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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Seattle City Light Told to Get Leaner as Rates Rise
(Seattle Times)
Audit: Tacoma Possibly Overbilled City Utilities by
More Than $1 Million (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
SolarWorld
Wins Round 1 of Its Case against China, Faces More Hurdles to Get Tariffs (Oregonian, Portland)
Apple Eyes Prineville Site for Large Data Center
(Oregonian, Portland)
Despite Dry Weather, La Niña Winter Coming (Seattle
Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Seattle City Light Told to Get Leaner as Rates Rise
- Audit: Tacoma Possibly Overbilled City Utilities by More Than $1 Million
- Seattle Utilities Workers Fired for Fixing Their Bills
- Lawmakers, Bonneville Power Administration Grapple With Energy Oversupply
- Bonneville Power Administration Has Analysis of Line Options
- Transmission Line Planning Game: The Home Version
- Washington Public Facility (sic) Districts Meet in Pasco, Talk Cutting Costs
- Former Southern Montana Electric Manager Blames Bankruptcy on Board Dissent, Great Falls
- Franklin PUD Commissioners to Discuss Boundaries
- Texas Could Face Rolling Blackouts Next Year, Reports Say
- Ten Years Later, Insiders Press A Different View of Enron
- United Kingdom - Energy Giants Under New Pressure To Cut Bills As Wholesale Costs Tumble
- A Few Extra Dollars Can Help Others Stay Warm
- Southern California Edison Reminds Customers to Stay Safe - Tampering with Electric Meters is Dangerous
- New Hampshire - Utilities Want More Freedom to Trim Line Rights-Of-Way
- Activists Invade Nuclear Plant Site in France
- Official Tests Find No Evidence of Salmon Virus
- Editorial - Something Fishy About Canada’s Response to Salmon Virus
- Idaho Water Coalition Likes Redden’s Replacement in Salmon-Dam Case
- Annual Avian Predation Report: Estuary Terns, Cormorants Consume 15-20 Percent Wild, Hatchery Smolts
- Mason County Considers Moving More Quickly on Next Phase of Belfair Sewer
- Clark Public Utilities Considers Ten Percent Water Rate Hike
- SolarWorld Wins Round 1 of Its Case against China, Faces More Hurdles to Get Tariffs
- Renewable Energy: US Probe ‘Protectionism,’ China Says
- Editorial - Endangered Bird’s Plight Tables Wind Farm; Demand May Bring It Back
- Eastern Oregon Commissioners Approve 33-Turbine Wind Farm over Objections from Environmentalists
- University of Montana Scraps Biomass Heating Plant
- Power Up: Boeing Flips Switch On South Carolina Solar Array
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Awarded $227K for Energy Storage Project
- Watch Your Energy - New monitoring gadgets may help reduce utility bills
- Carbon Emissions Show Biggest Jump Ever Recorded
- Nissan Labels Dirty Power Claims ‘BS’
- Electric Wars: Chevrolt Volt Outsells Nissan Leaf
- Street Lights of the Future Will be Powered by the Sun & Wind
- Apple Eyes Prineville Site for Large Data Center
- Oregon - Facebook Hires Salem Lobbyist to Take Up Tax Dispute with the State
- Universal Broadband Service Gets a Bump
- Verizon to Pay $3.6 Billion for Wireless Access
- Cable Companies to Resell Verizon Wireless Service
- Despite Dry Weather, La Niña Winter Coming
- High Pressure System Sets Records in Pacific Northwest
- Cuts to First-Class Mail to Slow Delivery in 2012
- Washington State Patrol Thinks It Can Replace Its Radio System for $12M Less
- Simpson Lumber Company Laying Off 19 at Tacoma Sawmill
- Mason County Utilities Chief Gets New Job
- Mason County Christmas Tree Lighting
WORD OF THE DAY
Whirling Dervish • \HWER-ling DERR-vish\ • Noun - A
dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling. A Dervish is an
ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises
involving bodily movements
The pulsating rhythm of the dance band reverberated
throughout the old music hall, sending the teeny boppers into a frenzy. One
couple in particular was in the throes of a dance that they called the “Whirling
Dervish,” which resulted in an unfortunate collision with another couple
dancing the “Mashed Potato.” The resulting dance became the “Whipped Potato.”
