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Thanksgiving beginning tomorrow. Take time this weekend to think about your
blessings. It’s easy, and fun!
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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather
Forecast for November 26, 2014
Flood
Watch Issued for Mason County – Three to Five Inches of Rain in Olympics (National
Weather Service, Seattle)
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Flood
Watch for Mason County - More Rain Forecast for Thanksgiving in Washington
State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Quincy Data Center Announces 4.5 Megawatts of New
Capacity (Columbia Basin Bulletin, Moses Lake, WA)
Cowlitz
PUD’s McMaster Expecting Up to 5 Percent Rise in Rate Next Year (Longview Daily News, WA)
Feds:
Pacific Northwest Ratepayer Spending on Salmon Paying Off “…BPA power
customers…paid $682 million last year to support fish & wildlife programs,
accounting for about one-third of the power marketer’s wholesale rates…”
(Electric Co-op Today)
Lawsuit Filed to Stop Snake River Dredging
(Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Cowlitz
PUD’s McMaster Expecting Up to 5 Percent Rise in Rate Next Year
- Washington
State Panel OKs’ Avista Plan to Hike Rates January 1
- Jefferson
PUD Raises Discount for Low-Income Seniors, Disabled to $20 a Month
- The
Triple Bottom Line on PGE’s First-Ever Sustainability Report
- Canada:
Geothermal Alternatives to Peace River Dam Are More Cost Effective: Industry
Group
- San
Francisco Supervisors Give City’s Power Utility a Big Boost
- Will
Santa Fe Be the Next City to Municipalize Its Electric Utility?
- Feds:
Pacific Northwest Ratepayer Spending on Salmon Paying Off
- Op/Ed:
Columbia River Basin Conference Shows Support for Salmon Return
- Oregon:
Someone Shooting Seagulls with Blow Darts
- Lawsuit
Filed to Stop Snake River Dredging
- Klamath
Water Agreement Headed to U-S Senate
- EPA
to Introduce Broad New Ozone Regulations
- U-S
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Rules on Mercury from Power Plants
- ‘A
Big Milestone:’ Carlsborg Sewer Pact Approved
- Distributed
Generation: Is Your Co-op Prepared?
- Florida:
Regulators Vote to End Solar Panel Rebates in 2015
- Solar
Energy’s Popularity Increases as Rooftop Panels Get Less Expensive
- New
York: Fort Drum Goes Wood Powered In a Push for Renewable Energy
- These
Weed Snobs Show Why Pot Can Be Just as Snooty as Wine
- Robot
Discovers That Antarctic Ice is Thicker than Thought
- The
Newest Benefits Perk: Cheap Solar Power for Your Home
- Quincy
Data Center Announces 4.5 Megawatts of New Capacity
- Comcast
Could Be Using Router in Your Home as Public Hot Spot
- Google
Fiber Raises Prices for Cable TV Service
- FCC
Says T-Mobile Can’t Hide Throttled Data Speeds
- Op/Ed:
The Universal Internet - Obama’s Plan for Net Neutrality Makes Perfect Sense
- If
Email is Dead, Why So Many New Email Products?
