Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Energy News Digest for January 13, 2015

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

California: Public Utilities Commission Email Scandal Widens to Involve Southern Cal Edison, San Onofre Closure (Utility Dive)

Free Wi-Fi now available in downtown Bainbridge Island – Kitsap PUD Partnership (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)

One More Try: A Renewed Push to Pass Klamath Agreements (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

How Four Brands (and Bob Newhart) Made the Most of College Football’s First Playoff Championship (AdWeek)

Washington State Senate Republicans Bring Back Eyman-Style “Super Majority” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  1. California: Public Utilities Commission Email Scandal Widens to Involve Southern Cal Edison, San Onofre Closure
  2. Oregon Transportation Commission Chair Says the Governor Fired Her for Rejecting Coal Subsidy
  3. Public’s Power – 80 People Attend Two Open Houses on Idaho Power’s Proposed Boardman to Hemingway Power Line
  4. Minnesota: After Clash over Power Lines, Organic Dairy Cedar Summit Farm Closes
  5. Energy Information Administration: Wholesale Power Prices Rose across the Nation in 2014
  6. FERC Conferences to Address Impact of EPA’s Clean Power Plan on Electricity Reliability & Markets
  7. OSHA Extends Delay in Enforcement for Certain Parts of Its Big New Safety Rule
  8. Texas: Firefighters Warn Against Makeshift Power Sources
  9. American Public Power Association’s Policy Makers Council Advocates on Top Priorities for Public Power
  10. One More Try: A Renewed Push to Pass Klamath Agreements
  11. Washington State Department of Ecology Releases ‘Fish Consumption’ Rule
  12. Op/Ed: Wind Energy Hits Headwinds
  13. Americans Like Alternative Energy But Don’t Understand Costs, Survey Finds “…the caution is that if you inform them, you’re going to get lower support…”
  14. Dynamic Tidal Power Technology Advances
  15. Pasco Saves Big from “Energy Star” Schools
  16. Environment, Not Cash, Encourages L.A. Residents to Save Electricity
  17. Cree Sees How Many Suits It Takes to Block Rival LED Lightbulbs
  18. Chart of the Week: The Challenging Banking Climate for Marijuana Businesses
  19. No Smoke, but Haze around E-Joint
  20. Seven Unbelievable Things You Could Buy with Colorado’s Weed Tax Revenue
  21. Energy Department Project Captures & Stores One Million Metric Tons of Carbon
  22. Car Charging Stations Go Unused in Cowlitz County
  23. Free Wi-Fi now available in downtown Bainbridge Island – Kitsap PUD Partnership
  24. Anti-Municipal Broadband Bill Teed Up In Missouri
  25. This Year’s Y2K? ‘Leap Second’ Threatens to Break the Internet
  26. How Four Brands (and Bob Newhart) Made the Most of College Football’s First Playoff Championship
  27. McDonald’s New ‘Signs’ Ad Draw Strong Reactions, Good & Bad
  28. Facebook Will Now Include AMBER Alerts in the News Feed
  29. Stop Putting Your Email Address in Your Email Signature
  30. Washington State Senate Republicans Bring Back Eyman-Style “Super Majority”
  31. Washington Senate Opens with Democratic Insurgency – Roach Wins Senate President Pro-Tem over Sheldon
  32. U-S Rep. Kilmer Cops a Coveted House Appropriations Committee Seat
  33. Patient Walks Away From Staff at Mason General Hospital, Found in Canyon Nearby
  34. Teen Driver Admits to Smoking Marijuana before Kitsap County Crash Killing 3
  35. The Night It All Ended: Oregon Ducks’ Resiliency Runs out in Title Game Loss to Ohio State
  36. Police Deploy Pepper Spray, Gas to Disperse Ohio Football Fans
WORD OF THE DAY

Ichthyomania • \ick-thee-oh-MANE-ee-yah/ • An excessive fascination with fish.

Ichthyomancy 1. Divination by means of the heads or entrails of fishes. 2. Divination by examining the heads and/or entrails of fish for prophetic signs or processing the next fish caught.

