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Energy
News Digest word cloud for February 13, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Wyla Wood, Mason County PUD 3 Manager Announces
Retirement (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Janney Announces Departure from Chelan PUD (Wenatchee World, WA)
Washington State PDC to Investigate Allegations
against Fired Cowlitz PUD GM (Longview Daily News, WA)
One Killed In Head-On Crash on State Route 3 near
Allyn – Photos (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
A Mason County PUD 3 meter reader was in the area
when the accident occurred. He is reported to have put out a fire in one of the
vehicles & begin flagging soon after to keep others safe.
New
Washington State Senator from Tri-Cities Proposes Changes to Renewable Energy
Bill (Tri-City Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Wyla Wood, Mason County PUD 3 Manager Announces Retirement
- Janney Announces Departure from Chelan PUD
- Washington State PDC to Investigate Allegations against Fired Cowlitz PUD GM
- One Killed In Head-On Crash on State Route 3 near Allyn – PUD 3 Meter Reader Assists in Flagging & Fire Suppression
- Crash Cuts Power, Snarls Traffic in Seattle
- PUD 3 Commissioners “Throw the Switch” at Reconstructed Mason Substation in Downtown Shelton
- Editorial - Jefferson County PUD: Down to the Wire
- J.D. Power & Associates Reports: Overall Business Customer Satisfaction with Electric Utility Companies Declines - Despite Improved Communications
- U-S Senator Ron Wyden Leads Sharp Debate Over Natural Gas Export
- Wolf Relocation - ‘It’s a Stupid Bill & It’s a Waste of Our Resources’
- Juniper Invasion Marring Oregon’s High Desert Habitat
- Are San Francisco Oysters Wilderness Wreckers or Pollution Solution?
- Sequim to Filter Treated Wastewater into Ground
- Bureau of Reclamation Appoints Yakima Manager
- New Washington State Senator from Tri-Cities Proposes Changes to Renewable Energy Law
- Too Much Wind Power - PacifiCorp Agrees to Work on Real-Time Energy Imbalance
- Olympia Likes Lower Heating Bills - Home Energy Action Training Gets You There
- Home-Heating Energy Sources & Their Costs
- Alaska House Committee Advances Home Heater Upgrade Bill
- Five Quick-and-Easy Ways to Winterize Your Home
- Washington State Governor Inslee: “No Immediate Plans” For a Price on Carbon Emissions
- Gone With the Wind - Cow Fart Credits
- The True Cost of Powering an Electric Car - Focus on Low Kilowatt-Hours, Not Cost Per Gallon
- Could a ‘Solar Tent’ Charge a Parked Car?
- Crashing the Broadband Party
- Fitch Revises Kansas City Outlook to Stable, Ratings Affirmed - Touts Google Fiber
- President Obama’s Order Gives Firms Cyberthreat Information
- Do Governments Need Personal Social Media Policies?
- The Elephants of Typography
- Governor Inslee to Release Washington Jobs Plan
- Washington State Senate Ends Investigation of Pam Roach
- Residents Invited To Comment on Belfair Bypass Environmental Impacts
- Mason County Special Election Results
- Fire Destroys Barn at Thurston County Fairgrounds
- Prosecutors: Thieves Took Tons of Steel from Tacoma Storage Yard
- Former Olympia Tumwater Foundation Director Must Pay $100,000 in Restitution
WORD OF THE DAY
Aegis
• \EE-jus\ • Noun - 1: a shield or breastplate 2a: protection b: controlling or
conditioning influence 3: auspices, sponsorship b: control or guidance
especially by an individual, group, or system
“Under
what authority do you disturb the sleep of ‘Darwin the Sleepy’,” drawled the
minor noble to the brilliantly-garbed jester. “My authority comes from the
King, you knave,” cackled the jester. “ I serve under the aegis of ‘Crabforce
the Caffeinated’”
SHELTON FORECAST &
WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Wyla Wood, Mason County PUD 3 Manager Announces
Retirement (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Janney Announces Departure from Chelan PUD (Wenatchee World, WA)
Washington State PDC to Investigate Allegations
against Fired Cowlitz PUD GM (Longview Daily News, WA)
One Killed In Head-On Crash on State Route 3 near
Allyn – Photos (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
A Mason County PUD 3 meter reader was in the area
when the accident occurred. He is reported to have put out a fire in one of the
vehicles & begin flagging soon after to keep others safe.
