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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Energy Northwest’s Nuclear Fuel Buy Deal is Set (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Clallam
County Health Board Denies Biomass Moratorium (KONP
Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Pacific
Power Has Cash for Community Renewable Energy Projects (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Energy Challenge Creates Jobs, Saves Energy in
Whatcom County (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Elwha River Dam Removal Ahead of Schedule: Glines
Gone in a Year (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Northwest’s Nuclear Fuel Buy Deal is Set
- Dust in the Wind? Environmentalists Are Alarmed by Six Coal Export Proposals at Pacific Northwest Ports
- Avista’s Power Play Fails in North Idaho Races
- Puget Sound Energy Investigating Cause of Brief Power Outage in Olympia
- McMinnville Water & Light Still Sorting Out Budget
- What Happened at Southern Montana G&T is Lesson for Other Electric Co-ops
- Bonneville Power Administration Makes Good on Promise to Mitigate Overcutting of Powerline Plants in Bethany
- Energy Adviser: Electrical Hazards Lurk Outdoors
- Bonneville’s 75th Anniversary – Video Celebrates Columbia River
- FERC 2012 Staff Report on the Arizona-Southern California Outages on September 8, 2011
- Tennessee Valley Authority Chief Addresses Bellfonte Nuclear Plant
- Power-Line Profit May Wane - Regulators May Cut Transmission Firms’ Incentives
- Pacific Gas & Electric Installs 9 Millionth Smart Meter
- Elwha River Dam Removal Ahead of Schedule: Glines Gone in a Year
- Treaty Tribes Dedicate Final Columbia River Replacement Fishing Site
- Northern Pikeminnow Fishing Derby in Southeastern Washington This Friday to Sunday
- The Yakima River Valley - A Water Plan for Fish, Families & Farmers
- Declining Columbia Basin Aquifer
- Don’t Forget the Rivers in Debate over Colorado River Basin Water
- Clallam County Health Board Denies Biomass Moratorium
- Pacific Power Has Cash for Community Renewable Energy Projects
- Quechan Tribe Challenges Southern California Wind Farm
- Salt River Project Using Geothermal Power from New Plant
- Energy Chief Chu Calls for Renewable Energy Tax Credit Extension at Denver Forum
- US Senate Bill Would Make Chinese-Made Solar Panels Ineligible for US Tax Credits
- Denmark Aims Low with Green Energy Policy
- Germany - Merkel Ditches Environment Minister after Poll Rout
- Energy Challenge Creates Jobs, Saves Energy in Whatcom County
- Zap That Bill! Save Money on Energy Costs with High-Tech Conservation
- California’s Cap-And-Trade to Generate Billions, Tough Choices
- SolarCity: Ditch Your Big Utility & Get a Free Rooftop Solar System
- DirecTV Cuts Satellite Broadband Deals with ViaSat, Hughes to Blanket US
- Mason County Election Filing, Day Three
- Kucinich Announces He Won’t Run in Washington State
- Fatal Mason County Crash Being Investigated As Vehicular Homicide
- Steven Powell Guilty on 14 Counts of Voyeurism
- Washington State Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.1 Percent
- BP Expects to Restart Refinery Blamed in Part for Spiking Pacific Northwest Gas Prices by Month’s End
- Three People Arrested in Obituary Burglaries
- Washington State Patrol Cadets Still Falling Short on Fitness Tests
- Ebey Slough Rename Proposal Sparks Marysville-Area Debate
WORD OF THE DAY
Maffick • \MAFF-ick\ • Verb - To celebrate with
boisterous rejoicing & hilarious behavior.
