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News Digest Word Cloud for July 22, 2013
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Ray of Hope for Smaller Utilities Seeking to
Lighten Regulatory Load: FERC Rejects Registration of Southern Louisiana Co-op
(GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
Fitch: Bonneville Power Administration Removals
Hold Limited Credit Concerns (Yahoo! Finance)
Oregon:
Shepherds Flat Developers Took Full Advantage Federal, State & Local
Taxpayer Subsidies to Fund $2 Billion Wind Farm (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Drought, High Temperatures Kill 60 Percent of
Wild Chinook in Middle Fork John Day River (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
E-Rate: FCC Backs Plan to Update a Fund That Helps
Connect Schools to the Internet (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Ray of Hope for Smaller Utilities Seeking to Lighten Regulatory Load: FERC Rejects Registration of Southern Louisiana Co-op
- Fitch: Bonneville Power Administration Removals Hold Limited Credit Concerns
- Montana: Bonneville Power Administration Shuts Down Power Line for Crews to Work West Mullan Fire
- California May Recover Millions if JP Morgan Settles with FERC
- July 23 Webinar Reviews Columbia River Treaty Draft
- Oregon: Bond Refinancing to Save Emerald PUD $3 Million
- New Commander Named to Head Army Corps’ Northwestern Division
- Powerful History – Hydroelectricity from the Skagit River
- Rising Natural Gas Prices Boost Electric Prices
- Moniz Reshuffles Department of Energy Management
- New Jersey: Early Retirement for Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant?
- Maryland: Pepco’s New Advance Infrastructure Surcharge a First in the State
- Industry Groups Seek Emergency Delay of “Critical Infrastructure Protection” Version 4 Cybersecurity Standards
- Maryland: In Baltimore's Booming Neighborhoods, Growth Comes with Power Outages
- Drought, High Temperatures Kill 60 Percent of Wild Chinook in Middle Fork John Day River
- Washington State Governor Inslee Picks Salmon Recovery Coordinator
- Visiting Orcas Thrill Kitsap County Crowds as They Fearlessly Hunt Seals
- Bonneville Power Administration Gives $20,000 toward Kennewick Salmon Project
- Puget Sound Waters to Run Red near Joint Base Lewis McChord
- Power Outage Causes Sewage Spill into Everett's Port Gardner Bay
- Federal Officials Seek Fire Protection for Water Supplies
- Chelan County PUD Launches New Tool for Lake-Level Watchers
- Oregon: Future of Mirror Pond Dam Remains Murky
- Oregon: Shepherds Flat Developers Took Full Advantage Federal, State & Local Taxpayer Subsidies to Fund $2 Billion Wind Farm
- Oregon: Editorial - Wind Farms Pose Too Big a Risk for County
- Wind Farm Bird Deaths More Than Thought
- More in Snohomish County Getting Power from Solar Panels
- Lodi May Be Testing Ground for Pacific Gas & Electric Company Compressed Air Power Plant
- Complaint Tests Utilities' Pull As Indiana Advocates Push for More Renewable Energy
- Heartland Institute Study: Consumers Unwilling to Pay More for Renewable Energy
- Carbon-Cost Change Seen by Republicans as Raising Prices
- Does the CIA Want to Control the Weather?
- E-Rate: FCC Backs Plan to Update a Fund That Helps Connect Schools to the Internet
- Intel Sees Opportunity in Data Centers
- Apple Developer Website Taken Down After Hacker Attack
- Op/Ed – U-S World Leader in Broadband Connections
- Instagram Looks to Hire D-C Manager, Become Destination for Political Content
- What If You Could Only Communicate Using Internet Memes? Welcome to Yarrly
- Inslee Adminstration Set to Debut Strategic Plan Next Month
- Two Deaths in Olympic National Park over Weekend
- Pavement Repairs on Shelton’s 101 Ramps
- Amid Safety Concerns, Big Port of Vancouver Oil Shipping Terminal Is Up for Approval this Week
- Portland Smokers Who Light Up on Oxygen Therapy Spark Alarming Trend
- Mars Heist: Red Planet Was Robbed of Most of Its Atmosphere Billions of Years Ago
WORD OF THE DAY
Irascible
• \ir-RASS-uh-bul\ • Adjective - Marked by hot temper & easily provoked
anger
Irascible:
see the comic Lewis Black…or Don Rickles.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Ray of Hope for Smaller Utilities Seeking to
Lighten Regulatory Load: FERC Rejects Registration of Southern Louisiana Co-op (GTH
Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
FERC Ruling on South Louisiana Electric
Cooperative Association Deregistration from Bulk Power System Regulations
(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Links to site to view ruling)
Fitch: Bonneville Power Administration Removals
Hold Limited Credit Concerns (Yahoo! Finance)
Montana: Bonneville Power Administration Shuts
Down Power Line for Crews to Work West Mullan Fire (KECI-TV, Missoula, MT)
California May Recover Millions if JP Morgan Settles
with FERC (Sacramento Bee, CA)
July
