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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Snohomish County Red Cross, PUD Head East to Help
after Sandy (Everett Herald, WA)
Two Killed in Mason County Crash Identified (Olympian, WA)
Chelan PUD Settles With Fired Managers for $1
Million (Associated Press)
BPA Wraps Up ‘Demand Response’ Pilot Projects,
Including Mason County PUD 3 (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
Barclays Says It Will Fight FERC Penalty on Energy
Trades (Bloomberg News)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Snohomish County Red Cross, PUD Head East to Help after Sandy
- Report: 6 Million without Power Due to Sandy, 3 Nuclear Power Plants Disabled
- Will Hurricane Sandy Raise Your Utility Bill?
- FCC: 25% of Cell Towers, Broadband Down in Ten States
- Red Cross Has Web Tools to Connect with Superstorm Victims
- Pacific Northwest Has Seen Its Share of Dangerous Storms
- Barclays Says It Will Fight FERC Penalty on Energy Trades
- Mason County PUD 3 Update - Outage on North Shore Road: Restoration Complete
- Grays Harbor PUD Scrutinizes Capital Budget
- State Auditor: Clallam PUD Should Pursue $24,000 in Pay from Former Employee
- California - Pacific Gas & Electric Profits Jump Despite Pipeline Costs
- Nuclear Vs. Renewable Energy Sources Debated by NPR’s Ira Flatow Panel
- Guards at Breached Tennessee Nuclear Site Cheated on Exam, Energy Dept. Says
- Study: Water Takes More Energy than Lighting
- Minnesota - Demand Dropping? Time to Raise Prices, Xcel Says
- Sandy River Hatchery Salmon Releases Challenged in Lawsuit by Wild Fish Advocates
- Oregon - Environmental Groups Sue Forest Service over Suction-Dredge Gold Mining
- British Columbia Salmon Inquiry Final Report Will Be Made Public Today
- Op/Ed – Oregon’s Measure 81 Would Take Salmon off the Kitchen Table
- New Reservoir Planned in Yakima River Canyon
- Puget Sound Ports Tout Air Pollution Progress
- More Tsunami Debris Expected on Washington State Beaches
- Ikea Uses Sun, Wind to Become Energy Independent
- Building Wind Turbine Towers from Wood
- BPA Wraps Up ‘Demand Response’ Pilot Projects, Including Mason County PUD 3
- Are ‘Smart Bulbs’ the Next Bright Idea in Energy Efficiency?
- Vampire Electronics Cause Higher Electric Bills
- Editorial – Ohio: Keep Energy Efficiency First
- Have You Been ‘ICE’d’? Drivers Promote Electric Car Parking Etiquette
- Chelan PUD Settles With Fired Managers for $1 Million
- Wi-Fi’s Annoying Little Secret: Not All Wi-Fi is Created Equal
- Rackspace - Revitalizing a Dead Mall…Don’t Expect Shoppers
- Washington State Sends Out Thousands of Defective Voter Pamphlets
- Two Killed in Mason County Crash Identified
- Flood Warning Continues for Skokomish River in Mason County
- FEMA: Here Comes the Rain
- Teen Arrested for Murder of Transient Man in Olympia
- Washington State Woman Arrested after Leaving Sons, Ages 6 & 3, Along Interstate 90 in Idaho
- Semiahmoo Hotel in Washington State Will Close; 200 People Will Lose Jobs
WORD OF THE DAY
Phantasm
• \FAN-tazz-um\ • Noun - 1a: a product of fantasy: as b: delusive appearance:
illusion c: ghost, specter d: a figment of the imagination 2: a mental
representation of a real object
Deregulation
Phantasm
has failed the test
Power
rates go up
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HURRICANE SANDY NEWS SHELTER
Snohomish County Red Cross, PUD Head East to Help
after Sandy (Everett Herald, WA)
Report: 6 Million without Power Due to Sandy, 3
Nuclear Power Plants Disabled (U-S News & World Report)
Will Hurricane Sandy Raise Your Utility Bill? (Christian
Science Monitor)
FCC: 25% of Cell Towers, Broadband Down in Ten
States (USA Today)
Red Cross Has Web Tools to Connect with Superstorm
Victims (Wenatchee World, WA)
Pacific Northwest Has Seen Its Share of Dangerous
Storms - ‘Frankenstorm’ not likely here, pros say (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Barclays Says It Will Fight FERC Penalty on Energy
Trades (Bloomberg News)
Mason County PUD 3 Update - Outage on North Shore
Road: Restoration Complete (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Grays Harbor PUD Scrutinizes Capital Budget (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
State Auditor: Clallam PUD Should Pursue $24,000 in
Pay from Former Employee (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
California - Pacific Gas & Electric Profits
Jump Despite Pipeline Costs (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Nuclear Vs. Renewable Energy Sources Debated by NPR’s
Ira Flatow Panel (Seattle Times)
Guards at Breached Tennessee Nuclear Site Cheated
on Exam, Energy Dept. Says (NY Times)
Study: Water Takes More Energy than Lighting (San
Antonio Express-News, TX)
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/Study-Water-takes-more-energy-than-lighting-3994111.php
Minnesota - Demand Dropping? Time to Raise Prices,
Xcel Says (Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, MN)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sandy River Hatchery Salmon Releases Challenged in
Lawsuit by Wild Fish Advocates (Oregonian, Portland)
Oregon - Environmental Groups Sue Forest Service over
Suction-Dredge Gold Mining (Associated Press)
British Columbia Salmon Inquiry Final Report Will
Be Made Public Today (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Op/Ed – Oregon’s Measure 81 Would Take Salmon off
the Kitchen Table (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
New
Reservoir Planned in Yakima River Canyon (Associated Press)
Puget Sound Ports Tout Air Pollution Progress (KING-TV,
Seattle)
More
Tsunami Debris Expected on Washington State Beaches (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Ikea
Uses Sun, Wind to Become Energy Independent (USA Today)
Building
Wind Turbine Towers from Wood (Christian Science Monitor)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
BPA Wraps Up ‘Demand Response’ Pilot Projects,
Including Mason County PUD 3 (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
Are ‘Smart Bulbs’ the Next Bright Idea in Energy
Efficiency? (The Energy Collective)
Vampire Electronics Cause Higher Electric Bills
(USA Today)
Editorial – Ohio: Keep Energy Efficiency First
(Toledo Blade, OH)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Have
You Been ‘ICE’d’? Drivers Promote Electric Car Parking Etiquette (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chelan PUD Settles With Fired Managers for $1 Million
(Associated Press)
Wi-Fi’s Annoying Little Secret: Not All Wi-Fi is
Created Equal (Gigaom)
Rackspace - Revitalizing a Dead Mall…Don’t Expect Shoppers
(NY Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Sends Out Thousands of Defective
Voter Pamphlets (KING-TV, Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
Two Killed in Mason County Crash Identified (Olympian, WA)
Flood Warning Continues for Skokomish River in
Mason County (National Weather Service, Seattle)
FEMA: Here Comes the Rain (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Teen Arrested for Murder of Transient Man in
Olympia (KING-TV, Seattle)
Washington State Woman Arrested after Leaving Sons,
Ages 6 & 3, Along Interstate 90 in Idaho (Associated Press)
Semiahmoo Hotel in Washington State Will Close; 200
People Will Lose Jobs (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Disney Buying Lucasfilm, Will Continue ‘Star Wars’
Movie Series
Foul-Mouthed Parrot Seeks New Home in UK
Curiosity Mars Rover Finds Soil Similar To Hawaii’s
PETA Seeks Memorial Where 1,600 Pounds of Fish Died
in Crash
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Fortunes – Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again
