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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville
Power Administration Says Wind Curtailment May be Done for 2012 (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Federal
Court Gives Energy Department Six Months to Justify Nuclear Waste Fees
(American Public Power Association)
Two More Sea Lions Shot to Death along Oregon
Coast, Bringing Number to About 20 (Oregonian,
Portland)
Vancouver
Island - Sea Breeze Receives $7-Million Payment on Wind Farm “…money will be
used for…projects such as the Juan de Fuca cable…(to) link the Island with the
Olympic Peninsula in Washington State (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Breeze+receives+million+payment+wind+farm/6729643/story.html
Electric Vehicles Could Collapse the Grid, PJM
Warns East Coast (Smart Grid News)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Federal Court Gives Energy Department Six Months to Justify Nuclear Waste Fees
- Editorial - If DOE Wants to Tax N-Waste Storage, It Should Come Up with a Plan
- Bonneville Power Administration Extends Alcoa's Contract 35 Days
- Seasonal Hydroelectric Output Drives down Wholesale Electricity Prices in the West
- British Columbia Hydro Dam to be Dismantled, Area Returned to Natural State
- Fitch Affirms Tacoma's Electric System Bonds at 'AA-'; Outlook Stable
- Parts of Seattle Set to Go Dark for 20 Hours in Planned Power Outage
- Op/Ed - Sign the Petition to Trigger Thurston County Public Power Vote
- Ohio Court Reinstates Suit Accusing Duke of Paying Kickbacks
- Massachusetts - Pilgrim Nuke Workers Reject Contract Offer; Negotiations to Resume
- Judge Blasts Lack of Nuke Plant Security Oversight
- Two More Sea Lions Shot to Death along Oregon Coast, Bringing Number to About 20
- Penn Cove Shellfish Harvest May Resume Soon
- Lawsuit Claims Eugene, Oregon Pipeline Could Harm Butterfly, Flowers
- The New Hydropower: Small-Scale Turbines Have Big Potential
- Bonneville Power Administration Says Wind Curtailment May be Done for 2012
- Vancouver Island - Sea Breeze Receives $7-Million Payment on Wind Farm
- British Columbia Clean Energy Exports Lose Steam
- SolarWorld Cutting Jobs
- California Solar Panel Payments Set Off a Fairness Debate
- Klickitat PUD’s H.W. Hill Landfill Gas Expansion Project Complete
- NorthWestern Energy Gets Extra Year to Meet Small Green Energy Project Requirements
- Study: Green Energy Could Mean Higher Electric Bills
- Backwards Day Blows Wind Tower Stocks Offshore
- A One-Year Lame-Duck Renewal of Wind Credit Would be of Little Use, Advocates Say
- Eastern US Emissions Fell Under Cap and Trade Program, Report Says
- The Rationale for Carbon Tax is Failing, Which is Good News for British Columbia
- Electric Vehicles Could Collapse the Grid, PJM Warns East Coast
- Solar-Powered Plane Leaves Spain for Morocco
- New Book Debunks Myths of Green Living
- Verizon Offering Buyouts to 1,700 Wireline Workers
- National Labor Relations Board Warns Employers about Restricting Social Media Usage
- Microsoft Issues Warning about Flame Virus Spread through Unauthorized Security Certificates
- Under-13 'Baby Facebook' Worries Parenting Experts
- Supreme Court Sides with City of Indianapolis in Sewer Payment Case
- Two California Cities Vote on Public Pension Cuts
- Potlatch Murder-Suicide Victims Identified
- Two More Arrested in Shelton Double Murder
- Clallam County Prosecutor: Murder Suspect Planned to Continue Killing of Sex Offenders
- Permit or Not? Misunderstanding over Shelton Flower Baskets Leads to Chamber Letter
- Gallo Buys Two Longtime Washington Wine Brands
- City of Shelton Presented with State Award
WORD OF THE DAY
Tempestuous
• \temp-PESS-chuh-wus\ • Adjective - Of, relating to, or resembling a tempest:
turbulent, stormy
Tempestuous
words
Waves,
wind, rain, hail, earthquakes, floods
Run to
the bunker
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Federal
Court Gives Energy Department Six Months to Justify Nuclear Waste Fees
(American Public Power Association)
Editorial - If DOE Wants to Tax N-Waste Storage, It
Should Come Up with a Plan: Ruling in federal appeals court that the Department
of Energy cannot continue to collect a tax for permanent nuclear storage unless
it has a program to create it (Seattle Times)
Bonneville
Power Administration Extends Alcoa's Contract 35 Days (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Seasonal Hydroelectric Output Drives down Wholesale
Electricity Prices in the West (The Financial)
British Columbia Hydro Dam to be Dismantled, Area