23 Webinar Reviews Columbia River Treaty Draft (Capital Press)
Oregon: Bond Refinancing to Save Emerald PUD $3
Million (American Public Power Association)
New Commander Named to Head Army Corps’ Northwestern
Division (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Powerful History – Hydroelectricity from the
Skagit River (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)
Rising Natural Gas Prices Boost Electric Prices (Associated Press)
Moniz Reshuffles Department of Energy Management (Northwest Public Radio)
New Jersey: Early Retirement for Oyster Creek
Nuclear Power Plant? (Asbury Park Press, NJ)
Maryland: Pepco’s New Advance Infrastructure Surcharge
a First in the State (Gaithersburg Gazette, MD)
Industry Groups Seek Emergency Delay of “Critical Infrastructure Protection” Version 4 Cybersecurity Standards (American Public Power Association)
Maryland: In Baltimore's Booming Neighborhoods,
Growth Comes with Power Outages (Baltimore Sun, MD)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Drought, High Temperatures Kill 60 Percent of
Wild Chinook in Middle Fork John Day River (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Washington State Governor Inslee Picks Salmon
Recovery Coordinator (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Visiting Orcas Thrill Kitsap County Crowds as
They Fearlessly Hunt Seals (Seattle Times - Paywall
Advisory – who was fearlessly hunting seals; the crowds or the Orcas?)
Bonneville Power Administration Gives $20,000 toward
Kennewick Salmon Project (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Puget Sound Waters to Run Red near Joint Base
Lewis McChord (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Power
Outage Causes Sewage Spill into Everett's Port Gardner Bay (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Federal
Officials Seek Fire Protection for Water Supplies (Associated Press)
Chelan
County PUD Launches New Tool for Lake-Level Watchers (Wenatchee World, WA)
Oregon:
Future of Mirror Pond Dam Remains Murky (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon:
Shepherds Flat Developers Took Full Advantage Federal, State & Local
Taxpayer Subsidies to Fund $2 Billion Wind Farm (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Oregon:
Editorial - Wind Farms Pose Too Big a Risk for County (Baker City Herald, OR)
Wind
Farm Bird Deaths More Than Thought (Birdwatch News)
More
in Snohomish County Getting Power from Solar Panels (Everett Herald, WA)
Lodi
May Be Testing Ground for Pacific Gas & Electric Company Compressed Air Power
Plant (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Complaint
Tests Utilities' Pull As Indiana Advocates Push for More Renewable Energy
(Indianapolis Star, IN)
Heartland
Institute Study: Consumers Unwilling to Pay More for Renewable Energy
(Heartland Institute)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Carbon-Cost
Change Seen by Republicans as Raising Prices (Bloomberg News)
Does
the CIA Want to Control the Weather? (RedOrbit)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
E-Rate: FCC Backs Plan to Update a Fund That Helps
Connect Schools to the Internet (NY Times)
Intel Sees Opportunity in Data Centers (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2013/07/intel-sees-opportunity-in-data-centers.html
Apple Developer Website Taken Down After Hacker
Attack (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-22/apple-developer-website-taken-down-after-hacker-attack.html
Op/Ed – U-S World Leader in Broadband Connections (The
Detroit News, MI)
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130719/OPINION01/307190007
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130719/OPINION01/307190007
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram Looks to Hire D-C Manager, Become
Destination for Political Content (Ad Age)
What If You Could Only Communicate Using Internet
Memes? Welcome to Yarrly (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Inslee Adminstration Set to Debut Strategic Plan
Next Month - New Effort Dovetails With Lean Management Initiative (Washington
Wire, Olympia, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Two Deaths in Olympic National Park over Weekend (KONP
Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
Pavement Repairs on Shelton’s 101 Ramps (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Amid Safety Concerns, Big Port of Vancouver Oil
Shipping Terminal Is Up for Approval this Week (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Portland Smokers Who Light Up on Oxygen Therapy
Spark Alarming Trend (Oregonian, Portland, OR)
Mars Heist: Red Planet Was Robbed of Most of Its
Atmosphere Billions of Years Ago (Christian Science Monitor)
DIVERSIONS
This
Is Earth from 900 Billion Miles Away
Star
Wars Home of Anakin Skywalker Threatened by Dune
Another
'Super Moon' to be Visible Monday Night
SONG OF THE DAY
Mozart-Symphony
No. 41 "Jupiter"
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