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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Douglas PUD’s Wells Dam Gets New 40-Year License
(Wenatchee World, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration: Central Route Best
for New Power Line - I-5 Corridor project has been controversial (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Washington State Supreme Court Deciding Whether
Salmon or Property Owners Get Water (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Supporters
of Wind Energy Fight to Save Tax Break (Fort Worth Star Telegraph, TX)
Geothermal
Power Plant Now Producing Electricity in Eastern Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Douglas PUD’s Wells Dam Gets New 40-Year License
- Bonneville Power Administration: Central Route Best for New Power Line
- News Release - Bonneville Power Administration Releases I-5 Corridor Reinforcement Project
- Lewis County PUD; Expect a 2014 Rate Hike
- Bonneville Power Proposed Increase Not Likely to Affect Local Customers
- Pacific Northwest Hydropower Output in October Still Down on Month, Year
- Quincy Farmer Named to Grant PUD Commission
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for November 13, 2012
- Benton PUD Seeks Donations for Helping Hands
- Long Island Power Authority Sued Over Hurricane Sandy
- New York's Electricity Crisis Started Before Sandy
- Pacific Northwest Power Company Employees Help Restore Power in New Jersey
- Shopping for Electricity? More Power to You
- Washington State Supreme Court Deciding Whether Salmon or Property Owners Get Water
- Cormorants Who Eat Protected Salmon Subject of Fed Meetings
- BPA Gets Spending Reductions from Fish/Wildlife Project Sponsors in Effort to Manage Costs
- California - Auburn Ravine Fish Ladder a Boon to Salmon
- Geothermal Power Plant Now Producing Electricity in Eastern Oregon
- Supporters of Wind Energy Fight to Save Tax Break
- Lame Duck Congress May Decide Whether to Save Lame Duck Wind Industry
- As U-S Hesitates, California Pours Billions into Green Energy
- Study Shows Possible Benefits Don't Justify Energy Imbalance Market in West, APPA, NRECA Say
- Energy Efficiency Could Replace 22 United Kingdom Power Stations
- A New Bid for the 100-Watt Light Bulb Market
- Clean Energy Job Listings See Sharp Third-Quarter Slowdown
- Fiber-Optic Broadband Gains in U-S - Telcos' Share Increases as DSL is Replaced
- Google Fiber Offers Super-Fast Broadband to Kansas City
- Washington State Senator Ed Murray Elected as Senate Majority Leader
- Coincidence? Ferry Service Reliable after Unions Win Staffing Battle
WORD OF THE DAY
Reiterate
• \ree-IT-uh-rayt\ • Verb - To state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes
with wearying effect.
I
reiterate
Pete
and repeat...once again
Will
you please stop it
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Douglas PUD’s Wells Dam Gets New 40-Year License (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration: Central Route Best
for New Power Line - I-5 Corridor project has been controversial (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
News Release - Bonneville Power Administration
Releases I-5 Corridor Reinforcement Project - Draft EIS & preferred
alternative (Bonneville Power Administration)
Lewis County PUD; Expect a 2014 Rate Hike (KELA
Radio, Centralia, WA)
Bonneville Power Proposed Increase Not Likely to
Affect Local Customers (St Helens Chronicle, OR)
Pacific Northwest Hydropower Output in October Still
Down on Month, Year (SNL Financial)
Quincy
Farmer Named to Grant PUD Commission (Wenatchee World, WA)
Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for November
13, 2012 (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Benton PUD Seeks Donations for Helping Hands (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Long Island Power Authority Sued Over Hurricane
Sandy (Bloomberg News)
New York's Electricity Crisis Started Before Sandy (Forbes
Magazine)
Pacific Northwest Power Company Employees Help
Restore Power in New Jersey (KLEW-TV, Lewistown, ID)
Shopping for Electricity? More Power to You (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Supreme Court Deciding Whether
Salmon or Property Owners Get Water (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Cormorants Who Eat Protected Salmon Subject of
Fed Meetings (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
BPA Gets Spending Reductions from Fish/Wildlife
Project Sponsors in Effort to Manage Costs (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
California - Auburn Ravine Fish Ladder a Boon to
Salmon (Sacramento Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Geothermal
Power Plant Now Producing Electricity in Eastern Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Supporters
of Wind Energy Fight to Save Tax Break (Fort Worth Star Telegraph, TX)
Lame
Duck Congress May Decide Whether to Save Lame Duck Wind Industry (Grist Online)
As
U-S Hesitates, California Pours Billions into Green Energy (Yahoo News)
Study
Shows Possible Benefits Don't Justify Energy Imbalance Market in West, APPA,
NRECA Say (American Public Power Association)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Efficiency Could Replace 22 United Kingdom
Power Stations (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/12/energy-efficiency-uk-close-power-stations
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/12/energy-efficiency-uk-close-power-stations
A New Bid for the 100-Watt Light Bulb Market (NY
Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Clean
Energy Job Listings See Sharp Third-Quarter Slowdown (Kitsap Peninsula Business
Journal, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Fiber-Optic Broadband Gains in U-S - Telcos' Share
Increases as DSL is Replaced (Variety Magazine)
Google Fiber Offers Super-Fast Broadband to Kansas
City (British Broadcasting Corporation)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Senator Ed Murray Elected as
Senate Majority Leader (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Coincidence? Ferry Service Reliable after Unions
Win Staffing Battle (KING-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
South Africa Police: Smuggler Swallowed 220
Diamonds
North
Carolina Judge Rules against New Year's Eve Possum Drop
Vegetative
Man Tells Doctors ‘I’m Not in Pain’ Via MRI Communication
Recovered
Titanic Jewels to Go on Display
SONG OF THE DAY
Paul
McCartney & Others - Ferry Cross the Mersey
Gerry
& the Pacemakers - Ferry Cross the Mersey
