Friday, April 18, 2014

Energy News Digest for April 18, 2018

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

U-S Senator Murray, Congressman Hastings Call for Action on Columbia River Treaty (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Pot, Power & Pollution: The Overlooked Impacts of Marijuana Legalization on Utilities & the Environment (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

Klamath Basin Restoration Bill Headed to Congress with Support of Tribes & Ranchers (Northwest Public Radio)

Chelan PUD Wraps Up Work on Rocky Reach Generating Turbines (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

Libraries Seek High-Speed Broadband (NY Times)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • U-S Senator Murray, Congressman Hastings Call for Action on Columbia River Treaty (Tri-City Herald, WA)
  • Pot, Power & Pollution: The Overlooked Impacts of Marijuana Legalization on Utilities & the Environment (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
  • Chelan PUD Wraps Up Work on Rocky Reach Generating Turbines (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
  • Benton PUD to Meet with Public about Electricity Rates (Tri-City Herald, WA)
  • Puget Sound Energy: Energize Eastside Project Sparks Opposition (Bellevue Reporter, WA)
  • Puget Sound Energy Fixing Gas Line Installations that Could Lead to Explosions (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
  • Port Angeles Cat Rescued from Atop Utility Pole (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
  • Tiny Power Plants Hold Promise for Nuclear Energy (Associated Press)
  • Is Your Home’s Energy Meter Spying on You? (Fox News)
  • Wal-Mart Takes on Money Transfer Companies with New Service (Reuters)
  • Grant PUD Using Hatchery-Raised Fish to Test Ladder (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
  • Shellfish Areas on Washington State Coast at Risk of Fecal Bacteria (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
  • EPA Rule to Limit Fish Kills at Power Plants Delayed One Month (Bloomberg News)
  • Klamath Basin Restoration Bill Headed to Congress with Support of Tribes & Ranchers (Northwest Public Radio)
  • California Suffers Astonishingly Fast Snowpack Melt as Drought Intensifies (Mashable)
  • Future Uncertain for Wind Industry Tax Credits – Report cites ‘declining political appetite for wind PTC’ (Free Beacon)
  • Wind Farms Are Less of a Threat to Birds than People Think (Softpedia)
  • Interactive Map: NRECA Cooperatives & Renewable Energy - Electric cooperatives across the country are actively expanding their fuel portfolios to include an array of renewable sources, including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, manure & hydro. (National Electric Cooperative Association)
  • Pull This Cute Portable Radiator around the Room Like a Warm-Bodied Pet (Gizmodo)
  • Study Ties Epic California Drought, ‘Frigid East’ to Manmade Climate Change (The Energy Collective)
  • Rethinking the Climate Change Debate (Bloomberg News)
  • Wall Street Wants to Lend You Money to Fight Climate Change (The Atlantic)
  • European Union EU Green Light for United Kingdom Carbon Capture & Storage Project (British Broadcasting Corporation)
  • Will Utilities Control Behind-The-Meter Solar Batteries? (Midwest Energy News)
  • Libraries Seek High-Speed Broadband (NY Times)
  • How Aereo’s Case May Change TV Bills - Broadcasters are challenging the online video service next week in the Supreme Court (U-S News & World Report)
  • Michaels Confirms Extent of Data Breach, Lists Stores Affected (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
  • Computers Are Lasting Longer: Here’s Why That Is Bad News for Free Geek (Oregonian, Portland)
  • CenturyLink VP: New Mexico Geography Good for Data Centers (Albuquerque Business Journal, NM)
  • Facebook Rolls Out ‘Nearby Friends,’ a Real-Time Friend Tracker (Washington Post)
  • It’s Time to Ditch Facebook & Start Over (Gizmodo)
  • Privacy Concerns? What Google Now Says It Can Do with Your Data (Christian Science Monitor)
  • They May Be Filled with Trolls, But Comments Still Have Value - And They Could Have Even More (GigaOM)
  • Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
  • High Surf Advisory Issued by NWS Portland - Northwest Oregon & Southwest Washington (National Weather Service, Portland, OR)
  • High Wind Event Knocks over Trees at Point Defiance (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
  • Avalanche Sweeps down Everest, Killing at Least 12 (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
  • Those Who Helped Soldier Search Mudslide for His Relatives Shocked at Suicide in Capital Forest (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
  • Washington State Rejects Fed’s Hanford Proposal (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

WORD OF THE DAY

Defeasance • \dih-FEEZ-sunts\ • Noun - 1: the termination of a property interest in accordance with stipulated conditions (as in a deed) 2: an instrument stating such conditions of limitation b: a rendering null or void 2: defeat, overthrow.

