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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Vote to Fire General
Manager (Longview Daily News, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD Names Doug Streeter as Interim
General Manager (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Fishermen Angry Over New Washington State Gillnet
Rules (Seattle Times)
REC
Silicon to Reduce Moses Lake Production (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Special Weather Statement for Stagnant Air
(National Weather Service, Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Vote to Fire General Manager
- Grays Harbor PUD Names Doug Streeter as Interim General Manager
- Jefferson PUD to Consider BPA Rate Proposal before Offering Electrical Power in April
- Port Angeles, Others, Examine Effect of Bonneville Electrical Power Billing Proposal
- New Power Lines Won’t Need to Cross Cascades in Portland General Electric, Bonneville Power Administration Deal
- Downed Power Line Cuts Off Electricity to 14,700 in Southeastern Idaho
- Mid-Columbia Legislators Put Water, Energy at Top of To-Do Lists
- County Grant May Help Cowlitz PUD Acquire Forest Service Power Line
- Steps Taken for Possible Restart at Cal Nuke Plant
- Record Heat, No Solar Means Texas is Paying 40 Times More for Power
- FEMA Changing Debris Removal Regulations
- Fitch Says Slow Growth in U-S Power Use Likely to Pressure Some in Electricity Sector
- Fishermen Angry Over New Washington State Gillnet Rules
- Feds Propose Critical Habitat for Lower Columbia Coho, Puget Sound Steelhead
- East Kitsap Designated as Steelhead Habitat
- Washington State Approves Sale of Colville Hatchery
- On Scale of 0 to 500, Beijing’s Air Quality Tops ‘Crazy Bad’ at 755
- REC Silicon to Reduce Moses Lake Production
- Ocean Policy Advisory Committee Rejects Pacific City, Netarts Wave-Energy Sites
- United Kingdom - Wind Farm Contracts to Increase Energy Bills for Families
- Free Home Efficiency Workshop with Olympia Energy Efficiency Experts
- Auditor Chides European Union over Energy Efficiency Funds
- Seattle Officials Are Calculating, Preparing for Climate Change
- Woodstove Program Works to Clear the Air
- Stony Brook University Study Reveals Harmful Effects of CFL Bulbs to Skin
- Google’s Ultrafast Internet Draws Start-Ups to Kansas City, Missouri
- Help Rural Jefferson County Get Reliable High Speed Internet
- Congressional Offices Continue to Illegally Download Movies & TV Shows
- Comcast: Some ‘Limited Basic’ Customers Won’t Need an Adapter after All
- Washington State Legislature: Power Play Puts Senate in GOP Hands
- MacEwen Takes Oath as State Rep; Sheldon Senate President Pro Tem
- Steve Duin: Will Senator Ron Wyden Take a Stand on the Chair?
- Skokomish Tribal Member Named U-S Senate Committee Director
- Massive Municipal Corruption Case in California Suburb Goes to Trial
- Special Weather Statement for Stagnant Air
- Washington State Department of Ecology Wants Your Photos of ‘King Tides’ This Week
- California’s Lumber Tax a Knot for Retailers
- Deal In Works for Sale of Oak Tree Casino in Woodland
- Investigator: Students Gut Asbestos-Filled Building - without any protective gear
WORD OF THE DAY
Taradiddle
• \tair-uh-DID-dull\ • Noun - 1: a trivial or childish lie: fib 2: pretentious
nonsense
“The
presentation may be a bunch of taradiddle, but the prime rib is excellent,”
mumbled the conservation staffer, acting the “mole” at a community meeting at
the local casino’s all-you-can-eat (but eat all you take) buffet. The gravy
stained invitation languished under the plate piled with shrimp, the card’s
elegant prose promising a presentation about how to save hundreds off an
electricity bill using a secret technology that “your electricity company doesn’t
want you to know about.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Vote to Fire General
Manager (Longview Daily News, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD Names Doug Streeter as Interim
General Manager (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Jefferson PUD to Consider BPA Rate Proposal before
Offering Electrical Power in April (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Port Angeles, Others, Examine Effect of Bonneville Electrical
