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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Do Not Tempt the Gods - Mayor, Pacific Gas &
Electric Vow No Repeat of Candlestick Blackouts (Associated Press)
Wind
Farm on North Vancouver Island Clears Hurdle (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Montana
Blocks Out-Of-State Trout Egg Shipments (Associated Press)
Sprint Plans Upgrades for 176 Cell Sites in
Washington (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Tri-Cities, Washington - Donations on Electric
Bills Make Huge Difference (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Do Not Tempt the Gods - Mayor, Pacific Gas & Electric Vow No Repeat of Candlestick Blackouts
- Energy Assistance Programs in Puget Sound Region
- Tri-Cities, Washington - Donations on Electric Bills Make Huge Difference
- Grant PUD Approves $497 Million Budget - 6.8 Percent Rate Increase (
- Idaho - Valley More Prepared for Blackouts: County Emphasizes Reliance on Neighbors & Backup Supplies
- Alleged Copper Thieves Thought They Had License to Steal, Literally
- Chelan PUD Board Spars over Twice-A-Month Schedule
- How Much Dam Energy Can We Get?
- Op/Ed - Nuclear Power: Generating Electricity & Jobs
- Electric Grid in Texas Faces Multiple Challenges - Will the lights stay on in 2012?
- More Trouble for Ameren Missouri's Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Plant
- Shale Boom May Help Lead US to Energy Independence
- NRECA Says EPA Too Hasty on Air Rule
- Montana Blocks Out-Of-State Trout Egg Shipments
- A Call to Protect Humble Fish, for Seabirds’ Sake
- Washington State Supreme Court Rules No Exempt Well Water Limit for Livestock
- Secret Santa Pays Off Water Bills for Six Poulsbo Customers
- Charities Give Christmas Gift of Water
- Wind Farm on North Vancouver Island Clears Hurdle
- Can California Meet Its Lofty Energy Goals?
- Flying Too Close to the Sun: German Solar Companies Fall on Hard Times
- South Carolina - US DOE Awards Massive Performance Contract For Biomass Project
- Consumers Have More Options to Reduce Energy Bills
- GigaOM’s Top Ten Green Stories of 2011
- Sprint Plans Upgrades for 176 Cell Sites in Washington
- Oregon Senator Ron Wyden Leaps into Middle of Internet Piracy Fight
- Go Daddy Hit with Backlash over Internet Legislation Support
- Internet Close to 220 Million Domain Names
- Missouri - Google Fiber Also Inspires Holiday Poetry
- Ten Things Our Kids Will Never Worry About Thanks to the Information Revolution
- Eight Arrested in East Lewis County Meth Operation
- There’s Nothing Jolly about It: Your Odds of Winding up in the Emergency Room Soar around Christmas
- Obama Issues Disaster Declaration for West Alaska
- Analysts Rank WSU Online Program Number Four in the US
- Battleship Iowa Prepares for Its Final Voyage
- One of Four Arlington Graves Still Require Verification
WORD OF THE DAY
Perquisite • \PER-kwuh-zut\ • Noun – 1: a privilege or profit made in
addition to regular pay 2: gratuity, tip 3: something held or claimed as an
exclusive right or possession
Andy was stubborn, his prerequisite to being hired at the energy
marketing firm was having the perquisite of a “virtual world,” where he could
have absolute power (“Bow down before Me!)…and escape from the trading desk
where he would merely have an oligarch’s power. A subtle nuance, he knew, but a
nuance he felt was worth fighting for. The “perk” was eventually granted, much
to Andy’s satisfaction.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Do Not Tempt the Gods - Mayor, Pacific Gas &
Electric Vow No Repeat of Candlestick Blackouts (Associated Press)
Energy Assistance Programs in Puget Sound Region
(KING-TV, Seattle)
Tri-Cities, Washington - Donations on Electric
Bills Make Huge Difference (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Grant PUD Approves $497 Million Budget - 6.8
Percent Rate Increase (Wenatchee World, WA)
Idaho - Valley More Prepared for Blackouts: County
Emphasizes Reliance on Neighbors & Backup Supplies (Idaho Mountain Express,
Sun Valley, ID)
Alleged Copper Thieves Thought They Had License to
Steal, Literally (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Chelan PUD Board Spars over Twice-A-Month Schedule
“…Of the 28 PUDs affiliated with the state PUD association…19 of them, not
including Chelan, meet only twice monthly…” (Wenatchee World, WA)
How Much Dam Energy Can We Get? (GigaOM)
Op/Ed - Nuclear Power: Generating Electricity &
Jobs (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Electric Grid in Texas Faces Multiple Challenges - Will
the lights stay on in 2012? Texas electricity experts cannot say for certain (NY
Times)
More Trouble for Ameren Missouri's Taum Sauk
Hydroelectric Plant (St Louis Dispatch, MO)
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/more-trouble-for-ameren-s-taum-sauk-plant/article_3e850e06-2ce1-11e1-b336-0019bb30f31a.html
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/more-trouble-for-ameren-s-taum-sauk-plant/article_3e850e06-2ce1-11e1-b336-0019bb30f31a.html
Shale Boom May Help Lead US to Energy Independence (Seattle
Times)
NRECA Says EPA Too Hasty on Air Rule (Electric
Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Montana
Blocks Out-Of-State Trout Egg Shipments (Associated Press)
A Call to Protect Humble Fish, for Seabirds’ Sake
(NY Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington State Supreme Court Rules No Exempt
Well Water Limit for Livestock (Associated Press)
Secret
Santa Pays Off Water Bills for Six Poulsbo Customers (KING-TV, Seattle)
Charities
Give Christmas Gift of Water (USA Today)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind
Farm on North Vancouver Island Clears Hurdle (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Can
California Meet Its Lofty Energy Goals? (Christian
Science Monitor)
Flying
Too Close to the Sun: German Solar Companies Fall on Hard Times (Christian Science Monitor)
South
Carolina - US DOE Awards Massive Performance Contract For Biomass Project
(Biomass Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Consumers Have More Options to Reduce Energy Bills (USA
Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
GigaOM’s
Top Ten Green Stories of 2011 (GigaOM)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Sprint Plans Upgrades for 176 Cell Sites in
Washington (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden Leaps into Middle of
Internet Piracy Fight (Oregonian, Portland)
Go Daddy Hit with Backlash over Internet
Legislation Support (Washington Post)
Internet Close to 220 Million Domain Names (San
Francisco Business Times)
Missouri - Google Fiber Also Inspires Holiday
Poetry (Kansas City Business Journal)
Ten Things Our Kids Will Never Worry About Thanks
to the Information Revolution (Forbes Magazine)
GENERAL NEWS
Eight Arrested in East Lewis County Meth Operation (Associated
Press)
There’s Nothing Jolly about It: Your Odds of
Winding up in the Emergency Room Soar around Christmas (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities,
WA)
Obama Issues Disaster Declaration for West Alaska (Associated
Press)
Analysts Rank WSU Online Program Number Four in the
US (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Battleship Iowa Prepares for Its Final Voyage (SF
Chronicle)
One of Four Arlington Graves Still Require
Verification (USA Today)
DIVERSIONS
Good Grief - North Korea Reports Blinding Blue
Flashes as Sky ‘Writhes in Grief’ over Kim Death
Santa's Mastery of Science Creates Christmas Magic
Are These The Sickest Stuffed Animals Ever? Now
Artist Faces JAIL over Taxidermy
‘Ninja Cow’ Beguiles Nebraska Town
SONG OF THE DAY
Ann
& Nancy Wilson - Here is Christmas
