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News Digest Word Cloud for September 3, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Bonneville Power Administration’s Hiring &
Promotion Practices Get Stinging Critique by Department of Energy Audit
(Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Oregon
Wave Energy Stalls Off the Coast of Reedsport (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
British
Columbia: Fraser Sockeye Numbers Up from 2009, Officials Say (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Okanogan PUD: Stimulus Grant Bringing Broadband to
Rural America (Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune, Oroville, WA)
Editorial:
LEED Certification vs. Oregon Wood Industry (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Bonneville Power Administration’s Hiring & Promotion Practices Get Stinging Critique by Department of Energy Audit
- Environmental Group Seeks Information on NorthWestern Energy-PPL Power Plan Deal
- Op/Ed: U-S Senator Mike Crapo - Hydropower is Essential to U-S Energy Network
- BC Hydro to Cut Ten Power Deals, Defer Nine
- Judi Johansen, Former BPA & PacifiCorp Leader, Out as President of Marylhurst University
- California: Modesto Irrigation District Will Fight Order to License 120-Year-Old Dam
- Mason County PUD 3 Sells Former Engineering Building
- License Application Work for Yucca Mountain Could Resume this Week
- Vermont Reactor Closing Signals Death Knell for Aging Nukes; What Replaces Them?
- Op/Ed: Who Told Vermont to be Stupid?
- Tennessee Valley Authority Averts Debt Crisis, Won’t Ask Congress to Raise Borrowing Cap
- The Grid: Oklahoma Utilities Look to Consumers to Help Cut Costs
- Attract Top Talent to Your Electric Co-op
- British Columbia: Fraser Sockeye Numbers Up from 2009, Officials Say
- U-S Army Corps Works for New Dam to Protect White River Salmon
- Olympia-Area Mission Creek Restoration Project Begins September 9
- Feds Delay Controversial Decision on Pocket Gopher Protection
- Divining for Water: City of Eugene Is Trying to Find a Second Source to Tap In Emergencies
- Ex-Snohomish Area Water District Manager Charged with Theft
- Oregon Wave Energy Stalls Off the Coast of Reedsport
- Editorial: Hearings on Wind Farms Will Be Welcome
- Op/Ed: Creative Use of Wind Energy Factoids Keeps Montanans in the Dark
- Is Hydropower a Renewable Energy or Not?
- Oregon: New Geothermal Well Closer for Klamath County
- Wind Power Surge in Texas Curbing Utility Profits
- Germans Pay Dearly for ‘Energy Transformation’
- Snohomish County PUD Targets Hard-To-Reach Markets
- Bonneville Power Administration on Stage at International Innovation Conference; Oliver Named Fellow
- Editorial: LEED Certification vs. Oregon Wood Industry
- Ten U-S States with the Most New Clean Energy Jobs – Oregon No. 5, California No. 1
- Autzen Stadium Cooking Oil to be Converted to Biodiesel
- Okanogan PUD: Stimulus Grant Bringing Broadband to Rural America
- Editorial: New Okanogan PUD Fiber Optic System Stimulating
- Chelan PUD to Get Out of Battery-Backup Business for Fiber-Based Telephones
- $7.2 Billion: Microsoft to Buy Nokia Units & Acquire Executive
- Intel Media Aims to Remake TV with Its Own Technology
- New Study Analyzes ‘Social Media Regrets’
- Meet the Crew behind Those Witty WSDOT Traffic Tweets
- Shelton Man Dies after Motorcycle Crash near Brinnon
- 20-Year-Old Swimmer Drowns in Lake Cushman
- Alleged Tree Thieves Charged with Crime on BPA/King County Property
WORD OF THE DAY
Brown
Study • \BROWN – STUD-dee\ • Noun - A state of serious absorption or
abstraction
Darnell
had been stuck in a brown study all afternoon. His boss had given him what he
had considered an unsolvable problem: “Put the lime in the coconut,” or “Put
the shama lama, ding dong back into my smile.” He knew it couldn’t be both.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Bonneville Power Administration’s Hiring &
Promotion Practices Get Stinging Critique by Department of Energy Audit (Oregonian,
Portland, OR)
Environmental Group Seeks Information on NorthWestern
Energy-PPL Power Plan Deal (Montana Standard, Butte, MT)
Op/Ed: U-S Senator Mike Crapo - Hydropower is
Essential to U-S Energy Network (Twin Falls Times-News, ID)
BC Hydro to Cut Ten Power Deals, Defer Nine (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Judi Johansen, Former BPA & PacifiCorp Leader,
Out as President of Marylhurst University (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
