Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Energy News Digest for January 9, 2013


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

Last Year Was Hottest on Record (Seattle Times)

When It Comes to Polluting Puget Sound, Ballard Takes Cake (Ballard News-Tribune, WA)

Benton PUD Proposes Rate Increase to Start in April (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Is Broadband Internet Access a Public Utility? Is Broadband Internet Access a Public Utility (TIME Magazine)

Fireflies Are Inspiring Brighter LEDs (GigaOM)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Benton PUD Proposes Rate Increase to Start in April
  • Mason County PUD 3 Linemen Restore Electricity to Customers in Mission/Tiger Lake Areas
  • Farmer Elected Chair of Mason County PUD 3 Board of Commissioners
  • Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for January 8, 2013
  • Grays Harbor PUD Board Chair - Skolrood Says He’ll Focus on Savings & Efficiencies
  • Clallam Public Utility District Commissioners Elect New President
  • Attempt to Move Cowlitz PUD Meetings to Evenings Fails
  • Bonneville Power Administration Open House on Energy Transmission is Thursday in Camas
  • Rising Public Power Star - Stacey Azure Promoted to Franklin PUD Communications Specialist
  • Anita Decker, Acting WAPA Administrator, Extended Through February
  • Obama Could Appoint New EPA, Energy Leaders to Focus on Domestic Energy Production
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notes Co-op Smart Grid Growth
  • Fitch: Long Island Power Authority Proposal Could be Money for Nothing
  • Why Power Outlets Look So Weird in Other Countries
  • State of British Columbia’s Pacific Salmon
  • When It Comes to Polluting Puget Sound, Ballard Takes Cake
  • Drought Makes Stretch of Mississippi River ‘Ghost Town’
  • How Social Networks Are Fueling the Solar Boom
  • Fireflies Are Inspiring Brighter LEDs
  • The Cost of Running Home Electronics
  • Last Year Was Hottest on Record
  • EPA Head Calls Climate-Change Shift a Proud Milestone
  • Record Heat Fuels Widespread Fires in Australia
  • Rogue Geoengineering Could ‘Hijack’ World’s Climate
  • Is Broadband Internet Access a Public Utility? Is Broadband Internet Access a Public Utility
  • Dish Targets Clearwire in Bid That Tops Sprint’s
  • Google Rolls Out Biggest Free Wi-Fi Network in New York City
  • What Constitutes Good & Bad Web Design?
  • Faulty iPhone Burns Through $30,000 of Mobile Data
  • Report: Washington State Senator Roach Mistreated Staffer
  • Shelton Man Falls into Well
  • Fuel Leak Is Latest Setback for Boeing’s Dreamliner
  • Ferguson Flowers & Lynch Creek Floral Combine

WORD OF THE DAY

Epiphany • \ih-PIFF-fun-nee\ • Noun – 1 capitalized: January 6 observed as a church festival in commemoration of the coming of the Magi as the first manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles or in the Eastern Church in commemoration of the baptism of Christ 2: an appearance or manifestation especially of a divine being 3a (1): a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something (2): an intuitive grasp of reality through something (as an event) usually simple & striking (3): an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure b: a revealing scene or moment

An epiphany
Use more electricity
Pay a higher bill

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Benton PUD Proposes Rate Increase to Start in April (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Mason County PUD 3 Linemen Restore Electricity to Customers in Mission/Tiger Lake Areas (Mason County PUD No. 3)

Farmer Elected Chair of Mason County PUD 3 Board of Commissioners (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)

Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for January 8, 2013 (Mason County PUD No. 3)

Grays Harbor PUD Board Chair - Skolrood Says He’ll Focus on Savings & Efficiencies (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

Clallam Public Utility District Commissioners Elect New President (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Attempt to Move Cowlitz PUD Meetings to Evenings Fails (Longview Daily News, WA)

Bonneville Power Administration Open House on Energy Transmission is Thursday in Camas (Camas-Washougal Post Record, WA)

Rising Public Power Star - Stacey Azure Promoted to Franklin PUD Communications Specialist (Franklin County PUD)

Anita Decker, Acting WAPA Administrator, Extended Through February (Western Area Power Administration)

Obama Could Appoint New EPA, Energy Leaders to Focus on Domestic Energy Production (Houston Business Journal)

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notes Co-op Smart Grid Growth (Electric Co-op Today)

Fitch: Long Island Power Authority Proposal Could be Money for Nothing (Electric Energy Online)

Why Power Outlets Look So Weird in Other Countries (Gizmodo)

FISH & WILDLIFE

State of British Columbia’s Pacific Salmon (Watershed Sentinel, BC)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

When It Comes to Polluting Puget Sound, Ballard Takes Cake (Ballard News-Tribune, WA)

Drought Makes Stretch of Mississippi River ‘Ghost Town’ (USA Today)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

How Social Networks Are Fueling the Solar Boom “…many Americans still view solar as a solution to environmental woes rather than high utility bills…” (Forbes Magazine)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Fireflies Are Inspiring Brighter LEDs (GigaOM)

The Cost of Running Home Electronics (Electric Co-op Today)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Last Year Was Hottest on Record (Seattle Times)

EPA Head Calls Climate-Change Shift a Proud Milestone (USA Today)

Record Heat Fuels Widespread Fires in Australia (NY Times)

Rogue Geoengineering Could ‘Hijack’ World’s Climate - Techniques aimed at averting global warming could lead to an unpredictable international crisis, a report has warned (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/08/geoengineering-hijack-world-climate

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Is Broadband Internet Access a Public Utility? Is Broadband Internet Access a Public Utility (TIME Magazine)

Dish Targets Clearwire in Bid That Tops Sprint’s (Seattle Times)

Google Rolls Out Biggest Free Wi-Fi Network in New York City (Mashable)

What Constitutes Good & Bad Web Design? (NY Times)

Faulty iPhone Burns Through $30,000 of Mobile Data (Gizmodo)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Report: Washington State Senator Roach Mistreated Staffer (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

GENERAL NEWS

Shelton Man Falls into Well (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Fuel Leak Is Latest Setback for Boeing’s Dreamliner (NY Times)

Ferguson Flowers & Lynch Creek Floral Combine (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

DIVERSIONS

This Is the Most Embarrassing Furniture Ever

Sweden Seeks Two Britons for Smuggling Garlic

U-S Franciscan Friars Go Digital, Accept Prayer Requests Via Text

Hot air balloon crashes San Diego backyard wedding

SONG OF THE DAY

Donald Fagen - Walk Between Raindrops