pond Scum into Fuel (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
Critics
Say California Environmental Law Hurts Effort to Add Jobs (NY Times)
Can
Electricity from the Human Body Replace Batteries? (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Eyes Tax on Internet Service (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
Broadband Subscriber Losses Getting Ugly for Telcos
- Incumbents Focus on Wireless, Smaller Telcos Just Not Very Good (Broadband
Reports)
Comcast Customers May Need New Box as Company Goes
All Digital (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
I’ll Take a Gigabit to Go. Hold the Wires. (Gigaom)
Rocky Mountain Broadband is Latest Rural WiMax
Provider to Shut Down (Fierce Telecom)
People Think Cloud Computing Involves Actual Clouds
(Grist Online)
GENERAL NEWS
Idaho Couple Injured in Belfair Crash (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
DNR Diver High On Cocaine at Time of Drowning Off Bainbridge
Island (KING-TV, Seattle)
Nude Swimmer Arrested in Seattle Park Assault (Associated
Press)
Op/Ed: Mason County & Lawsuits (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
Loggers, Fishermen Brawl Outside Astoria Tavern (Associated
Press)
Farmers’ Almanac Predicts Dry But Chilly Pacific Northwest
Winter (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Popcorn Drought Hits U-S Movie Theaters
Jedi Hover Bike Is as Awesome as It Looks, But You’ll
Never Fly One
Telemarketer Just Cannot Handle Being Hung Up on
Again, Calls Back with Bomb Threat
Banker Who Mooned Boss Can't Challenge Firing
SONG OF THE DAY
Kinks
- Celluloid Heroes
