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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Grant
PUD Nearly Finished with Repairs at Wanapum Dam (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Power Restored - Tahuya Emergency Outage – To Replace High
Voltage Power Pole along SR 3 Sheared by Belfair Traffic Accident (Mason PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
Oregon
Biomass Electricity Plant Effort Seeks Energy Buyer (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Jefferson
PUD Won’t Say No to Selling Electricity to Pot Growers (Port Townsend Leader,
WA)
Fish-Eating Birds Reluctant to Flee Columbia
River Enclave (Electric Co-op Today)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Grant PUD Nearly Finished with Repairs at Wanapum Dam
- Power Restored - Tahuya Emergency Outage – To Replace High Voltage Power Pole along SR 3 Sheared by Belfair Traffic Accident
- Tacoma Council to Consider Rate Hikes for Water, Power Utility
- Bonneville Power Administration Pushes for Pacific Northwest Imbalance Market
- Environmental Groups Urge North Carolina Regulators to Reject Utility Smart Grid Plans
- Electric & Water Utilities Are Quickly Adapting New Telecom Networks
- Dan Poneman in the Spotlight: Ex-Energy Official’s $1.7 Million Gig Draws Fire
- Chernobyl: Containing the World’s Worst Nuclear Accident
- Fish-Eating Birds Reluctant to Flee Columbia River Enclave
- Coho Fry Lost after Equipment Fails at Kalama Falls Hatchery
- As Sections of Oregon Remain Bone Dry, Governor Declares Emergency
- As California Drought Enters 4th Year, Conservation Efforts & Worries Increase
- Oregon Biomass Electricity Plant Effort Seeks Energy Buyer
- Citizens Utility Board to Portland General Electric: Wisconsin Is Bad Model for Rooftop Solar Battle
- Greens Fight Giant Solar Farm in Southern California
- Target Planning to Install Solar Energy Systems on 180 U-S Buildings
- Outlook for Solar Gets a Bit Brighter
- Bribing Bloggers with Free Solar Panels Is Apparently a Thing Now
- Green Planet Door-to-Door Furnace Salesman Accused of Cheating Toronto Senior
- Jefferson PUD Won’t Say No to Selling Electricity to Pot Growers
- On Marijuana, Obama Is Content to Evolve Rather Than to Lead the Way
- Pacific Ocean May Become Warmer, Less Productive, NOAA Warns
- Tax Cuts for Google Fiber, Comcast & Data Centers Encounter Skeptics in Oregon House
- Montana Lawmakers Consider Bonds for Rural Broadband Expansion
- The Clouds Are Growing in Seattle: Amazon Acquires ‘Internet of Things’ Company
- Idaho Official Resigns after Failed Broadband Contract
- Electric Co-ops Win FCC Funds for High-Speed Internet
- Congress Scrutinizes FCC Following Release of New Internet Rules
- With the Death of Internet Explorer, Microsoft Faces One of Its Greatest Branding Challenges
- Facebook to Let Users Send Money to Friends via Messenger
- How to Craft Headlines That Draw People to Your Content
- Scott Walker Aide Fires Off Epic 40-Tweet Tweetstorm after Resigning Following Just One Day on the Job
- Bill Would Withhold Money from Washington State Districts That Don’t File Reports
- Video: Most Elected State Officials Get Record Training
- Zombie Lobby Descends on Washington State Capitol
- Congressman Aaron Schock’s Resignation: Did ‘Downton Abbey’ Tastes Do Him In?
