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News Digest Word Cloud for July 18, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington’s
Attorney General Will Address I-937 Conservation Requirements (GTH Energy &
Natural Resources Law Blog)
Montana Generator Failure Will Send Avista
Shopping for Electricity (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
JP Morgan Reportedly Could Settle Manipulation
Charges for $500 Million (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Eastern
Oregon Wind Farm Proposals Spur Debate (Baker City Herald, OR)
Washington’s Jobless Rate Hovers at 6.8 Percent;
Jobs Grow (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Montana Generator Failure Will Send Avista Shopping for Electricity
- JP Morgan Reportedly Could Settle Manipulation Charges for $500 Million
- Washington State May Get Share of Fines Levied over Energy Market Manipulation
- Bonneville Power Administration Shakeup Involves Decker with Astoria Ties
- Clark Public Utilities Receives JD Power Recognition for Electric Utilities Six Years in A Row
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Ranks High in Satisfaction Survey
- JD Power Reports: Price & Billing/Payment are Primary Drivers of Increased Overall Customer Satisfaction with Electric Residential Utilities
- Criminals Cause Forced Grays Harbor PUD Power Outage near Quinault
- Seattle Family Steaming After Former Tenant Leaves $1,900 Electric Bill
- Bonneville Power Administration Plans Kennewick Meeting Wednesday on Tree Removal
- California - Farmers Object to Pacific Gas & Electric Training Plan near Winters
- Early Shutdown Seen for U-S Nuclear Reactors amid Lower Demand
- Ding Ding - Market Signals! Electricity Prices Soar Past $200 per Megawatt-Hour as Heatwave Hits Eastern United States
- North Carolina - Child Electrocuted in Lexington Swimming Pool; Power Line Had Fallen on Ground
- Alaskan Fisheries Endangering Skeena Sockeye Salmon: Conservationists
- Congressman Hastings, Interior Secretary Jewell Face Off at Committee Hearing
- Portland Reservoir Urination Raises Few Health OR Scientific Concerns - But It Is Pee
- Eastern Oregon Wind Farm Proposals Spur Debate
- Wind Energy Company Files for Bankruptcy Following Fraud Allegations
- Montana - $22 Million Boiler Up & Running
- Arizona - Judge Rules Burning Trash Isn’t Renewable Energy
- REC Proposes Separation of REC Silicon & REC Solar
- Op/Ed - A New Paradigm for Our Modern Energy Economy
- Washington’s Attorney General Will Address I-937 Conservation Requirements
- Energy Trust of Oregon Started 2013 Making Steady Progress toward Energy Efficiency & Renewable Generation Targets
- Corvallis & Albany Communities Recognize More Than a Decade of Energy Savings (
- In the Energy Conservation Spotlight: Klamath Falls
- Deal Has Ohio Prisons Reducing Power Usage in High Heat
- Tesla Charging Station Opens Today in Centralia
- Volvo’s Folding Solar Panels Are Basically the Coolest Thing Ever
- Douglas PUD Drops Fiber Hook-Up Rate
- Microsoft Has a Million Servers, But It Still Doesn’t Rule the Cloud
- British Coroner Praised For Use of YouTube, Soundcloud in Cory Monteith Report
- Google’s Latest Tool for Businesses: Business Photos
- Social Media Tips for Small Businesses
- Five Big Data Projects That Could Impact Your Life
- Here’s a Twist: Tacoma Voters May Hike Tax on Utilities
- Washington’s Jobless Rate Hovers at 6.8 Percent; Jobs Grow
- South Puget Sound Community College’s Nursing Program Expected to Lose Accreditation
- Car Watch: If You’re Driving Somewhere, The Government is Keeping Track
- Cowlitz Tribe Continues Push for Casino near La Center
- New Hemp Beer in Washington Reflects Growing Business Trend
WORD OF THE DAY
Addlepated
• \AD-ul-pay-tud\ • Adjective - 1: being mixed up: confused 2: eccentric
Lawn
chair – 1, Bartholomew – 0. “Who was the addlepated engineer that came up with
this Rube Goldberg metal and plastic, spindly-legged, folding in on itself piece
of junk,” the retired process engineer grumbled. His musings came rushing forth
while he folded like the spicy filling of a small, home-made taco inside a
portable hammock which had, without warning, decided it was time to become
small again.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Montana Generator Failure Will Send Avista Shopping
for Electricity (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
JP Morgan Reportedly Could Settle Manipulation
Charges for $500 Million (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Washington State May Get Share of Fines Levied over
Energy Market Manipulation (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal)
Bonneville Power Administration Shakeup Involves Decker
with Astoria Ties (Daily Astorian, OR)
Clark Public Utilities Receives JD Power
Recognition for Electric Utilities Six Years in A Row - Customer-owned Utility
Ranked Highest in Class for Customer Satisfaction (Clark Public Utilities,
