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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Plan Would Boot Puget Sound Energy in Favor of
Thurston Public Utility District (Olympian, WA)
The Tale of Two Electrical Outlets - Puget Sound Energy’s
Coal Power Leaves a Big Footprint in WA (Sightline Daily, WA)
The
New Look of NIMBYism (The Daily Climate)
Netflix Says Customers Watched Two Billion Hours of
Streaming Content in Fourth Quarter of 2011, Stock Jumps (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
Washington State Supreme Court Rules State Isn’t
Fully Funding Education (Seattle Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Plan Would Boot Puget Sound Energy in Favor of Thurston Public Utility District
- The Tale of Two Electrical Outlets - Puget Sound Energy’s Coal Power Leaves a Big Footprint in WA
- Portland General Electric Seeks Ideas for New Power Plants
- Feds Approve Transmission Line for Wind Project in East Oregon
- Montana - Wholesale Cost Hike Prompts Sun River Electric Cooperative to Raise Electric Rates
- Mason County PUD 3 Receives Seventh Consecutive International Financial Reporting Award
- Montana - Two Beartooth Electric Cooperative Trustees Resign
- Shelton City Commission Meeting – Grant Support Sought for Purchase of Downtown PUD 3 Buildings
- US Natural Gas Supplies Shrank Last Week
- Chicago - ComEd’s Smart-Grid Plan to Create More Than 2,400 Jobs
- Lawmakers Aim to Revisit Power New York Act
- Pacific Gas & Electric Exec Vows to Never Have Another Power Outage At Candlestick
- Forest & Streams Protected in Union River Area
- Oregon Farmers Saving Water as State Faces Challenge
- The New Look of NIMBYism
- Renewable Energy Corporation to Further Reduce Norwegian Solar PV Wafer Production
- Canada - Incineration Firms Vying to Burn Vancouver BC’s Trash
- Solar Panels Compete with Cheap Natural Gas (?)
- South Dakota Lawmakers Unsure of Wind Energy Tax Cut
- With Long Paybacks, Vertical Turbines Still a Tough Sell
- Vermont - Hydro Projects Clear Final Hurdle Before Licensing
- Lowe’s Kicks Off Smart Energy Home Push
- Unboxing Nest’s Learning Thermostat
- LEDs to Brighten New Hampshire Co-op Streets
- Seattle’s Plastic-Bag Ban Ignores Reality
- GM Wants to Work on All Chevy Volts Sold in US for Fire Danger
- Netflix Says Customers Watched Two Billion Hours of Streaming Content in Fourth Quarter of 2011, Stock Jumps
- Feds Rip a Page out of Amazon’s Playbook in Data Center Move
- Op/Ed - Internet Access Is Not a Human Right
- Aurora Resident Says Comcast Equipment Has Bugs – Literally
- Washington State Supreme Court Rules State Isn’t Fully Funding Education
- One Million Inappropriate Images of Children Found After Belfair Man’s Arrest
- Portland Would Eliminate Major Road Paving for Five Years Under Proposed Budget
- Study: Postal Service Cuts Could Cost Companies $100 Million a Year
- No Snow Means Big Budget Savings across the Midwest
WORD OF THE DAY
Epithet • \EPP-uh-teth\ • Noun - 1: a characterizing word or phrase
accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing 2: a
disparaging or abusive word or phrase 3: the part of a taxonomic name
identifying a subordinate unit within a genus
Epithets zinged across the conference room like nuclear missiles,
obscene gerunds dropping like bowling balls, misnomers crashing like broken
glass (similes succeeding as well as lead balloons). And that was just the discussion
over the consent agenda at the local council meeting in the small, normally
serene northwest community.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Plan Would Boot Puget Sound Energy in Favor of Thurston
Public Utility District (Olympian, WA)
The Tale of Two Electrical Outlets - Puget Sound
Energy’s Coal Power Leaves a Big Footprint in WA (Sightline Daily, WA)
Portland General Electric Seeks Ideas for New Power
Plants (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Feds Approve Transmission Line for Wind Project in East
Oregon (Daily Journal of Commerce, OR)
http://djcoregon.com/news/2012/01/04/feds-approve-transmission-line-for-wind-project-in-east-oregon/
Montana - Wholesale Cost Hike Prompts Sun River
Electric Cooperative to Raise Electric Rates (Choteau Acantha, MT)
Mason County PUD 3 Receives Seventh Consecutive
International Financial Reporting Award (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Montana - Two Beartooth Electric Cooperative Trustees
Resign (Billings Gazette, MT)
Shelton City Commission Meeting – Grant Support
Sought for Purchase Of Downtown PUD 3 Buildings (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
US Natural Gas Supplies Shrank Last Week (Associated
Press)
Chicago - ComEd’s Smart-Grid Plan to Create More
Than 2,400 Jobs (Chicago Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-comeds-smartgrid-plan-to-create-nearly-1000-jobs-in-chicago-20120104,0,5525258.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-comeds-smartgrid-plan-to-create-nearly-1000-jobs-in-chicago-20120104,0,5525258.story
Lawmakers Aim to Revisit Power New York Act - Opponents
of the law say state is overstepping its bounds (Pall Times, Osego, NY)
Pacific Gas & Electric Exec Vows
to Never Have Another Power Outage At Candlestick (SF Chronicle)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Forest & Streams Protected in Union River Area
(Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon
Farmers Saving Water as State Faces Challenge (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
The
New Look of NIMBYism (The Daily Climate)
Renewable
Energy Corporation to Further Reduce Norwegian Solar PV Wafer Production (Solar
Server)
Canada
- Incineration Firms Vying to Burn Vancouver BC’s Trash (Globe & Mail,
Canada)
Solar
Panels Compete with Cheap Natural Gas (?) (National Public Radio)
South
Dakota Lawmakers Unsure of Wind Energy Tax Cut (Associated Press)
With
Long Paybacks, Vertical Turbines Still a Tough Sell (Midwest Energy News)
Vermont
- Hydro Projects Clear Final Hurdle Before Licensing (Brattleboro Reformer, VT)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Lowe’s Kicks Off Smart Energy Home Push (GigaOM)
Unboxing Nest’s Learning Thermostat (GigaOM)
LEDs to Brighten New Hampshire Co-op Streets
(Electric Co-op Today)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Seattle’s
Plastic-Bag Ban Ignores Reality (Crosscut Seattle)
GM
Wants to Work on All Chevy Volts Sold in US for Fire Danger (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Netflix Says Customers Watched Two Billion Hours of
Streaming Content in Fourth Quarter of 2011, Stock Jumps (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
Feds Rip a Page out of Amazon’s Playbook in Data
Center Move (GigaOM)
Op/Ed - Internet Access Is Not a Human Right (NY
Times)
Aurora Resident Says Comcast Equipment Has Bugs - Literally
(Chicago Sun-Times, IL)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Supreme Court Rules State Isn’t
Fully Funding Education (Seattle Times)
One Million Inappropriate Images of Children Found
After Belfair Man’s Arrest (Northwest Cable News)
Portland Would Eliminate Major Road Paving for Five
Years Under Proposed Budget (Oregonian, Portland)
Study: Postal Service Cuts Could Cost Companies $100
Million a Year (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
No Snow Means Big Budget Savings across the Midwest
(USA Today)
DIVERSIONS
Swank Sushi: Tuna Fetches Record $736,000 in Tokyo
Couple Discovers Basset Hound Ate Their $4,500
Wedding Ring, Vet Forced to Remove From Stomach
Titanic Items to be Sold 100 Years after Sinking
SONG OF THE DAY
Kay
Kyser - Three Little Fishes
