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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Renewable Energy: U-S Takes New Tack with ‘Solar
Energy Zones’ (Christian Science Monitor)
Documents Sought from Obama Administration
Regarding Chu Memo that Could Raise Energy Prices on 40 Million Americans (U-S
House Natural Resources Committee)
Salmon Spawners Make Way past Former White Salmon
River Dam Site for First Time in Nearly 100 Years (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Hunt
for Water in Eastern Oregon Has Farmers Scrambling to Tap Columbia River (Oregonian, Portland)
Pend Oreille PUD - As Broadband Goes Rural, It
Meets the Need for Speed (Laser Focus World)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Documents Sought from Obama Administration Regarding Chu Memo that Could Raise Energy Prices on 40 Million Americans
- Port Angeles City Council to Consider Utility Rate Hikes Tuesday
- City of Wenatchee to Appeal Chelan PUD Suit over Tax Collections
- Grand Coulee Dam Laser Lights: Out with the Old, In With the New
- How Far has Smart Grid Come?
- Editorial - Too Many Questions to Empower Thurston County PUD
- Editorial - More reliable study needed on Thurston Public Power Initiative
- Editorial - No Guarantee on Thurston Public Power Rates
- Editorial - Thurston PUD Legal Questions Unanswered
- Editorial - Confidence in Thurston County PUD?
- Editorial - Could Thurston Stay Green?
- Salmon Spawners Make Way past Former White Salmon River Dam Site for First Time in Nearly 100 Years
- Fishing in a Different Current - Crew Uses Electro-Boat to Study Fish above Rocky Reach Dam
- Help Save the Hanford Reach Salmon
- Hunt for Water in Eastern Oregon Has Farmers Scrambling to Tap Columbia River
- California - Proposition F Seeks Plan to Drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
- Renewable Energy: U-S Takes New Tack with ‘Solar Energy Zones’
- Solar Developer Sued over Idaho Project
- Poll: Idahoans Blow Cold on Wind
- Op/Ed - DeFazio-Backed Bill Brings Balance to Energy Development
- New Rule Could Lead to More Wind Energy Curtailment in Midwest
- Nevada Co-op Solar Program Praised
- Residential Solar Prices Falling, But Can the Trend Last?
- Churches Send Jolt of Energy to Michigan Renewables Plan
- German Tax to Finance Renewable Energy Skyrockets
- How to Cut Home Energy Bills without Sacrificing Comfort or Lifestyle
- Out on a Limb for Energy Efficiency
- A Grand Experiment to Rein in Climate Change
- California Greenhouse Gas Rules Face Major Court Test
- James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ Films Run on Clean Energy
- Pend Oreille PUD - As Broadband Goes Rural, It Meets the Need for Speed
- New Hampshire - Fairpoint Sues Berlin over Pole Tax
- Former Washington Legislator Sid Snyder Dead at 86
- More Stormy Weather Expected Monday Afternoon
- Forecasters Predict Dry Winter Ahead
- Hackers Steal More than $450,000 from City of Burlington
- City of Shelton Considering Closing Sixth Street Park
- California - For Dollars’ Worth of Copper Farmers Out Thousands
- Seattle Hotel Sidewalk Ad Campaign Backfires
WORD OF THE DAY
Garniture • \GARR-nit-churr\ • Noun - 1:
embellishment, trimming 2: a set of decorative objects (as vases, urns, or
clocks)
The ticking of the grandfather clock in the gloomy
parlor made it seem spookier than it was. The red velvet wallpaper, lamps with
their wicks lowered to a feeble glow, silk handkerchiefs draped seductively over
their shades. “This garniture is directly from the ‘Miss Kitty” school of décor,”
mused the dusty cowhand to himself, his spurs jangling across the creaky wooden
floor as he made his way to the low divan, where the hostess impatiently
waited, the weathered copy of “Wuthering Heights” gripped in her hands.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Documents Sought from Obama Administration
Regarding Chu Memo that Could Raise Energy Prices on 40 Million Americans (U-S
House Natural Resources Committee)
Port Angeles City Council to Consider Utility Rate
Hikes Tuesday (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
