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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Federal ‘Special Inspection’ Begins at Columbia Generating
Station (Northwest Public Radio)
Bitter Cold, Some Lowland Snow on Tap This Week in Western
Washington State (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
California Firm Chosen to Investigate Waste-to-Energy
Incident That Critically Injured Two Workers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Peace River Dam Project Forces Expropriation of British
Columbia Family Farm This Spring (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Bald Eagles Removed as a “Sensitive Species” in Washington
State (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Federal ‘Special Inspection’ Begins at Columbia Generating Station
- Peace River Dam Project Forces Expropriation of British Columbia Family Farm This Spring
- Portland, Oregon’s Electric Utility Wants to Burn Wood Instead of Coal – Which Is a Terrible Idea
- Denmark’s Largest Power Station Replaces Coal with Wood Pellets
- Awards Honor Leaders & Operators of Federal Hydropower System
- A Western Regional Electricity Market Would Be a Boon for Corporate Renewables Buyers
- Bald Eagles Removed as a “Sensitive Species” in Washington State
- Idaho Power Company Wants to Negate Oregon Fish Passage Law
- California Firm Chosen to Investigate Waste-to-Energy Incident That Critically Injured Two Workers
- How Forward-Thinking Utilities Are Addressing Corporate Demand for Renewables
- Arizona Proposal Seeks to Mandate Renewable Generation During Peak Demand Hours
- California Utility Closes in on Hitting State-Mandated Cap for Rooftop Solar
- Block Island Opens: Will The Breeze Keep Blowing in Offshore Wind’s Direction?
- Could Waves Become the Next Big Renewable Energy Source?
- Portland’s Cannabis Licensing Logjam Could Cost Businesses $22 Million a Month
- Energy Dept. Rejects Pres. Elect Trump’s Request to Name Climate Change Workers, Who Remain Worried
- How Companies Set Internal Prices on Carbon
- The FCC Could Soon Be Paralyzed in a Partisan Stalemate
- Own One of These Routers? It May Be Vulnerable to Hackers
- OP/Ed: Forget AT&T - The Real Monopolies Are Google & Facebook
- Instagram Just Rolled Out Its Live Video Feature to All U-S Users
- Seven Ways to Add Variety to Your Twitter Marketing
- Six Tips to Celebrate the Holidays in Your Public Power Community
- How to Start Fresh Again on Social Media
- London Gets More N.F.L. Games – Too Bad About the Teams
- From ‘Oops’ To U-S Department of Energy Chief; Rick Perry Is Pick for Energy
- What Silicon Valley Execs Plan to Tell Trump This Week
- Bitter Cold, Some Lowland Snow on Tap This Week in Western Washington State
- Swarms of Earthquakes Reported at Mount St. Helens
- Man Gets Two Life Sentences in Bremerton Double Homicide
- Two More Shelton City Projects Placed on Hold — Grant Dollars to Be Returned
- Boeing Announces Plans to Make Fewer 777s
- New Owner of Simpson’s Old Tacoma Sawmill Plans Big Waterfront Warehouse Campus
Pleiad • \PLEE-ad\ • Noun – A group of usually seven
illustrious or brilliant persons or things
“Pleiad Brides for Pleiad Brothers?” mused Albert as he
battled with his colleagues Frances and Dorothy over the title of the screenplay
on which they were working. “don’t you think that’s a little too highbrow?”
From Merriam-Webster Dictionary – In Greek mythology, the
Pleiades were the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione who were changed into a
conspicuous cluster of seven stars in the constellation Taurus. In Japanese
Subaru lore, “Subaru” is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster, which
in turn inspires the Subaru logo and alludes to the five companies that merged
to create Fuji Heavy Industries.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Federal ‘Special Inspection’ Begins at Columbia Generating
Station (Northwest Public Radio)
Peace River Dam Project Forces Expropriation of British
Columbia Family Farm This Spring (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Portland, Oregon’s Electric Utility Wants to Burn Wood
Instead of Coal – Which Is a Terrible Idea (Grist Online)
Denmark’s Largest Power Station Replaces Coal with Wood
Pellets (Biomass Magazine)
Awards Honor Leaders & Operators of Federal Hydropower
System (Bonneville Power Administration)
A Western Regional Electricity Market Would Be a Boon for
Corporate Renewables Buyers (Green Tach Media)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Bald Eagles Removed as a “Sensitive Species” in Washington
State (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Idaho Power Company Wants to Negate Oregon Fish Passage Law (Oregonian,
Portland)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
California Firm Chosen to Investigate Waste-to-Energy Incident
That Critically Injured Two Workers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
How Forward-Thinking Utilities Are Addressing Corporate
Demand for Renewables (Utility Dive)
Arizona Proposal Seeks to Mandate Renewable Generation
During Peak Demand Hours (Utility Dive)
California Utility Closes in on Hitting State-Mandated Cap for
Rooftop Solar (American Public Power Association)
Block Island Opens: Will The Breeze Keep Blowing in Offshore
Wind’s Direction? (Christian Science Monitor)
Could Waves Become the Next Big Renewable Energy Source? (Cable
News Network)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Portland’s Cannabis Licensing Logjam Could Cost Businesses $22
Million a Month (Portland Business Journal, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Energy Dept. Rejects Pres. Elect Trump’s Request to Name
Climate Change Workers, Who Remain Worried (Washington Post)
How Companies Set Internal Prices on Carbon (The Energy
Collective)
http://www.theenergycollective.com/edfclimate411/2394801/how-companies-set-internal-prices-on-carbon
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The FCC Could Soon Be Paralyzed in a Partisan Stalemate (Washington
Post)
Own One of These Routers? It May Be Vulnerable to Hackers
(Reviewed.com)
OP/Ed: Forget AT&T - The Real Monopolies Are Google
& Facebook (NY Times)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Instagram Just Rolled Out Its Live Video Feature to All U-S
Users (AdWeek)
Seven Ways to Add Variety to Your Twitter Marketing (Social
Media Examiner)
Six Tips to Celebrate the Holidays in Your Public Power
Community (American Public Power Association)
How to Start Fresh Again on Social Media (Gizmodo)
London Gets More N.F.L. Games – Too Bad About the Teams (NY
Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
From ‘Oops’ To U-S Department of Energy Chief; Rick Perry Is
Pick for Energy (Associated Press)
What Silicon Valley Execs Plan to Tell Trump This Week (Washington
Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Bitter Cold, Some Lowland Snow on Tap This Week in Western
Washington State (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Swarms of Earthquakes Reported at Mount St. Helens (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Man Gets Two Life Sentences in Bremerton Double Homicide (Associated
Press)
Two More Shelton City Projects Placed on Hold — Grant
Dollars to Be Returned (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Boeing Announces Plans to Make Fewer 777s (Associated Press)
New Owner of Simpson’s Old Tacoma Sawmill Plans Big
Waterfront Warehouse Campus (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Artist Spent an Entire Month Creating a Dazzling Gingerbread
Castle
Unknown Leonardo da Vinci Sketch Valued at $15.8 Million
Actress Sofia Vergara Faces Lawsuit from Her Own Frozen
Embryos
With ‘Ditto’ in Lights, Family Concedes to Next-Door Display
SONG OF THE DAY – A “Just Because” Choice
Three Dog Night - Out in the Country
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