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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Delays Release of
Impact Statement on SW Washington Transmission Line Project (Oregonian,
Portland)
Contractor Sues Energy NW over Nuclear Plant Work
(Associated Press)
Push for PUD Internet Sales Troubles Local Web
Companies (Wenatchee World, WA)
Company
Delays Planned Lewis County Wind Farm (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Northwest Salmon Fisheries May Have to Share with
Killer Whales (Oregonian, Portland)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Delays Release of Impact Statement on SW Washington Transmission Line Project
- Contractor Sues Energy NW over Nuclear Plant Work
- Ellensburg City Council Indicates Local Electricity Rates Will Rise
- Bonneville Power Administration Linemen Find Disoriented 93-Year-Old Driver
- Nordt Chosen as Grant PUD CFO
- Snohomish PUD Reminds Customers: Be Prepared for Winter Storms
- States Weighing Pros, Cons of Utility Smart Meters
- Growing Field of ‘Smart Grid’ Technology Faces Opposition over Pricing, Privacy
- Storm Could Lead to Higher Electric Rates in Connecticut
- Connecticut Storm Highlights Decades of Repeat Issues
- Some Lawsuits from Connecticut Power Plant Blast Settled
- Pacific Gas & Electric’s Post-Blast Reorganization Claims 225 Jobs
- Virginia Nuclear Power Plant Shut by Quake Gets OK to Restart
- First Look at Japan Nuke Plant: Rubble amid Progress
- Utilities Walk the High Wire to Deliver Power
- Northwest Salmon Fisheries May Have to Share with Killer Whales
- Fish Hatcheries Could Take a Hit from Washington State Budget Cuts
- Mason County - Union River Project Moves Forward
- Kokanee Migration Begins on Colville National Forest
- Worst Pollution in US Camps Out in Sequoia
- Op/Ed - The Columbia River Gorge Management in Peril from Lack of Two-State Funding
- Company Delays Planned Lewis County Wind Farm
- Eco-Group Challenges Wind Farm Approval
- Oregon - Wind Blows Money into Pockets of Sherman County Residents
- Wind Power Tax-Credit Sunset Would Hit Washington State
- Support for Federal Backing Of Renewables Slips, Driven by GOP Skepticism
- California - Analyst: Bills Rising Due to Overpriced Renewables
- SolarWorld Misses Profit Estimates, Cuts Annual Sales Outlook
- Before Solyndra, a Long History of Failed Government Energy Projects
- Orbital Solar Power Plants Touted for Energy Needs
- City of Port Angeles to Expand Home Weatherization Program
- Energy Efficiency Goes Social with ConduitNW
- Which Utilities Deliver the Most Energy Efficiency Benefits?
- Editorial - Energy Efficiency Program Needs Improvements
- What’s Best Buy Doing at a Utility Conference?
- Europe Set to Revive 30 Percent Carbon Cut Debate
- Australia - Carbon Tax to Be Itemized on New South Wales Energy Bills
- British Columbia Government's Plan to Construct Three LNG Plants Counters Carbon Dioxide Reduction Efforts
- China Dam Didn't Worsen Climate Change, Study Says
- Clean-Tech Firms Lose Luster
- Seattle Council May Ban Plastic Bags
- Vancouver BC, Works to Be Greenest of All
- Electric Car Battery Catches Fire after Crash Test
- 'Pee Power' is Possible, UK Scientists Find
- Push for PUD Internet Sales Troubles Local Web Companies
- Seattle Mayor's Revised Broadband Plan Still Falls Short
- Senate Rejects Bid to Overturn Internet Rules
- Home Invasion in Belfair Area - Two Arrested - Two at Large
- Brinnon Man Accused of Stealing Trees worth Big Cash
- Washington State Superintendents Push for Shorter School Year
- 'Wind Chill' Gets a New Name
- All Marine Wants for Christmas Is Lots of Lights
WORD OF THE DAY
Lachrymose • \LACK-ruh-mose\ • Adjective - 1: given to tears or weeping:
tearful 2: tending to cause tears: mournful
Lachrymose – End of “Old Yeller,” “the end of ET,” the last scoop of sherbet,
and for entirely different reasons, the lame end of “Lost.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Delays Release of
Impact Statement on SW Washington Transmission Line Project (Oregonian,
Portland)
Contractor Sues Energy NW over Nuclear Plant Work (Associated
Press)
Ellensburg City Council Indicates Local Electricity
Rates Will Rise (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Linemen Find Disoriented
93-Year-Old Driver - Escort Her Back to Town (Oregonian, Portland)
Nordt Chosen as Grant PUD CFO (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Snohomish PUD Reminds Customers: Be Prepared for
Winter Storms (My Edmonds News, WA)
States Weighing Pros, Cons of Utility Smart Meters (Associated
Press)
Growing Field of ‘Smart Grid’ Technology Faces
Opposition over Pricing, Privacy (Washington Post)
