Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Energy News Digest for August 6, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Bill to Promote Small Hydropower Projects Heads to Obama (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Northwest Utilities Add Muscle to Fight for Customers in Columbia River Treaty Talks (Columbia River Treaty Group)

Port Angeles Fiber-Optic Internet Firm Considering Sale - Had recently completed Port Angeles’ $2.7 million Metro-Net system (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

U-S Senator Wyden Seeks to Make Waves with Energy Bill (Sustainable Business Oregon)

Protecting Salmon from Sea Lions: Progress is Elusive (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Bill to Promote Small Hydropower Projects Heads to Obama
  • A Big Boost for Small Hydro: Senate Sends Two Bills Promoting Small & Conduit Hydro to President Obama's Desk
  • Op/Ed: Congress Agrees on Hydropower
  • Downgrade Alert for Portland General Electric
  • Oregon: Springfield Utility Board Utility to Replace Power Poles in Three-Year Project
  • Young Man Climbing Tree in Everett Gets Jolt from Power Line
  • Montana: Electricity Options to be Weighed - Obtaining New Power Supplier on City of Great Falls Agenda
  • Kentucky: Nuclear Seen as an Option for State
  • Less Nuclear Energy Means More Coal, Natural Gas - And Carbon Emissions
  • Fitch Sounds Warning on Net Metering
  • North Carolina Also Denies Alcoa Water Certificate for Yadkin Project, Hampering Federal Relicensing Effort
  • Boulder City Council to Vote on a Future without Xcel
  • In Wisconsin’s North Woods, Utility Makes Case for Buried Lines
  • Protecting Salmon from Sea Lions: Progress is Elusive
  • Warm Springs Tribes, Oregon Fish & Wildlife Try to Resurrect Hood River's Spring Chinook Run
  • Salmon, Steelhead Spawning Again near Soda Springs Dam
  • White Salmon River Reborn after Dam Removal
  • Shellfish Industry Lobs Bomb at Sea Otters
  • Two Washington State Men Accused of Illegally Selling Caviar, Steelhead, Salmon
  • States Seek Federal Crackdown on Mussel Invaders
  • Northwest Utilities Add Muscle to Fight for Customers in Columbia River Treaty Talks
  • Op/Ed: What Needs to Change in the U-S - Canada Columbia River Treaty
  • U-S Senator Wyden Seeks to Make Waves with Energy Bill
  • Op/Ed - Montana Needs Fair Access to Renewable Energy Markets
  • Newly Available Wind Power Often Has No Place to Go
  • Seattle Aquarium to Moonlight as Solar Power Provider
  • Solar Energy & the WECC: Beefing Up the Western U-S Grid
  • The Evolution of Photovoltaic Waste in Europe
  • The Battle over the Smart Connected Thermostat Rages On
  • Governors of 13 States Back Obama Climate Change Plan to Limit Carbon Dioxide
  • Climate Change Pushing Marine Life towards the Poles, Says Study
  • Port Angeles Fiber-Optic Internet Firm Considering Sale
  • NoaNet Deploys 100G on Washington Middle-Mile Fiber-Optic Network
  • CBS Blackout Puts Start-Up Aereo in the Spotlight
  • Time Warner Cable Directing Blocked CBS Users to Aereo
  • Duly Noted: Cable TV Faces a Crossroads
  • If You Could Actually See Wi-Fi, This is What It Would Look Like
  • Top Ten U-S Newspapers Ranked by Digital Circulation
  • Celebrating Infographics: A 1944 Electromagnetic Radiation Poster Makes Learning Retro Chic
  • Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Buying Washington Post for $250 Million
  • Belfair Bicyclist Dies in Crash
  • Colockum Tarps Wildfire Was Human Caused
  • Mason County’s Primary Ballots Due
  • Thieves Strip Wiring from Kelso Pedestrian Path Light Poles
  • Washington State’s Marijuana Consultant Shares Ideas on Pot Regulations
  • Sun's Magnetic Field "Is About to Flip", Warns NASA

WORD OF THE DAY

Contraband • \KAHN-truh-band\ • Noun - 1: illegal or prohibited traffic in goods: smuggling 2: goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden; also: smuggled goods 3: a slave who during the American Civil War escaped to or was brought within the Union lines.

