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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Many in Chilly Northeast Mark 8th Day Without
Power; Conn. Outages May Stretch to Wednesday (Associated Press)
The
High Cost of Renewable Power - PUDs on track to meet state energy targets, but
at what cost? (Wenatchee World, WA)
Seattle City Light’s Usage Comparison Report Irks
Some (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Anxiety Up as More Salmon Virus Found in British
Columbia (Seattle Times)
Gregoire Tells Agencies: Dump Cell Phones, Wall
Calendars (Seattle Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Many in Chilly Northeast Mark 8th Day Without Power; Conn. Outages May Stretch to Wednesday
- Pennsylvania - Storms Show Power Lines Still in the Dark Ages
- Editorial - New Jersey, Make Electric Companies Do Better
- Umatilla Electric Cooperative Investigates Large Power Outage
- Is the Era of Low-Cost Power Dead in Cowlitz County?
- Report Faults Energy Dept. for Handling of Stalled Montana-Alberta electric Transmission Line
- Idaho - New Winter Operational Flexibility at Albeni Falls Dam Will Benefit Power Users
- Pacific Gas & Electric Natural Gas Pipe Ruptures During Test, Causing I-280 Landslide
- Alaska - Ouzinkie’s 25-Year-Old Wooden Dam Rotting, Officials Plan for Possibility of Collapse
- Boulder’s Municipal Utility Effort Follows Few Forerunners
- Utilities Power Down on Building Plans
- IEA Draft: Nuclear to Fall as Power Demand Eases
- Exxon Subsidiary Seeks to Ship All Its Oversized Refinery Equipment along Montana Interstates
- Nebraska May Play Key Role in Canada Pipeline Battle
- Anxiety Up as More Salmon Virus Found in British Columbia
- Condit Dam Decommissioning Takes the Next Step
- Adult Chinook Transported Above Condit Dam Before Blast ‘Highly Successful’ with Spawning
- Video: Breaching Elwha Dams, III
- Op/Ed - Breaching Condit Dam: In the Pacific Northwest, Hydropower Is Still King
- Bonneville Power Administration Funds Help Estuary Partnership Open Tidal Wetlands for Salmon Habitat
- DOE: Water Permits Along Columbia River to be Approved
- Op/Ed - Ocean Acidification Is Most Urgent Threat to Marine Conservation
- Seattle Recycling Plant Among Top Northwest Polluters
- The High Cost of Renewable Power
- Renewables: The View from Other Public Utilities
- At a Glance: Washington State’s Energy Independence Act
- Idaho - Cassia County Wind Developers May Take Legal Action Against State Regulators
- Pacific Northwest - Taming Unruly Wind Power
- Burning Wood Waste for Energy Not Entirely a Clear-Cut Call
- California Reinstates Small Wind, Fuel Cell Turbine Incentives
- Tennessee Valley Authority May Pipe in Oklahoma Wind Power
- Renewable Energy: Victim of Trade War – Or Winner?
- Why History Favors Solar Manufacturers’ Anti-Dumping Petition
- Seattle City Light’s Usage Comparison Report Irks Some
- Energy Audits: Is It Time for Yours?
- Op/Ed - Great Potential for Energy Savings in Industrial Sector
- Best Buy Making a Bet on Home Energy Gear
- Heat, Beetle Assail Pine
- British Columbia’s Government Offers $17m in Funding Incentives for Green Cars
- How Driving Can Light Up Cities
- Broadband Triple Players
- Facebook Finally Moves into Its Own Digs
- Gregoire Tells Agencies: Dump Cell Phones, Wall Calendars
- Washington Secretary of State Reed Says Email Voting in the Future
- General Election Ballots Due Tuesday Night
- Washington State’s Chief Economist Says Nothing Bad Has Happened Lately
- Asteroid Headed Our Way Will Miss by This Much
- Prosecutor Warns Parents Wary of Vaccines: Mailing Chickenpox So Kids Develop Immunity Illegal
- Paving Ridge Motorsports Park Road Course Near Shelton
WORD OF THE DAY
Visceral • \VISS-uh-rull\ • Adjective - 1: felt in
or as if in the internal organs of the body 2: not intellectual: instinctive 3:
dealing with crude or elemental emotions 4: of, relating to, or located on or
among the internal organs of the body
“Hey Fred, I hear you were just promoted to manager
of the sewage treatment plant,” twittered the bright-eyed receptionist to her
co-worker. Unfortunately, due to Fred’s overwrought nerves, his visceral
reaction to her encouragement was an immediate and unexpected regurgitation of
that morning’s breakfast.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Many in Chilly Northeast Mark 8th Day Without
Power; Conn. Outages May Stretch to Wednesday (Associated Press)
Pennsylvania - Storms Show Power Lines Still in the
Dark Ages (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA)
Editorial - New Jersey, Make Electric Companies Do
Better (Madison Patch, NJ)
Umatilla Electric Cooperative Investigates Large
Power Outage (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Is the Era of Low-Cost Power Dead in Cowlitz
County? (Longview Daily News, WA)
Report Faults Energy Dept. for Handling of Stalled Montana-Alberta