Mason PUD 3 is happy today thanks to the impending defeasance of its requirement for certain registration and reliability standards under the Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005. Long time coming, man.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

U-S Senator Murray, Congressman Hastings Call for Action on Columbia River Treaty (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Pot, Power & Pollution: The Overlooked Impacts of Marijuana Legalization on Utilities & the Environment (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

Chelan PUD Wraps Up Work on Rocky Reach Generating Turbines (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

Benton PUD to Meet with Public about Electricity Rates (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Puget Sound Energy: Energize Eastside Project Sparks Opposition (Bellevue Reporter, WA)

Puget Sound Energy Fixing Gas Line Installations that Could Lead to Explosions (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Port Angeles Cat Rescued from Atop Utility Pole (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Tiny Power Plants Hold Promise for Nuclear Energy (Associated Press)

Is Your Home’s Energy Meter Spying on You? (Fox News)

Wal-Mart Takes on Money Transfer Companies with New Service (Reuters)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Grant PUD Using Hatchery-Raised Fish to Test Ladder (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Shellfish Areas on Washington State Coast at Risk of Fecal Bacteria (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

EPA Rule to Limit Fish Kills at Power Plants Delayed One Month (Bloomberg News)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Klamath Basin Restoration Bill Headed to Congress with Support of Tribes & Ranchers (Northwest Public Radio)

California Suffers Astonishingly Fast Snowpack Melt as Drought Intensifies (Mashable)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Future Uncertain for Wind Industry Tax Credits – Report cites ‘declining political appetite for wind PTC’ (Free Beacon)

Wind Farms Are Less of a Threat to Birds than People Think (Softpedia)

Interactive Map: NRECA Cooperatives & Renewable Energy - Electric cooperatives across the country are actively expanding their fuel portfolios to include an array of renewable sources, including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, manure & hydro. (National Electric Cooperative Association)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Pull This Cute Portable Radiator around the Room Like a Warm-Bodied Pet (Gizmodo)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Study Ties Epic California Drought, ‘Frigid East’ to Manmade Climate Change (The Energy Collective)

Rethinking the Climate Change Debate (Bloomberg News)

Wall Street Wants to Lend You Money to Fight Climate Change (The Atlantic)

European Union EU Green Light for United Kingdom Carbon Capture & Storage Project (British Broadcasting Corporation)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Will Utilities Control Behind-The-Meter Solar Batteries? (Midwest Energy News)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Libraries Seek High-Speed Broadband (NY Times)

How Aereo’s Case May Change TV Bills - Broadcasters are challenging the online video service next week in the Supreme Court (U-S News & World Report)

Michaels Confirms Extent of Data Breach, Lists Stores Affected (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)

Computers Are Lasting Longer: Here’s Why That Is Bad News for Free Geek (Oregonian, Portland)

CenturyLink VP: New Mexico Geography Good for Data Centers (Albuquerque Business Journal, NM)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook Rolls Out ‘Nearby Friends,’ a Real-Time Friend Tracker (Washington Post)

It’s Time to Ditch Facebook & Start Over (Gizmodo)

Privacy Concerns? What Google Now Says It Can Do with Your Data (Christian Science Monitor)

They May Be Filled with Trolls, But Comments Still Have Value - And They Could Have Even More (GigaOM)

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

GENERAL NEWS

High Surf Advisory Issued by NWS Portland - Northwest Oregon & Southwest Washington (National Weather Service, Portland, OR)

High Wind Event Knocks over Trees at Point Defiance (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Avalanche Sweeps down Everest, Killing at Least 12 (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Those Who Helped Soldier Search Mudslide for His Relatives Shocked at Suicide in Capital Forest (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Washington State Rejects Fed’s Hanford Proposal (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Puerto Rico Salsa Great Cheo Feliciano Dies in Car Crash

Newborn Kittens Survive Accidentally Getting Packed in a Box & Shipped 130 Miles

Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at 87

Archaeologists Find Ancient Puppy Paw Prints on Roman Tiles

SONG OF THE DAY

Cheo Feliciano – Anacaona

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.