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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Energy
Northwest’s Columbia Generating Station Sets New Production Record (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Carbon Free Electricity – Mason PUD 3, Public Power at the
Top of the Heap (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Corps
of Engineers to Begin Dredging Snake River Next Week (Walla Walla
Union-Bulletin, WA)
Massachusetts:
Two Utilities Opt Out of Cape Wind - Future of Nantucket Sound turbine project
in doubt as purchase contracts are terminated (Boston Globe, MA)
Chart
of the Week: Breakdown of Energy Use at a Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Site
(Marijuana Business Daily)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Northwest’s Columbia Generating Station Sets New Production Record
- Carbon Free Electricity – Mason PUD 3, Public Power at the Top of the Heap
- Eugene Water & Electric Board’s Third Leaburg Dam Gate Locked Open
- Washington State Tribe Wants Feds to Halt Coal Project
- APPA, LPPC Seek to Use BPA-PacifiCorp Dispute to Clarify the Record Regarding Open Access Requirements
- Editorial: A Promising Step toward Improving Power Grid
- Winter Weather Pushes PJM Prices to Nearly $300/Mwh
- Natural Gas Rises from Two-Year Low as Arctic Air Boosts Demand
- Honorable Is Sworn in as Commissioner at FERC
- Despite Potential Market Manipulation, FERC Declines to Reject Power Auction Results
- The Number of Advanced Meters in Operation Continues to Grow, FERC Staff Says in New Report
- Oregon Court: State Failed to Protect Salmon in Clackamas River
- California: Fisher Species under Growing Threat from Illegal Pot Cultivation
- Corps of Engineers to Begin Dredging Snake River Next Week
- Massachusetts: Two Utilities Opt Out of Cape Wind
- First Wind & Idaho Power Company Sign Energy Sales Agreements
- Arizona’s Utility-Owned Solar Programs: The New Business Models Utilities Are Looking For?
- Editorial: I-937 Drives Us toward New Renewables
- U-S Tariffs on Chinese Solar Cells May Be Halved after Review
- Wind Turbine Collapses in Northern Ireland
- New Styles of Conventional Water Heater Provide Energy Savings with Minimal Cost
- Qualcomm Flicks Switch on Internet-Connected Light Bulbs
- Companies Showcase Hubs That Connect Appliances to Create Secure, Smart Homes
- Chart of the Week: Breakdown of Energy Use at a Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Site
- Two Major Proposals Surface in Washington State Legislature to Rein in Medical Marijuana Shops
- Seattle City Attorney Backs Home Grows, Marijuana Lounges & Medical Marijuana Clampdown
- Ten Key Data-Driven Trends from Colorado’s First Year of Recreational Marijuana Sales
- California Carbon Market Off to Strong Start in 2015
- California Governor Vows to Boost Renewable Energy, Cut Petroleum Use
- Will Drivers Keep Plugging in to Electric Cars as Gas Prices Fall?
- Toyota Is Giving Away Its Tech Secrets for Hydrogen-Powered Cars
- Company Looks to Add Fiber Optics in Puyallup
- Amazon Web Services Tops List of Most Reliable Public Clouds
- Verizon Reportedly Approaches AOL for Possible Takeover
- Former State Senator to Help Fix Idaho’s Broadband Troubles
- After Security Breach: Bitcoin Exchange Bitstamp Says to Resume Trading within 24 Hours
- U-S Forest Service Pulls the Plug on $10 Million Public Relations Campaign
- Facebook Copyright Status Is a Hoax & You’re Annoying Your Friends by Sharing It
- You’re Wrong About Voicemail
- Roughed-Up Boehner Wins New Term as Speaker; Washington State Gets New House Member
- Hastings’ Time in Congress has Ended, Looks Forward to Spending Time with Grandkids
- Video: Another Washington Bird Flock Falls Victim to Avian Flu
- Mason County’s Ridge MotorSports Applies for RV Park
- Lacey Ambulance Briefly Stolen, Crashed During Medical Call
- Randy Johnson Voted Into Hall of Fame, Edgar Martinez Falls Short Again
- Dad Sues Federal Way School District, Says Female Wrestlers Treated Unfairly
- UW Seismologists Prepare for Third Beast Quake at CenturyLink Field
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• \HEB-buh-tood\ • Noun - Lethargy, dullness.
