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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
NuScale
Targets 2016 to Apply for NRC Approval for Its Nuclear Power System (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
U-S
Senate Says Climate Change Is ‘Real,’ Won’t Admit Humans Cause It (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Will
'Carbon Capture' Technology Boost Demand for Longview's Coal Project? (Longview Daily News, WA)
Commercial Fishermen Unhappy with Columbia River
Reforms (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Energy
Efficiency Is Biggest Housing Concern in New Residential Survey (Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- NuScale Targets 2016 to Apply for NRC Approval for Its Nuclear Power System
- Will 'Carbon Capture' Technology Boost Demand for Longview's Coal Project?
- PenLight to Keep Rates Steady
- BC Hydro Chief Vows Contentious Peace River Dam Will Be Built
- Natural Gas to Unseat Coal as Generation King by 2035
- Remote Disconnect: Flip Of a Switch Could Cut Power for Ohio Utility’s Customers
- Ohio Power Plant Subsidy: FirstEnergy Rate Plan Pummeled During PUCO Hearing as 80 Demand to Testify
- Northern Maine Considers Options to Gain Direct Access to New England Electric Grid
- Grid Modernization: Smart Start for Public Power
- Top Ten Utility Commission Issues to Watch in 2015
- Commercial Fishermen Unhappy with Columbia River Reforms
- Oklahoma & Utah: Google Opens 2015 with Two Big Renewable Energy Investments
- Bipartisan Coalition Pushes to Expand Net Metering in Montana
- Why Utilities across the Nation Are Embracing Community Solar
- Nebraska Senators Propose State Wind Tax Credit to Replace Federal Tax Break
- Energy Efficiency Is Biggest Housing Concern in New Residential Survey
- Kittitas County Opposition Rises against Cannabis Grow
- After Congressional Green Light, Scientists Begin Hemp Studies
- Washington State Senator Brian Hatfield’s Industrial Hemp Bill Clears Senate Committee
- Tribal Marijuana Businesses May Hurt Existing Cannabis Companies, Help Others
- U-S Senate Says Climate Change Is ‘Real,’ Won’t Admit Humans Cause It
- Goldendale Observatory Supporter Pleased with Courthouse Light Fix
- Video: New Group Pushes for Municipal Broadband in Seattle
- U-S Senator Cory Booker Introducing a Bill to Help Cities Build Their Own, Public Internet Services
- Obama Just Lumped the Internet in with Trains, Bridges & Keystone XL. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.
- City of Port Angeles Wants New Input on Cable Franchise
- Reports: Google Planning To Sell Wireless Phone Plans
- Canada: Yellow Pages Still Relevant, Says Company
- Selfies: Faux Surprise Face Is the New Duckface
- Washington State Representative Dan Griffey on KMAS, Shelton – Hydropower & Initiative 937 at 7:26 Mark
- President Obama Says Innovation Happening at Boise State Requires Public Investment
- State Lawmakers Could See Eleven Percent Raises
- University of Oregon Unlawfully Releases 22,000 Pages with Confidential Faculty, Staff & Student Records
- Respect Thy Neighbors: Privacy Invasion by Hobby Drones Targeted in Olympia
- Shelton Man Arrested as Suspect in Armed Robbery Spree
- Port Angeles Quarantined after Flock Found with Avian Flu
- Grays Harbor County Commissioners Terminate Clerk of the Board after She Refuses to Work with One
- Eight Earthquakes in 24 Hours Rattle Southern Oregon; Strongest at 4.5 Magnitude
- Old Oyster House Will Be Moved to Port of Allyn’s Waterfront Lot
- Oregon: Ex-Postal Worker ‘Got Lazy,’ Failed to Deliver Mail
- Dan Marino Says Improbable Rally Gives Seattle Edge in Super Bowl
- Seahawks Fans' 'Dance Quake' Now King Of Shakes at CenturyLink Field
Réchauffé
• \ray-shoh-FAY\ • Noun - 1: something presented in a new form without change
of substance: rehash 2: a warmed-over dish of food.
“Oh
look,” groaned Francis to his cellmate, “Sunday Surprise casserole.” Francis
was a wayward four-star chef who was serving a prison sentence for serving farm
raised Atlantic salmon as “Wild-Caught Chinook” in his tony Seattle restaurant.
