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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Portland General Electric Reports 33,000 Customers without
Power, Could Be More Later (Oregonian, Portland)
Plaintiffs Call for More Court-Ordered Spill at Columbia
River Dams (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://www.opb.org/news/article/plaintiffs-call-for-more-court-ordered-spill-at-columbia-river-dams/
Magnitude-2.6 Earthquake Recorded in Tacoma (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Idaho’s Mountain Snowpack, Water Supply Off to Good Start
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
New American Public Power Association Brand Reiterates
Community Focus (American Public Power Association)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Portland General Electric Reports 33,000 Customers without Power, Could Be More Later
- Ice Covered High Voltage Lines at Rocky Reach Dam
- Jefferson PUD Electricity Rates to Surge: Board Approves Two 2017 Hikes
- Pacific Gas & Electric to Lay Off 390 Employees (out of 20,000) as It Tightens Its Belt
- Arizona Utility Mulls Closing Major Southwestern Coal Plant
- December’s Ukraine Power Cut ‘Was Cyber-Attack’
- What Electric Utilities Can Learn from the Vermont Hacking Scare
- U-S Energy Information Administration Projects Flat Consumption, Changing Fuel Mix, Between Now & 2050
- Plaintiffs Call for More Court-Ordered Spill at Columbia River Dams
- Environmental Groups Plan to Sue Over Pacific Northwest Suction Dredging
- Trump Taps Well of Protest with Calls for More Drilling in National Parks
- Idaho’s Mountain Snowpack, Water Supply Off to Good Start
- Wyoming Lawmakers Float Measure to Bag Share of Federal Wind Fees
- California Senator Introduces Law to Require Solar on New Buildings State-Wide
- Clark Public Utilities Offers Incentives for Energy Savings
- Survey: Two-Thirds of Cops Say Marijuana Laws Should Be Relaxed
- Tennessee Lab Discovers Method to Remove Carbon from Air
- King County Is Going Electric with 100 Battery Buses
- Grant PUD Broadband Workshop Set for February
- Survey: Comcast Remains America’s Most-Hated Company
- Bitcoin Slides After China Central Bank Launches Investigation
- Norway Starts Tuning Out Analog Radio in Favor of Digital
- New American Public Power Association Brand Reiterates Community Focus
- New Facebook Project Aims to Strengthen Ties with Media
- Yes, Facebook Messenger Has Been Killing Your Android’s Battery
- Four Ways to Promote Your Products on Social Media
- Magnitude-2.6 Earthquake Recorded in Tacoma
- City of Portland, Multnomah County Officials Ask for Help After Fourth Homeless Person Dies During Cold Snap
Foozle • \FOO-zul\ • verb – To manage or play awkwardly:
bungle
Watching Abercrombie in aerobics class was like watching a
large, ponderous bear attempt ballet…only not as good. Just about every move
barked out by the harridan leading the class led to a foozled step by
Abercrombie. Many times he endangered his fellow classmates with flailing arms
or a mistaken left step when a right one was ordered.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Portland General Electric Reports 33,000 Customers without Power,
Could Be More Later (Oregonian, Portland)
Ice Covered High Voltage Lines at Rocky Reach Dam (Wenatchee
World, WA – Facebook)
Jefferson PUD Electricity Rates to Surge: Board Approves Two
2017 Hikes (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric to Lay Off 390 Employees (out of
20,000) as It Tightens Its Belt (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/PG-E-to-lay-off-390-employees-as-it-tightens-its-10850562.php
Arizona Utility Mulls Closing Major Southwestern Coal Plant (Utility
Dive)
December’s Ukraine Power Cut ‘Was Cyber-Attack’ (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
What Electric Utilities Can Learn from the Vermont Hacking
Scare (Utility Dive)
U-S Energy Information Administration Projects Flat
Consumption, Changing Fuel Mix, Between Now & 2050 (American Public Power
Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Plaintiffs Call for More Court-Ordered Spill at Columbia
River Dams (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://www.opb.org/news/article/plaintiffs-call-for-more-court-ordered-spill-at-columbia-river-dams/
Environmental Groups Plan to Sue Over Pacific Northwest Suction
Dredging (Associated Press)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Trump Taps Well of Protest with Calls for More Drilling in
National Parks (Reuters)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Idaho’s Mountain Snowpack, Water Supply Off to Good Start (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Wyoming Lawmakers Float Measure to Bag Share of Federal Wind
Fees (Utility Dive)
California Senator Introduces Law to Require Solar on New
Buildings State-Wide (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Clark Public Utilities Offers Incentives for Energy Savings (The
Reflector, Battleground, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Survey: Two-Thirds of Cops Say Marijuana Laws Should Be
Relaxed (Washington Post)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Tennessee Lab Discovers Method to Remove Carbon from Air (USA
Today)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
King County Is Going Electric with 100 Battery Buses (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Grant PUD Broadband Workshop Set for February (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Survey: Comcast Remains America’s Most-Hated Company (Broadband
Reports)
Bitcoin Slides After China Central Bank Launches
Investigation (Reuters)
Norway Starts Tuning Out Analog Radio in Favor of Digital (Associated
Press)
MARKETING & MEDIA
New American Public Power Association Brand Reiterates
Community Focus (American Public Power Association)
New Facebook Project Aims to Strengthen Ties with Media (USA
Today)
Yes, Facebook
Messenger Has Been Killing Your Android’s Battery (Triad Business Journal, NC)
Four Ways to Promote Your Products on Social Media (Social
Media Examiner)
GENERAL NEWS
Magnitude-2.6 Earthquake Recorded in Tacoma (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
City of Portland, Multnomah County Officials Ask for Help
After Fourth Homeless Person Dies During Cold Snap (Oregonian, Portland)
PEOPLE IN THE WALLS – DIVERSIONS
Nearly Naked Man Found Trapped Inside New York City Apartment
Wall
Angry Plow Driver Blocks Spokane Business with Snow Pile
United Kingdom: Slough Boy’s Adorable Moment with Coldstream
Guards at Windsor Castle Goes Viral
Cows Once as Big as Elephants May Soon Roam Europe
SONG OF THE DAY
Spinners - The Rubberband Man
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