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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
State
of California’s Power-Plant Fight with JPMorgan Chase is a Legacy of
Deregulation Mess (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Pocket
Gopher Heading for Endangered Species Act Listing (Olympian, WA)
Salmon
Recovery Grants Awarded to Mason County Projects (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Two Democrats (Including a Mason County Legislator)
to Work with GOP to Control Washington State Senate (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Green
Schools: Long on Promise, Short on Delivery (USA Today)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- State of California’s Power-Plant Fight with JPMorgan Chase is a Legacy of Deregulation Mess
- Coal Terminal Hearings: Lottery Will Be Held to Determine Speakers’ Names
- Emerald People’s Utility District Selects General Manager - Scott Coe Is a Former Executive with the Bonneville Power Administration
- Bonneville Power Administration Appoints Transmission Services Senior Vice President
- Chelan PUD General Counsel Carol Wardell Honored for Community Service
- Centralia City Light Seeks to Formalize Mutual-Aid Agreement with Other Utilities
- Colorado - City of Boulder Pitches Municipalization Alternatives
- Groups Make Case for the Muni Bond
- U-S Nuclear Industry Creating Rescue Wagon Team for Plants Stricken by Massive Disasters
- Illinois – State Lets ComEd Delay Smart Meters Until 2015
- Once-Homeless Vet Who Paid Strangers’ Georgia Power Bills is Identified
- Pocket Gopher Heading for Endangered Species Act Listing
- Salmon Recovery Grants Awarded to Mason County Projects
- Salmon Grants Will Help Hood Canal Estuaries
- Clark County Group Gets Share of Salmon Recovery Grants
- Op/Ed - Celebrating & Supporting the Return of the Cle Elum Sockeye
- Electricity from Water Mains: Inline Hydropower System Generates Power from Water Pipelines
- Clark County School Districts Will Spend Cash to Save
- After Changing Light Bulbs, Utilities Look to Change Behavior
- What if You Can’t Afford LEDs?
- Nest Learning Thermostats Now Saving a Whole Lot of Energy
- How Much Does it Cost to Power Your Christmas Lights?
- Green Schools: Long on Promise, Short on Delivery
- Apple Partially Fixes Australian Map after Police Complaint
- Why the Battle over Net Neutrality Isn’t Getting Settled Anytime Soon
- Two Democrats (Including a Mason County Legislator) to Work with GOP to Control Washington State Senate
- Democrats React Angrily to Power Grab in Washington State Senate
- Editorial - A Healthy Check on Democratic Power in
- U-S Congressman-Elect Kilmer Makes State-To-Federal Move Official
- $6,000 Worth of Toys for Homeless Children Stolen from Seattle YWCA
- U-S Road Safety - Deaths Lowest in More Than 60 Years. How We Got There
WORD OF THE DAY
Marplot
• \MAR-plott\ • Noun - One who frustrates or ruins a plan or undertaking by
meddling
Barnabas
never intended to be the corporate marplot. It seemed every time he took the
initiative on a project, it went all wrong (kind of like the “Turkey Drop” from
WRKP in Cincinnati). Even plausible deniability eluded the poor sap as he
loudly proclaimed the “progress” of his projects in memo, email, Twitter feeds,
Facebook, YouTube and just about any other megaphone like self-puffery. It
never failed that just when he predicted success, his projects fell off the
face of the earth…remembered only in faint internet echoes.
SHELTON FORECAST &
WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
State
of California’s Power-Plant Fight with JPMorgan Chase is a Legacy of
Deregulation Mess (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Coal
Terminal Hearings: Lottery Will Be Held to Determine Speakers’ Names (Associated
Press)
Emerald
People’s Utility District Selects General Manager - Scott Coe Is a Former
Executive with the Bonneville Power Administration (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Bonneville
Power Administration Appoints Transmission Services Senior Vice President
(Bonneville Power Administration)
Chelan
PUD General Counsel Carol Wardell Honored for Community Service (North Central
Washington TV)
Centralia
City Light Seeks to Formalize Mutual-Aid Agreement with Other Utilities (KELA
Radio, Centralia, WA)
Colorado
- City of Boulder Pitches Municipalization Alternatives (Boulder Daily Camera,
CO)
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_22153128/city-pitches-municipalization-alternatives
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_22153128/city-pitches-municipalization-alternatives
Groups
Make Case for the Muni Bond (Politico, Washington, D-C)
http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/groups-make-case-for-the-muni-bond-84652.html#ixzz2EF6lX7Tc
http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/groups-make-case-for-the-muni-bond-84652.html#ixzz2EF6lX7Tc
U-S Nuclear Industry Creating Rescue Wagon Team
for Plants Stricken by Massive Disasters (Washington Post)
Illinois – State Lets ComEd Delay Smart Meters
Until 2015 (Chicago Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-icc-agrees-to-comed-smart-meter-delay-until-2015-20121205,0,3630024.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-icc-agrees-to-comed-smart-meter-delay-until-2015-20121205,0,3630024.story
Once-Homeless Vet Who Paid Strangers’ Georgia
Power Bills is Identified (Atlanta Business Journal, GA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Pocket
Gopher Heading for Endangered Species Act Listing (Olympian, WA)
Salmon
Recovery Grants Awarded to Mason County Projects (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Salmon
Grants Will Help Hood Canal Estuaries (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Clark
County Group Gets Share of Salmon Recovery Grants (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Op/Ed
- Celebrating & Supporting the Return of the Cle Elum Sockeye (Seattle Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Electricity
from Water Mains: Inline Hydropower System Generates Power from Water Pipelines
(Science Daily)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Clark County School Districts Will Spend Cash to
Save Energy - Millions in state money will help with efficiency projects (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
After Changing Light Bulbs, Utilities Look to
Change Behavior (Midwest Energy News)
What if You Can’t Afford LEDs? (Renewable Energy
World)
Nest Learning Thermostats Now Saving a Whole Lot of
Energy (GigaOm)
How Much Does it Cost to Power Your Christmas
Lights? (Gizmodo)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Green
Schools: Long on Promise, Short on Delivery (USA Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Apple Partially Fixes Australian Map after Police
Complaint (Mashable)
Why the Battle over Net Neutrality Isn’t Getting
Settled Anytime Soon (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Two Democrats (Including a Mason County Legislator)
to Work with GOP to Control Washington State Senate (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Democrats React Angrily to Power Grab in Washington
State Senate (Northwest Public Radio)
Editorial - A Healthy Check on Democratic Power in
Olympia (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
U-S Congressman-Elect Kilmer Makes State-To-Federal
Move Official (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
$6,000 Worth of Toys for Homeless Children Stolen from
Seattle YWCA (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
U-S Road Safety - Deaths Lowest in More Than 60
Years. How We Got There (Christian Science Monitor)
DIVERSIONS
Grinch
Sells Lot’s Christmas Trees, Pockets Money & Flees
How
Many Poop-Like Objects Does This Toilet Commercial Need to Flush Before We Get
the Idea Already?
Dutch
Builder’s Dream Sets Sail - Man Launches Noah’s Ark Replica
The
Brontosaurus Never Existed: A Tale from the Bone Wars
SONG OF THE DAY
Was
(Not Was) - Walk the Dinosaur
