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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Jefferson County PUD Gets the Power It Needs; Bonneville Inks Agreement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles , WA
Report to Mason County PUD
E Source Announces Top Utilities in Large Business Customer Satisfaction - Tacoma
Portland General Electric ranked high (Electric Energy Online)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· Jefferson County PUD Gets the Power It Needs; Bonneville Inks Agreement
· Oregon
· Shelton Woman Killed in Crash near Timberlakes – Causes Power Outage for 1,200
· Grant PUD Shelves Fee Idea
· Report to Mason County PUD
· Gas Pipeline Developers Sue Oregon Land
· E Source Announces Top Utilities in Large Business Customer Satisfaction - Tacoma
· Portland General Electric ranked high
· Sierra Club Challenges RUS Lien Accommodation Regulation for Coal Plants
· New Warnings About Costs of Nuclear Power
· Op/Ed - Nuclear Micro-Reactors Could Supply Jobs, Energy to South Dakota
· Chain Billing - Texas
· Op/Ed – Canada
· Op/Ed - Reducing Salmon to a Mere Commodity
· Three Die When Fish Survey Helicopter Crashes in Middle of Small Idaho Town
· Celebration of Salmon Ceremony in Belfair
· Washington State
· Research Buoys Planned Off Westport , Newport
· Columbia River - Regulators Reevaluating Dredge Spoil Dumping on West Hayden Island
· Judge Cancels Hawaii to Washington
· Washington State
· California
· Florida
· Canada
· Massachusetts Court Rejects Challenge to Cape Wind
· Massachusetts - Cape Wind
· Arizona
· Wind Turbines Can Bring Financial Windfall for Landowners
· Brookings Report Calls for Clean-Energy Centers in Colorado
· Mason County PUD
· Doing More While Using Less Power
· Pennsylvania
· Santa Cruz Mountains
· California
· Going Green: An Electric Vehicle Made from Hemp
· Hood Canal Communications to Expand Broadband to Rural Mason County
· More Closed Door Neutrality Deals Struck
· Clallam County
· California Passes Bills Responding to City Pay Scandal
· Mason County Says Belfair Water District’s Hydrant Locks Violate the Fire Code
· City of Shelton
· Test Results Mixed for Washington
· Convicted Morton Teacher Calls in Sick for Third Straight Day
WORD OF THE DAY
Carceral • \KAHR-suh-rul\ • adjective - Of, relating to, or suggesting a jail or prison
My heart is captive
A pleasant carceral life
Love to you bonded
Yeesh, how mushy!
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Jefferson County PUD Gets the Power It Needs; Bonneville Inks Agreement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles , WA
Shelton Woman Killed in Crash near Timberlakes – Causes Power Outage for 1,200 (KMAS Radio, Shelton , WA
Grant PUD Shelves Fee Idea (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake
Report to Mason County PUD
E Source Announces Top Utilities in Large Business Customer Satisfaction - Tacoma
Portland General Electric ranked high (Electric Energy Online)
Sierra Club Challenges RUS Lien Accommodation Regulation for Coal Plants (Lexology)
New Warnings About Costs of Nuclear Power (NY Times)
Op/Ed - Nuclear Micro-Reactors Could Supply Jobs, Energy to South Dakota (Sioux Falls Argus-Leader , SD
Chain Billing - Texas ’ Public Utility Commission Considers Preventing Some Nonpaying Customers from Switching Electricity Providers (Dallas
Op/Ed – Canada
FISH & WILDLIFE
Op/Ed - Reducing Salmon to a Mere Commodity (Oregonian, Portland
Three Die When Fish Survey Helicopter Crashes in Middle of Small Idaho Town
Celebration of Salmon Ceremony in Belfair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton , WA
Research Buoys Planned Off Westport, Newport (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia River - Regulators Reevaluating Dredge Spoil Dumping on West Hayden Island (Oregonian, Portland)
Judge Cancels Hawaii to Washington Garbage Shipments until Lawsuit Ends (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Washington State’s Lt. Governor Supports Mason County ADAGE Biomass Plant (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
California - Modesto Irrigation District Rejects Wood-Fired Power Plant - Many ratepayers at meeting call biomass expensive, polluting (Modesto Bee, CA)
Florida Supreme Court May Hear Biomass Power Plant Case (Independent Florida Alligator)
Canada’s Pristine Power Keen to Tackle Bioenergy (Reuters)
Massachusetts Court Rejects Challenge to Cape Wind Permit (Bloomberg News)
Massachusetts - Cape Wind Dissent Rocks Environmentalists (Boston Herald, MA)
Arizona - State Moves to Curb Hazards Alternative Energy Sites Pose for Wildlife (MSNBC)
Wind Turbines Can Bring Financial Windfall for Landowners (Indiana Economic Digest)
Brookings Report Calls for Clean-Energy Centers in Colorado, West (Denver Business Journal)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Mason County PUD 3 Takes on Cutting-Edge Smart-Grid Project (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Doing More While Using Less Power (NY Times)
Pennsylvania - Energy Makeovers Expected to Save Allegheny County $2 Million (Pittsburgh Gazette, PA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Santa Cruz Mountains Lures Cash for Trapping Carbon (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
California Lawmakers Reject Plastic Shopping Bag Ban (Associated Press)
Going Green: An Electric Vehicle Made from Hemp - Maybe this is the car that should have been called the Leaf (Seattle Post Intelligencer
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Hood Canal Communications to Expand Broadband to Rural Mason County Areas “…We’re bringing broadband to areas that don’t have any services now…” Huh? (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
More Closed Door Neutrality Deals Struck - Without pesky public input into the process (Broadband Reports)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Clallam County’s Embezzled $600,000 Still Not Replaced by Insurance (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
California Passes Bills Responding to City Pay Scandal - Bills to rein in excessive salaries & pensions of public employees (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Says Belfair Water District’s Hydrant Locks Violate the Fire Code (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
City of Shelton to Ask Fire District Five to Continue Contract (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Test Results Mixed for Washington Students (Associated Press)
Convicted Morton Teacher Calls in Sick for Third Straight Day (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
A Turnaround in Ansel Adams Photo Dispute
Golfer’s Swing Snags Rock, Sparks Southern California Fire
NYC Man Plunges 40 Stories, Lands on Car, Survives
The Washington Times Could be Sold for $1
SONG OF THE DAY
Jim Croce - Photographs & Memories
