Thursday, December 22, 2016

Energy News Digest for December 22, 2016 – Hot Shots Edition

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PROGRAMMING NOTE:

The energy news digest will be celebrating the holidays with port wine and chocolate covered cherries (hic) beginning tomorrow. Have a joyous Christmas weekend. And as much as it pains me, let’s hope it is a green one.

CHEERS!

Brenda White – Christmas in the (Pacific) Northwest

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Richland Nuclear Power Plant to Restart Within Days

Feds Request Comments on Future of Snake River Dams (Longview Daily News, WA)

460,000 Fish Saved at Entiat Fish Hatchery (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

Tesla Vehicles Arrive 20 Minutes after City of Aberdeen Charging Stations Open (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Electric Charging Stations Come to Richland, With PUD Partnerships (KVEW-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

Kittitas County Commissioners Divided on Solar Farm Permit (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)

Oregon Wins $40 Million for Coveted Wave Energy Test Center Off Newport (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Arizona Regulators End Retail Net Metering in Value-Of-Solar Proceeding (Utility Dive)

Mason County Lifts Moratorium on Medical Cannabis Cooperatives (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Woman Injured in Crash North of Allyn Dies (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Lowland snow possible prior to Christmas Day (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Rare Snow in the African Desert (NASA)

WORD OF THE DAY

Propitiate • \pro-PISH-ee-yate\ • verb - To gain or regain the favor or goodwill of: appease, conciliate

The famous “turkey drop” from ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ was no match for the “Ferret Drop” promotion of KFER radio one bleak, wintry day in December. The promotion, meant to propitiate listeners who had been stiffed by the limited edition “ball of sisal twine” give-away, went horribly wrong when the helicopter pilot misread his instructions and hovered 1,000 feet above the mall parking lot (instead of the ten feet as directed in the crumpled and smudged instruction sheet.) Fortunately for the apparently ill-fated weasels, their leader fashioned a makeshift parachute from a discarded mascot costume…which delivered the lucky ferrets into a briar patch from which the fabled “Ferret Foundation” grew.

SONG OF THE DAY

Home Free – Do You Hear What I Hear?

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