Thursday, January 24, 2013

Energy News Digest for January 24, 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

Energy Northwest near Richland Has Big Year in 2012 (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Oregon Tops Nation in New Clean Jobs Index (Sustainable Business Oregon)

Washington State’s December 2012 Jobless Rates Released (South Sound Business Examiner)

Short Spring Chinook Season Likely in Lower Columbia (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Grant County PUD Seeks Input on Transmission Line (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Energy Northwest near Richland Has Big Year in 2012
  • Grant County PUD Seeks Input on Transmission Line
  • Clallam PUD Commissioner Stable after Driving Off U-S 101, Crashing into Woodpile
  • Planned Outage for Mason County PUD 1 Customers
  • Alaska Energy Overview
  • APPA Urges Feds to Reconsider, Approve NERC Definition of Bulk Electric System
  • House Energy & Commerce Committee Approves McMorris Rodgers-DeGette Hydropower Bill
  • New York Utility Union Gets Some Relief in Work Van Issue
  • TransCanada Accidentally Emails Its Internal Media Information to Reporters
  • Short Spring Chinook Season Likely in Lower Columbia
  • Geoduck Harvest Returns to Whidbey Island after Long Hiatus
  • Feds Release Plan for Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbits
  • Florida Holds Contest to Kill Invasive Burmese Pythons
  • Bremerton Water Plant on Union River Receives Engineering Award
  • Arlington Students Turn Solar Power into Action
  • Gallery: OMSI Exhibit Illuminates Region’s Renewable Energy
  • Sting Operations Reveal Mafia Involvement in Renewable Energy
  • Why India’s Waste-to-Energy Industry Won’t Catch Fire
  • Oregon Tops Nation in New Clean Jobs Index
  • Google Remains Vague on Google Fiber Expansion - Yet Continues to Insist Deployment is ‘Not a Hobby’
  • Top 10: Where to Find the World’s Fastest Internet
  • U-S House of Representatives Votes to Suspend Debt Limit
  • Democrats in Washington Senate Slam Majority for Pam Roach Leak Investigation
  • Public Naming Rights Bill Under Consideration
  • Washington State’s December 2012 Jobless Rates Released
  • Major Lowland Snowfall Not Likely for Rest of the Winter
  • City of Shelton Approves Overflow Project for Canyon Creek
  • Smoking Gun? 787 Battery Blew Up in ‘06 Lab Test, Burned Down Building
  • Evergreen State College - Group Pushes for More Guns on Olympia College Campus
  • School: Frustrated Parent Posts Alarming Facebook Message

WORD OF THE DAY

Fanfaronade • \fan-fare-uh-NAYD\ • Noun - Empty boasting: bluster

Molly chuckled under her breath at the discomfiture of her sweaty, dough-faced opponent in the hard knuckled game of mumbley peg. Bertie’s fanfaronade about his penknife throwing prowess was about to face the acid test…his bare foot, its few straggling hairs wafting in the cold winter breeze, almost begged to be pierced in the first throw…which never came, thanks to Bert’s unfortunate, yet opportune fainting spell.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Energy Northwest near Richland Has Big Year in 2012 (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Grant County PUD Seeks Input on Transmission Line (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)

Clallam PUD Commissioner Stable after Driving Off U-S 101, Crashing into Woodpile (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Planned Outage for Mason County PUD 1 Customers (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Alaska Energy Overview (Juneau Empire, AK)

APPA Urges Feds to Reconsider, Approve NERC Definition of Bulk Electric System (American Public Power Association)

House Energy & Commerce Committee Approves McMorris Rodgers-DeGette Hydropower Bill (Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers)

New York Utility Union Gets Some Relief in Work Van Issue - Had allowed low-voltage workers to keep company vans at homes during off-duty hours for more than 15 years (Courthouse News Service)

TransCanada Accidentally Emails Its Internal Media Information to Reporters (Grist Online)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Short Spring Chinook Season Likely in Lower Columbia (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Geoduck Harvest Returns to Whidbey Island after Long Hiatus (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Feds Release Plan for Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbits (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Florida Holds Contest to Kill Invasive Burmese Pythons (Seattle Times, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Bremerton Water Plant on Union River Receives Engineering Award (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Arlington Students Turn Solar Power into Action (Arlington Times, WA)

Gallery: OMSI Exhibit Illuminates Region’s Renewable Energy (Sustainable Business Oregon)

Sting Operations Reveal Mafia Involvement in Renewable Energy (Washington Post)

Why India’s Waste-to-Energy Industry Won’t Catch Fire (New York Times, NY)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Oregon Tops Nation in New Clean Jobs Index (Sustainable Business Oregon)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Remains Vague on Google Fiber Expansion - Yet Continues to Insist Deployment is ‘Not a Hobby’ (Broadband Reports)

Top 10: Where to Find the World’s Fastest Internet (Bloomberg News)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

U-S House of Representatives Votes to Suspend Debt Limit (Washington Post)

Democrats in Washington Senate Slam Majority for Pam Roach Leak Investigation (Northwest Public Radio)

Public Naming Rights Bill Under Consideration (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State’s December 2012 Jobless Rates Released (South Sound Business Examiner)

Major Lowland Snowfall Not Likely for Rest of the Winter (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

City of Shelton Approves Overflow Project for Canyon Creek (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)

Smoking Gun? 787 Battery Blew Up in ‘06 Lab Test, Burned Down Building (Seattle Times, WA)

Evergreen State College - Group Pushes for More Guns on Olympia College Campus (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

School: Frustrated Parent Posts Alarming Facebook Message (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Scientist: I’m NOT Seeking a Mom for a Neanderthal

Chinese Workers Revolt over Two-Minute Toilet Breaks

U-S Congress - Pritchard’s ‘Chick Pic’ Gets Passed to DelBene, Then Kilmer; With Heck Awaiting

Inconceivable: Flight Attendants Ask Passenger to Remove ‘Intimidating’ Inigo Montoya T-Shirt

SONG OF THE DAY
Van Morrison – Wavelength