Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Energy News Digest for July 2, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Experts See New Normal as a Hotter, Drier West Faces More Huge Fires (NY Times)

Heat Wave Tests California Power Grid. Why No Blackouts So Far? (Christian Science Monitor)

Federal Agency, Again, Orders Bonneville to Reexamine Wind Power/Hydro Pricing Plan (Sustainable Business Oregon)

Oregon - Two Wind Farms Planned in Huntington, Lime Area (Baker City Herald, OR)

Wind Farms Touted as ‘Green’ Energy Source, but Have Impact on Birds (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Federal Agency, Again, Orders Bonneville to Reexamine Wind Power/Hydro Pricing Plan
  • Heat Wave Tests California Power Grid. Why No Blackouts So Far?
  • Electricity Rates across Clallam County (Outside Port Angeles) to Rise
  • Energy Northwest Announces Small Modular Reactor Project Proposal
  • Squirrel Trips Power at Substation in Southeast Portland, Causing Outage
  • Clallam County PUD Seeks Help in Stopping Copper Theft
  • Mason PUD 1’s Jack Janda Reelected to Energy Northwest Executive Board
  • Practical Effect of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Decision: Non-Jurisdictionals May Opt Out of Regional Transmission Planning Processes
  • Floating Power Plant Proposed For New York City
  • For Many in Africa, Lack of Electricity is Barrier to Growth
  • Co-op Plan Eyed on Prairie Chicken
  • Molasses Pollution? Dead Fish Fill Mexico Reservoir
  • Water Commission Approves Temporary Rules for Klamath Water Use
  • Oregon - Two Wind Farms Planned in Huntington, Lime Area
  • Wind Farms Touted as ‘Green’ Energy Source, but Have Impact on Birds
  • Outrage over Plans to Build Wind Farm on First World War Battlefield
  • Is Anything Stopping a Truly Massive Build-Out of Desert Solar Power?
  • Tribal Teens to Get the Lowdown on Renewable Energy
  • So Hot You’re Sticking to Your Couch? Tips on Cooling Your Home
  • Want to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses? Don’t Subsidize Taxes, Study Says
  • Wave Broadband CEO Not Worried About Gigabit: ‘We Compete with the Big Guys’
  • $20 for 768Kbps Internet? AT&T “Deal” Shows Sad State of U-S Broadband
  • Free Wi-Fi? Beware of Security Risks
  • Apple Building Giant Solar Array to Power New Nevada Data Centre
  • Nine Key Elements Missing from Your Social Strategy
  • As Google Reader Winds Down, Feedly Just Keeps Growing
  • Oregon - Clackamas County Chairman Hires Lawyer to Fight Public Records Request, Gets Board to Pay Legal Bill
  • Experts See New Normal as a Hotter, Drier West Faces More Huge Fires
  • El Niño Weather Could Be Forecast a Year Ahead
  • Dozens of Sheep in Oregon Drop Dead in Heat
  • Bomb Threat at Mason County Courthouse
  • Nicaragua Canal Project Threatens Puget Sound Ports

WORD OF THE DAY

Demure • \dih-MYOOR\ • Adjective – 1: reserved, modest 2: affectedly modest, reserved, or serious: coy

Could the same primordial soup (or Indian ink) that created Alley Oop have actually been the source of genetic material for his beautiful & demure girlfriend Oola? Or was it just the artist’s preference for goofy, neanderthalic men…accompanied by female characters who looked like they stepped out of the glamor magazines of the 1930’s?

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Federal Agency, Again, Orders Bonneville to Reexamine Wind Power/Hydro Pricing Plan (Sustainable Business Oregon)

Heat Wave Tests California Power Grid. Why No Blackouts So Far? (Christian Science Monitor)

Electricity Rates across Clallam County (Outside Port Angeles) to Rise (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Energy Northwest Announces Small Modular Reactor Project Proposal (Energy Northwest)

Squirrel Trips Power at Substation in Southeast Portland, Causing Outage (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

Clallam County PUD Seeks Help in Stopping Copper Theft (Sequim Gazette, WA)

Mason PUD 1’s Jack Janda Reelected to Energy Northwest Executive Board (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Practical Effect of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Decision: Non-Jurisdictionals May Opt Out of Regional Transmission Planning Processes (National Law Review)

Floating Power Plant Proposed For New York City (Forbes Magazine)

For Many in Africa, Lack of Electricity is Barrier to Growth (NY Times)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Co-op Plan Eyed on Prairie Chicken (Electric Co-op Today)

Molasses Pollution? Dead Fish Fill Mexico Reservoir (British Broadcasting Corporation)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Water Commission Approves Temporary Rules for Klamath Water Use (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Oregon - Two Wind Farms Planned in Huntington, Lime Area (Baker City Herald, OR)

Wind Farms Touted as ‘Green’ Energy Source, but Have Impact on Birds (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

Outrage over Plans to Build Wind Farm on First World War Battlefield (Burton Mail, UK)

Is Anything Stopping a Truly Massive Build-Out of Desert Solar Power? (Scientific American)

Tribal Teens to Get the Lowdown on Renewable Energy (Sustainable Business Oregon)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

So Hot You’re Sticking to Your Couch? Tips on Cooling Your Home (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Want to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses? Don’t Subsidize Taxes, Study Says. (Christian Science Monitor)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Wave Broadband CEO Not Worried About Gigabit: ‘We Compete with the Big Guys’ (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

$20 for 768Kbps Internet? AT&T “Deal” Shows Sad State of U-S Broadband (Ars Technica)

Free Wi-Fi? Beware of Security Risks (USA Today)

Apple Building Giant Solar Array to Power New Nevada Data Centre (Information Age)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Nine Key Elements Missing from Your Social Strategy (Mashable)

As Google Reader Winds Down, Feedly Just Keeps Growing (GigaOM)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Oregon - Clackamas County Chairman Hires Lawyer to Fight Public Records Request, Gets Board to Pay Legal Bill (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

GENERAL NEWS

Experts See New Normal as a Hotter, Drier West Faces More Huge Fires (NY Times)

El Niño Weather Could Be Forecast a Year Ahead (USA Today)

Dozens of Sheep in Oregon Drop Dead in Heat (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

Bomb Threat at Mason County Courthouse (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Nicaragua Canal Project Threatens Puget Sound Ports (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Oops: ‘Flordia’ Misspelling Makes It to Interstate 95 Sign

Could an Italian Scientist Pave the Way for Human Head Transplants?

Seeing Satan in the Downward Dog - Judge Allows Yoga in Schools

Man Implants Magnets to Make His Ears into Their Own Headphones

SONG OF THE DAY

Marc Cohn - Listening to Levon

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