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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration Deal with Alcoa
Promises Job Security, Utility Savings (Northwest Public Radio)
Pacific Northwest Power Supply Adequate For Next Five
Years with New Generation And/Or Increased Energy Efficiency (Columbia Basin
Bulletin)
California
- Rise in Renewable Energy Will Require More Use of Fossil Fuels (Los Angeles
Times, CA)
Whatcom
County PUD to Pay Ferndale $200,000 after City Quits 40-Year Relationship with
Water Utility (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Oregon Approves Gill-Net Ban on Columbia
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration Deal with Alcoa Promises Job Security, Utility Savings
- Alcoa Signs Ten-Year Power Contract for Intalco Works in Ferndale, WA
- Pacific Northwest Power Supply Adequate For Next Five Years with New Generation And/Or Increased Energy Efficiency
- Texas Firm Wants $2 Million from Idaho Nuke
- Editorial - Cheap Power, High Rates: Eugene Water & Electric Board trapped by market shift in electricity
- Saturday Car-Pole Hit & Run Accident Resulted in Outage for 300 PUD 3 Customers on SR 106 West of Belfair
- People Donate to Grant County PUD's Share the Warmth Program
- Jefferson County PUD Seeks Volunteers for Advisory Board
- Federal Energy Commission Chief Says Regulator Will 'Go After Anybody'
- Guessing the Next Federal Energy Secretary
- Texas - Poles Burst Into Flames, Cause Power Outages
- Oregon Approves Gill-Net Ban on Columbia
- Salmon Focus Off Target, Says Walden
- In a Status-Quo Sea, Oregon Politicians Are Salmon's Lone Champions
- Grant Will Help Cowiche Creek Fish
- Northwest Power & Conservation Council Launches Review of Columbia Basin Fish Habitat Projects Funded by Bonneville Power
- Op/Ed - Sustainable Fishing Creates Jobs
- Whatcom County PUD to Pay Ferndale $200,000 after City Quits 40-Year Relationship with Water Utility
- Water Piped to Denver Could Ease Stress on Colorado River
- California - Rise in Renewable Energy Will Require More Use of Fossil Fuels
- Fiscal Cliff Threatens Wind Industry's Boom
- Pacific County Schools Receive Energy Grants
- Wauna Mill Staff Energetic about Cutting Power Usage
- Time’s Running Out for $500 Puget Sound Energy Incentive to Seal Ducts in Manufactured Homes
- Bonneville Power Administration - Richard Génecé Named New Vice President of Energy Efficiency
- New Pay-TV Boxes to Save Money with Lower Energy Costs
- Top 10 Largest Power-Drawing Plug Loads
- Paris Proposes Cracking Down on Lights to Save Energy
- NOAA Sees Sea Level Rise of Up to 6.6 Feet by 2100
- Fighting Winter with Fire - Wood-Burning on the Rise
- Why Your Computer is Getting Cheaper but Your Broadband Bill Isn’t
- Browser Wars Flare Again, on Little Screens
- FCC Boss: In-Flight Smartphone Bans Are Silly
- Do Your Emails Annoy Your Co-Workers?
- Washington State Auditor-Elect Troy Kelley Fined for Disclosure Violation
- Up to 16 Inches of Snow in Cascade Passes by Friday
- Same-Sex Weddings Usher in New Era in Washington State
- The Auspicious Date 12/12/12 Is Causing a Swell of Winter Weddings
- Phone Companies to Relay 911 Texts by May 2014
- KOMO Gives Ken Schram the Boot after 35 Years
- New NASA Images Show the Earth's Electric Light Show
WORD OF THE DAY
Tutelary
• \ TOOT-uh-lair-ee\ • Adjective - 1: having the guardianship of a person or a
thing 2: of or relating to a guardian
Guard
Public Power
A
tutelary charge, yes!
