Energy News Digest for April 25, 2016
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for April 25, 2016
TV Meteorologist Jeff Renner Retires from KING TV (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Western Washington Water Providers React to Tacoma Finding
Some High Lead Levels (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
House Panel Asked to Shine Light on PMA Costs – A little
information about the shrouded costs of fish & wildlife programs would go a
long way (Electric Co-op Today)
Tesla Unveils Pricing Details for Powerpack System (Utility
Dive)
Some Businesses Face 20-30 Percent Decline if Puget Sound
Salmon Fishing Closes for Summer (Olympian
- Paywall Advisory)
Benton PUD’s Prosser Solar Project Ceremony Planned April 26
(Tri-City Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- House Panel Asked to Shine Light on PMA Costs
- Washington, D-C Ratepayer Advocate, Attorney General File for Reconsideration of Exelon-Pepco Deal
- Some Businesses Face 20-30 Percent Decline if Puget Sound Salmon Fishing Closes for Summer
- Western Washington Water Providers React to Tacoma Finding Some High Lead Levels
- What Happens When Dams Come Down?
- Benton PUD’s Prosser Solar Project Ceremony Planned April 26
- Solar Gardens Grow Slowly Out West
- Arizona Utilities Back Initiative to Counter SolarCity-Supported Ballot Proposal
- Higher Oregon Renewable Portfolio Standard Targets Likely to Boost Wind Power
- Biomass Amendments in Federal Energy Legislation Spark Debate over ‘Carbon-Neutrality’
- Pacific Northwest Demand Response Demonstration Project Concludes with High Success Rate, National Award
- Energy Efficiency & Customer Engagement Go Hand in Hand
- Tesla Unveils Pricing Details for Powerpack System
- Why Electric Cars Ruled the Roads 100 Years Ago
- Oregon: Hawaiki Submarine Cable Becomes Tenant in Pacific City
- Verizon Says Strikers Sabotaging Verizon Network
- One of Google’s Loon Balloons Crashed in Chile
- Cheerios’ Tasteless Prince Tribute Bombs on Twitter
- Facebook Introducing Quality Metrics to Cut Down on Clickbait
- Wild Olympics Legislation Presented to U-S Senate Panel for First Time
- Belfair Man Involved in Crash with Kitsap County Sheriff Vehicle
- Intel Plans to Cut 350 Jobs in DuPont; Bellevue Layoffs Expected
- New Area Codes Coming to Western Washington State, Idaho
- CEO Resigns at McNeil Island Lock-Up for Sexual Predators
- Ruined Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Will Remain a Threat for 3,000 Years
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was hastened that fateful day by constant computer network problems at the financial
firm. The date was henceforth marked on the calendar as “Green Eyeshades Day”.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
House Panel Asked to Shine Light on PMA Costs – A little
information about the shrouded costs of fish & wildlife programs would go a
long way (Electric Co-op Today)
Washington, D-C Ratepayer Advocate, Attorney General File
for Reconsideration of Exelon-Pepco Deal (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Some Businesses Face 20-30 Percent Decline if Puget Sound
Salmon Fishing Closes for Summer (Olympian
- Paywall Advisory)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Western Washington Water Providers React to Tacoma Finding
Some High Lead Levels (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
What Happens When Dams Come Down? (Northwest Public Radio)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Benton PUD’s Prosser Solar Project Ceremony Planned April 26
(Tri-City Herald, WA)
Solar Gardens Grow Slowly Out West (High Country News)
Arizona Utilities Back Initiative to Counter
SolarCity-Supported Ballot Proposal (Utility Dive)
Higher Oregon Renewable Portfolio Standard Targets Likely to
Boost Wind Power (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Biomass Amendments in Federal Energy Legislation Spark
Debate over ‘Carbon-Neutrality’ (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Pacific Northwest Demand Response Demonstration Project
Concludes with High Success Rate, National Award (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Energy Efficiency & Customer Engagement Go Hand in Hand
(American Public Power Association)
SCIENCE SWIMMING IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Tesla Unveils Pricing Details for Powerpack System (Utility
Dive)
Why Electric Cars Ruled the Roads 100 Years Ago (Gizmodo)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon: Hawaiki Submarine Cable Becomes Tenant in Pacific
City (Tillamook Headlight Herald, OR)
Verizon Says Strikers Sabotaging Verizon Network (Broadband Reports)
One of Google’s Loon Balloons Crashed in Chile (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Cheerios’ Tasteless Prince Tribute Bombs on Twitter
(Huffington Post)
Facebook Introducing Quality Metrics to Cut Down on
Clickbait (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Wild Olympics Legislation Presented to U-S Senate Panel for
First Time (Peninsula Daily News,
Port Angeles, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Belfair Man Involved in Crash with Kitsap County Sheriff Vehicle
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Intel Plans to Cut 350 Jobs in DuPont; Bellevue Layoffs
Expected (Puget Sound Business
Journal, WA)
New Area Codes Coming to Western Washington State, Idaho
(Northwest Public Radio)
CEO Resigns at McNeil Island Lock-Up for Sexual Predators (Northwest
Public Radio)
Ruined Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Will Remain a Threat for
3,000 Years (Sacramento Bee, CA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Little Girl Gives Her Hero Garbage Man a Cupcake, Melts All
Our Hearts
Solar-Plane Pilots Say Trip Was Also Test of Human Endurance
Man Traveling in ‘Ocean Bubble’ from South Florida to Puerto
Rico Rescued at Sea
Ohio Couple Weds at Starting Line, Then Runs Half-Marathon
SONG OF THE DAY
Lionel Richie – Running with the Night
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