Monday, June 3, 2013

Energy News Digest for June 3, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Worst Storms Over in East, South but More Coming (Associated Press)

Portland General Electric Launches Salem Center to Test Smarter Electric Grid (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)

Water Dispute Clouds Future for Whatcom County Farms, Factories (Bellingham Herald, WA)

Extreme Broadband Internet Could Boost Missoula Businesses (KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)

Sequim to Take Up "Green" City Hall (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Portland General Electric Launches Salem Center to Test Smarter Electric Grid
  • British Columbia - Energy Portfolio Could Blow up in Clark’s Face
  • Op/Ed - Northwest Power & Conservation Council: Here's a Little Secret Few People Realize
  • Grant PUD’s Priest Rapids Recreation Area at Desert Aire Opens, Offers New Amenities
  • Michigan Congressman Kildee Wants DOJ to Investigate Whether JPMorgan Manipulated Energy Market
  • Southern California Edison Playing Hide-And-Seek with Public & Regulators
  • Congo Confident $12 Billion Hydropower Plant Will Proceed by 2015
  • Ethiopia Dams the Blue Nile - How Ethiopia’s decision to restrict the flow of the Nile River could affect its relationship with Egypt
  • A Year after Condit Dam Breaching, Natural Origin Salmonids Spawn in New Miles of Upstream Habitat
  • Judge Explains Sandy River Hatchery Release Ruling; Expresses Concern over High Hatchery Stray Rates
  • Scientists Warn Atlantic Puffins in Peril in U-S
  • Water Dispute Clouds Future for Whatcom County Farms, Factories
  • City of Portland Plans to Shut Down Some Reservoirs, Cover Others
  • Mason County PUD 1 Commission Public Hearing for Hood Canal Water Systems June 11
  • Oregonians to Get Postcard, Not Full Report, About Water Quality
  • Hydropower Opposition Slows Project Approvals
  • Will Solar Power Kill Utility Companies? They Think So
  • Op/Ed - Solar Power Subsidies Were Too Large Too Fast
  • Building Energy Efficiency: What Matters Most?
  • Department of Energy Focuses on Conserving Resources for Oregonians & the Agency
  • Moving Geoengineering Out from Under Dark Shadows
  • Op/Ed - Uncertainties about Climate Change Are Many & Varied
  • Sequim to Take Up "Green" City Hall
  • Extreme Broadband Internet Could Boost Missoula Businesses
  • Keep an Eye on the Changing Field of Telemedicine
  • The Week In Cloud: Can Windows Azure Disrupt Amazon’s Cloud? Stay Tuned.
  • NBCNews.com Moving to Columbia Center in Downtown Seattle?
  • Yahoo is Axing Mail Classic but the New Version Reads Your Emails
  • Five Pillars of Successful Mobile Design
  • Nine Tips to Maximize YouTube's Marketing Potential
  • Anatomy of a Logo: Star Wars
  • Killing Ecology's Bellingham Office: Efficiency or Design?
  • Worst Storms Over in East, South but More Coming
  • Olympia Police Seek Help Stopping Copper Wire Theft
  • Powerhouse Fire in Southern California Consumes 25,000 Acres
  • Puget Sound Loses as Boeing Opens Engineering Center in South Carolina
  • Adams Family Farming Clams & Oysters in Skookum Inlet

WORD OF THE DAY

Styptic • \STIP-tick\ • Adjective - Tending to contract or bind: astringent; especially: tending to check bleeding

Let us just say that Bartholomew’s first attempt at shaving went horribly wrong. “I don’t think there are enough styptic pencils in the world to keep me from dying of blood loss if I do this each morning,” he opined. As a result, the legend of “The Bearded One” was born in the field of competitive beard growing. His hirsute efforts became legend, as did the bird nest under his hairy chin.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Portland General Electric Launches Salem Center to Test Smarter Electric Grid (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)

British Columbia - Energy Portfolio Could Blow up in Clark’s Face (Globe & Mail, Canada)

Op/Ed - Northwest Power & Conservation Council: Here's a Little Secret Few People Realize (Twin Falls Times News, ID)

Grant PUD’s Priest Rapids Recreation Area at Desert Aire Opens, Offers New Amenities (Crescent Bar Chronicle, WA)

Michigan Congressman Kildee Wants DOJ to Investigate Whether JPMorgan Manipulated Energy Market (American Public Power Association)

Southern California Edison Playing Hide-And-Seek with Public & Regulators (Forbes Magazine)

New York Strengthens Electric Grid for Storm Season (The Energy Collective)

Congo Confident $12 Billion Hydropower Plant Will Proceed by 2015 (Bloomberg News)

Ethiopia Dams the Blue Nile - How Ethiopia’s decision to restrict the flow of the Nile River could affect its relationship with Egypt (The Trumpet, Edmond, OK)

FISH & WILDLIFE

A Year after Condit Dam Breaching, Natural Origin Salmonids Spawn in New Miles of Upstream Habitat (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Judge Explains Sandy River Hatchery Release Ruling; Expresses Concern over High Hatchery Stray Rates (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Scientists Warn Atlantic Puffins in Peril in U-S (Associated Press)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Water Dispute Clouds Future for Whatcom County Farms, Factories (Bellingham Herald, WA)

City of Portland Plans to Shut Down Some Reservoirs, Cover Others (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

Mason County PUD 1 Commission Public Hearing for Hood Canal Water Systems June 11 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Oregonians to Get Postcard, Not Full Report, About Water Quality (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Hydropower Opposition Slows Project Approvals (Renewable Energy Magazine)

Will Solar Power Kill Utility Companies? They Think So (Christian Science Monitor)

Op/Ed - Solar Power Subsidies Were Too Large Too Fast (Forbes Magazine)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Building Energy Efficiency: What Matters Most? (Engineering.Com)

Department of Energy Focuses on Conserving Resources for Oregonians & the Agency (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Moving Geoengineering Out from Under Dark Shadows (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

Op/Ed - Uncertainties about Climate Change Are Many & Varied (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Sequim to Take Up "Green" City Hall (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Extreme Broadband Internet Could Boost Missoula Businesses (KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)

Keep an Eye on the Changing Field of Telemedicine (Louisville Business First, KY)

The Week In Cloud: Can Windows Azure Disrupt Amazon’s Cloud? Stay Tuned. (GigaOM)

NBCNews.com Moving to Columbia Center in Downtown Seattle? (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Yahoo is Axing Mail Classic but the New Version Reads Your Emails (Gizmodo)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Five Pillars of Successful Mobile Design (Mashable)

Nine Tips to Maximize YouTube's Marketing Potential (Mashable)

Anatomy of a Logo: Star Wars (Gizmodo)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Killing Ecology's Bellingham Office: Efficiency or Design? (Crosscut Seattle)

GENERAL NEWS

Worst Storms Over in East, South but More Coming (Associated Press)

Olympia Police Seek Help Stopping Copper Wire Theft (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Powerhouse Fire in Southern California Consumes 25,000 Acres - More Than 2,000 Firefighters on the Lines (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Puget Sound Loses as Boeing Opens Engineering Center in South Carolina (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Adams Family Farming Clams & Oysters in Skookum Inlet (Thurston Talk, Olympia, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Justin Bieber Fans Unleash Twitter Fury on NFL Legend

Wyoming Teen Who Built Nuclear Reactor Ousted from Fair

KPLU Tracks Down Daredevil Taking Photos atop Seattle Icons

When You Receive 11 Pounds of Marijuana You Didn’t Order, You Should Probably Tell Someone

SONG OF THE DAY

Elmer Bernstein - The Magnificent Seven Soundtrack Suite

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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