electric Transmission Line (Washington Post)
Idaho - New Winter Operational Flexibility at Albeni
Falls Dam Will Benefit Power Users (Bonneville Power Administration)
Pacific Gas & Electric Natural Gas Pipe
Ruptures During Test, Causing I-280 Landslide (SF Chronicle)
Alaska - Ouzinkie’s 25-Year-Old Wooden Dam Rotting,
Officials Plan for Possibility of Collapse (Associated Press)
Boulder’s Municipal Utility Effort Follows Few
Forerunners (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)
Utilities Power Down on Building Plans (Denver
Post, CO)
IEA Draft: Nuclear to Fall as Power Demand Eases (Reuters)
Exxon Subsidiary Seeks to Ship All Its Oversized
Refinery Equipment along Montana Interstates (Washington Post)
Nebraska May Play Key Role in Canada Pipeline
Battle (National Public Radio)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Anxiety Up as More Salmon Virus Found in British
Columbia (Seattle Times)
Condit Dam Decommissioning Takes the Next Step - Vancouver
company helping mother nature restore White Salmon River’s path (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Adult Chinook Transported Above Condit Dam Before
Blast ‘Highly Successful’ with Spawning (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Video: Breaching Elwha Dams, III (Sightline
Daily)
Op/Ed - Breaching Condit Dam: In the Pacific Northwest,
Hydropower Is Still King (Oregonian, Portland)
Bonneville Power Administration Funds Help
Estuary Partnership Open Tidal Wetlands for Salmon Habitat (Columbia Basin
Bulletin)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
DOE: Water Permits Along Columbia River to be
Approved (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Op/Ed - Ocean Acidification Is Most Urgent Threat
to Marine Conservation (Seattle Times)
Seattle Recycling Plant Among Top Northwest
Polluters (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
The
High Cost of Renewable Power - PUDs on track to meet state energy targets, but
at what cost? (Wenatchee World, WA)
Renewables:
The View from Other Public Utilities (Renewables Biz)
At
a Glance: Washington State’s Energy Independence Act (Wenatchee World, WA)
Idaho
- Cassia County Wind Developers May Take Legal Action Against State Regulators
(Twin Falls Times-News, ID)
Pacific
Northwest - Taming Unruly Wind Power (NY Times)
Burning
Wood Waste for Energy Not Entirely a Clear-Cut Call (Vancouver Sun, BC)
California
Reinstates Small Wind, Fuel Cell Turbine Incentives (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Tennessee
Valley Authority May Pipe in Oklahoma Wind Power (The Tennessean, Nashville)
Renewable
Energy: Victim of Trade War – Or Winner? (Christian
Science Monitor)
Why
History Favors Solar Manufacturers’ Anti-Dumping Petition (San Francisco
Business Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Seattle City Light’s Usage Comparison Report Irks
Some (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Energy Audits: Is It Time for Yours? (Kitsap
Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
Op/Ed - Great Potential for Energy Savings in
Industrial Sector (Longview Daily News, WA)
Best Buy Making a Bet on Home Energy Gear (GigaOM)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Heat, Beetle Assail Pine - Climate change linked
to shift in insect’s eating habits, tree’s endangerment (Olympian, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
British
Columbia’s Government Offers $17m in Funding Incentives for Green Cars (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/government+offers+funding+incentives+green+cars/5664532/story.html
How
Driving Can Light Up Cities (MSNBC)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Triple Players (American Public Power
Association)
Facebook Finally Moves into Its Own Digs (San Jose
Mercury News, CA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Gregoire Tells Agencies: Dump Cell Phones, Wall
Calendars (Seattle Times)
Washington Secretary of State Reed Says Email
Voting in the Future (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
General
Election Ballots Due Tuesday Night (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Washington State’s Chief Economist Says Nothing Bad
Has Happened Lately (Seattle Times)
Asteroid Headed Our Way Will Miss by This Much (SF
Chronicle)
Prosecutor Warns Parents Wary of Vaccines: Mailing
Chickenpox So Kids Develop Immunity Illegal (Washington Post)
Paving Ridge Motorsports Park Road Course Near
Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Man Avoids Prison by Faking Illegal Immigrant
Status
McFoam? McRib Found to Contain Same Ingredient as
Gym Mats
The Greening of Death - Eco-Friendly Burials Boom
John Lennon’s Tooth Sold for More Than $30,000
http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-john-lennons-tooth-sold-for-more-than-30000-20111106,0,5842790.story
SONG OF THE DAY
John
Lennon & Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
