Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Energy News Digest for October 14, 2014

Energy News Digest for October 14, 2014


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Hot Shots – Today’s Top Five Stories

Why Washington State Regulators Want to Slash PacifiCorp’s Proposed 8.5 Percent Rate Hike (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Washington State Tribal Fishing Rights Cases Hit the 9th Circuit (Courthouse News Service)

British Columbia: Adams River Sockeye Salmon Run near Kamloops Draws Crowds (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Oregon Regulators to Eliminate Some Popular Weatherization Incentives (Oregonian, Portland)

Climate Change Threatens National Security, Pentagon Says (Washington Post)

News Highlights (Details Below)
  1. Why Washington State Regulators Want to Slash PacifiCorp’s Proposed 8.5 Percent Rate Hike
  2. Tacoma Council Would Have Say in Selection of Tacoma Public Utilities Boss with Proposed Charter Change
  3. Balloons Caused Pasco’s Sunday Power Outage
  4. Fitch Rates Grant County PUD’s Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project Bonds ‘AA’
  5. Grant PUD, Wanapum Hosting Archaeology Days This Week
  6. Washington State Tribal Fishing Rights Cases Hit the 9th Circuit
  7. British Columbia: Adams River Sockeye Salmon Run near Kamloops Draws Crowds
  8. Cedar River’s Restored Habitat Provides Ideal Spawning Conditions for Chinook
  9. Local Veterinarians Urge Caution for Dogs with Salmon Poisoning
  10. Idaho: Impacted Wildlife Habitat Includes Black Canyon Dam
  11. Often Pesky Beavers Put to Work Restoring Streams
  12. Wolverines Need Protection, Wildlife Groups Charge in Lawsuit against Federal Government
  13. Energy for a Rainy Day, or a Windless One
  14. Grab the Low-hanging Fruit: Use Solar Forecasting Before Storage to Stabilize the Grid
  15. Oregon Regulators to Eliminate Some Popular Weatherization Incentives
  16. EPA Lauds Camas School District for Energy Reductions
  17. Energy Savings Myths
  18. OLED Lighting Sheets Could Replace Bulbs & Halve Your Lighting Bill
  19. The Great Washer Debate: Are Front-Loaders Really Better?
  20. Climate Change Threatens National Security, Pentagon Says
  21. Low-Carbon Fuels in Washington: Is Mandate Needed to Spur Technological Breakthrough?
  22. Net-Zero Neighborhoods Gaining Traction
  23. Cities Comcast is Leaving Say Company Providing Few Answers
  24. Aereo to the FCC: Let Us Join the Cable Companies We Tried to Replace
  25. Photo-Saving Service Snapsaved.com Claims Hackers Stole Snapchat Images
  26. Most Consumers Have No Idea What a Gigabit Is
  27. Pasadena Water & Power Uses Film (Video) to Engage Community in IRP Process
  28. McDonald’s Says It’s Going to Start Answering Your Questions with “Real” Answers
  29. 12 Inventive Vines That’ll Spark Your Own Creative Juices
  30. Divide Deep over Marijuana in Rural Areas
  31. Airway Heights Neighbors Concerned about New Marijuana Grow
Word of the Day

Frigorific • \frig-uh-RIFF-ik\ • adjective - Causing cold: chilling

“This frigorific weather is unbearable,” grunted the all-electric home customer during a short outage. “Let’s turn up the heat to full blast so the house warms up quickly when the lights come back on,” the bright-bulbed visitor from warmer climates exclaimed.

Energy & Utility Issues

Why Washington State Regulators Want to Slash PacifiCorp’s Proposed 8.5 Percent Rate Hike (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Tacoma Council Would Have Say in Selection of Tacoma Public Utilities Boss with Proposed Charter Change (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Payroll Advisory)

Balloons Caused Pasco’s Sunday Power Outage (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Fitch Rates Grant County PUD’s Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project Bonds ‘AA’ (Yahoo! Finance)

Grant PUD, Wanapum Hosting Archaeology Days This Week (Ifiber One News, Ephrata, WA)

Fish & Wildlife

Washington State Tribal Fishing Rights Cases Hit the 9th Circuit (Courthouse News Service)

British Columbia: Adams River Sockeye Salmon Run near Kamloops Draws Crowds (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Cedar River’s Restored Habitat Provides Ideal Spawning Conditions for Chinook (Northwest Salmon)

Local Veterinarians Urge Caution for Dogs with Salmon Poisoning (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Idaho: Impacted Wildlife Habitat Includes Black Canyon Dam (Emmett Messenger-Index, ID)

Often Pesky Beavers Put to Work Restoring Streams (Associated Press)

Wolverines Need Protection, Wildlife Groups Charge in Lawsuit against Federal Government (Associated Press)

Renewable/Alternative Energy

Energy for a Rainy Day, or a Windless One (NY Times)

Grab the Low-hanging Fruit: Use Solar Forecasting Before Storage to Stabilize the Grid (Renewable Energy World)

Conservation & Efficiency

Oregon Regulators to Eliminate Some Popular Weatherization Incentives (Oregonian, Portland)

EPA Lauds Camas School District for Energy Reductions (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Energy Savings Myths (Forbes Magazine)

OLED Lighting Sheets Could Replace Bulbs & Halve Your Lighting Bill (Gizmodo)

The Great Washer Debate: Are Front-Loaders Really Better? (USA Today)

Climate Change Sequestration Vault

Climate Change Threatens National Security, Pentagon Says (Washington Post)

Low-Carbon Fuels in Washington: Is Mandate Needed to Spur Technological Breakthrough? (Washington State Wire)

Barrel O’ Green Potpourri

Net-Zero Neighborhoods Gaining Traction (Renewable Energy World)

Technology & Telecommunications

Cities Comcast is Leaving Say Company Providing Few Answers (Broadband Reports)

Aereo to the FCC: Let Us Join the Cable Companies We Tried to Replace (Washington Post)

Photo-Saving Service Snapsaved.com Claims Hackers Stole Snapchat Images (Reuters)

Most Consumers Have No Idea What a Gigabit Is (Broadband Reports)

Social Media & Marketing

Pasadena Water & Power Uses Film (Video) to Engage Community in IRP Process (American Public Power Association)

McDonald’s Says It’s Going to Start Answering Your Questions with “Real” Answers (Consumerist – This should go well, right?)

12 Inventive Vines That’ll Spark Your Own Creative Juices (Mashable)

General News

Divide Deep over Marijuana in Rural Areas (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)

Airway Heights Neighbors Concerned about New Marijuana Grow (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)

Diversions

A Missing Parrot with a British Accent Returns Home after Four Years Speaking Spanish

Everyone Wants to Know What Thieves Are Planning to Do With 18 Tons of Crisco

Watch Drone Flyers Compete in a Star Wars–Style Race in a French Forest

A Retired Businessman Unearthed $1 Million Worth of Viking Treasures in Scotland

Song of the Day

Paul Simon – Slip Sliding Away (demo cut)

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