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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for July 10, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S/Canadian Hydro Treaty Rewrite Called Flawed
(Electric Co-op Today)
Idaho Power Continues to Look to Nearby States to
Meet Future Energy Needs (SNL Financial)
U-S
Senator Baucus Issues Climate Change Directive (Hungry Horse News, MT)
Editorial
- Governor Inslee Disappoints with His Veto of I-937 Effectiveness Study (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Harbor Porpoises Make a Comeback in Puget Sound
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S/Canadian Hydro Treaty Rewrite Called Flawed
- Idaho Power Continues to Look to Nearby States to Meet Future Energy Needs
- Cowlitz PUD Commissioners File Five More Charges against Fired GM
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for the July 9 Regular Business Meeting
- Overtime Down at Grays Harbor PUD; Managers Look to Minimize
- Snohomish County PUD Employs New Mobile Monitoring System with Smart Phones
- Turning Science Visions into Reality
- Editorial - How the Nazis Nearly Flooded the Flathead
- State of California Drops Pacific Gas & Electric Penalty Proposal
- Xcel: Wind Transmission Capacity to Boulder May be Limited
- Salt River Project Lineworkers Face Concrete Giant
- Reliability Measures Utilities’ Health
- United Kingdom - Cannabis Farms Steal Electricity: Regulator
- Harbor Porpoises Make a Comeback in Puget Sound
- Tacoma Water Seeking Approval to Sell Water at Discounted Rate to Bottler
- Editorial - Governor Inslee Disappoints with His Veto of I-937 Effectiveness Study
- Colorado - Rural Electricity Providers Begin Renewable Energy Talks
- Feeling the Wind’s Worth - Turbines Produce Energy, Royalties on Palouse
- Vestas Plans More Hiring at Pueblo Towers Plant
- Connecticut - State Asks for Long-Term Clean Energy Bids
- Cold-Climate Co-ops Add Solar Power
- Google’s Renewable Energy Search Gets Results
- City Energy Specialist David Tooze - A Catalyst for Energy Savings in Portland
- U-S Senator Baucus Issues Climate Change Directive
- Nuclear Energy: Climate Change Solution? Former Opponents Say Yes.
- Op/Ed - Park Carbon Dioxide under Our Feet with a Biocarbon Approach
- Sprint Takes Over Clearwire in a Move to Compete with Verizon, AT&T
- Telecom Companies Abandon Copper Phone Lines
- New York - No More Landlines on Fire Island? Verizon Seeks to Go Wireless
- Yahoo Shuts Down Internet Relic AltaVista
- Greyhound to Add Wi-Fi & Entertainment System on Buses
- Who is @WSDOT_Traffic? Meet the People Who Make Your Commute Better
- Cloudy Forecast for Mason County Budget
- Belfair Senior Center Plans Move Forward with State Money
- Judge Says Apple Conspired to Raise Prices on E-Books
- Whoops — IRS Mistakenly Posts Thousands of Social Security Numbers Online
- Oregon Man Mum on Refusal to Pay Taxes, His Missing Millions in Gold
WORD OF THE DAY
Phalanx
• \FAY-lanks\ • Noun - 1: a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed
in close deep ranks & files; broadly: a body of troops in close array 2:
one of the digital bones of the hand or foot of a vertebrate 3a: a massed
arrangement of persons, animals, or things b: an organized body of persons.
The
high-powered utility executive, flanked by a phalanx of flacks, strode
confidently to the microphone with his highly polished talking points, ready to
deflect or demur to all questions asked about his misdeeds, huge salary, and panoply
of perks.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S/Canadian Hydro Treaty Rewrite Called Flawed
(Electric Co-op Today)
Idaho Power Continues to Look to Nearby States to
Meet Future Energy Needs (SNL Financial)
Cowlitz PUD Commissioners File Five More Charges against
Fired GM (Longview Daily News, WA)
Mason County PUD
3 Commission Report for the July 9 Regular Business Meeting (Mason County PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
Overtime Down at Grays Harbor PUD; Managers Look
to Minimize (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Snohomish County PUD Employs New Mobile
Monitoring System with Smart Phones (American Public
Power Association)
Turning Science Visions into Reality (Bonneville
Power Administration)
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Editorial - How the Nazis Nearly Flooded the
Flathead (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
State of California Drops Pacific Gas &
Electric Penalty Proposal (SF Chronicle, CA)
Xcel: Wind Transmission Capacity to Boulder May be
Limited - City, Xcel officials debate municipalization before commercial
brokers (Colorado Daily, Boulder)
http://www.coloradodaily.com/news/ci_23621634/xcel-wind-transmission-capacity-boulder-may-be-limited
Salt River Project Lineworkers Face Concrete
Giant (American Public Power Association)
Reliability Measures Utilities’ Health
(Transmission & Distribution)
United Kingdom - Cannabis Farms Steal
Electricity: Regulator (Reuters)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Harbor Porpoises Make a Comeback in Puget Sound (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Tacoma
Water Seeking Approval to Sell Water at Discounted Rate to Bottler (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Editorial
- Governor Inslee Disappoints with His Veto of I-937 Effectiveness Study (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Colorado
- Rural Electricity Providers Begin Renewable Energy Talks (KOAA, Denver, CO)
Feeling
the Wind’s Worth - Turbines Produce Energy, Royalties on Palouse (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Vestas
Plans More Hiring at Pueblo Towers Plant (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Connecticut
- State Asks for Long-Term Clean Energy Bids (Hartford Courant, CT)
Cold-Climate
Co-ops Add Solar Power (Electric Co-op Today)
Google’s
Renewable Energy Search Gets Results (The Record, Ontario, Canada)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
City
Energy Specialist David Tooze - A Catalyst for Energy Savings in Portland (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U-S
Senator Baucus Issues Climate Change Directive (Hungry Horse News, MT)
Nuclear
Energy: Climate Change Solution? Former Opponents Say Yes. (Christian Science
Monitor)
Op/Ed
- Park Carbon Dioxide under Our Feet with a Biocarbon Approach (Seattle Times,
WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Sprint Takes Over Clearwire in a Move to Compete
with Verizon, AT&T (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Telecom Companies Abandon Copper Phone Lines
(Associated Press)
New York - No More Landlines on Fire Island?
Verizon Seeks to Go Wireless (Christian Science Monitor)
Yahoo Shuts Down Internet Relic AltaVista (Associated
Press)
Greyhound to Add Wi-Fi & Entertainment System on
Buses (Los Angeles Times, CA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Who is @WSDOT_Traffic? Meet the People Who Make
Your Commute Better (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Cloudy Forecast for Mason County Budget (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Belfair Senior Center Plans Move Forward with State
Money (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Judge Says Apple Conspired to Raise Prices on
E-Books (Reuters)
Whoops — IRS Mistakenly Posts Thousands of Social
Security Numbers Online (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Oregon Man Mum on Refusal to Pay Taxes, His Missing
Millions in Gold - Company sold software to power companies including General
Electric, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers & Bonneville Power Administration
(KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Fugitive Tweets Taunt to District Attorney; Then
Gets Caught in Mexico
As
Alaska Glacier Melts, Secrets of Lost Military Plane Revealed
NY
School Issues Reading List Riddled with Errors
Minnesota
Town Has Four-Year-Old Boy as Mayor
SONG OF THE DAY
Ides
of March – Vehicle
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