Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Energy News Digest for February 25, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Supreme Court Skeptical of Greenhouse Gas Permits (USA Today)

Anita Decker Named New Executive Director of Northwest Public Power Association (NWPPA)

Local Rivers High, Fast, Cold, Full of Debris (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

Verizon, AT&T Say Netflix Will Pay Them Too (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Facebook Closes Down Email Addresses (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Anita Decker Named New Executive Director of Northwest Public Power Association
  • Mason PUD 3’s Lake Cushman Project Aims to Repair Storm Damaged Power Lines
  • Grays Harbor PUD Warns of Phone Scam
  • British Columbia: Poles Chopped Down, Transformers Stripped in Brazen Langley Copper Wire Theft 
  • How Co-ops Can Help Key Accounts After Storms
  • U-S Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Grid Cost-Allocation Ruling
  • Alcoa Reaches Electricity Deal with Hydro-Quebec
  • Hanford Reach Salmon Thriving After Controlling Water Release from Dam
  • USDA Spending $3 Million to Feed Honeybees in Midwest
  • Local Rivers High, Fast, Cold, Full of Debris
  • People Who Draw Directly from Lake Whatcom Urged to Boil Water
  • Will California Get Smart About Water?
  • Texas: As Water Usage Drops, Austin Officials Weigh Higher Rates
  • Can You Make a Wind Turbine Without Fossil Fuels?
  • Supreme Court Skeptical of Greenhouse Gas Permits
  • Did EPA Overstep in Tackling Global Warming? Supreme Court Sharply Split
  • U-S Readies Big-Data Dump on Climate & Weather
  • Volcanoes Helped Slow Global Warming, Livermore Scientists Conclude
  • Climate Engineering May Do More Harm than Good, According to New Research
  • What Do You Do with a 2.5 Million Ton Pile of Trash?
  • Verizon, AT&T Say Netflix Will Pay Them Too
  • Why Your Broadband is So Bad That Netflix Has to Pay for Special Access
  • TV Networks Are Lining Up to Denounce Aereo to the Supremes
  • North Carolina: Analyst Says Google Fiber Would Spark Internet Service ‘Renaissance’
  • Comcast to ‘Help’ Consumers by Raising Rates in Washington State
  • Facebook Closes Down Email Addresses
  • Selfies Have Led to a Head Lice Epidemic
  • John Dingell: Five Must-Knows About the Longest-Serving Member of Congress
  • Skull in Westport Crab Pot Confirmed Human, FBI Now Involved
  • 2013: A Good Year for West Coast Log & Lumber Exports
  • Carbon Monoxide Suspected in Deaths of Four Idaho Family Members
  • Trustee Lawyer: Ex-Pettit Oil Customers Should Gain Reimbursement
  • This Year’s Crazy Weather is Freezing the Economy
  • Weather Eye: ‘Old Farmer’s Almanac’ Correctly Predicted This Harsh Winter

WORD OF THE DAY

Monopsony • \muh-NOP-su-nee\ • Noun – A sale apparently limited to one buyer.

Buy my goods kind sir
You’re my only customer
Monopsony, yes!

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Anita Decker Named New Executive Director of Northwest Public Power Association (NWPPA)

Mason PUD 3’s Lake Cushman Project Aims to Repair Storm Damaged Power Lines (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Grays Harbor PUD Warns of Phone Scam (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

British Columbia: Poles Chopped Down, Transformers Stripped in Brazen Langley Copper Wire Theft (Vancouver Sun, BC)

How Co-ops Can Help Key Accounts After Storms (Electric Co-op Today)

U-S Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Grid Cost-Allocation Ruling (Platts)

Alcoa reaches electricity deal with Hydro-Quebec “…Alcoa had threatened…to close its facilities in Quebec if Hydro-Quebec refused to lower its electricity rates…” (Globe & Mail, Canada)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Hanford Reach Salmon Thriving After Controlling Water Release from Dam (Tri-City Herald, WA)

USDA Spending $3 Million to Feed Honeybees in Midwest (Tri-City Herald, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Local Rivers High, Fast, Cold, Full of Debris (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

People Who Draw Directly from Lake Whatcom Urged to Boil Water (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

Will California Get Smart About Water? (The Energy Collective)

Texas: As Water Usage Drops, Austin Officials Weigh Higher Rates (Austin Business Journal, TX)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Can You Make a Wind Turbine Without Fossil Fuels? (The Energy Collective)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Supreme Court Skeptical of Greenhouse Gas Permits (USA Today)

Did EPA Overstep in Tackling Global Warming? Supreme Court Sharply Split (Christian Science Monitor)

U-S Readies Big-Data Dump on Climate & Weather (Mashable)

Volcanoes helped slow global warming, Livermore scientists conclude (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Climate Engineering May Do More Harm than Good, According to New Research (The Carbon Brief)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

What Do You Do with a 2.5 Million Ton Pile of Trash? (Longview Daily News, WA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Verizon, AT&T Say Netflix Will Pay Them Too (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Why Your Broadband is So Bad That Netflix Has to Pay for Special Access (Think Progress)

TV Networks Are Lining Up to Denounce Aereo to the Supremes (New York Business Journal)

North Carolina: Analyst Says Google Fiber Would Spark Internet Service ‘Renaissance’ (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

Comcast to ‘Help’ Consumers by Raising Rates in Washington State (Broadband Reports)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook Closes Down Email Addresses (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

Selfies Have Led to a Head Lice Epidemic (Gizmodo)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

John Dingell: Five Must-Knows About the Longest-Serving Member of Congress (Christian Science Monitor)

GENERAL NEWS

Skull in Westport Crab Pot Confirmed Human, FBI Now Involved (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

2013: A Good Year for West Coast Log & Lumber Exports (Northwest Public Radio)

Carbon Monoxide Suspected in Deaths of Four Idaho Family Members (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Trustee Lawyer: Ex-Pettit Oil Customers Should Gain Reimbursement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

This Year’s Crazy Weather is Freezing the Economy (Washington Post)

Weather Eye: ‘Old Farmer’s Almanac’ Correctly Predicted This Harsh Winter (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Moon Struck by ‘Extraordinary’ Asteroid Blast

Why the Same Side of the Moon Always Faces the Earth

Player Leaves NFL Combine After ‘Hearing God;’ Says He’ll Play for Seahawks

Bible Saves Man’s Life by Acting as a Bulletproof Vest

SONG OF THE DAY

Pink Floyd - Brain Damage/Eclipse

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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