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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Energy
Northwest Announces Newly Elected Officers to Board of Directors - Mason PUD
3's Gott Elected President (Energy Northwest)
New Manager, Tony Webb to Lead Grant PUD (Wenatchee World, WA)
Editorial - Bonneville Power Administration, The
Next 75 Years (Seattle Times, WA)
California
- Altamont Pass Turbines Kill Fewer Birds (SF Chronicle,
CA)
U-S Internet Speed Better But Still Lags (SF
Chronicle, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Energy Northwest Announces Newly Elected Officers to Board of Directors
- New Manager, Tony Webb to Lead Grant PUD
- Editorial - Bonneville Power Administration, The Next 75 Years
- Oregon DEQ to Hold Meeting on Troutdale Gas-Fired Power Plant Proposal
- Why the Change from Coal to Natural Gas Should Matter to You
- Using a Tweet to Get the Power Back on Faster
- South Carolina - Hero Foils Copper Theft Suspects
- Fall Protection Seen as Likely to Become Industry Standard or Mandate
- Iran-Donated Power Plants Won’t Dent Afghans’ Energy Needs
- Idaho - 60,000 Salmon Fry Die at McCall Hatchery
- California - Drakes Bay Attorneys Argue for Injunction to Keep Oyster Operation Open
- Columbia River Oil Spill Leads to $405,000 State Fine
- California - Altamont Pass Turbines Kill Fewer Birds
- Automakers Turn to Wind, Solar to Power Plants
- Why Expanded Alternative Energy Increases the Need for Natural Gas
- Smart Grid May be Shortest Route to Obama's Green Energy Goals
- California - Cap-And-Trade Overseers Beat Lawsuit
- Why Boulder Has to Buy Out their Electric Utility for a Clean Energy Future
- U-S Internet Speed Better But Still Lags
- Editorial - The Washington State Legislature Considers the Emergency Clause
- Benton Commissioners Select Sharon Brown for Washington State Senate Seat
- So-So Snowpack Gets Big Boost as Cascade Snow Machine Goes Full Tilt
- Washington State Vows to Try to Keep Weed in State - But How?
- Paramedics Attacked at Centralia Gas Station Aided by Good Samaritan
- Months after Ribbon-Cutting, Seattle Public Utilities Waste Transfer Facility Still Not Open
- Plumbing Company Facing Lawsuit over Spam Text Messages
WORD OF THE DAY
Whelm
• \WELM\ • Verb - 1: to cover or engulf completely with usually disastrous
effect 2: to overcome in thought or feeling: overwhelm 3: to pass or go over
something so as to bury or submerge it.
Ok,
so we use the word overwhelm when something is swept over by an opposing force
(The Urak Hai and Nazgul overwhelmed Osgiliath during the “War of the Ring.”)
If one uses the term overwhelm instead of whelm, isn’t that like saying “very
pregnant”, or highly illegal? Either way, whelm just doesn’t sound as
impressive.
SHELTON FORECAST &
WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Energy
Northwest Announces Newly Elected Officers to Board of Directors - Mason PUD
3's Gott Elected President (Energy Northwest)
New Manager, Tony Webb to Lead Grant PUD (Wenatchee World, WA)
Editorial - Bonneville Power Administration, The
Next 75 Years (Seattle Times, WA)
Oregon DEQ to Hold Meeting on Troutdale Gas-Fired
Power Plant Proposal (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Why
the Change from Coal to Natural Gas Should Matter to You (Triangle Business
Journal, Raleigh, NC)
Using a Tweet to Get the Power Back on Faster (GigaOM)
South Carolina - Hero Foils Copper Theft Suspects
(Electric Co-op Today)
http://www.ect.coop/industry/copper-theft/electric-cooperatives-copper-theft-suspects-arrested/51812
Fall Protection Seen as Likely to Become Industry
Standard or Mandate (American Public Power Association)
Iran-Donated Power Plants Won’t Dent Afghans’ Energy
Needs – Electricity at $1 per kilowatt hour compared with an American-built
plant at perhaps 23 cents (Seattle Times, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho
- 60,000 Salmon Fry Die at McCall Hatchery (KTVB-TV, Boise, ID)
California - Drakes Bay Attorneys Argue for
Injunction to Keep Oyster Operation Open (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Columbia
River Oil Spill Leads to $405,000 State Fine (Seattle
Times, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California
- Altamont Pass Turbines Kill Fewer Birds (SF Chronicle,
CA)
Automakers
Turn to Wind, Solar to Power Plants (Christian Science Monitor)
Why
Expanded Alternative Energy Increases the Need for Natural Gas (The Energy
Collective)
Smart
Grid May be Shortest Route to Obama's Green Energy Goals (Forbes Magazine)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California
- Cap-And-Trade Overseers Beat Lawsuit (SF Chronicle, CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Why
Boulder Has to Buy Out their Electric Utility for a Clean Energy Future (Grist Online)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
U-S Internet Speed Better But Still Lags (SF
Chronicle, CA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Editorial - The Washington State Legislature Considers
the Emergency Clause (Seattle Times, WA)
Benton Commissioners Select Sharon Brown for Washington
State Senate Seat (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
So-So Snowpack Gets Big Boost as Cascade Snow
Machine Goes Full Tilt (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Washington State Vows to Try to Keep Weed in State
- But How? (Associated Press)
Paramedics Attacked at Centralia Gas Station Aided
by Good Samaritan (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Months after Ribbon-Cutting, Seattle Public
Utilities Waste Transfer Facility Still Not Open (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
Plumbing Company Facing Lawsuit over Spam Text
Messages (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
A
Beautiful Look at the Galaxy that Will Collide With Us in 4 Billion Years
1913
Nickel Will Probably Fetch Millions at Auction
Florida
Man Accused of Fraud after Name Change in 'Act of Love'
Piano
Man Ends 27-Year Run at Tacoma Mall Nordstrom
SONG OF THE DAY
Billy
Joel - Piano Man