Customers
come first
SHELTON FORECAST &
WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration Deal with Alcoa
Promises Job Security, Utility Savings (Northwest Public Radio)
Alcoa Signs Ten-Year Power Contract for Intalco
Works in Ferndale, WA (BusinessWire)
Pacific Northwest Power Supply Adequate For Next
Five Years with New Generation And/Or Increased Energy Efficiency (Columbia
Basin Bulletin)
Texas Firm Wants $2 Million from Idaho Nuke
Developer (Associated Press)
Editorial - Cheap Power, High Rates: Eugene Water
& Electric Board trapped by market shift in electricity (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
Saturday Car-Pole Hit & Run Accident Resulted
in Outage for 300 PUD 3 Customers on SR 106 West of Belfair (Mason County PUD
No. 3)
People Donate to Grant County PUD's Share the Warmth
Program (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Jefferson County PUD Seeks Volunteers for
Advisory Board (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Federal Energy Commission Chief Says Regulator
Will 'Go After Anybody' (The Hill, Washington, D-C)
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/271395-ferc-chief-says-regulator-will-go-after-anybody
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/271395-ferc-chief-says-regulator-will-go-after-anybody
Guessing the Next Federal Energy Secretary (The
Energy Collective)
Texas - Poles Burst Into Flames, Cause Power
Outages (Hillsboro Reporter, Hill County, TX)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon Approves Gill-Net Ban on Columbia (Associated
Press)
Salmon Focus Off Target, Says Walden (Hood River
News, OR)
In a Status-Quo Sea, Oregon Politicians Are
Salmon's Lone Champions (Crosscut Seattle)
Grant Will Help Cowiche Creek Fish (Yakima Herald
Republic, WA)
Northwest Power & Conservation Council
Launches Review of Columbia Basin Fish Habitat Projects Funded by Bonneville
Power (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Op/Ed - Sustainable Fishing Creates Jobs (Seattle
Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Whatcom
County PUD to Pay Ferndale $200,000 after City Quits 40-Year Relationship with
Water Utility (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Water
Piped to Denver Could Ease Stress on Colorado River (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California
- Rise in Renewable Energy Will Require More Use of Fossil Fuels (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
Fiscal
Cliff Threatens Wind Industry's Boom (USA Today)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Pacific County Schools Receive Energy Grants (KXRO
Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Wauna Mill Staff Energetic about Cutting Power Usage
(The Daily Astorian, OR)
Time’s Running Out for $500 Puget Sound Energy Incentive
to Seal Ducts in Manufactured Homes (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration - Richard Génecé Named
New Vice President of Energy Efficiency (Bonneville Power Administration)
New Pay-TV Boxes to Save Money with Lower Energy
Costs (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/06/set-top-boxes-pay-tv-energy-efficiency/1751379/
Top 10 Largest Power-Drawing Plug Loads (Forbes
Magazine)
Paris Proposes Cracking Down on Lights to Save
Energy (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
NOAA
Sees Sea Level Rise of Up to 6.6 Feet by 2100 (USA Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Fighting
Winter with Fire - Wood-Burning on the Rise (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Why Your Computer is Getting Cheaper but Your
Broadband Bill Isn’t (GigaOM)
Browser Wars Flare Again, on Little Screens (NY
Times)
FCC Boss: In-Flight Smartphone Bans Are Silly (Austin
Business Journal, TX)
Do Your Emails Annoy Your Co-Workers? (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Auditor-Elect Troy Kelley Fined for
Disclosure Violation (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Up to 16 Inches of Snow in Cascade Passes by Friday
(Northwest Cable News Network)
Same-Sex Weddings Usher in New Era in Washington State
(Seattle Times, WA)
The Auspicious Date 12/12/12 Is Causing a Swell of
Winter Weddings (Oregonian, Portland)
Phone Companies to Relay 911 Texts by May 2014
(Associated Press)
KOMO Gives Ken Schram the Boot after 35 Years (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
New NASA Images Show the Earth's Electric Light
Show (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)
DIVERSIONS
How
Ernest Hemingway's Cats Became a Federal Case
Tennessee
Lawsuit Echoes Renowned Hot Coffee Case
18th-Century
French Chateau Razed ‘By Mistake’
Coat-Wearing
Monkey Reunited With Owner
SONG OF THE DAY
Johann
Strauss - Emperor Waltz
