Monday, November 25, 2013

Energy News Digest for November 25, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Wind Energy Company Pleads Guilty to Wyoming Eagle Deaths (Associated Press)

Former Energy Secretary Calls for More Canada/U-S Co-Operation on Renewables - Like Hydroelectricity (Nanaimo Daily News, BC)

Idaho’s Governor Finds Major Ally on Grouse, Power Line (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

Orcas Power & Light Speeds Up Broadband Project (The Island Sounder, Eastsound, WA)

Franklin Pierce School District Gets Tacoma Power Rebate for $2 Million Power Project (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Idaho’s Governor Finds Major Ally on Grouse, Power Line
  • IDACORP CEO LaMont Keen to Retire, Leadership Succession Actions Announced
  • Bonneville Power Administration Increases Challenge Cheney Light
  • Snohomish PUD Taking Donations to Help Families in Need Pay Bills
  • Executive Director of Northwest Public Power Association to Retire in March
  • Canada: Pipeline Company Enbridge Plans Hydro Project; Environmental Group Argues Dam Would Endanger Salmon
  • LaFleur Named Acting FERC Chairman
  • FERC Approves New Small Generator Interconnection Procedures
  • What Does an All-of-the-Above National Energy Policy Mean?
  • United Kingdom: Why Is Everyone So Angry About Generating Energy?
  • GoldieBlox Ad Encourages Girls to Try Engineering - The building toy aims to inspire girls to think beyond pink & princesses
  • Hood River Chinook Rebound
  • ODFW Seeks Comments on Proposals to Waive Fish Passage at Two Eastern Oregon Dams
  • Chester Dam Project Expected to Benefit Fish on Henry’s Fork
  • Idaho: Project Aim - Restore Native Fish
  • Bureau of Land Management Gets Tough on Oregon Sage Grouse Protection to Avoid Harsher Listing
  • Everett Denying Some Claims from Overflowing Sewage
  • Wind Energy Company Pleads Guilty to Wyoming Eagle Deaths
  • Former Energy Secretary Calls for More Canada/U-S Co-Operation on Renewables - Like Hydroelectricity
  • With ISO Vote, Energy Imbalance Market Begins to Take Shape
  • Your Solar Panels Aren’t Facing the Wrong Way
  • Franklin Pierce School District Gets Tacoma Power Rebate for $2 Million Power Project
  • Energy-Conserving Homes May Soon Get Rewards from a Major Mortgage Insurer
  • Good Attic Ventilation - It’s More Important & More Attainable than You May Think
  • State Of California’s Carbon Permits Raise $297 Million
  • Stevens Pass on List of Ten Greenest Ski Resorts
  • Medford Receives Federal ‘Green’ Designation
  • Electric Vehicles Approach Tipping Point
  • Orcas Power & Light Speeds Up Broadband Project
  • Mobile Broadband, Free Wi-Fi, Tablets Killing TV, Statistics Show
  • Cable Consolidation Isn’t About TV: It’s About Broadband
  • What an Anonymous British Sheep Farmer Can Teach Us about the Power of Twitter
  • On the Job: Use the Right Words to Get Results
  • Top Five Reasons People Love Their Jobs & How You Can Love Yours, Too
  • Jack Graham: Scorching Email Exchange with Portland’s Top Accountant the Tipping Point in Downfall
  • Small Earthquake on Tahuya Peninsula
  • The Rock Doc: Cascadia Earthquake Could Bring Severe Damage to West Coast
  • Mostly Dry Thanksgiving Week in Washington State
  • Air Stagnation Advisory for Mason County
  • Washington Judge Tosses Out Ethics Board Fine for Corrections Manager
  • FCC Chairman Says He Even Opposes In-Flight Calls
  • Thanksgiving-Hanukkah Overlap Spurs Thanks, Angst

WORD OF THE DAY

Discomfiture • \diss-KUMP-fitch-err\ • Noun - The act of being upset or confused.

Woolen underwear
Exquisite discomfiture
Can’t sit still in this

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Idaho’s Governor Finds Major Ally on Grouse, Power Line (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

IDACORP CEO LaMont Keen to Retire, Leadership Succession Actions Announced (PR Newswire)

Bonneville Power Administration Increases Challenge Cheney Light (Cheney Free Press, WA – Paywall Advisory: ironic isn’t it?)

