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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Low Natural Gas Prices May Drive FY 2014-2015 Power
Rates (Bonneville Power Administration – A Gas CRAC?)
Jim Lazar, Utility, Energy Expert Joins Thurston
PUD Commission (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Renton
wins federal case over collecting storm-water fees from Bonneville Power
Administration (Auburn Reporter, WA)
No Water for Belfair Water District Residents (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Shelton Senior Center Funding Denied (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Low Natural Gas Prices May Drive FY 2014-2015 Power Rates
- Jim Lazar, Utility, Energy Expert Joins Thurston PUD Commission
- Governor John Kitzhaber Releases Draft of Oregon’s Ten Year Energy Plan
- Snohomish PUD Reminds Customers about Potential Scams
- NERC Predicts Adequate Summer Reserve Margins in Most Areas
- Black & Veatch’s Sixth Annual Strategic Directions in the U-S Electric Utility Industry Report
- FERC Ruling - Lake of the Ozarks Boundary Redrawn to Save 1,500 Homes
- Massachusetts - Cape Cod Energy Report Sparks Ill Will
- Here’s What the Analyst Who Uncovered Enron Thinks About Chesapeake
- Coal is Here to Stay, Says Obama’s Chief Environmental Adviser
- German Minister Warns of Rising Electricity Prices
- U-S House Protects Salmon Tributary of “Magic Skagit”
- Mussels Face the Nose Test; Part of Penn Cove OK for Shellfish Harvesting
- Columbia River Region Fishing Reports by Washington State Fish & Wildlife
- Renton Wins Federal Case over Collecting Storm-Water Fees from Bonneville Power Administration
- Wind Power Execs: Tax Credit Needed to Keep Jobs
- Wind Tax Credits Vital to Energy Independence, Rove Says
- Romney Aversion to Wind-Power Aid Alienating Republicans
- Wind Power’s Carbon Dioxide-Cutting Impact Disputed
- Solar Makers Bet on Japan Nuclear Crisis Being a Game-Changer
- Fish Heads Turned into Electricity Help Wal-Mart
- U-S House Votes to Block Enforcement of Energy Efficient Light Bulb Standards
- Geothermal Heat Pumps: The Next Generation
- Seeing Green: Wauna Credit Union Named to Top 100 Green List
- United Nations Sounds Environment Alarm Ahead of Rio Summit
- Go Macro, Energy Panel Says - Efficiency focus should span buildings, even cities, it reports
- Hydrogen Powered Vehicles Could Emerge from Traffic
- Solar Energy Plane Completes Maiden Intercontinental Trip
- Layoffs, Rate Hikes May Be Part of Chelan PUD Fiber Future
- Did Google Fiber Just Get Its Own Google TV Set-Top Box?
- Gay Marriage Will Go to Washington State Ballot with Submission of 225,000 Signatures
- U-S House Bill Takes a Scythe to Spending
- No Water for Belfair Water District Residents
- Shelton Senior Center Funding Denied
- Port of Shelton Looking For Input on Future of Fairgrounds
- Buyer’s Remorse over End of State Stores as Liquor Prices Rise
WORD OF THE DAY
Cognoscente
• \conn-yuh-SHENT-tee\ • Noun - A person who has expert knowledge in a subject:
connoisseur
“Ahhh,”
sighed Albert as he reluctantly pulled his nose away from a freshly opened
package of Life-Savers ‘seven flavorts’ gummie candy. As the company’s cognoscente
on packaged candies, he relished every opportunity to take a whiff of newly
opened bags. So much so that he tended to lurk around the vending machines in
the third floor break area; much to the chagrin of the steno pool.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Low Natural Gas Prices May Drive FY 2014-2015 Power
Rates (Bonneville Power Administration – A Gas CRAC?)
