Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Energy News Digest for January 14, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

The Rains Came Late, But Snowpack’s Not a Concern - January’s precipitation has already surpassed December’s total (Everett Herald, WA)

Salmon-Eating Wolverines Found for First Time on Island Off British Columbia’s Coast (The Province, Vancouver, BC)

Scammers Targeting Local Utility Customers (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

Google to Buy Nest for $3.2B in Quest for the ‘Conscious Home’ (CNET News)

Op/Ed: America’s Most Underutilized Resource? Plain Old Telephone Poles (Washington Post)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Scammers Targeting Local Utility Customers
  • Mason PUD 3’s Financial Reporting Wins Recognition from International Finance Organization
  • Clallam PUD Audit is Spotless
  • How Smart Meters Are Helping Utilities with Voltage Management
  • Salmon-Eating Wolverines Found for First Time on Island Off British Columbia’s Coast
  • Elwha River Fireworks - Glines Canyon Blasting Likely to Resume This Week After Winds Delayed Weekend Plans
  • The Rains Came Late, But Snowpack’s Not a Concern
  • Idaho Water Director Warns He May Have to Curtail Groundwater Use
  • With a Trickle, Not a Flood, West Virginia Water Restrictions Are Ending
  • Wind Turbine Photos: Access from Puget Sound Energy Key to Making Unique Images
  • Straw to Be Turned into Power
  • Google to Buy Nest for $3.2B in Quest for the ‘Conscious Home’
  • PNNL Research Finds Highly Insulating Windows Come At High Cost
  • Energy Efficiency Can Reduce the Cost of Home Heating
  • Antarctica: Pine Island Glacier’s Retreat ‘Irreversible’
  • Seattle Scientist Distills 2,200-Page Report into Haiku
  • LEED Certification’s Impact on America by the Numbers
  • Electric Cars May Hold Solution for Power Storage
  • Op/Ed: America’s Most Underutilized Resource? Plain Old Telephone Poles
  • AT&T Plans Massive Small Cell Push
  • Meet the Man Upgrading Britain’s Broadband
  • Twelve Outdated Web Features That Need to Disappear in 2014
  • How Israel & Hamas Weaponized Social Media
  • What to Do If Westboro Baptist Church Shows Up on Your Doorstep
  • Three Vehicles Hit Herd of Elk on Highway 12 near Satsop
  • U-S December Budget Surplus $53 Billion

WORD OF THE DAY

Wangle • \WANG-gull\ • Verb - 1: to resort to trickery or devious methods 2: to adjust or manipulate for personal or fraudulent ends 3: to make or get by devious means: finagle

Wangle and Fritter
Fish and politics don’t mix
You can’t swim in spin

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Scammers Targeting Local Utility Customers (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

Mason PUD 3’s Financial Reporting Wins Recognition from International Finance Organization (Mason County PUD 3)

Clallam PUD Audit is Spotless (Sequim Gazette, WA)

How Smart Meters Are Helping Utilities with Voltage Management (GreenTech Grid)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Salmon-Eating Wolverines Found for First Time on Island Off British Columbia’s Coast (The Province, Vancouver, BC)

Elwha River Fireworks - Glines Canyon Blasting Likely to Resume This Week After Winds Delayed Weekend Plans (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

The Rains Came Late, But Snowpack’s Not a Concern - January’s precipitation has already surpassed December’s total (Everett Herald, WA)

Idaho Water Director Warns He May Have to Curtail Groundwater Use (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

With a Trickle, Not a Flood, West Virginia Water Restrictions Are Ending (Cable News Network)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Wind Turbine Photos: Access from Puget Sound Energy Key to Making Unique Images (Oregonian, Portland)

Straw to Be Turned into Power (Manitoba Co-Operator)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Google to Buy Nest for $3.2B in Quest for the ‘Conscious Home’ (CNET News)

PNNL Research Finds Highly Insulating Windows Come At High Cost (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)

Energy Efficiency Can Reduce the Cost of Home Heating (Huntington Herald-Dispatch, WV)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Antarctica: Pine Island Glacier’s Retreat ‘Irreversible’ (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Seattle Scientist Distills 2,200-Page Report into Haiku (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

LEED Certification’s Impact on America by the Numbers (The Energy Collective)

Electric Cars May Hold Solution for Power Storage (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Op/Ed: America’s Most Underutilized Resource? Plain Old Telephone Poles (Washington Post)

AT&T Plans Massive Small Cell Push (Broadband Reports)

Meet the Man Upgrading Britain’s Broadband (The Telegraph, UK)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Twelve Outdated Web Features That Need to Disappear in 2014 (Mashable)

How Israel & Hamas Weaponized Social Media (CNET News)

What to Do If Westboro Baptist Church Shows Up on Your Doorstep (Christian Science Monitor)

GENERAL NEWS

Three Vehicles Hit Herd of Elk on Highway 12 near Satsop (Associated Press)

U-S December Budget Surplus $53 Billion (MarketWatch)

DIVERSIONS

The Anatomy of Toys & Characters Will Ruin Your Memories Forever

NFL’s Colin Kaepernick vs. Russell Wilson: A Tale of Two Instagrams

Jim Beam Acquired - Japanese Company to Buy Beam, Inc.

What Happens When You Let the Internet Name a Baby

SONG OF THE DAY

Willie Nelson - Whiskey River

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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