Thursday, July 3, 2014

Energy News Digest for July 3, 2014

The Energy News Digest will be delighting in the Independence Day Holiday July 4, basking in the rights it enjoys…freedom of speech, right to assemble. The whole works!

Interesting in that while some decry the state of affairs in the U-S, we’re STILL that “shining city on the hill” to nearly everyone else.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Mayor Nixes Raise for Seattle City Light CEO (Northwest Cable News)

Control & Consolidation: Researchers Asked 1,400 Experts to Describe the Biggest Threats to The Web. Here’s What They Said (Washington Post)

Columbia River Salmon Anglers Turning Out for Record Season (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

While You’re Asleep, Electric Car Owners Are Guzzling Power (Mashable)

America’s National Parks & Historic Sites Feel the Heat from Climate Change (Bloomberg News)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Mayor Nixes Raise for Seattle City Light CEO
  • Mayor on Seattle City Light: What Is This, Watergate?
  • Clallam PUD Bill Bump Hits This Week
  • British Columbia: Northwest Transmission Line Too Expensive for Small Business
  • Mason PUD1 Employees Reach Milestone
  • Seventh Circuit Rejects FERC’s Cost-Spreading Mechanism for High-Voltage Transmission, Raising Questions for the Pacific Northwest
  • Electric Co-ops Reverse Slide in Power Sales
  • Greek Unions in Showdown with Government over Planned Electric Utility Sale
  • Columbia River Salmon Anglers Turning Out for Record Season
  • Shrimp’s New Path to the Plate - With Wild Stocks of Shrimp Dwindling, Tank Farming Is on the Rise
  • Portland Bottling Company Faces $450,000 in Fines & Charges for ‘Illicit Discharge’ of Water
  • Columbia Falls Aluminum: Cleaning Up - Glencore Wants ‘Sustainable’ Solution
  • PGE is (Still) Tops for Renewable Energy Buy-In Program
  • Power in the Pipe: Inside a British Columbia Run-of-River Hydro Plant
  • Arizona: Lawsuit Filed over Property Taxes on Solar Panels
  • Old Materials Are Leading to New Innovations for LED Lighting
  • Free Clark County Workshop Showcases Benefits of LED Lighting
  • Home Energy Audit: DIY & Save Money
  • America’s National Parks & Historic Sites Feel the Heat from Climate Change
  • Op/Ed: Obama’s Regulatory Cap-And-Trade Does Not Work for Washington State
  • Pumping Up Awareness - Campaign to Put Climate Change Warnings at Gas Stations
  • While You’re Asleep, Electric Car Owners Are Guzzling Power
  • Why Don’t We Put Solar Panels In The Sahara Desert As A Source Of Electricity?
  • Control & Consolidation: Researchers Asked 1,400 Experts to Describe the Biggest Threats to The Web. Here’s What They Said
  • Op/Ed: How Free Will the Internet Be in 2025?
  • Google Fiber Extends Provo, Utah, Fiber Broadband Sign-Up Through September
  • AT&T Wants to Build a 95-Foot Fake-Tree-Style Cell Tower near Tacoma’s Water Tanks Off South 19th Street
  • Five Things That You Need Always-On Broadband to Accomplish
  • With Apology, Facebook Tries to Defuse Growing Backlash
  • Six New Facts about Facebook
  • ‘Fraiser’ Tries to Fix Twitter Grammar
  • Instagram Started as a Social Network Named After Bourbon
  • Cleaning Up: Schedule Updated for Shelton’s Goose Lake Cleanup Site
  • Severed Cable Leaves 911, Phone Outages in San Juan Islands
  • Washington State Plans to Issue about 20 Pot Retail Licenses Monday
  • Former GOP Governor Looks to Build the ‘Microsoft of Marijuana’
  • Hurricane Season Is Here as Arthur Hits the East Coast
  • Why You Might See More Raccoons Out after the 4th of July
  • Tradition Schmadition - Radio Station KGY Discontinues High School Sports Broadcasts
WORD OF THE DAY

Patriotic • \pay-TREE-ot-tick \ • Adjective - Having or showing great love & support for your country: having or showing patriotism.

Patriotic: It’s not just about blowing stuff up, folks.

“The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even although We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.”

