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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for August 13, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
With New Hydropower Bill Washington State Could
See Jobs, Growth (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
British Columbia: First Nations Skeena Sockeye
Fishery Shut for First Time (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Electric
Co-Ops Come out Swinging against Obama Greenhouse Gas Plan (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/pending-regs/316605-electric-co-ops-come-out-swinging-against-obama-greenhouse-gas-plan
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/pending-regs/316605-electric-co-ops-come-out-swinging-against-obama-greenhouse-gas-plan
Why
Do Californians Use Less Electricity than Everyone Else? (Washington Post)
Solar
Panels Becoming More Mainstream in the Pacific Northwest (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- With New Hydropower Bill Washington State Could See Jobs, Growth
- President Obama Signs Groundbreaking Legislation to Expand U-S Hydropower Production
- Truck Clips Power Pole, Sparks Grass Fire near Sequim
- Salem Electric Selects Terry Kelly as General Manager for 2014
- Editorial: Chelan PUD Moves Ahead
- As Costs of Outages Grow, a Call to Bolster the Grid
- Power Companies Urged to Shield U-S Electric Grid from Weather
- Climate Change Causing More Power Outages, Government Says
- Southern California Edison Tells Customers They Should Pay for San Onofre Shutdown
- Lawsuit Aims at Oklahoma Power Plant
- FERC Chairman: Nevada Power Customers Need to Be Freed from the Utility
- Greensboro Takes Tree Dispute with Duke Energy to North Carolina Regulators
- FERC Grants Extension for Compliance with Version 4 Cybersecurity Standards
- British Columbia: First Nations Skeena Sockeye Fishery Shut for First Time
- White Salmon River Reborn after Dam Removal
- Feds Declare Disaster for Florida Oyster Industry, Setting Up Possibility of Federal Help
- Kittitas County Proposes New Limits on Groundwater Wells
- Clallam Bay, Sekiu Residents Get ‘Boil Water’ Warning
- Solar Panels Becoming More Mainstream in the Pacific Northwest
- San Francisco Renewable Energy Rates Finally Set for Vote
- New England Transmission Ruling Sets Off Alarms in Clean Energy Industry
- Intermittent Renewables & Electricity Markets
- Q&A: American Legislative Exchange Council’s New Tactics to Weaken Renewable Laws
- Canada ‘Underselling’ Renewable Energy Sector, Say Policy Experts
- Why Do Californians Use Less Electricity than Everyone Else?
- Here’s An Ingenious & Depressing Connected Device to Conserve Energy
- Electric Co-Ops Come out Swinging against Obama Greenhouse Gas Plan
- Environmental Group Launches $2 Million Ad Campaign on Climate Change
- Intel Number One on EPA’s Green Power List
- Comcast Expands Low-Cost Internet Plan, Ups Speed
- Want to See the Impact of Google Fiber? Look to Comcast
- Google’s Free Wi-Fi Network in Mountain View is Broken
- 7Gbps Transmissions Up to a Mile Will Boost Wireless Internet Coverage
- Op/Ed: Net Neutrality Would Hold Back Innovation
- Report: Washington State Revenue Collections Now $80 Million above June Forecast
- Port Orchard Man Drowns in Panther Lake
- Colockum Digs Out from Nature’s Pounding
- Dozens Die in Asia Heat Wave as Power Strained to Limit
WORD OF THE DAY
Sinuous
• \SIN-yuh-wus\ • Adjective - 1a: of a serpentine or wavy form: winding b:
marked by strong lithe movements 2: intricate, complex.
