Monday, November 18, 2013

Energy News Digest for November 18, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Editorial: DOE Does the Right Thing in Promising It Has No Plan to Run Bonneville Power Administration (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

PNNL Practices Defense Drill against Cyber Attack on Grid (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Cloud City: Amazon Web Services Is One of Many Reasons Seattle Is the Next Tech Mecca (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Dead Fish Wash Up On Richland's Waterfront after Record Salmon Run (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

Op/Ed: Climate Change Forces Us to Rethink Glen Canyon Dam & Its Releases (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Editorial: DOE Does the Right Thing in Promising It Has No Plan to Run Bonneville Power Administration
  • PNNL Practices Defense Drill against Cyber Attack on Grid
  • NERC Completes Second Grid Security Exercise
  • Nuke Huggers? Why Some Climate Scientists Are Warming to Nuclear Power
  • Naval Reactors Should Be Empowered to Show the Way Again
  • Part of Kennewick Mobile Home Park Still Without Power
  • Benton PUD Collecting Donations for Helping Hands Program
  • Editorial: Thumbs Up to Hastings & Cantwell, Down to Golden Parachutes
  • Iowa Landowners Worry about Proposed Power Line
  • Dead Fish Wash Up On Richland's Waterfront after Record Salmon Run
  • Elwha River Sees Chinook Salmon Run Increase
  • Kennedy Creek: Paying Witness to the Salmon Cycle
  • Herrera Beutler: Bill Supports Local Efforts to Aid Salmon
  • U-S Fish & Wildlife Service Announces No Fish Hatchery Closures This Year
  • Federal Lawmakers from North Central Washington Urge Wolf Delisting
  • Umatilla River Users in Uncertain Waters
  • Yakima Basin Water Plan Flowing in a Good Direction
  • Puget Sound Energy’s Green Power Program Grant Helps Add Solar at Olympia Library
  • Yakima Valley Community College Solar Project to Expand Renewable Energy in Region
  • Almost Everyone Is Angling Solar Panels the Wrong Way
  • Ohio Wind Energy & Efficiency Mandates Could Disappear But Electric Rates Soar, Say Opponents of Pending Bill
  • 67 Percent of Consumers Would Pay More for Clean Energy
  • Judd Hirsch’s Wind-Power Plan Unsettles Catskill Town
  • Heating 101: What to Know Before You Crank Up the Heat
  • Mapping Whole Communities and Their Homes with Thermal Images to Reduce Heat Loss
  • Op/Ed: Climate Change Forces Us to Rethink Glen Canyon Dam & Its Releases
  • Coal Fires Green Anger at U-N Climate Talks
  • Op/Ed: Megastorms Could Create Tipping Point for Climate Action
  • Politico: Rahm Emanuel Wanted ‘To Kill’ Steven Chu for Talking About Climate Change
  • Most Consumers Don't Know About Electric Vehicle Incentives, Survey Finds
  • Biggest Challenge for Electric Vehicles? Not Enough Parking Spots
  • Cloud City: Amazon Web Services Is One of Many Reasons Seattle Is the Next Tech Mecca
  • In Person: Andy Jassy Steers Fast-Growing Web Unit for Amazon
  • Amazon Lags Movement to Reduce Cloud’s Effect on Environment
  • Google Pushes for More Clean Energy in Land of the Data Centers
  • Google & Facebook Also Have an Energy Dark Side
  • Quinn: Facebook Needs to Open Service to Kids under 13
  • Snazzy Science Apps Explain the Unknown to Kids
  • How Historic Moments Would Have Been Shared on Instagram
  • Six Killed as Tornadoes Rip Through U-S Midwest
  • The Weather Trifecta – Rain, Wind & Mountain Snow
  • Boeing CEO: 3 Months for 777x Location Decision
  • Half of Detroit’s Streetlights May Go Out as City Shrinks

WORD OF THE DAY

Conurbation • \kah-ner-BAY-shun\ • Noun - An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities.