Amber was the face of “Barty’s Biscuits for Health,” the foremost health food product in the small town of Weezy-Breath in Brandyvine on the Barrel, Devon. Unbeknownst to the strict diet police in the excruciatingly clean and painfully bright factory, Amber hid a dark and whiskery secret in her bottom left desk drawer (the one that shrieked horribly when opened). A stash of contraband Hostess Twinkies languished there, biding its time.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Bill to Promote Small Hydropower Projects Heads to Obama (Tri-City Herald, WA)

A Big Boost for Small Hydro: Senate Sends Two Bills Promoting Small & Conduit Hydro to President Obama's Desk (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

Op/Ed: Congress Agrees on Hydropower (Wenatchee World, WA)

Downgrade Alert for Portland General Electric (Trading Charts)

Oregon: Springfield Utility Board Utility to Replace Power Poles in Three-Year Project (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

Young Man Climbing Tree in Everett Gets Jolt from Power Line (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)

Montana: Electricity Options to be Weighed - Obtaining New Power Supplier on City of Great Falls Agenda (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20130805/NEWS01/308050023/Electricity-options-weighed-Obtaining-new-power-supplier-city-agenda


Less Nuclear Energy Means More Coal, Natural Gas - And Carbon Emissions (Forbes Magazine)

Fitch Sounds Warning on Net Metering (American Public Power Association)

North Carolina Also Denies Alcoa Water Certificate for Yadkin Project, Hampering Federal Relicensing Effort (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

Boulder City Council to Vote on a Future without Xcel (Denver Business Journal, CO)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2013/08/boulder-city-council-to-vote-on-future.html

In Wisconsin’s North Woods, Utility Makes Case for Buried Lines (Midwest Energy News)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Protecting Salmon from Sea Lions: Progress is Elusive (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

Warm Springs Tribes, Oregon Fish & Wildlife Try to Resurrect Hood River's Spring Chinook Run (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

Salmon, Steelhead Spawning Again near Soda Springs Dam (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

White Salmon River Reborn after Dam Removal (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20130804/GREEN/308040016/White-Salmon-River-reborn-after-dam-removal

Shellfish Industry Lobs Bomb at Sea Otters (Courthouse News Service)

Two Washington State Men Accused of Illegally Selling Caviar, Steelhead, Salmon (Everett Herald, WA)

States Seek Federal Crackdown on Mussel Invaders (USA Today)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Northwest Utilities Add Muscle to Fight for Customers in Columbia River Treaty Talks (Columbia River Treaty Group)

Op/Ed: What Needs to Change in the U-S - Canada Columbia River Treaty- A modernized Columbia River Treaty should recognize the new realities of our environment (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

U-S Senator Wyden Seeks to Make Waves with Energy Bill (Sustainable Business Oregon)

Op/Ed - Montana Needs Fair Access to Renewable Energy Markets (Bozeman Chronicle, MT)

Newly Available Wind Power Often Has No Place to Go (Kansas City Star, MO)

Seattle Aquarium to Moonlight as Solar Power Provider (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Solar Energy & the WECC: Beefing Up the Western U-S Grid (Renewable Energy World)

The Evolution of Photovoltaic Waste in Europe (Renewable Energy World)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

The Battle over the Smart Connected Thermostat Rages On (GigaOM)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Governors of 13 States Back Obama Climate Change Plan to Limit Carbon Dioxide (American Public Power Association)

Climate Change Pushing Marine Life towards the Poles, Says Study (The Guardian, UK)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Port Angeles Fiber-Optic Internet Firm Considering Sale - Had recently completed Port Angeles’ $2.7 million Metro-Net system (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

NoaNet Deploys 100G on Washington Middle-Mile Fiber-Optic Network (Lightwave)

CBS Blackout Puts Start-Up Aereo in the Spotlight (USA Today)

Time Warner Cable Directing Blocked CBS Users to Aereo (Broadband Reports)

Duly Noted: Cable TV Faces a Crossroads (New York Business Journal)

If You Could Actually See Wi-Fi, This is What It Would Look Like (GigaOM)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Top Ten U-S Newspapers Ranked by Digital Circulation (Mashable)

Celebrating Infographics: A 1944 Electromagnetic Radiation Poster Makes Learning Retro Chic (Gizmodo)

GENERAL NEWS

Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Buying Washington Post for $250 Million (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Belfair Bicyclist Dies in Crash (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Colockum Tarps Wildfire Was Human Caused (Wenatchee World, WA)

Mason County’s Primary Ballots Due (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Thieves Strip Wiring from Kelso Pedestrian Path Light Poles (Longview Daily News, WA)

Washington State’s Marijuana Consultant Shares Ideas on Pot Regulations (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Sun's Magnetic Field "Is About to Flip", Warns NASA (Yahoo! News)

DIVERSIONS

Connecticut Boy: I Was Cheated over 'Jeopardy!' Spelling

Sidney Rice Visits Seahawks Fan’s Barbecue on Trip to Switzerland

iPhone Thief Posts Picture on Victim's Facebook Page

Bring on the ‘Frankenburger’

SONG OF THE DAY

The Edgar Winter Group – Frankenstein

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