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Energy News Digest Word Cloud for October 16, 2014
Hot Shots – Today’s Top Five Stories
Speculative
Report Fuels Avista Trading “…speculative report…that the Spokane-based utility
could be courting buyers…” (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Historic Coho
Fishing Season Starts Friday on the Clearwater River (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Official in Pacific
Gas & Electric Judge-Shopping Case Won’t Vote on Blast Penalty (SF Chronicle)
Washington
State’s Unemployment Rate Inched Up in September – Mason 7.4 Percent
(Washington State Employment Security)
Google Fiber
Will Launch in Austin in December (GigaOM)
News Highlights (Details Below)
- Speculative Sale Report Fuels Avista Trading
- Official in Pacific Gas & Electric Judge-Shopping Case Won’t Vote on Blast Penalty
- Oregon: Public Electric Utility Debated at Millersburg Meeting
- Grand Coulee Dam: Third Power Plant Work Will Rebuild 3,000 Tons of Precision
- Clallam PUD Keeps High Bond Rating
- Utilities Reach Out to Customers
- Spokane Man Arrested on Suspicion of Mooching Neighbor’s Electricity
- Natural Gas’s Green Image Could Be Hot Air, Say Scientists
- As Communities Block Nuclear Restart, Japan’s 48 Operable Reactors Idle
- Nuclear Fusion Energy in a Decade? Lockheed Martin Is Betting On It
- Smart Meters Can Be Hacked to Cut Power Bills
- Historic Coho Fishing Season Starts Friday on the Clearwater River
- Pacific Northwest Salmon Numbers Surge to Highest Level since 1930’s
- Op/Ed: Pacific Northwest Must Preserve Salmon & Hydro Dams
- Interior Secretary Announces Sage Grouse Deal, Praises Wyoming Conservation Efforts
- EPA Fines Hanford for Stagnating Radioactive Waste near Columbia River
- Seven Underwater Surprises Exposed in Dried Out California Lakes
- Battery Backup System in Glacier May Help in Power Failures
- SolarCity Bonds – A New Way to Invest in Solar
- Wisconsin: The Latest Solar Energy Battleground
- In Defense of LEDs: Why the Rebound Effect for Solid-State Lighting May Be Overblown
- The Worst Drought of the Last 1,000 Years Was in 1934
- German Clean-Energy Costs Drop for First Time
- Google Fiber Will Launch in Austin in December
- Google Looks into Offering New Ultra-Fast Wireless Service
- Streaming Services: HBO is Taking on Netflix Like Never Before. They’ll Share the Same Headaches, Too
- CBS to Offer Stand-Alone Web Subscription Service
- Facebook ‘Safety Check’ Tells Friends You’re OK in a Natural Disaster
- Thanksgiving Will Top Black Friday for the Best Deals This Year
- BINGO! Four Innovation Buzzwords You Need to Know
- Washington State’s Unemployment Rate Inched Up in September
- Lewis County Won’t Allow Vader Marijuana Facility Access to Water Supply
- Pot-Growing Acreage Could Quadruple
- Backlash against Retail Pot Sales is Vast
- Teen Describes Dramatic Ocean Rescue on Oregon Coast
- Seattle Seahawks Now America’s Sixth Most Popular Team
Fealty • \FEE-ul-tee\ • noun - 1a: the fidelity of a vassal
or feudal tenant to his lord b: the obligation of such fidelity *2: intense
fidelity
Sadly, the aging Elvis impersonator had to admit that his
gray locks and increasing paunch had prematurely ousted him from the job which
had placed ramen noodles in his bowl for many years. Regardless, his fealty to
the Elvis skydiving team remained undiminished.
