SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Is Snow in Seattle’s Forecast? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
Avista Looks to Cover Windstorm Costs with Higher Rates in
2017 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington Wheat Growers Oppose Breaching Snake Dams
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Wind Advocates Challenge Energy Transmission Fee on Montana
Green Energy (Billings Gazette, MT)
Op/Ed: Time for Washington State to Lead on Climate Change
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Looks to Cover Windstorm Costs with Higher Rates in 2017
- Washington Wheat Growers Oppose Breaching Snake Dams
- Editorial: Dam Relicensing Should Reflect ‘Early Action’
- Mason County’s Public Power Providers Proclaim December 15 as “Hydropower Appreciation Day”
- Pacific Gas & Electric to Spend $85 Million to Ease Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Closure
- Florida Power & Light Customers to Pay More in Coming Year
- At Least 67 Killed in China Power Plant Mishap
- The 2016 Dive Awards for the Utility Industry
- Will Removing Large Dams on the Snake River Help Salmon?
- City of Tacoma to Pay $145,000 to Settle Lawsuit over Wastewater Discharges
- Wind Advocates Challenge Energy Transmission Fee on Montana Green Energy
- Dead Sierra Trees Mean a New, Extended Life for a Fresno Biomass Plant
- Rooftop Solar Threatened as Arizona’s Biggest Public Utility Takes Over the Commission That Regulates It
- Trump Can’t Kill Solyndra Loan Office That Outperforms Banks
- When It Comes to Solar, Customers Want Utilities to Be a Trusted Energy Advisor
- Op/Ed: Time for Washington State to Lead on Climate Change
- California Targets Dairy Cows to Combat Global Warming
- General Accounting Office: EPA Fuel Program Set to Fail
- Seattle’s Failing Pronto Bike Share Program to End in March
- Hood Canal Communications Suffers Weekend Telephone Service Interruption
- Comcast Fights $170 Million Oregon Tax Bill, Extending Seven-Year Dispute
- “I’ve Got a Golden Beer Can” – Gold Bud Light Cans Offer Chance at Lifetime Super Bowl Tickets
- News Outlets Rethink Usage of the Term ‘Alt-Right’
- How to Create a Social Media Content Calendar for a Year
- Is Snow in Seattle’s Forecast?
- Newcomers Pour into King County – Washingtonians Quietly Exit
- Seattle Area Home Prices Surge – Biggest Growth in the U-S
- City of Shelton Taps Gregory as Public Works Director
- Supersonic Jet Maker Eyeing Three Sites in Washington State
- Bainbridge Island: Rescuing Hikers – How One Park District Is Making the Process Easier
Abhor • \ub-HORR\ • Verb - To regard with extreme
repugnance: loathe.
The greasy smell of the fresh-cut French Fries wafted
through the diner…the sparkly vinyl seats showing their age through an
accumulation of grease and spilled catsup that would probably need carbon
dating to determine their relative ages. Although the local eatery was
well-known for its fries and burgers, its coffee…not so much. The owner of the
business had been fascinated by a story he had read about civet cat coffee. His
unfortunate experiment to see if he could similarly create “house-cat” coffee
in the same manner ended disastrously. Along with a highly wired feline, he
determined that his cat’s abhorrence of whole coffee beans could not be
overcome. Good for the cat…good for the owner…VERY good for the customers.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista Looks to Cover Windstorm Costs with Higher Rates in
2017 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington Wheat Growers Oppose Breaching Snake Dams (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Editorial: Dam Relicensing Should Reflect ‘Early Action’ (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Mason County’s Public Power Providers Proclaim December 15
as “Hydropower Appreciation Day” (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric to Spend $85 Million to Ease Diablo
Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Closure (SF Chronicle)
Florida Power & Light Customers to Pay More in Coming
Year (Associated Press)
At Least 67 Killed in China Power Plant Mishap (Reuters)
The 2016 Dive Awards for the Utility Industry (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Will Removing Large Dams on the Snake River Help Salmon? (Forbes
Magazine)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
City of Tacoma to Pay $145,000 to Settle Lawsuit over Wastewater
Discharges (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Wind Advocates Challenge Energy Transmission Fee on Montana Green
Energy (Billings Gazette, MT)
Dead Sierra Trees Mean a New, Extended Life for a Fresno Biomass
Plant (Fresno Bee, CA)
Rooftop Solar Threatened as Arizona’s Biggest Public Utility
Takes Over the Commission That Regulates It (The Energy Collective)
Trump Can’t Kill Solyndra Loan Office That Outperforms Banks
(Bloomberg News)
When It Comes to Solar, Customers Want Utilities to Be a
Trusted Energy Advisor (American Public Power Association)
CARBON SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Op/Ed: Time for Washington State to Lead on Climate Change (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
California Targets Dairy Cows to Combat Global Warming (Associated
Press)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
General Accounting Office: EPA Fuel Program Set to Fail
(Washington Examiner)
Seattle’s Failing Pronto Bike Share Program to End in March (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Hood Canal Communications Suffers Weekend Telephone Service
Interruption (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Comcast Fights $170 Million Oregon Tax Bill, Extending
Seven-Year Dispute (Oregonian, Portland)
MARKETING & MEDIA
“I’ve Got a Golden Beer Can” – Gold Bud Light Cans Offer
Chance at Lifetime Super Bowl Tickets (Associated Press)
News Outlets Rethink Usage of the Term ‘Alt-Right’ (NY
Times)
How to Create a Social Media Content Calendar for a Year (Social
Media Examiner)
GENERAL NEWS
Is Snow in Seattle’s Forecast? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Newcomers Pour into King County – Washingtonians Quietly
Exit (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Seattle Area Home Prices Surge – Biggest Growth in the U-S (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
City of Shelton Taps Gregory as Public Works Director (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Supersonic Jet Maker Eyeing Three Sites in Washington State (Associated
Press)
Bainbridge Island: Rescuing Hikers – How One Park District
Is Making the Process Easier (Christian Science Monitor)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Dictionary.Com’s Word of the Year is ‘Xenophobia’
(Associated Press)
5,000 Fish in Ice at Japan Skating Rink Sparks Uproar –
Memorial Service Planned
Britain Banned This Sweet Heinz Ad, Saying Drumming on Empty
Bean Cans Is Dangerous
Poor Pud Fans: Flaming Heck! Brexit Has Pushed Up the Price of
Christmas Pudding
SONG OF THE DAY
Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
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