Thursday, April 24, 2014

Energy News Digest for April 24, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Snake River - Little Goose Dam’s Lock Reopens Ahead of Schedule (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)

Linda Gott, Mason PUD 3 Commissioner, Elected to Energy Northwest Executive Board (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Biologists Watching Fish Runs after Deadly Oso Slide (Associated Press)

Complicating "Coal by Wires" Regulation, Minnesota Court Strikes Down Greenhouse Gas Regulation (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

FCC Revisits the Idea of a Shared “Innovation” Band for Broadband Use (GigaOM)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Snake River - Little Goose Dam’s Lock Reopens Ahead of Schedule (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
  • Linda Gott, Mason PUD 3 Commissioner, Elected to Energy Northwest Executive Board (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
  • Cowlitz County PUD Commissioners Reject Bid to Tighten Access to Public Info Requests (Longview Daily News, WA)
  • Newest Sequim Scam: Stealing from the Deceased – And Tricking PUD Customers (Sequim Gazette, WA)
  • North Dakota OKs Power Line in Historic Battlefield Area (Associated Press)
  • NERC Explains Draft Physical Security Standard, Standards-Setting Process (American Public Power Association)
  • New STEM Index Finds America's STEM Talent Pool Still Too Shallow to Meet Demand (U-S News & World Report)
  • Biologists Watching Fish Runs after Deadly Oso Slide (Associated Press)
  • Lower Columbia Spring Chinook Fishery Ends on a Good Note (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
  • It's Salmon Season (Tri-City Herald, WA)
  • Pacific Northwest Water Users Want Exemption from Salmon Protection (KCET TV, Burbank, CA)
  • In Upper Salmon, A Project for Fish - Multi-Agency Effort Guided By Endangered Species Act (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley, ID)
  • Wood Smoke Woes - Tacoma May Have to Pay More to Maintain Clean Air (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
  • Biomass: The World's Biggest Provider of Renewable Energy (The Energy Collective)
  • Sketchy Claims Inflate BC's Wood Energy Exports (The Tyee, Vancouver, BC)
  • Lawsuit against San Diego Supervisors over Wind Ordinance Set for Court Hearing April 25 (East County Magazine, La Mesa, CA)
  • Bureau of Land Management Advancing Large Calif. Project with Measures to Avoid Condors, Eagles (Governor’s Wind Energy Coalition)
  • Google and SunPower Join Forces to Fund Solar Homes (Forbes Magazine)
  • Energy Storage: The Key to a Smarter Power Grid (British Broadcasting Corporation)
  • LED-Maker Cree in the Dark after Earnings, But Talks up Possible Acquisitions (Forbes Magazine)
  • Complicating "Coal by Wires" Regulation, Minnesota Court Strikes Down Greenhouse Gas Regulation (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)
  • Record Ice Covers Large Chunk of Great Lakes (USA Today)
  • This Is the Simplest Explanation of Climate Change You'll Ever See (Gizmodo)
  • Consumers Should Recycle Batteries, Though Not Necessarily How Retailer Batteries Plus Has in Marion County (Oregonian, Portland)
  • Intel Tops EPA’s List of Green Power Users – Microsoft Number Three (Albuquerque Business First, NM)
  • The Evergreen State College Featured in Princeton Review's "Green" College Guide (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)
  • Hybrid Cars Vs. Electric Cars: How Do Their Drivers Compare? (Christian Science Monitor)
  • FCC Revisits the Idea of a Shared “Innovation” Band for Broadband Use (GigaOM)
  • FCC Proposal Would End Net Neutrality as We Know It (Mashable)
  • FCC Adds $9 Billion to Broadband Subsidy Fund (Computerworld)
  • Report: Massachusetts Had Third-Highest Internet Connection Speed in U-S in Late 2013 – Washington State Was Number Ten (Boston Business Journal, MA)
  • Users Complain AT&T 'GigaPower' is Nowhere Close to 1 Gbps (Broadband Reports)
  • The One Thing Steve Case Would Change About the Internet (Washington Post)
  • Facebook Reports Big Boost in Sales & Profit, Departure of CFO (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
  • Facebook Passes One Billion Monthly Mobile Users (Mashable)
  • Facebook Isn't Dying, But It Needs to Evolve to Survive (Christian Science Monitor)
  • Internet Users Send 204 Million Emails Per Minute (Mashable)
  • Ronald McDonald Takes to Twitter, Gets Makeover (Associated Press)
  • Magnitude 6.6 Quake Strikes Off Vancouver Island (Associated Press)
  • Wednesday Earthquake near Seabeck (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
  • Washington State’s Governor Triggers Hanford Dispute Resolution (Associated Press)
  • Shale Boom Sends U-S Crude Supply to Highest Since 1930s (Bloomberg News)
  • Fetal Tissue Used to Power Oregon Homes (Associated Press)
  • Seahawks to Host Kickoff of NFL Season vs. Packers; Seattle-Denver September 21 (Associated Press)
  • Seahawks Quarterback Russell Wilson Files for Divorce (Northwest Cable News Network)

WORD OF THE DAY

Bas-relief• \bah-ruh-LEEF\ • Noun - Sculptural relief in which the projection from the surrounding surface is slight and no part of the modeled form is undercut; also: sculpture executed in bas-relief.

