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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Regulators Approve Puget Sound
Energy, Centralia Power Deal (SNL Financial)
Pacific Northwest Power Markets First to Respond to
Developing Cold Snap (SNL Financial)
Wave Broadband Buys Washington State Fiber Partner
(CED Magazine)
The States with the Most Data Centers Are Also the
Most Disaster-Prone (GigaOM)
Oregon
- New Solar Panels Glisten in the High Desert Sun (Bonneville Power
Administration)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington State Regulators Approve Puget Sound Energy, Centralia Power Deal
- Pacific Northwest Power Markets First to Respond to Developing Cold Snap
- Bonneville Power Administration Shows Power Line Plans in Camas
- Bonneville Power Administration Asked to Extend Public Comment Deadline for Proposed Transmission Line
- Thurston PUD Seeks New Commissioner Applicants
- For December Storm Assistance - Mason County PUD 1 Thanks PUD 3
- Can One Project Redefine Power Delivery? The Pacific Northwest demonstration project begins its ambitious price-based power control system
- Wholesale Electricity Prices Declined Nationwide in 2012, EIA Says
- After Hundreds of Bee Stings & Thousands of Volts, Tree Trimmer Eager to Get Back to Work
- Oregon - New Solar Panels Glisten in the High Desert Sun
- California Hits a Renewable Energy Milestone – One Gigawatt
- Turning Brownfields into Brightfields with Solar Energy
- Wind Industry Awaits Tax Guidance on PTC Rule
- UK Ecologist: ‘Wind Farms Driving Birds, Bats to Extinction’
- Energy Efficiency Tax Credits Are Back Just in Time
- Energy Efficiency: Big Deals & New Ideas
- Editorial - Grass-Roots Climate Fight: Eugene is at the forefront of nationwide effort
- Editorial - Hot Enough for You?
- Port of Pasco Gives Biofuels Manufacturer Green Power New Eviction Deadline
- SOCCKET Energy-Generating Soccer Ball Powers Up Poor Villages
- Wave Broadband Buys Washington State Fiber Partner
- The States with the Most Data Centers Are Also the Most Disaster-Prone
- Op/Ed - Orcas Power & Light Democratic Principles Tested by Broadband Initiative
- Op/Ed - The Broadband Economy: A Square Deal All Around
- Catching A WISP of Rural Broadband Strategy
- FCC Blames Phone Companies for Derecho 911 Outages
- Governor-Elect Jay Inslee Announces New Slate of Appointments
- Blue State - Inslee Still Resisting Tax Increases
- Red State - Inslee Won’t Rule Out Tax Hikes
- Flu Now ‘Widespread’ in Washington State
- Worst Flu Outbreak in Recent History Strikes United States
- Special Weather Statement - Icy Roads Will Present a Travel Hazard through Sunday, at Least
- Preparing Your Water Pipes for the Cold Weather
- Boeing Dreamliner Hit By Two More Mishaps in Japan
- Corrections Workers Rally at Washington Statehouse
- Olympian Newspaper Has Pending Pay-Wall for Online Readers
- Even Amid Scandal, People Will Defend Their Favorite Brands
WORD OF THE DAY
Realia • \ree-ALL-ee-yuh\ • Noun plural - Objects
or activities used to relate classroom teaching to the real life especially of
peoples studied
It finally dawned on the auto shop teacher that an alcohol
fueled dragster was not the appropriate realia for his lecture on piston
compression. The thundering engine not only kept his students from hearing anything
he had to say…but the class clown’s shouting of “SUNDAY…SUNDAY…SUNDAY” led the
class to what was left of their distraction.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington State Regulators Approve Puget Sound
Energy, Centralia Power Deal (SNL Financial)
Pacific Northwest Power Markets First to Respond to
Developing Cold Snap (SNL Financial)
Bonneville Power Administration Shows Power Line
Plans in Camas - Open house is first of six community forums on proposed
79-mile project (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Asked to Extend
Public Comment Deadline for Proposed Transmission Line (Oregonian, Portland)
Thurston PUD Seeks New Commissioner Applicants
(Bellingham Herald, WA)
For December Storm Assistance – Mason County PUD 1
Thanks PUD 3 (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Can
One Project Redefine Power Delivery? The Pacific Northwest demonstration
project begins its ambitious price-based power control system (GreenTech Media)
Wholesale Electricity Prices Declined Nationwide in
2012, EIA Says (American Public Power Association)
After Hundreds of Bee Stings & Thousands of
Volts, Tree Trimmer Eager to Get Back to Work (Gawker)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon
- New Solar Panels Glisten in the High Desert Sun (Bonneville Power
Administration)
California Hits a Renewable Energy Milestone –
One Gigawatt (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Turning
Brownfields into Brightfields with Solar Energy (The Energy Collective)
Wind
Industry Awaits Tax Guidance on PTC Rule (Politico, Washington, DC)
UK
Ecologist: ‘Wind Farms Driving Birds, Bats to Extinction’ (KCET-TV, Burbank,
CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy
Efficiency Tax Credits Are Back Just in Time (The Energy Collective)
Energy
Efficiency: Big Deals & New Ideas (Renewable Energy World)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Editorial
- Grass-Roots Climate Fight: Eugene is at the forefront of nationwide effort
(Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Editorial
- Hot Enough for You? (Washington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Port
of Pasco Gives Biofuels Manufacturer Green Power New Eviction Deadline (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
SOCCKET
Energy-Generating Soccer Ball Powers Up Poor Villages (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Wave Broadband Buys Washington State Fiber Partner
(CED Magazine)
The States with the Most Data Centers Are Also the
Most Disaster-Prone (GigaOM)
Op/Ed - Orcas Power & Light Democratic
Principles Tested by Broadband Initiative (San Juan Journal, Friday Harbor, WA)
Op/Ed - The Broadband Economy: A Square Deal All
Around (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Catching A WISP of Rural Broadband Strategy (Fierce
Broadband Wireless)
FCC Blames Phone Companies for Derecho 911 Outages (USA
Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Governor-Elect Jay
Inslee Announces New Slate of Appointments (Washington State Governor’s
Transition Office)
Blue State - Inslee Still Resisting Tax Increases (Associated
Press)
Red State - Inslee Won’t Rule Out Tax Hikes (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Flu
Now ‘Widespread’ in Washington State (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Worst Flu Outbreak
in Recent History Strikes United States (U-S News & World Report)
Special Weather Statement - Icy Roads Will Present
a Travel Hazard through Sunday, at Least (National Weather Service, Seattle)
Preparing
Your Water Pipes for the Cold Weather (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Boeing Dreamliner Hit By Two More Mishaps in Japan (Reuters)
Corrections Workers Rally at Washington Statehouse (Northwest
Public Radio)
Olympian Newspaper Has Pending Pay-Wall for Online
Readers (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Even Amid Scandal, People Will Defend Their
Favorite Brands (Mashable)
DIVERSIONS
Fishermen Take $1 Million Marlin Fight to Court
Star Trek-Inspired ‘CommBadge’ Gives You Handsfree
Access to iPhone, Android
Going Inside the DayGlo Factory Is a Mind Bending
Colorful Trip
Stative Verbs – I’m Lovin’ Them - You know much
more than you think you do about something you may never have heard of
SONG OF THE DAY
Beethoven
- Symphony No.3 in E Flat Major, “Eroica”, First Movement
