Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Energy News Digest for December 12, 2012



All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Feds: New Move To Break Columbia River Salmon Impasse (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Utility Chiefs Urge Equal Tax Rates on Dividends, Capital Gains in ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Deal (Washington Post)

Solar Installations Surge on Lower Costs & Government Support (NY Times)

Gmail, Other Google Services Suffer Monday Service Interruptions (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Sheriff: Heroes Stepped Up During Deadly Clackamas Mall Shooting (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

  • Utility Chiefs Urge Equal Tax Rates on Dividends, Capital Gains in ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Deal
  • Grant County PUD Raises Electricity Rates by Six Percent in 2013
  • Clallam Public Utility District Budget Sees Increasing Rates
  • Oregon - Clatskanie PUD Collects Food
  • Franklin PUD Swears In Commissioner, District 3
  • Group Probes Delayed Power Restoration Post Hurricane Sandy
  • Kentucky - Electric Cooperative Immune from Suit for Death after Ice Storm
  • Feds: New Move To Break Columbia River Salmon Impasse
  • Arctic Snowy Owls Return to Western Washington
  • Gophers dig holes in JBLM’s future
  • Editorial - Large-Scale Cooperation for Small Fish Project
  • Solar Installations Surge on Lower Costs & Government Support
  • Dryer Balls - Do They Really Save Energy?
  • How Green is That Christmas Tree?
  • Gmail, Other Google Services Suffer Monday Service Interruptions
  • Sprint Reportedly in Talks to Take Over Clearwire
  • FCC Approves Dish Network Plans for Mobile Broadband
  • Yahoo Updates Email to Take on Gmail
  • Telx to Open Hillsboro Data Center
  • FCC Asks for Corrections to the National Broadband Map
  • Rational Broadband Investment: Why the FCC’s New Task Force is a Good Step Forward
  • Sheriff: Heroes Stepped Up During Deadly Clackamas Mall Shooting
  • Police: Oregon Mall Shooter Didn’t Know Two He Killed
  • Washington State Governor Readies Big Transportation Proposal
  • Administration Weighs Legal Action against States that Legalized Marijuana Use
  • Statistically, It Could Snow on Christmas

WORD OF THE DAY

Intersperse • \in-ter-SPERSS\ • verb - 1: to place something at intervals in or among
2: to insert at intervals among other things

The sideshow barker was putting his all into a chance for his potential customers to grab silver dollars hidden in a huge vat of viscous, half formed Jell-O. And to quell the more enthusiastic fishers for the loot, he made sure to let them know that he had interspersed the heaving mass with a few fish-hooks. (now that is dark)

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Utility Chiefs Urge Equal Tax Rates on Dividends, Capital Gains in ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Deal (Washington Post)

Grant County PUD Raises Electricity Rates by Six Percent in 2013 (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)

Clallam Public Utility District Budget Sees Increasing Rates (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Oregon - Clatskanie PUD Collects Food (Northwest Public Power Association)

Franklin PUD Swears In Commissioner, District 3 (Franklin County PUD)

Group Probes Delayed Power Restoration Post Hurricane Sandy (National Public Radio)

Kentucky - Electric Cooperative Immune from Suit for Death after Ice Storm (Risk & Insurance)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Feds: New Move To Break Columbia River Salmon Impasse (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Arctic Snowy Owls Return to Western Washington (KING-TV, Seattle)

Gophers dig holes in JBLM’s future (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

Editorial - Large-Scale Cooperation for Small Fish Project (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Solar Installations Surge on Lower Costs & Government Support (NY Times)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Dryer Balls - Do They Really Save Energy? (Conduit)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

How Green is That Christmas Tree? (Washington Post)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Gmail, Other Google Services Suffer Monday Service Interruptions (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Sprint Reportedly in Talks to Take Over Clearwire (Seattle Times)

FCC Approves Dish Network Plans for Mobile Broadband (Dallas Business Journal, TX)

Yahoo Updates Email to Take on Gmail (Associated Press)

Telx to Open Hillsboro Data Center (Portland Business Journal, OR)

FCC Asks for Corrections to the National Broadband Map Database - Ensure Areas Are Correctly Labeled As Served Or Unserved (Lexology)

Rational Broadband Investment: Why the FCC’s New Task Force is a Good Step Forward (Fierce Telecom)

GENERAL NEWS

Sheriff: Heroes Stepped Up During Deadly Clackamas Mall Shooting (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

Police: Oregon Mall Shooter Didn’t Know Two He Killed (Associated Press)

Washington State Governor Readies Big Transportation Proposal (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

Administration Weighs Legal Action against States that Legalized Marijuana Use (NY Times)

Statistically, It Could Snow on Christmas (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

DIVERSIONS

Indian Sitar Virtuoso, Beatles Mentor Ravi Shankar Dies At 92

Zeitgeist 2012: What Piqued Your Curiosity This Year?

‘Heart,’ Quincy Jones headed to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

SONG OF THE DAY

The Beatles - Within You Without You