Another
example sentence today? Meh, I’ll blame its lameness on a little bit of hebetude
today.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Energy
Northwest’s Columbia Generating Station Sets New Production Record (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Carbon Free Electricity – Mason PUD 3, Public Power at the
Top of the Heap (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Eugene
Water & Electric Board’s Third Leaburg Dam Gate Locked Open (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Washington
State Tribe Wants Feds to Halt Coal Project (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
APPA,
LPPC Seek to Use BPA-PacifiCorp Dispute to Clarify the Record Regarding Open
Access Requirements (American Public Power Association)
Editorial:
A Promising Step toward Improving Power Grid (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Winter Weather Pushes PJM Prices to Nearly $300/Mwh (Utility
Dive)
Natural
Gas Rises from Two-Year Low as Arctic Air Boosts Demand (Bloomberg News)
Honorable
Is Sworn in as Commissioner at FERC (American Public Power Association)
Despite
Potential Market Manipulation, FERC Declines to Reject Power Auction Results
(Breaking Energy)
The
Number of Advanced Meters in Operation Continues to Grow, FERC Staff Says in
New Report (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon
Court: State Failed to Protect Salmon in Clackamas River (KATU-TV, Portland,
OR)
California:
Fisher Species under Growing Threat from Illegal Pot Cultivation (Sacramento Bee, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Corps
of Engineers to Begin Dredging Snake River Next Week (Walla Walla
Union-Bulletin, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Massachusetts:
Two Utilities Opt Out of Cape Wind - Future of Nantucket Sound turbine project
in doubt as purchase contracts are terminated (Boston Globe, MA)
First
Wind & Idaho Power Company Sign Energy Sales Agreements (AZO CleanTech)
Arizona’s
Utility-Owned Solar Programs: The New Business Models Utilities Are Looking
For? (Utility Dive)
Editorial:
I-937 Drives Us toward New Renewables (Olympian -
Paywall Advisory)
U-S
Tariffs on Chinese Solar Cells May Be Halved after Review (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
Wind
Turbine Collapses in Northern Ireland (The Telegraph, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New
Styles of Conventional Water Heater Provide Energy Savings with Minimal Cost (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Qualcomm
Flicks Switch on Internet-Connected Light Bulbs (Reuters)
Companies
Showcase Hubs That Connect Appliances to Create Secure, Smart Homes (Consumerist)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Chart
of the Week: Breakdown of Energy Use at a Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Site
(Marijuana Business Daily)
Two
Major Proposals Surface in Washington State Legislature to Rein in Medical
Marijuana Shops (Associated Press)
Seattle
City Attorney Backs Home Grows, Marijuana Lounges & Medical Marijuana
Clampdown (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Ten
Key Data-Driven Trends from Colorado’s First Year of Recreational Marijuana
Sales (Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California
Carbon Market Off to Strong Start in 2015 (Reuters)
California
Governor Vows to Boost Renewable Energy, Cut Petroleum Use (Reuters)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Will
Drivers Keep Plugging in to Electric Cars as Gas Prices Fall? (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Toyota Is Giving Away Its Tech Secrets for Hydrogen-Powered
Cars (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Company
Looks to Add Fiber Optics in Puyallup (South Sound Business Examiner)
Amazon
Web Services Tops List of Most Reliable Public Clouds (GigaOM)
Verizon
Reportedly Approaches AOL for Possible Takeover (SF
Chronicle)
Former
State Senator to Help Fix Idaho’s Broadband Troubles (Associated Press)
After
Security Breach: Bitcoin Exchange Bitstamp Says to Resume Trading within 24
Hours (Reuters)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
U-S
Forest Service Pulls the Plug on $10 Million Public Relations Campaign (Associated Press)
Facebook
Copyright Status Is a Hoax & You’re Annoying Your Friends by Sharing It (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
You’re
Wrong About Voicemail (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Roughed-Up
Boehner Wins New Term as Speaker; Washington State Gets New House Member (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Hastings’ Time in Congress has Ended, Looks Forward to Spending Time
with Grandkids (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Video: Another Washington Bird Flock Falls Victim
to Avian Flu (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Mason County’s Ridge MotorSports Applies for RV
Park (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Lacey Ambulance Briefly Stolen, Crashed During
Medical Call (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Randy Johnson Voted Into Hall of Fame, Edgar
Martinez Falls Short Again (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Dad Sues Federal Way School District, Says Female
Wrestlers Treated Unfairly (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
UW Seismologists Prepare for Third Beast Quake at
CenturyLink Field (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
A
$16,000 Mistake: StubHub Takes Back Championship-Game Tickets from Oregon Fan
Here’s
How Much Percy Harvin Gets Paid if Seahawks Win the Super Bowl
Man
Pays Big Money for Surgery on His Constipated Goldfish
15
Things the Hollywood Sign Has Said Besides “Hollywood”
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Kinks Celluloid Heroes (Hollywood Boulevard)
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