Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Energy News Digest for March 27, 2013



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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Pacific Northwest Regional Water Supply Forecast All about Timing (Bonneville Power Administration)

Montana - U-S Senator Tester Discusses Murky CFAC Future “…he was able to get BPA to come to terms requested by Glencore, but the international commodities trading company would balk, citing other economic reasons such as low aluminum prices…” (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)

Energy Company: Oregon Wave Buoy May Be Not be Done in 2013 (The World, Coos Bay, OR)

EPA Survey of Rivers & Streams Finds More than Half in Poor Shape (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

Santa Clara Uses Smart Meters to Create Citywide Free Wi-Fi - Santa Clara, a California city of 118,000, is replacing electric meters with smart meters. In the process, the city is creating a free Wi-Fi network - and a window on the future? (Christian Science Monitor)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

  • Pacific Northwest Regional Water Supply Forecast All about Timing
  • Montana - U-S Senator Tester Discusses Murky CFAC Future
  • Franklin PUD Electric Rates to Go Up in May
  • Grant County PUD to Build $7.6 Million Building for Offices, Interpretive Center
  • Congrats to Chelan & Douglas PUDs - Ninety Public Power Utilities Receive APPA’s RP3 Award at Florida Conference
  • Editorial - Utility Hedging Needs to be Reviewed
  • Renewed Interest - And Criticism - For Small Modular Reactors
  • Wisconsin - Kewaunee Nuke Plant to Lay Off More Than 600
  • U-S Congressman Hastings Reintroduces Legislation to Address Salmon-Threatening Sea Lions
  • EPA Survey of Rivers & Streams Finds More than Half in Poor Shape
  • Water Treatment Problems Put Elwha Dam Removal on Hold until Summer
  • New Mexico Farmers Seek ‘Priority Call’ as Drought Persists
  • Energy Company: Oregon Wave Buoy May Be Not be Done in 2013
  • Vestas Vies with GE for Wind Market Lead in Rival Studies
  • Washington State Lawmakers Hear from Global Warming Skeptic
  • State of New York Tells Investors That Climate Change May Hurt Its Finances
  • Surge of Electric-Vehicle Charging Stations Coming to Kitsap County
  • Fuel from Carbon Dioxide: Is It Too Good to be True?
  • Santa Clara Uses Smart Meters to Create Citywide Free Wi-Fi
  • Internet Slowed by ‘Biggest Cyber-Attack in History’
  • Chinook Observer in the Spotlight - Looking For ‘Oxygen,’ Small Papers Erect Digital Pay Walls
  • Will That Tweet Get You Fired? This App Warns You
  • It’s the Perfect Time to Fix Our Roads & Bridges
  • Armed Tacoma Man Surrenders after Hours-Long Standoff
  • 20 Percent Sewer Rate Increase Approved by City of Shelton Commission
  • Mason County Unemployment Rises Again
  • Lewis County Officials Battle with Homeowner over Piles of Junk
  • Colville Tribe’s Plywood Mill in Omak to Reopen
  • Beer Industry worth $4.3B to Washington State, Report Says

WORD OF THE DAY

Makebate • \MAYK-bayt\ • Noun - One that excites contention & quarrels.

Makebate on the prowl
Glencore in the crosshairs now
Aluminum woes

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Pacific Northwest Regional Water Supply Forecast All about Timing (Bonneville Power Administration)

Montana - U-S Senator Tester Discusses Murky CFAC Future “…he was able to get BPA to come to terms requested by Glencore, but the international commodities trading company would balk, citing other economic reasons such as low aluminum prices…” (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)

Franklin PUD Electric Rates to Go Up in May (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Grant County PUD to Build $7.6 Million Building for Offices, Interpretive Center (Ifiber One News, Ephrata, WA)

Congrats to Chelan & Douglas PUDs - Ninety Public Power Utilities Receive APPA’s RP3 Award at Florida Conference (American Public Power Association)

Editorial - Utility Hedging Needs to be Reviewed (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Renewed Interest - And Criticism - For Small Modular Reactors (Midwest Energy News)

Wisconsin - Kewaunee Nuke Plant to Lay Off More Than 600 (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2013/03/27/kewaunee-nuke-plant-to-lay-off-more.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

U-S Congressman Hastings Reintroduces Legislation to Address Salmon-Threatening Sea Lions (U-S Representative Doc Hastings)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

EPA Survey of Rivers & Streams Finds More than Half in Poor Shape (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

Water Treatment Problems Put Elwha Dam Removal on Hold until Summer (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

New Mexico Farmers Seek ‘Priority Call’ as Drought Persists (NY Times)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Energy Company: Oregon Wave Buoy May Be Not be Done in 2013 (The World, Coos Bay, OR)

Vestas Vies with GE for Wind Market Lead in Rival Studies (Renewable Energy World)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Washington State Lawmakers Hear from Global Warming Skeptic (Associated Press)

State of New York Tells Investors That Climate Change May Hurt Its Finances (NY Times)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Surge of Electric-Vehicle Charging Stations Coming to Kitsap County (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

Fuel from Carbon Dioxide: Is It Too Good to be True? (Christian Science Monitor)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Santa Clara Uses Smart Meters to Create Citywide Free Wi-Fi - Santa Clara, a California city of 118,000, is replacing electric meters with smart meters. In the process, the city is creating a free Wi-Fi network - and a window on the future? (Christian Science Monitor)

Internet Slowed by ‘Biggest Cyber-Attack in History’ (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Chinook Observer in the Spotlight - Looking For ‘Oxygen,’ Small Papers Erect Digital Pay Walls (National Public Radio)

Will That Tweet Get You Fired? This App Warns You (Mashable)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

It’s the Perfect Time to Fix Our Roads & Bridges (Bloomberg News)

GENERAL NEWS

Armed Tacoma Man Surrenders after Hours-Long Standoff (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

20 Percent Sewer Rate Increase Approved by City of Shelton Commission (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Mason County Unemployment Rises Again (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)

Lewis County Officials Battle with Homeowner over Piles of Junk (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Colville Tribe’s Plywood Mill in Omak to Reopen (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Beer Industry worth $4.3B to Washington State, Report Says (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Woman Opts Out of Powerball Pool, but Co-Workers Give Her Cut Anyway

Woman Returns $30,000 She Found in Donated Clothes

Man Wins $8,000 after Disney ‘Small World’ Breakdown

Russia Storing 119 Million Gallons of Snow for Winter Olympics

SONG OF THE DAY

Poco - Indian Summer

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