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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
High
Winds Could Bring 70 Mph Gusts to Puget Sound Region (KIRO Broadcasting,
Seattle, WA)
Wanapum
Dam Stable after Reservoir Hits Elevation Target (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Google
Fiber Could Be Snared by Thorny Oregon Tax Law (Oregonian, Portland)
Nippon
Mill’s $85 Million Cogeneration Plant in Port Angeles Is Operating - But Not
Fully (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Legal
Marijuana Sales in Spokane County Top $1 Million Last Month (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Wanapum Dam Stable after Reservoir Hits Elevation Target
- Scammers Target Utility & Phone Customers
- Cowlitz PUD Budget Gets Green Light with Potential Rate Increase Looming
- Northeast U-S: National Grid Joins Canadian Hydropower Rush
- Iowa Lawmaker Wants to Expand His State’s Hydropower
- NRECA Seeks Fair Treatment in Tribal Rights of Way
- Cowlitz PUD Staffer Wins State Award for Columbia River Rescue
- Film ‘DamNation’ Takes Broad View with Elwha River Restoration; Showing Set Friday in Port Angeles
- With Future Uncertain, Colorado Shields Its Water
- Nippon Mill’s $85 Million Cogeneration Plant in Port Angeles Is Operating - But Not Fully
- Michigan: Can Burning Tires Be Called Renewable Energy?
- Accenture: Distributed Generation Could Slash Utility Revenues $48 Billion
- News Release: Pacific Northwest Utilities Help Bring Game-Changing Water Heating Technology to Region
- Portland General Electric: Smart Power in Store for Future
- Truckee PUD Giving Away Free LED Holiday Lights for Customers
- Legal Marijuana Sales in Spokane County Top $1 Million Last Month
- Washington State Marijuana Industry Racks Up Dozens of Violations
- Recreational Marijuana Approved for 2016 Ballot in Nevada
- Oregon Marijuana Getting Shipped by U-S Mail
- Editorial: British Columbia Must Not Undo Low-Carbon-Fuel Standards
- Michigan: Dairy Farm Will Generate Electricity Instead of Smells with $8 Million Anaerobic Digester
- Google Fiber Could Be Snared by Thorny Oregon Tax Law
- Fifty U-S Cities Bond Together to Home-Grow Broadband
- Comcast on Home Wi-Fi Lawsuit: Customers Get “Real Benefits”
- How Cheap Does the Internet Have to Be to Get Everyone Online?
- Instagram Is Now Bigger Than Twitter with 300 Million Monthly Users
- New Everett Logo a Very Close Match to National Financial Company
- Nine Marketing Mistakes That Make You Look Like a Rookie
- Washington State Governor Likely to Propose Robust Tax Package
- Washington State Senate Republicans End Committee Power Sharing with Democrats
- From Marijuana to Islamic State: Five Things Addressed in New U-S Congressional Budget Deal
- High Winds Could Bring 70 Mph Gusts to Puget Sound Region
- New Storm Today, A Bigger One Thursday, as Power Outages, Rain, High Winds Rake North Olympic Peninsula
- Mason County Approves 2015 Budget
- Amazon to FAA: Let Us Test Drones in Washington State or We’ll Test Them Outside of U-S
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secure from assault or trespass: unassailable
Gaston
was horrified by his morning discovery. He though that his seven-foot fence
around his prize rose bushes would make them inviolable to deer. It was a
foolproof solution he thought. Until he discovered that fools are quite
ingenious. The deer had apparently created a “deer pyramid” to get over the
fence. Unfortunately for them (and fortunately for the local Nimrod Club) the
wily ruminants had not figured how to get out again after wreaking their havoc.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Wanapum
Dam Stable after Reservoir Hits Elevation Target (Seattle
Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Scammers Target Utility & Phone Customers (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri Cities, WA)
Cowlitz PUD Budget Gets Green Light with Potential Rate
Increase Looming (Longview Daily News, WA)
Northeast U-S: National Grid Joins Canadian Hydropower
Rush (Boston Globe, MA)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/12/09/national-grid-joins-hydropower-rush/uGYjbpe3wUFSNqLKLDLRlN/story.html
https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/12/09/national-grid-joins-hydropower-rush/uGYjbpe3wUFSNqLKLDLRlN/story.html
Iowa
Lawmaker Wants to Expand His State’s Hydropower (Utility Dive)
NRECA
Seeks Fair Treatment in Tribal Rights of Way (Electric
Co-op Today)
Cowlitz
PUD Staffer Wins State Award for Columbia River Rescue (Longview Daily News, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Film
‘DamNation’ Takes Broad View with Elwha River Restoration; Showing Set Friday in
Port Angeles (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
With
Future Uncertain, Colorado Shields Its Water (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Nippon
Mill’s $85 Million Cogeneration Plant in Port Angeles Is Operating - But Not
Fully (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Michigan:
Can Burning Tires Be Called Renewable Energy? (Detroit Free Press, MI)
Accenture:
Distributed Generation Could Slash Utility Revenues $48 Billion (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
News
Release: Pacific Northwest Utilities Help Bring Game-Changing Water Heating
Technology to Region (BusinessWire)
Portland
General Electric: Smart Power in Store for Future (Bonneville Power Administration)
Truckee
PUD Giving Away Free LED Holiday Lights for Customers (Tahoe Daily Tribune, S
Lake Tahoe, CA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Legal
Marijuana Sales in Spokane County Top $1 Million Last Month (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington State Marijuana Industry Racks Up Dozens of
Violations (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Recreational
Marijuana Approved for 2016 Ballot in Nevada (Marijuana Business Daily)
Oregon
Marijuana Getting Shipped by U-S Mail (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Editorial:
British Columbia Must Not Undo Low-Carbon-Fuel Standards (Globe & Mail,
Canada)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Michigan:
Dairy Farm Will Generate Electricity Instead of Smells with $8 Million
Anaerobic Digester (Michigan Live Media Group)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google
Fiber Could Be Snared by Thorny Oregon Tax Law (Oregonian, Portland)
Fifty
U-S Cities Bond Together to Home-Grow Broadband – Includes Vancouver, WA –
Sandy, Portland, Gresham, OR – Ammon, ID (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/12/09/cities-team-up-to-figure-out-broadband/
Comcast
on Home Wi-Fi Lawsuit: Customers Get “Real Benefits” (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
How
Cheap Does the Internet Have to Be to Get Everyone Online? (Washington Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram
Is Now Bigger Than Twitter with 300 Million Monthly Users (AdWeek)
New
Everett Logo a Very Close Match to National Financial Company (My Everett News,
WA)
Nine
Marketing Mistakes That Make You Look Like a Rookie (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Governor Likely to Propose Robust Tax
Package (Northwest Public Radio)
Washington
State Senate Republicans End Committee Power Sharing with Democrats (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
From Marijuana to Islamic State: Five Things Addressed in New
U-S Congressional Budget Deal (Christian Science Monitor)
GENERAL NEWS
High
Winds Could Bring 70 Mph Gusts to Puget Sound Region (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
New
Storm Today, A Bigger One Thursday, as Power Outages, Rain, High Winds Rake North
Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Mason
County Approves 2015 Budget (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Amazon
to FAA: Let Us Test Drones in Washington State or We’ll Test Them Outside of U-S
(San Francisco Business Times, CA)
DIVERSIONS
18
Most Annoying Things an Airline Passenger Can Do
The
Best U-S Cities for People 35 & Under
Seven
Wonders of the Modern World
Longview’s
Nutty Narrows Bridge Makes National Register of Historic Places
SONG OF THE DAY
Fleetwood
Mac - Seven Wonders
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