Welcome to “Everseatacoly,” blared the tour guide, his mashing of the conurbation along the central Puget Sound I-5 parking lot of a freeway only slightly tinged with irony.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Editorial: DOE Does the Right Thing in Promising It Has No Plan to Run Bonneville Power Administration (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

PNNL Practices Defense Drill against Cyber Attack on Grid (Tri-City Herald, WA)

NERC Completes Second Grid Security Exercise (Electric Energy Online)

Nuke Huggers? Why Some Climate Scientists Are Warming to Nuclear Power (Forbes Magazine)

Naval Reactors Should Be Empowered to Show the Way Again (The Energy Collective)

Part of Kennewick Mobile Home Park Still Without Power (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Benton PUD Collecting Donations for Helping Hands Program (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Editorial: Thumbs Up to Hastings & Cantwell, Down to Golden Parachutes (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Iowa Landowners Worry about Proposed Power Line (Associated Press)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Dead Fish Wash Up On Richland's Waterfront after Record Salmon Run (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

Elwha River Sees Chinook Salmon Run Increase (Associated Press)

Kennedy Creek: Paying Witness to the Salmon Cycle - Viewpoints on Salmon Trail show life cycle of chum salmon in action (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

Herrera Beutler: Bill Supports Local Efforts to Aid Salmon (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

U-S Fish & Wildlife Service Announces No Fish Hatchery Closures This Year (The Chattanoogan, TN)

Federal Lawmakers from North Central Washington Urge Wolf Delisting (Wenatchee World, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Umatilla River Users in Uncertain Waters (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Yakima Basin Water Plan Flowing in a Good Direction (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Puget Sound Energy’s Green Power Program Grant Helps Add Solar at Olympia Library (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)

Yakima Valley Community College Solar Project to Expand Renewable Energy in Region (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

Almost Everyone Is Angling Solar Panels the Wrong Way (Gizmodo)

Ohio Wind Energy & Efficiency Mandates Could Disappear But Electric Rates Soar, Say Opponents of Pending Bill (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)

67 Percent of Consumers Would Pay More for Clean Energy (The Energy Collective)


CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Heating 101: What to Know Before You Crank Up the Heat (PR Web)

Mapping Whole Communities and Their Homes with Thermal Images to Reduce Heat Loss (The Energy Collective)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Op/Ed: Climate Change Forces Us to Rethink Glen Canyon Dam & Its Releases (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)

Coal Fires Green Anger at U-N Climate Talks (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Op/Ed: Megastorms Could Create Tipping Point for Climate Action (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Politico: Rahm Emanuel Wanted ‘To Kill’ Steven Chu for Talking About Climate Change (Think Progress)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Most Consumers Don't Know About Electric Vehicle Incentives, Survey Finds (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Biggest Challenge for Electric Vehicles? Not Enough Parking Spots (Silicon Valley Business Journal, WA)

EPA Proposes Reduction of Ethanol in Gas (Associated Press)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Cloud City: Amazon Web Services Is One of Many Reasons Seattle Is the Next Tech Mecca (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

In Person: Andy Jassy Steers Fast-Growing Web Unit for Amazon (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Amazon Lags Movement to Reduce Cloud’s Effect on Environment (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

Google Pushes for More Clean Energy in Land of the Data Centers (Wired)

Google & Facebook Also Have an Energy Dark Side (Clean Technica)

SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING

Quinn: Facebook Needs to Open Service to Kids under 13 (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Snazzy Science Apps Explain the Unknown to Kids (USA Today)

How Historic Moments Would Have Been Shared on Instagram (Gizmodo)

GENERAL NEWS

Six Killed as Tornadoes Rip Through U-S Midwest (Reuters)

The Weather Trifecta – Rain, Wind & Mountain Snow (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Boeing CEO: 3 Months for 777x Location Decision (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Half of Detroit’s Streetlights May Go Out as City Shrinks (Bloomberg News)

DIVERSIONS

Authorities Made the Swedish Ice Hotel Install Fire Alarms

Alabama Man Loses Battle to Keep Wife Buried in His Front Yard

Kansas Woman Swaps Wedding Rings for Chiefs Tickets

Spanish Pianist Could Be Jailed After Neighbor Complains

SONG OF THE DAY

Scott Bradlee - Classic 80's Hits... Interpreted for Ragtime Piano


LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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