Vancouver, WA)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Ranks High
in Satisfaction Survey (Sacramento Bee, CA)
JD Power Reports: Price & Billing/Payment are
Primary Drivers of Increased Overall Customer Satisfaction with Electric
Residential Utilities - Improved Communications during Long Outages Increases
Satisfaction (Electric Energy Online)
Criminals Cause Forced Grays Harbor PUD Power
Outage near Quinault (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Seattle Family Steaming After Former Tenant
Leaves $1,900 Electric Bill (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Plans Kennewick
Meeting Wednesday on Tree Removal (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
California - Farmers Object to Pacific Gas &
Electric Training Plan near Winters (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Early Shutdown Seen for U-S Nuclear Reactors amid
Lower Demand (Bloomberg News)
Ding Ding - Market Signals! Electricity Prices
Soar Past $200 per Megawatt-Hour as Heatwave Hits Eastern United States (The
Energy Collective)
North Carolina - Child Electrocuted in Lexington Swimming
Pool; Power Line Had Fallen on Ground (Greensboro News-Record, NC)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Alaskan Fisheries Endangering Skeena Sockeye
Salmon: Conservationists (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Congressman Hastings, Interior Secretary Jewell
Face Off at Committee Hearing (Northwest Public Radio)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Portland
Reservoir Urination Raises Few Health OR Scientific Concerns - But It Is Pee (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Eastern
Oregon Wind Farm Proposals Spur Debate (Baker City Herald, OR)
Wind
Energy Company Files for Bankruptcy Following Fraud Allegations (Small Business
Newswire)
Montana
- $22 Million Boiler Up & Running (Hungry Horse News, MT)
Arizona
- Judge Rules Burning Trash Isn’t Renewable Energy (Associated Press)
REC
Proposes Separation of REC Silicon & REC Solar (Reuters)
Op/Ed
- A New Paradigm for Our Modern Energy Economy (Bozeman Daily Chronicle, MT)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Washington’s
Attorney General Will Address I-937 Conservation Requirements (GTH Energy &
Natural Resources Law Blog)
Energy
Trust of Oregon Started 2013 Making Steady Progress toward Energy Efficiency &
Renewable Generation Targets (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Corvallis
& Albany Communities Recognize More Than a Decade of Energy Savings (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
In
the Energy Conservation Spotlight: Klamath Falls (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Deal
Has Ohio Prisons Reducing Power Usage in High Heat - Inmates get water, ice;
state got $1.3 million the past three years (Columbus Dispatch, OH)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Tesla
Charging Station Opens Today in Centralia (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Volvo’s
Folding Solar Panels Are Basically the Coolest Thing Ever (Jalopnik)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Douglas PUD Drops Fiber Hook-Up Rate (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Microsoft Has a Million Servers, But It Still Doesn’t
Rule the Cloud (GigaOM)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
British Coroner Praised For Use of YouTube,
Soundcloud in Cory Monteith Report (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Google’s Latest Tool for Businesses: Business
Photos (Orlando Business Journal, FL)
Social Media Tips for Small Businesses (Associated
Press)
Five Big Data Projects That Could Impact Your Life
(Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Here’s a Twist: Tacoma Voters May Hike Tax on
Utilities (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Washington’s Jobless Rate Hovers at 6.8 Percent;
Jobs Grow (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
South Puget Sound Community College’s Nursing
Program Expected to Lose Accreditation (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Car Watch: If You’re Driving Somewhere, The
Government is Keeping Track (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Cowlitz Tribe Continues Push for Casino near La
Center (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
New Hemp Beer in Washington Reflects Growing
Business Trend (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Fort
Worth Mistakenly Demolished David Underwood’s Home, So How Is He This Upbeat?
$92
Quadrillion: PayPal Accidentally Makes Man A Quadrillionaire
Tarheel
or Palmetto State? Nike Forced to Pull T-Shirt Due to Error - Do You See It?
Gold
on Earth Formed in Collision of Exotic Stars
Just
Because: Dedicated Disneyland Employee Owns Her Role as the Park’s Evil Queen
SONG OF THE DAY
Paloma
Faith - You Never Give Me Your Money
The
Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money
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