Thursday, June 27, 2013

Energy News Digest for June 27, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Pacific Northwest’s Hottest Days of the Year So Far Are Looming (Northwest Public Radio)

Study: Wind Energy in California Has Few Benefits (KCET-TV, Burbank, CA)

Puget Sound Energy, Montana Revenue Department Settle Tax Dispute over Power Plants & Transmission (The Missoulian, MT)

Obama Highlights Carbon Storage, Northwest Researchers Hope for More Funding (Northwest Public Radio)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Puget Sound Energy, Montana Revenue Department Settle Tax Dispute over Power Plants & Transmission
  • Okanogan PUD Struggling to Make Up for Big Drop in Revenue
  • Clallam County PUD Rate Increase Moves Forward
  • Decoupling for Puget Sound Energy - A Step Forward for Energy Conservation in Washington State
  • Mason County PUD 3 Reaches 34 Consecutive Years of State Audits with No Findings
  • Port Angeles Selects New Public Works Director
  • Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for June 25, 2013 Business Meeting
  • Witnesses Underscore the Importance of Reliable, Affordable Electricity
  • National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Welcomes U-S House Oversight on Power Marketing Administrations
  • Unregulated Electricity Suppliers Rate Poorly in Ohio
  • Municipal Bond Rates - Cost of Public Projects Is Rising, & Pain Will Be Felt for Years
  • Fish Collector Up & Running at Swift Reservoir
  • Perch-Eating Tiger Muskies Arrive at Phillips Reservoir
  • California - Drought Conditions Threaten Sacramento River Salmon
  • Like Taste of Tacoma Water? Company Will Soon Bottle It
  • Study: Wind Energy in California Has Few Benefits
  • Public Power Utilities Use Creative Financing Models to Support Renewables
  • Pierce Defeats Kitsap in Inter-County Energy Conservation Challenge
  • Energy Conservation At Large Homes is Lowest Hanging Fruit for Cutting Carbon Emissions
  • Energy Efficiency: Home Internet Devices Use Enough to Power Silicon Valley
  • Obama Highlights Carbon Storage, Northwest Researchers Hope for More Funding
  • Legal Fees Awarded in Fiber-Optic Settlement
  • Com Ed Crowdsourcing Bill Redesign
  • Facebook Begins Highlighting Most Engaging Posts in Page Admin Panel
  • Northwest’s Hottest Days of the Year So Far Are Looming
  • Hot Temps - Special Weather Statement Issued by NWS Seattle
  • 4.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Washington
  • Race to Save the Mid-Columbia Cherry Crop
  • Ten Terminals for Crude Oil Trains Planned in Washington State
  • Lake Quinault Closed to All Nontribal Uses

WORD OF THE DAY

Perfervid • \per-FER-vid\ • Adjective - Marked by overwrought or exaggerated emotion: excessively fervent.

Perfervid: see Shatner, William.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Puget Sound Energy, Montana Revenue Department Settle Tax Dispute over Power Plants & Transmission (The Missoulian, MT)

Okanogan PUD Struggling to Make Up for Big Drop in Revenue (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)

Clallam County PUD Rate Increase Moves Forward (Sequim Gazette, WA)

Decoupling for Puget Sound Energy - A Step Forward for Energy Conservation in Washington State (News Release - Public News Service)

Mason County PUD 3 Reaches 34 Consecutive Years of State Audits with No Findings (Mason County PUD No. 3)

Port Angeles Selects New Public Works Director (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for June 25, 2013 Business Meeting (Mason County PUD No. 3)

Witnesses Underscore the Importance of Reliable, Affordable Electricity (U-S House of Representatives, Natural Resources Committee)

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Welcomes U-S House Oversight on Power Marketing Administrations (Electric Light & Power)

Unregulated Electricity Suppliers Rate Poorly in Ohio (Columbus Dispatch, OH)
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/06/27/unregulated-suppliers-rate-poorly-in-ohio.html

Municipal Bond Rates - Cost of Public Projects Is Rising, & Pain Will Be Felt for Years (NY Times)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Fish Collector Up & Running at Swift Reservoir (Longview Daily News, WA)

Perch-Eating Tiger Muskies Arrive at Phillips Reservoir (Baker City Herald, OR)

California - Drought Conditions Threaten Sacramento River Salmon (Sacramento Bee, CA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Like Taste of Tacoma Water? Company Will Soon Bottle It (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Study: Wind Energy in California Has Few Benefits (KCET-TV, Burbank, CA)

Public Power Utilities Use Creative Financing Models to Support Renewables (American Public Power Association)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Pierce Defeats Kitsap in Inter-County Energy Conservation Challenge (Bonney Lake-Sumner Courier-Herald, WA)

Energy Conservation At Large Homes is Lowest Hanging Fruit for Cutting Carbon Emissions (Forbes Magazine)

Energy Efficiency: Home Internet Devices Use Enough to Power Silicon Valley (The Energy Collective)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Obama Highlights Carbon Storage, Northwest Researchers Hope for More Funding (Northwest Public Radio)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Legal Fees Awarded in Fiber-Optic Settlement (Courthouse News Service)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Com Ed Crowdsourcing Bill Redesign (Chicago Business Journal, IL)

Facebook Begins Highlighting Most Engaging Posts in Page Admin Panel (Inside Facebook)

GENERAL NEWS

Pacific Northwest’s Hottest Days of the Year So Far Are Looming (Northwest Public Radio)

Hot Temps - Special Weather Statement Issued by NWS Seattle

4.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Washington (Northwest Cable News)

Race to Save the Mid-Columbia Cherry Crop (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Ten Terminals for Crude Oil Trains Planned in Washington State (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Lake Quinault Closed to All Nontribal Uses (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Video - Cap’n Crunch Holds Press News Conference to Defend His Rank (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

How a Fridge Full of Beer That Only Unlocks for Canadians Gets Made

One in Every 12 Workers Fear the Copy Machine

Michigan Man Recognizes Mom as Bank Robbery Suspect

SONG OF THE DAY

Marilyn Monroe - ‘Heat Wave’

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