Monday, December 1, 2014

Energy News Digest for December 1, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Grant PUD Begins Raising Wanapum Pool (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Inland Power & Light Tries Community Solar Projects (Associated Press)

Oregon Proposes Tax Credit Rollback for Biomass (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Editorial: Columbia Generating Station - Study against Nuclear Power Plant Lacks Credibility (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Idaho’s Sockeye Salmon Success Could Be Blueprint (Associated Press)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  1. Grant PUD Begins Raising Wanapum Pool
  2. Editorial: Columbia Generating Station - Study against Nuclear Power Plant Lacks Credibility
  3. EPA Urged Not To Include Nuclear Units under Construction in Calculation of State Carbon Dioxide Goals
  4. Op/Ed: New Jersey Can Use Nuclear Power to Diversify Its Energy Supply
  5. Western Area Power Administration Agrees to Settlement in Southwest Blackout
  6. A Fresh Look at Power Lines, Cancer & the Dread-to-Risk Ratio
  7. December 4 Confirmation Hearing Date Set for Colette Honorable
  8. Idaho’s Sockeye Salmon Success Could Be Blueprint
  9. Lake Cle Elum Proposal Geared to Help Efforts to Recover Native Fishery
  10. Chehalis Basin Work Group Celebrates ‘Historic Step Forward’ on Handling Flooding
  11. Inland Power & Light Tries Community Solar Projects
  12. Oregon Proposes Tax Credit Rollback for Biomass
  13. For Struggling Rural Communities, Wind Farms a Welcome Boon
  14. Spinning Off Baseload Resources – German Utility Company E.ON to Focus on Renewables
  15. California Motorists to Begin Shouldering Costs of Carbon Auction
  16. Executive Orders & Carbon Emissions: Can Governor Inslee Establish A Low Carbon Fuel Standard Without Legislation?
  17. Op/ED: Governor & Washington State Carbon Emissions Reduction Taskforce Should Carefully Consider Climate Policy
  18. Washington State Governor Jay Inslee Seeks Tax Breaks, Maybe Car Pool Lanes for Electric Vehicles
  19. Tennessee Fiber Fight: Broadening Broadband Gig City Touted as Model in Broadband Debate
  20. More Data Breaches Expected this Holiday Season
  21. Black Friday Fatigue? Thanksgiving Weekend Sales Slide Eleven Percent
  22. Supreme Court Weighs Limits of Free Speech over the Internet
  23. Congress Crams Unfinished Agenda into Final Days (U-S
  24. Cold Forecast to Ease Midweek in Washington
  25. Shelton Woman Stabbed; Suspect in Custody
  26. New Mason County Superior Court Judge Position Filled
  27. Taylor United Shellfish Company Seeks Permits for Dungeness Bay Geoduck Farm
  28. Incudes Mount Ellinor – Trail Counters Help Monitor Use in Olympic Forest
  29. Giant Sunspot May Cause Massive Solar Storms
  30. Road De-Icing Researchers Say Hold the Salt, Pass the Vodka By-Product
WORD OF THE DAY

Lodestar • \LOAD-star\ • noun - One that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide. The literal, albeit archaic, meaning of “lodestar” is “a star that leads or guides; especially: the North Star.” (The first half of the word derives from the Middle English word “lode,” meaning “course.”)

His realization that woefully outdated generational references and a hyper-nerdish wardrobe were not to his best advantage, Bertrand began to question using Steve Erkle has his cultural and professional lodestar.

Steve Erkle (Wikipedia) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Urkel

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Grant PUD Begins Raising Wanapum Pool (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Editorial: Columbia Generating Station - Study against Nuclear Power Plant Lacks Credibility (Tri-City Herald, WA)

EPA Urged Not To Include Nuclear Units under Construction in Calculation of State Carbon Dioxide Goals (American Public Power Association)

Op/Ed: New Jersey Can Use Nuclear Power to Diversify Its Energy Supply (New Jersey Star Ledger)

Western Area Power Administration Agrees to Settlement in Southwest Blackout (Electric Co-op Today)

A Fresh Look at Power Lines, Cancer & the Dread-to-Risk Ratio “…finds no evidence…of anything approaching a public health concern…” (NY Times)

December 4 Confirmation Hearing Date Set for Colette Honorable (American Public Power Association)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Idaho’s Sockeye Salmon Success Could Be Blueprint (Associated Press)

Lake Cle Elum Proposal Geared to Help Efforts to Recover Native Fishery (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Chehalis Basin Work Group Celebrates ‘Historic Step Forward’ on Handling Flooding (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Inland Power & Light Tries Community Solar Projects (Associated Press)

Oregon Proposes Tax Credit Rollback for Biomass (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

For Struggling Rural Communities, Wind Farms a Welcome Boon (Midwest Energy News)

Spinning Off Baseload Resources – German Utility Company E.ON to Focus on Renewables (Associated Press)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

California Motorists to Begin Shouldering Costs of Carbon Auction (Sacramento Bee, CA)

Executive Orders & Carbon Emissions: Can Governor Inslee Establish A Low Carbon Fuel Standard Without Legislation? (Science, Law & the Environment, Seattle, WA)

Op/ED: Governor & Washington State Carbon Emissions Reduction Taskforce Should Carefully Consider Climate Policy (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee Seeks Tax Breaks, Maybe Car Pool Lanes for Electric Vehicles (Oregonian, Portland)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Tennessee Fiber Fight: Broadening Broadband Gig City Touted as Model in Broadband Debate (Chattanooga Times-Free Press, TN)

More Data Breaches Expected this Holiday Season (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Black Friday Fatigue? Thanksgiving Weekend Sales Slide Eleven Percent (NY Times)

Supreme Court Weighs Limits of Free Speech over the Internet (Associated Press)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Congress Crams Unfinished Agenda into Final Days (U-S News & World Report)

GENERAL NEWS

Cold Forecast to Ease Midweek in Washington State (Associated Press)

Shelton Woman Stabbed; Suspect in Custody (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
http://masonwebtv.com/archives/13928

New Mason County Superior Court Judge Position Filled (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
http://masonwebtv.com/archives/13921

Taylor United Shellfish Company Seeks Permits for Dungeness Bay Geoduck Farm (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Incudes Mount Ellinor – Trail Counters Help Monitor Use in Olympic Forest (Associated Press)

Giant Sunspot May Cause Massive Solar Storms (Mashable)

Road De-Icing Researchers Say Hold the Salt, Pass the Vodka By-Product (Northwest Public Radio)

DIVERSIONS

Price of Doing 12 Days of Christmas Up 1%, Will Now Cost $116,000

Kirk Douglas’ Obit Published by Mistake on ‘People’ Website

Cops: Beau Who Ate Holiday Meal Early Gets Stabbed

Wisconsin: Dispute over Nine-Point Buck Settled with Coin Flip

SONG OF THE DAY

Alex North – Main Theme - Spartacus 1960 Original Soundtrack

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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