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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for October 14, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Editorial: It’s the Ugly Moment of Truth for
Bonneville Power Administration (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Seattle City Light Settles Energy Crisis Claim
with Powerex for $2 Million (American Public Power Association)
Americans Seek Changes to Columbia River Treaty
(Rossland News, British Columbia – Which Americans? North, Central, South?)
Alaska Has Record Salmon Harvest (Associated
Press)
Lake
Roosevelt: The Dam-Made Lake Holding a Century of Pollution (Wenatchee World, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Editorial: It’s the Ugly Moment of Truth for Bonneville Power Administration
- Seattle City Light Settles Energy Crisis Claim with Powerex for $2 Million
- Americans Seek Changes to Columbia River Treaty
- Proposed Port Angeles Utility Rate Hikes Face Public Comment Tuesday
- No Rate Increase for Douglas PUD
- East Oregonian: Farmers Worry about Ag Impacts of Electricity Upgrades
- Electricity Restored to Lake Limerick Area of Mason County - Emergency Outage to Repair Damage in Car versus Pole Accident
- Scammers Continue to Target Franklin PUD Customers
- Battelle Energy Alliance Says Power Grid Threatened by Theft
- Final Hearing on Longview Coal Export Dock Thursday in Tacoma
- Arkansas Man Arrested in Power Grid Attacks
- After Decades of Doubt, Deregulation Delivers Lower Electricity Prices
- Could Weather Forecasting Be the Secret to Energy Management?
- Alaska Has Record Salmon Harvest
- Yakama Nation Coho Restoration Hatchery Plans Move Forward
- Volunteers Wade In on Dead Tahuya River Salmon Count
- Relocation Methods for Moving Columbia Basin Terns Helping Recover a Nearly Extinct Chinese Tern
- Win-Win: Hydropower Plants May Produce More Power & Salmon
- Lake Roosevelt: The Dam-Made Lake Holding a Century of Pollution
- California’s Alternative-Energy Program under Scrutiny
- Wind Generation Sets Record in Southwest Power Pool
- GE Wants to “Power Up” Older Wind Turbines
- Bringing Do-It-Yourself Concept to Solar Power
- Does PURPA Wreck Renewable Energy Credits?
- How to Lose Half a Trillion Euros - Europe’s Electricity Providers Face an Existential Threat
- Op/Ed: Seattle City Light - Why Energy Efficiency Is Good for the Bottom Line
- Three Simple Ways to Lower Your Winter Electric Bill
- Co-ops Win on Water Heater Limits
- Global Warming Will Increase Intensity of El Nino, Scientists Say
- California’s Struggling ‘Hydrogen Highway’ Plan Gets New Life - And Drivers Will Pay
- Editorial: Landline Price Control Rendered Needless by Technology
- Public Wi-Fi Just One Way Financial Data Is Vulnerable
- The Rise & Decline of AM Radio
- Washington State Voters Will Weigh In on ‘Initiative on Initiatives’
- Federal Shutdown Delays State Jobless Rate Report
- Washington State Tribes Feeling Impact of Federal Government Shutdown
- More Than 500 Riot near Western Washington University
- Groups Sue EPA over Fish Consumption in Washington State
- Nevada Hospital ‘Dumps’ Patients in Oregon, Receipts Show
WORD OF THE DAY
Pecuniary • \pick-KYOO-nee-air-ee\
• adjective - 1: consisting of or measured in money 2: of or relating to money.
Pete’s pecuniary
predicament led to his last first day with Darcy. Note to gentlemen: don’t
forget your wallet on a date; and don’t ask if an I-O-U will suffice.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Editorial: It’s the Ugly Moment of Truth for
Bonneville Power Administration (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Seattle City Light Settles Energy Crisis Claim with
Powerex for $2 Million (American Public Power Association)
Americans Seek Changes to Columbia River Treaty
(Rossland News, British Columbia – Which Americans? North, Central, South?)
Proposed Port Angeles Utility Rate Hikes Face
Public Comment Tuesday (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
No Rate Increase for Douglas PUD (Wenatchee World,
WA)
East Oregonian: Farmers Worry about Ag Impacts of
Electricity Upgrades (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Electricity Restored to Lake Limerick Area of
Mason County - Emergency Outage to Repair Damage in Car versus Pole Accident (Mason
County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Scammers Continue to Target Franklin PUD
Customers (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Battelle Energy Alliance Says Power Grid
Threatened by Theft (Courthouse News Service)
Final Hearing on Longview Coal Export Dock Thursday
in Tacoma (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Arkansas Man Arrested in Power Grid Attacks (Associated
Press)
After Decades of Doubt, Deregulation Delivers
Lower Electricity Prices (Forbes Magazine)
Could Weather Forecasting Be the Secret to Energy
Management? (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Alaska Has Record Salmon Harvest (Associated
Press)
Yakama Nation Coho Restoration Hatchery Plans
Move Forward (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
Volunteers Wade In on Dead Tahuya River Salmon
Count (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Relocation Methods for Moving Columbia Basin
Terns Helping Recover a Nearly Extinct Chinese Tern (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Win-Win: Hydropower Plants May Produce More Power
& Salmon (Renewable Energy World)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Lake
Roosevelt: The Dam-Made Lake Holding a Century of Pollution (Wenatchee World, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California’s Alternative-Energy Program under
Scrutiny (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Wind
Generation Sets Record in Southwest Power Pool (The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK)
GE
Wants to “Power Up” Older Wind Turbines (Renewable Energy World)
Bringing
Do-It-Yourself Concept to Solar Power (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Does
PURPA Wreck Renewable Energy Credits? West Virginia Federal Court Rejects
Qualifying Facility Claim for REC Payments (GTH Energy
& Natural Resources Law Blog)
How
to Lose Half a Trillion Euros - Europe’s Electricity Providers Face an
Existential Threat (The Economist Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Op/Ed: Seattle City Light - Why Energy Efficiency
Is Good for the Bottom Line (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Three Simple Ways to Lower Your Winter Electric
Bill (USA Today)
Co-ops Win on Water Heater Limits (Electric Co-op
Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Global
Warming Will Increase Intensity of El Nino, Scientists Say (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
California’s
Struggling ‘Hydrogen Highway’ Plan Gets New Life - And Drivers Will Pay (San
Jose Mercury News, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Editorial: Landline Price Control Rendered Needless
by Technology (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Public Wi-Fi Just One Way Financial Data Is
Vulnerable (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
The Rise & Decline of AM Radio (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
PA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Voters Will Weigh In on ‘Initiative
on Initiatives’ (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Voters-will-weigh-in-on-initiative-on-initiatives--227585991.html
GENERAL NEWS
Federal Shutdown Delays State Jobless Rate Report
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Washington State Tribes Feeling Impact of Federal
Government Shutdown (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
More Than 500 Riot near Western Washington
University (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Groups Sue EPA over Fish Consumption in Washington
State (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Groups-sue-EPA-over-fish-consumption-in-Washington-227455571.html
Nevada Hospital ‘Dumps’ Patients in Oregon,
Receipts Show (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
DIVERSIONS
Arrowhead
Stadium Takes Noise Record Away From Hawks Fans
Air
Canada Loses Woman’s Dog - Sends Email Suggesting It’s No Big Deal
German
Groom Forgets Bride at Gas Station
Kansas
Man Is Hit by Train, Gets Up & Walks Away
SONG OF THE DAY
Tears for Fears – Shout
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