“Each
time I say the word ‘ssssinuousssss’ it makes me feel kinda naughty,” hissed
Kaa to his pythonesque mate. “Oh, you sssssay the ssssssweetesssst thingssssss,”
she cooed back.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
With New Hydropower Bill Washington State Could
See Jobs, Growth (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
President Obama Signs Groundbreaking Legislation
to Expand U-S Hydropower Production (Green Tech Media)
Truck Clips Power Pole, Sparks Grass Fire near
Sequim (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Salem Electric Selects Terry Kelly as General
Manager for 2014 (Northwest Public Power Association)
Editorial: Chelan PUD Moves Ahead (Wenatchee World, WA)
As Costs of Outages Grow, a Call to Bolster the
Grid (Associated Press)
Power Companies Urged to Shield U-S Electric Grid
from Weather (Bloomberg News)
Climate Change Causing More Power Outages,
Government Says (Columbus Dispatch, OH)
Southern California Edison Tells Customers They
Should Pay for San Onofre Shutdown (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Lawsuit Aims at Oklahoma Power Plant - Sierra
Club says modifications are unlawful, add to pollution (Muskogee Phoenix, OK)
FERC Chairman: Nevada Power Customers Need to Be
Freed from the Utility (Individual.com)
Greensboro Takes Tree Dispute with Duke Energy to
North Carolina Regulators (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
FERC Grants Extension for Compliance with Version
4 Cybersecurity Standards (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
British Columbia: First Nations Skeena Sockeye
Fishery Shut for First Time (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
White Salmon River Reborn after Dam Removal
(Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)
Feds Declare Disaster for Florida Oyster
Industry, Setting Up Possibility of Federal Help (Associated
Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Kittitas
County Proposes New Limits on Groundwater Wells (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
Clallam
Bay, Sekiu Residents Get ‘Boil Water’ Warning (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Solar
Panels Becoming More Mainstream in the Pacific Northwest (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
San
Francisco Renewable Energy Rates Finally Set for Vote (SF Chronicle, CA)
New
England Transmission Ruling Sets Off Alarms in Clean Energy Industry (Governor’s
Wind Energy Coalition)
Intermittent
Renewables & Electricity Markets (The Energy Collective)
Q&A:
American Legislative Exchange Council’s New Tactics to Weaken Renewable Laws (Midwest Energy News)
Canada
‘Underselling’ Renewable Energy Sector, Say Policy Experts (The Hill Times,
Ottawa, Ontario)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Why
Do Californians Use Less Electricity than Everyone Else? (Washington Post)
Here’s
An Ingenious & Depressing Connected Device to Conserve Energy (GigaOM)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Electric
Co-Ops Come out Swinging against Obama Greenhouse Gas Plan (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/pending-regs/316605-electric-co-ops-come-out-swinging-against-obama-greenhouse-gas-plan
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/pending-regs/316605-electric-co-ops-come-out-swinging-against-obama-greenhouse-gas-plan
Environmental
Group Launches $2 Million Ad Campaign on Climate Change (Washington Post)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Intel
Number One on EPA’s Green Power List (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast Expands Low-Cost Internet Plan, Ups Speed (Associated
Press)
Want to See the Impact of Google Fiber? Look to
Comcast (GigaOM)
Google’s Free Wi-Fi Network in Mountain View is
Broken (Cite World)
7Gbps Transmissions Up to a Mile Will Boost
Wireless Internet Coverage (Ars Technica)
Op/Ed: Net Neutrality Would Hold Back Innovation (Seattle
Times - Paywall Advisory)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Report: Washington State Revenue Collections Now
$80 Million above June Forecast (Olympian, WA
- Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Port Orchard Man Drowns in Panther Lake (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Colockum Digs Out from Nature’s Pounding (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Dozens Die in Asia Heat Wave as Power Strained to
Limit - Eight people had died of heatstroke across South Korea & 17 died in
Japan (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Smells
Begone Releases Guide on Controlling Office Odors, Titled “Office Odors: How to
Control Bad Odors in the Workplace” “…We are excited to help office managers
out with their smell issues…” (PR Spin at its Finest)
Oops,
Casino Gives Wrong Man the $1 Million Prize
Billboards
Give Wrong Date for Detroit Election
Divorce-Related
Legal Feud in Ohio Lasts 17 Years
SONG OF THE DAY
Joseph
Haydn – “Surprise Symphony” - Symphony No. 94, Surprise, 2nd Movement
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