- John Adams July 3, 1776 (the decree was presented July 2 and adopted July 4)

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Mayor Nixes Raise for Seattle City Light CEO (Northwest Cable News)

Mayor on Seattle City Light: What Is This, Watergate? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Clallam PUD Bill Bump Hits This Week (Sequim Gazette, WA)

British Columbia: Northwest Transmission Line Too Expensive for Small Business - Power from $700 million line is unaffordable says wilderness lodge operator (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Mason PUD1 Employees Reach Milestone (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Seventh Circuit Rejects FERC’s Cost-Spreading Mechanism for High-Voltage Transmission, Raising Questions for the Pacific Northwest (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

Electric Co-ops Reverse Slide in Power Sales (Electric Co-op Today)

Greek Unions in Showdown with Government over Planned Electric Utility Sale (U-S News & World Report)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbia River Salmon Anglers Turning Out for Record Season (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Shrimp’s New Path to the Plate - With Wild Stocks of Shrimp Dwindling, Tank Farming Is on the Rise (NY Times)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Portland Bottling Company Faces $450,000 in Fines & Charges for ‘Illicit Discharge’ of Water (Oregonian, Portland)

Columbia Falls Aluminum: Cleaning Up - Glencore Wants ‘Sustainable’ Solution (Hungry Horse News, MT)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

PGE is (Still) Tops for Renewable Energy Buy-In Program (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Power in the Pipe: Inside a British Columbia Run-of-River Hydro Plant (Renewable Energy World)

Arizona: Lawsuit Filed over Property Taxes on Solar Panels (Associated Press)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Old Materials Are Leading to New Innovations for LED Lighting (GigaOM)

Free Clark County Workshop Showcases Benefits of LED Lighting (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Home Energy Audit: DIY & Save Money (KAAL-TV, Austin MN)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

America’s National Parks & Historic Sites Feel the Heat from Climate Change (Bloomberg News)

Op/Ed: Obama’s Regulatory Cap-And-Trade Does Not Work for Washington State (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Pumping Up Awareness - Campaign to Put Climate Change Warnings at Gas Stations Gains Traction in Berkeley & San Francisco (SF Bay Guardian, CA)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

While You’re Asleep, Electric Car Owners Are Guzzling Power (Mashable)

Why Don’t We Put Solar Panels In The Sahara Desert As A Source Of Electricity? (Forbes Magazine)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Control & Consolidation: Researchers Asked 1,400 Experts to Describe the Biggest Threats to The Web. Here’s What They Said (Washington Post)

Op/Ed: How Free Will the Internet Be in 2025? (USA Today)

Google Fiber Extends Provo, Utah, Fiber Broadband Sign-Up Through September (Fierce Telecom)

AT&T Wants to Build a 95-Foot Fake-Tree-Style Cell Tower near Tacoma’s Water Tanks Off South 19th Street (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Five Things That You Need Always-On Broadband to Accomplish (GigaOM)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

With Apology, Facebook Tries to Defuse Growing Backlash (USA Today)

Six New Facts about Facebook (Pew Research Center)

‘Fraiser’ Tries to Fix Twitter Grammar (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Instagram Started as a Social Network Named After Bourbon (Mashable)

GENERAL NEWS

Cleaning Up: Schedule Updated for Shelton’s Goose Lake Cleanup Site (Washington State Department of Ecology)

Severed Cable Leaves 911, Phone Outages in San Juan Islands (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Washington State Plans to Issue about 20 Pot Retail Licenses Monday (Northwest Public Radio)

Former GOP Governor Looks to Build the ‘Microsoft of Marijuana’ (U-S News & World Report)

Hurricane Season Is Here as Arthur Hits the East Coast (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Why You Might See More Raccoons Out after the 4th of July (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Tradition Schmadition - Radio Station KGY Discontinues High School Sports Broadcasts (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

DIVERSIONS

A Gas Station Frank Lloyd Wright Designed 87 Years Ago Is Now Finished

It Takes 155 Million Hot Dogs & 15,000 Fireworks to Celebrate the Fourth of July

Five Ways to Avoid Being Attacked by Crows - Crow Attacks on the Rise during Nesting Season

Berkeley’s Problem Squirrels Spared Mass Extermination

SONG OF THE DAY

Ray Charles - America the Beautiful

Willie Nelson & Friends - America the Beautiful

Marvin Gaye - The Star Spangled Banner

Whitney Houston - The Star Spangled Banner

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.