Energy News Digest for January 12, 2016 - Hot Shots Edition

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for January 12, 2016

http://1.usa.gov/1SgbZpJ

Small Craft Advisory for Hood Canal & Puget Sound

http://1.usa.gov/1RA5U7R

The Winter So Far (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-winter-so-far.html

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Shelton Radio Station Enters Merger with iFIBER ONE (South Sound Business Examiner)

http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/January-2016/Shelton-radio-station-enters-merger-with-iFIBER-ONE/

iFIBER Communications Merges with KMAS News Radio (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/26240-ifiber-communications-merges-with-kmas-news-radio

Peninsula Utility Providers Point to Weather, Rates, Billing Cycles for Rise in Power Bills (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20160112/news/301129985/peninsula-utility-providers-point-to-weather-rates-billing-cycles

Bonneville Power Administration Bids Farewell to the Eastern Control Center (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPA-bids-farewell-to-the-Eastern-Control-Center.aspx

These Are the Three Proposed Coal Projects Still Alive in the Pacific Northwest (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2016/01/these-are-the-3-proposed-coal-projects-still-alive.html

Op/Ed: Is Pumped Storage Hydro on the Ropes in the U-S? (Water Power & Dam Construction Magazine)

http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/opinion/opinionis-pumped-storage-hydro-on-the-ropes-in-the-us-4767752/

Bonneville Power Administration CFO Nancy Mitman Announces Retirement (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPA-CFO-Nancy-Mitman-announces-retirement.aspx

Oregon: Eugene Water & Electric Board Developing Microgrids to Bid into ISO Markets, Enhance Reliability (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/oregon-utility-developing-microgrids-to-bid-into-iso-markets-enhance-relia/411917/

Op/ED: Orcas Rule, Snohomish PUD’s Green Project Abandoned (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/jack-knox-orcas-rule-green-project-abandoned-1.2147533

Irony: Washington State Governor, Inslee, DOE want to require REC Silicon to cut carbon emissions

http://www.ifiberone.com/news/gov-inslee-doe-want-to-require-rec-silicon-to-cut/article_20dbcc40-b5a5-11e5-8098-cf09f0599141.html

Environmental Priorities Coalition Launches 2016 Washington State Priority (Washington Environmental Council)

http://wecprotects.org/environmental-priorities-coalition-launches-2016-priority-safeguard-our-environment/

Oregon Siege: Vandalism, Intimidation of Civilians on the Rise, Sheriff Says (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/01/12/oregon-siege-vandalism-intimidation-of-civilians-on-the-rise-sheriff-says/

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