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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Mason County PUD 1 Power Outage Update 11:00am
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Cell Tower Workers Stuck On Steens Mountain Rescued
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Idaho
Public Utilities Commission Sets New Rules for Alternative Energy Projects
(Idaho Press-Tribune, Nampa, ID)
Washington
State Department of Ecology Offers New Water Rights — For a Fee (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Washington's unemployment rate drops below 8
percent (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Mason County PUD 1 Power Outage Update 11:00am
- Mason County PUD No. 1 Website and Outage information
- Mason County PUD 3 Linemen Restore Electricity to Kamilche-Area Customers
- Power Back on in Richland for All But Five Customers
- Lake Wenatchee – Plain Storm Update
- Prevent Your Tree from Getting Knocked Down in a Storm
- Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber Releases Ten-Year Energy Action Plan
- Share the Warmth Keeps Lights On for Grant County PUD Customers
- News Release - Landis+Gyr, Central Lincoln PUD Sign Agreement for Dynamic Voltage Management Project
- Protecting the Grid against Solar Storms
- Exploring a Proposed Carbon Diet for American Power Plants
- Washington State Department of Ecology Offers New Water Rights — For a Fee
- Idaho Public Utilities Commission Sets New Rules for Alternative Energy Projects
- Idaho PUC's New Rules Could Be Bad News for Large Wind Projects
- California - Solar Power Adds to Nonusers' Costs
- The Hidden Pain Points Holding Back Solar
- Three Money Managers See LED Industry Shining in 2013; Their Stock Picks
- Glowing Surfaces Will Replace Traditional Light Bulbs
- Record-High Tides Wash in Prospects for More in Future
- Washington State Recycling Rate Hits Nearly 51 Percent
- Portland Ecodistricts Move Ahead under City Guidance
- Cell Tower Workers Stuck On Steens Mountain Rescued
- Oregon Courts Mysterious 'Project Azalea,' Said to be a Massive Computer Chip Factory
- Chelan County PUD Fiber System Work Will Keep Network Viable
- Yes, Of Course The Broadband Companies Are Gouging You With Data Caps
- Outgoing Washington State Governor Proposes New Fuel Tax to Fund Education
- City of Port Angeles Expects to Save Thousands with New Employee Time System
- Washington's unemployment rate drops below 8 percent
- 20 To 22 Inches of Snow at Mason County’s Skokomish Park
- Large Dock, Possibly Tsunami Debris, Found on Beach Near LaPush
- South Puget Sound Gas Prices Lowest Since Winter of 2011
- New High School Needed, North Mason School Officials Say
- Oregon - Christmas Lights Caused Milwaukie House Fire, Investigators Say
- Report: States Losing Ground in Emergency Preparedness
WORD OF THE DAY
Quadrate
• \KWAH-drayt\ • adjective - Being square or approximately square
Alejandro,
the beat poet who lurked in the coffee houses of Eagle Butte, South Dakota was
the “fresh voice of a new generation,” trumpeted the local weekly newspaper.
His prose was a bit less exciting than described:
Those
quadrant fat-cats;
Drinkin’
their golden milk in their ivory towers;
They
don’t know my pain, searing in my ears and eyes;
Turn
down those commercials man;
Peace
out.
(Great;
now my ears are bleeding. Think Michael O'Donoghue's ‘Steel Needles’ gag from
Saturday Night Live)
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Mason County PUD 1 Power Outage Update 11:00am (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mason County PUD No. 1 Website and Outage
information
Mason County PUD 3 Linemen Restore Electricity to
Kamilche-Area Customers (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Power Back on in Richland for All But Five
Customers (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Lake
Wenatchee – Plain Storm Update (North Central Washington TV)
Prevent Your Tree from Getting Knocked Down in a
Storm (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber Releases Ten-Year Energy
Action Plan (Oregonian, Portland)
Share the Warmth Keeps Lights On for Grant County PUD
Customers (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
News Release - Landis+Gyr, Central Lincoln PUD Sign
Agreement for Dynamic Voltage Management Project (Yahoo! Finance)
Protecting the Grid against Solar Storms (Energy
Collective)
Exploring a Proposed Carbon Diet for American Power
Plants (NY Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Washington
State Department of Ecology Offers New Water Rights — For a Fee (Wenatchee
World, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Idaho
Public Utilities Commission Sets New Rules for Alternative Energy Projects (Idaho
Press-Tribune, Nampa, ID)
Idaho
PUC's New Rules Could Be Bad News for Large Wind Projects (North American Wind
Power)
California
- Solar Power Adds to Nonusers' Costs (SF Chronicle)
The
Hidden Pain Points Holding Back Solar (GigaOM)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Three Money Managers See LED Industry Shining in
2013; Their Stock Picks (Forbes Magazine)
Glowing Surfaces Will Replace Traditional Light
Bulbs (Mashable)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Record-High
Tides Wash in Prospects for More in Future (Seattle Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Washington
State Recycling Rate Hits Nearly 51 Percent (Associated Press)
Portland
Ecodistricts Move Ahead under City Guidance (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Cell Tower Workers Stuck On Steens Mountain Rescued
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Oregon Courts Mysterious 'Project Azalea,' Said to
be a Massive Computer Chip Factory (Oregonian, Portland)
Chelan County PUD Fiber System Work Will Keep
Network Viable (North Central Washington TV)
Yes, Of Course The Broadband Companies Are Gouging
You With Data Caps (Forbes Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Outgoing Washington State Governor Proposes New
Fuel Tax to Fund Education (KING-TV, Seattle)
City of Port Angeles Expects to Save Thousands with
New Employee Time System (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington's unemployment rate drops below 8
percent (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
20 To 22 Inches of Snow at Mason County’s Skokomish
Park (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Large Dock, Possibly Tsunami Debris, Found on Beach
Near LaPush (KING-TV, Seattle)
South Puget Sound Gas Prices Lowest Since Winter of
2011 (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
New High School Needed, North Mason School
Officials Say (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Oregon - Christmas Lights Caused Milwaukie House
Fire, Investigators Say (Oregonian, Portland)
Report: States Losing Ground in Emergency
Preparedness (USA Today)
DIVERSIONS
Christmas Tree Breaks through Roof of Man's House,
But Not Really
Oh, Sweet: Canadian Police Arrest three in $20M
Maple Syrup Heist, Five Others Still at Large
Watch People Light a Frozen Lake on Fire (PG-13 due
to sophomoric humor references to bodily functions)
Eagle on video snatches kid in park -- or does it?
SONG OF THE DAY
Bill
Withers- 'Ain't No Sunshine
Sting
& David Sanborn - Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone
