Merry
Christmas from the Energy News Digest. The digest will be away from the
intertubewebs December 24 & 25 for the holidays. May you find peace, love
and enjoyment in the season.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather
Forecast for December 24, 2014
Coastal
Flood Advisory for Puget Sound & Hood Canal
Goodbye
Hawaii, Hello Ridge (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Mountain Snow Could Slow Christmas Eve Travel (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Portland
LED Specialist Lands another $1 Million in Investments (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
British
Columbia Premier Christy Clark Defends Peace River Dam as a 100-Year Plan (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Peace
River Dam Approval Leaves Two Northern British Columbia Wind Projects Up in the
Air (Business Vancouver, BC)
Portland
LED Specialist Lands another $1 Million in Investments (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- British Columbia Premier Christy Clark Defends Peace River Dam as a 100-Year Plan
- Public Gets Chance to Comment on New Idaho Power Line West
- Columbia River PUD Says GM Resigning after Settlement
- Commissioner Tom Farmer Takes Oath of Office – Mason PUD 3 Board Elects Officers for 2015
- California: Governor Appoints New President & New Commissioner for Embattled PUC
- Rhode Island Regulators Approve Steep Electric Rate Increase; Will Phase in 24 Percent over 12 Months
- Hacking of South Korean Nuclear Reactors Poses No Danger
- If Cyberwar Erupts, America’s Electric Grid is a Prime Target
- How Southern Company Generates Electricity
- Peace River Dam Approval Leaves Two Northern British Columbia Wind Projects Up in the Air
- Renewable Energy Companies Use New Clout in Statehouses
- Biomass: Holiday Trees Help Light Co-op Homes
- Solar Panel Maintenance Poses Unforeseen Challenge in Developing World Electrification
- Portland LED Specialist Lands another $1 Million in Investments
- Video: Pot Shops Court Holiday Shoppers
- Despite Legalization, Illegal Marijuana Grows Continue on Public Lands
- Map: Cities & Counties That Do & Don’t Allow Marijuana Businesses
- Climate Change is Melting Mount Rainier’s Glaciers at Unprecedented Rates
- Restored Forests Breathe Life into Efforts against Climate Change
- Squirrels & Beavers: Meet the Rodents Making Global Warming Worse
- How Solar Power & Electric Cars Could Make Suburban Living Awesome Again
- North Korea Outage a Case Study in Online Uncertainties
- Phone Companies Would Like to Cut Your Landline Cord for You
- Cutting the Cord: Happiness Is a Cut Cord, Survey Says
- The Switchboard: Google & Microsoft Take Aim at Wi-Fi Blocking Hotel Chains
- Facebook Kicks Off NFL Partnership with Ad-Supported Video Clips
- Seven Things People Hate about Your Website
- Instagram Could Be One of the Best Deals of the Last Decade
- Rieder: Clooney Emerges as Hero in Sony Mess
- Mountain Snow Could Slow Christmas Eve Travel
- Garbage Rates, Rogue Trees - The City of Shelton Report for Dec. 23
- The Interview is Coming to YouTube, Google Play, & Xbox Video Today
- ‘Nut Rage’: Prosecutors Seek Arrest for Korean Air Executive
- Why Our Christmas Music is Still Stuck in the 1950s
Fissile
• \FISS-sull\ • Adjective - 1: capable of being split or divided in the
direction of the grain or along natural planes of cleavage 2: capable of
undergoing fission
Doctor
Ambrose loved his routine afternoon daydreams. Unlike the whimsical imaginings
of “Walter Mitty,” a confusing, fissile relationship between dreaming and
reality, Ambrose’s daydreams were whiskery and dark. Think “Wizard of Oz”
versus “Sin City.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
British
Columbia Premier Christy Clark Defends Peace River Dam as a 100-Year Plan (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Public
Gets Chance to Comment on New Idaho Power Line West (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
Columbia
River PUD Says GM Resigning after Settlement (Longview
Daily News, WA)
Commissioner Tom Farmer Takes Oath of Office – Mason PUD 3
Board Elects Officers for 2015 (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
California:
Governor Appoints New President & New Commissioner for Embattled PUC (San
Jose Mercury News, CA)
Rhode
Island Regulators Approve Steep Electric Rate Increase; Will Phase in 24
Percent over 12 Months (Associated Press)
Hacking
of South Korean Nuclear Reactors Poses No Danger (Forbes Magazine)
If
Cyberwar Erupts, America’s Electric Grid is a Prime Target (Christian Science
Monitor)
How
Southern Company Generates Electricity (Mother Nature Network)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Peace
River Dam Approval Leaves Two Northern British Columbia Wind Projects Up in the
Air (Business Vancouver, BC)
Renewable
Energy Companies Use New Clout in Statehouses (Stateline)
Biomass:
Holiday Trees Help Light Co-op Homes (Electric Co-op
Today)
Solar
Panel Maintenance Poses Unforeseen Challenge in Developing World
Electrification (The Energy Collective)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Portland
LED Specialist Lands another $1 Million in Investments (Portland Business
Journal, OR)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Video:
Pot Shops Court Holiday Shoppers (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Despite Legalization, Illegal Marijuana Grows Continue on Public
Lands (Northwest Public Radio)
Map:
Cities & Counties That Do & Don’t Allow Marijuana Businesses (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate
Change is Melting Mount Rainier’s Glaciers at Unprecedented Rates (Nature World
News)
Restored
Forests Breathe Life into Efforts against Climate Change (NY Times)
Squirrels
& Beavers: Meet the Rodents Making Global Warming Worse (The Weather Channel)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
How
Solar Power & Electric Cars Could Make Suburban Living Awesome Again (Washington
Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
North
Korea Outage a Case Study in Online Uncertainties (Associated Press)
Phone
Companies Would Like to Cut Your Landline Cord for You (Chicago Tribune, IL)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-no-more-landlines-1217-biz-20141217-story.html#page=1
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-no-more-landlines-1217-biz-20141217-story.html#page=1
Cutting
the Cord: Happiness Is a Cut Cord, Survey Says (USA Today)
The
Switchboard: Google & Microsoft Take Aim at Wi-Fi Blocking Hotel Chains (Washington
Post)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook
Kicks Off NFL Partnership with Ad-Supported Video Clips (San Francisco Business
Times, CA)
Seven
Things People Hate about Your Website (Mashable)
Instagram
Could Be One of the Best Deals of the Last Decade (GigaOM)
Rieder:
Clooney Emerges as Hero in Sony Mess (USA Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Mountain Snow Could Slow Christmas Eve Travel (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Garbage Rates, Rogue Trees - The City of Shelton
Report for Dec. 23 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
The
Interview is Coming to YouTube, Google Play, & Xbox Video Today (Gizmodo)
‘Nut Rage’: Prosecutors Seek Arrest for Korean
Air Executive (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Why Our Christmas Music is Still Stuck in the 1950s
(Washington Post)
DIVERSIONS
There’s
a Blizzard Warning in Effect For ... Hawaii?!
Check
to Make Sure That Box Spring You Buy Off Craigslist Doesn’t Come with a Free
Cat
The
Origin of the Candy Cane
The
Very American History of Christmas Lights
SONGS OF THE DAY - From the Ridiculous to the Sublime
Mystery
Science Theater 3K/Reddit – Let’s Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas
Mystery
Science Theater 3K - Merry Christmas; If That’s OK
Mel
Torme - The Christmas Song
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