See Trajan's Column, Rome, bas-relief, ancient Social Media. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan%27s_Column

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Snake River - Little Goose Dam’s Lock Reopens Ahead of Schedule (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)

Linda Gott, Mason PUD 3 Commissioner, Elected to Energy Northwest Executive Board (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Cowlitz County PUD Commissioners Reject Bid to Tighten Access to Public Info Requests (Longview Daily News, WA)

Newest Sequim Scam: Stealing from the Deceased – And Tricking PUD Customers (Sequim Gazette, WA)

North Dakota OKs Power Line in Historic Battlefield Area (Associated Press)

NERC Explains Draft Physical Security Standard, Standards-Setting Process (American Public Power Association)

New STEM Index Finds America's STEM Talent Pool Still Too Shallow to Meet Demand (U-S News & World Report)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Biologists Watching Fish Runs after Deadly Oso Slide (Associated Press)

Lower Columbia Spring Chinook Fishery Ends on a Good Note (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

It's Salmon Season (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Pacific Northwest Water Users Want Exemption from Salmon Protection (KCET TV, Burbank, CA)

In Upper Salmon, A Project for Fish - Multi-Agency Effort Guided By Endangered Species Act (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley, ID)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Wood Smoke Woes - Tacoma May Have to Pay More to Maintain Clean Air (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Biomass: The World's Biggest Provider of Renewable Energy (The Energy Collective)

Sketchy Claims Inflate BC's Wood Energy Exports (The Tyee, Vancouver, BC)

Lawsuit against San Diego Supervisors over Wind Ordinance Set for Court Hearing April 25 (East County Magazine, La Mesa, CA)

Bureau of Land Management Advancing Large Calif. Project with Measures to Avoid Condors, Eagles (Governor’s Wind Energy Coalition)

Google and SunPower Join Forces to Fund Solar Homes (Forbes Magazine)

Energy Storage: The Key to a Smarter Power Grid (British Broadcasting Corporation)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

LED-Maker Cree in the Dark after Earnings, But Talks up Possible Acquisitions (Forbes Magazine)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Complicating "Coal by Wires" Regulation, Minnesota Court Strikes Down Greenhouse Gas Regulation (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

Record Ice Covers Large Chunk of Great Lakes (USA Today)

This Is the Simplest Explanation of Climate Change You'll Ever See (Gizmodo)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Consumers Should Recycle Batteries, Though Not Necessarily How Retailer Batteries Plus Has in Marion County (Oregonian, Portland)

Intel Tops EPA’s List of Green Power Users – Microsoft Number Three (Albuquerque Business First, NM)

The Evergreen State College Featured in Princeton Review's "Green" College Guide (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

Hybrid Cars Vs. Electric Cars: How Do Their Drivers Compare? (Christian Science Monitor)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC Revisits the Idea of a Shared “Innovation” Band for Broadband Use (GigaOM)

FCC Proposal Would End Net Neutrality as We Know It (Mashable)

FCC Adds $9 Billion to Broadband Subsidy Fund (Computerworld)

Report: Massachusetts Had Third-Highest Internet Connection Speed in U-S in Late 2013 – Washington State Was Number Ten (Boston Business Journal, MA)

Users Complain AT&T 'GigaPower' is Nowhere Close to 1 Gbps (Broadband Reports)

The One Thing Steve Case Would Change About the Internet (Washington Post)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook Reports Big Boost in Sales & Profit, Departure of CFO (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Facebook Passes One Billion Monthly Mobile Users (Mashable)

Facebook Isn't Dying, But It Needs to Evolve to Survive (Christian Science Monitor)

Internet Users Send 204 Million Emails Per Minute (Mashable)

Ronald McDonald Takes to Twitter, Gets Makeover (Associated Press)

GENERAL NEWS

Magnitude 6.6 Quake Strikes Off Vancouver Island (Associated Press)

Wednesday Earthquake near Seabeck (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Washington State’s Governor Triggers Hanford Dispute Resolution (Associated Press)

Shale Boom Sends U-S Crude Supply to Highest Since 1930s (Bloomberg News)

Fetal Tissue Used to Power Oregon Homes (Associated Press)

Seahawks to Host Kickoff of NFL Season vs. Packers; Seattle-Denver September 21 (Associated Press)

Seahawks Quarterback Russell Wilson Files for Divorce (Northwest Cable News Network)

DIVERSIONS

This is AWESOME! An Orchestra of Drones Will Rule Mankind with Sweet Tunes

Downer - Ovation Guitar Factory in Connecticut Closing This Summer after 47 Years (I Have A Ukulele Version of This Guitar…Very Cool)

The Dictionary Has Been Wrong About Siphons for 99 Years

We Could See You in the Gas Tank Later, Alligator - Researchers Study Producing Biodiesel from Alligators

SONG OF THE DAY

Glen Campbell - Classical Gas (Playing his Ovation Guitar)

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.


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