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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for October 24, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Nearly
United House Backs New Water Projects Bill (Associated
Press)
Steller
Sea Lions Taken Off Threatened Species List (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Puget Sound Energy to Reduce Electric Rates Slightly (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Energy Industry Continues to Take the Brunt of
Cyberattacks (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Northwest
Energy Efficiency Alliance & Partners Successfully Introduce Heat Pump
Water Heaters to the Pacific Northwest (Sacramento Bee, CA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy to Reduce Electric Rates Slightly
- Energy Industry Continues to Take the Brunt of Cyberattacks
- APPA Chief: Cyber & Physical Security Plan Is Key to Risk Management
- Fitch Rates $33.6 Million Grays Harbor County PUD Revenue Bonds 'A'; Outlook Stable
- Bonneville Power Administration Offers Classroom Presentations on Science, Engineering
- OP/Ed: Steve Wright - BPA in Need of Correction
- Former Puget Sound Energy Staffer Cochrane Joins Olympia Engineering Firm
- Britain's Energy Crisis Goes from Bad to Worse
- Steller Sea Lions Taken Off Threatened Species List
- Research Shows Orca Population in Puget Sound Is Dwindling
- Haro Strait among Worst for Orcas as Constant Shipping Noise Puts Whales at Risk, Report Says
- Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail Opens November 2
- Putting the Spa in Spawn: Tribe Creates Refuge for Exhausted Fish
- Canoeing Salmon Advocates near Source of Columbia River
- Nearly United House Backs New Water Projects Bill
- Walmart Raises Portland's Largest Green Roof
- City of Portland Launches Crowdsourcing Campaign for Solar, But Will It Work?
- Solar Group Wants Arizona Public Service Company Investigated over Controversial Donations
- Wind Energy Tax Credit Likely Over, But Effect May Not Hurt Like Before
- Renewable Energy Corporation: REC's Third Quarter 2013 Results
- Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance & Partners Successfully Introduce Heat Pump Water Heaters to the Pacific Northwest
- Montana Officials: NorthWestern Overstating Energy Conservation Losses
- LED Lighting Shows Only Slight Gains in Market Penetration
- How Much Are We Really Spending on Energy Efficiency?
- Governor Inslee’s Climate Hearing in Seattle Draws Large Environmental Crowd
- Energy Bills: Straw Houses & Other Saving Secrets
- Power struggle: Family life off the Grid
- Internet Address System Expands with Four New Suffixes
- Google Fiber: It's a 'Myth' Consumers Don't Want 1 Gbps
- Facebook Needs News Organizations & News Organizations Need Facebook
- Kickstarting Journalism: Is Crowdfunding the Answer?
- School Principals Concerned about Social Media Site Ask.Fm
- Twitter Illiterate? Mastering the @BC’s
- Editorial: Rule against Pension Lawsuits at Washington State Supreme Court
- The 12 Most Powerful Women in Congress
- ’Fogmageddon’ Expected to Stick Around South Sound through Weekend
- Weather Eye: Mild Weather Continues, but Winter Will Be Arriving
- Introduction to Winter Weather Awareness Week
- Yelm Couple in Critical Condition after Homemade Alt-Fuel Van Explodes
- City of Shelton Holding Open House on Downtown
- Shelton’s Fairmount Avenue to be Closed for Three Weeks
- Safety Award for Mason General Hospital
WORD OF THE DAY
Darkling
• \DAR-klin\ • Adverb - 1: dark 2: done or taking place in the dark.
