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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Grays Harbor PUD Commissioner Delivers Message on
Power Preference (The Daily News, Aberdeen, WA)
Winter Storm Warning for Hood Canal Area (National
Weather Service, Seattle)
Montana - Winds Snap Power Lines, Trees (Daily
Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_bdd2b5ae-6d83-11e1-ae39-001871e3ce6c.html
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_bdd2b5ae-6d83-11e1-ae39-001871e3ce6c.html
Washington
State Biomass Report Says Slash Extraction Won’t Hurt Forests (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Seattle
Biomass Developer Threatens to Sue Biomass Opponent (No Biomass Burn)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grays Harbor PUD Commissioner Delivers Message on Power Preference
- Montana - Winds Snap Power Lines, Trees
- Clallam PUD Warns of Possible Rate Increases
- Congresswoman Herrera Beutler to Collect Hydropower Input
- Washington State Metal Theft Bill Close to Becoming Law
- Editorial - Two Central Washington Steps toward Buttressing Energy Supply
- US Senator Wants Yucca Mountain Fees Rebated to Electricity Customers
- BC Hydro Seeks $1.35 Billion Upgrade to Campbell River Power Station
- Canada - Electricity Rates Frozen as Alberta Regulatory Review Powers Ahead
- Editorial - Utilities Play a Key Role in Economic Development
- Native Fish Society Fights Oregon Hatchery on Sandy River
- US Army Corps of Engineers - Kennewick Meeting Tonight On Birds & Salmon
- Recreational Hood Canal Shrimp Fishing to Open
- Mason County Continues Hearing on Belfair Sewer Connection Code
- Washington State Biomass Report Says Slash Extraction Won’t Hurt Forests
- Seattle Biomass Developer Threatens to Sue Biomass Opponent
- US Senator’s Green-Energy Tax Break Plan Falls Short
- Renewable Energy Will Cost Grid More: MIT
- Powin Energy Taking Advantage of Booming Utility-Scale Market
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Invest with Natcore in $150,000 Black Silicon Research Project
- Solar Energy Brings Food, Water, and Light to West Africa
- Solar Flares Knock HughesNet Satellite Offline - Service Offline Most of Tuesday...
- Google Launches Free Small Business Website Initiative in Oregon
- AT&T Discusses Settlement after iPhone Customer Wins Small-Claims Case Alleging It Slowed His 'Unlimited' Data
- Judge Rewrites Washington State Ballot Language on Gay Marriage
- Sixth District Congressional Race - Derek Kilmer Gets a Campaign Manager: Maria Cantwell’s
- Winter Storm Warning for Hood Canal Area
- Hood Canal Braces for Possible Eight Inches of New Snow
- Storm Brings Snow, Wind & Cold to Oregon Coast; More Expected Wednesday
- Three-Year-Old-Boy Accidentally Kills Himself with Gun Found in Car
- Mother, Boyfriend Face Assault Charges in Bremerton School Shooting
- Jobless Numbers Up Throughout South Sound during January
- Terri Jeffreys Running for Mason County Commissioner
- Shelton School Board to Lower Academic Eligibility Standards
WORD OF THE DAY
Nugatory • \NEW-guh-tor-ree\ • Adjective - 1: of
little or no consequence: trifling, inconsequential 2: having no force:
inoperative
“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which
to place it and I shall move the world,” boasted Archimedes to his drinking
buddies. “Nice line,” muttered Conon of Samos into his goblet of harsh, potent wine.
“But you will never have long enough arms, to reach the end of the lever.