Maffick stopped traffic
Burning cars all around us
Must have won the championship
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Energy Northwest’s Nuclear Fuel Buy Deal is Set (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Dust in the Wind? Environmentalists Are Alarmed by
Six Coal Export Proposals at Pacific Northwest Ports (Portland Tribune, OR)
Avista’s Power Play Fails in North Idaho Races (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Puget Sound Energy Investigating Cause of Brief
Power Outage in Olympia (Olympian, WA)
McMinnville Water & Light Still Sorting Out
Budget (Yamhill County News Register, McMinnville, OR)
What Happened at Southern Montana G&T is Lesson
for Other Electric Co-ops (Sidney Herald, MT)
Bonneville Power Administration Makes Good on
Promise to Mitigate Overcutting of Powerline Plants in Bethany (Oregonian,
Portland)
Energy Adviser: Electrical Hazards Lurk Outdoors (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Bonneville’s 75th Anniversary – Video Celebrates
Columbia River (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
FERC 2012 Staff Report on the Arizona-Southern
California Outages on September 8, 2011 (FERC – Links to PDF File)
Tennessee Valley Authority Chief Addresses Bellfonte
Nuclear Plant (WAFF-TV, Huntsville, AL)
Power-Line Profit May Wane - Regulators May Cut
Transmission Firms’ Incentives (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)
Pacific Gas & Electric Installs 9 Millionth
Smart Meter (Electric Light & Power)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Elwha River Dam Removal Ahead of Schedule: Glines
Gone in a Year (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Treaty Tribes Dedicate Final Columbia River Replacement
Fishing Site (High Country News)
Northern Pikeminnow Fishing Derby in Southeastern
Washington This Friday to Sunday (Seattle Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
The
Yakima River Valley - A Water Plan for Fish, Families & Farmers (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
Declining
Columbia Basin Aquifer (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Don’t
Forget the Rivers in Debate over Colorado River Basin Water (National
Geographic Magazine)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Clallam
County Health Board Denies Biomass Moratorium (KONP
Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Pacific
Power Has Cash for Community Renewable Energy Projects (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Quechan
Tribe Challenges Southern California Wind Farm (Courthouse News Service)
Salt
River Project Using Geothermal Power from New Plant (Electric Light & Power)
Energy
Chief Chu Calls for Renewable Energy Tax Credit Extension at Denver Forum
(Denver Business Journal, CO)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2012/05/16/energy-chief-chu-calls-for-tax-credit.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2012/05/16/energy-chief-chu-calls-for-tax-credit.html
US
Senate Bill Would Make Chinese-Made Solar Panels Ineligible for US Tax Credits
(SNL Financial)
Denmark
Aims Low with Green Energy Policy (Reuters)
Germany
- Merkel Ditches Environment Minister after Poll Rout (Climate Spectator)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Challenge Creates Jobs, Saves Energy in Whatcom
County (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Zap That Bill! Save Money on Energy Costs with
High-Tech Conservation (KHOU-TV, Houston, TX)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California’s
Cap-And-Trade to Generate Billions, Tough Choices (SF Chronicle)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
SolarCity:
Ditch Your Big Utility & Get a Free Rooftop Solar System (Forbes Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DirecTV Cuts Satellite Broadband Deals with ViaSat,
Hughes to Blanket US (MultiChannel)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Mason County Election Filing, Day Three (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Kucinich Announces He Won’t Run in Washington State
(KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Kucinich-announces-he-wont-run-in-Washington-State-151768755.html
GENERAL NEWS
Fatal Mason County Crash Being Investigated As
Vehicular Homicide (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Steven Powell Guilty on 14 Counts of Voyeurism (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Washington State Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.1
Percent (Associated Press)
BP Expects to Restart Refinery Blamed in Part for
Spiking Pacific Northwest Gas Prices by Month’s End (Associated Press)
Three People Arrested in Obituary Burglaries (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
Washington State Patrol Cadets Still Falling Short
on Fitness Tests (KING-TV, Seattle)
Ebey Slough Rename Proposal Sparks Marysville-Area Debate
(Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Chickens Come Home to Roost for Bremerton Residents
Police Hold Diamond-Swallower until Evidence Moves
Truck Welded Around Column for Eastern Washington Senior
Prank
Puppy Rescued after Escaping Hawk & Falling from
Sky
SONG OF THE DAY
Seals
& Crofts - Diamond Girl
