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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Software
Error Caused Avista to Overestimate Washington State Rate Request (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Canadian
Hydropower can Help States Achieve Carbon-Cutting Goals (The Energy Collective)
Editorial:
Columbia River Treaty Talks Need to Start Now (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Editorial:
Local Company Ups the Ante on Click Lease Proposal (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Yakima
Basin Water Supply Outlook Worsens Again (Yakima
Herald-Republic, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Software Error Caused Avista to Overestimate Washington State Rate Request
- Editorial: Columbia River Treaty Talks Need to Start Now
- Public Power Weekly Exclusive: Seattle City Light to Test ‘Self-Healing’ Power Lines
- Mason PUD 3 Commission Report – April 28, 2015 Business Meeting
- Minnesota Investor Owned Utility Gets OK to Sell Assets to 12 Electric Co-Ops
- Demand Response, Saved by Congress, Thrives in Rural Areas
- Comcast Still Experimenting with Offering Electricity
- Op/Ed: Planned Cormorant Slaughter Is Not Necessary
- Salmon Summit Going on Tuesday & Wednesday in Columbia Park in Kennewick
- Yakima Basin Water Supply Outlook Worsens Again
- Odessa Subarea Irrigators File Lawsuit against U-S Bureau of Reclamation
- Congressman Newhouse Leads Effort for Federal Funding of Water Storage Projects
- Drought Could Mean Less Whitewater, More Demand from Rafters
- Blue Frog Solar Honored as Emerging Manufacturer
- California Utilities Ready Plans for Community Solar Programs
- Shift in U-S Federal Solar Funding Needed for Large-Scale Deployment: Report
- Compromise Reached for Softened Kansas Renewable Energy Standards
- Op/Ed: The Wind Power Industry Could Lose the Subsidy Tailwind at It’s Back
- How GE Plans to Benefit from Jacksonville’s Data-Sucking Streetlights
- Entertainment Devices Emerging as Energy Hogs in Homes
- Are Front-Loading Washers Still Mold Machines?
- Bill to Legitimize Marijuana Money Introduced in U-S House
- Tesla Battery Could Help Cannabis Growers Cut Energy Use
- Canadian Hydropower can Help States Achieve Carbon-Cutting Goals
- How Would Climate Change Regulations Help Now? Study Seeks Answer
- What Backing up Your Home with Tesla’s Battery Might Be Like
- Editorial: Local Company Ups the Ante on Click! Lease Proposal
- The FCC’s Chairman Has a Killer Plan to Fight Its Net Neutrality Lawsuits
- Net Neutrality Is Already Improving Internet Connections & It Hasn’t Even Gone Into Effect
- ‘Internet of Things’ Demands More Web Addresses, Internet Founder Says
- The Internet’s Dark Side You Don’t Use
- Joseph Lechleider, a Father of the DSL Internet Technology, Dies at 82
- LinkedIn Follows Twitter, Shocks Social Media Investors
- Campaign Coverage via Snapchat Could Shake Up the 2016 Elections
- With Boxing Match, Video Piracy Battle Enters Latest Round: Mobile Apps
- The Internet Archive Has Grown Up with a Gorgeous New Design
- Op/Ed: Invest In Mason County’s Future by Building a Diverse Economy
- Editorial: Simpson Pulling Up Stakes Is Painful
- Weyerhaeuser Hopes for Wood Products Bounceback
- Belfair Toddler Returned Home Safe after She Was Found Wandering Several Blocks Away
- Worker with Ties to Washington State Auditor Troy Kelley Fired
- Judge Dismisses Lawsuit against Quinault Indian Nation over Lake Ownership
- Big Surf Keeps Rolling Along Southern California Coast, Draws Bodysurfers, Crowds to Beaches
Mise-en-scène
• \meez-awn-SENN\ • noun - 1a: the arrangement of actors & scenery on a
stage for a theatrical production b: stage setting 2a: the physical setting of
an action (as of a narrative or a motion picture): context b: environment,
milieu
The
utility’s accounting department had the misfortune to work for a supervisor
whose hobbies included improv theater…based on “Star Trek’s” Klingon mythology.
To the staff’s immense displeasure, the last day of each workweek had been
converted from casual Friday to the Klingon ritual “Rite of passage.”
At
the start of each Friday, along employees dressing in costume, the boardroom
was converted into a mise-en-scène of Klingon finery. Each employee, from the
mail boy to the head accountant was required to chant “Today I am a Warrior. I
must show you my heart. I travel the river of blood.” Thankfully, members of
the gauntlet used rolled up newspapers to whack the participants as they fled
the room, instead of traditional Klingon painsticks.
