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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for September 13, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
A Record Year Expected for Columbia River Fall
Chinook (Northwest Public Radio)
WSU
Tri-Cities to Get National Biofuels Center (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Snohomish
County PUD Experimenting with Giant Batteries (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Why Running the AC in California’s Scorching
Valleys May Get a Bit Cheaper (Christian Science Monitor)
Wave Broadband Swallows Up Yet another Internet
Provider (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Why Running the AC in California’s Scorching Valleys May Get a Bit Cheaper
- BC Hydro Forecasts 26% Rate Increase by 2016
- British Columbia Energy Minister Not Ruling Out Use of Gas-Fired Power Plants
- Itron to Cut 750 Jobs Worldwide
- New Laws Streamline Hydro Projects
- Hydroelectric Power Making a Comeback As Companies Turn to Renewable Energy
- Mason PUD 3 Commission Report for the September 10, 2013 Business Meeting
- Fitch Affirms Benton PUD Bonds at ‘A+’; Outlook Stable
- Power Engineering & Renewable Energy World Name Projects of the Year Awards Finalists “…The Best Hydro Project finalists (includes)…the North Fork Skokomish Powerhouse & Fish Passage Facility, owned by Tacoma Power near Hoodsport, Wash…”
- TIO Networks Expands Payment Options for Washington Residents through Partnership with Cowlitz Public Utility District
- Arizona Ruling Halting Electric Competition Draws Praise, Rebuke
- North Dakota: Power-Hungry Oil Patch Creates Need for Controversial Power Line
- Nuclear Power, Simply Put
- A Record Year Expected for Columbia River Fall Chinook
- British Columbia: Pink Salmon Return Much Better Than Forecast in Kamloops, Shuswap
- Editorial: Salmon & the Columbia River Treaty
- Agreement Reached on Elwha River Sediment Issue
- Moses Lake Dam Under Repair
- Fish Hatcheries, the Federal Reclamation Act, & State Water Law: Ninth Circuit Rejects Lawsuit, Reaffirming Primacy of State Water Law
- Snohomish County PUD Experimenting with Giant Batteries
- Eagles, Wind Farms Don’t Mix. New Study Shows Toll on Birds
- California Winds of Change Waft Toward Wyoming
- Study: Western Wind Power to Compete with Natural Gas
- A Fisherwoman’s Quest to Make Tidal Power Safe for Fish
- USDA Awards Funds to Promote Development of Rural Wood to Energy Projects
- Orcas Power & Light Expanding Energy Efficiency, Conservation & Local Renewable Energy Production
- Heritage Foundation Presses Senators to Reject Energy Efficiency Bill
- U-S Senator Wyden Pleads With Vitter Not to Hold Energy Efficiency Bill ‘Hostage’
- A State Race to Save Energy
- ‘Threatening Climate Change Messages Are Not Effective’
- WSU Tri-Cities to Get National Biofuels Center
- Three Puget Sound Hospitals Listed Among Greenest in Nation
- Wave Broadband Swallows Up Yet another Internet Provider
- Telecoms Want FCC Out of Broadband Regulation
- Uh Oh. Amazon U-S East Is in Trouble Again
- Think Managing Federal Email Records Is Hard? Wait for Snapchat Records
- Google Loses Appeal over Street View Cars Snooping on Home Wi-Fi Connections
- Twitter Going Public
- Yahoo Users Estimated at 800 Million, CEO Says
- $650,000 Public Records Award Tossed
- Mason County vs. FAA: Fairground Use
- Now That You Can Sell Marijuana, Where Do You Put the Money?
- Women Outrun Men in Regaining Jobs since Recession
- Sound Pioneer Ray Dolby Dies at 80
WORD OF THE DAY
Wonk
• \wŏnk\ • Noun - A person preoccupied with arcane details or procedures in a
specialized field (such as politics) and often talks a lot about that subject.
