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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
NERC Bulk System Definition Revised - Would
specifically exclude facilities used for electricity distribution. It also
addresses assets such as radial lines and local networks, among others
(Electric Co-op Today)
Congresswoman Herrera Beutler to Pursue 'Renewable
Energy' Classification for Hydroelectric Sources (Longview Daily News, WA)
Canadian Hydro Producers Eye Growing US Market for
Low Carbon Electricity Supply (Midwest Energy News)
Army Corps of Engineers Looks to Save Salmon from
Caspian Terns (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Two Main Sticking Points Stalling Progress on
Washington State Budget (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- NERC Bulk System Definition Revised - Would specifically exclude facilities used for electricity distribution
- Congresswoman Herrera Beutler to Pursue 'Renewable Energy' Classification for Hydroelectric Sources
- Canadian Hydro Producers Eye Growing US Market for Low Carbon Electricity Supply
- Public Meeting Set to Discuss Puget Sound Energy Response to January Storms
- Fitch Rates Energy Northwest’s Revenue & Refunding Bonds 'AA'; Outlook Stable
- USEC Officials Say 2012 Will Be Key to Company's Uranium Supply Future
- American Public Power Association Passes Grays Harbor PUD Resolution
- Reviewing Near-Miss Safety Incidents - Interview with Bruce Meaker, Snohomish County PUD
- Former Columbian Newspaper Business Editor to Run for Clark PUD Board
- A Drill to Replace Crucial Transformers - Not the Hollywood Kind
- Feds Probe Equipment Failure at California Nuclear Power Plant
- Pennsylvania - Record Fine for Alleged Manipulation of Electricity Market
- US Natural Gas Supplies Shrank Last Week
- Line Relocation - AT&T Asks Wisconsin to Make Milwaukee Pay for Streetcar Utility Costs
- Army Corps of Engineers Looks to Save Salmon from Caspian Terns
- Reports Show More Lower Columbia Spring Chinook Action & Excellent for Walleye in the Dalles & John Day Pools
- Feds Say Wyoming Tribe's Bald Eagle Hunting Permit a First
- That's Fishy: Feds Fight Fraud in Seafood Sizes
- Insecticides in Bird Seed - Scotts Miracle-Gro Pleads Guilty to Breaking Federal Pesticide Law
- Groups Criticize Yakima Basin Water Plan Proposal
- Portland Won't Have to Build $70M Water Treatment Plant
- British Columbia, US States to Co-Ordinate Response to Tsunami Debris
- Study Sees More Wood Fuel in Washington State Forests
- Hydropower to Maintain Majority Share of Renewable Capacity through 2020
- How Sustainable is Wind Power?
- US Solar & Wind Industries Expand
- Solar Industry More than Doubles Capacity
- Werkhoven Dairy's Green Efforts are Rewarded
- Seattle’s LED Streetlights as Much about Safety as Savings
- Landlord Pitches Energy Savings to Tenants & Saves $1.7 Million
- How Much Energy Do Your Appliances Use?
- Sea Level Studies: US Coasts Even More Vulnerable than Previously Thought
- West Coast Governors Predict Massive Uptick in 'Clean Economy' Jobs
- Study: Young People Not So 'Green' After All
- Clearwire, Leap Ink Wholesale Contract
- Bloom Energy Launches Data Center Focus for Its Fuel Cells
- Flush a Toilet & Cool Google’s Data Center
- Repeat after Me: Business is Always About the Customer
- Two Main Sticking Points Stalling Progress on Washington State Budget
- Budget Centric? Range Of Bills to Get New Life in Washington State’s Special Session
- Washington State Supreme Court Authorizes Redistricting Boundaries for 2012 Elections
- Jay Inslee Defends Resignation from Congress for Gubernatorial Run
- Gay Marriage Opponents Revving Up Petitions for Referendum 74
- Flood Watch for Skokomish River in Mason County
- Death of Washington State Boy Third Gun Accident in Three Weeks
- Allyn Couple Charged with Assault in Armin Jahr Shooting to Appear in Court
- Bill Shouldn’t Affect Olympic Peninsula Wood Stoves
- Washington State’s Work-Related Deaths at All-Time Low
- Mason County Commissioner Races Starting to Fill Up
- Karma - Goldman Stunned by Op-Ed Loses $2.2 Billion for Shareholders
- US Wholesale Prices Tame Outside Costlier Gas
WORD OF THE DAY
Ambivalence • \am-BIV-uh-lunt\ • Noun - 1:
simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (as attraction and
repulsion) toward an object, person, or action 2a: continual fluctuation (as
between one thing and its opposite) b: uncertainty as to which approach to
follow.