Snohomish PUD Taking Donations to Help Families in Need Pay Bills (Everett Herald, WA)

Executive Director of Northwest Public Power Association to Retire in March (American Public Power Association)

Canada: Pipeline Company Enbridge Plans Hydro Project; Environmental Group Argues Dam Would Endanger Salmon (Victoria Time Colonist, BC)

LaFleur Named Acting FERC Chairman (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

FERC Approves New Small Generator Interconnection Procedures (American Public Power Association)

What Does an All-of-the-Above National Energy Policy Mean? (The Energy Collective)

United Kingdom: Why Is Everyone So Angry About Generating Energy? (British Broadcasting Corporation)

GoldieBlox Ad Encourages Girls to Try Engineering - The building toy aims to inspire girls to think beyond pink & princesses (U-S News & World Report)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Hood River Chinook Rebound (Corvallis Gazette-Times, OR)

ODFW Seeks Comments on Proposals to Waive Fish Passage at Two Eastern Oregon Dams (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Chester Dam Project Expected to Benefit Fish on Henry’s Fork (KPVI-TV, Pocatello, ID)

Idaho: Project Aim - Restore Native Fish (Bonners Ferry Herald, ID)

Bureau of Land Management Gets Tough on Oregon Sage Grouse Protection to Avoid Harsher Listing (Oregonian, Portland)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Everett Denying Some Claims from Overflowing Sewage (Everett Herald, WA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Wind Energy Company Pleads Guilty to Wyoming Eagle Deaths (Associated Press)

Former Energy Secretary Calls for More Canada/U-S Co-Operation on Renewables - Like Hydroelectricity (Nanaimo Daily News, BC)

With ISO Vote, Energy Imbalance Market Begins to Take Shape (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

Your Solar Panels Aren’t Facing the Wrong Way (Forbes Magazine)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Franklin Pierce School District Gets Tacoma Power Rebate for $2 Million Power Project (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Energy-Conserving Homes May Soon Get Rewards from a Major Mortgage Insurer (Washington Post)

Good Attic Ventilation - It’s More Important & More Attainable than You May Think (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

State Of California’s Carbon Permits Raise $297 Million (Sacramento Bee, CA)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Stevens Pass on List of Ten Greenest Ski Resorts (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Medford Receives Federal ‘Green’ Designation (Medford Mail Tribune, OR)

Electric Vehicles Approach Tipping Point (The Energy Collective)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Orcas Power & Light Speeds Up Broadband Project (The Island Sounder, Eastsound, WA)

Mobile Broadband, Free Wi-Fi, Tablets Killing TV, Statistics Show (Slashgear)

Cable Consolidation Isn’t About TV: It’s About Broadband (GigaOM)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

What an Anonymous British Sheep Farmer Can Teach Us about the Power of Twitter (GigaOM)

On the Job: Use the Right Words to Get Results (USA Today)

Top Five Reasons People Love Their Jobs & How You Can Love Yours, Too (Mashable)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Jack Graham: Scorching Email Exchange with Portland’s Top Accountant the Tipping Point in Downfall (Oregonian, Portland)

GENERAL NEWS

Small Earthquake on Tahuya Peninsula (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

The Rock Doc: Cascadia Earthquake Could Bring Severe Damage to West Coast (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Mostly Dry Thanksgiving Week in Washington State (Associated Press)

Air Stagnation Advisory for Mason County (National Weather Service, Seattle, WA)

Washington Judge Tosses Out Ethics Board Fine for Corrections Manager (Associated Press)

FCC Chairman Says He Even Opposes In-Flight Calls (Associated Press)

Thanksgiving-Hanukkah Overlap Spurs Thanks, Angst (Associated Press)

DIVERSIONS

‘Name-Dropping’ Burglary Suspect Leaves Clues for Cops

Butterball Investigates Underweight Gobblers (Associated Press)

Pilot Protests $3,000 Bill for Landing on Pennsylvania Turnpike

For Whom the Bell Cracks; Harvard Sues Over Defective Clapper

SONG OF THE DAY

Anita Ward - Ring my Bell (syndrums & rototoms, oh my!)

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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