Energy News Digest for December 4, 2014 - Hot Shots Edition

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Proposed Bonneville Power Administration Rate Increase Will Maintain Value of Power & Transmission Systems (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2014/12/proposed-bonneville-power.html

Washington State Attorney General Says Puget Sound Energy Profit Margin Is Too High (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/morning_call/2014/12/attorney-general-ferguson-says-pse-profit-margin.html

U-S House Backs Tax Break Crucial to Wind Turbine Makers (Reuters)

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL6N0TO0SE20141204?irpc=932

Comments Are in on the EPA's Clean Power Plan - Utilities say the rules go too far, too fast (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/comments-are-in-on-the-epas-clean-power-plan/338783/

Japan Defends Use of Climate Finance for Coal Projects Abroad (Bloomberg News)

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-04/japan-defends-use-of-climate-finance-for-coal-projects-abroad.html

U-S Senate: Landrieu Warns about Cantwell: Cantwell Raises Money for Landrieu (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/12/03/landrieu-warns-about-cantwell-cantwell-raises-money-for-landrieu/

Blayd Fry: Green Diamond Appoints New Northwest VP/GM – Paul Wing to Retire (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/13942

Sun Grown & Rain Watered: First Sustainable Pot Farm Certified in Washington State (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2014/12/03/sun-grown-and-rain-watered-first-sustainable-pot.html

Seattle-Portland, Hello: White House Says 16 Cities Leading US on Climate (Associated Press)

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/white-house-16-cities-leading-us-climate-27337094

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All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

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