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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for October 23, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Op/Ed:
Energy Independence Act Costing Less than Naysayers Warned (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory – but to paraphrase Galileo
Galilei "Eppur
si aumenta")
Chelan PUD’s Wright: Mistakes at Bonneville Power
Administration Were Well Intended (Wenatchee World, WA)
Grand Coulee Dam's Third Power Plant Undergoes
Refurbishment (Power Engineering)
Washington
State: The Truth about Carbon Pricing (Sightline Daily)
Utilities Need Policy on Use of Social Media,
Attorney Tells Legal Seminar (American Public Power Association)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Chelan PUD’s Wright: Mistakes at Bonneville Power Administration Were Well Intended
- Editorial: DOE Needs to Explain How Bonneville Power Administration's Brass, Placed on Leave, Win Offers of Continued Employment
- Grand Coulee Dam's Third Power Plant Undergoes Refurbishment
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission Meeting Report for October 22, 2013
- Scam Attempt Informs Moses Lake Woman to Pay or Power Is Cut Off
- Beware of Man Posing as Utility Worker, Longview Officials Warn
- FERC Finds That Generators Providing Reactive Power without Compensation Must Have Rate Schedule on File
- Tennessee Valley Authority Seeks Public Input on Energy Needs
- If Landowners Get Annual Payments for Wind Turbines, Why Not Transmission Lines?
- Columbia River Gillnet Rules to Remain During Oregon Court Case
- Lower Yakima River Salmon Season Ends with a Record-Breaking Catch Total
- New Report Identifies Sturgeon Habitat
- Op/Ed: Energy Independence Act Costing Less than Naysayers Warned
- Can New Energy Operations Make Forest Restoration Affordable?
- Koch Brother Wages 12-Year Fight over Massachusetts Wind Farm
- Solar ‘Gardens’ Let Communities Share Renewable Power
- Port of Longview Moves Ahead with Energy Efficiency Projects
- Washington State: The Truth about Carbon Pricing
- Back Door Enforcement: Clean-Water Laws - The Second Front in the War on Greenhouse Gases
- Step Aside, Street Lamps: These Ordinary Paths Glow on Their Own
- Equipment Makers Try Coaxing Telcos Beyond Basic Broadband
- Google Grants $2 Million to Researchers Bringing Broadband to Rural California
- Udall Visits Navajo Broadband Data Center that Puts Tribe 'Among the Clouds'
- Company Completes Filing on Proposal to Run Broadband Line through Arctic
- NASA’s Moon Laser Just Blew Your Home Internet Out of the Water
- Utilities Need Policy on Use of Social Media, Attorney Tells Legal Seminar
- KOMO Not Commenting on Reported Layoffs of Nearly 20 Staff Members
- White House Security Official Fired over Controversial Tweets
- How to Write a Rockstar Twitter Bio
- Outside Money, Coal Shapes Whatcom County Political Races
- Larry Crouse, Spokane Valley GOP Lawmaker, Retires
- Missing Hunter in Mason County Found Deceased
- Boeing Raises Forecast as Third-Quarter Profit Jumps; Stock Soars
- Jerky Treats Recall: FDA Seeks Help in Mystery Deaths of 580 Dogs & Cats
- Chemical-Resistant 'Super Lice' a Growing Problem
- Obesity in Washington: How Communities Compare
- New Group Makes Pitch for Major League Baseball in Portland
- What's With This Fog?
