Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Energy News Digest for September 11, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Imagining a Cyberattack on the Power Grid (NY Times)

Congressmen Hastings, DeFazio Ask Energy Secretary Moniz to Help Keep Electricity Affordable for Pacific Northwest Ratepayers (U-S House Natural Resources Committee)

‘50 Dirtiest’ US Power Plants Emit More Greenhouse Gases than South Korea (Christian Science Monitor)

Despite Wave of Sales & Bankruptcies, ‘Thin-Film’ Solar Dream Still Alive (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Federal Wildlife Officials Approve Owl-Killing Experiment (Associated Press)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Imagining a Cyberattack on the Power Grid
  • Congressmen Hastings, DeFazio Ask Energy Secretary Moniz to Help Keep Electricity Affordable for Pacific Northwest Ratepayers
  • Swift 2 Canal Repairs Will Cost Cowlitz PUD $500,000
  • Oregon: Prospect Pacific Power Facility Burglarized Four Times Last Month
  • Snohomish PUD to Break Ground For New Operations Facility Thursday
  • Consultant: Wyoming Could Cash In On Demand for Natural Gas Electricity
  • Texas Electric Grid Ranks No. 1 in the Country
  • The Case for Continued Deployment of Smart Grids
  • New Hampshire: Lots of Noise Means Work on Nashua Dam Is in Order
  • Federal Wildlife Officials Approve Owl-Killing Experiment
  • For 75 Years, Hatchery Fish Have Fed Community, Economy
  • Ouch! Yellow Jackets Having a ‘Banner Year’ in Pacific Northwest
  • Put a Cork in It, Anacortes Bottling Plant Scrubbed
  • Dan Morain: Blazing a New Trail, Sierra Club Risks Losing Its Relevancy
  • Despite Wave of Sales & Bankruptcies, ‘Thin-Film’ Solar Dream Still Alive
  • ittee Hearing Scheduled on the Energy Independence Act (I-937)
  • Europe’s Utilities Unite Against Renewable Energy
  • Tidal Power: Energy’s Wave of the Future?
  • New Power Source: Wood Waste
  • Montana: Renewable Energy Advocates Sponsor ‘Green’ Tour Wednesday
  • How Utilities Use Solar Energy to Woo Customers
  • Op/Ed: Whistling Ridge Plan is Unneeded Nonstarter
  • Efficiency Offers a Glimmer of Hope on Energy in Washington D-C
  • ‘50 Dirtiest’ US Power Plants Emit More Greenhouse Gases than South Korea
  • Solar Panel Is Next Granite Countertop for Homebuilders
  • Editorial: Corndoggle - The Federal Renewable Fuel Program
  • Comcast Boosts Speeds for Low-Cost Internet Service for Low-Income Families
  • Little Ephrata, Washington Has Nation’s Fastest Internet
  • Change of Plans: Verizon Brings Fiber Optic Network to Storm-Hit Fire Island
  • What is ‘Net Neutrality,’ And Why the War of Words?
  • Can Phone Companies Own Colors? New Tussles over “Magenta,” & “Champagne” for Apple
  • 9/11 Anniversary a Time of Remembrance, Reflection
  • We’re Having a Heat Wave
  • Montana Newlywed Charged in Husband’s Death at Glacier
  • Seattle’s Unsettling Ebb of Local News
  • Four-Legged Impostors Give Service Dog Owners Pause

WORD OF THE DAY

Malapert • \mal-uh-PERT\ • Adjective - Impudently bold: saucy.

“Great,” sighed the aging monarch. “I advertise for edgy talent, a performer full of malapert energy, and human resources sends me Steven Wright.”

(That’s the comic folks, NOT the manager): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Wright

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Imagining a Cyberattack on the Power Grid (NY Times)

Congressmen Hastings, DeFazio Ask Energy Secretary Moniz to Help Keep Electricity Affordable for Pacific Northwest Ratepayers (U-S House Natural Resources Committee)

Swift 2 Canal Repairs Will Cost Cowlitz PUD $500,000 (Longview Daily News, WA)

Oregon: Prospect Pacific Power Facility Burglarized Four Times Last Month (Medford Mail-Tribune, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130910/NEWS07/309100338/-1/NEWSMAP

Snohomish PUD to Break Ground For New Operations Facility Thursday (Mountlake Terrace News, WA)

Consultant: Wyoming Could Cash in on Demand for Natural Gas Electricity (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)

Texas Electric Grid Ranks No. 1 in the Country (Dallas Business Journal, TX)

2013 Grid Modernization Index (Gridwise Alliance)

The Case for Continued Deployment of Smart Grids (USA Today)

New Hampshire: Lots of Noise Means Work on Nashua Dam Is in Order (Nashua Telegraph, NH)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Federal Wildlife Officials Approve Owl-Killing Experiment (Associated Press)

For 75 Years, Hatchery Fish Have Fed Community, Economy (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Ouch! Yellow Jackets Having a ‘Banner Year’ in Pacific Northwest (Northwest Public Radio)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Put a Cork in It, Anacortes Bottling Plant Scrubbed (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Dan Morain: Blazing a New Trail, Sierra Club Risks Losing Its Relevancy (Sacramento Bee, CA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Despite Wave of Sales & Bankruptcies, ‘Thin-Film’ Solar Dream Still Alive (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

September 16 - Senate Energy, Environment & Telecommunications Committee Hearing Scheduled on the Energy Independence Act (I-937)

Europe’s Utilities Unite Against Renewable Energy (Forbes Magazine)

Tidal Power: Energy’s Wave of the Future? (Christian Science Monitor)

New Power Source: Wood Waste (Electric Co-op Today)


How Utilities Use Solar Energy to Woo Customers (Forbes Magazine)

Op/Ed: Whistling Ridge Plan is Unneeded Nonstarter (Hood River News, OR)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Efficiency Offers a Glimmer of Hope on Energy in Washington D-C (Greentech Media)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

‘50 Dirtiest’ US Power Plants Emit More Greenhouse Gases than South Korea (Christian Science Monitor)

America’s Dirtiest Power Plants (Environment America – Glory Be! Neither Boardman nor Centralia are on this list….)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Solar Panel Is Next Granite Countertop for Homebuilders (Bloomberg News)

Editorial: Corndoggle - The Federal Renewable Fuel Program (Futures Trading)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Comcast Boosts Speeds for Low-Cost Internet Service for Low-Income Families (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

Little Ephrata, Washington Has Nation’s Fastest Internet (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)

Change of Plans: Verizon Brings Fiber Optic Network to Storm-Hit Fire Island (Washington Post)

What is ‘Net Neutrality,’ And Why the War of Words? (USA Today)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Can Phone Companies Own Colors? New Tussles over “Magenta,” & “Champagne” for Apple (GigaOM)

GENERAL NEWS

9/11 Anniversary a Time of Remembrance, Reflection (USA Today)

We’re Having a Heat Wave (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Montana Newlywed Charged in Husband’s Death at Glacier (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Seattle’s Unsettling Ebb of Local News (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Four-Legged Impostors Give Service Dog Owners Pause (National Public Radio)

DIVERSIONS

Chanel as Collateral: Hong Kong Firm Gives Handbag-Backed Loans

Stowaway from Mexico Found Pickled in Load of Peppers at U-S Border

Nigerian Boy Flies to Lagos from Home Town Hiding in Airplane Wheel Cavity

South Korean ‘Armadillo’ Car Folds Up for Easy Parking

SONG OF THE DAY

Going to California - Led Zeppelin

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