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News Digest Word Cloud for June 4, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Portland General Electric to Acquire New Gas
Plant, Wind Farm & BPA Transmission Capacity (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
NERC: Anxiety, Regulatory Uncertainty Surround
Effective Date of Bulk Energy System Revisions (Electric Light & Power)
Southwest
- US Approves 520 Megawatts of Major Renewable Energy Projects (Energy Matters)
Washington
State Number Six, Seattle Number Nine in Clean-Tech Leadership (U-S Clean Tech
Leadership Index)
Washington State Lawmakers Have Only a Week to Go,
But Still No Budget in Olympia (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Portland General Electric to Acquire New Gas Plant, Wind Farm & BPA Transmission Capacity
- Portland General Electric’s Big Moves: $1 Billion for Gas & Wind, BPA Deal
- NERC: Anxiety, Regulatory Uncertainty Surround Effective Date of Bulk Energy System Revisions
- Grays Harbor PUD General Manager to Start This Month
- Six Vying to Become Chelan PUD Manager - Names Not Released
- New Route Studied for Pacific Power’s Pomona-Vantage Power Line
- Congressmen Heck & Kilmer Announce Launch of Congressional Puget Sound Recovery Caucus
- Southwest - US Approves 520 Megawatts of Major Renewable Energy Projects
- A New Way to Harvest Wind Energy at Sea
- The ‘Greenest’ TVs Aren’t Always the Cheapest TVs
- Co-ops Get Congressional Backing on Water Heater Rule
- Comparing Energy Usage to Similar Households Can Reduce Consumption by Seven Percent
- So This Is Where All Our Greenhouse Gases Come From
- United Kingdom - Energy Policy: Government Sees Off Rebellion over 2030 Carbon Target
- Sacramento Ranks No. 6 for Clean Tech Leadership
- Washington State Number Six, Seattle Number Nine
- Broadband Projects in Washington State Get Boost from $300,000 in Grants
- A Dispute over Restrictions in a U-S Auction of Airwaves
- Massachusetts - Exclusive Interview: CapeNet & OpenCape Answer Our Readers’ Questions
- IBM Buying Cloud Computing Company SoftLayer
- Ohio - Top of the List: Largest Data Center Operators
- Get Mobile in Your Marketing or Lose Business
- Washington State Lawmakers Have Only a Week to Go, But Still No Budget in Olympia
- As I-5’s Skagit River Crossing Repairs Continue, Bill Would Rename Bridge for Fallen Trooper
- It’s Only a Matter of Time Before Killer Bees Overrun the Pacific Northwest
- Congresswoman Herrera Beutler Says Her Unborn Baby Has Serious Medical Condition
- Deacon Jones, NFL Creator of the ‘Sack,’ Dies
WORD OF THE DAY
Nonpareil
• \non-puh-RELL\ • Adjective - Having no equal
“A
nonpareil combination made in heaven,” purred Suzie to her partner, the
flickering candelight painting shadows across her ecstatic face. “Hot dogs and macaroni
and cheese as an aphrodisiac?” mused Albert under his breath. “I wonder what
spam and eggs would do?”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Portland General Electric to Acquire New Gas
Plant, Wind Farm & BPA Transmission Capacity (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Portland General Electric’s Big Moves: $1 Billion
for Gas & Wind, BPA Deal (Sustainable Business Oregon)
NERC: Anxiety, Regulatory Uncertainty Surround
Effective Date of Bulk Energy System Revisions (Electric Light & Power)
Grays Harbor PUD General Manager to Start This
Month (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Six Vying to Become Chelan PUD Manager - Names
Not Released (Wenatchee World, WA)
New Route Studied for Pacific Power’s Pomona-Vantage
Power Line (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Congressmen
Heck & Kilmer Announce Launch of Congressional Puget Sound Recovery Caucus
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Southwest
- US Approves 520 Megawatts of Major Renewable Energy Projects (Energy Matters)
A
New Way to Harvest Wind Energy at Sea (NY Times)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The
‘Greenest’ TVs Aren’t Always the Cheapest TVs (Christian Science Monitor)
Co-ops
Get Congressional Backing on Water Heater Rule (Electric Co-op Today)
Comparing Energy Usage to Similar Households Can
Reduce Consumption by Seven Percent (PR Web)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
So
This Is Where All Our Greenhouse Gases Come From (io9)
United
Kingdom - Energy Policy: Government Sees Off Rebellion over 2030 Carbon Target
(British Broadcasting Corporation)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Sacramento
Ranks No. 6 for Clean Tech Leadership (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Washington
State Number Six, Seattle Number Nine (U-S Clean Tech Leadership Index)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Broadband Projects in Washington State Get Boost from
$300,000 in Grants (Washington State Department of Commerce)
A Dispute over Restrictions in a U-S Auction of
Airwaves (NY Times)
Massachusetts - Exclusive Interview: CapeNet &
OpenCape Answer Our Readers’ Questions (Cape Cod Today, South Dennis, MA)
IBM Buying Cloud Computing Company SoftLayer (Associated
Press)
Ohio - Top of the List: Largest Data Center
Operators (Columbus Business First, OH)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Get Mobile in Your Marketing or Lose Business (Baltimore
Business Journal, MD)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington State Lawmakers Have Only a Week to Go,
But Still No Budget in Olympia (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
As I-5’s Skagit River Crossing Repairs Continue,
Bill Would Rename Bridge for Fallen Trooper (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
It’s Only a Matter of Time Before Killer Bees
Overrun the Pacific Northwest (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Congresswoman Herrera Beutler Says Her Unborn Baby
Has Serious Medical Condition (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Deacon Jones, NFL Creator of the ‘Sack,’ Dies (Christian
Science Monitor)
DIVERSIONS
A
‘Senor’ Moment for Chimacum School Prankster?
Seattle
Police Arrest Man in Tree Assault
Studio
to Comb New Mexico Landfill for Bad Atari Games
Ben
& Jerry’s Debuting Portland-Flavored Ice Cream
SONG OF THE DAY
Art
Garfunkel - Bright Eyes (Watership Down)
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