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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE
STORIES
Carrie
Fisher, Star Wars actress, dies aged 60
Richland
Nuclear Power Plant Reconnects to the Grid (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Portland
General Electric Restarts Permitting for More Natural Gas (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
License
Issued for $1 Billion Montana Power Storage Project (Associated Press)
Can We
Master the Pot Industry’s Energy Appetite? (GreenBiz)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Richland Nuclear Power Plant Reconnects to the Grid
- Portland General Electric Restarts Permitting for More Natural Gas
- License Issued for $1 Billion Montana Power Storage Project
- Four U-S Governors, Including Washington & Oregon, Roll Up Sleeves to Tackle Grid Modernization
- Hundreds of Puget Sound Energy Customers without Power in Thurston County
- U-S Attorney’s office for Oregon collects $19M in cases, fines in 2016 – Includes Skamania PUD Line Mile Case
- Cold Weather Impacts Electric Bills
- Twelfth Consecutive Award - Mason PUD 3 Receives International Recognition for Its Financial Reporting
- Electric Rate Increase in Ellensburg to Take Effect January 1
- Columbia River PUD Looks to Annex Floating Homes as Appointment for Director Looms
- Washington State’s White Pelicans, Long Listed as Endangered, Make a Comeback
- Three Dams to Be Removed in American West to Restore Rivers
- Irrigation: Low Energy Spray Demonstrations Planned in Washington State, Oregon
- Alaskans’ Cost of Staying Warm: A Thick Coat of Dirty Air
- Green Energy Can Increasingly Match – Or Beat – Fossil Fuel Prices, Report Says
- California’s Renewable Energy Needs Could Boost Nevada
- In Vermont, Solar, Batteries Key Energy Revolution
- Dubai Plans Pumped Storage Hydro Facility Powered by Solar
- When Will Our Electricity Come from the Sea?
- Skating Rinks Struggle with High Energy Bills
- Ten Things to Ask Before Going Green
- Can We Master the Pot Industry’s Energy Appetite?
- Op/Ed: To Slow Global Warming, We Need Nuclear Power
- Video: The Spa That Runs on Human Waste
- Canada Declares Internet a Necessity – Can It Deliver?
- The Fix Was in to Expand Click, & That’s a Shame
- Why the Computing Cloud Will Keep Growing & Growing
- United Kingdom: The Farmer Who Built Her Own Broadband
- Fake Tree Key to Makeover: Method Commonly Used to Disguise Cell Towers, Consultant Says
- The Best Writing Advice of 2016
- New Washington State Lands Commissioner: Address Climate Change, Rural Growth
- Washington State Undertakes Pilot Study to Replace Gas Tax with a ‘Road User Charge’
- Will State Ban Banners on Capitol Way Bridge in Olympia?
- Midwest Winter Storm Weakens, But Thousands Still without Power
- Cell Service at Mount Rainier: Do You Want to Hear Me Now?
- Washington Ranks as Third Most Innovative State in U-S
- Everyone Crashed Their New Holiday Drone
- Carrie Fisher, Star Wars actress, dies aged 60
Cognizance
● /KOG-nuh-zents/ ● Noun – 1: a distinguishing mark or emblem (as a heraldic
bearing) 2: knowledge, awareness b: notice, acknowledgment 3: jurisdiction,
responsibility
The Force is weakened
Sad cognizance, Leia’s
loss
Farewell, sweet
princess
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Richland
Nuclear Power Plant Reconnects to the Grid (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Portland
General Electric Restarts Permitting for More Natural Gas (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
License
Issued for $1 Billion Montana Power Storage Project (Associated Press)
Four U-S
Governors, Including Washington & Oregon, Roll Up Sleeves to Tackle Grid
Modernization (Utility Dive)
Hundreds
of Puget Sound Energy Customers without Power in Thurston County (Olympian, WA
– Paywall Advisory)
U-S
Attorney’s office for Oregon collects $19M in cases, fines in 2016 – Includes
Skamania PUD Line Mile Case (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Cold
Weather Impacts Electric Bills (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Twelfth
Consecutive Award - Mason PUD 3 Receives International Recognition for Its
Financial Reporting (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Electric
Rate Increase in Ellensburg to Take Effect January 1 (Ellensburg Daily Record,
WA)
Columbia
River PUD Looks to Annex Floating Homes as Appointment for Director Looms
(Pamplin Group, Portland, OR)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington
State’s White Pelicans, Long Listed as Endangered, Make a Comeback (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Three
Dams to Be Removed in American West to Restore Rivers (National Geographic
Magazine)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Irrigation:
Low Energy Spray Demonstrations Planned in Washington State, Oregon (Capital
Press)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Alaskans’
Cost of Staying Warm: A Thick Coat of Dirty Air (NY Times)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Green
Energy Can Increasingly Match – Or Beat – Fossil Fuel Prices, Report Says
(Christian Science Monitor)
California’s
Renewable Energy Needs Could Boost Nevada (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
In
Vermont, Solar, Batteries Key Energy Revolution (Associated Press)
Dubai
Plans Pumped Storage Hydro Facility Powered by Solar (Renewable Energy World)
When
Will Our Electricity Come from the Sea? (British Broadcasting Corporation)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Skating
Rinks Struggle with High Energy Bills (Associated Press)
Ten Things to Ask
Before Going Green (The Business Journals)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Can We
Master the Pot Industry’s Energy Appetite? (GreenBiz)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION
VAULT
Op/Ed:
To Slow Global Warming, We Need Nuclear Power (NY Times)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’
GREEN POTPOURRI
Video:
The Spa That Runs on Human Waste (British Broadcasting Corporation)
TECHNOLOGY &
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Canada
Declares Internet a Necessity – Can It Deliver? (Christian Science Monitor)
The Fix
Was in to Expand Click, & That’s a Shame (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Why the
Computing Cloud Will Keep Growing & Growing (NY Times)
United
Kingdom: The Farmer Who Built Her Own Broadband (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
Fake
Tree Key to Makeover: Method Commonly Used to Disguise Cell Towers, Consultant
Says (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
The
Best Writing Advice of 2016 (Atlantic Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
New
Washington State Lands Commissioner: Address Climate Change, Rural Growth
(Associated Press)
Washington
State Undertakes Pilot Study to Replace Gas Tax with a ‘Road User Charge’
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Will
State Ban Banners on Capitol Way Bridge in Olympia? (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Midwest
Winter Storm Weakens, But Thousands Still without Power (Associated Press)
Cell Service
at Mount Rainier: Do You Want to Hear Me Now? (Associated Press)
Washington
Ranks as Third Most Innovative State in U-S (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Everyone
Crashed Their New Holiday Drone (Mashable)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER –
DIVERSIONS
Carrie
Fisher, Star Wars actress, dies aged 60
John
Williams Hasn’t Seen a Single Star Wars Movie
Eight
Hidden Benefits to Your Costco Membership
Holy
Wow, Oregon Looks Gorgeous from Up Above
SONG OF THE DAY
John
Williams –Princess Leia’s Theme (Star Wars Soundtrack, BBC Proms)
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