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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· Jefferson PUD Says Power Negotiations under Confidentiality Agreement
· Electric Co-Op Model Builds On Rural Roots
· Oregon – City of Bandon Keeps Electric Rate Flat For Users
· California - Marin County to Provide Public Power, Oust Pacific Gas & Electric
· Palo Alto Votes to Oppose Pacific Gas & Electric Backed Ballot Measure
· Washington Governor Says Nuclear Energy Must Be Considered
· Vermont Yankee VP Placed on Permanent Leave
· Obama Creates Commission on Nuclear Waste
· Alaska – Healy Coal Plant Likely to Be Endorsed In Electric Planning Report
· Ormet Lays Off 20 Workers at Ohio Aluminum Smelter
· Natural Gas Stocks Decline Less Than Expected
· BPA Boosts Online News And Information
· Anglers Are Finding Spring Chinook In Lower Columbia
· DOE Settlement In Chelan County Over Salmon Restoration
· Clock Ticking For Klamath Dams
· Big-Money Salmon Derby Sparks Debate
· Shelton - Johns Prairie Water Agreement Completed
· Snowpack Lags A Bit Behind - Reservoirs are in good shape
· Bioenergy Company to Build Plant in Shelton
· Cowlitz PUD Backs Away From Tenant Way Biomass Project
· Gregoire Approves Kittitas County Wind Project
· Kulongoski, Oregon Lawmakers Seek To Scale Back Energy Tax Credits
· President Touts His Alternative Fuels Plan
· California Turbines Frozen in Minnesota Wind
· Massachusetts – Report Says Key Cape Wind Review Rushed, Still Sound
· A Boom in ‘Distributed’ Solar Projects
· SF Chronicle Op/Ed - To Get Clean Energy, Upgrade to Electricity 2.0
· EPA Biofuels Guidelines Could Spur Production of Ethanol from
· Internet Attacks Breach EU Carbon Trading
· U.S.-Led Climate Pact Can´t Replace Global Consensus, UN Says
· A New Clean Economy - With Old Sources of Energy
· FCC's Neutrality Rules Too Murky to Help Consumers
· NY Times Op/Ed - Microsoft’s Creative Destruction
· Google, NSA May Team Up Over
· Comcast Profit up On Internet, Phone
· Pew Study: For Teens, Blogging Is Sooooo
· US Baptists to Appear before Haitian
· Clallam Treasurer's Office Investigation Over; Amount Stolen Now $600,
· King County Judge to Rule on Statewide School Money Lawsuit
· Safe Or Not, E-Mail Voting Headed to Senate
WORD OF THE DAY
Fiefdom • \FEEF-dum\ • noun – 1: a feudal estate 2: something over which one has rights or exercises control
“I’m king of all I survey,” exclaimed Barty to his assembled subjects. His fiefdom included his one acre of rural farmland, three cows, ten chickens, and assorted cats and dogs.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Jefferson PUD Says Power Negotiations under Confidentiality Agreement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Electric Co-Op Model Builds On Rural Roots (Methow Valley News, WA)
Oregon – City of Bandon Keeps Electric Rate Flat For Users (The Bandon World, OR)
California - Marin County to Provide Public Power, Oust Pacific Gas & Electric (SF Chronicle)
Palo Alto Votes to Oppose Pacific Gas & Electric Backed Ballot Measure (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Washington Governor Says Nuclear Energy Must Be Considered (Associated Press)
Vermont Yankee VP Placed on Permanent Leave - Thayer removed over misleading statements about radioactive tritium leak (Burlington Free Press, VT)
Obama Creates Commission on Nuclear Waste (Courthouse News Service)
Alaska – Healy Coal Plant Likely to Be Endorsed In Electric Planning Report (Fairbanks Daily News Miner, AK)
Ormet Lays Off 20 Workers at Ohio Aluminum Smelter “…Last year, when it cut output Ormet cited depressed aluminum market conditions…” (Reuters)
Natural Gas Stocks Decline Less Than Expected (Associated Press)
BPA Boosts Online News And Information - Social media supports updated Web site with public conversation (Bonneville Power Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Anglers Are Finding Spring Chinook In Lower Columbia (Seattle Times)
DOE Settlement In Chelan County Over Salmon Restoration (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Clock Ticking For Klamath Dams (Oregon Public Radio)
Big-Money Salmon Derby Sparks Debate (Everett Herald, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Shelton - Johns Prairie Water Agreement Completed (South Sound Business Examiner)
Snowpack Lags A Bit Behind - Reservoirs are in good shape, though, and the snow usually doesn’t reach its peak until April (Baker City Herald, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Bioenergy Company to Build Plant in Shelton (Olympian, WA)
Cowlitz PUD Backs Away From Tenant Way Biomass Project (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
Gregoire Approves Kittitas County Wind Project (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Kulongoski, Oregon Lawmakers Seek To Scale Back Energy Tax Credits (The Oregonian, Portland)
President Touts His Alternative Fuels Plan (NY Times)
California Turbines Frozen in Minnesota Wind (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)
Massachusetts – Report Says Key Cape Wind Review Rushed, Still Sound (Associated Press)
A Boom in ‘Distributed’ Solar Projects (NY Times)
SF Chronicle Op/Ed - To Get Clean Energy, Upgrade to Electricity 2.0
EPA Biofuels Guidelines Could Spur Production of Ethanol from Corn (Washington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Internet Attacks Breach EU Carbon Trading System (Reuters)
U.S.-Led Climate Pact Can´t Replace Global Consensus, UN Says (Bloomberg News)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
A New Clean Economy - With Old Sources of Energy (TIME Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC's Neutrality Rules Too Murky to Help Consumers? (Broadband Reports)
NY Times Op/Ed - Microsoft’s Creative Destruction
Google, NSA May Team Up Over Cyberattacks (Reuters)
Comcast Profit up On Internet, Phone Subscribers (Reuters)
Pew Study: For Teens, Blogging Is Sooooo 2006 (SF Chronicle)
GENERAL NEWS
US Baptists to Appear before Haitian Prosecutor (Associated Press)
Clallam Treasurer's Office Investigation Over; Amount Stolen Now $600,000 (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
King County Judge to Rule on Statewide School Money Lawsuit (Associated Press)
Safe Or Not, E-Mail Voting Headed to Senate - Security risk small, Reed says (The Olympian, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Doctor Casts New Light on Cat That Can Predict Death
Elusive Black Chicken Has New Home in Glendale
California - Masked Bandits Cause Richmond Outage
Chunk Of Ice Falls From Plane, Smashes Home
SONG OF THE DAY
Hank Williams - Lovesick Blues
