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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for April 2, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Army Corps of Engineers Studies Threat of Quakes
to Oregon, Southwest Washington Dams (Associated
Press)
FERC Won’t Charge Hydro Licensees for Land
Subject to Power Site Reservation – Order sought by eight utilities, including
Chelan County & Grant County PUDs (American Public
Power Association)
Cloudy
Days for a Washington-State Community Solar Effort (Grist Online)
Environmental Group Fights Delay in Marbled
Murrelet Habitat Protections (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Biorefinery
Lays Off Eastern Oregon Workers (Northwest
Public Radio)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Army Corps of Engineers Studies Threat of Quakes to Oregon, Southwest Washington Dams
- FERC Won’t Charge Hydro Licensees for Land Subject to Power Site Reservation
- Castle Rock Officials Concerned New Bonneville Power Administration Line Could Hamper Growth
- Puget Sound Energy Sees More, Cheap Gas in Its Future
- Amazon’s Growth Drives up Cost of Seattle Electrical Substation by 48 Percent
- Oregon - Port of Coos Bay Coal-Export Proposal Ends after 18 Months of Work
- EPA to Begin Evaluation of Closed Columbia Falls Aluminum Plant
- Debbie Kitchin Re-Elected to Oregon Energy Trust Position
- Q-and-A: Debbie Kitchin Energized by Board Role
- Wyoming Industrial Siting Council OK’s Seventh Extension in 16 Years for Long-Delayed Power Plant
- Pakistan Attack: Deadly Raid on Peshawar Power Plant
- Japan Moves to Revamp Troubled Power Industry
- Germany: Electricity Exports Much Higher Than Imports Last Year despite Faster Nuclear Exit
- Environmental Group Fights Delay in Marbled Murrelet Habitat Protections
- Fort George Brewery’s Commonsense Approach to the Sea Lion Problem
- Plan for Regional Kitsap County Water Supply Coming True
- Editorial – California: Reservoirs Should Stay in Water Bond
- Lake Erie: Big Algae Problems, More to Come
- Cloudy Days for a Washington-State Community Solar Effort
- Heavens to BETC: Oregon Sets Hearing On Embattled Incentives Program
- Germany’s Solar-Power Success: Too Much of a Good Thing?
- De-risking Wind: Hedging Against Variability
- U-S Senator Lamar Alexander Still Tilting at Wind Energy
- Combine Home Improvement with Lower Energy Bills in Thurston County
- NASA’s James Hansen Retires to Pursue Climate Fight
- Biorefinery Lays Off Eastern Oregon Workers
- Op/Ed – Oregon Lawmakers Should Extend the Clean Fuels Program
- Comcast Adding Hurdles to Most-Basic Cable-TV Service
- Court Clears Online TV Rebroadcaster
- New Mexico - Navajo Nation Nearing Completion of $46 Million Broadband Project
- Social Media Advice: Are Voicemails Verboten or Not?
- Social Networks: Building Empires, Not Businesses
- Hormel Hopes to Make Spam a Star with Social Media
- Social Marketing Drives a New York Renaissance
- Washington State Governor Proposes Extending Beer Tax to Microbreweries
- North Mason Food Bank Director Resigns
- Flight Attendants Take ‘No Knives on Planes’ Campaign to Passengers
- U-S to Re-Examine Health Effects of Cellphone Radio Waves
- Leaders celebrate San Juan Islands National Monument
- Shelton Drive-In Looking for Help to Keep Shows Running
WORD OF THE DAY
Mellifluous
• \mel-LIF-loo-us\ • Adjective - 1: having a smooth rich flow 2: filled with
something (as honey) that sweetens
Mellifluous
voice
Like
sweet honey from heaven
Nat
King Cole’s “Stardust”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Army Corps of Engineers Studies Threat of Quakes to
Oregon, Southwest Washington Dams (Associated
Press)
FERC Won’t Charge Hydro Licensees for Land
Subject to Power Site Reservation – Order sought by eight utilities, including
Chelan County & Grant County PUDs (American Public
Power Association)
Castle Rock Officials Concerned New Bonneville
Power Administration Line Could Hamper Growth (Longview Daily News, WA – What’s
a “high speed transmission line?”)
