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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Supreme Court Rejects Ex-Enron CEO Skilling's
Second Appeal (USA Today)
Gorst, Belfair Transportation Projects Get Top
Priority – Top Two: Belfair Bypass & Highway 3-Johns Prairie Road
Intersection (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Amazon, Microsoft Low on Greenpeace Clean-Energy
'Cloud' Index “…Quincy is a good place to go…They have access to electricity
that's renewably powered, from hydroelectricity” (Seattle Times)
Apple Promises “Dozens” of Prineville Jobs When
Data Center Opens, Hundreds of Construction Jobs in the Interim (Oregonian,
Portland)
At Sixty Dollars - New Energy-Efficient Light Bulb
Goes on Sale Sunday (USA Today)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Supreme Court Rejects Ex-Enron CEO Skilling's Second Appeal
- Eugene Water & Electric Board Commissioners to Discuss Smart Meters
- Bonneville Power Administration Looks Back at 75 Years
- Army Corps Getting Ready for 'Big Water' in Northwest
- NW Natural Gas Eyes $4 Million Credit for Washington State Customers
- Grays Harbor PUD Honored Nationally as "Reliable Public Power Provider"
- Chelan County PUD’s Janney Accepts Six-Year Contract
- Bonneville Power Administration Electrical Engineers Head Back To College
- Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Celebrates 75 Years, May 5
- Smith Seeks Reelection to Chelan PUD Commission
- Pacific Power Utility Bill Struggles: "They Got Irate & Threatened Me"
- Southern Montana Electric Co-op's Interim Manager Fired
- US Has a Natural Gas Problem: Too Much of It
- Oregon Salmon Ballot Measure Nets $250,000 Contribution
- Canada - Salmon Virus Claim Disputed
- City of Shelton Gets Favorable Settlement for Satellite Sewer Plant Damage
- First Solar Lays Off 2,000 as Europe Demand Wanes
- Vermonters Fight Mountaintop Wind Farm
- Wind’s ‘Modular’ Advantage over Power Plants
- At Sixty Dollars - New Energy-Efficient Light Bulb Goes on Sale Sunday
- Rebates to Cut Price of $60 LED Bulb
- Cascade Energy Partners with Puget Sound Energy to Offer Industrial Electricity Savings
- Amazon, Microsoft Low on Greenpeace Clean-Energy 'Cloud' Index
- Greenpeace Slams Apple Despite Its Clean Power Data Center Plans
- Apple Promises “Dozens” of Prineville Jobs When Data Center Opens
- Chelan County PUD Commissioners Unanimously Approve Fiber Plan
- Companies Try to Reserve Wi-Fi Bandwidth for Work, Not Play
- The Strange New World Washington State’s First Congressional District
- Washington State Dems to Kucinich: Get Lost
- Gorst, Belfair Transportation Projects Get Top Priority
- Facebook Fugitive Caught in Port Angeles
- Accused Funeral Burglars Arrested in Snohomish County
- Washington State Workers Leaving Liquor Stores before Handoff
- Audit Finds Eatonville Uses Donations for Operating Expenses
WORD OF THE DAY
Nebbish • \NEBB-bish\ • Noun - A timid, meek, or
ineffectual person
Bronson was a “cipher” in the company’s employee
directory; so unremarkable was he that his image did not register on the
digital camera during the “photo day.” As the nebbish of the office pool, his
image in the directory was one of those “missing image” pictures you see on
Facebook or in unfinished web profiles on obscure web forums about niche
creatures from “Dungeons & Dragons.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Supreme Court Rejects Ex-Enron CEO Skilling's Second
Appeal (USA Today)
Eugene Water & Electric Board Commissioners to
Discuss Smart Meters - The utility is on the cusp of key decisions about
overhauling how it measures consumption (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Bonneville Power Administration Looks Back at 75
Years - Administrator discusses history, mission at annual forum (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Army Corps Getting Ready for 'Big Water' in
Northwest (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
NW Natural Gas Eyes $4 Million Credit for Washington
State Customers (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Grays Harbor PUD Honored Nationally as
"Reliable Public Power Provider" (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Chelan County PUD’s Janney Accepts Six-Year
Contract (Wenatchee World, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Electrical Engineers
Head Back To College - This Time to Teach (Bonneville Power Administration)
Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Celebrates 75
Years, May 5 (Islands Sounder, Eastsound, WA)
Smith Seeks Reelection to Chelan PUD Commission
(KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Pacific Power Utility Bill Struggles: "They Got
Irate & Threatened Me" (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Southern Montana Electric Co-op's Interim Manager
Fired (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
US Has a Natural Gas Problem: Too Much of It (National
Public Radio)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon Salmon Ballot Measure Nets $250,000
Contribution (Willamette Week, OR)
Canada - Salmon Virus Claim Disputed: Fish farm
and government officials reject industry foe's findings (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
City
of Shelton Gets Favorable Settlement for Satellite Sewer Plant Damage (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
First
Solar Lays Off 2,000 as Europe Demand Wanes (Associated Press)
Vermonters
Fight Mountaintop Wind Farm (Courthouse News Service)
Wind’s
‘Modular’ Advantage over Power Plants (Midwest Energy News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
At Sixty Dollars - New Energy-Efficient Light Bulb
Goes on Sale Sunday (USA Today)
Rebates to Cut Price of $60 LED Bulb (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Cascade Energy Partners with Puget Sound Energy to
Offer Industrial Electricity Savings (MarketWatch)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Amazon, Microsoft Low on Greenpeace Clean-Energy
'Cloud' Index “…Quincy is a good place to go…They have access to electricity
that's renewably powered, from hydroelectricity” (Seattle Times)
Greenpeace Slams Apple Despite Its Clean Power Data
Center Plans (GigaOM)
Apple Promises “Dozens” of Prineville Jobs When
Data Center Opens, Hundreds of Construction Jobs in the Interim (Oregonian,
Portland)
Chelan County PUD Commissioners Unanimously Approve
Fiber Plan (Wenatchee World, WA)
Companies Try to Reserve Wi-Fi Bandwidth for Work,
Not Play (USA Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
The Strange New World Washington State’s First Congressional
District (Crosscut Seattle)
Washington State Dems to Kucinich: Get Lost
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
Gorst, Belfair Transportation Projects Get Top
Priority – Top Two: Belfair Bypass & Highway 3-Johns Prairie Road Intersection
(Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Facebook Fugitive Caught in Port Angeles (KOMO-TV,
Seattle)
Accused Funeral Burglars Arrested in Snohomish
County (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)
Washington State Workers Leaving Liquor Stores before
Handoff (Associated Press)
Audit Finds Eatonville Uses Donations for Operating
Expenses (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
iSmell? Fragrance Mimics Scent of New MacBook
Sleepy Air Canada Pilot Thought Venus Was a Plane
More Americans Freezing Than Sleeping on Assets:
Poll
Dutch Bug Cookbook Launched to Stir Taste for
Insects
SONG OF THE DAY
Blondie
- The Dream's Lost On Me
