Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Energy News Digest for November 19, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Coal Export Terminal Proposed for Longview Draws Unprecedented 163,000-Plus Public Comments (Associated Press)

Fuel Removal Starts at Japan’s Crippled Nuclear Plant (NY Times)

Tidal Energy Sparks Concerns over Impact on Marine Life (KING-TV, Seattle, WA – Build a qualifying renewable energy project; we dare you…)

No Data Storage, No Spying in Port Angeles’ Wi-Fi System, City Police Say (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Flood Warning for Mason County’s Skokomish River (National Weather Service, Seattle, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Coal Export Terminal Proposed for Longview Draws Unprecedented 163,000-Plus Public Comments
  • Fuel Removal Starts at Japan’s Crippled Nuclear Plant
  • Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for the November 12, 2013 Business Meeting
  • Moody’s Expects To Nudge Most Ratings Up a Notch For Private Utilities
  • Power Grid ‘Under Considerable Stress’ from New Carbon Rules, AEP Exec Says
  • $5.9 Million: Tennessee Valley Authority’s New CEO Paid Nearly 50% More Than Predecessor
  • Recovering ‘The Lost Fish’
  • Portland Water Customers Own a $500,000 Home with a Beautiful View
  • Tidal Energy Sparks Concerns over Impact on Marine Life
  • Who’s Winning the Net Metering Debate Now?
  • Threat of Bat Fatalities Stalls Maine Wind Project
  • Twenty Bad Things about Wind Energy, and Three Reasons Why
  • Colorado: How Aspen Skiing Co. Became a Power Company
  • Five Ways to Keep Food Fresher: Refrigerated Food Lasts Longer When Stored Correctly
  • You Can Have Either Climate Justice or a Climate Treaty
  • Where Will Electric Vehicles Get Their Juice?
  • Hyundai to Market Hydrogen Vehicle Next Year
  • How to Make Your Own Glowing Light Bulbs That Don’t Need Electricity
  • No Data Storage, No Spying in Port Angeles’ Wi-Fi System, City Police Say
  • Washington Wins $610,000 in Google Settlement
  • CenturyLink Buys Tier 3 of Bellevue
  • No, Wasn’t Just You: YouTube Went Down
  • Six (Often Frustrating) Reasons for Comcast’s Varying Prices
  • Selfie Is Officially the 2013 Word of the Year
  • Washington State Audit Findings Could Prove Costly for Clark County
  • Flood Warning for Mason County’s Skokomish River
  • Hundreds Apply to Grow, Process & Sell Pot in Washington State
  • U-S Now Produces More Oil Than It Imports: Good Or Bad?
  • Spokane Valley Thieves Steal Thousands in Copper Wiring
  • Butterball: Don’t Panic, But There’s a Turkey Shortage
  • Olympic National Forest Christmas Tree Permits on Sale

WORD OF THE DAY

Simpatico • \simm-PAWT-ih-coe\ • Adjective - 1: Agreeable, likable 2: being on the same wavelength: congenial, sympathetic.

David was perplexed. His interview with the new division supervisor had gone horribly wrong from the beginning, especially when his careless comment about the boss’s LED lit bow-tie was taken as an insult on the level of a beer belch in church. Regardless of his fashion sense, the new boss threw Dave into a tailspin when he showed simpatico for a common interest: collecting campaign buttons for failed presidential candidates…generally those of libertarians…and specifically those of the 1972 slate of John Hospers & Theodora Nathan.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Coal Export Terminal Proposed for Longview Draws Unprecedented 163,000-Plus Public Comments (Associated Press)

Fuel Removal Starts at Japan’s Crippled Nuclear Plant (NY Times)

Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for the November 12, 2013 Business Meeting (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Moody’s Expects To Nudge Most Ratings Up a Notch For Private Utilities (American Public Power Association)

Power Grid ‘Under Considerable Stress’ from New Carbon Rules, AEP Exec Says (Columbus Business First, OH)

$5.9 Million: Tennessee Valley Authority’s New CEO Paid Nearly 50% More Than Predecessor (Nashville Business Journal, TN)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Recovering ‘The Lost Fish’ (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Portland Water Customers Own a $500,000 Home with a Beautiful View (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Tidal Energy Sparks Concerns over Impact on Marine Life (KING-TV, Seattle, WA – Build a qualifying renewable energy project; we dare you…)

Who’s Winning the Net Metering Debate Now? (Renewable Energy World)

Threat of Bat Fatalities Stalls Maine Wind Project (Portland Press Herald, ME)

Twenty Bad Things about Wind Energy, and Three Reasons Why (Master Resource)

Colorado: How Aspen Skiing Co. Became a Power Company (Aspen Journalism, CO)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Five Ways to Keep Food Fresher: Refrigerated Food Lasts Longer When Stored Correctly (Consumer Reports)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

You Can Have Either Climate Justice or a Climate Treaty (Slate Magazine)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Where Will Electric Vehicles Get Their Juice? (Forbes Magazine)

Hyundai to Market Hydrogen Vehicle Next Year (Associated Press)

How to Make Your Own Glowing Light Bulbs That Don’t Need Electricity (Gizmodo)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

No Data Storage, No Spying in Port Angeles’ Wi-Fi System, City Police Say (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Washington Wins $610,000 in Google Settlement (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

CenturyLink Buys Tier 3 of Bellevue (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

No, Wasn’t Just You: YouTube Went Down (GigaOM)

Six (Often Frustrating) Reasons for Comcast’s Varying Prices (Forbes Magazine)

SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING

Selfie Is Officially the 2013 Word of the Year (Gizmodo)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Audit Findings Could Prove Costly for Clark County (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Flood Warning for Mason County’s Skokomish River (National Weather Service, Seattle, WA)

Hundreds Apply to Grow, Process & Sell Pot in Washington State (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

U-S Now Produces More Oil Than It Imports: Good Or Bad? (Christian Science Monitor)

Spokane Valley Thieves Steal Thousands in Copper Wiring (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Butterball: Don’t Panic, But There’s a Turkey Shortage (Christian Science Monitor)

Olympic National Forest Christmas Tree Permits on Sale (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Coffee Maker Meals Mean You’ll Never Go Hungry in a Hotel Room Again

Bride Jailed After Biting Groom in Kennewick (and we all know that being bitten in the Kennewick is more painful than being bitten in the finger)

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Sequel Planned for 2015 Theatrical Release

This Is What a 3,400-Year-Old Mummy Steak Looks Like

SONG OF THE DAY

The Pretenders - Thin Line Between Love & Hate

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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