Energy News Digest for January 8, 2016 – Hot Shots Edition

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Oregon State Treasurer Calls for Suspension of State Energy Loan Program That Faces $20 Million Debt (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2016/01/wheeler-calls-for-suspension-of-state-energy-loan.html

Idaho Power to Rebuild Valley Transmission Line – Increased Capacity Will Create Redundant Line (Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum)

http://www.mtexpress.com/news/blaine_county/idaho-power-to-rebuild-valley-transmission-line/article_54c8011c-b597-11e5-b7d0-1f428129ca9c.html

Teen Engineer from Washington State Works to Make Global Impact – Airborne Wind Turbines (Bend Bulletin, OR)

http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/3884081-151/teen-engineer-works-to-make-global-impact#

Mason PUD 3 Commission Officers Set for 2016 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/26198-mason-pud-3-commission-officers-set-for-2016

NEEA Announces 2016 Board of Directors – Regional alliance taps key leaders for collaboration on energy efficiency (BusinessWire)

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160107005031/en/NEEA-Announces-2016-Board-Directors

Africa: World's Biggest Dam Has ‘Extremely Dangerous’ Low Water Levels (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-08/world-s-biggest-dam-has-extremely-dangerous-low-water-levels

Audit Suggests Oregon Department of Fish And Wildlife Lacks Long-Term Strategy (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/audit-suggests-oregon-department-fish-and-wildlife-lacks-long-term-strategy

Arrest Made in Suspicious Shelton Death (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/18547

Oregon’s Militia Standoff: Police Shut Off Power at BLM Fire Station near Refuge (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/01/police_shut_off_power_at_far_e.html

Washington State, Oregon in Top 10 as Popular Relocation Destinations (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2016/01/washington-cracks-top-10-as-popular-relocation.html

Ken Griffey, Who Will Visit Seattle This Weekend, Will Go into Hall of Fame as Mariner (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2016/01/griffey-will-visit-seattle-this-weekend.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Love & Kisses – Thank God It's Friday

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