Crash Cuts Power, Snarls Traffic in Seattle (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
PUD 3 Commissioners “Throw the Switch” at
Reconstructed Mason Substation in Downtown Shelton (Mason County PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
Editorial - Jefferson County PUD: Down to the Wire
(Port Townsend Leader, WA)
J.D. Power & Associates Reports: Overall
Business Customer Satisfaction with Electric Utility Companies Declines - Despite
Improved Communications to Businesses during Power Outages (PR Newswire – Check
out the list for Pacific Northwest Utilities’ ratings)
U-S Senator Ron Wyden Leads Sharp Debate Over
Natural Gas Export (Northwest Public Radio)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Wolf Relocation - ‘It’s a Stupid Bill & It’s a
Waste of Our Resources’ (Associated Press)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Its-a-stupid-bill-and-its-a-waste-of-our-resources-190945111.html
Juniper Invasion Marring Oregon’s High Desert
Habitat (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Are San Francisco Oysters Wilderness Wreckers or
Pollution Solution? (Grist Online)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Sequim
to Filter Treated Wastewater into Ground (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles,
WA)
Bureau
of Reclamation Appoints Yakima Manager (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
New
Washington State Senator from Tri-Cities Proposes Changes to Renewable Energy
Bill (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Too
Much Wind Power - PacifiCorp Agrees to Work on Real-Time Energy Imbalance
System (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Olympia Likes Lower Heating Bills - Home Energy
Action Training Gets You There (Thurston Talk, Olympia, WA)
Home-Heating Energy Sources & Their Costs: How
to decide what’s best! (Coast River Business Journal, Astoria, OR)
Alaska House Committee Advances Home Heater Upgrade
Bill (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK)
Five Quick-and-Easy Ways to Winterize Your Home
(U-S News & World Report)
http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/my-money/2013/02/13/5-quick-and-easy-ways-to-winterize-your-home
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Governor Inslee: “No Immediate Plans” For a Price on Carbon Emissions (Northwest Public Radio)
Gone
with the wind - cow fart credits (News 24, Cape Town, South Africa)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The
True Cost of Powering an Electric Car - Focus on Low Kilowatt-Hours, Not Cost
Per Gallon (Edmunds Motor News)
Could
a ‘Solar Tent’ Charge a Parked Car? (Christian Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Crashing the Broadband Party (Forbes Magazine)
Fitch Revises Kansas City Outlook to Stable,
Ratings Affirmed - Touts Google Fiber (Reuters)
President Obama’s Order Gives Firms Cyberthreat
Information (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Do Governments Need Personal Social Media Policies?
(Government Technology)
The Elephants of Typography (Mashable)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Governor Inslee to Release Washington Jobs Plan (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Washington State Senate Ends Investigation of Pam Roach
(Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Residents Invited To Comment on Belfair Bypass
Environmental Impacts (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Mason County Special Election Results (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Fire Destroys Barn at Thurston County Fairgrounds (Associated
Press)
Prosecutors: Thieves Took Tons of Steel from Tacoma
Storage Yard (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Former Olympia Tumwater Foundation Director Must
Pay $100,000 in Restitution (Olympian, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Lightning
Strikes the Vatican – Literally
Coeur
d’Alene Says No to Pigs as Urban Pets
Guppies
Use Ugly Friends to Seem More Attractive
My Smelly Valentine: Sewage Treatment Plant Offers
Tours
SONG OF THE DAY
Lou
Christie - Lightning Strikes
