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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
WECC,
Energy Oversight Body, to Pay $16 Million Penalty for 2011 Blackout (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
Pacific
Gas & Electric President to Exit (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
WSU
Researcher Says Washington State Drought Could Get Worse (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Columbia River Cormorant Culling Underway to Save
Salmon (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
Free
Wi-Fi Hits Winslow, Poulsbo Airwaves (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- WECC, Energy Oversight Body, to Pay $16 Million Penalty for 2011 Blackout
- Pacific Gas & Electric President to Exit
- Peace River Dam Construction Could Create Lucrative Real Estate Market, Says British Columbia Realtor
- Helicopter Aids in Tillamook Area Transmission Pole Replacement
- Benton PUD Receives National Recognition for Operational Excellence
- Group Says Phone Records Show Close Ties Between Head Regulator, Arizona Public Service Company
- Toward Greater U-S – Canadian Energy Integration
- Co-ops Champion Right-of-Way Reform in Congress
- Utility Plans Would Further Divide Industrial, Residential Users
- Columbia River Cormorant Culling Underway to Save Salmon
- WSU Researcher Says Washington State Drought Could Get Worse
- Washington State Senate Eager to Add More Money for Drought Prep
- Nestle Bottled-Water Plan Draws Fight in Drought-Stricken Oregon
- Western U-S Drought Might Raise Food Prices: Reuters/Ipsos Poll
- Tips for Doing Co-op Community Solar
- Solar Shines as Sellers Sometimes Pay Buyers to Use Power
- Two Cool Maps That Show How Wind Power is Poised to Go Big – Really Big
- Indiana: Critics Say New Energy Efficiency Effort ‘Worse than Doing Nothing’
- Exclusive: How Opower Is Pushing Behavioral Demand Response into the Mainstream
- For Marijuana Companies, Biggest Security Concern Comes From the Inside
- Pacific Northwest Push for Clean Fuels Could Mean More Crude, New Refinery
- Utilities Seek Larger Part in Charging Station Rollout
- Free Wi-Fi Hits Winslow, Poulsbo Airwaves
- Seattle Partners With Google for Wi-Fi Lending Service
- Google Fi Invites May Not Come Until July or August
- Broadband at the Center of Charter-Time Warner Cable Deal
- Cowlitz PUD Picks Up Cyber Security Insurance
- Win Over Members during Power Outages
- Twitter Reportedly Talked With Flipboard about $1 Billion Deal
- Editorial: Washington State Senate’s Social Media Policy Defines ‘Lame’
- Feds: Troy Kelley Paid Law Firm $900K Out of Funds in Question
- Oregon: Who Leaked John Kitzhaber’s Emails? The Answer Emerges
- Mason County Unemployment Drops in April
- Apple Producers Dumping Lots of Fruit
- Data Thieves Gain Access to 100,000 U-S Taxpayers’ Information: IRS
- Port of Longview Port Considering Oil Refinery near Columbia River
- Soccer Swoon: Top FIFA Officials Detained in Corruption Raids
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vitality, or strength b: marked by weakness or decadence *c: soft or delicate
from or as if from a pampered existence 3: effeminate
The
Carthaginians were justifiably angry. Arms akimbo, the survivors of the Roman
scourge watched the invading fleet head out to the Mediterranean, the once
fertile fields in the North African empire left effete by the salt, which had
been sown by the merciless invaders.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
WECC,
Energy Oversight Body, to Pay $16 Million Penalty for 2011 Blackout (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
Pacific
Gas & Electric President to Exit (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Peace
River Dam Construction Could Create Lucrative Real Estate Market, Says British
Columbia Realtor (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Helicopter
Aids in Tillamook Area Transmission Pole Replacement (Bonneville Power Administration)
Benton
PUD Receives National Recognition for Operational Excellence (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Group
Says Phone Records Show Close Ties Between Head Regulator, Arizona Public
Service Company (Utility Dive)
Toward
Greater U-S – Canadian Energy Integration (Morning Consult)
Co-ops
Champion Right-of-Way Reform in Congress (Electric Co-op
Today)
Utility
Plans Would Further Divide Industrial, Residential Users (Midwest Energy News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia River Cormorant Culling Underway to Save
Salmon (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
WSU
Researcher Says Washington State Drought Could Get Worse (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Washington
State Senate Eager to Add More Money for Drought Prep (Crosscut Seattle)
Nestle
Bottled-Water Plan Draws Fight in Drought-Stricken Oregon (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Western
U-S Drought Might Raise Food Prices: Reuters/Ipsos Poll (Reuters)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Tips
for Doing Co-op Community Solar (Electric Co-op
Today)
Solar
Shines as Sellers Sometimes Pay Buyers to Use Power (Bloomberg News)
Two
Cool Maps That Show How Wind Power is Poised to Go Big – Really Big (Grist Online – Good Luck with that offshore win in WA State)
http://grist.org/climate-energy/2-cool-maps-that-show-how-wind-power-is-poised-to-go-big-really-big/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Indiana:
Critics Say New Energy Efficiency Effort ‘Worse than Doing Nothing’ “…each
utility company…can raise rates to cover any revenue lost because of decreased
energy usage…” (WFYI, Indianapolis, IN)
Exclusive:
How Opower Is Pushing Behavioral Demand Response into the Mainstream (Utility
Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
For
Marijuana Companies, Biggest Security Concern Comes From the Inside (Marijuana
Business Daily)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Pacific
Northwest Push for Clean Fuels Could Mean More Crude, New Refinery (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
Utilities
Seek Larger Part in Charging Station Rollout (E&E Publishing)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Free
Wi-Fi Hits Winslow, Poulsbo Airwaves (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
Seattle
Partners With Google for Wi-Fi Lending Service (Puget
Sound Business Journal, WA)
Google
Fi Invites May Not Come Until July or August (Broadband
Reports)
Broadband
at the Center of Charter-Time Warner Cable Deal (NY Times)
Cowlitz
PUD Picks Up Cyber Security Insurance (Longview Daily
News, WA)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Win
Over Members during Power Outages (Electric Co-op Today)
Twitter
Reportedly Talked With Flipboard about $1 Billion Deal (SF Chronicle)
Editorial:
Washington State Senate’s Social Media Policy Defines ‘Lame’ (Longview Daily News, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Feds: Troy Kelley Paid Law Firm $900K Out of Funds in Question
(Northwest Public Radio)
Oregon:
Who Leaked John Kitzhaber’s Emails? The Answer Emerges (Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
Mason
County Unemployment Drops in April (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Apple
Producers Dumping Lots of Fruit (Associated
Press)
Data Thieves Gain Access to 100,000 U-S Taxpayers’
Information: IRS (Reuters)
Port
of Longview Port Considering Oil Refinery near Columbia River (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Soccer Swoon: Top FIFA Officials Detained in Corruption
Raids (Reuters)
DIVERSIONS
The
Story of Bohemian Rhapsody in Six Parts (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Hiker
Finds Camera on Mount St. Helens, Tracks Down Owner
The
Economist Disses Vancouver as ‘Mind-Numbingly Boring’
Idaho
Man Survives Being Struck by Lightning
SONG OF THE DAY
Pink
Floyd – Comfortably Numb
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