Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Energy News Digest for May 13, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

NASA Spots Worrisome Antarctic Ice Sheet Melt (Associated Press)

Fight over Washington State Fish Consumption Rate Heats Up (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Congressman Says Washington State Coal Plan Hurts Montana (Associated Press)

Tacoma’s Click! Cable Service Seeks Nearly 10% Rate Increase (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Mason County Candidate Filing Week – Day 1 (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Congressman Says Washington State Coal Plan Hurts Montana
  • Pipeline, Energy Bill Backers Vow to Keep up Fight
  • Clallam PUD to Raise Electricity Rates by 3.5 Percent Starting in July
  • May 22 Planned Outage – Mason PUD 1 & PUD 3 Customers to be Affected by Bonneville Power Administration Maintenance Work
  • Southern Montana Electric’s Reorganization Plan Moves toward Final Hearing
  • Editorial: Smarter Electricity in New York
  • Public Power: Locally Grown, Locally Owned
  • Beating the Odds to Become First Female Chief Nuclear Officer
  • When Aluminum Cost More than Gold
  • Fight over Washington State Fish Consumption Rate Heats Up
  • Kilmer Advocates for Competition to Reduce Ocean Acidification
  • Questions Arise About Wisdom of Huge China Water Project
  • Tri-Tech Uses Solar Energy in the Classroom
  • More Support for Training Programs at Community Colleges Will Ready More Workers for Solar Jobs 
  • NASA Spots Worrisome Antarctic Ice Sheet Melt
  • University of Washington Researchers Say Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapsing, Rise of Oceans Inevitable
  • Can a City Get to Net Zero? Lancaster, California Mayor Thinks So
  • These Eerie Kinetic Sculptures by the Sea Would Also Make Electricity
  • Tacoma’s Click! Cable Service Seeks Nearly 10% Rate Increase
  • FCC Chairman Revises Net Neutrality Proposal - Initial Plan Was Widely Criticized
  • Trade Group, Lawmaker Question Drive to Classify Broadband as a Utility
  • U-S Supreme Court Case Could Have Major Implications on TV’s Future
  • Sources Say AT&T in Talks to Buy DirecTV for Nearly $50 Billion
  • Rackspace Results Beat Estimates as Web-Hosting Demand Rises
  • Google Search Results Now Limited by European Court
  • Twitter Adding ‘Mute’ Option to Silence Tweets
  • For Marketers, ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Doesn’t Fit in Latin America
  • Mason County Candidate Filing Week – Day 1
  • Election Filings: Cowlitz PUD’s Ketcham Facing Two Challengers from Kalama
  • Pasco Man to Vie for Position as President of Franklin PUD Board
  • Washington State Moratorium on Logging in Slide-Prone Areas Sought
  • Dispute over Dog Shooting Leaves One Man Dead in Lewis County
  • Poor Communication, Tribal Damage Plague Bertha’s Restart
  • Up To 26% Increase in Health-Plan Rates Proposed by Insurers
  • Washington State’s Third-Largest Cherry Crop Queued Up this Season
  • Mount St. Helens Eruption: Where Were You When It Blew?
  • Judge Orders Investigation into Casey Kasem’s Whereabouts - Daughter says ailing man on Washington reservation
WORD OF THE DAY

Tsundoku • \sun-DOE-koo\ • Noun - the act of buying books & not reading them and/or letting books pile up unread on shelves or floors or nightstands.

Subtle tsondoku
Unread books rise silently
A paper fortress

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Congressman Says Washington State Coal Plan Hurts Montana (Associated Press)

Pipeline, Energy Bill Backers Vow to Keep up Fight (Associated Press)

Clallam PUD to Raise Electricity Rates by 3.5 Percent Starting in July (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

May 22 Planned Outage – Mason PUD 1 & PUD 3 Customers to be Affected by Bonneville Power Administration Maintenance Work (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Southern Montana Electric’s Reorganization Plan Moves toward Final Hearing (Associated Press)

Editorial: Smarter Electricity in New York (NY Times)

Public Power: Locally Grown, Locally Owned (American Public Power Association)

Beating the Odds to Become First Female Chief Nuclear Officer (National Public Radio)

When Aluminum Cost More than Gold (Gizmodo)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Fight over Washington State Fish Consumption Rate Heats Up (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Kilmer Advocates for Competition to Reduce Ocean Acidification (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Questions Arise About Wisdom of Huge China Water Project (Sacramento Bee, CA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Tri-Tech Uses Solar Energy in the Classroom (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

More Support for Training Programs at Community Colleges Will Ready More Workers for Solar Jobs (Renewable Energy World)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

NASA Spots Worrisome Antarctic Ice Sheet Melt (Associated Press)

University of Washington Researchers Say Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapsing, Rise of Oceans Inevitable (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Can a City Get to Net Zero? Lancaster, California Mayor Thinks So (Forbes Magazine)

These Eerie Kinetic Sculptures by the Sea Would Also Make Electricity (Gizmodo)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Tacoma’s Click! Cable Service Seeks Nearly 10% Rate Increase (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

FCC Chairman Revises Net Neutrality Proposal - Initial Plan Was Widely Criticized (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Trade Group, Lawmaker Question Drive to Classify Broadband as a Utility (Computer World)

U-S Supreme Court Case Could Have Major Implications on TV’s Future (Christian Science Monitor)

Sources Say AT&T in Talks to Buy DirecTV for Nearly $50 Billion (Reuters)

Rackspace Results Beat Estimates as Web-Hosting Demand Rises (Reuters)

Google Search Results Now Limited by European Court (Christian Science Monitor)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter Adding ‘Mute’ Option to Silence Tweets (San Francisco Business Times, CA)

For Marketers, ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Doesn’t Fit in Latin America (Mashable)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Mason County Candidate Filing Week – Day 1 (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)

Election Filings: Cowlitz PUD’s Ketcham Facing Two Challengers from Kalama (Longview Daily News, WA)

Pasco Man to Vie for Position as President of Franklin PUD Board (Tri-City Herald, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State Moratorium on Logging in Slide-Prone Areas Sought (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Dispute over Dog Shooting Leaves One Man Dead in Lewis County (Associated Press)

Poor Communication, Tribal Damage Plague Bertha’s Restart (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Up To 26% Increase in Health-Plan Rates Proposed by Insurers (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Washington State’s Third-Largest Cherry Crop Queued Up this Season (Northwest Public Radio)

Mount St. Helens Eruption: Where Were You When It Blew? (Oregonian, Portland)

Judge Orders Investigation into Casey Kasem’s Whereabouts - Daughter says ailing man on Washington reservation (Associated Press)

DIVERSIONS

Vegas Sportsbook Favors Seahawks to Win Super Bowl Again in Post-Draft Odds

Brits Do So Much Cocaine, It’s In Their Drinking Water Now

Bobcat Kitten Discovered in Spa Wall

Bears suspected in New Hampshire car break-ins

SONG OF THE DAY

Hank Williams Sr. - You Win Again

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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