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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Special Weather Statement - National Weather
Service, Seattle
Puget Sound Energy Fined, Residential Customers
Refunded (South Sound Business Examiner)
Emissions
Study: Two Million Pounds of Carbon Dioxide Released into Air Every Second (Oregonian, Portland)
UTOPIA: World-Class Broadband, Sky-High Debt: Utah’s
broadband network stands out among its peers for level of indebtedness (Salt
Lake Tribune, UT)
Puget Sound Chum Salmon Run Comes in Strong
(Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy Fined, Residential Customers Refunded
- Grays Harbor PUD Budget Includes Rate Increase in Reaction to Bonneville Power Administration Hike
- Ratepayer Rebellion – Eugene Water & Electric Board Customers Are Angry over Power & Water Costs
- Bonneville Power Administration Meeting in Castle Rock to Address New Transmission Line
- UPDATE - PUD 3 Linemen Restore Electricity to Customers along Hood Canal’s South Shore
- PNNL in Richland Picked to Be Part of Energy Research Hub
- Portland General Electric Truck Catches Fire on I-5 On-Ramp at Columbia Boulevard
- Oregon - Boardman Sees Future with Coal Exporting
- Free Mason County PUD 3 Calendars for 2013 Now Available
- Allow South California State Power Plant Work, Gov. Brown & Others Tell JPMorgan
- Possible Generator Tampering Found at California Nuclear Power Plant
- Kudos for Public Power - After Sandy Outages, A Tale of Two Utilities
- Puget Sound Chum Salmon Run Comes in Strong
- Kokanee Salmon Numbers Up in Northern Idaho
- Fish Ladder Completed At Dam on North Umpqua River
- After Sewage Spill - Dyes Inlet Closed to Shellfish Harvesting
- U-S Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Logging Road Rules
- Op/Ed - Portland’s Energy Credits: The Trouble with Buying ‘Green’
- Lobbyists Try to Halt State Green Energy Standards
- Arizona - The Demise of Yet Another Thin Film Solar Maker
- U-S to Sell Wind Energy Leases Off East Coast
- South Dakota Wind Energy Headed for a Crash
- Eco-Friendly Dishwashers
- Emissions Study: Two Million Pounds of Carbon Dioxide Released into Air Every Second
- Is America Getting Ready For a Carbon Tax?
- Solar Panel Tree Installations at California General Motors Dealership
- As E15 Ethanol Spreads, AAA Warns of Potential Damage
- UTOPIA: Utah’s World-Class Broadband, Sky-High Debt
- Happy Bday: Text Message Turns 20 Today!
- Norm Dicks ‘Not Interested’ in Possible Interior Post
- More Strong Winds & Rain on the Way
- Special Weather Statement - National Weather Service, Seattle
- It’s Been Five Years Since Grays Harbor’s Devastating December Storm
- Grays Harbor PUD in the Storm: When Things Went From “Hot To Not”
- In The Wake of the Storm, A New Doppler for Grays Harbor
- Custody Dispute Apparent Motive for Shelton Woman’s Death
- Scientists Study Mystery Mounds Under Hood Canal
- Japanese Government Gives $5 Million to U-S for Tsunami Debris Removal
- Washington State Seeks Experts in Developing Pot Industry
WORD OF THE DAY
Campestral
• \cam-PESS-trull\ • Adjective - Of or relating to fields or open country:
rural
“Come
on Fred, have a little creativity,” the Bonneville Power Administration
contract manager exhorted to his hesitant project team member. “Think of it: a ‘Campestral
Discount’ sounds so much more lyrical than ‘Low Density Discount.’ “
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget Sound Energy Fined, Residential Customers
Refunded (South Sound Business Examiner)
Grays Harbor PUD Budget Includes Rate Increase in
Reaction to Bonneville Power Administration Hike (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
Ratepayer Rebellion – Eugene Water & Electric
Board Customers Are Angry over Power & Water Costs (Eugene Register Guard,
OR)
Bonneville Power Administration Meeting in Castle
Rock to Address New Transmission Line (Longview Daily News, WA)
UPDATE - PUD 3 Linemen Restore Electricity to
Customers along Hood Canal’s South Shore (Mason County PUD No. 3)
PNNL in Richland Picked to Be Part of Energy
Research Hub (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Portland General Electric Truck Catches Fire on I-5
On-Ramp at Columbia Boulevard (Oregonian, Portland)
Oregon - Boardman Sees Future with Coal Exporting (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Free Mason County PUD 3 Calendars for 2013 Now
Available (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Allow South California State Power Plant Work, Gov.
Brown & Others Tell JPMorgan (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Possible Generator Tampering Found at California
Nuclear Power Plant (Associated Press)
Kudos for Public Power - After Sandy Outages, A
Tale of Two Utilities (National Public Radio)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Puget Sound Chum Salmon Run Comes in Strong (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Kokanee Salmon Numbers Up in Northern Idaho (Associated
Press)
Fish Ladder Completed At Dam on North Umpqua
River (Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
After
Sewage Spill - Dyes Inlet Closed to Shellfish Harvesting (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
U-S
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Logging Road Rules (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Op/Ed - Portland’s Energy Credits: The Trouble with
Buying ‘Green’ (Oregonian, Portland)
Lobbyists
Try to Halt State Green Energy Standards (Forbes
Magazine)
Arizona
- The Demise of Yet Another Thin Film Solar Maker (GigaOM)
U-S
to Sell Wind Energy Leases Off East Coast (Associated Press)
South
Dakota Wind Energy Headed for a Crash (Prairie Business Magazine, Grand Forks,
ND)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Eco-Friendly Dishwashers (Reviewed.com)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Emissions
Study: Two Million Pounds of Carbon Dioxide Released into Air Every Second (Oregonian, Portland)
Is America Getting Ready For a Carbon Tax? (Forbes
Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Solar
Panel Tree Installations at California General Motors Dealership (Examiner.com)
As
E15 Ethanol Spreads, AAA Warns of Potential Damage (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
UTOPIA: World-Class Broadband, Sky-High Debt: Utah’s
broadband network stands out among its peers for level of indebtedness (Salt
Lake Tribune, UT)
Happy Bday: Text Message Turns 20 Today! (USA
Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Norm Dicks ‘Not Interested’ in Possible Interior Post
(KOMO-TV, Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
More Strong Winds & Rain on the Way (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
Special Weather Statement - National Weather
Service, Seattle
It’s Been Five Years Since Grays Harbor’s Devastating
December Storm (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD in the Storm: When Things Went
From “Hot To Not” (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
In The Wake of the Storm, A New Doppler for Grays Harbor
(Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Custody Dispute Apparent Motive for Shelton Woman’s
Death (Northwest Cable News Network)
Scientists Study Mystery Mounds Under Hood Canal (Associated
Press)
Japanese Government Gives $5 Million to U-S for
Tsunami Debris Removal (Oregonian, Portland)
Washington State Seeks Experts in Developing Pot
Industry (KING-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Church to Sell 1640 Hymnal That May be Worth $20
Million
Good News! Science Says the Holidays Won’t Make You
Fat
Mideast Men Go Under Knife for Manly Mustaches
Oh No Bazooka Joe - After Nearly 60 Years, Bazooka
Gum is Killing Its Iconic Comic Strip
SONG OF THE DAY
Gregorian
Chant - Dies Irae (Day of Wrath)
