Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Energy News Digest for November 13, 2012



All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Bonneville Power Administration’s Proposed Rate Increase to Cost Grays Harbor PUD Millions (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

Damaged Electricity Transmission Pole near Dayton Repaired – Power Restored to Nearly 2,100 Mason County PUD 3 Customers (Mason County PUD No. 3)

Bonneville Power Administration, Benton PUD Award Nearly $1 Million for Energy Efficiency (FierceEnergy)

Pacific Power Puts Major Solar Project Online (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)

Clark Public Utilities Wins New Water Right to Serve Growth for Decades (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

  • Bonneville Power Administration’s Proposed Rate Increase to Cost Grays Harbor PUD Millions
  • Local Power Bills May Be Going Up Again Next Year
  • Bonneville Power Administration’s Rate Hike Will Affect OTECC Customers
  • Damaged Electricity Transmission Pole near Dayton Repaired – Power Restored to Nearly 2,100 Mason County PUD 3 Customers
  • [Video] Mason County PUD 3 Linemen Working to Clear Damaged Power Pole Involved In Shelton-Matlock Road Outage
  • Puget Sound Energy to Pay $250,000 Washington State Fine
  • Puget Sound Energy Pulls the Plug on Big Benaroya Development in Des Moines
  • Idaho - Judge Disqualified from Magic Reservoir Drawdown Case
  • Hurricane Sandy - Electric Co-ops and Investor Owned Utilities near Repair Finish
  • Long Island Lawmakers, Customers Angry as Blackouts Linger
  • How Con Ed Turned New York City's Lights Back On
  • North Carolina Supreme Court Set to Hear Duke Energy Rate Case
  • Oregon Gillnet Fish Fight Turns to Commission
  • Hood Canal Restoration Sought for $6.9 Million in Navy Funding
  • 300,000 Invasive Trout Culled from Wyoming's Yellowstone Lake
  • Idaho Power Biologists Find Healthy Sturgeon Population between Hells Canyon/Lower Granite Dams
  • Clark Public Utilities Wins New Water Right to Serve Growth for Decades
  • Pacific Power Puts Major Solar Project Online
  • Analysis: Why Michigan’s Renewable Energy Amendment Failed
  • Renewables to Rival Coal for Power Generation in 2035
  • Bonneville Power Administration, Benton PUD Award Nearly $1 Million for Energy Efficiency
  • Going Green Pays Off for Vancouver Business Park
  • LED Replacements Hit Stores Empty of 100 Watt Light Bulbs
  • Despite Business Opposition, California's Cap-And-Trade Auction Starts Wednesday
  • Tacoma - Higher Click! Network Rates on the Table
  • Rural Broadband Programs are Not 'Rational' Economically, Just 'Politically'
  • Google Fiber Lights up a Startup Village in Kansas City, Kanas
  • Forget Obamacare - Spam Emails May Cost Papa John's $250 Million
  • Tim Sheldon in the Mix - State Senate Power-Sharing Proposed by Two Democrats
  • Highway Campaign Signs Must Come Down by Friday
  • Missing Email Message Raises Questions about How Oregon Lawmakers Archive Public Records
  • U-S to Be World's Biggest Oil Producer by 2020, Energy Agency Says
  • Idaho - Thieves Steal $25,000 in Copper Wire from Construction Site
  • Tacoma: Union Representing Public Works Employees Buys Newspaper Ads Blasting Budget Cuts

WORD OF THE DAY

Dissemble • \duh-SEMM-bull\ • Verb - 1: to put on a false appearance: to conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense 2: to hide (something) under a false appearance 3: to put on the appearance of: simulate

“All in all, I think I dissembled well in that news conference,” puffed the burly CEO to his attending flacks. Each of the four public information officers barely heard their boss’s bloviating, each mentally updating their resumes. Their flights from the floundering buggy whip company would be epic…as three of them gained jobs with new automobile companies. The fourth didn’t do all that well, as he had hitched his star to a newly formed silent film studio.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Bonneville Power Administration’s Proposed Rate Increase to Cost Grays Harbor PUD Millions (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

