Monday, June 23, 2014

Energy News Digest for June 23, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Wins $53.1 Million in Legal Fight over Nuclear Waste Facility (Sacramento Bee, CA)

Montana: NorthWest Energy’s Electric Rates among the Highest in the Region (Helena Independent-Record, MT)

Supreme Court Nibbles at EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Powers (Politico, Washington, DC)

Sockeye Showing over 7,000 A Day Past Bonneville, Run Likely to be Twice 2004-13 Average (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

ABA: Lawyers Can Scour Jurors’ Social Media Sites (Associated Press)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Sacramento Municipal Utility District Wins $53.1 Million in Legal Fight over Nuclear Waste Facility
  • Montana: NorthWest Energy’s Electric Rates among the Highest in the Region
  • Power Grid Hidden Marvel of Engineering
  • Energized Innovation - PUD 3 Linemen & Engineers Move Transmission Lines & Poles in Belfair
  • Audio: Andrew York Lineman’s Rodeo
  • FERC Approves Energy Imbalance Market Tariffs, Paving Way for October Start-Up
  • Northern Gateway Pipeline’s Doubled-Up Challenge
  • A Postcard from the Public Power Future
  • Artist’s Birdhouses Have Sacramento Municipal Utility District Scrambling Up Utility Poles
  • Sockeye Showing over 7,000 A Day Past Bonneville, Run Likely to be Twice 2004-13 Average
  • Olympic Peninsula Volunteers Pitching in on Sea Star Wasting Disease Research
  • Pain of California’s Water Shortage is Spreading
  • Skagit PUD Waterline Work Begins Monday
  • No Potash Plant at Port of Vancouver - For Now
  • SoloPower Systems Wires Cash, Extends Lifeline after State of Oregon Demands Payment
  • Idaho Power: Wind Power Intermittent, Short Notice Driving Up Costs
  • Montana: Lightning Strike Melts Cascade County Wind Turbine
  • Initiative for Renewable Power in San Francisco Is Stalling
  • Supreme Court Nibbles at EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Powers
  • U-S Mayors Unanimously Pass Climate Change Ideas
  • Op/Ed: The Coming Climate Crash - Lessons for Climate Change in the 2008 Recession
  • New Bill in Congress Could Help Industrial Facilities Keep Lights On During Power Outages
  • New Rule for Broadband Build Funds
  • Neutrality Begins at Home: How Mayors Could Help Save the Internet
  • Editorial: The Fast Lane to a Closed Internet
  • Editorial: We Can’t Run a School without Broadband
  • Michigan: Seniors Displaced by Fire Could Be Charged for Cable Boxes
  • ABA: Lawyers Can Scour Jurors’ Social Media Sites
  • Facebook, Twitter, Google Score during World Cup
  • Does New OverHeard App Sound Spooky?
  • Online Advertising Explained by Common Craft
  • Watch Mason County Candidates’ Video Sit Downs Here!
  • Lack of Funding Could Close Shelton’s Community Kitchen
  • Port Angeles Man Gets 29 Months in Prison for Bulldozer Rampage
  • Why You Can’t Blame El Niño for Extreme Weather
  • Oregon to Use Radio-Controlled Helicopter on Fires
  • Man Clubbed By Large Limb during Tree Removal, Family Says
  • Pagans Mark Summer Solstice at Replica Stonehenge
WORD OF THE DAY

Sacrosanct • \SACK-roe-sankt\ • Adjective - 1:  most sacred or holy:  inviolable 2:  treated as if holy:  immune from criticism or violation.

