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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Supreme Court
Rejects Ninth Circuit Determination That Moving Water through a Conduit is a
“Discharge” - Dam Operators Remain Safe from Clean Water Act Liability (GTH
Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
January 16 - CEO
& Administrator for Bonneville Power Administration to Speak in Shelton
(Mason County PUD No. 3)
Google
Invests $200 Million in Texas Wind Farm, Backed a Hoover Dam Worth of Clean
Power (GigaOM)
Shelton Man Killed
in Olympia Traffic Accident Identified (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Colder & Drier Weather Ahead (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Supreme Court Rejects Ninth Circuit Determination That Moving Water through a Conduit is a “Discharge” - Dam Operators Remain Safe from Clean Water Act Liability
- January 16 - CEO & Administrator for Bonneville Power Administration to Speak in Shelton
- Chelan County PUD Invites Outage-Plagued Lake Wenatchee-Area Residents to Chat Friday
- Grant County PUD Advises: Use Generators with Care & Commons Sense
- North Central Washington PUD’s - Commissioners Name Officers for 2013
- Wahkiakum PUD Evaluating Cost of West End Meetings
- Opponents Seek to Derail Montana Coal Line
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Fell Last Week
- Pacific Gas & Electric Sets Up Utility Career Training Program for Women
- United Kingdom - Swan Cuts Off Town’s Energy after Flying into Electricity Line
- Downsized Salmon Run Predicted for Wind River
- Hudson’s Bay - Locals Say Shifting Sea Ice Frees Trapped Orca Whales
- Google Invests $200 Million in Texas Wind Farm, Backed a Hoover Dam Worth of Clean Power
- Wind Energy: Twisting & Turning & Getting Bent out of Shape
- Determining Wind Turbine Reliability: Test, Test, then Test Again
- In The Hottest Year, The Northwest Was … Wet
- FCC Chair Announces Plan to Free Up Airwaves for Better Wi-Fi
- A Peek Inside China’s Internet Giants & Their Massive Scale
- Internet Co-Creator Says U-S Broadband Competition Has ‘Evaporated’
- Washington State Governor-Elect Jay Inslee Appoints Budget Director
- Washington State Legislature’s Bipartisan Coalition Questioned
- Ethics Hearing Begins for Former Top Washington Prisons Official
- Op/Ed - Norm Dicks Has Shown Political Passion, Community Compassion
- Shelton Man Killed in Olympia Traffic Accident Identified
- Shelton, WA Commute is Worse than Seattle’s?
- Should Motorists Pay by the Mile to Drive?
- Virginia Could Be First State to Drop Gas Tax
- Montesano Public Works Department Investigated After Complaints Filed
- Colder & Drier Weather Ahead
- Hay Rustlers on the Prowl - As Drought Pushes Up the Price of Hay, Thefts Are on the Rise
- Tacoma the Gayest City in America, Says ‘Advocate’
WORD OF THE DAY
Apollonian
• \app-uh-LAWN-nee-un\ • Adjective - 1: of, relating to, or resembling the god
Apollo 2: harmonious, measured, ordered, or balanced in character
The
newly elected official slid smoothly into the plush, heavy leather chair at his
desk; the latest “throne of power” In the state. His apollonian demeanor belied
a seething need to get things done, flashes revealed in the quick, elaborate
signature that flowed from a heavy, gold-planted fountain pen during official
signing ceremonies.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Supreme Court
Rejects Ninth Circuit Determination That Moving Water through a Conduit is a “Discharge”
- Dam Operators Remain Safe from Clean Water Act Liability (GTH Energy &
Natural Resources Law Blog)
January 16 - CEO
& Administrator for Bonneville Power Administration to Speak in Shelton (Mason
County PUD No. 3)
Chelan County PUD Invites
Outage-Plagued Lake Wenatchee-Area Residents to Chat Friday (Wenatchee World,
WA)
Grant County PUD Advises: Use Generators with Care &
Commons Sense (Crescent Bar Chronicle, WA)
North Central Washington
PUD’s - Commissioners Name Officers for 2013 (Wenatchee World, WA)
Wahkiakum PUD Evaluating
Cost of West End Meetings (Wahkiakum Eagle, Skamokawa, WA)
Opponents Seek to
Derail Montana Coal Line (Associated Press)
U-S Natural Gas
Supplies Fell Last Week (Associated Press)
Pacific Gas & Electric
Sets Up Utility Career Training Program for Women (San Francisco Business
Times, CA)
United Kingdom - Swan
Cuts Off Town’s Energy after Flying into Electricity Line (The Daily Record
& Sunday Mail, UK)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Downsized Salmon Run Predicted for Wind River (Bend
Bulletin, OR)
Hudson’s Bay - Locals Say Shifting Sea Ice Frees
Trapped Orca Whales (USA Today)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Google
Invests $200 Million in Texas Wind Farm, Backed a Hoover Dam Worth of Clean
Power (GigaOM)
Wind
Energy: Twisting & Turning & Getting Bent out of Shape (Forbes Magazine)
Determining
Wind Turbine Reliability: Test, Test, then Test Again (Renewable Energy World)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
In
The Hottest Year, The Northwest Was … Wet (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FCC Chair Announces Plan to Free Up Airwaves for
Better Wi-Fi (Washington Post)
A Peek Inside China’s Internet Giants & Their
Massive Scale (GigaOM)
Internet Co-Creator Says U-S Broadband Competition
Has ‘Evaporated’ (Bgr Media)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Governor-Elect Jay Inslee Appoints
Budget Director (Seattle Times)
Washington State Legislature’s Bipartisan Coalition
Questioned (Oregonian, Portland)
Ethics Hearing Begins for Former Top Washington
Prisons Official (Northwest Public Radio)
Op/Ed - Norm Dicks Has Shown Political Passion,
Community Compassion (Wenatchee World, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Man Killed
in Olympia Traffic Accident Identified (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Shelton, WA Commute is Worse than Seattle’s? (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
Should Motorists Pay by the Mile to Drive? (KOMO-TV,
Seattle)
Virginia Could Be First State to Drop Gas Tax (USA
Today)
Montesano Public Works Department Investigated
After Complaints Filed (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Colder & Drier Weather Ahead (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
Hay Rustlers on the Prowl - As Drought Pushes Up the
Price of Hay, Thefts Are on the Rise (Seattle Times)
Tacoma the Gayest City in America, Says ‘Advocate’ (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Monopoly to Add a New Token
National Geographic Photo Contest Winners:
Congress Less
Popular than Cockroaches, Traffic Jams
Seattle Flag Flies Proudly Over D-C after Seahawks Win
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Pretenders - Thin Line Between Love & Hate
Annie
Lennox - Thin Line Between Love & Hate
The
Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love & Hate
