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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for April 29, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Scammers Busted Stealing 40,000 Pounds of Copper
from Seattle City Light (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Mason County Can’t Afford To Pay for Belfair Sewer
System (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Energy
Conservation on Bainbridge Island Hits Goal Set by Puget Sound Energy
(Bainbridge Island Review, WA)
City
Of Olympia Has $5.7 Million Update of Water Meters in Works - Updated
technology at Olympia homes will send readings remotely to city (Olympian, WA)
Longview
Adopts New Zoning Rules for Residential Windmills (Longview Daily News, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Scammers Busted Stealing 40,000 Pounds of Copper from Seattle City Light
- Cowlitz PUD Weighing Changes to Commercial, Residential Rate Ratio
- Mylar Balloon Knocks Out Power to Wenatchee
- Montana – Damage Control: Glencore Affirms Commitment to Restarting Columbia Falls Plant
- In the Northwest, Rising Coal Exports to Asia Stir Huge Fight
- Grant County PUD Receives a Clean Audit from State
- California - Man Electrocuted in ‘Industrial Accident’ Identified as Winchester Resident
- FERC Refines “Bulk Electric System” Definition, Adopts New Cybersecurity Standards Proving Value of the Definition
- Expanding Efforts to Attract Young Nuclear Energy Professionals
- Dumbest Guys in the Room: Does Wall Street Understand Utilities?
- Nevada Co-op Seeks to Involve Youth
- Fish Managers Request End to Summer Salmon Transport from McNary; Cite System Improvements
- $27.4 Million Fish Collection Facility Opens in Effort to Restore Salmon/Steelhead above Detroit Dam
- Mine Project Threatens Bristol Bay Salmon Fishery: EPA Report
- City Of Olympia Has $5.7 Million Update of Water Meters in Works
- California - Delta Tunnel Project to Radically Change Sacramento County Landscape
- Longview Adopts New Zoning Rules for Residential Windmills
- Want a Solar Home? Consider Batteries
- Biomass Plants’ Environmental Benefits Up for Debate
- Renewables Provide Half of Germany’s Power - For a Few Hours
- Energy Conservation on Bainbridge Island Hits Goal Set by Puget Sound Energy
- Five Ways to Save on Electricity, Energy in Your Home
- United Kingdom - Big Brother to Switch Off Your Fridge
- Interior Alaska Spring Prep Sports Are on Hold Because of the Cold
- Students in Pasco Race Electric Carts
- Obama Administration to Add 10,000 Hybrids for ‘Green’ Government Fleet
- Sacramento Plans Solar-Powered ‘Smart’ Parking Meters
- From Coast to Coast with the Power of the Sun
- Gigabit Internet in Vermont is Cheaper than Google Fiber
- Tullahoma, Tennessee to Offer 1-Gigabit Internet Starting May 1
- Washington State Legislature Passes Bill to Monitor Social Media in the Workplace
- LivingSocial Hacked - More Than 50 Million Customer Names, Emails, Birthdates & Encrypted Passwords Accessed
- Starbucks Presses Social Media Onward
- Inslee Wants Legislature to Come Back May 13
- Mason County Can’t Afford To Pay for Belfair Sewer System
- Cybertheft Heists $1 Million from Leavenworth Hospital
- Death at Home of DB Cooper Chute Packer Ruled a Homicide
- Pink Slips for 132 Providence Workers in Washington State
- Squaxin Island Tourism Director Appointed to Washington Tourism Alliance
- Report Finds Dirtier West Coast Trucks End Up In Oregon
WORD OF THE DAY
Persnickety
• \purr-SNICK-uh-tee\ • Adjective - 1a: fussy about small details: fastidious
b: having the characteristics of a snob 2: requiring great precision
“No
I will not have the beef tongue for my breakfast entrée, I will not eat
anything that came out of a cow’s mouth.” sniffed the newly minted, persnickety
English lord. “Give me fried eggs, over easy.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Scammers Busted Stealing 40,000 Pounds of Copper
from Seattle City Light (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Cowlitz PUD Weighing Changes to Commercial,
Residential Rate Ratio (Longview Daily News, WA)
Mylar Balloon Knocks Out Power to Wenatchee (Wenatchee World, WA)
Montana – Damage Control: Glencore Affirms
Commitment to Restarting Columbia Falls Plant - Representatives say power
contract talks are optimistic but metal market is a deterrent (Flathead Beacon,
Kalispell, MT)
In the Northwest, Rising Coal Exports to Asia