The
darkling hours pass
Waiting
on the last repair
Working
outages
The
Hyphen in 'E-Mail' Just Lost a Major Ally (Mashable)
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget Sound Energy to Reduce Electric Rates Slightly (Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
WA)
Energy Industry Continues to Take the Brunt of
Cyberattacks (Houston Business Journal, TX)
APPA Chief: Cyber & Physical Security Plan Is
Key to Risk Management (American Public Power Association)
Fitch Rates $33.6 Million Grays Harbor County PUD
Revenue Bonds 'A'; Outlook Stable (BusinessWire)
Chelan County PUD Finances on Track (KPQ Radio,
Wenatchee, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Offers Classroom
Presentations on Science, Engineering (Albany Tribune, OR)
OP/Ed: Steve Wright - BPA in Need of Correction (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Former Puget Sound Energy Staffer Cochrane Joins
Olympia Engineering Firm (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Britain's Energy Crisis Goes from Bad to Worse - 'People
are going to have to choose between keeping warm and eating.' (Forbes Magazine)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Steller
Sea Lions Taken Off Threatened Species List (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Research Shows Orca Population in Puget Sound Is
Dwindling (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Haro Strait among Worst for Orcas as Constant
Shipping Noise Puts Whales at Risk, Report Says (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail Opens November 2
(Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)
Putting the Spa in Spawn: Tribe Creates Refuge
for Exhausted Fish (Northwest Public Radio)
Canoeing Salmon Advocates near Source of Columbia
River (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Nearly
United House Backs New Water Projects Bill (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Walmart
Raises Portland's Largest Green Roof (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
City
of Portland Launches Crowdsourcing Campaign for Solar, But Will It Work? (Oregonian,
Portland)
Solar
Group Wants Arizona Public Service Company Investigated over Controversial
Donations (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Wind
Energy Tax Credit Likely Over, But Effect May Not Hurt Like Before (San Antonio
Express-News, TX)
Renewable
Energy Corporation: REC's Third Quarter 2013 Results (4-Traders)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Northwest
Energy Efficiency Alliance & Partners Successfully Introduce Heat Pump
Water Heaters to the Pacific Northwest (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
Montana
Officials: NorthWestern Overstating Energy Conservation Losses (The Missoulian,
MT)
LED
Lighting Shows Only Slight Gains in Market Penetration (Kitsap Peninsula
Business Journal, WA)
http://kpbj.com/business_daily/2013-10-24/led_lighting_shows_only_slight_gains_in_market_penetration
How
Much Are We Really Spending on Energy Efficiency? (Midwest Energy News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Governor
Inslee’s Climate Hearing in Seattle Draws Large Environmental Crowd (Northwest
Public Radio)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Energy
Bills: Straw Houses & Other Saving Secrets (British Broadcasting
Corporation)
Power
struggle: Family life off the Grid (British Broadcasting Corporation)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet Address System Expands with Four New
Suffixes (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Google Fiber: It's a 'Myth' Consumers Don't Want 1
Gbps (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Needs News Organizations & News
Organizations Need Facebook (Washington Post)
Kickstarting Journalism: Is Crowdfunding the
Answer? (Christian Science Monitor)
School Principals Concerned about Social Media Site
Ask.Fm (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Twitter Illiterate? Mastering the @BC’s (NY Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Editorial: Rule against Pension Lawsuits at Washington
State Supreme Court - Court should rule for the state in two cases involving
public employee pensions (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
The 12 Most Powerful Women in Congress (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer)
GENERAL NEWS
’Fogmageddon’ Expected to Stick Around South Sound
through Weekend (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
Weather Eye: Mild Weather Continues, but Winter
Will Be Arriving (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Introduction to Winter Weather Awareness Week
(National Weather Service, Seattle)
Yelm Couple in Critical Condition after Homemade
Alt-Fuel Van Explodes (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://q13fox.com/2013/10/23/yelm-couple-in-critical-condition-after-homemade-alt-fuel-van-explodes/
City of Shelton Holding Open House on Downtown
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Shelton’s Fairmount Avenue to be Closed for Three
Weeks (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Safety Award for Mason General Hospital (South
Sound Business Examiner, WA)
DIVERSIONS
A
Capella Disney Medley Will Blow You Out of the Water
Vatican
Suspends 'Bishop of Bling' Tebartz-Van Elst
You
Can Quit Now, This Kid's LED Costume Just Won Halloween
The
Most Isolated Tree in the World Still Got Killed By a Drunk Driver
SONG OF THE DAY
Dusty
in Memphis - The Windmills of Your Mind
Barbra
Streisand - The Windmills of Your Mind
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