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Energy
News Digest word cloud for March 6, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Power Grid Costs Rise While Service Falls (Associated Press)
Washington: Wyden: Northwest Needs Flexibility in
FERC Transmission Rules (Utility Products)
Washington
State Governor, Senators Disagree on Terms of Climate-Change Bill (Seattle Times, WA)
Sequester to Result in 4,800 Hanford Layoffs,
Furloughs (Northwest Public Radio)
Minnesota
- A 40 Percent Standard? Group Ups Ante on Renewable Energy “...doesn’t expect
the increased renewable standards would raise power costs for consumers…”
(Pioneer Press, St Paul, MN)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- U-S Power Grid Costs Rise While Service Falls
- Washington: Wyden: Northwest Needs Flexibility in FERC Transmission Rules
- U-S Department of Energy Team Issues Final Recommendations for Changes to WAPA Operations
- The Green File - Mason County PUD 3: Take Our Buildings; Please
- Port Angeles Public Works & Utilities Director Leaving
- Oregon Man Refuses Defense at Tax Evasion Trial
- NW Natural Gas Reports Lower Earnings for the Fourth Quarter & Year
- Natural Gas Dethrones King Coal as Power Companies Look to the Future
- Washington State Board Approves New Fishing Rules; Purchases Wildlife Land
- Collaborative Approach Increases Protection for Mid-Columbia River Salmon & Steelhead
- Minnesota - A 40 Percent Standard? Group Ups Ante on Renewable Energy
- Nebraska Public Power Groups Oppose Solar Gardens Bill
- Assistance League of Everett Gets Solar-Power Assist
- New Southern California Solar Plant Opens
- How Much Renewable Energy Can the Grid Handle?
- Major Smart Grid & Solar Opportunities from the Department of Defense
- Expert to Utilities: Get Real About Smart Meters, Renewable Energy
- SF Bay Bridge - 25,000 Points of Light
- Washington State Governor, Senators Disagree on Terms of Climate-Change Bill
- Thanks to Biomass - University of British Columbia Is Heating Up & Getting Green
- Electric Cooperatives - Caution Urged on Broadband Plan
- Sequester to Result in 4,800 Hanford Layoffs, Furloughs
- Tracking Device Leads to Arrest of Olympia Bank Robbery Suspect
- Port of Shelton: Fairgrounds Ready; Future Still Unsure
- Seattle, Sacramento Continue to Battle for NBA Franchise
WORD OF THE DAY
Thimblerig
• \THIM-bull-rig\ • Verb - 1: to cheat by trickery 2: to swindle by a trick in
which a small ball or pea is quickly shifted from under one to another of three
small cups to fool the spectator guessing its location.
“Watch
the lucky lady…watch the lucky lady,” bellowed Frederica to the intent crowd
that had gathered around her card table at the busy downtown New York
intersection. She was at a loss to understand how she was losing every game of
thimblerig on that day. The mystery was not lost, however, on the prospective pigeons;
all of whom had noticed that the upside down cups were of clear plastic, which
made the little green pea visible at all times.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
U-S Power Grid Costs Rise While Service Falls (Associated Press)
Washington: Wyden: Northwest Needs Flexibility in
FERC Transmission Rules (Utility Products)
U-S Department of Energy Team Issues Final
Recommendations for Changes to WAPA Operations (American
Public Power Association)
The
Green File - Mason County PUD 3: Take Our Buildings; Please (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Port Angeles Public Works & Utilities Director
Leaving (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Oregon Man Refuses Defense at Tax Evasion Trial “...sold
software to commercial power users, including the U-S Army Corps of Engineers,
Bonneville Power Administration & General Electric…” (Albany Democrat, OR)
NW Natural Gas Reports Lower Earnings for the
Fourth Quarter & Year (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Natural Gas Dethrones King Coal as Power
Companies Look to the Future (National Public Radio)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Washington State Board Approves New Fishing
Rules; Purchases Wildlife Land (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Collaborative Approach Increases Protection for Mid-Columbia
River Salmon & Steelhead (North Central Washington-TV)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Minnesota
- A 40 Percent Standard? Group Ups Ante on Renewable Energy “...doesn’t expect
the increased renewable standards would raise power costs for consumers…” (Pioneer
Press, St Paul, MN)
Nebraska
Public Power Groups Oppose Solar Gardens Bill “…allow residents to join
community solar gardens, similar to co-ops, in exchange for credits on their
electric bills…” (Associated Press)
Assistance
League of Everett Gets Solar-Power Assist (Everett
Herald, WA)
New
Southern California Solar Plant Opens (United Press International)
How
Much Renewable Energy Can the Grid Handle? (Greentech Grid)
Major
Smart Grid & Solar Opportunities from the Department of Defense (GTH Energy
& Natural Resources Law Blog)
Expert
to Utilities: Get Real About Smart Meters, Renewable Energy (Fierce Smart Grid)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
SF Bay Bridge - 25,000 Points of Light (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
Bay Bridge Light Project (The Bay Lights)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington
State Governor, Senators Disagree on Terms of Climate-Change Bill (Seattle Times, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Thanks
to Biomass - University of British Columbia Is Heating Up & Getting Green
(Huffington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Electric Cooperatives - Caution Urged on Broadband
Plan (Electric Co-op Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Sequester to Result in 4,800 Hanford Layoffs,
Furloughs (Northwest Public Radio)
Tracking Device
Leads to Arrest of Olympia Bank Robbery Suspect (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Port of Shelton:
Fairgrounds Ready; Future Still Unsure (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Seattle, Sacramento
Continue to Battle for NBA Franchise (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
And
Now, a Moment of Silence for $750K in Whisky Accidentally Flushed Down the
Drain
The
Not-So-Slight Return of Jimi Hendrix
West
Salem Man Accidentally Killed by AR-15 He Had Just Stolen
Actress
Carrie Fisher to Reprise Role as Princess Leia
SONG OF THE DAY
Jimi
Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin’ (People, Hell & Angels)
Jimi
Hendrix - Foxy Lady
