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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Klickitat PUD Proposes $2.5 Billion Power Plant
under New Washington State Law (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Oregon Removes Bald Eagles from Threatened List
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Chelan County PUD Declares Moratorium on ‘Dark
Fiber’ (Wenatchee World, WA)
Washington State Special Legislative Session Begins
at Noon (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Washington-special-legislative-session-begins-at-noon-142308035.html
Inslee to Leave Congress for Full-Time Race for
Governor (Seattle Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Klickitat PUD Proposes $2.5 Billion Power Plant under New Washington State Law
- Most Mason PUD 3 Customers Have Electricity Restored - SR 3 Work South of Shelton Continues
- Power Outages Reported in Pierce, Thurston Counties
- Average Duration of Power Outages Down Last Year, Says Grays Harbor PUD
- Grant County PUD Reviews 2011 Outages
- Idaho Power Customers Can Expect to See the Cost of Their Electricity Rise This Summer
- Editorial - Finding an Energy Game Plan for Oregon
- California - Meeting Monday Night on Massive Edison Transmission Line Project
- Exelon Closes $7.9B Deal for Constellation Energy
- Pacific Gas & Electric Makes Bills Available in Spanish, Chinese
- Brazil’s Smart Meters Help Zap Electricity Thieves
- Canada - New Brunswick Man without Electricity for 13 Years
- Oregon Removes Bald Eagles from Threatened List
- Bonneville Power’s Increased Fish & Wildlife Project Spending ‘Fully Ramped Up’
- Manager’s Contract Was Never Proper, Belfair Water District Argues
- Oregon – Editorial: River Temperature Ruling Could Put Local Ag Businesses in Hot Water
- Moses Lake Legislator’s Water Rights Changes Become Law
- Power Grid Must Adapt to Handle Renewable Energy
- Op/Ed - Wind Energy Project near Gorge Should be Denied
- Oregon - Emerald People’s Utility District Marks 20 Years of Trash Power
- States Fire up Renewable Standards
- Solar Power Firms in Mojave Desert Feel Glare of Tribes & Environmentalists
- Tennessee – US Senator Says Subsidies for Wind Energy Are a Waste
- Op/Ed - Wind Credit Boosts Jobs at Low Cost
- Alaska - Geothermal Wells to Save Energy
- Report: Great Lakes Winter Ice Cover Has Decreased 71 Percent Since 1973
- Even With $4 Gas, Electric Cars Face Dark Days
- Pacific Northwest Lab Hoping to Give Jolt to Electric Cars
- Energy Grants Boost Research, from New Fuels to Batteries
- Chelan County PUD Declares Moratorium on ‘Dark Fiber’
- Microsoft Tries to Make Good on Azure Cloud Outage
- Washington State Special Legislative Session Begins at Noon
- Inslee to Leave Congress for Full-Time Race for Governor
- State Delegation’s Power to Take Hit with Dicks Gone
- CenturyLink Billing Problems a Cautionary Tale for Kitsap County Bean Counters
- Should Officials Park Take-Home Vehicles?
- US Army Sergeant Kills 16 in Afghan Villages
- Soldier Suspected in Killing of 16 Afghan Civilians is from JBLM
- Suspect in Grays Harbor Courthouse Attack Arrested After His Mom Called Cops
- Cowlitz County Deputies Arrest Two Wanted for Murder in Olympia
- Timber Jobs to Service Sector Jobs - Wild Olympics Report
- Area Gas Prices Up 46 Cents in a Month
WORD OF THE DAY
Curse • \KERS\ • noun - 1: a prayer or invocation
for harm or injury to come upon one: imprecation 2: something that is cursed or
accursed 3: evil or misfortune that comes as if in response to imprecation or
as retribution 4: a cause of great harm or misfortune: torment.
Weather outages…curses!
