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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Humane Society Offers Reward in Shootings of
Columbia River Sea Lions (Associated Press)
Editorial
– Bonneville Power Administration’s Wright Has Shown Decisive Leadership
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Idaho
- Dworshak Dam’s Safety Rating Upgraded (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Federal
Agencies Falling Short of Green Standards (Federal Times, Washington, DC)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Idaho - Dworshak Dam’s Safety Rating Upgraded
- Editorial – Bonneville Power Administration’s Wright Has Shown Decisive Leadership
- Top Grant PUD Manager Placed on Leave Pending Investigation
- Pacific Northwest Energy - Spring Wind & Rain: Too Much of a Good Thing?
- Centralia City Light Warns of Possible Widespread Outage
- Feds Can’t Dictate Venue for Utility Showdown over FERC Order 1000
- Regulators Delay Decision on California Nuclear Plant Probe
- Shaw to Install Emissions Reduction Equipment at Boardman Station in Oregon
- Co-ops, Munis Ask Commodity Futures Trading Commission for Exemption
- Iowa - Cedar Rapids to Use Hydro Plant Repair Funds for a Boat Ramp
- Humane Society Offers Reward in Shootings of Columbia River Sea Lions
- Proposed Federal Conservation Legislation Takes Aim at Columbia River Sea Lions
- BPA’s Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Expenditures: $650 Million in 2011, $12 Billion 1978-2011
- New Hatchery Aims to Boost Snake River’s Sockeye Production
- Comments Sought on White Salmon River Fish Plan
- Clallam County/Clallam PUD Carlsborg Sewer Plan Moves Ahead
- The High Plains - Land Sucked Dry Threatens Businesses, Homes, Agriculture, Critters
- Maryland - Defense: Buyers Knew Renewable Credits Were Fake
- On Our Radar: Fake Clean Energy Credits
- Colorado Springs Probably Didn’t Need to Worry About Demand for Wind Power
- Op/Ed - Wind Energy Helps to Power B-C’s Future
- Microhydro Drives Change in Rural Nepal
- Buying Electricity from Renewable Sources Can be Complicated
- Kohl’s Expanding Solar-Powered Stores by 25%
- Energy Adviser: Training Helps Avoid Mishaps on Heat Pumps
- Washington State University’s Energy Innovation Center Focused on ‘Smart Grid’ System
- Air Conditioning - Relief in Every Window, but Global Worry Too
- Federal Agencies Falling Short of Green Standards
- Buried Seed Vault Guards Thousands of Crop Varieties
- First Vehicle to Home Power System in North America
- Wholesale Rate, Fee Increase Approved for Chelan PUD Fiber Resellers
- Utah Builds Business with Broadband
- CenturyLink Brings IPTV to Colorado Springs - Very Targeted TV Deployments Continue
- Fat Databases, Small Pipes: The Problem of Data Inertia
- eBay to Build Huge Bloom Energy Fuel Cell Farm at Data Center
- Revenue Forecast for Washington State Little Changed
- New Study Dings Washington State for Not Prefunding Retiree Health Subsidies
- Small Arson Fires Set All Over Olympic HS in Bremerton
- An Ocean of Concern over Japanese Tsunami Debris
- Port of Shelton to Call for Bids to Log John’s Prairie
- Ten States That Will Boom: Washington State is Number Six
- Fire Danger Prompts Ban of Sky Lanterns
- Soggy Solstice: Stonehenge Gets Soaking
WORD OF THE DAY
Divertissement
• \duh-VERT-tiss-munt\ • Noun - 1: a dance sequence or short ballet usually
used as an interlude 2: an instrumental chamber work in several movements
usually light in character 3: diversion, entertainment
The
“New York Times” crossword was too tame a divertissement for Chad’s lunchtime
break. He would closet himself in the broom closet with the “Klingon Gazette” crossword
puzzle.
Ed
Note: I am stunned by the amount of time and effort fanboys have put into
creating and translating books into Klingon – Including the Bible, Book of
Mormon and more. Yikes!
