Thursday, July 11, 2013

Energy News Digest for July 11, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Feds Give Nod to Okanogan PUD’s Enloe Dam Approval (Wenatchee World, WA)

Draft Report from Federal Agencies Shows Gains for Columbia River Basin Fish (Bonneville Power Administration)

Even with Environmentalist Governor in Office, Enviros Still See Need to Press Greenhouse Gas Case against Washington State (PubliCola)

Tri-State: $1 Billion Cost to Meet Colorado’s Renewable-Energy Goal (Denver Business Journal, CO)

Don’t Thank Stringent Regulations for California’s Reduced Electricity Use (Forbes Magazine)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Feds Give Nod to Okanogan PUD’s Enloe Dam Approval
  • PPL Montana Dedicates New Powerhouse at Century-Old Rainbow Hydroelectric Facility
  • Trudnowski Joins Tacoma Public Utility Board
  • Grant PUD to Build Better Park near Vantage
  • Conveyance of Kerr Dam Continues to Move Along
  • Editorial - California Public Utilities Commission Reverses Course on San Bruno Explosion Penalty for Pacific Gas & Electric
  • Russia’s Floating Nuclear Power Plants Will Power Remote Areas
  • Op/Ed - Energy Ships Would Bring Hawaii Energy Independence
  • Meet the New Generation of Power Plants: Small, Gas Powered & Local
  • Arkansas Woman Dies Trying to Steal Copper Wire
  • Recent FERC Actions Escalate Western PURPA Litigation War
  • Draft Report from Federal Agencies Shows Gains for Columbia River Basin Fish
  • Yakamas Celebrate Sockeye Return to Cle Elum Lake
  • Sockeye Retention to Reopen in Lower Columbia River
  • Oregon Lawmakers Back Columbia River Gillnetting Bill
  • Some 200,000 Fish Reported Dead at Lower Elwha Fish Hatchery
  • Tennessee Valley Authority Managing Tennessee River to Reduce Flooding
  • Tri-State: $1 Billion Cost to Meet Colorado’s Renewable-Energy Goal
  • Rooftop Solar Takes Off Across California as Costs Come Down
  • Snohomish PUD Expecting More Solar Panel Installations in Everett
  • The Disappearing Act of a High-Flying Solar Startup
  • Germany’s Solar Industry is Imploding
  • Ten Fascinating Facts about Wind Energy
  • Don’t Thank Stringent Regulations for California’s Reduced Electricity Use
  • To Save on Electricity, Check Your Energy Efficiency
  • Even with Environmentalist Governor in Office, Enviros Still See Need to Press Greenhouse Gas Case against Washington State
  • How Climate Change Makes It Harder to Keep the Lights On
  • Utilities Organize Against EPA Haze Plan for Wyoming
  • Microsoft Transforms Company with Massive Reorganization
  • Comcast’s Cohen Still Hallucinating U-S Broadband Supremacy
  • 137 House Members Sign Letter Supporting Tax-Exempt Municipal Financing
  • Washington State Agency Emails Searched for Terms Such as ‘Tea Party,’ ‘Hicks’
  • Exploding Targets ‘Growing Concern’ for Wildfire Investigators
  • Coho Ferry Crashes into Victoria Seaplane Dock

WORD OF THE DAY

Éminence Grise • \ay-mee-nawns - GREEZ\ • Noun - 1: a confidential agent; especially: one exercising unsuspected or unofficial power 2: a respected authority; specifically: an elder statesman.

McCarthy’s Éminence Grise
His voice thrown for laughs

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Feds Give Nod to Okanogan PUD’s Enloe Dam Approval (Wenatchee World, WA)

PPL Montana Dedicates New Powerhouse at Century-Old Rainbow Hydroelectric Facility (Herald Online)

Trudnowski Joins Tacoma Public Utility Board (South Sound Business Examiner)

Grant PUD to Build Better Park near Vantage (Wenatchee World, WA)

Conveyance of Kerr Dam Continues to Move Along (Char-Koosta News, Pablo, MT)

Editorial - California Public Utilities Commission Reverses Course on San Bruno Explosion Penalty for Pacific Gas & Electric (Sacramento Bee, CA)

Russia’s Floating Nuclear Power Plants Will Power Remote Areas (Mashable)

Op/Ed - Energy Ships Would Bring Hawaii Energy Independence (Hawaii Reporter, Honolulu)

Meet the New Generation of Power Plants: Small, Gas Powered & Local (Globe & Mail, Canada)

Arkansas Woman Dies Trying to Steal Copper Wire (KTHV-TV, Little Rock, AR)

Recent FERC Actions Escalate Western PURPA Litigation War (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Draft Report from Federal Agencies Shows Gains for Columbia River Basin Fish (Bonneville Power Administration)

Yakamas Celebrate Sockeye Return to Cle Elum Lake (Associated Press)

Sockeye Retention to Reopen in Lower Columbia River (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Oregon Lawmakers Back Columbia River Gillnetting Bill (Associated Press)

Some 200,000 Fish Reported Dead at Lower Elwha Fish Hatchery (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Tennessee Valley Authority Managing Tennessee River to Reduce Flooding (KPTV-TV, Portland, OR)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Tri-State: $1 Billion Cost to Meet Colorado’s Renewable-Energy Goal (Denver Business Journal, CO)

Rooftop Solar Takes Off Across California as Costs Come Down (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Snohomish PUD Expecting More Solar Panel Installations in Everett (My Everett News, WA)

The Disappearing Act of a High-Flying Solar Startup (Forbes Magazine)

Germany’s Solar Industry is Imploding (Forbes Magazine)

Ten Fascinating Facts about Wind Energy (The Motley Fool)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Don’t Thank Stringent Regulations for California’s Reduced Electricity Use (Forbes Magazine)

To Save on Electricity, Check Your Energy Efficiency (Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, FL)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Even with Environmentalist Governor in Office, Enviros Still See Need to Press Greenhouse Gas Case against Washington State (PubliCola)

How Climate Change Makes It Harder to Keep the Lights On (Washington Post)

Utilities Organize Against EPA Haze Plan for Wyoming (Associated Press)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Microsoft Transforms Company with Massive Reorganization (Mashable)

Comcast’s Cohen Still Hallucinating U-S Broadband Supremacy - Perhaps He Should Spend a Year in Rural America (Broadband Reports)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

137 House Members Sign Letter Supporting Tax-Exempt Municipal Financing (American Public Power Association)

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State Agency Emails Searched for Terms Such as ‘Tea Party,’ ‘Hicks’ (Longview Daily News, WA)

Exploding Targets ‘Growing Concern’ for Wildfire Investigators (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Coho Ferry Crashes into Victoria Seaplane Dock (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

DIVERSIONS

First Apple Computer Sells for Nearly $388,000

Nevada Voters Can Keep Choosing ‘None of These’

Baby Buys Car While Playing On Parents’ Cellphone

SONG OF THE DAY

The Beatles - Drive My Car

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