He, above all others knew what the “surprise” was in the casserole: a réchauffé
of all the leftover main courses from the week, ranging from two-day old
spaghetti to a topping of Friday’s starchy, stiff mashed potatoes.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
NuScale
Targets 2016 to Apply for NRC Approval for Its Nuclear Power System (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Will
'Carbon Capture' Technology Boost Demand for Longview's Coal Project? (Longview Daily News, WA)
PenLight
to Keep Rates Steady (Gig Harbor Gateway, WA)
BC
Hydro Chief Vows Contentious Peace River Dam Will Be Built (Globe & Mail,
Canada)
Natural
Gas to Unseat Coal as Generation King by 2035 (Wyoming Business Report)
Remote
Disconnect: Flip Of a Switch Could Cut Power for Ohio Utility’s Customers (Midwest
Energy News)
Ohio
Power Plant Subsidy: FirstEnergy Rate Plan Pummeled During PUCO Hearing as 80
Demand to Testify (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)
Northern
Maine Considers Options to Gain Direct Access to New England Electric Grid (U-S
Energy Information Administration)
Grid
Modernization: Smart Start for Public Power (American Public Power Association)
Top
Ten Utility Commission Issues to Watch in 2015 (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Commercial Fishermen Unhappy with Columbia River Reforms
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oklahoma
& Utah: Google Opens 2015 with Two Big Renewable Energy Investments (Utility
Dive)
Bipartisan
Coalition Pushes to Expand Net Metering in Montana (Utility Dive)
Why
Utilities across the Nation Are Embracing Community Solar (Utility Dive)
Nebraska
Senators Propose State Wind Tax Credit to Replace Federal Tax Break (Utility
Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy
Efficiency Is Biggest Housing Concern in New Residential Survey (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Kittitas
County Opposition Rises against Cannabis Grow (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
After
Congressional Green Light, Scientists Begin Hemp Studies (National Public
Radio)
Washington
State Senator Brian Hatfield’s Industrial Hemp Bill Clears Senate Committee (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Tribal
Marijuana Businesses May Hurt Existing Cannabis Companies, Help Others (Marijuana
Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U-S
Senate Says Climate Change Is ‘Real,’ Won’t Admit Humans Cause It (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Goldendale
Observatory Supporter Pleased with Courthouse Light Fix (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Video:
New Group Pushes for Municipal Broadband in Seattle (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
U-S
Senator Cory Booker Introducing a Bill to Help Cities Build Their Own, Public Internet
Services (Washington Post)
Obama
Just Lumped the Internet in with Trains, Bridges & Keystone XL. Here’s Why
That’s a Big Deal. (Washington Post)
City
of Port Angeles Wants New Input on Cable Franchise (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Reports:
Google Planning To Sell Wireless Phone Plans (Associated
Press)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Canada:
Yellow Pages Still Relevant, Says Company (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Selfies:
Faux Surprise Face Is the New Duckface (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Representative Dan Griffey on KMAS, Shelton
– Hydropower & Initiative 937 at 7:26 Mark (WA State House Republicans,
Olympia)
President Obama Says Innovation Happening at Boise State
Requires Public Investment (Northwest Public Radio)
State
Lawmakers Could See Eleven Percent Raises (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
University
of Oregon Unlawfully Releases 22,000 Pages with Confidential Faculty, Staff &
Student Records (Oregonian, Portland)
Respect Thy Neighbors: Privacy Invasion by Hobby Drones Targeted in Olympia
(News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Man Arrested as Suspect in Armed Robbery Spree (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Port Angeles Quarantined after Flock Found with Avian Flu (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Grays Harbor County Commissioners Terminate Clerk of the Board after
She Refuses to Work with One (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Eight Earthquakes in 24 Hours Rattle Southern Oregon; Strongest at 4.5
Magnitude (Oregonian, Portland)
Old Oyster House Will Be Moved to Port of Allyn’s Waterfront Lot (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Oregon: Ex-Postal Worker ‘Got Lazy,’ Failed to Deliver Mail (KOIN-TV,
Portland, OR)
Dan Marino Says Improbable Rally Gives Seattle Edge in Super Bowl (Reuters)
Seahawks Fans' 'Dance Quake' Now King Of Shakes at CenturyLink Field
(Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Seahawks-fans-Dance-Quake-now-king-of-shakes-6030287.php
DIVERSIONS
Consumer
Reports: The Latest Food Craze – Bugs?
King
Tut's Beard Snaps Off, Is Hastily Glued Back On
109-Year-Old
Woman Says Avoiding Men Is Key to Her Long Life
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/weird-news/109-year-old-woman-says-avoiding-men-key-her-long-/njsQg/
Singapore
Smoker Fined $15,000 for Throwing Butts Out of Window
SONG OF THE DAY
Alan
Parsons Project – Pyramid
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