Local Power Bills May Be Going Up Again Next Year (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

Bonneville Power Administration’s Rate Hike Will Affect OTECC Customers (Lagrande Observer, OR)

Damaged Electricity Transmission Pole near Dayton Repaired – Power Restored to Nearly 2,100 Mason County PUD 3 Customers (Mason County PUD No. 3)

[Video] Mason County PUD 3 Linemen Working to Clear Damaged Power Pole Involved In Shelton-Matlock Road Outage (Mason County PUD No. 3)

Puget Sound Energy to Pay $250,000 Washington State Fine (Associated Press)

Puget Sound Energy Pulls the Plug on Big Benaroya Development in Des Moines (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Idaho - Judge Disqualified from Magic Reservoir Drawdown Case (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Hurricane Sandy - Electric Co-ops and Investor Owned Utilities near Repair Finish (Electric Co-op Today)

Long Island Lawmakers, Customers Angry as Blackouts Linger (Washington Post)

How Con Ed Turned New York City's Lights Back On (CNN Money)

North Carolina Supreme Court Set to Hear Duke Energy Rate Case (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Oregon Gillnet Fish Fight Turns to Commission (Associated Press)

Hood Canal Restoration Sought for $6.9 Million in Navy Funding (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

300,000 Invasive Trout Culled from Wyoming's Yellowstone Lake (Associated Press)

Idaho Power Biologists Find Healthy Sturgeon Population between Hells Canyon/Lower Granite Dams (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Clark Public Utilities Wins New Water Right to Serve Growth for Decades (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Op/Ed - There’s No Reason to Turn up Your Nose at Recycled Water (Olympian, WA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Pacific Power Puts Major Solar Project Online (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)

Analysis: Why Michigan’s Renewable Energy Amendment Failed (Midwest Energy News)

Renewables to Rival Coal for Power Generation in 2035 (Bloomberg News)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Bonneville Power Administration, Benton PUD Award Nearly $1 Million for Energy Efficiency (FierceEnergy)

Going Green Pays Off for Vancouver Business Park - Park Plaza receives $136,000 rebate on HVAC system upgrades thanks to Clark Public Utilities program (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

LED Replacements Hit Stores Empty of 100 Watt Light Bulbs (Associated Press)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Despite Business Opposition, California's Cap-And-Trade Auction Starts Wednesday (Sacramento Bee, CA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Tacoma - Higher Click! Network Rates on the Table (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

Rural Broadband Programs are Not 'Rational' Economically, Just 'Politically' (TechZone 360)

Google Fiber Lights up a Startup Village in Kansas City, Kanas (Kansas City Business Journal, MO)
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/blog/2012/11/google-fiber-lights-up-a-startup.html

Forget Obamacare - Spam Emails May Cost Papa John's $250 Million (Portland Business Journal)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Tim Sheldon in the Mix - State Senate Power-Sharing Proposed by Two Democrats (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

Highway Campaign Signs Must Come Down by Friday (KING-TV, Seattle)

Missing Email Message Raises Questions about How Oregon Lawmakers Archive Public Records (Oregonian, Portland)

GENERAL NEWS

U-S to Be World's Biggest Oil Producer by 2020, Energy Agency Says (Associated Press)

Idaho - Thieves Steal $25,000 in Copper Wire from Construction Site (Associated Press)

Tacoma: Union Representing Public Works Employees Buys Newspaper Ads Blasting Budget Cuts (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Omnishambles Named Word of the Year by Oxford English Dictionary

Denmark Scraps Worlds First Fat Tax

Tower of London Intruder Walks Off with Keys

Police: Alleged Car Thief Made Food Deliveries after Stealing Restaurant’s Car

SONG OF THE DAY

Hot Butter – Popcorn