Jim Lazar, Utility, Energy Expert Joins Thurston
PUD Commission (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Governor John Kitzhaber Releases Draft of Oregon’s Ten
Year Energy Plan (Oregonian, Portland)
Snohomish PUD Reminds Customers about Potential
Scams - New schemes use social media, texting, automated phone calls (Edmonds
Beacon, WA)
NERC Predicts Adequate Summer Reserve Margins in
Most Areas (Renew Grid)
Black & Veatch’s Sixth Annual Strategic
Directions in the U-S Electric Utility Industry Report (Bloomberg News)
FERC Ruling - Lake of the Ozarks Boundary Redrawn to
Save 1,500 Homes (St Louis Dispatch, MO)
Massachusetts - Cape Cod Energy Report Sparks Ill
Will (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Here’s What the Analyst Who Uncovered Enron Thinks
About Chesapeake (Forbes Magazine)
Coal is Here to Stay, Says Obama’s Chief
Environmental Adviser (Grist Online)
German Minister Warns of Rising Electricity Prices “…Electricity
prices will be rising amid high subsidies for the renewable energies that are
set to replace nuclear power…” (Bloomberg Businesweek)
FISH & WILDLIFE
U-S House Protects Salmon Tributary of “Magic
Skagit” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Mussels Face the Nose Test; Part of Penn Cove OK for
Shellfish Harvesting (Seattle Times)
Columbia River Region Fishing Reports by Washington
State Fish & Wildlife (Seattle Times)
Editorial - Forage Fish Play a Vital Role (Olympian,
WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Renton
wins federal case over collecting storm-water fees from Bonneville Power
Administration (Auburn Reporter, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind
Power Execs: Tax Credit Needed to Keep Jobs (Associated Press)
Wind
Tax Credits Vital to Energy Independence, Rove Says (Bloomberg News)
Romney
Aversion to Wind-Power Aid Alienating Republicans (Bloomberg News)
Wind
Power’s Carbon Dioxide-Cutting Impact Disputed (The Energy Collective)
Solar
Makers Bet on Japan Nuclear Crisis Being a Game-Changer (Reuters)
Fish
Heads Turned into Electricity Help Wal-Mart (Bloomberg Businessweek)
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-05/fish-heads-to-chicken-fat-light-homes-cut-retailer-costs
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
U-S House Votes to Block Enforcement of Energy
Efficient Light Bulb Standards (The Hill)
Geothermal Heat Pumps: The Next Generation (Renewable
Energy World)
Seeing Green: Wauna Credit Union Named to Top 100
Green List (Coast River Business Journal, Astoria, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
United
Nations Sounds Environment Alarm Ahead of Rio Summit (Reuters)
Go
Macro, Energy Panel Says - Efficiency focus should span buildings, even cities,
it reports (Milwaukee Sentinel, WI)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Hydrogen
Powered Vehicles Could Emerge from Traffic (Forbes Magazine)
Solar
Energy Plane Completes Maiden Intercontinental Trip (The Guardian, UK)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Layoffs, Rate Hikes May Be Part of Chelan PUD Fiber
Future (Wenatchee World, WA)
Did Google Fiber Just Get Its Own Google TV Set-Top
Box? (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Gay Marriage Will Go to Washington State Ballot with
Submission of 225,000 Signatures (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
U-S House Bill Takes a Scythe to Spending (NY
Times)
GENERAL NEWS
No Water for Belfair Water District Residents (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Shelton Senior Center Funding Denied (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Port of Shelton Looking For Input on Future of
Fairgrounds (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Buyer’s Remorse over End of State Stores as Liquor
Prices Rise (Seattle Times)
DIVERSIONS
Pacific County Man Increases His Jail Time by
Forgetting to Leave His Drugs at Home
Stolen Bass Guitar Recovered in Ocean Shores - Owned
by ‘Bad Company’ Band Member
Transit of Venus: Skywatchers Rejoice in Rare Space
Event
SONG OF THE DAY
Bad
Company - Bad Company
