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HAPPY THANKSGIVING – NEWS DIGEST NAPPING AFTER THURSDAY TURKEY;
WON’T WAKE UP UNTIL NOVEMBER 26
During
the Depression, when power lines first electrified rural America, a farmer in
Tennessee rose in church one Sunday and said “The greatest thing on earth is to
have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have
electricity in your house.”
-- Happy
Thanksgiving from the Energy News Digest.
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Northwest Forecasters Promise Thanksgiving Break
(Associated Press)
Federal Government Punishes another Power Trader
for Manipulating California Market (Sacramento Bee, CA)
U-S to Fund Small, Modular Nuclear Reactors (USA
Today)
U-S
& Mexico Sign a Deal on Sharing the Colorado River “…Mexico…will be allowed
to store some of its surplus water in Lake Mead…” (NY Times)
Broadband Saves a Family $ 8,870 a Year: No Wonder
GDP Isn’t Rising (Forbes Magazine)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Federal Government Punishes another Power Trader for Manipulating California Market
- Line ‘Em Up - Entegra Fined for Manipulative California Energy Trades
- Barclays’ Traders Show How Much Fun Wall Street Has Manipulating Markets
- U-S to Fund Small, Modular Nuclear Reactors
- Longview - Energy Assistance Program Draws Hundreds to CAP
- Washington State Auditor Confirms Overpayment in Clallam PUD Case
- Bonneville Power Administration’s Drummond Joins Murray, Cantwell & Others in Lighting up the Northwest’s Smart Grid Demo Project
- US House Natural Resources Committee Chair Hastings’ Statement Latest Move to Implement Mandates on Power Marketing Administrations in Chu Memorandum
- Public Power’s Business Model Contrasted with That of Private Utilities
- U-S & Mexico Sign a Deal on Sharing the Colorado River
- How Creating a Market for Juniper Could Help Oregon’s High Desert
- Scatological Summation - Editorial: Mr. Floatie is a Mascot We Don’t Need
- Wind Power: An Interview with President of Shell Wind
- California Approves Program Eliminating Upfront Cost of Energy Upgrades - On-Bill Repayment
- Don’t Let Energy Zombies Gobble Your Energy Usage this Thanksgiving
- Why Greenhouse Gases Hit Record High in 2011
- CIA Closes Its Climate Change Office
- Editorial: California’s First Cap & Trade Foray Doesn’t Yet Answer Question: Will It Reduce Greenhouse Gas?
- Broadband Saves a Family $ 8,870 a Year: No Wonder GDP Isn’t Rising
- FCC Chairman Backs Dish Network Plan to Compete with Wireless Giants
- Suit over Hughes Communications Internet Speed Nets $10 Million Settlement
- FCC Seeks Ways to Secure Communications in Storms
- Another Year, Another Doubling of Data Traffic - Blame Video!
- Florida - Rodents Cause Problems for Tampa Verizon Customers
- Washington State Legislature - Looks Like its Benton in the 17th: Now the Senate Shake-Up Can Begin
- Clark County Public Health Employee Fired after Investigation Finds Inappropriate Use of Resources
- Northwest Forecasters Promise Thanksgiving Break
- Heavy Rain Brings Increased Risk of Slides
- Shelton Woman Shot While Answering Her Door Wednesday Morning
- Mason County Unemployment Rate Drops in October
- Mason County Commissioner Steve Bloomfield Attends Last Commission Meeting
- Hostess Says Talks to Stave Off Shutdown Fail
- Complaint: Idaho Teacher Used Permanent Marker on Students’ Faces
- Shoppers Already Lining Up to Snag Black Friday Deals
WORD OF THE DAY
Extemporize
• \ick-STEMP-uh-ryze\ • Verb - 1: improvise 2: to get along in a makeshift
manner
Duct
tape a wonder
Extemporize
anything
Better
than blue tarp
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Federal Government Punishes another Power Trader
for Manipulating California Market (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Line ‘Em Up - Entegra Fined for Manipulative
California Energy Trades (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Barclays’ Traders Show How Much Fun Wall Street Has
Manipulating Markets (Forbes Magazine)
U-S to Fund Small, Modular Nuclear Reactors (USA
Today)
Longview - Energy Assistance Program Draws Hundreds
to CAP (Longview Daily News, WA)
Washington
State Auditor Confirms Overpayment in Clallam PUD Case (Sequim Gazette, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration’s Drummond Joins
Murray, Cantwell & Others in Lighting up the Northwest’s Smart Grid Demo
Project (Bonneville Power Administration)
US House Natural Resources Committee Chair Hastings’
Statement Latest Move to Implement Mandates on Power Marketing Administrations in
Chu Memorandum (U-S House Natural Resources Committee, Washington, DC)
Public Power’s Business Model Contrasted with That
of Private Utilities (American Public Power Association)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
U-S
& Mexico Sign a Deal on Sharing the Colorado River “…Mexico…will be allowed
to store some of its surplus water in Lake Mead…” (NY Times)
How Creating a Market for Juniper Could Help Oregon’s
High Desert (Northwest Public Radio)
Scatological
Summation - Editorial: Mr. Floatie is a Mascot We Don’t Need (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind
Power: An Interview with President of Shell Wind (Christian
Science Monitor)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
California Approves Program Eliminating Upfront Cost
of Energy Upgrades - On-Bill Repayment (Forbes Magazine)
Don’t Let Energy Zombies Gobble Your Energy Usage this
Thanksgiving (Sacramento Bee, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Why
Greenhouse Gases Hit Record High in 2011 (Christian
Science Monitor)
CIA
Closes Its Climate Change Office (NY Times)
Editorial:
California’s First Cap & Trade Foray Doesn’t Yet Answer Question: Will It
Reduce Greenhouse Gas? (Sacramento Bee, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Saves a Family $ 8,870 a Year: No Wonder
GDP Isn’t Rising (Forbes Magazine)
FCC Chairman Backs Dish Network Plan to Compete with
Wireless Giants (Washington Post)
Suit over Hughes Communications Internet Speed Nets
$10 Million Settlement (Courthouse News Service)
FCC Seeks Ways to Secure Communications in Storms (Associated
Press)
Another Year, Another Doubling of Data Traffic - Blame
Video! (GigaOM)
Florida - Rodents Cause Problems for Tampa Verizon
Customers (Tampa Business Journal, FL)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Legislature - Looks Like its
Benton in the 17th: Now the Senate Shake-Up Can Begin (Washington
Wire)
Clark County Public Health Employee Fired after
Investigation Finds Inappropriate Use of Resources (Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
Northwest Forecasters Promise Thanksgiving Break (Associated
Press)
Heavy Rain Brings Increased Risk of Slides (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Shelton Woman Shot While Answering Her Door
Wednesday Morning (Olympian, WA)
Mason County Unemployment Rate Drops in October
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Mason County Commissioner Steve Bloomfield Attends
Last Commission Meeting (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Hostess Says Talks to Stave Off Shutdown Fail (Associated
Press)
Complaint: Idaho Teacher Used Permanent Marker on
Students’ Faces - Punishment for not meeting reading goals (Associated Press)
Shoppers Already Lining Up to Snag Black Friday
Deals (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Not Your Grandma’s Bird: Turkeys Have Doubled in
Size over Past 70 Years
Portland Smoothie Cart Uses Bicycle as a Blender
Two Golfers Hit Consecutive Holes-In-One
Worst Metaphor of 2012: ‘Fiscal Cliff’
SONG OF THE DAY
ZZ
Top - I Thank You
Sam
& Dave - I Thank You
