Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Energy News Digest for May 8, 2013


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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Appeals Court Upholds Okanogan PUD’s Power Line Plan (Wenatchee World, WA)

Pacific Power’s Retort to Klamath Falls Municipal Electricity Service Plan (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)

Flawed Study Led to Sediment Miscalculation on Elwha Project (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

AT&T adds 4G LTE to Grays Harbor (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Norm Dicks Joins the Law Firm of Van Ness Feldman (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Appeals Court Upholds Okanogan PUD’s Power Line Plan
  • Washington Appeals Court Finds PUDs Have Authority to Condemn Public Trust Lands
  • Pacific Power’s Retort to Klamath Falls Municipal Electricity Service Plan
  • Washington State Office Recommends Changes to Puget Sound Energy’s Multi-Year Rate Plan Proposal
  • Oregon - Scammers Target Central Lincoln PUD Customers
  • President’s Proposed Budget Calls for Strategic Review of Government’s Role in the Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Staff Issues Report on Bonneville Power Administration’s Reliability Standards Audit
  • Planning for the Power Grid of the Future
  • As Price of Nuclear Energy Drops, a Wisconsin Plant Is Shut
  •  in Sacramento
  • So Long Salmon. Tri-City Kids Set Science Projects Free
  • Congressman Doc Hastings Discusses Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization at Fisheries Conference
  • Pacific Power Spares Nesting Northern Flickers in Northeast Portland
  • Greens Sue British Columbia for Trees
  • Flawed Study Led to Sediment Miscalculation on Elwha Project
  • Upper Klamath Basin Braces for Irrigation Shutoffs
  • Montana - Five Charged with Pocketing Federal Stimulus Aid Meant for Chippewa Cree Tribe - Meant for Water Project
  • Celebrate Puget Sound Starts Here Month in May
  • Minnesota House Passes Bill That Would Require 4% Solar Power
  • Canada Loses Appeal at WTO over Ontario’s Green Energy Legislation
  • American Wind Energy Association Looks to Step up Lobbying, Political Contributions
  • New Wind Turbine for Low Wind Sites
  • Utilities Must Walk the Energy-Efficiency Talk
  • Encroaching Sea Already a Threat in Caribbean
  • Electric-Car Enthusiasts Eye World Records in Cross-Country Trip
  • AT&T adds 4G LTE to Grays Harbor
  • Why Does Broadband in the U-S Lag Behind Many Other Countries?
  • Yanking Broadband from the Slow Lane
  • San Francisco Surrenders in Fight over Cell Phone Warnings
  • Syria Is Completely Cut Off from the Internet Again
  • Don’t Wait Until You Need Social Media - It’s Time to Face Facebook
  • Why the Sierra Club is Boycotting Facebook
  • Norm Dicks Joins the Law Firm of Van Ness Feldman
  • Tacoma City Managers, Employees Slated To Get Sizable Pay Raise; Some Call Foul
  • Mason County High School Baseball Team Disciplined for Drinking Moonshine
  • Employers Can’t Be Forced to Display Pro-Union Posters, Court Rules
  • Thurston County Deputies: Man Siphoned, Resold Thousands of Dollars of Gasoline

WORD OF THE DAY

Diseuse • \dee-ZOOZ\ • Noun - A woman who is a skilled & usually professional reciter

Elocutionist
Diseuse shames all the shy boys
Brings the big house down

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Appeals Court Upholds Okanogan PUD’s Power Line Plan (Wenatchee World, WA)

Washington Appeals Court Finds PUDs Have Authority to Condemn Public Trust Lands (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

Pacific Power’s Retort to Klamath Falls Municipal Electricity Service Plan (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)

Washington State Office Recommends Changes to Puget Sound Energy’s Multi-Year Rate Plan Proposal (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)

Oregon - Scammers Target Central Lincoln PUD Customers (Suislaw News, Florence, OR)

President’s Proposed Budget Calls for Strategic Review of Government’s Role in the Tennessee Valley Authority (U-S Energy Information Administration)

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Staff Issues Report on Bonneville Power Administration’s Reliability Standards Audit (National Law Review)

Planning for the Power Grid of the Future (Bonneville Power Administration)

As Price of Nuclear Energy Drops, a Wisconsin Plant Is Shut (NY Times)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Three Million Hatchery Salmon Released into American River in Sacramento (Sacramento Bee, CA)

So Long Salmon. Tri-City Kids Set Science Projects Free (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

Congressman Doc Hastings Discusses Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization at Fisheries Conference (U-S House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee)

Pacific Power Spares Nesting Northern Flickers in Northeast Portland (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

Greens Sue British Columbia for Trees (Courthouse News Service)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Flawed Study Led to Sediment Miscalculation on Elwha Project (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

Upper Klamath Basin Braces for Irrigation Shutoffs (Associated Press)

Montana - Five Charged with Pocketing Federal Stimulus Aid Meant for Chippewa Cree Tribe - Meant for Water Project (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/viewart/20130507/NEWS01/305070011/5-charged-diverting-federal-stimulus-aid-meant-Chippewa-Cree-Tribe

Celebrate Puget Sound Starts Here Month in May (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Minnesota House Passes Bill That Would Require 4% Solar Power (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)

Canada Loses Appeal at WTO over Ontario’s Green Energy Legislation (Canadian Press, CTV)

American Wind Energy Association Looks to Step up Lobbying, Political Contributions (Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition)

New Wind Turbine for Low Wind Sites (DomesticFuel)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Utilities Must Walk the Energy-Efficiency Talk (Fierce Energy)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Encroaching Sea Already a Threat in Caribbean (Associated Press)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Electric-Car Enthusiasts Eye World Records in Cross-Country Trip (Christian Science Monitor)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AT&T adds 4G LTE to Grays Harbor (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Why Does Broadband in the U-S Lag Behind Many Other Countries? (Wired)

Yanking Broadband from the Slow Lane (NY Times)

San Francisco Surrenders in Fight over Cell Phone Warnings (Reuters)

Syria Is Completely Cut Off from the Internet Again (Gizmodo)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Don’t Wait Until You Need Social Media - It’s Time to Face Facebook (Houston Business Journal, TX)

Why the Sierra Club is Boycotting Facebook (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Norm Dicks Joins the Law Firm of Van Ness Feldman (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Tacoma City Managers, Employees Slated To Get Sizable Pay Raise; Some Call Foul (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County High School Baseball Team Disciplined for Drinking Moonshine (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Employers Can’t Be Forced to Display Pro-Union Posters, Court Rules (Christian Science Monitor)

Thurston County Deputies: Man Siphoned, Resold Thousands of Dollars of Gasoline (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Saul Bass: Designer, Artist & Auteur of the Opening Credits

Lawsuit: Intel Worker Subjected to ‘Kick Me’ Prank

‘The Peacocks Are Vandalizing Our Cars’

Shades of the “Three Stooges” - When Remodeling Goes Wrong: House Destroyed by Fire, Falling Tree

SONG OF THE DAY

BJ. Thomas - I Just Can’t Help Believing (The Living Room Sessions)

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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