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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Deeply Divided Over Tearing Down Snake
River Dams, Says Inslee’s $750,000 Study (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Energy Storage Project on Upper Columbia Brings Jobs — And
Concerns from Colville Tribes (Northwest News Network)
Pend Oreille PUD Terminates Agreement with Smelter Company
(Spokane Public Radio)
Natural Gas Industry’s $1 Million PR Campaign Sets Up Fight over
the Pacific Northwest’s Energy Future (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
DOE Finalizes Rejection of Obama Lightbulb Efficiency
Standards, But Excludes LEDs from Analysis (Utility Dive)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Energy Storage Project on Upper Columbia Brings
Jobs — And Concerns from Colville Tribes
2.
Natural Gas Industry’s $1 Million PR Campaign
Sets Up Fight over the Pacific Northwest’s Energy Future
3.
Douglas County PUD Looking to Advance Rate
Increase on Non-Diverse Loads
4.
What NorthWestern Energy’s Supply Strategy Could
Mean for Customers
5.
Grant PUD Holds First Outreach Event, Targeted
Toward Irrigation Customers
6.
Op/Ed: Kurt Miller – The Ghost of Energy Crisis
Past – And Our Future
7.
Washington State Deeply Divided Over Tearing
Down Snake River Dams, Says Inslee’s $750,000 Study
8.
Washington State Gov. Inslee’s Office Releases
Draft Report on Breaching Lower Snake River Dams
9.
Snake River Dam Study Brings Benefits &
Liabilities to Region
10.
Views on Dams Cataloged in Study
11.
Editorial: Washington State Gov. Inslee’s Snake
River Dam Study Wasted Money Telling Us What We Already Know
12.
Copper Versus Salmon: Why an Alaska Mine Matters
in the Pacific Northwest
13.
Federal 9th Circuit Court Orders More Action to
Protect Salmon & Steelhead in Columbia Basin
14.
Up to 21,000 Atlantic Salmon Escape after
British Columbia Fish-Farm Fire Damages Net Pen
15.
Pend Oreille PUD Terminates Agreement with
Smelter Company
16.
Mason PUD 1 Launches Second Community Solar
Project
17.
Oregon Secretary of State Rejects Clean Energy
Ballot Initiatives
18.
Idaho PUC Rejects Proposal to Slash Solar Power
Incentive
19.
DOE Finalizes Rejection of Obama Lightbulb
Efficiency Standards, But Excludes LEDs from Analysis
20.
Four Tips to Save Money & Energy This
Holiday Season
21.
Grant Allows Grays Harbor PUD to Study Fiber
Expansion to Oakville, Chehalis Indian Reservation
22.
Electric Vehicles Can Be for Everybody — In
Rainier Valley & Beyond
23.
Washington State Gov. Inslee Proposes to Slash
Emissions, Reach Net-Zero Carbon by 2050
24.
How the U.S. Navy Remains the Masters of Modular
Nuclear Reactors
25.
Boeing Ousts Muilenburg Amid 737 MAX Crisis –
Observers Wonder If New CEO Calhoun Will Bring the Right Sort of Change
26.
No Tsunami Threat for Washington After 5.2
Earthquake Off Vancouver Island
WORD OF THE DAY
Supererogation • \soop-err-air-uh-GAY-shun\ • Noun - The act
of performing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need
“Bartholomew, you have an exemplary talent. Your
supererogation is an inspiration to all the other employees here,” barked the
supervisor to his cowering minion. “Great,” thought Barty, “Now I need to buy a
dictionary to see if that was a compliment or not.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Energy Storage Project on Upper Columbia Brings
Jobs — And Concerns from Colville Tribes (Northwest News Network)
2.
Natural Gas Industry’s $1 Million PR Campaign
Sets Up Fight over the Pacific Northwest’s Energy Future (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
3.
Douglas County PUD Looking to Advance Rate
Increase on Non-diverse Loads (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
4.
What NorthWestern Energy’s Supply Strategy Could
Mean for Customers (Montana Public Radio)
5.
Grant PUD Holds First Outreach Event, Targeted
Toward Irrigation Customers (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
6.
Op/Ed: Kurt Miller – The Ghost of Energy Crisis
Past – And Our Future (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
DAM BUSINESS
7.
Washington State Deeply Divided Over Tearing
Down Snake River Dams, Says Inslee’s $750,000 Study (Tri-City Herald, WA)
8.
Washington State Gov. Inslee’s Office Releases
Draft Report on Breaching Lower Snake River Dams (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
9.
Snake River Dam Study Brings Benefits &
Liabilities to Region (Associated Press)
10.
Views on Dams Cataloged in Study (Moscow-Pullman
Daily News, ID)
11.
Editorial: Washington State Gov. Inslee’s Snake
River Dam Study Wasted Money Telling Us What We Already Know (Tri-City Herald, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12.
Copper Versus Salmon: Why an Alaska Mine Matters
in the Pacific Northwest (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
13.
Federal 9th Circuit Court Orders More Action to
Protect Salmon & Steelhead in Columbia Basin (Northwest News Network)
14.
Up to 21,000 Atlantic Salmon Escape after British
Columbia Fish-Farm Fire Damages Net Pen (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
15.
Pend Oreille PUD Terminates Agreement with
Smelter Company (Spokane Public Radio)
16.
Mason PUD 1 Launches Second Community Solar
Project (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
17.
Oregon Secretary of State Rejects Clean Energy
Ballot Initiatives (Portland Business Journal, OR)
18.
Idaho PUC Rejects Proposal to Slash Solar Power
Incentive (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
19.
DOE Finalizes Rejection of Obama Lightbulb
Efficiency Standards, But Excludes LEDs from Analysis (Utility Dive)
20.
Four Tips to Save Money & Energy This
Holiday Season (Bonneville Power Administration)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21.
Grant Allows Grays Harbor PUD to Study Fiber
Expansion to Oakville, Chehalis Indian Reservation (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
22.
Electric Vehicles Can Be for Everybody — In Rainier
Valley & Beyond (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23.
Washington State Gov. Inslee Proposes to Slash
Emissions, Reach Net-Zero Carbon by 2050 (Utility Dive)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
24.
How the U.S. Navy Remains the Masters of Modular
Nuclear Reactors (Forbes Magazine)
GENERAL NEWS
25.
Boeing Ousts Muilenburg Amid 737 MAX Crisis – Observers
Wonder If New CEO Calhoun Will Bring the Right Sort of Change (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
26.
No Tsunami Threat for Washington After 5.2
Earthquake Off Vancouver Island (KING TV, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Winners of World’s Richest Lottery ‘El Gordo’ Celebrate
For Canadian Researcher, It’s a Microscopic Christmas
Japanese Man, 71, Arrested for ‘Making 24,000 Complaint
Calls’
Done in a Datsun: Man Cooks Roast Pork in Car During Australian
Heatwave
SONG OF THE DAY
ABBA – Money, Money, Money
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