Monday, September 9, 2013

Energy News Digest for September 9, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

NoaNet: Over the Rivers & Through the Woods - How a Non-Profit Telecom Company Connected Rural Washington State with Fiber (OSP)

Salmon Heading to Spawn Past Elwha River Dam Site (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Army Corps Shrinks Endangered Species Review for Columbia River Coal Project (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Earmarks on the Rise Again in Olympia - Legislators steered more than $170 million in the state’s capital budget toward special projects (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)

Editorial: Energy - Sweden Sets a Good Example (Wenatchee World, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Army Corps Shrinks Endangered Species Review for Columbia River Coal Project
  • Oregon: BPA’s Lowell-Oakridge Power Line Due for 500 New Poles - Critters, Weather Cited
  • California: Edison Crews Start Putting Transmission Lines Underground in Chino Hills
  • Grant PUD Names Photo Contest Winners
  • Op/Ed: Why I Believe that Nuclear Energy is the Safest Form of Energy
  • Massachusetts: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant Foes Cry Foul
  • Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant Closure in 2014 Will Challenge New England Energy Markets
  • When Should Nuclear Power Plants Die?
  • Massachusetts: Governor Patrick Heading to Canada for Energy Confab - Lookin’ for some sweet hydropower
  • Meters Don’t Cause Fires, Poorly Installed Meters Cause Fires
  • Salmon Heading to Spawn Past Elwha River Dam Site
  • Big Fall Chinook Numbers Crossing Bonneville: Early Arrivals Or Run Larger Than Predicted?
  • Idaho: Dam’s Removal Should Boost Steelhead Trout
  • Oregon: Men Cited for Snagging Salmon from Hatchery
  • Canoe Journey Spotlights Plight of Columbia River Salmon
  • Editorial: Energy - Sweden Sets a Good Example
  • Wild Horse Wind Farm Tour Goes Up a Turbine
  • SolarWorld Breaks Ground on More Than 500 KW of Solar Carports at Four California Parks
  • Tennessee Valley Authority Launches Community Solar Initiative
  • Rhode Island: Developer Seeks to Use Ancient Technology to Draw Energy from Pawtuxet River
  • Report: Saving Water Saves Energy & Vice Versa
  • New Research Pins Some Extreme Weather Events on Climate Change
  • Scientists Studying Solar Radiation Management as a Way to Cool Planet
  • Conservative Wins Australia by Landslide; Declares End to Climate Change ‘Crap’
  • Mid-Columbia Drivers Charged Up About Benefits of Electric Cars
  • Electric Cars Vs. Plug-In Hybrids: What’s the Difference?
  • NoaNet: Over the Rivers & Through the Woods
  • Ephrata: This Town Has America’s Fastest Internet
  • Idaho Alters School Wi-Fi Deal Under Pressure from Lawmakers
  • Worries That Microsoft Is Growing Too Tricky to Manage
  • Earmarks on the Rise Again in Olympia
  • Seriously, How Does a Cannabis Business Deposit, Move or Bank Its Money
  • Times: Study Finds Drivers in State Busy on Cellphones, Texting
  • Cable Thefts Can Leave Snohomish County Victims Unable to Call 911
  • Summer Storm: National Weather Service Forecasters Nail Difficult Forecast with High Resolution Modeling Program
  • Technology Is Out There to Better Predict Storms, But Not Everyone Has Access
  • Credit Unions Fight to Keep Tax-Exempt Status
  • Satsop Courts Hollywood to Use Old Nuke Plant for Filming
  • A Quest to Save AM Before It’s Lost in the Static

WORD OF THE DAY

Per Contra • \per-KAHN-truh\ • adverb - 1a: on the contrary b: by way of contrast 2: as an offset

“You may think I like your plan in this case,” murmured the well-coifed attorney to his fresh-faced intern, “but per contra I think it will eventually fail.” The strategy was to trick the witness with word association to force a confession. The problem was that the witness had an iron-clad alibi. He had been iron-clad in a prison cell in Pawtucket the night of the Twinkie burglary.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Army Corps Shrinks Endangered Species Review for Columbia River Coal Project (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Oregon: BPA’s Lowell-Oakridge Power Line Due for 500 New Poles - Critters, Weather Cited (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

