Friday, November 22, 2013

Energy News Digest for November 22, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

On 50th Anniversary of JFK Death, Dallas Holds First Memorial (Reuters)

Severe Winds Leave Two Dead, 50,000 without Power in San Francisco Area (Reuters)

Grant PUD Brings High-Speed Wireless Pilot Program to Part of Quincy Valley (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Wild Winter this Year? Not Likely, NOAA Forecasts (Associated Press)

How Rain Strengthens the Cascades Snowpack (Northwest Public Radio)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Severe Winds Leave Two Dead, 50,000 without Power in San Francisco Area
  • Alaska: Power Restored to Most Homes; Frigid Temperatures, More Wind Forecast for Fairbanks
  • Mason PUD 3 Customers Warned of Possible Telephone Scam
  • Power Bill Scam Targets Grant PUD Customers
  • Controversy over Enloe Dam Power Generation Continues - Group demands dam be breached
  • Helicopter to Trim Trees for Mason County PUD 1
  • Canada: Smart Meter Critics Seek to Expand Class Action Suit against BC Hydro
  • Emergency Outage Has Lasting Effect on Wood Pole Management
  • Energy Industry Is on Alert against Increasing Cyber Attacks
  • In Search of Woody Guthrie’s America
  • Puget Sound Restoration Fund Restores Olympia Oysters, One Shell at a Time
  • How Rain Strengthens the Cascades Snowpack
  • Skagit PUD Passes Budget; Water Rate to Increase
  • Can Mushrooms Help Fight Stormwater Pollution? - Using Wood Chips from Mason PUD 3 Tree Trimming, Donated for Study Purposes
  • Salton Sea Failures Hurt California, Audit Shows
  • Minnesota: Wind Energy Advocates Urge Renewal of Tax Credit
  • Listen Up: The Economics of Solar Hot Water Systems
  • Ask Umbra: Are My Newfangled Light Bulbs Making My House Cold?
  • Coastal Ocean Acidification: Answering the Seattle Times
  • The Earth’s Winds, Visualized in Glorious Detail
  • Grant PUD Brings High-Speed Wireless Pilot Program to Part of Quincy Valley
  • How Plain, Old Wi-Fi Will Revolutionize the Cellular Industry
  • Time Warner Cable Jumps on Comcast Takeover Report
  • Fire, Police Officials Get Retire-Rehire Deals
  • Best & Worst-Run States: Survey of All 50
  • On 50th Anniversary of JFK Death, Dallas Holds First Memorial
  • Wild Winter this Year? Not Likely, NOAA Forecasts
  • Deadly ‘Knockout Game’ Reported on the West Coast
  • I Can Hear You Now - FCC Considers Allowing In-Flight Cell Phone Use
  • That Stinks! Roadside ‘Potty Bombs’ Creating Quite a Mess
  • Pacific Lutheran, Evergreen, Saint Martin’s - Three South Sound Schools Recognized by U-S News in Rankings of Best Colleges for Veterans

WORD OF THE DAY

Hemidemisemiquaver • \hem-mee-dem-mee-SEM-mee-kway-verr\ • Noun - Sixty-fourth note.

Some say music, as love, is an international language. However, a strict British musicologist may confuse his U-S counterparts by using the term “hemisemidemiquaver” instead of “sixty-fourth note” when describing the hurry-up nature of the song “Flight of the Bumblebee.”

Harry James - Flight of the Bumblebee

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Severe Winds Leave Two Dead, 50,000 without Power in San Francisco Area (Reuters)

Alaska: Power Restored to Most Homes; Frigid Temperatures, More Wind Forecast for Fairbanks (Fairbanks News Miner, AK)

Mason PUD 3 Customers Warned of Possible Telephone Scam (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Power Bill Scam Targets Grant PUD Customers (Crescent Bar Chronicle, WA)

Controversy over Enloe Dam Power Generation Continues - Group demands dam be breached (Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune, Oroville, WA)

Helicopter to Trim Trees for Mason County PUD 1 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Canada: Smart Meter Critics Seek to Expand Class Action Suit against BC Hydro (CTV, BC, Canada)

Emergency Outage Has Lasting Effect on Wood Pole Management (Bonneville Power Administration)

Energy Industry Is on Alert against Increasing Cyber Attacks (Sacramento Bee, CA)

In Search of Woody Guthrie’s America (NY Times)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Puget Sound Restoration Fund Restores Olympia Oysters, One Shell at a Time (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

How Rain Strengthens the Cascades Snowpack (Northwest Public Radio)

Skagit PUD Passes Budget; Water Rate to Increase (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)

Can Mushrooms Help Fight Stormwater Pollution? - Using Wood Chips from Mason PUD 3 Tree Trimming, Donated for Study Purposes (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Salton Sea Failures Hurt California, Audit Shows (Courthouse News Service)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Minnesota: Wind Energy Advocates Urge Renewal of Tax Credit (Minnesota Public Radio)

Listen Up: The Economics of Solar Hot Water Systems (Renewable Energy World)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Ask Umbra: Are My Newfangled Light Bulbs Making My House Cold? (Grist Online)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Coastal Ocean Acidification: Answering the Seattle Times (Cliff Mass Weather Blog, Seattle, WA)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

The Earth’s Winds, Visualized in Glorious Detail (Gizmodo)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Grant PUD Brings High-Speed Wireless Pilot Program to Part of Quincy Valley (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

How Plain, Old Wi-Fi Will Revolutionize the Cellular Industry (Washington Post)

Time Warner Cable Jumps on Comcast Takeover Report (USA Today)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Fire, Police Officials Get Retire-Rehire Deals (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Best & Worst-Run States: Survey of All 50 (USA Today)

GENERAL NEWS

On 50th Anniversary of JFK Death, Dallas Holds First Memorial (Reuters)

Wild Winter this Year? Not Likely, NOAA Forecasts (Associated Press)

Deadly ‘Knockout Game’ Reported on the West Coast (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

I Can Hear You Now - FCC Considers Allowing In-Flight Cell Phone Use (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

That Stinks! Roadside ‘Potty Bombs’ Creating Quite a Mess (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Pacific Lutheran, Evergreen, Saint Martin’s - Three South Sound Schools Recognized by U-S News in Rankings of Best Colleges for Veterans (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

DIVERSIONS

Inspiring Unilever Ad Gives You Hope for Future Children

People Already Camped Out for Black Friday Admit: “We Are Crazy”

Schedule of CBS News Livestream of JFK Assassination Coverage

In Ruins of Palace, a Wine with Hints of Cinnamon & Top Notes of Antiquity

SONG OF THE DAY

Loggins & Messina - Danny’s Song

Paul Anka & Odia Coates - Your Having My Baby

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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