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Klickitat PUD Proposes $2.5 Billion Power Plant
under New Washington State Law (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Most Mason PUD 3 Customers Have Electricity
Restored - SR 3 Work South of Shelton Continues (Mason County PUD No. 3)
Power Outages Reported in Pierce, Thurston Counties
(Olympian, WA)
Average Duration of Power Outages Down Last Year,
Says Grays Harbor PUD (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
Grant County PUD Reviews 2011 Outages (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Idaho Power Customers Can Expect to See the Cost of
Their Electricity Rise This Summer (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Editorial - Finding an Energy Game Plan for Oregon (Oregonian,
Portland)
California - Meeting Monday Night on Massive Edison
Transmission Line Project (High Desert Daily Press, Victorville, CA)
Exelon Closes $7.9B Deal for Constellation Energy (Associated
Press)
Pacific Gas & Electric Makes Bills Available in
Spanish, Chinese (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Brazil’s Smart Meters Help Zap Electricity Thieves (SF
Chronicle)
Canada - New Brunswick Man without Electricity for
13 Years (Calgary Herald, Alberta)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon Removes Bald Eagles from Threatened List
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Bonneville Power’s Increased Fish & Wildlife
Project Spending ‘Fully Ramped Up’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Manager’s
Contract Was Never Proper, Belfair Water District Argues (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Oregon
– Editorial: River Temperature Ruling Could Put Local Ag Businesses in Hot
Water (Baker City Herald, OR)
Moses
Lake Legislator’s Water Rights Changes Become Law (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses
Lake, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Power Grid Must Adapt to Handle Renewable Energy (National
Public Radio)
Op/Ed
- Wind Energy Project near Gorge Should be Denied (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Oregon
- Emerald People’s Utility District Marks 20 Years of Trash Power (Eugene
Register-Guard, OR)
States
Fire up Renewable Standards (EnergyBiz Insider)
Solar
Power Firms in Mojave Desert Feel Glare of Tribes & Environmentalists (The Guardian, UK)
Tennessee
– US Senator Says Subsidies for Wind Energy Are a Waste (The Tennessean,
Nashville)
Op/Ed
- Wind Credit Boosts Jobs at Low Cost (The Tennessean, Nashville)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Alaska - Geothermal Wells to Save Energy (Juneau
Empire, AK)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Report:
Great Lakes Winter Ice Cover Has Decreased 71 Percent Since 1973 (Duluth News
Tribune, MN)
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/225307/
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/225307/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Even
With $4 Gas, Electric Cars Face Dark Days (USA Today)
Pacific
Northwest Lab Hoping to Give Jolt to Electric Cars (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Energy
Grants Boost Research, from New Fuels to Batteries (USA Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chelan County PUD Declares Moratorium on ‘Dark
Fiber’ (Wenatchee World, WA)
Microsoft Tries to Make Good on Azure Cloud Outage (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Special Legislative Session Begins
at Noon (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Washington-special-legislative-session-begins-at-noon-142308035.html
Inslee to Leave Congress for Full-Time Race for
Governor (Seattle Times)
State Delegation’s Power to Take Hit with Dicks
Gone (Seattle Times)
CenturyLink Billing Problems a Cautionary Tale for Kitsap
County Bean Counters (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Should Officials Park Take-Home Vehicles? Studies
find providing key workers with autos can be beneficial (Vancouver Columbian,
WA)
GENERAL NEWS
US Army Sergeant Kills 16 in Afghan Villages (Associated
Press)
Soldier Suspected in Killing of 16 Afghan Civilians
is from JBLM (Olympian, WA)
Suspect in Grays Harbor Courthouse Attack Arrested
After His Mom Called Cops (Associated Press)
Cowlitz County Deputies Arrest Two Wanted for
Murder in Olympia (Oregonian, Portland)
Timber Jobs to Service Sector Jobs - Wild Olympics
Report (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Area Gas Prices Up 46 Cents in a Month (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
Jupiter & Venus to Dance Together This Week
Wily, Elusive Foragers Invade Upstate New York
Love Letters Reveal a Romantic Richard Nixon
Woman Gives Birth to Son Weighing Nearly 14 Pounds
SONG OF THE DAY
Michael
Buble - You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
