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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S
Senator Baucus Unveils Ambitious Plan for Energy Tax Reform (North American
Windpower)
Eight
Cities Call for Carbon Pricing in Washington State (Sightline Daily)
Microsoft Poised To Purchase 11-Million Dollars’
Worth of Quincy Port Property (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
U-S
Senator Baucus Unveils Ambitious Plan for Energy Tax Reform (North American
Windpower)
U-S Department of Fish & Wildlife Lists White
Bluffs Bladderpod as Threatened (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri Cities, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Numbers Debate Rages over Northwest Nuclear Plant
- Inland Power to Upgrade Meters
- PNNL Receives ‘Outstanding Review’
- Bonneville Power Administration & Electric Power Research Institute Collaborate on Next-Generation Substation Automation Project
- Including Bonneville Power Administration: An Even Dozen Smart Grid Wins in Santa’s Bag This Week
- Franklin PUD Awards “Red Wagon” to Pasco Girl
- Pacific Gas & Electric Seeks 12.6 Percent Rate Hike for Natural Gas Customers
- Federal Budget Bill Trims Build America Bond Payments, But Does Not Affect Municipal Bonds
- Obama Official: NuScale Commitment Shows New Attitudes toward Nuclear Power
- Automated Calls Speed Grid Repairs
- U-S Department of Fish & Wildlife Lists White Bluffs Bladderpod as Threatened
- Oregon Could Lose Millions for Coastal Streams as Feds Target Logging Pollution
- U-S Senator Baucus Unveils Ambitious Plan for Energy Tax Reform
- Companies See New Energy Potential in Old Hydro Dams
- When Bats Collide…With Wind Turbines
- Study Shows Rooftop Solar Adds Thousands to Home Resale Values
- All Systems Go as We Say Goodbye to the Old Inefficient 60-Watt Bulb on January 1
- Eight Cities Call for Carbon Pricing in Washington State
- Bye, Bye Biofuels: Why U-S Renewable Fuels Standard Failed
- Five of the Most Important Changes to the LEED Green Building Rating System
- Microsoft Poised To Purchase 11-Million Dollars’ Worth of Quincy Port Property
- Gigabit Broadband Coming to Alaska
- Four Ways to Boost Your Home Wi-Fi
- Cincinnati Study Finds Social Media Users Aren’t Who You Think They Are
- Olympia Fail: No Appetite for Transportation Compromise
- Wyoming, EPA Feud over Indian Reservation
- A Capitol Dome Tour Comes With Caution Signs
- Target Data Breach: Customers Complain About Problems Reaching Retailer for Information
- Class Action Filed for Target Data Breach
- Wenatchee Alcoa Workers Accused of Metal Thefts
- Unemployment Rates Fall In Nearly All U-S States
- GDP Surprise: Economy Expands at 4.1% Rate
- Longtime Association of Washington Business President to Join Law Firm’s Governmental Affairs Staff
WORD OF THE DAY
Poll:
U-S Adults Say ‘Whatever’ So Totally Annoying
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Numbers Debate Rages over Northwest Nuclear Plant
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Inland Power to Upgrade Meters (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
PNNL Receives ‘Outstanding Review’ (Tri-City
Herald, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Bonneville Power Administration & Electric
Power Research Institute Collaborate on Next-Generation Substation Automation
Project (Bonneville Power Administration)
Including Bonneville Power Administration: An Even Dozen Smart Grid Wins in Santa’s Bag
This Week (Smart Grid News)
Franklin PUD Awards “Red Wagon” to Pasco Girl (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric Seeks 12.6 Percent
Rate Hike for Natural Gas Customers (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Federal Budget Bill Trims Build America Bond Payments,
But Does Not Affect Municipal Bonds (American Public Power Association)
Obama official: NuScale commitment shows new
attitudes toward nuclear power (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Automated Calls Speed Grid Repairs (Electric
Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
U-S Department of Fish & Wildlife Lists White
Bluffs Bladderpod as Threatened (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri Cities, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon
Could Lose Millions for Coastal Streams as Feds Target Logging Pollution (Oregonian,
Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
U-S
Senator Baucus Unveils Ambitious Plan for Energy Tax Reform (North American
Windpower)
Companies
See New Energy Potential in Old Hydro Dams (Midwest Energy News)
When
Bats Collide…With Wind Turbines (The American Scholar)
Study
Shows Rooftop Solar Adds Thousands to Home Resale Values (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
All
Systems Go as We Say Goodbye to the Old Inefficient 60-Watt Bulb on January 1
(The Energy Collective)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Eight
Cities Call for Carbon Pricing in Washington State (Sightline Daily)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Bye,
Bye Biofuels: Why U-S Renewable Fuels Standard Failed (Forbes Magazine)
Five
of the Most Important Changes to the LEED Green Building Rating System
(GrennTech Media)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Microsoft Poised To Purchase 11-Million Dollars’
Worth of Quincy Port Property (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Gigabit Broadband Coming to Alaska (CNBC)
Four Ways to Boost Your Home Wi-Fi (USA Today)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Cincinnati Study Finds Social Media Users Aren’t
Who You Think They Are (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Olympia Fail: No Appetite for Transportation
Compromise (Crosscut Seattle)
Wyoming, EPA Feud over Indian Reservation (Washington
Post)
A Capitol Dome Tour Comes With Caution Signs (U-S
News & World Report)
GENERAL NEWS
Target Data Breach: Customers Complain About
Problems Reaching Retailer for Information (Associated
Press)
Class Action Filed for Target Data Breach (Courthouse News Service)
Wenatchee Alcoa Workers Accused of Metal Thefts (Wenatchee World, WA)
Unemployment Rates Fall In Nearly All U-S States (Associated Press)
GDP Surprise: Economy Expands at 4.1% Rate (USA
Today)
Longtime Association of Washington Business President
to Join Law Firm’s Governmental Affairs Staff (Kitsap Peninsula Business
Journal, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Former
Seahawk Getting Buzz for His 12th Man Beer
Woman’s
‘Secret Santa’ Turns Out to be Bill Gates
Seattle:
Watch a Busload of People Take Down an Armed Robber
This
Flying Drone Decorated with Mistletoe Wants to Encourage Your Hookups
SONG OF THE DAY
Drifters
- White Christmas
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