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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Montana: Dam Hydroelectric Bill Clears Hurdle in House
(Great Falls Tribune, MT)
British Columbia: Peace River Dam Construction Moves Ahead
after Shutdown of Protests (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Cable Worker Shocked by Live Wire in Kitsap County (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
$2 Billion Loss for Generators as a Million U-S Roofs Get
Solar (Bloomberg News)
Mason County Unemployment Rises in January (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana: Dam Hydroelectric Bill Clears Hurdle in House
- Montana: Litigation Strategy Begins Over Power from Kerr Dam
- British Columbia: Peace River Dam Construction Moves Ahead after Shutdown of Protests
- Alberta Energy Minister Links Trans Mountain Pipeline Support for Peace River Dam Electricity
- Cable Worker Shocked by Live Wire in Kitsap County
- Jefferson PUD: Stormy Weather Continues into March
- At $209 Million – A Seattle City Light Electrical Substation to Delight the Senses
- Eugene Water & Electric Board, Workers OK Labor Contract
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Customers See Silver Lining from Recent Storms
- Washington, DC: Business Leaders Urge District Officials to Approve Pepco-Exelon Merger
- At 22.6 Cents per Kilowatt Hour, Electric Bills on Oahu Lowest in More Than Six Years
- The Customer Engagement Proposal
- What You Need to Know About Drones for Co-ops
- Utility Execs' New Worry: Economic Growth, Electricity Sales No Longer Linked
- Specter of Coastal Salmon Fishing Ban Haunts North Olympic Peninsula Business, Community Leaders
- Op/Ed: Preserve Wild Salmon from Hatchery Hordes
- Malheur Refuge Occupation Gave Invasive Fish Species a Leg Up
- $2 Billion Loss for Generators as a Million U-S Roofs Get Solar
- The Solar Net Metering Controversy: Who Pays For Energy Subsidies?
- Maine: LePage opposes Compromise to Rapidly Expand Solar Power
- Target Stores Should Be a Bull's-Eye for Rooftop Solar
- Upcoming Coast Guard Study on Offshore Wind Energy Raises Questions
- Oregon: Medford School District Saving $200,000 Annually through Energy Conservation Projects
- As Temperatures Soar, New Doubts Arise About Holding Warming to 2 Degrees Celsius
- Tennessee Legislators Vote Down Rural Broadband Expansion
- Google Reveals 77 Percent of Its Online Traffic is Encrypted
- White House: Obama Chooses Merrick Garland for U-S Supreme Court
- Craig Patti to Run for 35th District State Representative, Position 2
- 'Green' Lands Commissioner Goldmark Not Green Enough, Opponent Says
- Mason County Unemployment Rises in January
- City of Shelton Changes Fee Schedule Including Reduced Building Fees
- Land Transfer First Step toward New Belfair Park
- Washington State Patrol to Conduct Left Lane Violation Emphasis
- Despite Weak Oil Prices, Here's Why Gasoline Prices Will Spring Forward This Spring
- Study: Women Need More Sleep Than Men Because Their Brains Are More Complex
Cantankerous • \kan-TANK-er-us\ • Adjective - Difficult or
irritating to deal with.
The banging and popping sounds from the jury-rigged still
made it sound like a cantankerous family member stumbling into the house after
an all-night bender. “Oh, but what sweet music,” cackled the toothless
caretaker of the nectar producing contraption.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Montana: Dam Hydroelectric Bill Clears Hurdle in House
(Great Falls Tribune, MT)
Montana: Litigation Strategy Begins Over Power from Kerr Dam
(Valley Journal, Ronan, MT)
http://www.valleyjournal.net/article/14998/Litigation-strategy-begins
http://www.valleyjournal.net/article/14998/Litigation-strategy-begins
British Columbia: Peace River Dam Construction Moves Ahead after
Shutdown of Protests (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Alberta Energy Minister Links Trans Mountain Pipeline
Support for Peace River Dam Electricity (Financial Post, Canada)
Cable Worker Shocked by Live Wire in Kitsap County (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Jefferson PUD: Stormy Weather Continues into March (Port
Townsend Leader, WA)
At $209 Million – A Seattle City Light Electrical Substation
to Delight the Senses (E&E News)
Eugene Water & Electric Board, Workers OK Labor Contract
(Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Customers See Silver
Lining from Recent Storms (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Washington, DC: Business Leaders Urge District Officials to Approve
Pepco-Exelon Merger (Washington Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2016/03/15/washington-business-leaders-urge-district.html
At 22.6 Cents per Kilowatt Hour, Electric Bills on Oahu
Lowest in More Than Six Years (Pacific Business Journal, HI – I guess pricing
is all relative…)
The Customer Engagement Proposal (American Public Power
Association)
What You Need to Know About Drones for Co-ops (Electric Co-op Today)
Utility Execs' New Worry: Economic Growth, Electricity Sales
No Longer Linked (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Specter of Coastal Salmon Fishing Ban Haunts North Olympic
Peninsula Business, Community Leaders (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Op/Ed: Preserve Wild Salmon from Hatchery Hordes (Oregonian,
Portland)
Malheur Refuge Occupation Gave Invasive Fish Species a Leg
Up (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
$2 Billion Loss for Generators as a Million U-S Roofs Get
Solar (Bloomberg News)
The Solar Net Metering Controversy: Who Pays For Energy
Subsidies? (Forbes Magazine)
Maine: LePage opposes Compromise to Rapidly Expand Solar
Power (Portland Press Herald, ME)
Target Stores Should Be a Bull's-Eye for Rooftop Solar (Minneapolis
Star-Tribune, MN)
Upcoming Coast Guard Study on Offshore Wind Energy Raises
Questions (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Oregon: Medford School District Saving $200,000 Annually
through Energy Conservation Projects (Medford Mail-Tribune, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
As Temperatures Soar, New Doubts Arise About Holding Warming
to 2 Degrees Celsius (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Tennessee Legislators Vote Down Rural Broadband Expansion
(Knoxville News Sentinel, TN)
Google Reveals 77 Percent of Its Online Traffic is Encrypted
(Associated Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
White House: Obama Chooses Merrick Garland for U-S Supreme
Court (USA Today)
Craig Patti to Run for 35th District State Representative, Position
2 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
'Green' Lands Commissioner Goldmark Not Green Enough, Opponent
Says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Unemployment Rises in January (Mason Web TV,
Shelton, WA)
City of Shelton Changes Fee Schedule Including Reduced
Building Fees (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Land Transfer First Step toward New Belfair Park (Kitsap
Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Washington State Patrol to Conduct Left Lane Violation
Emphasis (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities,
WA)
Despite Weak Oil Prices, Here's Why Gasoline Prices Will
Spring Forward This Spring (Forbes Magazine)
Study: Women Need More Sleep Than Men Because Their Brains
Are More Complex (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Scientists May Have Just Made a Huge Breakthrough in
Explaining the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
House of Representatives Bill Would Recognize Magic as
'National Treasure'
Penguin Swims 5,000 Miles Every Year for Reunion with the
Man Who Saved His Life
Group Petitioning to Create J.P. Patches License Plate
SONG OF THE DAY
Magic – Olivia Newton-John
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