Monday, October 26, 2015

Energy News Digest for October 26, 2015

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Federal Agency Dismisses Complaint against Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside Project (Kirkland Reporter, WA)

Preliminary 2015 Spring Juvenile Survival Estimates through Snake/Columbia River Dams Dismal (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

‘Arc Flash’ Explosion Injured Priest Rapids Dam Workers (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Thanks to Wi-Fi Assist, Apple’s In a $5 Million Lawsuit (Gizmodo)

Five Britons Killed After Whale Sightseeing Boat Sinks Off Vancouver Island (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Federal Agency Dismisses Complaint against Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside Project
  • ‘Arc Flash’ Explosion Injured Priest Rapids Dam Workers
  • Exploring Small Modular Nuclear Reactors for Carbon-Free Power
  • After Shelton Substation Adventure, ‘Sparky’ the Bear One of Three New Cubs at Idaho Rehab
  • Bonneville Maintenance & Repairs - Emergency Outage to Affect Lake Cushman Area Customers
  • Ten Months Later, Lights Still Off in Some Old Clinton Cabins
  • Copper Thieves, Dressed as Workers, Damaging Highway Reader Boards
  • Hood River Group Banks on a $5 Million Hydropower System
  • Op/Ed: Municipal Power – Let’s emPOWER Millersburg
  • California’s New Demand Response Future Begins Today
  • Las Vegas Casinos, NV Energy Locked in ‘Toxic’ Defection Struggle
  • Preliminary 2015 Spring Juvenile Survival Estimates through Snake/Columbia River Dams Dismal
  • Report: Doubling Geoduck Farming in Puget Sound Could Negatively Impact Salmon
  • Sixth Newborn Puget Sound Orca Spotted, Conservationists Thrilled
  • Skagit PUD to Install Self-Serve Water Stations
  • Solar Power Expansion Could Pose Ecological Risks
  • Hawaii PUC Chair Defends Landmark Decision to End Retail Rate Net Metering
  • Southern Power, Turner Add Eighth California Solar Facility
  • Nebraska: Farms Flexing Solar Power
  • Vermont Reaching ‘Net Metering’ Cap with Solar Expansion
  • Apple Cleaning Up Act in China with More Renewable Energy
  • Will Climate Change Migrants Choose the Pacific Northwest?
  • Before & After Photos Show How Glaciers Have Totally Melted over the Years
  • Thanks to Wi-Fi Assist, Apple’s In a $5 Million Lawsuit
  • Russian Presence near Vital Undersea Cables Causes Worry
  • FCC Reduces Cost of Phone Calls to Inmates in Washington State
  • A Bold Vision for Broadband Access for All U-S Schools
  • Infographic: For Moms, Mobile Is Now a Vital Part of the Shopping Experience
  • Five Ways to Use Storytelling in Your Social Media Marketing
  • Five Britons Killed After Whale Sightseeing Boat Sinks Off
  • Washington State Patrol Troopers Leaving Job in Droves
  • Taylor Shellfish Sells Land to State for Conservation
  • El Niño to Blame for Hyperactive Pacific Hurricane Season
WORD OF THE DAY

Gesamtkunstwerk • \guh-ZAHMT-koonst-verk\ • Noun - From the German. The total work of art, meaning the architect designs everything, soup to nuts.

The architect as artist had begun the meeting with a bright-eyed exuberance. His vision, his gesamtkunstwerk was to be the crowning achievement…a shining structure in the dusty, Midwest town that would be a beacon for students everywhere. By the time the design had been festooned with folk art and rustic, rural design suggestions…his initial posture had declined into a thousand-mile square. “Great,” he mused. “I started with the Guggenheim, and wound up with Green Acres.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Federal Agency Dismisses Complaint against Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside Project (Kirkland Reporter, WA)

‘Arc Flash’ Explosion Injured Priest Rapids Dam Workers (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Exploring Small Modular Nuclear Reactors for Carbon-Free Power (American Public Power Association)

After Shelton Substation Adventure, ‘Sparky’ the Bear One of Three New Cubs at Idaho Rehab (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Bonneville Maintenance & Repairs - Emergency Outage to Affect Lake Cushman Area Customers (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Ten Months Later, Lights Still Off in Some Old Clinton Cabins – Puget Sound Energy Won’t Restore Power Without Owner Support (South Whidbey Record, WA)

Copper Thieves, Dressed as Workers, Damaging Highway Reader Boards (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Hood River Group Banks on a $5 Million Hydropower System (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Op/Ed: Municipal Power – Let’s emPOWER Millersburg (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

California’s New Demand Response Future Begins Today (Utility Dive)

Las Vegas Casinos, NV Energy Locked in ‘Toxic’ Defection Struggle (Utility Dive)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Preliminary 2015 Spring Juvenile Survival Estimates through Snake/Columbia River Dams Dismal (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Report: Doubling Geoduck Farming in Puget Sound Could Negatively Impact Salmon (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Sixth Newborn Puget Sound Orca Spotted, Conservationists Thrilled (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Skagit PUD to Install Self-Serve Water Stations (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Solar Power Expansion Could Pose Ecological Risks (Scientific American)

Hawaii PUC Chair Defends Landmark Decision to End Retail Rate Net Metering (Utility Dive)

Southern Power, Turner Add Eighth California Solar Facility (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)

Nebraska: Farms Flexing Solar Power (Lincoln Journal-Star, NE)

Vermont Reaching ‘Net Metering’ Cap with Solar Expansion (Washington Post)

Apple Cleaning Up Act in China with More Renewable Energy (Associated Press)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Will Climate Change Migrants Choose the Pacific Northwest? (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Before & After Photos Show How Glaciers Have Totally Melted over the Years (Gizmodo)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Thanks to Wi-Fi Assist, Apple’s In a $5 Million Lawsuit (Gizmodo)

Russian Presence near Vital Undersea Cables Causes Worry (Sacramento Bee, CA)

FCC Reduces Cost of Phone Calls to Inmates in Washington State (Associated Press)

A Bold Vision for Broadband Access for All U-S Schools (SF Chronicle)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Infographic: For Moms, Mobile Is Now a Vital Part of the Shopping Experience (AdWeek)

Five Ways to Use Storytelling in Your Social Media Marketing (Social Media Examiner)

GENERAL NEWS

Five Britons Killed After Whale Sightseeing Boat Sinks Off Vancouver Island (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Washington State Patrol Troopers Leaving Job in Droves (Associated Press)

Taylor Shellfish Sells Land to State for Conservation (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

El Niño to Blame for Hyperactive Pacific Hurricane Season (USA Today)

DIVERSIONS

Goofy Lemur Tries on Halloween Masks in Its Spare Time

Alaska Tribe to Get Back Totem Pole Taken by U-S Actor In 1930s

Ranked: The Most Loyal Fans in the NFL

Yellow Nose, the Oryx Wandering Northwest Portland’s Forest Park, Has Been Caught

SONG OF THE DAY

Toto – Africa

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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