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Idaho
- Dworshak Dam’s Safety Rating Upgraded (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Dworshak
Dam, Wikipedia
Editorial
– Bonneville Power Administration’s Wright Has Shown Decisive Leadership (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Top Grant PUD Manager Placed on Leave Pending
Investigation (Wenatchee World, WA)
Pacific Northwest Energy - Spring Wind & Rain:
Too Much of a Good Thing? (Daily Journal of Commerce, OR)
Pacific Power Has Layoffs - Five in Yakima (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Centralia City Light Warns of Possible Widespread
Outage (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Feds Can’t Dictate Venue for Utility Showdown over
FERC Order 1000 – Would change electric-transmission planning &
cost-allocation requirements for public utilities (Courthouse News Service)
Regulators Delay Decision on California Nuclear
Plant Probe (Associated Press)
Shaw to Install Emissions Reduction Equipment at Boardman
Station in Oregon (Electric Light & Power)
Co-ops, Munis Ask Commodity Futures Trading
Commission for Exemption (Electric Co-op Today)
Iowa - Cedar Rapids to Use Hydro Plant Repair Funds
for a Boat Ramp - $12 million in FEMA
funding for the hydroelectric plant will go towards a new ramp (Cedar Rapids
Gazette, IA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Humane Society Offers Reward in Shootings of Columbia
River Sea Lions (Associated Press)
Proposed Federal Conservation Legislation Takes
Aim at Columbia River Sea Lions (Examiner.com)
BPA’s Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Expenditures:
$650 Million in 2011, $12 Billion 1978-2011 (Columbia Basin Herald)
New Hatchery Aims to Boost Snake River’s Sockeye
Production (Twin Falls Times-News, ID)
Comments Sought on White Salmon River Fish Plan (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Clallam County/Clallam PUD Carlsborg Sewer Plan
Moves Ahead (Sequim Gazette, WA)
The High Plains - Land Sucked Dry Threatens
Businesses, Homes, Agriculture, Critters (Forbes Magazine)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Maryland
- Defense: Buyers Knew Renewable Credits Were Fake (Associated Press)
On
Our Radar: Fake Clean Energy Credits (NY Times)
Colorado
Springs Probably Didn’t Need to Worry About Demand for Wind Power (Grist Online)
Op/Ed
- Wind Energy Helps to Power B-C’s Future (Vancouver Sun, B-C)
Microhydro
Drives Change in Rural Nepal (NY Times)
Buying
Electricity from Renewable Sources Can be Complicated (Washington Post)
Kohl’s
Expanding Solar-Powered Stores by 25% (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy Adviser: Training Helps Avoid Mishaps on
Heat Pumps (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Washington State University’s Energy Innovation
Center Focused on ‘Smart Grid’ System (McClatchy-Tribune News Service)
Air Conditioning - Relief in Every Window, but
Global Worry Too (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Federal
Agencies Falling Short of Green Standards (Federal Times, Washington, DC)
Buried
Seed Vault Guards Thousands of Crop Varieties (Christian
Science Monitor)
First
Vehicle to Home Power System in North America (Grist
Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Wholesale Rate, Fee Increase Approved for Chelan PUD
Fiber Resellers (Wenatchee World, WA)
Utah Builds Business with Broadband (Utah Pulse)
CenturyLink Brings IPTV to Colorado Springs - Very
Targeted TV Deployments Continue (Broadband Reports)
Fat Databases, Small Pipes: The Problem of Data
Inertia (GigaOM)
eBay to Build Huge Bloom Energy Fuel Cell Farm at
Data Center (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Revenue Forecast for Washington State Little
Changed (Associated Press)
New Study Dings Washington State for Not Prefunding
Retiree Health Subsidies (Seattle Times)
GENERAL NEWS
Small Arson Fires Set All Over Olympic HS in Bremerton
(KING-TV, Seattle)
An Ocean of Concern over Japanese Tsunami Debris (Seattle
Times)
Port of Shelton to Call for Bids to Log John’s
Prairie (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Ten States That Will Boom: Washington State is
Number Six (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Fire Danger Prompts Ban of Sky Lanterns (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle)
Soggy Solstice: Stonehenge Gets Soaking (Associated
Press)
DIVERSIONS
Good Humor Ice Cream Shortage No Laughing Matter
Ban Lifted on 9-Year-Old Scottish Blogger Who
Posted Photos of Nasty School Lunches
Woman Charged with Stealing Nearly $10K to Purchase
‘Goods’ for Facebook Game
Famed Sports Painter Leroy Neiman Dead at 91
SONG OF THE DAY
Mussorgsky
- Pictures at an Exhibition
