Energy News Digest for December 12, 2013 – Hot Shots Edition

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

APPA, Others Urge Court to Set Aside FERC Orders on BPA Environmental Redispatch Policy (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=245615&issueID=27167

Cowlitz PUD Sells Share of Wind Farm Energy to Shell (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/cowlitz-pud-sells-share-of-wind-farm-energy-to-shell/article_d704aa90-62d8-11e3-aaf2-001a4bcf887a.html

Downtown Portland Power Outage: Who's to Blame & Who Should Pay? (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2013/12/downtown-power-outage-whos-to-blame.html

Clark Public Utilities Oks 2014 Budgets; No Rate Hikes (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/dec/11/clark-public-utilities-oks-2014-budgets/

How Congress's Odd Couple Reached a Remarkable Budget Deal (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2013/1211/How-Congress-s-odd-couple-reached-a-remarkable-budget-deal-video

Blackout? No Problem for Nissan Leaf-Powered Buildings (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2013/1211/Blackout-No-problem-for-Nissan-Leaf-powered-buildings

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Shelton area weather forecast for December 12, 2013

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