City of Wenatchee to Appeal Chelan PUD Suit over
Tax Collections (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Grand Coulee Dam Laser Lights: Out with the Old, In
With the New (Wenatchee World, WA)
How Far has Smart Grid Come? (Electric Light &
Power)
THE SIX STANZA THURSTON PUBLIC POWER EDITORIAL MASHUP (As if one
editorial statement wasn’t enough)
Editorial - Too Many Questions to Empower Thurston
County PUD (Olympian, WA)
Editorial - More reliable study needed on
Thurston Public Power Initiative (Olympian, WA)
Editorial - No Guarantee on Thurston Public Power
Rates (Olympian, WA)
Editorial - Thurston PUD Legal Questions Unanswered
(Olympian, WA)
Editorial - Confidence in Thurston County PUD? (Olympian, WA)
Editorial - Could Thurston Stay Green? (Olympian, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Spawners Make Way past Former White Salmon
River Dam Site for First Time in Nearly 100 Years (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Fishing in a Different Current - Crew Uses
Electro-Boat to Study Fish above Rocky Reach Dam (Wenatchee World, WA)
Help Save the Hanford Reach Salmon (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Hunt
for Water in Eastern Oregon Has Farmers Scrambling to Tap Columbia River (Oregonian, Portland)
California - Proposition F Seeks Plan to Drain
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir (SF Chronicle, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Renewable
Energy: U-S Takes New Tack with ‘Solar Energy Zones’ (Christian Science Monitor)
Solar Developer Sued over Idaho Project (Associated
Press)
Poll: Idahoans Blow Cold on Wind (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Op/Ed - DeFazio-Backed Bill Brings Balance to
Energy Development (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
New Rule Could Lead to More Wind Energy Curtailment
in Midwest (North America Wind Power)
Nevada Co-op Solar Program Praised (Electric Co-op
Today)
Residential
Solar Prices Falling, But Can the Trend Last? (New Mexico Business Journal)
Churches
Send Jolt of Energy to Michigan Renewables Plan (Climate Central)
German
Tax to Finance Renewable Energy Skyrockets (Associated
Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
How to Cut Home Energy Bills without Sacrificing
Comfort or Lifestyle (Associated Press)
Out on a Limb for Energy Efficiency (Electric Co-op
Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
A
Grand Experiment to Rein in Climate Change (NY Times)
California
Greenhouse Gas Rules Face Major Court Test (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
James
Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ Films Run on Clean Energy (Christian
Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Pend Oreille PUD - As Broadband Goes Rural, It
Meets the Need for Speed (Laser Focus World)
New Hampshire - Fairpoint Sues Berlin over Pole Tax
(Berlin Daily Sun, NH)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Former Washington Legislator Sid Snyder Dead at 86 (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
More Stormy Weather Expected Monday Afternoon (KING-TV,
Seattle)
Forecasters Predict Dry Winter Ahead (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Hackers Steal More than $450,000 from City of Burlington
(KING-TV, Seattle)
City of Shelton Considering Closing Sixth Street Park
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
California - For Dollars’ Worth of Copper Farmers
Out Thousands (Associated Press)
Seattle Hotel Sidewalk Ad Campaign Backfires (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Seattle-hotel-sidewalk-ad-campaign-backfires-3944916.php
DIVERSIONS
Felix
Baumgartner Breaks the Sound Barrier - Sponsored By Red Bull
Obscenely Rich People Can Raise Obscenely Rich
Chickens in this $100,000 Coop
Giant Eyeball Mystery Solved: Experts Say It
Belonged to Swordfish
Husband Discovers Deadly Skin Cancer after Shaving
His Head in Support of His Wife Going through Chemotherapy
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Byrds - Eight Miles High