“I’ll tell ya’. These kids and their rock &
roll music and fast cars…bah!”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Seattle City Light Told to Get Leaner as Rates Rise
(Seattle Times)
Audit: Tacoma Possibly Overbilled City Utilities by
More Than $1 Million (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Seattle Utilities Workers Fired for Fixing Their
Bills (Seattle Times)
Lawmakers, Bonneville Power Administration Grapple
With Energy Oversupply - Legislative panel hears concerns about shutting off
turbines (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Has Analysis of
Line Options - Data are released months before a formal report (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Transmission Line Planning Game: The Home Version
(Midwest Energy News)
Washington Public Facility (sic) Districts Meet in
Pasco, Talk Cutting Costs (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Former
Southern Montana Electric Manager Blames Bankruptcy on Board Dissent, Great Falls
(Billings Gazette, MT)
Franklin PUD Commissioners to Discuss Boundaries (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Texas Could Face Rolling Blackouts Next Year,
Reports Say (Austin American-Statesman, TX)
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/texas-could-face-rolling-blackouts-next-year-reports-2007710.html
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/texas-could-face-rolling-blackouts-next-year-reports-2007710.html
Ten Years Later, Insiders Press A Different View of
Enron (USA Today)
United Kingdom - Energy Giants Under New Pressure
To Cut Bills As Wholesale Costs Tumble
A Few Extra Dollars Can Help Others Stay Warm - PUDs,
feds help with heat bills. So can you (Wenatchee World, WA)
Southern California Edison Reminds Customers to
Stay Safe - Tampering with Electric Meters is Dangerous (Electric Energy
Online)
New Hampshire - Utilities Want More Freedom to Trim
Line Rights-Of-Way (New Hampshire Union Leader)
Activists Invade Nuclear Plant Site in France (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Official Tests Find No Evidence of Salmon Virus (Victoria
Times Colonist, BC)
Editorial
- Something Fishy About Canada’s Response to Salmon Virus (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA)
Idaho
Water Coalition Likes Redden’s Replacement in Salmon-Dam Case (Idaho Statesman,
Boise)
Annual
Avian Predation Report: Estuary Terns, Cormorants Consume 15-20 Percent Wild,
Hatchery Smolts (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason
County Considers Moving More Quickly on Next Phase of Belfair Sewer (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Clark
Public Utilities Considers Ten Percent Water Rate Hike (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
SolarWorld
Wins Round 1 of Its Case against China, Faces More Hurdles to Get Tariffs (Oregonian, Portland)
Renewable
Energy: US Probe ‘Protectionism,’ China Says (Christian
Science Monitor)
Editorial
- Endangered Bird’s Plight Tables Wind Farm; Demand May Bring It Back (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Eastern
Oregon Commissioners Approve 33-Turbine Wind Farm over Objections from
Environmentalists (Associated Press)
University
of Montana Scraps Biomass Heating Plant - Apologizes for ‘Eco-Terrorism’ Remark
(The Missoulian, MT)
Power
Up: Boeing Flips Switch On South Carolina Solar Array (Associated Press)
Sacramento
Municipal Utility District Awarded $227K for Energy Storage Project (Sacramento
Business Journal, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Watch Your Energy - New monitoring gadgets may help
reduce utility bills (Wall Street Journal)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon
Emissions Show Biggest Jump Ever Recorded (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Nissan
Labels Dirty Power Claims ‘BS’ (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia)
Electric
Wars: Chevrolt Volt Outsells Nissan Leaf (USA Today)
Street Lights of the Future Will be Powered by the
Sun & Wind (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Apple Eyes Prineville Site for Large Data Center (Oregonian,
Portland)
Oregon - Facebook Hires Salem Lobbyist to Take Up
Tax Dispute with the State (Oregonian, Portland)
Universal Broadband Service Gets a Bump (Courthouse
News Service)
Verizon to Pay $3.6 Billion for Wireless Access (SF
Chronicle)
Cable Companies to Resell Verizon Wireless Service (Olympian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Despite Dry Weather, La Niña Winter Coming (Seattle
Times)
High Pressure System Sets Records in Pacific Northwest
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Cuts to First-Class Mail to Slow Delivery in 2012 (Associated
Press)
Washington State Patrol Thinks It Can Replace Its
Radio System For $12M Less (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Simpson Lumber Company Laying Off 19 at Tacoma
Sawmill (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Mason County Utilities Chief Gets New Job (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Mason County Christmas Tree Lighting (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Police Say Former Portland Loss-Prevention Officer
Caught on Cameras Stealing from Stores throughout Metro Area
Onalaska Theft Victim Finds Stolen Lawnmower Online
McDonald’s Toy Sale Skirts New ‘Happy Meals’
Restrictions
White Coke Cans: Fans See Red
SONG OF THE DAY
Judy
Garland - Get Happy