Returned to Natural State (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Fitch
Affirms Tacoma's Electric System Bonds at 'AA-'; Outlook Stable (MarketWatch)
Parts of Seattle Set to Go Dark for 20 Hours in
Planned Power Outage (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Op/Ed - Sign the Petition to Trigger Thurston
County Public Power Vote (Olympian, WA)
Ohio Court Reinstates Suit Accusing Duke of Paying
Kickbacks (Hamilton Journal-News, OH)
Massachusetts - Pilgrim Nuke Workers Reject
Contract Offer; Negotiations to Resume (Enterprise News, Brockton, MA)
Judge Blasts Lack of Nuke Plant Security Oversight (Courthouse
News Service)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Two More Sea Lions Shot to Death along Oregon
Coast, Bringing Number to About 20 (Oregonian,
Portland)
Penn Cove Shellfish Harvest May Resume Soon (Seattle Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lawsuit
Claims Eugene, Oregon Pipeline Could Harm Butterfly, Flowers (Courthouse News
Service)
The New Hydropower: Small-Scale Turbines Have Big
Potential – Even in Eastern Washington Irrigation Canals (Grist Online – Alert
reader noted incorrect link yesterday)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Bonneville
Power Administration Says Wind Curtailment May be Done for 2012 (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Vancouver
Island - Sea Breeze Receives $7-Million Payment on Wind Farm “…money will be
used for…projects such as the Juan de Fuca cable…(to) link the Island with the
Olympic Peninsula in Washington State (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Breeze+receives+million+payment+wind+farm/6729643/story.html
British
Columbia Clean Energy Exports Lose Steam (Vancouver Sun, BC)
SolarWorld
Cutting Jobs (Sustainable Business Oregon)
California
Solar Panel Payments Set Off a Fairness Debate (NY Times)
Klickitat
PUD’s H.W. Hill Landfill Gas Expansion Project Complete (Northwest Public Power
Association)
NorthWestern
Energy Gets Extra Year to Meet Small Green Energy Project Requirements
(Renewables Biz)
Study:
Green Energy Could Mean Higher Electric Bills - Industry experts say
regulations and infrastructure investment could lead to price hikes for
consumers (US News & World Report)
Backwards
Day Blows Wind Tower Stocks Offshore (Forbes Magazine)
A
One-Year Lame-Duck Renewal of Wind Credit Would be of Little Use, Advocates Say
(Wichita Business Journal, KS)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Eastern
US Emissions Fell Under Cap and Trade Program, Report Says (NY Times)
The
Rationale for Carbon Tax is Failing, Which is Good News for British Columbia
(Vancouver Sun, BC)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric Vehicles Could Collapse the Grid, PJM
Warns East Coast (Smart Grid News)
Solar-Powered
Plane Leaves Spain for Morocco (Associated Press)
New Book Debunks Myths of Green Living (USA Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Verizon Offering Buyouts to 1,700 Wireline Workers (Associated
Press)
National Labor Relations Board Warns Employers
about Restricting Social Media Usage (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Microsoft Issues Warning about Flame Virus Spread
through Unauthorized Security Certificates (Seattle Times)
Under-13 'Baby Facebook' Worries Parenting Experts (USA
Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Supreme Court Sides with City of Indianapolis in
Sewer Payment Case - That meant some homeowners paid $9,278 for sewer hookups
while others paid $309 (USA Today)
Two California Cities Vote on Public Pension Cuts (Associated
Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Potlatch Murder-Suicide Victims Identified (Olympian, WA)
Two More Arrested in Shelton Double Murder (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Clallam County Prosecutor: Murder Suspect Planned to
Continue Killing of Sex Offenders (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Permit or Not? Misunderstanding over Shelton Flower
Baskets Leads to Chamber Letter (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Gallo Buys Two Longtime Washington Wine Brands (Associated
Press)
City of Shelton Presented with State Award (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
A Flying Cat? Dutch Artist Turns His Dead Pet Cat
into a Helicopter
Watch the Transit of Venus from Your Desktop
Saudi Princess Tries to Sneak Out of Paris Hotel
Owing Six Million Euros
Dull Awaits Word on Possible Boring Partnership
SONG OF THE DAY
Richard
Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries (Now I know where John Williams got his inspiration
for his ‘Star Wars’ score…)
