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News Digest Word Cloud for October 9, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration: Feds Release
Damning Investigation of BPA’s Hiring Practices & Management Culture
(Oregonian, Portland)
Revised
Draft I-937 Rules Suggest Significant Changes in Energy Conservation Compliance
(GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Governor Inslee Proclaims Public Power Week October
6-12 - Mason PUD 3 Celebration Continues (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
San Juan Islands Clash over Broadband; Another Board
Member Steps Down (Journal of the San Juan Islands, Friday Harbor, WA)
Snohomish PUD Makes Case for Dam, Residents Push
Back (Monroe Monitor, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration: Feds Release Damning Investigation of BPA’s Hiring Practices & Management Culture
- Report: BPA Hiring Put Veterans at Disadvantage
- Fixing Bonneville Power Hiring Mess a ‘Monumental’ Task
- Report: Bonneville Power Bypassed Veterans
- BPA: IG Finds ‘Massive Breakdown’ In Power Agency’s Management
- BPA Acting Administrator Statement on U-S Department of Energy’s DOE Inspector General Report
- Snohomish PUD Makes Case for Dam, Residents Push Back
- Chelan PUD Wants Higher Rates for Water, Sewer, Fiber
- Fitch Affirms Chelan PUD Bonds at ‘AA+’; Outlook Revised to Stable
- Montana: City of Great Falls Looks Forward to New Power Supplier
- Governor Inslee Proclaims Public Power Week October 6-12 - Mason PUD 3 Celebration Continues
- Celebrate Public Power Week This Morning with the Grays Harbor PUD
- Kittitas County PUD Celebrates Power Week
- Tillamook PUD Celebrates Public Power Week
- Pacific Gas & Electric Shuts Down Gas Pipeline under San Carlos
- Public, Private Utilities Argue Merits of Fairbanks Gas Plans
- Colorado: Public Power Putsch PUC to Rule Wednesday on Xcel Request in Boulder Utility Fight
- Aluminum: Electric Rate Hikes Hobble an Ohio Industrial Giant
- FERC Sets Date for Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act Workshop
- Connecticut: Sales Call Goes Sour When Electric Company Phones State Power Official
- New Push to Save Endangered Orcas in Puget Sound
- Chinook Salmon Returning to Dam-Less Elwha River
- Researchers, Tribes Detail Climate’s Effects on Salmon
- Oregon: Shutdown Forces Klamath Water Group to Delay
- Battery-Stored Solar Sparks Utilities Backlash: Climate & Carbon
- Can Wind Power Gain Support from Gas-Fired Generation?
- Op/Ed: Should Other Nations Follow Germany’s Lead on Promoting Solar Power?
- Revised Draft I-937 Rules Suggest Significant Changes in Energy Conservation Compliance
- Puget Sound Energy Says Take Our Free Refrigerators, Please
- Can Low-Income & Multi-Family Households Benefit From Energy Efficiency?
- Seattle, Austin Are among Top Cities on ACEEE’s Efficiency Scorecard
- Energy Efficiency: How the Internet Can Lower Your Electric Bill
- Study: Gas Leaf Blowers Put Out More Pollution than F-150 Trucks
- Solar Decathlon Showcases 19 Hi-Tech Homes of the Future
- San Juan Islands Clash over Broadband; Another Board Member Steps Down
- Google’s Faster Broadband Service Pushes Competitors
- Microsoft Outlines Upcoming Enterprise Cloud Services & Products
- Cybersecurity Education Network Moves to Washington State
- Microsoft Awards Hacking Expert, Repairs Browser Bug
- Ruh-Roh: Adobe Breach Is Just the Beginning, Researcher Says
- The Beginner’s Guide to the Hashtag
- Want a Retweet? Include a Photo
- Is Texting the Future of Workplace Communication?
