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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Sequestration in the Coulee Means Uncertainty
(Star of the Grand Coulee, WA)
Small
Oil Leak Reported at Bonneville Dam - One to two tablespoons per day getting
into river; workers trying to stop it (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Harstine Island – Electricity Restored Following
Mason County PUD 3’s Planned Power Outage to Complete Connection of New Bridge
Cable Crossing (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Clipped Power Line near Sequim Briefly Shuts Down
Highway 101 (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
United
States Winning the Clean Energy Race - According to a new study, the U-S
exported more clean energy products to China in 2011 (U-S News & World
Report)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Sequestration in the Coulee Means Uncertainty
- Harstine Island – Electricity Restored Following Mason County PUD 3’s Planned Power Outage to Complete Connection of New Bridge Cable Crossing
- Clipped Power Line near Sequim Briefly Shuts Down Highway 101
- Tillamook City Council Overrules Planning Commission, Denies PUD Power Line
- Bonneville Power Administration Set to Give Researchers $ 3 Million-Plus
- Columbia River PUD Franchise Fees to Local Governments Top $500,000 Mark
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for March 5, 2013
- Flathead Electric Co-Op Posts Milestones for 76th Annual Meeting
- Proposed Dam Presents Economic & Environmental Challenges in Alaska
- Sally Jewell Pledges Balanced Approach on Energy
- California Lawmakers Hammer Utilities Panel for Shoddy Forecasting
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Shrank Last Week
- Hydro-Quebec & Russian Firm Sign Two-Year Research Agreement
- South Puget Sound Salmon Discussion Scheduled for March 19
- Small Oil Leak Reported at Bonneville Dam
- United States Winning the Clean Energy Race
- Crowdfunding Clean Energy
- FCC Chief Outlines Plans to Increase Unlicensed Wireless Spectrum
- Microsoft Fined $733 Million for Breaking European Browser Pact
- Yet Another Accused Thief Makes Rookie Mistake of Uploading Pics from Stolen iPad to the Cloud
- News Feed Face-Lift at Facebook, to Keep Its Users Engaged
- Paul Ryan, Patty Murray Hold the Keys to Any Budget Deal
- U-S Army Corps of Engineers Employees May Face Furloughs
- Petty Politics - Bill Would Require Washington State Supreme Court Justices to Draw Straws for Job
- Inslee Tours Hanford, Announces Plan to Export Waste to New Mexico
- Hanford Contractor Fined $18.5 Million in Time Card Scheme
- 24,000 Jobs Gained in Washington State in January
- Belfair-Area Prison Program Offers Skills to Cope In & Out of Incarceration
- Cowlitz Casino Bid Could Affect Other Tribes
- New TSA Rules on Knives Draw Fire from 9/11 Kin
- North Korea Threatens Nuclear Strike on U-S
WORDS OF THE DAY
Gnomic
• \NOH-mik\ • Adjective - 1: characterized by aphorism 2: given to the
composition of aphoristic writing
Aphorism
• \AFF-rizz-um\ • Noun - A short statement of a general truth or idea
“It
is what it is,” puffed the new hire in his first (of many) gnomic statements to
his unimpressed boss. “If that’s what it is, I have no idea what ‘it’ is,”
muttered the grizzled accountant under his breath.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Sequestration in the Coulee Means Uncertainty (Star
of the Grand Coulee, WA)
Harstine Island – Electricity Restored Following Mason
County PUD 3’s Planned Power Outage to Complete Connection of New Bridge Cable
Crossing (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Clipped Power Line near Sequim Briefly Shuts Down
Highway 101 (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Tillamook City Council Overrules Planning
Commission, Denies PUD Power Line (Tillamook Headlight Herald, OR)
Bonneville Power Administration Set to Give
Researchers $ 3 Million-Plus (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Columbia River PUD Franchise Fees to Local Governments
Top $500,000 Mark (St Helens Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thechronicleonline.com/news/article_713b48de-86a3-11e2-a063-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.thechronicleonline.com/news/article_713b48de-86a3-11e2-a063-001a4bcf887a.html
Mason County PUD
3 Commission Report for March 5, 2013 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Flathead Electric
Co-Op Posts Milestones for 76th Annual Meeting (Hungry Horse News, MT)
Proposed Dam Presents Economic &
Environmental Challenges in Alaska (NY Times)
Sally Jewell Pledges
Balanced Approach on Energy (Associated Press)
California Lawmakers Hammer Utilities Panel for
Shoddy Forecasting (Sacramento Bee, CA)
U-S Natural Gas
Supplies Shrank Last Week (Associated Press)
Hydro-Quebec &
Russian Firm Sign Two-Year Research Agreement (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
South Puget Sound Salmon Discussion Scheduled for
March 19 (Washington State Department Of Fish & Wildlife)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Small
Oil Leak Reported at Bonneville Dam - One to two tablespoons per day getting
into river; workers trying to stop it (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
United
States Winning the Clean Energy Race - According to a new study, the U-S
exported more clean energy products to China in 2011 (U-S News & World
Report)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Crowdfunding
Clean Energy (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Chief Outlines Plans to Increase Unlicensed
Wireless Spectrum (Boston Business Journal, MA)
Microsoft Fined $733 Million for Breaking European Browser
Pact (Northwest Cable News Network)
Yet Another Accused Thief Makes Rookie Mistake of
Uploading Pics from Stolen iPad to the Cloud (Consumerist)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
News Feed Face-Lift at Facebook, to Keep Its Users
Engaged (NY Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Paul Ryan, Patty Murray Hold the Keys to Any Budget
Deal (Washington Post)
U-S Army Corps of Engineers Employees May Face
Furloughs (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
Petty Politics - Bill Would Require Washington State
Supreme Court Justices to Draw Straws for Job (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Inslee Tours Hanford, Announces Plan to Export
Waste to New Mexico (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Hanford Contractor Fined $18.5 Million in Time Card
Scheme (Associated Press)
24,000 Jobs Gained in Washington State in January (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Belfair-Area Prison Program Offers Skills to Cope
In & Out of Incarceration (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Cowlitz Casino Bid Could Affect Other Tribes (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
New TSA Rules on Knives Draw Fire from 9/11 Kin (Associated
Press)
North Korea Threatens Nuclear Strike on U-S (USA
Today)
DIVERSIONS
Ricky
Gervais Returns as David Brent from the Original 'Office'
Avast!
Seafair Pirates Defuse a Road Rage Incident
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Avast-Seafair-Pirates-defuse-a-road-rage-incident-4334302.php
These
Smithsonian Photo Contest Finalists Are Each Stunning in Totally Different Ways
Alvin
Lee Is Going Home: 'Ten Years After' Guitarist Dies
SONG OF THE DAY
Ten
Years After - I'm Going Home
Ten
Years After - I'd Love to Change the World
