Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Energy News Digest for June 26, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Special Weather Statement - Downpours & Threat of Thunderstorms Expected Today (National Weather Service, Seattle)

Rate Hikes Approved for Puget Sound Energy (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

FERC Criticized on Pacific Northwest Planning Order (Electric Co-op Today)

Boeing Meeting Its Goals in Cutting Energy Use (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

FCC Finalizes Effort to Make Available $485M for Rural Broadband in USF Reform Effort (Bloomberg News)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Rate Hikes Approved for Puget Sound Energy
  • FERC Criticized on Pacific Northwest Planning Order
  • Mason County PUD 3 Clears another Audit
  • Snohomish PUD Electrical System Improvements Aid Reliability & Growth Coming to Lake Stevens
  • Scam Targets Pacific Power Customers
  • California - San Bruno Demands Documents & Emails amid Rising Furor over PUC Oversight of Pacific Gas & Electric Gas Blast
  • Op/Ed - Justice Long Delayed in Feds’ Energy Cheating
  • Underground Electrical Vault Explodes In Downtown St. Louis
  • APPA Supports Some Parts of Obama’s Climate Change Plan; Has Concerns about Other Aspects
  • Presidential Climate Change Memorandum Includes Hydroelectric Power
  • U-S Moves to Abandon Costly South Carolina Reactor Fuel Plant
  • Coal is Again Our Major Source of Electricity
  • Kitsap PUD, Silverdale District Sign Water-Sharing Agreement
  • Will Ethiopia's 'Grand' New Dam Steal Nile Waters from Egypt?
  • Why Obama's Plan to Accelerate Permitting for Renewable Energy is a Big Deal
  • Can Wind Power Keep Energy Prices in Check?
  • Dong Sells Off Danish Onshore Wind Projects
  • Boeing Meeting Its Goals in Cutting Energy Use
  • Nuclear Energy Innovation Big and Small Important to Climate Change
  • Port Angeles to Get Donated Electric Car Charger
  • FCC Finalizes Effort to Make Available $485M for Rural Broadband in USF Reform Effort
  • Congressman Kilmer Speaks in Belfair
  • Special Weather Statement - Downpours & Threat of Thunderstorms Expected Today
  • Two Injured When SUV Goes over Embankment on Highway 3 Near Shelton
  • Washington Same-Sex Marriages Gain Full Benefits as Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA
  • Mason County Unemployment Rate Up in May
  • Early Count Shows Residents Voting to Recall Pacific Mayor
  • Auburn Woman Arrested in Fake Cancer Scheme

WORD OF THE DAY

Jerkwater • \JERK-wat-err\ • Adjective - 1: remote and unimportant 2: trivial.

“Jerkwater? That’s really what the New York Times called our town?” mused the mayor to his hound-dog as they lazed on the front porch, reveling in the afternoon summer sunshine; the hypnotic droning of bees thrumming from the nearby honeysuckle. “Well, that is most excellent.”

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Rate Hikes Approved for Puget Sound Energy (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

FERC Criticized on Pacific Northwest Planning Order (Electric Co-op Today)

Mason County PUD 3 Clears another Audit (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)

Snohomish PUD Electrical System Improvements Aid Reliability & Growth Coming to Lake Stevens (Lake Stevens Journal, WA)

Scam Targets Pacific Power Customers (KGW TV, Portland, OR)

California - San Bruno Demands Documents & Emails amid Rising Furor over PUC Oversight of Pacific Gas & Electric Gas Blast (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Op/Ed - Justice Long Delayed in Feds’ Energy Cheating (San Diego Daily Transcript, CA)

Underground Electrical Vault Explodes In Downtown St. Louis (KTVI-TV, St Louis, MO)

APPA Supports Some Parts of Obama’s Climate Change Plan; Has Concerns about Other Aspects (American Public Power Association)

Presidential Climate Change Memorandum Includes Hydroelectric Power (Pennenergy)

U-S Moves to Abandon Costly South Carolina Reactor Fuel Plant (NY Times)

Coal is Again Our Major Source of Electricity (Real Clear Energy)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Kitsap PUD, Silverdale District Sign Water-Sharing Agreement (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

Will Ethiopia's 'Grand' New Dam Steal Nile Waters from Egypt? (Christian Science Monitor)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Why Obama's Plan to Accelerate Permitting for Renewable Energy is a Big Deal (Forbes Magazine)

Can Wind Power Keep Energy Prices in Check? (Renewable Energy World)

Dong Sells Off Danish Onshore Wind Projects (WindPower Monthly)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Boeing Meeting Its Goals in Cutting Energy Use (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Nuclear Energy Innovation Big and Small Important to Climate Change (The Energy Collective)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Port Angeles to Get Donated Electric Car Charger (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC Finalizes Effort to Make Available $485M for Rural Broadband in USF Reform Effort (Bloomberg News)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Congressman Kilmer Speaks in Belfair (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Special Weather Statement - Downpours & Threat of Thunderstorms Expected Today (National Weather Service, Seattle)

Two Injured When SUV Goes over Embankment on Highway 3 Near Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Washington Same-Sex Marriages Gain Full Benefits as Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

Mason County Unemployment Rate Up in May (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Early Count Shows Residents Voting to Recall Pacific Mayor (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Auburn Woman Arrested in Fake Cancer Scheme (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

DIVERSIONS

The 10 Most Musical Cities

Jesus Ski Resort Statue Can Stay, Says Judge

Just What You Needed: Emergency Flatware Pen Caps for the Office

Mason County Crash Leaves Man & Dog Covered in Paint

SONG OF THE DAY

Steve Miller Band - Threshold/Jet Airliner

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