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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Salmon-Killing Virus Seen for First Time in the
Wild on the Pacific Coast (NY Times)
Murray, Cantwell Send Letter to Bonneville Power
Administration - US Senators Weigh In On Transmission Line Project (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Spotted
Owl Advocates Pipe Up over Skamania County Whistling Ridge Wind Farm Proposal
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Oregon
Sen. Wyden, Visiting SolarWorld Plant, Blasts China for Unfair Trade in Solar
Products (Oregonian, Portland)
Report Shows Energy Efficiency Efforts In 2010
Marked Biggest Megawatt Savings Gain In 30 Years (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Murray, Cantwell Send Letter to Bonneville Power Administration - US Senators Weigh In On Transmission Line Project
- Clark Public Utilities Energy Rates Will Stay Competitive
- New Residential Rate Approved for Chelan PUD
- Hermiston Electric Rates Going Up in January
- City of Port Angeles to Continue Hearing on Utility Charge Changes
- BPA Related McMinnville Power Outage Quickly Resolved
- Bonneville Power Administration Makes Annual Payment to US Treasury
- Now Open for Business - Snohomish PUD’s Project is the First Hydro-Power Plant to Open in the Sky Valley and the State in Almost 20 Years
- Intalco Workers Vote to Strike at Ferndale Area Smelter, But Talks Continue
- How the Columbia River Treaty Works
- For Third Consecutive Month, Tennessee Valley Authority Cuts Rate
- Salmon-Killing Virus Seen for First Time in the Wild on the Pacific Coast
- Task Force to Weigh In On Whether to Kill & Remove Sea Lions Feasting on Fish
- Idaho Power Begins Fall Chinook Flow Regime;
- Olympia Area Watershed Workers Unite
- John’s Prairie Shelton-Area Water Agreement Ready
- Spotted Owl Advocates Pipe Up over Skamania County Whistling Ridge Wind Farm Proposal
- Oregon Sen. Wyden, Visiting SolarWorld Plant, Blasts China for Unfair Trade in Solar Products
- Light Shed on Solar, Other Elements of Energy Efficiency, Cost at Jefferson County Chamber Session
- Report Shows Energy Efficiency Efforts In 2010 Marked Biggest Megawatt Savings Gain In 30 Years
- Microsoft Closes $8.5 Billion Deal to Buy Skype
- Chelan PUD Fiber Plan Delayed Until April
- Tacoma’s Click! Network Hires General Manager
- Ruling Brings Release of Washing6on State Referendum 71 Signers' Names
- Occupy Olympia Group Moving to Heritage Park
- Man Says Wife Tried to Cut His Head Off With Power Saw
- Speed Limit Going Down on 101 Near Capitol Auto Mall
- Winter Weather Awareness Week
- Kirkland Mansion Squatter Sues City, Claims False Arrest
WORD OF THE DAY
Credulous • \KRED-juh-luss\ • Adjective - 1: ready
to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence
“Remember,” admonished the Italian tour guide to
his wide-eyed, credulous American flock, “Rolex watches are NOT sold on the
streets of Naples, nor are they made in China.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Murray, Cantwell Send Letter to Bonneville Power Administration
- US Senators Weigh In On Transmission Line Project (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Clark Public Utilities Energy Rates Will Stay
Competitive - Effects of proposed hike dulled in several ways (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
New Residential Rate Approved for Chelan PUD -
Industrial Rates Still Under Discussion (Wenatchee World, WA)
Hermiston Electric Rates Going Up in January (East
Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
City of Port Angeles to Continue Hearing on Utility
Charge Changes (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
BPA Related McMinnville Power Outage Quickly
Resolved (Yamhill Valley News Register, OR)
Bonneville Power Administration Makes Annual
Payment to US Treasury (Bonneville Power Administration)
Now Open for Business - Snohomish PUD’s Project is
the First Hydro-Power Plant to Open in the Sky Valley and the State in Almost
20 Years (Sky Valley Chronicle, Monroe, WA)
Intalco Workers Vote to Strike at Ferndale Area
Smelter, But Talks Continue (Bellingham Herald, WA)
How the Columbia River Treaty Works (Wenatchee
World, WA)
For Third Consecutive Month, Tennessee Valley
Authority Cuts Rate (Associated Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon-Killing Virus Seen for First Time in the
Wild on the Pacific Coast (NY Times)
Sea Lion Task Force to Weigh In On Whether to
Kill & Remove Sea Lions Feasting on Fish at Bonneville Dam (Oregonian, Portland)
Idaho Power Begins Fall Chinook Flow Regime;
Lower Granite Counts Show Good Spawner Numbers (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Olympia Area Watershed Workers Unite - About ten
organizations work to help salmon habitat (Olympian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
John’s
Prairie Shelton-Area Water Agreement Ready – Mason PUD 3, City of Shelton &
Port of Shelton participants (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Spotted
Owl Advocates Pipe Up over Skamania County Whistling Ridge Wind Farm Proposal
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Oregon
Sen. Wyden, Visiting SolarWorld Plant, Blasts China for Unfair Trade in Solar
Products (Oregonian, Portland)
Light
Shed on Solar, Other Elements of Energy Efficiency, Cost at Jefferson County
Chamber Session (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Report Shows Energy Efficiency Efforts In 2010
Marked Biggest Megawatt Savings Gain In 30 Years (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Closes $8.5 Billion Deal to Buy Skype
(Seattle Times)
Chelan PUD Fiber Plan Delayed Until April
(Wenatchee World, WA)
Tacoma’s Click! Network Hires General Manager
(Tacoma Daily Index, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Ruling Brings Release of Washing6on State
Referendum 71 Signers' Names (Seattle Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Occupy Olympia Group Moving to Heritage Park (Olympian, WA)
Man Says Wife Tried to Cut His Head Off With Power
Saw (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Speed Limit Going Down on 101 Near Capitol Auto
Mall (Olympian, WA)
Winter Weather Awareness Week (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Kirkland Mansion Squatter Sues City, Claims False
Arrest (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
DIVERSIONS
Demias Jimerson, 11, Penalized for Being “Too Good”
in Football
Man Lives Off Roadkill for 30 Years
Liberia's Human-Powered Wooden Trains
Seattle Superhero Dodges Assault Charges
SONG OF THE DAY
I'm
A Train - Albert Hammond
