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Energy
News Digest Word Cloud for April 12, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Obama Budget Plan Ponders Sale of Tennessee
Valley Authority (Bloomberg News)
Columbia River Treaty Public Meetings Begin in Spokane
(Boise State Public Radio, ID)
Ocean Salmon Seasons Offer Abundant Catches
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Senate Confirms REI’s Sally Jewell as Interior
Secretary (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Special Weather Statement for Hood Canal-Bremerton
Area (National Weather Service)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Obama Budget Plan Ponders Sale of Tennessee Valley Authority
- Columbia River Treaty Public Meetings Begin in Spokane
- Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum’s Reopening Increasingly Uncertain
- Longtime Mason County PUD 3 Employee Appointed Manager
- Grays Harbor County PUD Interviewing Final Five Candidates for GM
- Electric Power Research Institute Names New Members to Board of Directors - BPA’s Anita Decker among the Chosen
- Northern Wasco County PUD Garners Power Accolade for Reliability
- Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for April 9, 2013
- California PUC Official in Hot Water for Trying to Secretly Record Meeting
- Ocean Salmon Seasons Offer Abundant Catches
- Washington’s Salmon Fishing Seasons Set for 2013
- Fish Passage Improvements Result in Increased Survival
- Bonneville Power Administration Seeks Comment on Proposed Walla Walla Hatchery
- Op/Ed - The Problem with the Wild Olympics Plan for Olympic National Forest
- Feds Extend Comment Period for Snake River Dredging Plan
- City of Bainbridge, Kitsap PUD to Talk Water Utility Management
- Cowlitz PUD Poised to Meet Renewable Energy Standards, Officials Say
- Montana - How a Columbia Falls Company is Storing Wind for a Windless Day
- Chairman Hastings: Time to Cut Red Tape to Expand the Development of Small Conduit Hydropower
- Court Sides with Iowa Solar Installer in Dispute with Utility
- Op/Ed - Today’s Renewable-Energy Technologies Work
- American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Honors BPA Energy Efficiency Program
- Clark Public Utilities Offers Rebate for Ductless Heat Pumps
- Climate Change Did Not Cause 2012 U-S Drought, Says Government Report
- Rosie the Riveter on a Wind Turbine: Women & the Growing Green Economy
- Portland Telecom Company to Bring Hundreds of Jobs to Vancouver
- Rural Carriers Complain About Broadband Obstacles
- Google Might Be Planning Free Nationwide Wi-Fi Since the FCC Isn’t
- NAB Chief: Next FCC Chair Shouldn’t Have ‘Bias’ Toward Broadband
- Charter Dangles Broadband Carrot at the FCC
- Microsoft Tweeter Reportedly Loses Job
- Senate Confirms REI’s Sally Jewell as Interior Secretary
- Environmental Questions Take Back Seat at Hearing for EPA Nominee
- Washington State Governor Surprises Higher-Ed Community with Council Shake-Up
- Editorial - Reform the Writing of Fiscal Notes in Washington State Legislature
- Special Weather Statement for Hood Canal-Bremerton Area
- North Mason Chamber Names New Executive Director
- Severe Landslides in Washington Could Be Signs of Times Ahead
- Mason County Senior Center Celebrates 32 Years
- Sinclair Acquiring Fisher Communications
- Sinclair Known for Conservative Political Tilt
- Navigating the Notorious Pacific Northwest Roundabouts
- Idaho Family Sues Forest Service for $1 Million After Tree Hit Six-Year-Old Son
WORD OF THE DAY
Distaff
• \DISS-staff\ • Noun - 1a: a staff for holding the flax, tow, or wool in
spinning b: woman’s work or domain 2: the female branch or side of a family.
See
the Amazon
The
distaff warrior: look out!
