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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Grant PUD Investigating Crack in Pillar at
Wanapum Dam (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Port
Angeles: Nippon Temporarily Shut Down Because of Biomass Fuel Problems at Power
Plant (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Bully
for Biomass: Washington State Supreme Court Rejects Greenhouse Gas Claims,
Upholds Finding of No Significant Environmental Impact for Biomass Facility (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Bonneville Power Administration, Public Power Beat
2013 Conservation Targets (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Washington State Supreme Court: People Have Right to
Privacy in Texts (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grant PUD Investigating Crack in Pillar at Wanapum Dam
- Pacific Gas & Electric Wants to Lower Electricity Rates for California’s High-Use Customers & Raise Rates for Low-Use Customers
- Cowlitz PUD/U-S Forest Service Officials to Celebrate Power Line Transfer
- Utility CEO: Generators Will Soon Make Electric Grid an ‘Antiquated System’
- News Release: ComEd Seeks Faster Schedule to Deliver Smart Meters & Consumer Benefits to Customers
- Oregon: Mt. Hood Snowpack Doubles in One Month
- Skokomish River Information & Meeting Announced
- Warnick, Manweller Secure Moses Lake Dam Funding in Washington State House Capital Budget Proposal
- Port Angeles: Nippon Temporarily Shut Down Because of Biomass Fuel Problems at Power Plant
- Bully for Biomass: Washington State Supreme Court Rejects Greenhouse Gas Claims, Upholds Finding of No Significant Environmental Impact for Biomass Facility
- Energy Storage: California’s New Green Tech Battleground
- Op/Ed: Wind Industry Study: Electricity Prices Skyrocketing in Largest Wind Power States
- Bonneville Power Administration, Public Power Beat 2013 Conservation Targets
- Opower Launches Platform Update Ahead of IPO
- American Public Power Association Says the Use of Estimates of the Social Cost of Carbon Should Be Limited
- America’s First Carbon-Trading Program Can Boast Some Impressive Numbers
- Environmental Group Pushing Washington State Governor to Adopt Clean Fuels Standard
- Is the Future of Clean Energy in the Janitor’s Closet?
- CenturyLink Service Restored to North Mason Customers
- New $18 Million King County Phone System Dropping Calls, Causing Other Problems
- Push for Web Addresses in Era of Search, Apps
- Washington State Supreme Court: People Have Right to Privacy in Texts
- Amazon Mulls Streaming Music Service for Prime Subscribers
- Tokyo Bitcoin Exchange Files for Bankruptcy, Significant Amount of Virtual Currency Missing
- Using Skype to Build a Business
- Woman Spends Harrowing 45 Minutes Locked Inside Department Store, Live-Tweets the Experience
- Washington State Senate Passes Budget Proposal
- Editorial: Proposed Washington State Law Overreacts to Signature Gatherers
- Unauthorized Video of U-S Supreme Court Protest Posted Online
- Special Weather Statement - Lowland Snow Possible in Western Washington this Weekend
- Chance of Snow in the Weekend Forecast for Puget Sound Area
- Kitsap Sheriff: No Foul Play in Women’s Death near Hood Canal Navy Base
- Shelton Police Chief Announces Retirement
- Marijuana Business Means Big Business in Washington State
- What Part of the U-S Has Perfect Weather? Nowhere
WORD OF THE DAY
Semiotics • \sem-ee-AW-ticks\
• Noun - The study of signs & symbols & how they are used; a general
philosophical theory of signs & symbols that deals especially with their
function in both artificially constructed & natural languages &
comprises syntactics, semantics, & pragmatics.
Calling professor
Langdon.
The symbols on the
alien restrooms on this spaceship have no resemblance to the male & female
icons for washrooms on earth.
Can your vast
knowledge of semiotics determine which is which?
No. Ask the
Doctor.
Who?
Exactly
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grant PUD Investigating Crack in Pillar at
Wanapum Dam (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric Wants to Lower
Electricity Rates for California’s High-Use Customers & Raise Rates for
Low-Use Customers (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Cowlitz PUD/U-S Forest Service Officials to
Celebrate Power Line Transfer (Vancouver Business Journal, WA)
Utility CEO: Generators Will Soon Make Electric
Grid an ‘Antiquated System’ (U-S News & World Report)
News Release: ComEd Seeks Faster Schedule to Deliver Smart
Meters & Consumer Benefits to Customers (Electric Energy Online)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon:
Mt. Hood Snowpack Doubles in One Month (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
Skokomish
River Information & Meeting Announced (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
Warnick,
Manweller Secure Moses Lake Dam Funding in Washington State House Capital
Budget Proposal (Washington State House Republicans)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Port
Angeles: Nippon Temporarily Shut Down Because of Biomass Fuel Problems at Power
Plant (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Bully
for Biomass: Washington State Supreme Court Rejects Greenhouse Gas Claims,
Upholds Finding of No Significant Environmental Impact for Biomass Facility (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Energy
Storage: California’s New Green Tech Battleground (Forbes Magazine)
Op/Ed:
Wind Industry Study: Electricity Prices Skyrocketing in Largest Wind Power
States (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Bonneville Power Administration, Public Power Beat
2013 Conservation Targets (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Opower Launches Platform Update Ahead of IPO (Washington
Business Times, DC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
American
Public Power Association Says the Use of Estimates of the Social Cost of Carbon
Should Be Limited (American Public Power Association)
America’s
First Carbon-Trading Program Can Boast Some Impressive Numbers (Grist Online)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Environmental
Group Pushing Washington State Governor to Adopt Clean Fuels Standard (KPLU
Radio, Tacoma, WA)
Is
the Future of Clean Energy in the Janitor’s Closet? (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CenturyLink Service Restored to North Mason
Customers (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
New $18 Million King County Phone System Dropping
Calls, Causing Other Problems (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Push for Web Addresses in Era of Search, Apps
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
Washington State Supreme Court: People Have Right to
Privacy in Texts (Associated Press)
Amazon Mulls Streaming Music Service for Prime Subscribers
(Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Tokyo Bitcoin Exchange Files for Bankruptcy,
Significant Amount of Virtual Currency Missing (Associated
Press)
Using Skype to Build a Business (NY Times)
Woman Spends Harrowing 45 Minutes Locked Inside
Department Store, Live-Tweets the Experience (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Senate Passes Budget Proposal (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Editorial: Proposed Washington State Law Overreacts
to Signature Gatherers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Unauthorized Video of U-S Supreme Court Protest
Posted Online (Reuters)
GENERAL NEWS
Special Weather Statement - Lowland Snow Possible
in Western Washington this Weekend (National Weather Service, Seattle, WA)
Chance of Snow in the Weekend Forecast for Puget
Sound Area (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Kitsap Sheriff: No Foul Play in Women’s Death near Hood
Canal Navy Base (Associated Press)
Shelton Police Chief Announces Retirement (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Marijuana Business Means Big Business in Washington
State (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
What Part of the U-S Has Perfect Weather? Nowhere (Northwest
Cable News Network)
DIVERSIONS
Fecal
Fest - Get Your Hands on the Most Desired Dung in Seattle
‘Citizen
Kane’ Script Up for Sale at Sotheby’s
Local
Company Creates Music Using Electric Spark
Gigabit
IPA Revival? With Google Fiber on Tap, Hopworks Says the Beer Could Be, Too
SONG OF THE DAY
Bernard
Herrmann - Citizen Kane Suite – Soundtrack
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