- Mason County Man Claims He Accidentally Shot Wife While Cleaning Weapon
- Fatal Car Crash Tuesday into Hood Canal near Potlatch
- Premera Says Cyberattack Could Affect 11-Million People
- Quinault Tribe Settles Lawsuit with Three Districts, Including Mary M. Knight
- Machinists Defy Government Opposition, Move Closer to Unionizing Boeing’s South Carolina Plant
- Severe Solar Storm Bathes Northern Skies in Dazzling Green Auroras
Tendentious
• \ten-DEN-shus\ • adjective - Marked by a tendency in favor of a particular
point of view: biased
Yankees,
Lakers, Cowboys – the big sports media seem to have a tendentious fascination
with the foibles and successes of each of these franchises. Franchises which
funnel tons o’ bucks into the gaping maw of the marketing machine and its
beneficiaries.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Grant
PUD Nearly Finished with Repairs at Wanapum Dam (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Power Restored - Tahuya Emergency Outage – To Replace High
Voltage Power Pole along SR 3 Sheared by Belfair Traffic Accident (Mason PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
Tacoma Council to Consider Rate Hikes for Water, Power
Utility (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Bonneville Power Administration Pushes for Pacific Northwest
Imbalance Market (Argus Media)
Environmental Groups Urge North Carolina Regulators to
Reject Utility Smart Grid Plans (Utility Dive)
Electric & Water Utilities Are Quickly Adapting New
Telecom Networks (Breaking Energy)
Dan Poneman in the Spotlight: Ex-Energy Official’s $1.7
Million Gig Draws Fire (Politico)
Chernobyl: Containing the World’s Worst Nuclear Accident (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fish-Eating Birds Reluctant to Flee Columbia
River Enclave (Electric Co-op Today)
Coho Fry Lost after Equipment Fails at Kalama
Falls Hatchery (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
As
Sections of Oregon Remain Bone Dry, Governor Declares Emergency (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
As
California Drought Enters 4th Year, Conservation Efforts & Worries Increase
(NY Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon
Biomass Electricity Plant Effort Seeks Energy Buyer (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Citizens
Utility Board to Portland General Electric: Wisconsin Is Bad Model for Rooftop
Solar Battle (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Greens
Fight Giant Solar Farm in Southern California (Courthouse
News Service)
Target
Planning to Install Solar Energy Systems on 180 U-S Buildings (Bloomberg News)
Outlook
for Solar Gets a Bit Brighter (NY Times)
Bribing Bloggers with Free Solar Panels Is Apparently a
Thing Now (Grist Online)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Green
Planet Door-to-Door Furnace Salesman Accused of Cheating Toronto Senior (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Jefferson
PUD Won’t Say No to Selling Electricity to Pot Growers (Port Townsend Leader,
WA)
On
Marijuana, Obama Is Content to Evolve Rather Than to Lead the Way (Washington
Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Pacific
Ocean May Become Warmer, Less Productive, NOAA Warns (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Tax
Cuts for Google Fiber, Comcast & Data Centers Encounter Skeptics in Oregon
House (Oregonian, Portland)
Montana
Lawmakers Consider Bonds for Rural Broadband Expansion (Capital Press)
The
Clouds Are Growing in Seattle: Amazon Acquires ‘Internet of Things’ Company (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Idaho
Official Resigns after Failed Broadband Contract (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Electric
Co-ops Win FCC Funds for High-Speed Internet (Electric
Co-op Today)
Congress
Scrutinizes FCC Following Release of New Internet Rules (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
With
the Death of Internet Explorer, Microsoft Faces One of Its Greatest Branding
Challenges (AdWeek)
Facebook
to Let Users Send Money to Friends via Messenger (Associated
Press)
How to Craft Headlines That Draw People to Your Content
(Social media Examiner)
Scott
Walker Aide Fires Off Epic 40-Tweet Tweetstorm after Resigning Following Just
One Day on the Job (Yahoo! News)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Bill
Would Withhold Money from Washington State Districts That Don’t File Reports (Everett
Herald, WA)
Video: Most Elected State Officials Get Record Training (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Zombie Lobby Descends on Washington State Capitol (Associated
Press)
Congressman Aaron Schock’s Resignation: Did ‘Downton Abbey’ Tastes
Do Him In? (Christian Science Monitor)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Man Claims He Accidentally Shot Wife
While Cleaning Weapon (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Fatal Car Crash Tuesday into Hood Canal near
Potlatch (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Premera Says Cyberattack Could Affect 11-Million
People (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Quinault Tribe Settles Lawsuit with Three
Districts, Including Mary M. Knight (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Machinists Defy Government Opposition, Move
Closer to Unionizing Boeing’s South Carolina Plant (Puget Sound Business
Journal, WA)
Severe Solar Storm Bathes Northern Skies in
Dazzling Green Auroras (Washington Post)
DIVERSIONS
This
is Why You Don’t Road Rage on Two Wheels
Bud
Light Deletes Tweet Suggesting You Randomly Pinch People for St. Patrick’s Day
Why
Old Paper Turns Yellow
Seven
Ways That People Died Trying to Become Immortal
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Pretenders – Forever Young
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