Therefore your statement is nugatory in the extreme.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grays Harbor PUD Commissioner Delivers Message on
Power Preference (The Daily News, Aberdeen, WA)
Montana - Winds Snap Power Lines, Trees (Daily
Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_bdd2b5ae-6d83-11e1-ae39-001871e3ce6c.html
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_bdd2b5ae-6d83-11e1-ae39-001871e3ce6c.html
Clallam PUD Warns of Possible Rate Increases (Sequim
Gazette, WA)
http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2012-03-14_clallam_pud_warns_of_possible_rate_increases
http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2012-03-14_clallam_pud_warns_of_possible_rate_increases
Congresswoman Herrera Beutler to Collect Hydropower
Input - To meet privately with businesses, utilities (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Washington State Metal Theft Bill Close to Becoming
Law (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Editorial - Two Central Washington Steps toward
Buttressing Energy Supply (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
US Senator Wants Yucca Mountain Fees Rebated to
Electricity Customers (Modesto Bee, CA)
BC Hydro Seeks $1.35 Billion Upgrade to Campbell
River Power Station (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Canada - Electricity Rates Frozen as Alberta Regulatory
Review Powers Ahead (Calgary Sun, Alberta)
Editorial - Utilities Play a Key Role in Economic
Development (Savannah Morning News, GA)
http://savannahnow.com/bluffton-news/2012-03-14/utilities-play-key-role-economic-development#.T2DXCPUmx8E
http://savannahnow.com/bluffton-news/2012-03-14/utilities-play-key-role-economic-development#.T2DXCPUmx8E
FISH & WILDLIFE
Native Fish Society Fights Oregon Hatchery on
Sandy River (Courthouse News Service)
US Army Corps of Engineers - Kennewick Meeting
Tonight On Birds & Salmon (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Recreational Hood Canal Shrimp Fishing to Open (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason
County Continues Hearing on Belfair Sewer Connection Code (Mason Web TV)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Washington
State Biomass Report Says Slash Extraction Won’t Hurt Forests (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Seattle
Biomass Developer Threatens to Sue Biomass Opponent (No Biomass Burn)
US
Senator’s Green-Energy Tax Break Plan Falls Short (The Hill)
Renewable
Energy Will Cost Grid More: MIT (AOL Energy)
Powin
Energy Taking Advantage of Booming Utility-Scale Market (Daily Journal Of Commerce,
Oregon)
National
Renewable Energy Laboratory to Invest with Natcore in $150,000 Black Silicon
Research Project (MarketWatch)
Solar
Energy Brings Food, Water, and Light to West Africa (National Geographic)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2012/03/120314-solar-drip-irrigation-in-benin-africa/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Solar Flares Knock HughesNet Satellite Offline - Service
Offline Most of Tuesday... (Broadband Reports)
Google Launches Free Small Business Website
Initiative in Oregon (Oregonian, Portland)
AT&T Discusses Settlement after iPhone Customer
Wins Small-Claims Case Alleging It Slowed His 'Unlimited' Data (Associated
Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Judge Rewrites Washington State Ballot Language on
Gay Marriage (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Sixth District Congressional Race - Derek Kilmer Gets
a Campaign Manager: Maria Cantwell’s (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Winter Storm Warning for Hood Canal Area (National
Weather Service, Seattle)
Hood Canal Braces for Possible Eight Inches of New
Snow (KING-TV, Seattle)
Storm Brings Snow, Wind & Cold to Oregon Coast;
More Expected Wednesday (Oregonian, Portland)
Three-Year-Old-Boy Accidentally Kills Himself with
Gun Found in Car (KING-TV, Seattle)
Mother, Boyfriend Face Assault Charges in Bremerton
School Shooting (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Jobless Numbers Up Throughout South Sound during January
(South Sound Business Examiner)
Terri Jeffreys Running for Mason County
Commissioner (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Shelton School Board to Lower Academic Eligibility
Standards (Mason Web TV)
DIVERSIONS
Police Take On Rising Wave of Tide Detergent Theft
Your Excuse for Pizza Tonight - Illinois Students
Measure, Eat Round Things for Pi Day
http://www.dodgeglobe.com/lifestyle/x503116102/Illinois-students-measure-eat-round-things-for-Pi-Day
John Wilkes Booth Bobbleheads? Lincoln scholar:
"Wiser Bobbleheads Prevailed"
Band of America’s 'Deceased' Customer Alive &
Well, But With Thousands in Costs
SONG OF THE DAY
Nigel
Olsson - A Little Bit of Soap