Policy
wonk’s dream
Columbia
River Treaty
Follow
many streams
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Why Running the AC in California’s Scorching Valleys
May Get a Bit Cheaper (Christian Science Monitor)
BC Hydro Forecasts 26% Rate Increase by 2016
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
British Columbia Energy Minister Not Ruling Out
Use of Gas-Fired Power Plants (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Itron to Cut 750 Jobs Worldwide (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
New Laws Streamline Hydro Projects (La Grande
Observer, OR)
Hydroelectric Power Making a Comeback As
Companies Turn to Renewable Energy (Huffington Post)
Mason PUD 3 Commission Report for the September
10, 2013 Business Meeting (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Fitch Affirms Benton PUD Bonds at ‘A+’; Outlook
Stable (Fort Mill Times, SC)
Power
Engineering & Renewable Energy World Name Projects of the Year Awards
Finalists “…The Best Hydro Project finalists (includes)…the North Fork
Skokomish Powerhouse & Fish Passage Facility, owned by Tacoma Power near
Hoodsport, Wash…” (MarketWatch)
TIO Networks Expands Payment Options for
Washington Residents through Partnership with Cowlitz Public Utility District
(PR Newswire)
Arizona Ruling Halting Electric Competition Draws
Praise, Rebuke (Arizona Star, Tucson, AZ)
North Dakota: Power-Hungry Oil Patch Creates Need
for Controversial Power Line (Grand Forks Herald, ND)
Nuclear Power, Simply Put (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
A Record Year Expected for Columbia River Fall
Chinook (National Public Radio)
British Columbia: Pink Salmon Return Much Better
Than Forecast in Kamloops, Shuswap (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Editorial: Salmon & the Columbia River Treaty
(Eugene Weekly, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Agreement
Reached on Elwha River Sediment Issue (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Moses
Lake Dam Under Repair (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Fish
Hatcheries, the Federal Reclamation Act, & State Water Law: Ninth Circuit
Rejects Lawsuit, Reaffirming Primacy of State Water Law (GTH Energy &
Natural Resources Law Blog)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Snohomish
County PUD Experimenting with Giant Batteries (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Eagles,
Wind Farms Don’t Mix. New Study Shows Toll on Birds (Christian Science Monitor)
California
Winds of Change Waft Toward Wyoming (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
http://trib.com/business/energy/california-winds-of-change-waft-toward-wyoming/article_99eff917-09e8-5bec-b3aa-c323e466bd60.html
http://trib.com/business/energy/california-winds-of-change-waft-toward-wyoming/article_99eff917-09e8-5bec-b3aa-c323e466bd60.html
Study:
Western Wind Power to Compete with Natural Gas (Salon Magazine)
A
Fisherwoman’s Quest to Make Tidal Power Safe for Fish (Forbes Magazine)
USDA
Awards Funds to Promote Development of Rural Wood to Energy Projects (U-S
Department of Agriculture)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Orcas
Power & Light Expanding Energy Efficiency, Conservation & Local
Renewable Energy Production (San Juan Islander, Friday Harbor, WA)
Heritage
Foundation Presses Senators to Reject Energy Efficiency Bill (The Hill)
U-S
Senator Wyden Pleads With Vitter Not to Hold Energy Efficiency Bill ‘Hostage’
(The Hill)
A
State Race to Save Energy (Forbes Magazine)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
‘Threatening
Climate Change Messages Are Not Effective’ (The Guardian, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
WSU
Tri-Cities to Get National Biofuels Center (Tri-City Herald,
WA)
Three Puget Sound Hospitals Listed Among Greenest
in Nation (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Wave Broadband Swallows Up Yet another Internet
Provider (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Telecoms Want FCC Out of Broadband Regulation (Seattle
Times - Paywall Advisory)
Uh Oh. Amazon U-S East Is in Trouble Again (GigaOM)
Think Managing Federal Email Records Is Hard? Wait
for Snapchat Records (Mashable)
Google Loses Appeal over Street View Cars Snooping
on Home Wi-Fi Connections (Consumerist)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter Going Public (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Yahoo Users Estimated at 800 Million, CEO Says (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
$650,000 Public Records Award Tossed (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Mason County vs. FAA: Fairground Use (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Now That You Can Sell Marijuana, Where Do You Put the
Money? (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Women Outrun Men in Regaining Jobs since Recession (Associated
Press)
Sound Pioneer Ray Dolby Dies at 80 (San Francisco
Business Times, CA)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2013/09/sound-pioneer-ray-dolby-dies-at-80.html
DIVERSIONS
Scientists
Confirm Voyager 1 Probe Is in Interstellar Space
Scathing
Obit about Abusive Nevada Mother Goes Viral
Stephen
Colbert’s ‘Better Know a District’ Throws a Fish with U-S Rep. Jim McDermott
Up,
Then Down - Man Flying to Europe with Helium Balloons Gives Up After Just 350
Miles
http://gizmodo.com/meet-the-man-attempting-to-cross-the-atlantic-using-onl-1303368425/1307309429@ace
SONG OF THE DAY
The
Tornados – Telstar
Thomas
Dolby - She Blinded Me with Science
I
know that there is no blood relationship with Ray Dolby, but I couldn’t resist.
From Thomas Dolby’s Wikipedia entry: The Thomas Dolby stage name originated
from a nickname that he picked up around “the early 70s”, when he was “always
messing around with keyboards & tapes”. His friends nicknamed him Dolby,
from the name of an audio noise-reduction process from Dolby Laboratories used
for audio recording & playback.
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