Stir Huge Fight (Seattle Times, WA)
Grant County PUD Receives a Clean Audit from
State (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)
California - Man Electrocuted in ‘Industrial
Accident’ Identified as Winchester Resident (Southwest Riverside News Network,
CA)
FERC Refines “Bulk Electric System” Definition,
Adopts New Cybersecurity Standards Proving Value of the Definition (GTH Energy
& Natural Resources Law Blog)
Expanding Efforts to Attract Young Nuclear Energy
Professionals (The Energy Collective)
Dumbest Guys in the Room: Does Wall Street
Understand Utilities? (Forbes Magazine)
Nevada Co-op Seeks to Involve Youth (Electric
Co-op Today)
http://www.ect.coop/newsmakers/local-initiatives/nevada-electric-coop-youth-ambassador-program/55346
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fish Managers Request End to Summer Salmon
Transport from McNary; Cite System Improvements (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
$27.4 Million Fish Collection Facility Opens in
Effort to Restore Salmon/Steelhead above Detroit Dam (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Mine Project Threatens Bristol Bay Salmon
Fishery: EPA Report (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
City
Of Olympia Has $5.7 Million Update of Water Meters in Works - Updated
technology at Olympia homes will send readings remotely to city (Olympian, WA)
California
- Delta Tunnel Project to Radically Change Sacramento County Landscape (Sacramento Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Longview
Adopts New Zoning Rules for Residential Windmills (Longview Daily News, WA)
Want
a Solar Home? Consider Batteries (Christian Science Monitor)
Biomass
Plants’ Environmental Benefits Up for Debate (Redding Record Searchlight, CA)
Renewables
Provide Half of Germany’s Power - For a Few Hours (Real Clear Energy)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy
Conservation on Bainbridge Island Hits Goal Set by Puget Sound Energy
(Bainbridge Island Review, WA)
Five
Ways to Save on Electricity, Energy in Your Home (Hampton-N Hampton Patch)
United
Kingdom - Big Brother to Switch Off Your Fridge: Power Giants to Make Millions
- But You Must Pay For ‘Sinister’ Technology (The Daily Mail, UK)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Interior
Alaska Spring Prep Sports Are on Hold Because of the Cold (Fairbanks
News-Miner, AK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Students
in Pasco Race Electric Carts (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Obama
Administration to Add 10,000 Hybrids for ‘Green’ Government Fleet (Christian
Science Monitor)
Sacramento
Plans Solar-Powered ‘Smart’ Parking Meters (Sacramento Bee,
CA)
From
Coast to Coast with the Power of the Sun (National
Public Radio)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Gigabit Internet in Vermont is Cheaper than Google
Fiber (Gizmodo)
Tullahoma, Tennessee to Offer 1-Gigabit Internet
Starting May 1 (American Public Power Association)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Washington State Legislature Passes Bill to Monitor
Social Media in the Workplace (Associated Press)
LivingSocial Hacked - More Than 50 Million Customer
Names, Emails, Birthdates & Encrypted Passwords Accessed (All Things
Digital)
Starbucks Presses Social Media Onward (Seattle
Times, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Inslee Wants Legislature to Come Back May 13 (Associated
Press)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason County Can’t Afford To Pay for Belfair Sewer
System (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Cybertheft Heists $1 Million from Leavenworth
Hospital (Wenatchee World, WA)
Death at Home of DB Cooper Chute Packer Ruled a Homicide
(KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
Pink Slips for 132 Providence Workers in Washington
State (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Squaxin Island Tourism Director Appointed to
Washington Tourism Alliance (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Report Finds Dirtier West Coast Trucks End Up In
Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
DIVERSIONS
Mamma
Mia! Bookie Offers Odds on ABBA Reunion
Rare
1913 Nickel Fetches Over $3.1 Million at Auction
80-Year-Old
Accidentally Swallows $5,000 Diamond
The
Resurgence of Vinyl Records: Why Analog Lives On
SONG OF THE DAY
Abba
- Mamma Mia (This video of 1970’s AWSOME!)
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