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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Fallen Trees, Mudslides Close Highways near Hood
Canal (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Mason County PUD 1 Power Outage Update (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approves
Revised Definition of Bulk Electric System (Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission)
Municipalities Fight a Proposal to Tax Muni Bond
Interest (NY Times)
New Study Shows Northwest’s Energy Codes Are
Working but Home Efficiency Opportunities Abound (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approves Revised Definition of Bulk Electric System
- Mason County PUD 1 Power Outage Update
- Power Outage Update: Mason PUD 1 & PUD 3
- Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Will Not Buy Air Force Power Plant
- Bankruptcy Judge Sets Schedule for Resolving Southern Montana Electric Case
- Mason County PUD 3 Receives Eighth Consecutive International Financial Reporting Award
- Public Power Council Awards High Honors at Annual Meeting - Sanders, Myer Recipients
- News Release - Hitachi Selected by Bonneville Power Administration to Pursue Research on Grid Stabilization Systems
- Training Under Way for New Nuclear Plant Operators
- When it Comes to Dams, China Won’t Be Stopped
- Power Company Loses Some of Its Appetite for Coal
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Shrank Last Week
- Seattle City Light Acquires 32.5 Acres of Salmon Habitat
- Kootenai Tribal Hatchery Receives Approval; Construction Contingent upon Funding
- Wahkiakum PUD Manager Reports on Water Pact Talks
- Obama Energy Chief Backs Effort to Encourage Renewable Investments
- Op/Ed - The Truth about Wind Energy Subsidies: They Blow
- ‘Solar Sisters’ Spreading Light in Africa
- New Study Shows Northwest’s Energy Codes Are Working but Home Efficiency Opportunities Abound
- Seattle’s Energy-Saving Program Means More Money for the Holidays
- Case Study: Oregon Vineyard Home Taps Into Water & Energy Conservation
- Electric & Hybrid Taxis Gaining in Popularity
- Oregon Regulators Threaten Phone Companies with $50,000 Fines for Poor Rural Connections
- Municipalities Fight a Proposal to Tax Muni Bond Interest
- Fallen Trees, Mudslides Close Highways near Hood Canal
- Kitsap Takes Hardest Hit from Wednesday’s Snow & Rain
- Monday’s high tide hits all-time record
- Avalanche Buries 20-Year-Old Skier from Allyn for 15 Minutes
- Mason County Commissioner Ring-Erickson Attends Last Meeting
- Port Angeles is a Top Retirement Destination
- Mass Killings Occur In U-S Once Every Two Weeks
- Will Cigarette Companies Get into the Pot Business?
- Are You Ready for the End of the World?
- Be Ready for the End of the World, or an Emergency of a Lesser Sort
WORD OF THE DAY
Algid
• \AL-jidd\ • Adjective – Cold
Algid
- Look out the window…
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approves
Revised Definition of Bulk Electric System (Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission)
Mason County PUD 1 Power Outage Update (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Power Outage
Update: Mason PUD 1 & PUD 3 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Will
Not Buy Air Force Power Plant (Associated Press)
Bankruptcy Judge Sets Schedule for Resolving
Southern Montana Electric Case (Billings Gazette, MT)
Mason County PUD 3 Receives Eighth Consecutive
International Financial Reporting Award (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Public Power Council Awards High Honors at Annual
Meeting - Sanders, Myer Recipients (Public Power Council)
News Release - Hitachi Selected by Bonneville Power
Administration to Pursue Research on Grid Stabilization Systems (WebWire)
Training Under Way for New Nuclear Plant Operators (Associated
Press)
When it Comes to Dams, China Won’t Be Stopped (Associated
Press)
Power Company Loses Some of Its Appetite for Coal (NY
Times)
U-S Natural Gas Supplies Shrank Last Week (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Seattle City Light Acquires 32.5 Acres of Salmon
Habitat - Purchase Will Protect Key Spawning Areas in Skagit River Watershed (Electric
Energy Online)
Kootenai Tribal Hatchery Receives Approval;
Construction Contingent upon Funding (Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Wahkiakum
PUD Manager Reports on Water Pact Talks (Wahkiakum County Eagle, Skamokawa, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Obama
Energy Chief Backs Effort to Encourage Renewable Investments (The Hill, Washington,
D-C)
Op/Ed
- The Truth about Wind Energy Subsidies: They Blow (Forbes Magazine)
‘Solar
Sisters’ Spreading Light in Africa (Cable News Network)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New Study Shows Northwest’s Energy Codes Are
Working but Home Efficiency Opportunities Abound (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Seattle’s Energy-Saving Program Means More Money
for the Holidays (Crosscut Seattle)
Case Study: Oregon Vineyard Home Taps Into Water
& Energy Conservation (EcoHome)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric
& Hybrid Taxis Gaining in Popularity (Christian
Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon Regulators Threaten Phone Companies with
$50,000 Fines for Poor Rural Connections (Oregonian, Portland)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Municipalities Fight a Proposal to Tax Muni Bond
Interest (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Fallen Trees, Mudslides Close Highways near Hood
Canal (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Kitsap Takes Hardest Hit from Wednesday’s Snow
& Rain (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Monday’s high tide hits all-time record (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Avalanche Buries 20-Year-Old Skier from Allyn for
15 Minutes (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Mason County Commissioner Ring-Erickson Attends
Last Meeting (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Port Angeles is a Top Retirement Destination (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
Mass Killings Occur In U-S Once Every Two Weeks (USA
Today)
Will Cigarette Companies Get into the Pot Business?
(Christian Science Monitor)
Are You Ready for the End of the World? (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
Be Ready for the End of the World, or an Emergency
of a Lesser Sort (NY Times)
DIVERSIONS
Golden
Eagle Snatching Canadian Boy Video is Hoax – Clipmakers
Carbs on the Hoof - Boeing Spuds Improving Wi-Fi on
Airplanes
Merry Flaming Christmas - Man Burned by Wait Sets
Denny’s Christmas Tree on Fire
20-Year-Old Cat is King in Iowa Community
SONG OF THE DAY
John
Denver - The Eagle & the Hawk
OK,
I’ll succumb to the easy song pick also……
Steve
Miller Band – Fly Like an Eagle
