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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Rulings against Bonneville, WAPA Could Mean
Electricity Rebates for California Consumers (Associated Press)
Former Enron CEO Could Be Released Years Early in
Deal with Justice Department (Associated Press)
Mark A. Gabriel is new administrator at Western
Area Power Administration (American Public Power
Association)
Feds Recommend Removing Four Dams On the Klamath
River (Northwest Public Radio)
Study
Critiques Washington State’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (South Sound Business
Examiner)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Rulings against Bonneville, WAPA Could Mean Electricity Rebates for California Consumers
- Former Enron CEO Could Be Released Years Early in Deal with Justice Department
- Mark A. Gabriel is new administrator at Western Area Power Administration
- Douglas PUD Earns National Distinction for Reliability
- Seattle City Light Worker to Pay Fine over Calls, Email for Avon Sales
- BPA Offering $20,000 in Science & Energy Education Grants
- Snohomish County PUD Contest Honors 17 Young Artists
- Explosion Rocks Georgia Power Plant - Reports 4 Minor Injuries
- Fukushima Nuclear Plant's Cooling System Fails
- U-S Natural Gas Supplies Shrank Last Week
- Feds Recommend Removing Four Dams On the Klamath River
- Editorial - Honor Treaties with Native Americans, Restore Salmon
- East Siders Wary of Extending Spring Chinook Fishing in Lower Columbia
- Audio - Colorado Farmers Scramble to Find Irrigation Water
- Study Critiques Washington State’s Renewable Portfolio Standard
- Wind Industry in Holding Pattern, Awaiting New Tax Rules
- Pacific Gas & Electric Cancels Solar Power Contract with BrightSource Energy
- The Limits of Renewable Energy
- Are Feed-In Tariffs a ‘Subsidy’ for a Small Group of Utility Customers?
- Wood: The Fuel of the Future - Environmental Lunacy in Europe
- Bonfire of the Subsidies - Europe’s Wood Subsidies Show the Folly of Focusing Green Policy on “Renewables”
- France Geothermal Energy Debate: When Is Fracking not Fracking?
- Idaho Power Cutting Back Its Demand Response Programs
- Save Electricity: Don’t Turn Off Your Printer
- The Remote-Controlled ‘Smart House’
- The Ultimate Climate Change FAQ - What Is Climate Finance & Where Will It Come From?
- What Happens To Recycled Batteries?
- Here’s What Happens When You Bring Them (batteries) to Mason County PUD No. 3
- Assert Your Dominance Over the Sun With a Solar Charging Patio Umbrella
- Internet-Based Attacks Hit Emergency Call Centers. What's the Damage?
- Cable Angry About Higher 6 Mbps FCC Broadband Definition
- Magid: New 'Facebook Phone' Could Be Dangerous for Social Media Addicts
- Washington State House Issues 'No-Frills' Transportation Budget
- Obama Seeks Deal, Proposes Cuts to Social Security
- 14-Year-Old Dead After Car Crashes Into Kitsap County Creek
- Smile When You Speed - Radar-Triggered Camera Coming To I-5 in Washington State
- Washington State Tourism Alliance Fights for Funding
- Salish Cliffs Golf Club near Shelton Earns National Accolades
- Promotional Videos for Shelton WA
- Union Resort to Resume Former RV Operations
- Stern Calls Kings Relocation Process 'Complex,' May Delay Vote
WORD OF THE DAY
Hackneyed
• \HACK-need\ • Adjective - Lacking in freshness or originality
Well,
I guess today’s word of the day “is what it is.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Rulings against Bonneville, WAPA Could Mean
Electricity Rebates for California Consumers (Associated Press)
Former Enron CEO Could Be Released Years Early in
Deal with Justice Department (Associated Press)
Mark A. Gabriel is new administrator at Western
Area Power Administration (American Public Power
Association)
Douglas PUD Earns National Distinction for
Reliability (Quad City Herald, Brewster, WA)
Seattle City Light Worker to Pay Fine over Calls,
Email for Avon Sales (Seattle Times, WA)
BPA Offering $20,000 in Science & Energy
Education Grants (Albany Tribune, OR)
Snohomish County PUD Contest Honors 17 Young
Artists (Everett Herald, WA)
Explosion
Rocks Georgia Power Plant - Reports 4 Minor Injuries (Rome News Tribune, GA)
Fukushima Nuclear Plant's Cooling System Fails (USA Today)
U-S
Natural Gas Supplies Shrank Last Week (Associated
Press)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Feds Recommend Removing Four Dams On the Klamath
River (Northwest Public Radio)
Editorial - Honor Treaties with Native Americans,
Restore Salmon (Seattle Times, WA)
East Siders Wary of Extending Spring Chinook
Fishing in Lower Columbia (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Audio
- Colorado Farmers Scramble to Find Irrigation Water (National Public Radio)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Study
Critiques Washington State’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (South Sound Business
Examiner)
Wind
Industry in Holding Pattern, Awaiting New Tax Rules (Christian Science Monitor)
Pacific
Gas & Electric Cancels Solar Power Contract with BrightSource Energy (Power
Engineering)
The
Limits of Renewable Energy (Washington Post)
Are
Feed-In Tariffs a ‘Subsidy’ for a Small Group of Utility Customers? (Midwest
Energy News)
Wood:
The Fuel of the Future - Environmental Lunacy in Europe (The Economist)
Bonfire
of the Subsidies - Europe’s Wood Subsidies Show the Folly of Focusing Green
Policy on “Renewables” (The Economist)
France
Geothermal Energy Debate: When Is Fracking not Fracking? (Renewable Energy
World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Idaho
Power Cutting Back Its Demand Response Programs (Renew-Grid)
Save
Electricity: Don’t Turn Off Your Printer (Consumerist)
The
Remote-Controlled ‘Smart House’ (Washington
Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The
Ultimate Climate Change FAQ - What Is Climate Finance & Where Will It Come
From? (The Guardian, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
What
Happens To Recycled Batteries? (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Here’s
What Happens When You Bring Them to Mason County PUD No. 3 (Mason County PUD
No. 3)
Assert
Your Dominance Over the Sun With a Solar Charging Patio Umbrella (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet-Based Attacks Hit Emergency Call Centers.
What's the Damage? (Christian Science Monitor)
Cable Angry About Higher 6 Mbps FCC Broadband
Definition (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Magid: New 'Facebook Phone' Could Be Dangerous for
Social Media Addicts (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State House Issues 'No-Frills'
Transportation Budget (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-House-issues-no-frills-transportation-budget-201517751.html
Obama Seeks Deal, Proposes Cuts to Social Security (Associated
Press)
GENERAL NEWS
14-Year-Old Dead After Car Crashes Into Kitsap
County Creek (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Smile When You Speed - Radar-Triggered Camera
Coming To I-5 in Washington State (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Radar-triggered-camera-coming-to-I-5-in-Washington-201568431.html
Washington State Tourism Alliance Fights for
Funding (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Salish Cliffs Golf Club near Shelton Earns National
Accolades (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Promotional Videos for Shelton WA (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Union Resort to Resume Former RV Operations (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Stern Calls Kings Relocation Process 'Complex,' May
Delay Vote (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Film
Critic Roger Ebert Dead at 70
Maple
Syrup Miscreants Now Illegally Tapping Trees in Maine
NYC
'Zombie' Finds Long Island Cat in Times Square
Giant
tarantula discovered in Sri Lanka
SONG OF THE DAY
Citizen
Kane Overture - Bernard Herrmann
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