She’ll
take your head, man
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Obama Budget Plan Ponders Sale of Tennessee
Valley Authority (Bloomberg News)
Columbia River Treaty Public Meetings Begin in
Spokane (Boise State Public Radio, ID)
Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum’s Reopening
Increasingly Uncertain (The Missoulian, MT)
Longtime Mason County PUD 3 Employee Appointed
Manager (Shelton-Mason County Journal, WA)
Grays Harbor County PUD Interviewing Final Five
Candidates for GM (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
Electric
Power Research Institute Names New Members to Board of Directors - BPA’s Anita
Decker among the Chosen (Electric Light & Power)
Northern Wasco County PUD Garners Power Accolade
for Reliability (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2013/apr/10/northern-wasco-county-pud-garners-power-accolade/
Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for April 9,
2013 (Mason County PUD No. 3, Shelton, WA)
California PUC Official in Hot Water for Trying to
Secretly Record Meeting (Sacramento Bee, CA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Ocean Salmon Seasons Offer Abundant Catches
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Washington’s Salmon Fishing Seasons Set for 2013
(Access Washington)
Fish Passage Improvements Result in Increased
Survival (Bonneville Power Administration)
Bonneville Power Administration Seeks Comment on
Proposed Walla Walla Hatchery (Bonneville Power Administration)
Op/Ed - The Problem with the Wild Olympics Plan
for Olympic National Forest (Seattle Times, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Feds
Extend Comment Period for Snake River Dredging Plan (Associated Press)
City
of Bainbridge, Kitsap PUD to Talk Water Utility Management (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Cowlitz
PUD Poised to Meet Renewable Energy Standards, Officials Say (Longview Daily News, WA)
Montana
- How a Columbia Falls Company is Storing Wind for a Windless Day (Montana
Public Radio News)
Chairman
Hastings: Time to Cut Red Tape to Expand the Development of Small Conduit
Hydropower (U-S House of Representatives, Natural Resources Committee)
Court
Sides with Iowa Solar Installer in Dispute with Utility (Midwest Energy News)
Op/Ed
- Today’s Renewable-Energy Technologies Work (Washington
Post)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
American
Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Honors BPA Energy Efficiency Program
(Electric Light & Power)
Clark
Public Utilities Offers Rebate for Ductless Heat Pumps (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Climate
Change Did Not Cause 2012 U-S Drought, Says Government Report (The Guardian, UK)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Rosie
the Riveter on a Wind Turbine: Women & the Growing Green Economy (The
Energy Collective)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Portland Telecom Company to Bring Hundreds of Jobs
to Vancouver (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Rural Carriers Complain About Broadband Obstacles
(PC World)
Google Might Be Planning Free Nationwide Wi-Fi
Since the FCC Isn’t (Forbes Magazine)
NAB Chief: Next FCC Chair Shouldn’t Have ‘Bias’
Toward Broadband (Variety Magazine)
Charter Dangles Broadband Carrot at the FCC - Would
Expand its 100 Meg Footprint; Go All-Digital if FCC OKs Proposed Set-Top Waiver
(Multichannel)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Microsoft Tweeter Reportedly Loses Job (Puget Sound
Business Journal, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Senate Confirms REI’s Sally Jewell as Interior
Secretary (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Environmental Questions Take Back Seat at Hearing
for EPA Nominee (NY Times)
Washington State Governor Surprises Higher-Ed
Community with Council Shake-Up (Seattle Times, WA)
Editorial - Reform the Writing of Fiscal Notes in
Washington State Legislature (Seattle Times, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Special Weather Statement for Hood Canal-Bremerton
Area (National Weather Service)
North Mason Chamber Names New Executive Director
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Severe Landslides in Washington Could Be Signs of
Times Ahead (Northwest Public Radio)
Mason County Senior Center Celebrates 32 Years (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Sinclair Acquiring Fisher Communications (KATU-TV,
Portland, OR)
Sinclair Known for Conservative Political Tilt - Has
a history of using its television stations to support its political views (Seattle
Times, WA)
Navigating the Notorious Pacific Northwest
Roundabouts (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Idaho Family Sues Forest Service for $1 Million
After Tree Hit Six-Year-Old Son (Associated Press)
DIVERSIONS
Estacada
Woman Among 371 Oregonians Accused of Illegally Downloading Steven Seagal Movie
(Really, A Steven Seagal Movie?)
Kootenay
City Considers Birth Control for Pigeons
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/04/11/bc-trail-pigeon-control.html?cmp=rss
Heroin
Addict Faked Cancer, Duped Donors
Beaver
Bites Man to Death in Belarus Attack
SONG OF THE DAY
Neil
Young - Four Strong Winds
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