Power Billing Proposal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
New Power Lines Won’t Need to Cross Cascades in
Portland General Electric, Bonneville Power Administration Deal (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Downed Power Line Cuts Off Electricity to 14,700 in
Southeastern Idaho (Associated Press)
Mid-Columbia
Legislators Put Water, Energy at Top of To-Do Lists (Tri-City Herald, WA)
County Grant May Help Cowlitz PUD Acquire Forest
Service Power Line (Longview Daily News, WA)
Steps Taken for Possible Restart at Cal Nuke Plant
(Associated Press)
Record Heat, No Solar Means Texas is Paying 40
Times More for Power (Grist Online – Note PG 13 Language)
FEMA Changing Debris Removal Regulations - Change
could be looming in the way federal regulators pay for cleanup of natural disasters
& emergencies (Electric Co-op Today)
Fitch Says Slow Growth in U-S Power Use Likely to
Pressure Some in Electricity Sector (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fishermen Angry Over New Washington State Gillnet
Rules (Seattle Times)
Feds Propose Critical Habitat for Lower Columbia
Coho, Puget Sound Steelhead (Associated Press)
East Kitsap Designated as Steelhead Habitat
(Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Washington State Approves Sale of Colville Hatchery
(Seattle Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
On
Scale of 0 to 500, Beijing’s Air Quality Tops ‘Crazy Bad’ at 755 (NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
REC
Silicon to Reduce Moses Lake Production (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Ocean
Policy Advisory Committee Rejects Pacific City, Netarts Wave-Energy Sites
(Coast River Business Journal, Astoria, OR)
United
Kingdom - Wind Farm Contracts to Increase Energy Bills for Families (The
Telegraph, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Free
Home Efficiency Workshop with Olympia Energy Efficiency Experts (Thurston Talk,
Olympia, WA)
Auditor Chides European Union over Energy
Efficiency Funds (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle
Officials Are Calculating, Preparing for Climate Change (Associated Press)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Woodstove
Program Works to Clear the Air (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Stony
Brook University Study Reveals Harmful Effects of CFL Bulbs to Skin (Stony
Brook University, NY)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google’s Ultrafast Internet Draws Start-Ups to Kansas
City, Missouri (Associated Press)
Help Rural Jefferson County Get Reliable High Speed
Internet (Petition Site)
Congressional Offices Continue to Illegally
Download Movies & TV Shows (U-S News & World Report)
Comcast: Some ‘Limited Basic’ Customers Won’t Need
an Adapter after All (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Legislature: Power Play Puts Senate
in GOP Hands (Seattle Times)
MacEwen Takes Oath as State Rep; Sheldon Senate
President Pro Tem (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Steve Duin: Will Senator Ron Wyden Take a Stand on
the Chair? Wyden taking command of the U-S Senate Committee on Energy &
Natural Resources (Oregonian, Portland)
Skokomish Tribal Member Named U-S Senate Committee
Director (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Massive Municipal Corruption Case in California
Suburb Goes to Trial (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Special Weather Statement for Stagnant Air
(National Weather Service, Seattle)
Washington State
Department of Ecology Wants Your Photos of ‘King Tides’ This Week (KING-TV,
Seattle)
California’s Lumber
Tax a Knot for Retailers (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Deal In Works for Sale of Oak Tree Casino in
Woodland (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Investigator: Students
Gut Asbestos-Filled Building - spent several weekends removing asbestos-filled
materials without any protective gear (WKYC-TV. Cleveland, OH)
DIVERSIONS
Incredible Rendering Brings Van Gogh’s Famous
Self-Portrait to Life
How the Most Important Code of WWII Was Cracked
Sweden - Woman Steals Train, Then Crashes It into a
Building
18 Heads Found In Airport Duffel Bag; May Be
Completely Legal
SONG OF THE DAY
Don
McLean - Vincent (Starry Night)
Josh
Groban - Vincent (Starry Night)