- Red
Sox Delete Ill-Timed Tweet after Ferguson Announcement
- Three-Quarters
of Americans Don’t Know This Basic Fact about the Internet
- Congressman
Hastings to Forgo $53,000 Annual Pension upon Retirement
- Flood
Watch for Mason County - More Rain Forecast for Thanksgiving in Washington
State
- Flooding
Triggers Evacuations at Mount Rainier National Park
- 2014
General Election Results Certified
- Worker
Compensation Rates to Go Up .8% in ‘15, Smaller than Originally Predicted
- This
Government Rule Could Cripple Commercial Drone Flight
- Oregon’s
U-S Senators Don’t Like Where the FAA is Headed on Drones
- Richard
Sherman Lampoons NFL Hypocrisy with Two-Minute Skit at His Presser
WORD OF THE DAY
Abulia
• \ay-BOO-lee-uh\ • noun: abnormal lack of ability to act or to make decisions
After
two hours of asking, the server concluded that Bartholomew’s inability to
choose between fish or chicken could be marked down to his apparent abulia. She
quickly decided to never again to return to his table.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Cowlitz
PUD’s McMaster Expecting Up to 5 Percent Rise in Rate Next Year (Longview Daily News, WA)
Washington
State Panel OKs’ Avista Plan to Hike Rates January 1 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Jefferson PUD Raises Discount for Low-Income
Seniors, Disabled to $20 a Month (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
The Triple Bottom Line on PGE’s First-Ever Sustainability
Report (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Canada:
Geothermal Alternatives to Peace River Dam Are More Cost Effective: Industry
Group (Globe & Mail, Canada)
San
Francisco Supervisors Give City’s Power Utility a Big Boost (SF Chronicle)
Will
Santa Fe Be the Next City to Municipalize Its Electric Utility? (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Feds: Pacific Northwest Ratepayer Spending on
Salmon Paying Off “…BPA power customers…paid $682 million last year to support
fish & wildlife programs, accounting for about one-third of the power
marketer’s wholesale rates…” (Electric Co-op Today)
Op/Ed: Columbia River Basin Conference Shows
Support for Salmon Return (Trail Daily Times, BC)
Oregon: Someone Shooting Seagulls with Blow Darts
(KOIN TV, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lawsuit Filed to Stop Snake River Dredging (Associated
Press)
Klamath Water Agreement Headed to U-S Senate
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
EPA to Introduce Broad New Ozone Regulations
(Utility Dive)
U-S Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Rules on
Mercury from Power Plants (NY Times)
‘A Big Milestone:’ Carlsborg Sewer Pact Approved
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Distributed
Generation: Is Your Co-op Prepared? (Electric
Co-op Today)
Florida:
Regulators Vote to End Solar Panel Rebates in 2015 (South Florida Business
Journal
Solar Energy’s Popularity Increases as Rooftop Panels Get
Less Expensive (National Public Radio)
New
York: Fort Drum Goes Wood Powered In a Push for Renewable Energy (Christian
Science Monitor)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
These
Weed Snobs Show Why Pot Can Be Just as Snooty as Wine (AdWeek)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Robot
Discovers That Antarctic Ice is Thicker than Thought (Christian Science
Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The Newest Benefits Perk: Cheap Solar Power for Your Home
(Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Quincy Data Center Announces 4.5 Megawatts of New
Capacity (Columbia Basin Bulletin, Moses Lake, WA)
Comcast
Could Be Using Router in Your Home as Public Hot Spot (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Google
Fiber Raises Prices for Cable TV Service (Oregonian, Portland)
FCC
Says T-Mobile Can’t Hide Throttled Data Speeds (Ars Technica)
Op/Ed:
The Universal Internet - Obama’s Plan for Net Neutrality Makes Perfect Sense
(U-S News & World Report)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
If
Email is Dead, Why So Many New Email Products? (GigaOM)
Red
Sox Delete Ill-Timed Tweet after Ferguson Announcement (San Jose Mercury News,
CA)
Three-Quarters
of Americans Don’t Know This Basic Fact about the Internet (Washington Post)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Congressman
Hastings to Forgo $53,000 Annual Pension upon Retirement (Tri-City Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Flood
Watch for Mason County - More Rain Forecast for Thanksgiving in Washington
State (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Flooding Triggers Evacuations at Mount Rainier National Park
(KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
2014 General Election Results Certified (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Worker Compensation Rates to Go Up .8% in ‘15, Smaller than
Originally Predicted (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
This
Government Rule Could Cripple Commercial Drone Flight (Washington Post)
Oregon’s U-S Senators Don’t Like Where the FAA is Headed on
Drones (Washington Post)
Richard Sherman Lampoons NFL Hypocrisy with Two-Minute Skit
at His Presser (SB*Nation)
DIVERSIONS
W+K
Made a Giant, Amazing Cuckoo Clock Out of an Oregon Maple for Portland Tourism
Pennsylvania
City’s Residents Asking Why Their Town Smells Like Cat Urine
Heirloom
Ring Flushed; Sewer Workers Retrieve It
Exit
Sign on Los Angeles’ 710 Freeway Misspells Olympic Boulevard as 'Olimpic'
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Outsiders - Time Won't Let Me
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