Energy & Utility Issues
Speculative Report
Fuels Avista Trading “…speculative report…that the Spokane-based utility could
be courting buyers…” (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Official in Pacific
Gas & Electric Judge-Shopping Case Won’t Vote on Blast Penalty (SF Chronicle)
Oregon: Public
Electric Utility Debated at Millersburg Meeting (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Grand Coulee
Dam: Third Power Plant Work Will Rebuild 3,000 Tons of Precision (Star of the
Grand Coulee, Grand Coulee, WA)
Clallam PUD Keeps
High Bond Rating (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Utilities Reach
Out to Customers (Umpqua Post, Coos Bay, OR)
Spokane Man
Arrested on Suspicion of Mooching Neighbor’s Electricity (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Natural Gas’s
Green Image Could Be Hot Air, Say Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)
As Communities
Block Nuclear Restart, Japan’s 48 Operable Reactors Idle (Forbes
Magazine)
Nuclear Fusion
Energy in a Decade? Lockheed Martin Is Betting On It (Washington
Post)
Smart Meters
Can Be Hacked to Cut Power Bills (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Fish & Wildlife
Historic Coho
Fishing Season Starts Friday on the Clearwater River (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
Pacific Northwest
Salmon Numbers Surge to Highest Level since 1930’s (KREM-TV, Spokane, WA)
Op/Ed: Pacific
Northwest Must Preserve Salmon & Hydro Dams (Oregonian, Portland)
Interior Secretary
Announces Sage Grouse Deal, Praises Wyoming Conservation Efforts (Casper
Star-Tribune, WY)
Water & Environment
EPA Fines Hanford
for Stagnating Radioactive Waste near Columbia River (Northwest
Public Radio)
Seven
Underwater Surprises Exposed in Dried Out California Lakes (Mashable)
Renewable/Alternative Energy
Battery Backup System in Glacier May Help in Power
Failures (Bellingham Herald, WA)
SolarCity Bonds – A New Way to Invest in Solar (SF Chronicle)
Wisconsin: The Latest Solar Energy Battleground (The
Energy Collective)
http://theenergycollective.com/rosana-francescato/2144116/wisconsin-latest-solar-energy-battleground
Conservation & Efficiency
In Defense of LEDs: Why the Rebound Effect
for Solid-State Lighting May Be Overblown (The Energy Collective)
Climate Change Sequestration Vault
The Worst Drought of the Last 1,000 Years Was in 1934 (Gizmodo)
Barrel O’ Green Potpourri
German Clean-Energy Costs Drop for First Time (Bloomberg News)
Technology & Telecommunications
Google Fiber
Will Launch in Austin in December (GigaOM)
Google Looks into
Offering New Ultra-Fast Wireless Service (Kansas City Business Journal, MO)
Streaming
Services: HBO is Taking on Netflix Like Never Before. They’ll Share the Same
Headaches, Too (Washington Post)
CBS to Offer Stand-Alone Web Subscription Service (NY Times)
Social Media & Marketing
Facebook ‘Safety
Check’ Tells Friends You’re OK in a Natural Disaster (Mashable)
Thanksgiving
Will Top Black Friday for the Best Deals This Year (Christian Science
Monitor)
BINGO! Four Innovation
Buzzwords You Need to Know (Washington Post)
General News
Washington State’s
Unemployment Rate Inched Up in September – Mason 7.4 Percent (Washington State
Employment Security)
Lewis County Won’t
Allow Vader Marijuana Facility Access to Water Supply (Longview Daily
News, WA)
Pot-Growing
Acreage Could Quadruple (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Backlash against
Retail Pot Sales is Vast “…while plenty of Washington residents embraced the
idea of a legal marijuana trade…plenty now shudder at the thought of it
transacting anywhere near them…” (Everett Herald, WA)
Teen Describes
Dramatic Ocean Rescue on Oregon Coast (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Seattle Seahawks
Now America’s Sixth Most Popular Team (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Diversions
Rats in the Toilet Aren’t an Urban Legend: Oregon Rains
Can Force Rodents into Your Home
Finnish Authorities Ban Whisky from Expo Name
Chocolate-Covered Bugs Served Up at Insect Museum
Cops: Woman Stole $520 from Jury on Another Trial
Song of the Day
Walter Egan - Magnet & Steel
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