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Prairie Operations Center Dedication
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Energy Northwest Nuclear Plant Increases Energy
Output (American Public Power Association)
Op/Ed - Federal Proposal to Alter Bonneville Power
Administration Responsibilities Ill-Advised (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Mason County PUD 3 Partners with Simpson Lumber on
Relamp Project (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Oregon Auditors Find Schools Missed Out on $40
Million Worth of Energy Savings (Associated Press)
US Forecast: Extra Hot Summer, Except for the
Pacific Northwest (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Northwest Nuclear Plant Increases Energy Output
- Op/Ed - Federal Proposal to Alter Bonneville Power Administration Responsibilities Ill-Advised
- Beaverton’s Platt Electric Supply Acquired by French Distributor Rexel
- Grays Harbor PUD Mulls Loan Request from City of Montesano
- Minnesota - For Xcel, Selling Less Electricity Pays Off
- Texas - ERCOT Says Power Supplies Will be Tight in Coming Years
- Don’t Restrict Tax-Exempt Financing, APPA Urges Senate Finance Committee
- Dog Bites Drive Up Insurance Payouts; Premiums Could be Next
- Dog Bite Prevention Week a Good Reminder to Teach Children Safe Behavior
- Britain Says It Will Add Reactors for Energy
- Feds Want New Study of Makah Tribal Whaling Impact
- Quilcene Hatchery Releases Juvenile Coho Salmon
- Op/Ed - Protect Forage Fish, Cornerstone of Our Ocean’s Food Web
- The End of Fish, In One Chart
- Pebble Mine Could Devastate Alaska Rivers, Streams, EPA Says
- Seattle Pilot Program Could Mean Brown Grass at City Parks
- Obama to Push Clean Energy Technologies in Iowa
- Who Really Pays for Solar Power in California?
- A Gust of Wind Industry Mergers
- Massachusetts Addresses “Biomass Loophole” and Limits Subsidies
- Op/Ed - Alternate-Energy Sources Are Not Cost-Effective
- Florida - Largo Owner of Solar-Powered Home Fights Neighbor’s Trees, Gains Little Ground
- Mason County PUD 3 Partners with Simpson Lumber on Relamp Project
- Oregon Auditors Find Schools Missed Out on $40 Million Worth of Energy Savings
- Save Money, Make Money, Reduce Emissions: What’s Not to Like?
- Editorial - Produce Jobs through Energy Conservation, Land Restoration, Speaker Says
- What Makes a Building Green?
- PNNL Research Finds New Way to Store Carbon Emissions
- LEED Architects: The Changing Face of Green
- Wooden Light Bulb is the Most Magical-Looking LED Bulb We’ve Seen
- San Juan Islands’ Broadband Initiative Receives Mixed Reactions
- Oregon Governor Signs Data Center Bill into Law
- Bungled Internet Cable Project Keeps Cuba Stuck in Web Slow Lane
- FCC Chairman Supports Broadband Data Caps amid Netflix Protests
- Google Completes Motorola Deal, Heralding New Era
- Washington State Senate in the Balance - Republican Senator Pflug Departing Legislature
- US Forecast: Extra Hot Summer, Except for the Pacific Northwest
- Mason County Unemployment Rate Drops in April
- Hidden Camera Shows 520 Bridge Workers Drinking on the Job
- State Employee Accused of Stealing Food Stamps, Using Them for Shopping
- Mason County Awards Lodging Tax Funds to EDC for Racetrack
- Man Charged with Hitting Loud Child at Kent Movie Theater
WORD OF THE DAY
Supersede • \soop-err-SEED\ • Verb - 1a: to cause
to be set aside b: to force out of use as inferior
Ed bought super seed
Meant to fix his ugly lawn
Supersede old grass
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Energy Northwest Nuclear Plant Increases Energy
Output (American Public Power Association)
Op/Ed - Federal Proposal to Alter Bonneville Power
Administration Responsibilities Ill-Advised (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Beaverton’s Platt Electric Supply Acquired by French
Distributor Rexel (Oregonian, Portland)
Grays Harbor PUD Mulls Loan Request from City of Montesano
(Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Minnesota - For Xcel, Selling Less Electricity Pays
Off (Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN)
http://www.startribune.com/business/152117775.html
http://www.startribune.com/business/152117775.html
Texas - ERCOT Says Power Supplies Will be Tight in