Bradford was in heaven. As a rabid ichtyomnaniac, working in the fish processing plant let him play with his semi-frozen charges as if they were ventriloquist dummies. Hi Folks! He would exclaim while working the little fish mouths at lunch. It was when he started using ichthyomancy in an attempt to predict the annual salmon runs in the Columbia River that his co-workers started to avoid him like week-old chum.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

California: Public Utilities Commission Email Scandal Widens to Involve Southern Cal Edison, San Onofre Closure (Utility Dive)

Oregon Transportation Commission Chair Says the Governor Fired Her for Rejecting Coal Subsidy (Oregonian, Portland)

Public’s Power – 80 People Attend Two Open Houses on Idaho Power’s Proposed Boardman to Hemingway Power Line (Baker City Herald, OR)

Minnesota: After Clash over Power Lines, Organic Dairy Cedar Summit Farm Closes (Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, MN)

Energy Information Administration: Wholesale Power Prices Rose across the Nation in 2014 (Utility Dive)

FERC Conferences to Address Impact of EPA’s Clean Power Plan on Electricity Reliability & Markets (National Law Review)

OSHA Extends Delay in Enforcement for Certain Parts of Its Big New Safety Rule (American Public Power Association)

Texas: Firefighters Warn Against Makeshift Power Sources (KRGV-TV, Rio Grande Valley, TX)

American Public Power Association’s Policy Makers Council Advocates on Top Priorities for Public Power (American Public Power Association)

FISH & WILDLIFE

One More Try: A Renewed Push to Pass Klamath Agreements (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Washington State Department of Ecology Releases ‘Fish Consumption’ Rule (South Sound Business Journal, WA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Op/Ed: Wind Energy Hits Headwinds (Washington Post)

Americans Like Alternative Energy But Don’t Understand Costs, Survey Finds “…the caution is that if you inform them, you’re going to get lower support…” (Columbus Business First, OH)

Dynamic Tidal Power Technology Advances (Renewable Energy World)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Pasco Saves Big from “Energy Star” Schools (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

Environment, Not Cash, Encourages L.A. Residents to Save Electricity (Los Angeles Times, CA)

Cree Sees How Many Suits It Takes to Block Rival LED Lightbulbs (Bloomberg News)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Chart of the Week: The Challenging Banking Climate for Marijuana Businesses (Marijuana Business Daily)

No Smoke, but Haze around E-Joint (NY Times)

Seven Unbelievable Things You Could Buy with Colorado’s Weed Tax Revenue (Mashable)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Energy Department Project Captures & Stores One Million Metric Tons of Carbon (Breaking Energy)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Car Charging Stations Go Unused in Cowlitz County (Everett Herald, WA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Free Wi-Fi now available in downtown Bainbridge Island – Kitsap PUD Partnership (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)

Anti-Municipal Broadband Bill Teed Up In Missouri (Multi Channel News)

This Year’s Y2K? ‘Leap Second’ Threatens to Break the Internet (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

How Four Brands (and Bob Newhart) Made the Most of College Football’s First Playoff Championship (AdWeek)

McDonald’s New ‘Signs’ Ad Draw Strong Reactions, Good & Bad (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Facebook Will Now Include AMBER Alerts in the News Feed (Washington Post)

Stop Putting Your Email Address in Your Email Signature (Slate Magazine)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Senate Republicans Bring Back Eyman-Style “Super Majority” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Washington Senate Opens with Democratic Insurgency – Roach Wins Senate President Pro-Tem over Sheldon (Northwest Public Radio)

U-S Rep. Kilmer Cops a Coveted House Appropriations Committee Seat (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Patient Walks Away From Staff at Mason General Hospital, Found in Nearby Canyon (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Teen Driver Admits to Smoking Marijuana before Kitsap County Crash Killing Three (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

The Night It All Ended: Oregon Ducks’ Resiliency Runs out in Title Game Loss to Ohio State (Oregonian, Portland – so what’s the deal with the YELLOW confetti?)

Police Deploy Pepper Spray, Gas to Disperse Ohio Football Fans (Reuters)

DIVERSIONS

Local Politician’s Threat to Sue Maryland Newspaper Backfires – The Moral: Don’t argue with someone who buys their ink by the barrel!

Black Lab Likes to Take Solo Bus Ride to Her Dog Park Stop

Coin Dealer Pays Nearly $2.6 Million for Rare American Penny

Minnesotan Who Lived on Yacht, Collected Aid, Gets 21 Months in Prison

SONG OF THE DAY

The Clash - I Fought the Law

Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law

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