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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Low Wholesale Electricity Prices Making Waves in
Montana’s Power Industry (The Missoulian, MT – Part One of Two)
Nippon’s
Port Angeles Cogeneration Plant Clears Major Hurdle (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Appeals
Delay Port Townsend Biomass Project (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Idaho Power Seeks End to Two Efficiency Programs
(Associated Press)
New Study Says Population of Threatened Northwest
Seabird Dropped 30% in a Decade (Northwest
Public Radio)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Low Wholesale Electricity Prices Making Waves in Montana’s Power Industry
- Wind Power Industry in West Pushes to Extend Expiring Tax Credit
- Power a Problem for Festivities around Lake Wenatchee on Christmas Day
- California - Sacramento Municipal Utility District Warns of Scam ‘Past-Due’ Phone Calls
- Special Mason County PUD 3 Commission Meeting Thursday
- Alcoa’s North Carolina Jobs-for-Hydro License Offer, A Year Later
- Do Not Change Tax Treatment of Municipal Bonds, APPA; Others Tell Obama, Boehner
- New Study Says Population of Threatened Northwest Seabird Dropped 30% in a Decade
- World’s Most Extensive Salmon Tagging Program Tracks Passage Survival at Columbia-Snake Dams
- Too Many Salmon, Not Enough Food
- Genetically Modified Salmon: Coming to Your Table Soon?
- Nippon’s Port Angeles Cogeneration Plant Clears Major Hurdle
- Appeals Delay Port Townsend Biomass Project
- Oregon Forest Biomass Grants Offered
- Wood Touted as ‘New’ Renewable Fuel
- Five Charts That Show the Massive Growth of Solar in 2012
- Idaho Power Seeks End to Two Efficiency Programs
- Energy Conservation Spares Lake Stevens School District from Cuts
- Snohomish PUD Offers Tips for Weathering Winter Cold Spells
- News Release - Seattle City Light Meeting, Exceeding Renewable Energy, Conservation Goals
- LEED Can’t Get a Break
- With Climate Change, Winter Isn’t What it Used to Be
- Electric-Car Owners in Washington State Face $100 Annual Fee
- Mobilisa Wins Bid to Build North Olympic Peninsula Broadband Backbone
- Netflix Streaming Service Back Online after Christmas Eve Outage
- Broadband Expansion Could Bring Better Health Care to Missouri
- Average United Kingdom Broadband Performance Below Peak Expected of ISPs, Netflix Warns
- In Norm Dicks’ Departure, Conclusion of a Team Effort
- Latest California State Parks Audit Finds More Mystery Money
- Mason County Budget Passes, But $1.2 Million Settlement Looms
- ‘Boom, Bust, Boom’: Copper, the Metal We Can’t Do Without
- Why You Might Be Able to ‘Smell’ Snow Coming
WORD OF THE DAY
Parietal
• \puh-RYE-uh-tull\ • adjective
1a:
of or relating to the walls of a part or cavity b: of, relating to, or forming
the upper posterior wall of the head 2: attached to the main wall rather than
the axis or a cross wall of a plant ovary - used of an ovule or a placenta 3:
of or relating to college living or its regulation; especially: of or relating
to the regulations governing the visiting privileges of members of the opposite
sex in campus dormitories.
The
Amazonian queen had seen quite enough of the bickering over new co-ed
dormitories near the Athenian field-house. She thought that relaxing the
parietal policy of a strict separation of her more war-like minions would soften
their outlook on collegiate life, especially during rush week. Quite the contrary,
it was a total disaster…which came to a head during the infamous “toilet seat
position dispute” in the uni-sex restrooms.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Low Wholesale Electricity Prices Making Waves in Montana’s
Power Industry (The Missoulian, MT – Part One of Two)
Wind Power Industry in West Pushes to Extend
Expiring Tax Credit (The Missoulian, MT – Part Two of Two)
Power
a Problem for Festivities around Lake Wenatchee on Christmas Day (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
California - Sacramento Municipal Utility District Warns
of Scam ‘Past-Due’ Phone Calls (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Special Mason County PUD 3 Commission Meeting
Thursday (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Alcoa’s North Carolina Jobs-for-Hydro License
Offer, A Year Later (WRAL, Raleigh, NC)
Do Not Change Tax Treatment of Municipal Bonds, APPA;
Others Tell Obama, Boehner (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Study Says Population of Threatened Northwest
Seabird Dropped 30% in a Decade (Northwest
Public Radio)
World’s Most Extensive Salmon Tagging Program
Tracks Passage Survival at Columbia-Snake Dams (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Too Many Salmon, Not Enough Food (Electric Co-op
Today)
Genetically Modified Salmon: Coming to Your Table
Soon? (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Nippon’s
Port Angeles Cogeneration Plant Clears Major Hurdle (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Appeals
Delay Port Townsend Biomass Project (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Oregon
Forest Biomass Grants Offered (St Helens Chronicle, OR)
Wood
Touted as ‘New’ Renewable Fuel - Broader incentives for biothermal energy
sought; some environmentalists skeptical (Baltimore Sun, MD)
Five
Charts That Show the Massive Growth of Solar in 2012 (GigaOM)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Idaho Power Seeks End to Two Efficiency Programs (Associated
Press)
Energy Conservation Spares Lake Stevens School
District from Cuts (KING-TV, Seattle)
Snohomish PUD Offers Tips for Weathering Winter
Cold Spells (Arlington Times, WA)
News Release - Seattle City Light Meeting, Exceeding
Renewable Energy, Conservation Goals (Electric Light & Power)
LEED Can’t Get a Break (Sustainable Industries)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
With
Climate Change, Winter Isn’t What it Used to Be (Seattle
Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric-Car
Owners in Washington State Face $100 Annual Fee (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Mobilisa Wins Bid to
Build North Olympic Peninsula Broadband Backbone (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Netflix Streaming
Service Back Online after Christmas Eve Outage (Associated Press)
Broadband Expansion
Could Bring Better Health Care to Missouri (KOZL-TV, Springfield, MO)
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Average United
Kingdom Broadband Performance Below Peak Expected of ISPs, Netflix Warns
(Silicon Republic)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
In Norm Dicks’ Departure, Conclusion of a Team
Effort (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Latest California State Parks Audit Finds More
Mystery Money (Sacramento Bee, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Budget Passes, But $1.2 Million
Settlement Looms (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
‘Boom, Bust, Boom’: Copper, the Metal We Can’t Do
Without (Seattle Times)
Why You Might Be Able to ‘Smell’ Snow Coming (Northwest
Public Radio)
DIVERSIONS
Crossing Guard Cat Watches Out for Students in Tri-Cities
Area
Lost, Blind Dog Finds Way Back to Alaska Owners
Zappos Customer-Service Call Lasts 10 Hours
Bears Were Used in Test Flights of World’s First
Supersonic Jet Bomber
SONG OF THE DAY
Jim
Croce - Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)