WORD OF THE DAY
Polyglot
• \PAWL-lee-glot\ • Adjective - 1a: speaking or writing several languages b:
composed of numerous linguistic groups 2: containing matter in several
languages 3: composed of elements from different languages 4: widely diverse
(as in ethnic or cultural origins)
The
new public relations intern was not shy about her polyglot abilities and their value
to the large electrical utility: “I speak four languages, and ten dialects,”
she calmly explained to the HR manager, “In addition, I can communicate in the language
of engineering, accounting, and energy efficiency.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Chelan PUD’s Wright: Mistakes at Bonneville Power
Administration Were Well Intended (Wenatchee World, WA)
Editorial: DOE Needs to Explain How Bonneville
Power Administration's Brass, Placed on Leave, Win Offers of Continued
Employment (Oregonian, Portland)
Grand Coulee Dam's Third Power Plant Undergoes
Refurbishment (Power Engineering)
Mason County PUD 3 Commission Meeting Report for
October 22, 2013 (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Scam Attempt Informs Moses Lake Woman to Pay or
Power Is Cut Off (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
Beware of Man Posing as Utility Worker, Longview
Officials Warn (Longview Daily News, WA)
FERC Finds That Generators Providing Reactive
Power without Compensation Must Have Rate Schedule on File - Will not exercise
enforcement authority for past transgressions in light of current policy
clarification (Lexology)
Tennessee Valley Authority Seeks Public Input on
Energy Needs (The Tennessean, Nashville)
If Landowners Get Annual Payments for Wind
Turbines, Why Not Transmission Lines? (Midwest Energy News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Gillnet Rules to Remain During Oregon
Court Case (Associated Press)
Lower Yakima River Salmon Season Ends with a
Record-Breaking Catch Total (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
New Report Identifies Sturgeon Habitat (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Op/Ed:
Energy Independence Act Costing Less than Naysayers Warned (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory – but to paraphrase Galileo
Galilei "Eppur
si aumenta")
Can
New Energy Operations Make Forest Restoration Affordable? (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
Koch
Brother Wages 12-Year Fight over Massachusetts Wind Farm (NY Times)
Solar
‘Gardens’ Let Communities Share Renewable Power (National Geographic Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Port
of Longview Moves Ahead with Energy Efficiency Projects (Longview Daily News, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State: The Truth about Carbon Pricing (Sightline Daily)
Back
Door Enforcement: Clean-Water Laws - The Second Front in the War on Greenhouse
Gases (Grist Online)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Step
Aside, Street Lamps: These Ordinary Paths Glow on Their Own (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Equipment Makers Try Coaxing Telcos Beyond Basic
Broadband (CNET News)
Google Grants $2 Million to Researchers Bringing
Broadband to Rural California (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Udall Visits Navajo Broadband Data Center that Puts
Tribe 'Among the Clouds' (Hispanic Business)
Company Completes Filing on Proposal to Run
Broadband Line through Arctic (Global Post)
NASA’s Moon Laser Just Blew Your Home Internet Out
of the Water (Washington Post)
SOCIAL MEDIA, MARKETING & NEWSY NUGGETS
Utilities Need Policy on Use of Social Media,
Attorney Tells Legal Seminar (American Public Power Association)
KOMO Not Commenting on Reported Layoffs of Nearly
20 Staff Members (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
White House Security Official Fired over
Controversial Tweets (Mashable)
How to Write a Rockstar Twitter Bio (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Outside Money, Coal Shapes Whatcom County Political
Races (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Larry Crouse, Spokane Valley GOP Lawmaker, Retires (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Missing Hunter in Mason County Found Deceased
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Boeing Raises Forecast as Third-Quarter Profit
Jumps; Stock Soars (Reuters)
Jerky Treats Recall: FDA Seeks Help in Mystery
Deaths of 580 Dogs & Cats (Christian Science Monitor)
Chemical-Resistant 'Super Lice' a Growing Problem (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Obesity in Washington: How Communities Compare -
Check out how Washington counties stack up in terms of obesity (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer)
New Group Makes Pitch for Major League Baseball in Portland
(KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
What's With This Fog? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
China
Sackings over Ruined Ancient Buddhist Frescos
Why
Coffee Pooped Out of a Brazilian Bird Sells for Big Bucks
Live
& Travel Vicariously Through Your Stuffed Animal
Dogs
Shaking in Super Slow Motion Will Fix Any Bad Day
SONG OF THE DAY
Victor
Young - Around the World in 80 Days Suite
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