California: Modesto Irrigation District Will
Fight Order to License 120-Year-Old Dam (Modesto Bee, CA)
Mason County PUD 3 Sells Former Engineering
Building (South Sound Business Examiner)
License Application Work for Yucca Mountain Could
Resume this Week (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Vermont Reactor Closing Signals Death Knell for
Aging Nukes; What Replaces Them? (Fox News)
Op/Ed: Who Told Vermont to be Stupid? (Forbes
Magazine)
Tennessee Valley Authority Averts Debt Crisis,
Won’t Ask Congress to Raise Borrowing Cap (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)
The Grid: Oklahoma Utilities Look to Consumers to
Help Cut Costs (The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK)
http://newsok.com/the-grid-oklahoma-utilities-look-to-consumers-to-help-cut-costs/article/3878432
http://newsok.com/the-grid-oklahoma-utilities-look-to-consumers-to-help-cut-costs/article/3878432
Attract Top Talent to Your Electric Co-op
(Electric Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
British Columbia: Fraser Sockeye Numbers Up from
2009, Officials Say (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
U-S Army Corps Works for New Dam to Protect White
River Salmon (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Olympia-Area Mission Creek Restoration Project
Begins September 9 (Thurston Talk, Olympia, WA)
Feds Delay Controversial Decision on Pocket
Gopher Protection (Northwest Public Radio)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Divining
for Water: City of Eugene Is Trying to Find a Second Source to Tap In
Emergencies (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Ex-Snohomish
Area Water District Manager Charged with Theft (Everett
Herald, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon
Wave Energy Stalls Off the Coast of Reedsport (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Editorial:
Hearings on Wind Farms Will Be Welcome (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Op/Ed:
Creative Use of Wind Energy Factoids Keeps Montanans in the Dark (The
Missoulan, MT)
Is
Hydropower a Renewable Energy or Not? As states set ambitious goals to increase
their use of renewable energies, hydropower could help them meet their goals
(Governing)
Oregon:
New Geothermal Well Closer for Klamath County (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Wind
Power Surge in Texas Curbing Utility Profits (Renewable Energy World)
Germans
Pay Dearly for ‘Energy Transformation’ (Press Europe)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish
County PUD Targets Hard-To-Reach Markets (Fierce Energy)
Bonneville Power Administration on Stage at
International Innovation Conference; Oliver Named Fellow (Bonneville Power Administration)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Editorial:
LEED Certification vs. Oregon Wood Industry (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Ten
U-S States with the Most New Clean Energy Jobs – Oregon No. 5, California No. 1
(Renewable Energy World)
Autzen
Stadium Cooking Oil to be Converted to Biodiesel (KATU-TV,
Portland, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Okanogan PUD: Stimulus Grant Bringing Broadband to
Rural America (Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune, Oroville, WA)
Editorial: New Okanogan PUD Fiber Optic System
Stimulating (Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune, Oroville, WA)
Chelan PUD to Get Out of Battery-Backup Business for
Fiber-Based Telephones (Wenatchee World, WA)
$7.2 Billion: Microsoft to Buy Nokia Units &
Acquire Executive (NY Times)
Intel Media Aims to Remake TV with Its Own
Technology (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
New Study Analyzes ‘Social Media Regrets’ (KGW TV, Portland,
OR)
Meet the Crew behind Those Witty WSDOT Traffic
Tweets (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Shelton Man Dies after Motorcycle Crash near
Brinnon (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
20-Year-Old Swimmer Drowns in Lake Cushman (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Alleged Tree Thieves Charged with Crime on BPA/King
County Property (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Google
Crunches Data on Munching in Office
Nyad
Completes Historic Cuba to Florida Swim
London’s
Newest Skyscraper is Melting Cars Parked near It
Spider-Man
Saves the Day, Pays for Local Woman’s Wedding
SONG OF THE DAY
John Denver - Calypso
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