Friday, January 31, 2014

Energy News Digest for January 31, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES


Dry Pacific Northwest Winter Raises Concerns about Possible Drought (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

South Idaho Farmers Told to Brace for Water Shutdown (Associated Press)

What Regional Leaders Are Saying about Elliot Mainzer’s Appointment as BPA Administrator (Bonneville Power Administration)

SoloPower Systems Says It Has Lined Up Interim Financing as Bigger Deal Comes Together (Oregonian, Portland)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • What Regional Leaders Are Saying about Elliot Mainzer’s Appointment as BPA Administrator
  • ‘They’re Not Going to Restart Columbia Falls Aluminum’
  • Avista Getting New Computer Systems - Testing Underway for $80 Million Project
  • Oregon: Study Says Cost for Millersburg Electric Utility Would Be $13.6 Million
  • California: City of Davis Has Long Fight Ahead to Break Off From Pacific Gas & Electric
  • Public Power Thrives in City Named for a Radio Show
  • Researchers Get Mixed Results in Studies of How Transmission Lowers Home Values
  • Hydropower in U-S Gets Boost from New Laws. Will Congress Do More?
  • FERC Chair Nomination Included: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
  • Large Chinook Run Set to Rumble through Salmon River
  • Op/Ed: It’s Been a Good Year for Salmon on the Columbia River
  • Is the Annual Monarch Butterfly Migration Coming to an End?
  • Dry Pacific Northwest Winter Raises Concerns about Possible Drought
  • South Idaho Farmers Told to Brace for Water Shutdown
  • California Orders Dozens of Streams Closed to Fishing as Drought Worsens
  • SoloPower Systems Says It Has Lined Up Interim Financing as Bigger Deal Comes Together
  • Forecast: More Wind … Vestas’ Chris Brown Speaks
  • Wave Energy Carpet Needs Help to Roll Out
  • ‘How Do I Know if Green Electricity is Really Green?’
  • To Cut Food Waste Costs, Washington Prison Turns to Worms
  • Farm Bill Supports Renewable Energy, Hemp, Organic Program
  • High Speed Internet Coming to Onalaska
  • Comcast Fights FCC Rate Caps in Spokane Area
  • Idaho $14.5 Million Short on Bill for Broadband in Schools
  • A Case for Cheaper Broadband in Schools
  • Microsoft Board Close to Naming Nadella as New CEO: Source
  • Great, Now Yahoo E-mail Addresses & Passwords Have Been Stolen
  • Washington State Lawmakers Chat Up Per-Mile Road Tax
  • Battered Coastal Paper Mill Now Faces Demolition
  • Eight-Year Sentence for Belfair Felon with Guns
  • Aspiring Marijuana Sellers in Washington, Facing Local Resistance to Legalization, May Get Help from Legislature
  • Recycling Companies Back Up Their Buys & Crack Down on Metal Theft
  • Six Ways to Prepare Yourself for Super Bowl Sunday

WORD OF THE DAY

Orotund • \ORE-uh-tund\ • Adjective - 1: marked by fullness, strength, & clarity of sound: sonorous 2: pompous, bombastic.

The rollers of crashing music washed over Frederick’s dinner guests in orotund waves, its throbbing resonance causing wine glasses to hum to the vibrations of the Wagnerian opera his stereo system was blasting into the enclosed dining space of his small apartment. Conversation was impossible, as was hearing after exposure to the eardrum-bursting concert.

Also, see Seahawks 12th Man.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

What Regional Leaders Are Saying about Elliot Mainzer’s Appointment as BPA Administrator (Bonneville Power Administration)

‘They’re Not Going to Restart Columbia Falls Aluminum’ - Union officials speak up about future of plant (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)

Avista Getting New Computer Systems - Testing Underway for $80 Million Project (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Oregon: Study Says Cost for Millersburg Electric Utility Would Be $13.6 Million (Albany Democrat Herald, OR)

California: City of Davis Has Long Fight Ahead to Break Off From Pacific Gas & Electric (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)

Public Power Thrives in City Named for a Radio Show (American Public Power Association)

Researchers Get Mixed Results in Studies of How Transmission Lowers Home Values (SNL Financial)

Hydropower in U-S Gets Boost from New Laws. Will Congress Do More? (Bloomberg News)

FERC Chair Nomination Included: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts (The White House)

FISH & WILDLIFE


Op/Ed: It’s Been a Good Year for Salmon on the Columbia River (Oregonian, Portland)

Is the Annual Monarch Butterfly Migration Coming to an End? (Christian Science Monitor)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Dry Pacific Northwest Winter Raises Concerns about Possible Drought (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

South Idaho Farmers Told to Brace for Water Shutdown (Associated Press)

California Orders Dozens of Streams Closed to Fishing as Drought Worsens (Sacramento Bee, CA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

SoloPower Systems Says It Has Lined Up Interim Financing as Bigger Deal Comes Together (Oregonian, Portland)

Forecast: More Wind … Vestas’ Chris Brown Speaks (Sustainable Business Oregon)

Wave Energy Carpet Needs Help to Roll Out (Earth Techling)

‘How Do I Know if Green Electricity is Really Green?’ (The Telegraph, UK)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

To Cut Food Waste Costs, Washington Prison Turns to Worms (Christian Science Monitor)

Farm Bill Supports Renewable Energy, Hemp, Organic Program (Sustainable Business)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

High Speed Internet Coming to Onalaska (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

Comcast Fights FCC Rate Caps in Spokane Area (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Idaho $14.5 Million Short on Bill for Broadband in Schools (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

A Case for Cheaper Broadband in Schools (NY Times)

Microsoft Board Close to Naming Nadella as New CEO: Source (Reuters)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Great, Now Yahoo E-mail Addresses & Passwords Have Been Stolen (Consumerist)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Lawmakers Chat Up Per-Mile Road Tax (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

GENERAL NEWS

Battered Coastal Paper Mill Now Faces Demolition (Northwest Public Radio)

Eight-Year Sentence for Belfair Felon with Guns (Associated Press)

Aspiring Marijuana Sellers in Washington, Facing Local Resistance to Legalization, May Get Help from Legislature (Oregonian, Portland)

Recycling Companies Back Up Their Buys & Crack Down on Metal Theft (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)

Six Ways to Prepare Yourself for Super Bowl Sunday (Oregonian, Portland)

DIVERSIONS

This is ESPN – Seahawks-Broncos Edition

Video: Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Denver Mayor Arrested on ‘Colbert Report’

The 12 Weirdest Bets You Can Make on Super Bowl XLVIII

Eight Wines to Pair with Your Fast Food

SONG OF THE DAY

NFL Films Theme song - Classic Battle

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