Coming Years (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Don’t Restrict Tax-Exempt Financing, APPA Urges Senate
Finance Committee (American Public Power Association)
Dog Bites Drive Up Insurance Payouts; Premiums
Could be Next (USA Today)
Dog Bite Prevention Week a Good Reminder to Teach
Children Safe Behavior (Oregonian, Portland)
Britain Says It Will Add Reactors for Energy (NY
Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Feds Want New Study of Makah Tribal Whaling
Impact (Associated Press)
Quilcene Hatchery Releases Juvenile Coho Salmon (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Op/Ed - Protect Forage Fish, Cornerstone of Our
Ocean’s Food Web (Seattle Times)
The End of Fish, In One Chart (Washington Post)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Pebble
Mine Could Devastate Alaska Rivers, Streams, EPA Says (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
Seattle
Pilot Program Could Mean Brown Grass at City Parks (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Obama
to Push Clean Energy Technologies in Iowa (Associated Press)
Who
Really Pays for Solar Power in California? (Auburn Journal, CA)
A Gust of Wind Industry Mergers (Forbes Magazine)
Massachusetts
Addresses “Biomass Loophole” and Limits Subsidies (Forbes Magazine)
Op/Ed
- Alternate-Energy Sources Are Not Cost-Effective “…When asked if wind power
was reducing carbon emissions…BPA representative, said…they are, in fact,
creating emissions…when a natural-gas facility is ramped up & down to
respond to fluctuations in wind-power output…” (Duluth News Tribune, MN)
Florida
- Largo Owner of Solar-Powered Home Fights Neighbor’s Trees, Gains Little
Ground (Tampa Bay Times, FL)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Mason County PUD 3 Partners with Simpson Lumber on
Relamp Project (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Oregon Auditors Find Schools Missed Out on $40
Million Worth of Energy Savings (Associated Press)
Save Money, Make Money, Reduce Emissions: What’s Not
to Like? (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Editorial - Produce Jobs through Energy
Conservation, Land Restoration, Speaker Says (The Missoulian, MT)
What Makes a Building Green? (Triple Pundit)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
PNNL
Research Finds New Way to Store Carbon Emissions (KNDU-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
LEED
Architects: The Changing Face of Green (Albany Business Review, NY)
Wooden
Light Bulb is the Most Magical-Looking LED Bulb We’ve Seen (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
San Juan Islands’ Broadband Initiative Receives
Mixed Reactions (The Island Sounder, Eastsound, WA)
Oregon Governor Signs Data Center Bill into Law
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Bungled Internet Cable Project Keeps Cuba Stuck in
Web Slow Lane (Associated Press)
FCC Chairman Supports Broadband Data Caps amid Netflix
Protests (Washington Post)
Google Completes Motorola Deal, Heralding New Era (Associated
Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Senate in the Balance - Republican
Senator Pflug Departing Legislature (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
US Forecast: Extra Hot Summer, Except for the
Pacific Northwest (Associated Press)
Mason County Unemployment Rate Drops in April
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Hidden Camera Shows 520 Bridge Workers Drinking on the
Job (Seattle Post-intelligencer)
State Employee Accused of Stealing Food Stamps, Using
Them for Shopping (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Mason County Awards Lodging Tax Funds to EDC for
Racetrack (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Man Charged with Hitting Loud Child at Kent Movie
Theater (KING-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Half-Naked Woman in Hot Pink Duct Tape Attacks,
Injures Three Cops
http://www.keprtv.com/news/offbeat/Woman-in-hot-pink-duct-tape-attacks-injures-3-cops-152214775.html
Oregon Workers Awarded $332,000 in Onsite Toilet
Fight
‘Polka
King’ Eddie Blazonczyk Dies at 70
Eugene
Polley, Inventor of TV Remote, Dies at 96
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Eugene-Polley-inventor-of-TV-remote-dies-at-96-3576803.php
SONG OF THE DAY
Eddie
Blazonczyk’s Versatones - Twinkletoes Polka
