Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Energy News Digest for September 4, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Special Weather Statement for Heavy Thursday Rainfall (Mason County PUD No. 3, Shelton, WA)

Cooling Pacific Has Dampened Global Warming, Research Shows (Grist Online)

Alaska Sees Record Commercial Salmon Catch (Associated Press)

Wright Takes Over at Chelan PUD (Wenatchee World, WA)

Editorial: Harness Wind, or Fall Flat - Economic, environmental benefits too important for Pacific Northwest to ignore (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Wright Takes Over at Chelan PUD
  • Avista Files 30-Year Electricity Resource Plan
  • Boost from the Sun Could Help Gas Power Plants Generate More Electricity, Run More Cleanly
  • Valley Tech, Avista Extend Entrepreneurship Program to High Schoolers
  • Sacramento Municipal Utility District Ready to Flip Switch on Rancho Cordova Campus
  • Switching from Smart Meters Will Cost Kauai Island Utility Cooperative Customers
  • Op/Ed: A Scientific Look at Smart Meters Pokes Holes in Central Maine Power’s Safety Claims
  • Alliant to Sell Minnesota Utility Businesses
  • Errors Cast Doubt on Japan’s Cleanup of Nuclear Accident Site
  • Alaska Sees Record Commercial Salmon Catch
  • Steelhead Counts Down But Salmon Numbers Up in Snake River
  • New Idaho Sockeye Hatchery May Lead to Fishing
  • 160 Salmon Killed in Idaho Hatchery Transport, ‘Employee Error’ Blamed
  • Feds Plan to Boost Pacific Northwest Salmon Stocks
  • Boaters Warned About Lower Water Levels Below Bonneville Dam
  • Man Leads Crusade to Deepen Kalama River
  • Editorial: Harness Wind, or Fall Flat - Economic, environmental benefits too important for Pacific Northwest to ignore
  • California: Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Coming Together
  • The U.S. States with the Biggest Renewable Energy Future
  • Beyond Renewable Portfolio Standards
  • FERC Sets Date for Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act Workshop
  • With Large Hydro Resources, Norway Should Easily Integrate $3.3 Billion of New Wind Projects
  • Energy Efficient Cities Saving You Money
  • Cool News: Big Fridges to Get More Efficient Under New Obama Rules
  • Cooling Pacific Has Dampened Global Warming, Research Shows
  • Scientists Call for Overhaul of United Nations ‘Blockbuster’ Climate Reports
  • Did Soot Cause Climate Change in the 19th Century?
  • Ag Energy Debuts Converter - Generator Transforms Farm Waste to Electricity
  • Portable Solar Generators Provide Renewable Energy for Events
  • Clallam Transit Mobile Wireless Experiment Extended
  • Latest Pew Study Shows 70 Percent of U-S Has Broadband
  • Facebook for Members of All Ages
  • Is This the Funniest Photo in Baseball History?
  • Special Weather Statement for Heavy Thursday Rainfall
  • Soaking Rains to Bring Potential for Urban Flooding this Week
  • Washington State Governor: Special Session on Transportation Needed
  • Mason County’s Preliminary Budget Review
  • Horse Rescued from Mason County Well

WORD OF THE DAY

Incipient • \in-SIP-ee-unt\ • adjective - Beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Snugly ensconced in the roots of an ancient, gnarled tree in Fanghorn Forest - totally immersed in the final chapters of “The Deathly Hallows” - Bartholomew was unaware of the incipient disaster awaiting his mortality until a single, stringy drop of drool fell upon the word “Dumbledore” on the otherwise perfectly clean page. The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal had arrived for dinner.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Wright Takes Over at Chelan PUD (Wenatchee World, WA)

Avista Files 30-Year Electricity Resource Plan (Electric Light & Power)

Boost from the Sun Could Help Gas Power Plants Generate More Electricity, Run More Cleanly (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)

Valley Tech, Avista Extend Entrepreneurship Program to High Schoolers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Ready to Flip Switch on Rancho Cordova Campus (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)

Switching from Smart Meters Will Cost Kauai Island Utility Cooperative Customers (Pacific Business News, HI)
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/morning_call/2013/08/switching-from-smart-meters-will-cost.html

Op/Ed: A Scientific Look at Smart Meters Pokes Holes in Central Maine Power’s Safety Claims (Portland Press-Herald, ME)

Alliant to Sell Minnesota Utility Businesses (Wisconsin State Journal)

Errors Cast Doubt on Japan’s Cleanup of Nuclear Accident Site (NY Times)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Alaska Sees Record Commercial Salmon Catch (Associated Press)

Steelhead Counts Down But Salmon Numbers Up in Snake River (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

New Idaho Sockeye Hatchery May Lead to Fishing (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

160 Salmon Killed in Idaho Hatchery Transport, ‘Employee Error’ Blamed (KBOI-TV, Boise, ID)

Feds Plan to Boost Pacific Northwest Salmon Stocks (Electric Co-op Today)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Boaters Warned About Lower Water Levels Below Bonneville Dam (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Man Leads Crusade to Deepen Kalama River (KGW TV, Portland, OR)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Editorial: Harness Wind, or Fall Flat - Economic, environmental benefits too important for Pacific Northwest to ignore (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

California: Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Coming Together (Palm Springs Desert Sun, CA)

The U.S. States with the Biggest Renewable Energy Future (The 9 Billion)

Beyond Renewable Portfolio Standards – An Assessment of Regional Supply & Demand Conditions Affecting the Future of Renewable Energy in the West (NREL - PDF File)

FERC Sets Date for Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act Workshop - Licenses for hydropower development at non-powered dams & closed-loop pumped storage projects (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

With Large Hydro Resources, Norway Should Easily Integrate $3.3 Billion of New Wind Projects (Forbes Magazine)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Efficient Cities Saving You Money (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

Cool News: Big Fridges to Get More Efficient Under New Obama Rules (Grist Online)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Cooling Pacific Has Dampened Global Warming, Research Shows (Grist Online)

Scientists Call for Overhaul of United Nations ‘Blockbuster’ Climate Reports (The Guardian, UK)

Did Soot Cause Climate Change in the 19th Century? (Christian Science Monitor)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Ag Energy Debuts Converter - Generator Transforms Farm Waste to Electricity (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Portable Solar Generators Provide Renewable Energy for Events (Wilmington Star News, NC)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Clallam Transit Mobile Wireless Experiment Extended (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

Latest Pew Study Shows 70 Percent of U-S Has Broadband - Access Is Still Unequal (Wired)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook for Members of All Ages - Grandma & grandpa are on Facebook & might be interested in liking their electric cooperative’s page (Electric Co-op Today)

Is This the Funniest Photo in Baseball History? (Mashable)

GENERAL NEWS

Special Weather Statement for Heavy Thursday Rainfall (Mason County PUD No. 3, Shelton, WA)

Soaking Rains to Bring Potential for Urban Flooding this Week (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Washington State Governor: Special Session on Transportation Needed (Northwest Public Radio)

Mason County’s Preliminary Budget Review (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Horse Rescued from Mason County Well (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Lava Lamps: 50 Years Old & Still Groovy

‘Louie, Louie’ Finds another Place in History with Louie Louie Day in Portland

McCain Plays Poker on iPhone During Syria Hearing

Family Finds Gold Treasure worth $300,000 off Florida

SONG OF THE DAY

Fleetwood Mac - Gold Dust Woman

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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