(I
am ashamed I know even THIS much about Klingons)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Software
Error Caused Avista to Overestimate Washington State Rate Request (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Editorial:
Columbia River Treaty Talks Need to Start Now (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
Public
Power Weekly Exclusive: Seattle City Light to Test ‘Self-Healing’ Power Lines (American
Public Power Association)
Mason PUD 3 Commission Report – April 28, 2015 Business
Meeting (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Minnesota
Investor Owned Utility Gets OK to Sell Assets to 12 Electric Co-Ops (Utility
Dive)
Demand
Response, Saved by Congress, Thrives in Rural Areas (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Comcast
Still Experimenting with Offering Electricity (Broadband
Reports)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Op/Ed: Planned Cormorant Slaughter Is Not
Necessary (Oregonian, Portland)
Salmon Summit Going on Tuesday & Wednesday in Columbia Park in
Kennewick (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Yakima
Basin Water Supply Outlook Worsens Again (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
Odessa
Subarea Irrigators File Lawsuit against U-S Bureau of Reclamation (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Congressman
Newhouse Leads Effort for Federal Funding of Water Storage Projects (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Drought Could Mean Less Whitewater, More Demand from Rafters
(Northwest Public Radio)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Blue
Frog Solar Honored as Emerging Manufacturer (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal,
WA)
California
Utilities Ready Plans for Community Solar Programs (Utility Dive)
Shift
in U-S Federal Solar Funding Needed for Large-Scale Deployment: Report (Reuters)
Compromise
Reached for Softened Kansas Renewable Energy Standards (Kansas City Star, MO)
Op/Ed:
The Wind Power Industry Could Lose the Subsidy Tailwind at It’s Back (Forbes
Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
How
GE Plans to Benefit from Jacksonville’s Data-Sucking Streetlights (Jacksonville
Business Journal, FL)
Entertainment
Devices Emerging as Energy Hogs in Homes (E&E Publishing)
Are
Front-Loading Washers Still Mold Machines? (Consumerist)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Bill
to Legitimize Marijuana Money Introduced in U-S House (Congressman Denny Heck)
Tesla
Battery Could Help Cannabis Growers Cut Energy Use (Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Canadian
Hydropower can Help States Achieve Carbon-Cutting Goals (The Energy Collective)
How
Would Climate Change Regulations Help Now? Study Seeks Answer (Christian
Science Monitor)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
What
Backing up Your Home with Tesla’s Battery Might Be Like (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Editorial:
Local Company Ups the Ante on Click! Lease Proposal (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
The
FCC’s Chairman Has a Killer Plan to Fight Its Net Neutrality Lawsuits (Washington
Post)
Net
Neutrality Is Already Improving Internet Connections & It Hasn’t Even Gone
Into Effect (Consumerist)
‘Internet
of Things’ Demands More Web Addresses, Internet Founder Says (USA Today)
The
Internet’s Dark Side You Don’t Use (USA Today)
Joseph
Lechleider, a Father of the DSL Internet Technology, Dies at 82 (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
LinkedIn
Follows Twitter, Shocks Social Media Investors (Reuters)
Campaign
Coverage via Snapchat Could Shake Up the 2016 Elections (NY Times)
With
Boxing Match, Video Piracy Battle Enters Latest Round: Mobile Apps (NY Times)
The
Internet Archive Has Grown Up with a Gorgeous New Design (Gizmodo)
GENERAL NEWS
Op/Ed: Invest In Mason County’s Future by Building a Diverse Economy
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Editorial: Simpson Pulling Up Stakes Is Painful (Olympian -
Paywall Advisory)
Weyerhaeuser
Hopes for Wood Products Bounceback (South Sound Business Examiner)
Belfair Toddler Returned Home Safe after She Was Found Wandering
Several Blocks Away (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Worker with Ties to Washington State Auditor Troy Kelley Fired (Associated
Press)
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit against Quinault Indian Nation over Lake
Ownership (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Big Surf Keeps Rolling Along Southern California Coast, Draws
Bodysurfers, Crowds to Beaches (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Microsoft’s
Age-Guessing Tool Takes on History’s Most Iconic Portraits
Dog
Poop Samples Demanded by Burnaby Apartment Landlord
Roman
Mosaics Are Almost Unrecognizable after Botched Restoration Work
Man
Caught Jamming on Guitar (his bass, actually) While Driving
SONG OF THE DAY
Elton
John - Song for Guy
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