“How do you feel about using the word ambivalence
in this sentence?” asked the fresh-faced editor to his retiring, grizzled crime
reporter. “I don’t know, it doesn’t really matter, whatever,” was the listless
reply from the short-timer…who was gazing out the window at the shoes of the pedestrians
walking by his dirty, ground floor window.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
NERC Bulk System Definition Revised - Would
specifically exclude facilities used for electricity distribution. It also
addresses assets such as radial lines and local networks, among others
(Electric Co-op Today)
Congresswoman Herrera Beutler to Pursue 'Renewable
Energy' Classification for Hydroelectric Sources (Longview Daily News, WA)
Canadian Hydro Producers Eye Growing US Market for
Low Carbon Electricity Supply (Midwest Energy News)
Public Meeting Set to Discuss Puget Sound Energy Response
to January Storms (Olympian, WA)
Fitch Rates Energy Northwest’s Revenue &
Refunding Bonds 'AA'; Outlook Stable (Yahoo Finance)
USEC Officials Say 2012 Will Be Key to Company's Uranium
Supply Future – Are in talks with the Bonneville Power Administration to supply
low-enriched uranium to Energy Northwest's Columbia nuclear unit (Platts – BTW,
Energy Northwest is NOT a subsidiary of BPA)
American Public Power Association Passes Grays
Harbor PUD Resolution (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
Reviewing Near-Miss Safety Incidents - Interview
with Bruce Meaker, Snohomish County PUD (Water Power Magazine)
Former Columbian Newspaper Business Editor to Run for
Clark PUD Board (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
A Drill to Replace Crucial Transformers - Not the
Hollywood Kind (NY Times)
Feds Probe Equipment Failure at California Nuclear
Power Plant (Associated Press)
Pennsylvania - Record Fine for Alleged Manipulation
of Electricity Market: Some of the $245 million that Constellation Energy has
agreed to pay will end up helping Pennsylvania (Allentown Morning Call, PA)
US Natural Gas Supplies Shrank Last Week (Associated
Press)
Line Relocation - AT&T Asks Wisconsin to Make
Milwaukee Pay for Streetcar Utility Costs (Business Journal for Greater
Milwaukee, WI)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Army Corps of Engineers Looks to Save Salmon from
Caspian Terns (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Reports Show More Lower Columbia Spring Chinook
Action & Excellent for Walleye in the Dalles & John Day Pools (Seattle Times)
Feds Say Wyoming Tribe's Bald Eagle Hunting Permit
a First (Associated Press)
That's Fishy: Feds Fight Fraud in Seafood Sizes (Associated
Press)
Insecticides in Bird Seed - Scotts Miracle-Gro
Pleads Guilty to Breaking Federal Pesticide Law (Environmental News Service)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Groups
Criticize Yakima Basin Water Plan Proposal (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Portland
Won't Have to Build $70M Water Treatment Plant (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
British
Columbia, US States to Co-Ordinate Response to Tsunami Debris (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Study
Sees More Wood Fuel in Washington State Forests (Associated Press)
Hydropower
to Maintain Majority Share of Renewable Capacity through 2020 (Electric Light
& Power)
How
Sustainable is Wind Power? (Oregon Catalyst)
US
Solar & Wind Industries Expand (USA Today)
Solar
Industry More than Doubles Capacity (Washington
Post)
Werkhoven
Dairy's Green Efforts are Rewarded (Snohomish County Business Journal)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Seattle’s
LED Streetlights as Much about Safety as Savings (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
Landlord
Pitches Energy Savings to Tenants & Saves $1.7 Million (E&E Publishing)
How
Much Energy Do Your Appliances Use? (Winter Park Observer, FL)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Sea
Level Studies: US Coasts Even More Vulnerable than Previously Thought (Christian Science Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
West
Coast Governors Predict Massive Uptick in 'Clean Economy' Jobs (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Study:
Young People Not So 'Green' After All (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Clearwire, Leap Ink Wholesale Contract (Associated
Press)
Bloom Energy Launches Data Center Focus for Its
Fuel Cells (GigaOM)
Flush a Toilet & Cool Google’s Data Center (Gigaom)
Repeat after Me: Business is Always About the
Customer (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Two Main Sticking Points Stalling Progress on Washington
State Budget (Associated Press)
Budget Centric? Range Of Bills to Get New Life in Washington
State’s Special Session (Associated Press)
Washington State Supreme Court Authorizes
Redistricting Boundaries for 2012 Elections (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Jay Inslee Defends Resignation from Congress for
Gubernatorial Run (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Gay Marriage Opponents Revving Up Petitions for
Referendum 74 (KING-TV, Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
Flood Watch for Skokomish River in Mason County (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Death of Washington State Boy Third Gun Accident in
Three Weeks (Associated Press)
Allyn Couple Charged with Assault in Armin Jahr Shooting
to Appear in Court (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Bill Shouldn’t Affect Olympic Peninsula Wood Stoves
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Washington State’s Work-Related Deaths at All-Time
Low - On-the-job motor vehicle accidents were the leading cause of workplace
fatalities (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Mason County Commissioner Races Starting to Fill Up
(Mason Web TV)
Karma - Goldman Stunned by Op-Ed Loses $2.2 Billion
for Shareholders (Bloomberg News)
US Wholesale Prices Tame Outside Costlier Gas (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
Cringeworthy - Darling Celebrity Bunny Accidentally
Crushed by Cameraman
Jury: New Jersey Lottery Winner Cheated Co-Workers
Pope Benedict Orders His Own Personal Fragrance
"Antiques
Roadshow" Find Could Fetch $1 Million at Auction
SONG OF THE DAY
Marty
Robbins - Among My Souvenirs
