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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Power Savings of Smart Meters Prove Slow to
Materialize (NY Times)
Rate Hikes Loom for Northwest Utilities (Electric
Co-op Today)
Pot Grows Prompt New Power Questions (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Activists,
Inslee Want Eight Times More Wind Power in Washington State by 2030 (KPLU
Radio, Tacoma, WA)
Cap
& Trade Could Be the Answer to State Budget Crises “…cutting emissions in
one state will have no perceptible effect on…climate change. So, for policy
options within your own state, it’s about the money…” (The Conversation)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Power Savings of Smart Meters Prove Slow to Materialize
- Rate Hikes Loom for Northwest Utilities
- Clallam Public Utility District Sets Public Meetings This Week on Proposed Rate Increases
- Cowlitz PUD Commissioners to Discuss 2015 Budget
- Portland General Electric Rate Increase Trimmed to One Percent
- Bonneville Power Administration: Richard Shaheen Named Senior VP of Transmission
- California: Cause of Big Sur Wildfire Traced to Power Line
- Oregon: Man Trapped in Car by Power Lines
- British Columbia: BC Hydro Offers to Buy Eleven Homes Downstream of Jordan River Dam
- APPA & Others Want D-C Circuit to Overturn FERC Order in Case on Municipal Preference in Hydro Licensing
- Why a Florida Utility Suddenly Wants to Serve Hawaii
- Smart Meters & Smart Grids: Spearheading the Energy Revolution
- South Puget Sound Salmon Projects Funded
- Op/Ed: License Plates - The Benefits of Environmental Spending Must Be Measured
- Activists, Inslee Want Eight Times More Wind Power in Washington State by 2030
- Pacific Northwest Wind takes a Week-Long Vacation
- Fitch Rates Energy Northwest’s $34.8 Million Wind Project Bonds as ‘A-’
- Pot Grows Prompt New Power Questions
- Cap & Trade Could Be the Answer to State Budget Crises
- Should FERC Have a Role in the EPA’s Clean Power Plan?
- Why Elon Musk’s Batteries Scare the Hell Out of the Electric Company
- Google Fiber: The Digital Divide Won’t Be Crossed Digitally
- Google Fiber: Nine Things to Expect if it Comes to Portland
- Google Fiber: Why Kansas City?
- 2015 New Year’s Resolution: Remove Public Broadband Handcuffs
- Report: Live TV Viewing Continues Decline, Net Use Rises
- NRECA Seeks Exception on FCC Robocall Rules
- New Media, Old Politics: 22 People Had to Approve Romney’s Tweets
- Heavy Rain Expected; Flooding Possible; Windy
- Shelton Woman Struck by Hit & Run Driver While Pumping Gas
- What Will Insurance Cover for Damage Caused by Downed Trees?
Bouleversement
• \bool-vares-suh-MONG\ • Noun - 1: reversal 2: a violent disturbance: disorder
A
hush fell over the green cathedral “Forest of the Seven Hemlocks,” birds,
insects, even the large denizens stilled their voices in anticipation of the
impending bouleversement to be visited upon the earth. A sickly yellow light
feebly filtered into the glens and copses that would soon be pummeled by rain,
lightning and other weather curses. The crushing weight of the silence was
almost as heavy as the anticipation that preceded the storm.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Power Savings of Smart Meters Prove Slow to
Materialize (NY Times)
Rate Hikes Loom for Northwest Utilities (Electric
Co-op Today)
Clallam Public Utility District Sets Public
Meetings This Week on Proposed Rate Increases (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Cowlitz PUD Commissioners to Discuss 2015 Budget (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Portland General Electric Rate Increase Trimmed to
One Percent (Oregonian, Portland)
Bonneville Power Administration: Richard Shaheen Named
Senior VP of Transmission (Bonneville Power Administration)
California: Cause of Big Sur Wildfire Traced to Power
Line (SF Chronicle)
Oregon: Man Trapped in Car by Power Lines (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
British Columbia: BC Hydro Offers to Buy Eleven
Homes Downstream of Jordan River Dam (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
APPA & Others Want D-C Circuit to Overturn FERC
Order in Case on Municipal Preference in Hydro Licensing (American Public Power
Association)
Why a Florida Utility Suddenly Wants to Serve Hawaii
(Christian Science Monitor)
Smart Meters & Smart Grids: Spearheading the
Energy Revolution (The Guardian, UK)
FISH & WILDLIFE
South Puget Sound Salmon Projects Funded (South
Sound Business Examiner)
Op/Ed: License Plates - The Benefits of
Environmental Spending Must Be Measured (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Activists,
Inslee Want Eight Times More Wind Power in Washington State by 2030 (KPLU
Radio, Tacoma, WA)
Pacific
Northwest Wind takes a Week-Long Vacation (The Energy Collective)
Fitch
Rates Energy Northwest’s $34.8 Million Wind Project Bonds as ‘A-’ (Yahoo!
Finance)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Pot Grows Prompt New Power Questions (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Cap
& Trade Could Be the Answer to State Budget Crises “…cutting emissions in
one state will have no perceptible effect on…climate change. So, for policy
options within your own state, it’s about the money…” (The Conversation)
Should
FERC Have a Role in the EPA’s Clean Power Plan? (Utility Dive)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Why
Elon Musk’s Batteries Scare the Hell Out of the Electric Company (Bloomberg
News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Fiber: The Digital Divide Won’t Be Crossed
Digitally (Oregonian, Portland)
Google Fiber: Nine Things to Expect if it Comes to Portland
(Oregonian, Portland)
Google Fiber: Why Kansas City? (Oregonian,
Portland)
2015 New Year’s Resolution: Remove Public Broadband
Handcuffs (GigaOM)
Report: Live TV Viewing Continues Decline, Net Use
Rises (USA Today)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
NRECA Seeks Exception on FCC Robocall Rules (Electric Co-op Today)
New Media, Old Politics: 22 People Had to Approve Romney’s
Tweets (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
Heavy Rain Expected; Flooding Possible; Windy
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Shelton Woman Struck by Hit & Run Driver While
Pumping Gas (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
What
Will Insurance Cover for Damage Caused by Downed Trees? (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Record-Setting Cat with Two Faces Dies at 15
Man
‘Eaten Alive’ by Anaconda & survives? Maybe the Discovery Channel Was
Exaggerating Just a Bit
‘God,
I Was Nervous’: Scientists Open Egyptian Mummy Coffin for First Time
Baby
Weighing Nearly 14 Pounds Born in Colorado “…first request was for steak &
potatoes, no skimping on the sour cream & bacon bits…”
SONG OF THE DAY
Temptations
- Smiling Faces Sometimes
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