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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
REC Silicon Shuts Down Remaining Moses Lake Production –
Ongoing trade dispute continues to hinder business (Columbia Basin Herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
South Kitsap Puget Sound Energy Customers Not Pleased with
Energy Bills (Port Orchard Independent, WA)
Snowpack “Oodles Better” than Last Year, Hydrologists Report
(Longview Daily News, WA)
City of Shelton Sued Over Contaminated Landfill (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Inslee Blasts Washington State Senate Republicans for
Cabinet Ouster (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- South Kitsap Puget Sound Energy Customers Not Pleased with Energy Bills
- Washington State Senate Panel Endorses Colstrip Shut-Down Bill
- Public Power Ranks High in JD Power Customer Satisfaction Study
- Natural Gas Use for Power Generation Higher This Winter
- Why Natural Gas Investments Could Spell Trouble for Electric Utilities
- Canada Makes Big Decisions to Strengthen its Commitment to Nuclear Power
- Fill the Air with Love on Valentine’s Day, Not Metallic Balloons
- Half-Built Nuclear Fuel Plant in South Carolina Faces Test on Its Future
- Snowpack “Oodles Better” than Last Year, Hydrologists Report
- REC Silicon Shuts Down Remaining Moses Lake Production
- Editorial: Is Oregon’s Flip Flop on Business Energy Tax Credit Audit Good Governance or PR?
- Northern Arizona Power Plant to Run on Forest Thinnings
- Coal Companies, Enviros Back Tax Incentive Extension for Carbon Capture Projects
- Op/Ed: Washington State Fiscal Office Miscalculates Carbon Initiative’s Revenue Stream
- Editorial: ‘Cap and Trade’ Overreach Makes Mockery of Short Legislative Sessions
- 5G Might Be Your Next Home Broadband Service
- Evaluating Your Broadband Speed
- Verizon Admits It’s Considering a Yahoo Buy
- Yelp Is Really Struggling
- Three Steps for Adding Video to Your Social Media Marketing
- Inslee Blasts Washington State Senate Republicans for Cabinet Ouster
- City of Shelton Sued Over Contaminated Landfill
- Russell Wilson Pens ‘Thank You’ Letter to Peyton Manning
Emaciated • \ih-MAY-shee-ate-ed\ • verb - Wasted away
physically 1: Loss of flesh so as to become very thin 2: to be feeble
The thin, pinch-faced clerk heaved a deep sigh. It was
either pay $250 for a prime parking spot from his emaciated bank account, or
walk ten blocks from a free public lot that had feeble lighting, and heavily
cracked pavement…weeds fighting their way to the thin winter sunshine.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
South Kitsap Puget Sound Energy Customers Not Pleased with
Energy Bills (Port Orchard Independent, WA)
Washington State Senate Panel Endorses Colstrip Shut-Down
Bill (KRTV-TV, Great Falls, MT)
Public Power Ranks High in JD Power Customer Satisfaction
Study (American Public Power Association)
Natural Gas Use for Power Generation Higher This Winter (US
Energy Information Administration)
Why Natural Gas Investments Could Spell Trouble for Electric
Utilities (Utility Dive)
Canada Makes Big Decisions to Strengthen its Commitment to
Nuclear Power (The Energy Collective)
Fill the Air with Love on Valentine’s Day, Not Metallic
Balloons (PG&E Currents)
Half-Built Nuclear Fuel Plant in South Carolina Faces Test
on Its Future (NY Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Snowpack “Oodles Better” than Last Year, Hydrologists Report
(Longview Daily News, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
REC Silicon Shuts Down Remaining Moses Lake Production – Ongoing
trade dispute continues to hinder business (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake,
WA)
Editorial: Is Oregon’s Flip Flop on Business Energy Tax
Credit Audit Good Governance or PR? (Oregonian, Portland)
Northern Arizona Power Plant to Run on Forest Thinnings (Arizona
Republic, Phoenix)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Coal Companies, Enviros Back Tax Incentive Extension for
Carbon Capture Projects (Utility Dive)
Op/Ed: Washington State Fiscal Office Miscalculates Carbon
Initiative’s Revenue Stream (Olympian
- Paywall Advisory)
Editorial: ‘Cap and Trade’ Overreach Makes Mockery of Short
Legislative Sessions (Oregonian, Portland)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
5G Might Be Your Next Home Broadband Service (CIO)
Evaluating Your Broadband Speed (NY Times)
Verizon Admits It’s Considering a Yahoo Buy (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Yelp Is Really Struggling (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Three Steps for Adding Video to Your Social Media Marketing (Social
Media Examiner)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Inslee Blasts Washington State Senate Republicans for
Cabinet Ouster (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
City of Shelton Sued Over Contaminated Landfill (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Russell Wilson Pens ‘Thank You’ Letter to Peyton Manning (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Lock of John Lennon’s Hair Expected to Fetch $10,000 at
Auction
Wisconsin Couple, Too Drunk to Drive, Give Keys to 9-Year-Old
Daughter
Cars Parked on Thin Ice Get Icy Bath in Wisconsin
Watch the Birdie! Photo Booth Snaps Mugshot of Thief in the
Act
SONG OF THE DAY
Jethro Tull – Skating Away
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