Programming Note: The energy news digest will be recreating
in coastal climes Thursday & Friday. Next week will be fellowship week with
other public utilities, so the news digest will be on “Hot Shots” mode from the
20th through the 23rd.
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
City of Seattle Recovers $1.1 Million Allegedly
Stolen by Utilities Employee (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Opening of Columbia River Sport Salmon Season
Delayed (Longview Daily News, WA)
Franklin County Might Sue over Endangered Listing
for Bladderpod (Tri-City Herald, WA)
‘Social Media Bill’ Passes the Oregon Senate
(KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Energy
Innovation: Waste to Energy from Grease & Fats in London’s Sewers (The Energy
Collective)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- City of Seattle Recovers $1.1 Million Allegedly Stolen by Utilities Employee
- Cowlitz PUD Shifts $9 Million to Rate Stabilization Fund
- Electricity Restored for 86 Mason PUD 3 Customers Affected by Sand Hill Road Outage Northwest of Belfair
- Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Remove ‘Interim’ from General Manager’s Title
- North Dakota - Utilities Warn Farmers to Watch Out for Poles
- Goldfish in a Nuclear Reactor - The Simpsons or Thoreau?
- Opening of Columbia River Sport Salmon Season Delayed
- Franklin County Might Sue over Endangered Listing for Bladderpod
- Relocated Endangered Deer Make the Transition in Southwest Washington
- California - Drakes Bay Oyster States Case in Court
- Clean Energy Learns to Compete
- Energy Innovation: Waste to Energy from Grease & Fats in London’s Sewers
- U-S DOE Launches Public-Private Partnership to Deploy Hydrogen Infrastructure
- New Yorkers Furious to Discover Bike Sharing Requires Bikes, Racks
- Washington State Courts Seek IT Security Review, Audit Following Breach
- Idaho - Ketchum Broadband Consultant to Speak
- Yahoo to Woo Younger Users in Effort to be Cool Again
- ‘Social Media Bill’ Passes the Oregon Senate
- How Not to Use Social Media: Restaurant’s Epic Facebook Meltdown
- How the Cincinnati Reds Built One of the Strongest Social Media Followings in MLB
- Op/Ed - The Backlash over Making Washington State Laws Gender Neutral
- City of Portland Sued Over Workplace Fragrances
- Mason County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Suspected Shooter
- Over 20,000 Washington State Civilian Workers Facing Federal Furloughs
- Will Washington Become a Right-To-Work State to Win Boeing’s 777X?
- Welfare Fraud Investigators Raid Aberdeen Tavern
- Mason County Fairgrounds - Port & County Get Together for Special Meeting
- Seattle Man Dribbling Soccer Ball to Brazil World Cup Hit, Killed on Oregon Highway
- Bing Releases Translation Tool for Klingon
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
City of Seattle Recovers $1.1 Million Allegedly
Stolen by Utilities Employee (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Cowlitz PUD Shifts $9 Million to Rate Stabilization
Fund (Longview Daily News, WA)
Electricity Restored for 86 Mason PUD 3 Customers
Affected by Sand Hill Road Outage Northwest of Belfair (Mason County PUD No. 3,
Shelton, WA)
Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Remove ‘Interim’ from
General Manager’s Title (Longview Daily News, WA)
North
Dakota - Utilities Warn Farmers to Watch Out for Poles: Just halfway into the
month, nine accidents involving farm equipment & utility poles have already
been reported (Associated Press)
Goldfish in a Nuclear Reactor - The Simpsons or
Thoreau? (Forbes Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Opening of Columbia River Sport Salmon Season
Delayed (Longview Daily News, WA)
Franklin County Might Sue over Endangered Listing
for Bladderpod (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Relocated Endangered Deer Make the Transition in
Southwest Washington (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
California - Drakes Bay Oyster States Case in
Court (SF Chronicle, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Clean
Energy Learns to Compete (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Energy
Innovation: Waste to Energy from Grease & Fats in London’s Sewers (The
Energy Collective)
U-S
DOE Launches Public-Private Partnership to Deploy Hydrogen Infrastructure
(Vehicle Service Pros)
New
Yorkers Furious to Discover Bike Sharing Requires Bikes, Racks (Gawker)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Courts Seek IT Security Review,
Audit Following Breach (Northwest Public Radio)
Idaho - Ketchum Broadband Consultant to Speak
(Idaho Mountain Express, Sun Valley, ID)
Yahoo to Woo Younger Users in Effort to be Cool
Again (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
‘Social Media Bill’ Passes the Oregon Senate (KATU-TV,
Portland, OR)
Warning: Adult Language in this Story - How Not to
Use Social Media: Restaurant’s Epic Facebook Meltdown (Mashable)
How the Cincinnati Reds Built One of the Strongest
Social Media Followings in MLB (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Op/Ed - The Backlash over Making Washington State
Laws Gender Neutral (Seattle Times, WA)
City of Portland Sued Over Workplace Fragrances (KGW
TV, Portland, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Suspected
Shooter (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)
Over 20,000 Washington State Civilian Workers
Facing Federal Furloughs (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Will Washington Become a Right-To-Work State to Win
Boeing’s 777X? (Everett Herald, WA)
Welfare Fraud Investigators Raid Aberdeen Tavern (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Mason County Fairgrounds - Port & County Get
Together for Special Meeting (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Seattle Man Dribbling Soccer Ball to Brazil World
Cup Hit, Killed on Oregon Highway (KGW TV, Portland, OR)
Bing Releases Translation Tool for Klingon (Washington
Post – Let the fanboy fact-checking begin)
DIVERSIONS
Shameless?
Rich Moms’ Tactics to Cut Lines at Disney
Can
Portland Toilet Solve Seattle’s Potty Problems?
This
is ******* Awesome! Study: Washington the Least Foul-Mouthed State in the U-S
Seattle
Man Sues Ex Fiancée for $19,000 Engagement Ring
SONG OF THE DAY
Sam
Ambrose - This Diamond Ring
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the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some
media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in
broken links in the future.
Note
that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles
may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However,
some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before
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