See Star Trek’s “A Piece of the Action” episode & its references to THE book. Sacrosanct to the Iotians, the book “Chicago Mobs of the Twenties,” forms the basis of the planet’s entire culture. Geeking done, back to work.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Wins $53.1 Million in Legal Fight over Nuclear Waste Facility (Sacramento Bee, CA)

Montana: NorthWest Energy’s Electric Rates among the Highest in the Region (Helena Independent-Record, MT)

Power Grid Hidden Marvel of Engineering (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Energized Innovation - PUD 3 Linemen & Engineers Move Transmission Lines & Poles in Belfair (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Audio: Andrew York Lineman’s Rodeo (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

Here Are the Andrew York Lineman’s Rodeo Results

FERC Approves Energy Imbalance Market Tariffs, Paving Way for October Start-Up (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

Northern Gateway Pipeline’s Doubled-Up Challenge (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

A Postcard from the Public Power Future (American Public Power Association)

Artist’s Birdhouses Have Sacramento Municipal Utility District Scrambling Up Utility Poles (Sacramento Bee, CA)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Sockeye Showing over 7,000 A Day Past Bonneville, Run Likely to be Twice 2004-13 Average (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Olympic Peninsula Volunteers Pitching in on Sea Star Wasting Disease Research (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Pain of California’s Water Shortage is Spreading (Sacramento Bee, CA)

Skagit PUD Waterline Work Begins Monday (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)

No Potash Plant at Port of Vancouver - For Now (Portland Business Journal, OR)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

SoloPower Systems Wires Cash, Extends Lifeline after State of Oregon Demands Payment (Oregonian, Portland)

Idaho Power: Wind Power Intermittent, Short Notice Driving Up Costs (Boise Weekly, ID)

Montana: Lightning Strike Melts Cascade County Wind Turbine (KRTV-TV, Great Falls MT)

Initiative for Renewable Power in San Francisco Is Stalling (SF Chronicle, CA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Supreme Court Nibbles at EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Powers (Politico, Washington, DC)

U-S Mayors Unanimously Pass Climate Change Ideas (SF Chronicle, CA)

Op/Ed: The Coming Climate Crash - Lessons for Climate Change in the 2008 Recession (NY Times)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

New Bill in Congress Could Help Industrial Facilities Keep Lights On During Power Outages (Triangle Business Journal, NC)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

New Rule for Broadband Build Funds - Things got just a little easier for electric cooperatives seeking a share of the $1.8 billion federal pot for broadband build-out (Electric Co-op Today)

Neutrality Begins at Home: How Mayors Could Help Save the Internet (Gizmodo)

Editorial: The Fast Lane to a Closed Internet - Regulating Broadband Networks Will Preserve an Open Internet (U-S

Editorial: We Can’t Run a School without Broadband (WRAL Raleigh, NC)
http://wraltechwire.com/-we-can-t-run-a-school-without-broadband-/13755900/#VUUJJt393uhw1tpD.99

Michigan: Seniors Displaced by Fire Could Be Charged for Cable Boxes (WWMT-TV, Kalamazoo, MI)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

ABA: Lawyers Can Scour Jurors’ Social Media Sites (Associated Press)

Facebook, Twitter, Google Score during World Cup (USA Today)

Does New OverHeard App Sound Spooky? (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Online Advertising Explained by Common Craft (Common Craft)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Watch Mason County Candidates’ Video Sit Downs Here! (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Lack of Funding Could Close Shelton’s Community Kitchen (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Port Angeles Man Gets 29 Months in Prison for Bulldozer Rampage – Power Outage, Property Damage (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Why You Can’t Blame El Niño for Extreme Weather (Yet) (Mashable)

Oregon to Use Radio-Controlled Helicopter on Fires (Associated Press)

Man Clubbed By Large Limb during Tree Removal, Family Says (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

Pagans Mark Summer Solstice at Replica Stonehenge (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Teens Try to Steal Car but Can’t Drive a Stick Shift

Lightning Strike Knocks Man Out of Steel-Toed Boots

Lightning Safety Awareness Week Runs June 22 through June 28

Chinese Official Sacked for Flood Piggyback

Eight Tiny Sculptures You Can Only See with an Electron Microscope

SONG OF THE DAY

Lou Christie - Lightnin’ Strikes

Chi Coltrane - Thunder & Lightning

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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