- Hundreds of Washington State Workers Furloughed over Shutdown
- Seismologists Worry Shutdown Will Cripple Earthquake Response
- Double Fatality Highway 3 & Pickering Road in Mason
- Runaway Shelton Teens Found Safe in Oregon
- Association of Washington Business Names Former Tri-City Commerce Leader as New
- Crime Rings Steal Booze from Washington State Grocery
- Oregon Farmer Sees Potential for Industrial Hemp in Oregon
WORD OF THE DAY
Pastiche
• \pass-TEESH\ • Noun - 1: a musical, literary, or artistic work that imitates
the style of previous work or is made up of selections from different works 2:
hodgepodge
Junk
drawer, my pastiche
Short
string, rubber bands and more
But
nothing useful
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HULLABALOO OVER HIRING – BONNEVILLE HEADLINES
Bonneville Power Administration: Feds Release
Damning Investigation of BPA’s Hiring Practices & Management Culture (Oregonian,
Portland)
Report: BPA Hiring Put Veterans at Disadvantage
(Associated Press)
Fixing Bonneville Power Hiring Mess a ‘Monumental’
Task (Northwest Public Radio)
Report: Bonneville Power Bypassed Veterans
(Washington Post)
BPA: IG Finds ‘Massive Breakdown’ In Power Agency’s
Management (The Hill)
BPA Acting Administrator Statement on U-S
Department of Energy’s DOE Inspector General Report (Bonneville Power
Administration)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Snohomish PUD Makes Case for Dam, Residents Push
Back (Monroe Monitor, WA)
Chelan PUD Wants Higher Rates for Water, Sewer,
Fiber (Wenatchee World, WA)
Fitch Affirms Chelan PUD Bonds at ‘AA+’; Outlook
Revised to Stable (BusinessWire)
Montana: City of Great Falls Looks Forward to New
Power Supplier (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
Governor Inslee Proclaims Public Power Week October
6-12 - Mason PUD 3 Celebration Continues (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Celebrate Public Power Week This Morning with the Grays
Harbor PUD (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Kittitas County PUD Celebrates Power Week
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Tillamook PUD Celebrates Public Power Week (Tillamook
Headlight-Herald, OR)
Pacific Gas & Electric Shuts Down Gas Pipeline
under San Carlos (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Public, Private Utilities Argue Merits of Fairbanks
Gas Plans (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
Colorado: Public Power Putsch PUC to Rule Wednesday
on Xcel Request in Boulder Utility Fight (The Boulder Daily Camera, CO)
Aluminum: Electric Rate Hikes Hobble an Ohio
Industrial Giant (Forbes Magazine)
FERC Sets Date for Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency
Act Workshop (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
Connecticut: Sales Call Goes Sour When Electric
Company Phones State Power Official (Hartford Courant, CT)
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Push to Save Endangered Orcas in Puget Sound
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Chinook Salmon Returning to Dam-Less Elwha River (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Researchers, Tribes Detail Climate’s Effects on
Salmon (Capital Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Oregon:
Shutdown Forces Klamath Water Group to Delay (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Battery-Stored
Solar Sparks Utilities Backlash: Climate & Carbon (SF Chronicle, CA)
Can
Wind Power Gain Support from Gas-Fired Generation? (Wind Power Energy &
Development)
Op/Ed:
Should Other Nations Follow Germany’s Lead on Promoting Solar Power? (Forbes
Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Revised
Draft I-937 Rules Suggest Significant Changes in Energy Conservation Compliance
(GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Puget
Sound Energy Says Take Our Free Refrigerators, Please (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Can
Low-Income & Multi-Family Households Benefit From Energy Efficiency? (The
Energy Collective)
Seattle, Austin Are among Top Cities on ACEEE’s
Efficiency Scorecard (American Public Power Association)
Energy Efficiency: How the Internet Can Lower
Your Electric Bill (Christian Science Monitor)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Study:
Gas Leaf Blowers Put Out More Pollution than F-150 Trucks (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Solar
Decathlon Showcases 19 Hi-Tech Homes of the Future (USA Today)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
San Juan Islands Clash over Broadband; Another
Board Member Steps Down (Journal of the San Juan Islands, Friday Harbor, WA)
Google’s Faster Broadband Service Pushes
Competitors (ValueWalk)
Microsoft Outlines Upcoming Enterprise Cloud
Services & Products (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Cybersecurity Education Network Moves to Washington
State (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Microsoft Awards Hacking Expert, Repairs Browser
Bug (Reuters)
Ruh-Roh: Adobe Breach Is Just the Beginning,
Researcher Says (GigaOM)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
The Beginner’s Guide to the Hashtag (Mashable)
Want a Retweet? Include a Photo (Mashable)
Is Texting the Future of Workplace Communication?
(Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Hundreds of Washington State Workers Furloughed over
Shutdown (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Seismologists Worry Shutdown Will Cripple
Earthquake Response (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Double Fatality Highway 3 & Pickering Road in
Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Runaway Shelton Teens Found Safe in Oregon (Mason
Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Association of Washington Business Names Former
Tri-City Commerce Leader as New President (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/23640312/awb-names-former-tri-city-commerce-leader-as-new-president
Crime Rings Steal Booze from Washington State
Grocery Stores (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Oregon Farmer Sees Potential for Industrial Hemp in
Oregon (Oregonian, Portland)
DIVERSIONS
The
Coolest Thing Anyone Has Ever Worn
An
Extracurricular & Deadly Use for Pencils
Recent
Storms Leave Some Area Farms without Corn Mazes
Fed
shutdown bottling up new craft beers
SONG OF THE DAY
Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night
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