Puget Sound Energy Sees More, Cheap Gas in Its
Future (South Sound Business Examiner)
Amazon’s Growth Drives up Cost of Seattle Electrical
Substation by 48 Percent (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Oregon - Port of Coos Bay Coal-Export Proposal
Ends after 18 Months of Work (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
EPA to Begin Evaluation of Closed Columbia Falls
Aluminum Plant (The Missoulian, MT)
Debbie Kitchin Re-Elected to Oregon Energy Trust Position
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2013/04/debbie-kitchin-takes-leadership-role.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2013/04/debbie-kitchin-takes-leadership-role.html
Q-and-A: Debbie Kitchin Energized by Board Role (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
Wyoming Industrial Siting Council OK’s Seventh
Extension in 16 Years for Long-Delayed Power Plant (Associated Press)
Pakistan Attack: Deadly Raid on Peshawar Power
Plant (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan Moves to Revamp Troubled Power Industry (Associated Press)
Germany: Electricity Exports Much Higher Than
Imports Last Year despite Faster Nuclear Exit (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Environmental Group Fights Delay in Marbled
Murrelet Habitat Protections (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Fort George Brewery’s Commonsense Approach to the
Sea Lion Problem (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Plan
for Regional Kitsap County Water Supply Coming True (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Editorial
– California: Reservoirs Should Stay in Water Bond (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Lake
Erie: Big Algae Problems, More to Come (Christian Science Monitor)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cloudy
Days for a Washington-State Community Solar Effort (Grist Online)
Heavens
to BETC: Oregon Sets Hearing On Embattled Incentives Program (Sustainable
Business Oregon)
Germany’s
Solar-Power Success: Too Much of a Good Thing? (Grist
Online)
De-risking
Wind: Hedging Against Variability (Renewable Energy World)
U-S
Senator Lamar Alexander Still Tilting at Wind Energy - TVA, other utilities
committed, despite war on subsidies (The Tennessean, Nashville)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Combine
Home Improvement with Lower Energy Bills in Thurston County (Thurston Talk,
Olympia, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
NASA’s
James Hansen Retires to Pursue Climate Fight (British Broadcasting Corporation)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Biorefinery
Lays Off Eastern Oregon Workers (Northwest
Public Radio)
Op/Ed
– Oregon Lawmakers Should Extend the Clean Fuels Program (Oregonian, Portland,
OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Adding Hurdles to Most-Basic Cable-TV Service
(Seattle Times, WA)
Court Clears Online TV Rebroadcaster - Aereo
digitizes free signals of major networks for a fee (Associated Press)
New Mexico - Navajo Nation Nearing Completion of
$46 Million Broadband Project (Farmington Daily Times, NM)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Social Media Advice: Are Voicemails Verboten or
Not? (National Public Radio)
Social Networks: Building Empires, Not Businesses (USA
Today)
Hormel Hopes to Make Spam a Star with Social Media
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Social Marketing Drives a New York Renaissance (NY Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Governor Proposes Extending Beer
Tax to Microbreweries (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
North Mason Food Bank Director Resigns (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Flight Attendants Take ‘No Knives on Planes’
Campaign to Passengers (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
U-S to Re-Examine Health Effects of Cellphone Radio
Waves (Reuters)
Leaders celebrate San Juan Islands National
Monument (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Shelton Drive-In Looking for Help to Keep Shows
Running (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Dozens
Shimmy, Shake to Protest Washington State Dance Tax
Sea
Lion Bobs Head to Backstreet Boys in Groundbreaking Study
‘Pawn
Stars’ Offer Valuable Business Lessons
‘New
York Times’ Kicks Off Poetry Month with Haiku Tumblr
SONG OF THE DAY
Nat
King Cole – Stardust
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