Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Energy News Digest for September 23, 2014


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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Biologists Try to Figure Out Large Fall Chinook Runs (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)

Port Angeles’ Nippon Biomass Cogeneration Plant Targets November 1 Start (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Editorial: It’s Time to Tweak Columbia River Treaty (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Human Role in Warming of Pacific Northwest Played Down (NY Times)

Simpson Lumber Company Explores Possible Sale (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Editorial: It’s Time to Tweak Columbia River Treaty
  • Employee Survey Scorches Management at the Bonneville Power Administration
  • Grays Harbor PUD to Celebrate Public Power Week
  • Pacific Gas & Electric Ranks No. 1 in Smart Meter Deployments
  • Illinois: Commonwealth Edison Must Pay $46 Million
  • Will Pro-Nuclear Abe Government Overcome Japan’s Nuke Fears?
  • A Nuclear Primer - It’s All About Uranium
  • Biologists Try to Figure Out Large Fall Chinook Runs
  • Shellfish Farmers: Willapa Bay Herbicides ‘Work Tremendously’
  • Port Angeles’ Nippon Biomass Cogeneration Plant Targets November 1 Start
  • Portland-Based Element Power Cancels Plans for Missouri’s Largest Wind Farm
  • University of Washington’s Grid Gets Smart with Living Lab
  • Breaking with Tradition, Philips Splits Off Lighting
  • Human Role in Warming of Pacific Northwest Played Down
  • California, Quebec to Hold First Joint Carbon Auction
  • New Carbon Dioxide Emissions Report Shows China’s Central Role in Shaping World’s Climate Path
  • Your Electric Car Isn’t Making California’s Air Any Cleaner
  • What’s Next for Net Neutrality? Five Things We Learned from the Debate Ahead of the FCC’s Decision
  • Google+ Was Never a Good Social Network. But It Didn’t Have to Be
  • Threat to Tax-Exempt Bonds from Tax Reform is Still There, Attorney Tells Public Power Officials
  • Google: We’re Parting with the Climate Change Skeptics at ALEC
  • California Billionaire Tom Steyer Drops $1 Million on Washington State Elections
  • Simpson Lumber Company Explores Possible Sale
  • Simpson Lumber May Sell Longview Mill
  • Our Summer Was Second Hottest Ever
  • Marijuana Legalization Could Mean Millions in Tax Revenue for Florida, Alaska, & Others
WORD OF THE DAY

Enthrall • \in-THRAWL\ • verb - To hold spellbound: charm

Esther sat enthralled in the darkened, cavernous concert hall, her mouth agape…her unblinking eyes focused on the orchestra pit. She had never seen anyone play a glockenspiel with the speed & focus shown by the diminutive musician hammering away at the sparkling metal instrument.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Editorial: It’s Time to Tweak Columbia River Treaty (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Employee Survey Scorches Management at the Bonneville Power Administration (Oregonian, Portland)

Grays Harbor PUD to Celebrate Public Power Week (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Pacific Gas & Electric Ranks No. 1 in Smart Meter Deployments (PG&E Currents)

Illinois: Commonwealth Edison Must Pay $46 Million (Courthouse News Service)

Will Pro-Nuclear Abe Government Overcome Japan’s Nuke Fears? (Christian Science Monitor)

A Nuclear Primer - It’s All About Uranium (Forbes Magazine)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Biologists Try to Figure Out Large Fall Chinook Runs (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Shellfish Farmers: Willapa Bay Herbicides ‘Work Tremendously’ (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Port Angeles’ Nippon Biomass Cogeneration Plant Targets November 1 Start (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Portland-Based Element Power Cancels Plans for Missouri’s Largest Wind Farm (Oregonian, Portland)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

University of Washington’s Grid Gets Smart with Living Lab (Bonneville Power Administration)

Breaking with Tradition, Philips Splits Off Lighting (Reuters)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Human Role in Warming of Pacific Northwest Played Down (NY Times)

California, Quebec to Hold First Joint Carbon Auction (Sacramento Bee, CA)

New Carbon Dioxide Emissions Report Shows China’s Central Role in Shaping World’s Climate Path (NY Times)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Your Electric Car Isn’t Making California’s Air Any Cleaner (Grist Online)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

What’s Next for Net Neutrality? Five Things We Learned from the Debate Ahead of the FCC’s Decision (GigaOM)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Google+ Was Never a Good Social Network. But It Didn’t Have to Be (Washington Post)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Threat to Tax-Exempt Bonds from Tax Reform is Still There, Attorney Tells Public Power Officials (American Public Power Association)

Google: We’re Parting with the Climate Change Skeptics at ALEC (Washington Post)

California Billionaire Tom Steyer Drops $1 Million on Washington State Elections (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

GENERAL NEWS

Simpson Lumber Company Explores Possible Sale (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Simpson Lumber May Sell Longview Mill (Longview Daily News, WA)

Our Summer Was Second Hottest Ever (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

Marijuana Legalization Could Mean Millions in Tax Revenue for Florida, Alaska, & Others (Christian Science Monitor)

DIVERSIONS

You Won’t Get Through Airport Security with 58 Bricks of Pot, 2 Guns & 350 Rounds of Ammo, FYI

Google Street View is Blurring the Faces of Ancient Gods

Mysterious Radar Cloud Over the Midwest Was Actually... Butterflies

Portland Police Protect & Serve Pizza after Crash

SONG OF THE DAY

The Alan Parsons Project - In the Lap of the Gods

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