Storm Could Lead to Higher Electric Rates in Connecticut
(Associated Press)
Connecticut Storm Highlights Decades of Repeat
Issues (USA Today)
Some Lawsuits from Connecticut Power Plant Blast
Settled (Associated Press)
Pacific Gas & Electric’s Post-Blast
Reorganization Claims 225 Jobs (SF Chronicle)
Virginia Nuclear Power Plant Shut by Quake Gets OK to
Restart (USA Today)
First Look at Japan Nuke Plant: Rubble amid
Progress (Associated Press)
Utilities Walk the High Wire to Deliver Power
(Energy Central)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Northwest Salmon Fisheries May Have to Share with
Killer Whales (Oregonian, Portland)
Fish Hatcheries Could Take a Hit from Washington State
Budget Cuts (Seattle Times)
Mason County - Union River Project Moves Forward (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Kokanee Migration Begins on Colville National
Forest (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Worst
Pollution in US Camps Out in Sequoia (Associated Press)
Op/Ed
- The Columbia River Gorge Management in Peril from Lack of Two-State Funding (Seattle Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Company
Delays Planned Lewis County Wind Farm (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Eco-Group
Challenges Wind Farm Approval (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
Oregon
- Wind Blows Money into Pockets of Sherman County Residents (Oregonian, Portland)
Wind
Power Tax-Credit Sunset Would Hit Washington State - Washington state sometimes
has too much of a good thing: power (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Support
for Federal Backing Of Renewables Slips, Driven by GOP Skepticism (Washington Post)
California
- Analyst: Bills Rising Due to Overpriced Renewables (Associated Press)
SolarWorld
Misses Profit Estimates, Cuts Annual Sales Outlook (Bloomberg News)
Before
Solyndra, a Long History of Failed Government Energy Projects (Washington Post)
Orbital
Solar Power Plants Touted for Energy Needs (Reuters)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
City of Port Angeles to Expand Home Weatherization
Program (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Energy Efficiency Goes Social with ConduitNW (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
Which Utilities Deliver the Most Energy Efficiency
Benefits? (Gigaom)
Editorial - Energy Efficiency Program Needs
Improvements (Helena Independent Record, MT)
What’s Best Buy Doing at a Utility Conference?
(Midwest Energy News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Europe
Set to Revive 30 Percent Carbon Cut Debate (Reuters)
Australia
- Carbon Tax to Be Itemized on New South Wales Energy Bills (ABC Sydney)
British
Columbia Government's Plan to Construct Three LNG Plants Counters Carbon
Dioxide Reduction Efforts (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/government+plan+construct+three+plants+counters+reduction+efforts/5706015/story.html
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/government+plan+construct+three+plants+counters+reduction+efforts/5706015/story.html
China
Dam Didn't Worsen Climate Change, Study Says (Seattle
Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Clean-Tech
Firms Lose Luster - The companies face an uncertain future as the economy lags
and subsidies dry up (Boston Globe, MA)
Seattle
Council May Ban Plastic Bags (KING-TV, Seattle)
Vancouver
BC, Works to Be Greenest of All (Seattle Times)
Electric
Car Battery Catches Fire after Crash Test (Associated Press)
'Pee
Power' is Possible, UK Scientists Find - Urine-based biomass touted as way of
reducing harmful impact of animal wee (The Guardian, UK)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Push for PUD Internet Sales Troubles Local Web
Companies (Wenatchee World, WA)
Seattle Mayor's Revised Broadband Plan Still Falls
Short (Seattle Times)
Senate Rejects Bid to Overturn Internet Rules (Associated
Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Home Invasion in Belfair Area - Two Arrested - Two at
Large (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Brinnon Man Accused of Stealing Trees worth Big
Cash (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Washington State Superintendents Push for Shorter
School Year (Associated Press)
'Wind Chill' Gets a New Name (National Public
Radio)
All Marine Wants for Christmas Is Lots of Lights (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
DIVERSIONS
‘The Rubber Duck Knows No Frontiers’
Check If Your House Will Be Vaporized in a Nuclear
War
Church Bell Thieves Can't Stop Determined Boy Scout
Police Arrest 19 Suspects Using a ‘Free Beer’ Trap
SONG OF THE DAY
'Stairway
to Heaven' Turns 40 This Week: Celebrate With Seven Covers