California: Edison Crews Start Putting Transmission Lines Underground in Chino Hills (Southern California Public Radio)

Grant PUD Names Photo Contest Winners (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Op/Ed: Why I Believe that Nuclear Energy is the Safest Form of Energy (The Energy Collective)

Massachusetts: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant Foes Cry Foul (Cape Cod Online, MA)

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant Closure in 2014 Will Challenge New England Energy Markets (U-S Energy Information Administration)

When Should Nuclear Power Plants Die? (Forbes Magazine)

Massachusetts: Governor Patrick Heading to Canada for Energy Confab - Lookin’ for some sweet hydropower (Boston Globe, MA)

Meters Don’t Cause Fires, Poorly Installed Meters Cause Fires (Chicago Business Journal, IL)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Salmon Heading to Spawn Past Elwha River Dam Site (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Big Fall Chinook Numbers Crossing Bonneville: Early Arrivals Or Run Larger Than Predicted? (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Idaho: Dam’s Removal Should Boost Steelhead Trout (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Oregon: Men Cited for Snagging Salmon from Hatchery (KGW TV, Portland, OR)

Canoe Journey Spotlights Plight of Columbia River Salmon (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Editorial: Energy - Sweden Sets a Good Example (Wenatchee World, WA)

Wild Horse Wind Farm Tour Goes Up a Turbine (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

SolarWorld Breaks Ground on More Than 500 KW of Solar Carports at Four California Parks (CIOL)

Tennessee Valley Authority Launches Community Solar Initiative (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)

Rhode Island: Developer Seeks to Use Ancient Technology to Draw Energy from Pawtuxet River (Providence Journal, RI)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Report: Saving Water Saves Energy & Vice Versa (KCET-TV, Los Angeles, CA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

New Research Pins Some Extreme Weather Events on Climate Change (Christian Science Monitor)

Scientists Studying Solar Radiation Management as a Way to Cool Planet (Washington Post)

Conservative Wins Australia by Landslide; Declares End to Climate Change ‘Crap’ (Bizpac Insider)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Mid-Columbia Drivers Charged Up About Benefits of Electric Cars (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Electric Cars Vs. Plug-In Hybrids: What’s the Difference? (Christian Science Monitor)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NoaNet: Over the Rivers & Through the Woods - How a Non-Profit Telecom Company Connected Rural Washington State with Fiber (OSP)

Ephrata: This Town Has America’s Fastest Internet (Broadband Reports)

Idaho Alters School Wi-Fi Deal Under Pressure from Lawmakers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Worries That Microsoft Is Growing Too Tricky to Manage (NY Times)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Earmarks on the Rise Again in Olympia - Legislators steered more than $170 million in the state’s capital budget toward special projects (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)

Seriously, How Does a Cannabis Business Deposit, Move or Bank Its Money (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Times: Study Finds Drivers in State Busy on Cellphones, Texting (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Cable Thefts Can Leave Snohomish County Victims Unable to Call 911 (Everett Herald, WA)

Summer Storm: National Weather Service Forecasters Nail Difficult Forecast with High Resolution Modeling Program (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

Technology Is Out There to Better Predict Storms, But Not Everyone Has Access (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Credit Unions Fight to Keep Tax-Exempt Status (Everett Herald, WA)

Satsop Courts Hollywood to Use Old Nuke Plant for Filming (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)

A Quest to Save AM Before It’s Lost in the Static (NY Times)

DIVERSIONS

Baby Wasn’t Only One Crying at Seattle Baptism Beat Down

Dallas Zoo to Raise Cheetah Cubs with a Labrador Puppy

Droopy Beijing Duck Gets a Breath of Fresh Air

‘Fastest Loop of Manhattan’ Driver Arrested

SONG OF THE DAY

John Fogerty & the Blue Ridge Rangers - Change in the Weather

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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