Energy News Digest for June 13, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Casting a Constitutional Cloud on In-State Renewable Preferences, Seventh Circuit Upholds Transmission Cost-Spreading (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

http://www.energynaturalresourceslaw.com/2013/06/casting-a-constitutional-cloud-on-in-state-renewable-preferences-seventh-circuit-upholds-transmissio.html

Snohomish PUD Dam Proposed on Skykomish River near Index (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Meetings-set-on-proposed-Skykomish-River-dam-211213371.html

Fish Nets Found to Kill Large Numbers of Birds (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/us/study-finds-large-seabird-toll-from-fishing-nets.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Obama Administration Quietly Raises ‘Carbon Price’ as Costs to Climate Increase (Bloomberg News)

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-12/tougher-regulations-seen-from-obama-change-in-carbon-calculation

Heroin Overdose Deaths on the Rise in Washington State (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/1020-overdose-deaths-in-wa

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Snohomish PUD Dam Proposed on Skykomish River near Index
• Includes Benton REA - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding for Projects to Boost Rural Electric Grid Efficiency & Reliability
• Portland General Electric Prices Share Offering at $29.50
• Mason County PUD 3 Named 2012 Conservation Steward of the Year
• Tennessee Valley Authority Shelves Work at Alabama Nuclear Plant amid Industry Struggle
• Exelon Blames ‘Subsidized’ Wind, Markets for Derailing Nuclear Projects
• How ‘Green’ is Your Power?
• U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
• U-S House of Representatives Approves Public Power Risk Management Act
• Federal Agencies to Update Power Grid
• Explainer: Capacity Factor
• Fish Nets Found to Kill Large Numbers of Birds
• Bonneville Power Administration - Colville Tribes to celebrate opening of Chief Joseph Hatchery
• Editorial - If Dams Don’t Kill Them, What Does?
• A whale of a find near Ocean Shores
• Ranchers in the Upper Klamath Are Having Their Irrigation Shut Off
• City of Aberdeen Will Sell Timber to Pay for Water Meter Replacement Project
• Casting a Constitutional Cloud on In-State Renewable Preferences, Seventh Circuit Upholds Transmission Cost-Spreading
• How Green Does Utah Go? State Panel to Decide
• California Solar Power Hitting Records
• Vermont - Net Metering a Victim of Its Own Success for Some Rural Utilities
• Report: Wind Energy May Be Harmful to Your Health
• Germany - Tilting at Windmills
• Cold Cash for a Warm Home - An Update on Thurston Energy’s Rebate Program
• Efficiency Exchange 2013: Good Things Go Better Together
• Slideshow - Energy Savings Myths
• Obama Administration Quietly Raises ‘Carbon Price’ as Costs to Climate Increase
• China is Testing Out Cap-And-Trade - But Will it Actually Work?
• Cheaper Ways to Capture Carbon Dioxide
• Hydrogen Hiccup - Amateur Science Project Goes Boom, Sends Man to Hospital
• City of Tacoma’s Click! Cable Rates Soon to Rise
• Clearwire Board Backs Dish Network Offer over Sprint Merger
• Utah Home to NSA’s New Mega-Warehouse for Data
• Gatekeepers of Cable TV Try to Stop Intel
• Switch to HDTV Went Quicker Than to Color TV
• Hog Fuel or Health Care? Washington State Senate Considering 14 More Tax Loopholes
• Bill To Require Oregonians to Pay Sales Tax in Washington Passes House
• Heroin Overdose Deaths on the Rise in Washington State
• Average Wage in Washington State Cracks $50,000 for the First Time
• Last Year’s Dry Summer Could Be Hurting Trees Now
• Oregon Lumber Business Finds Success in Diversifying
• After Shelton Schooling - 27 Trooper Cadets Graduate From Patrol Academy in Olympia Ceremony
• Costco & Gasoline: Are You Really Saving at the Pump?

WORD OF THE DAY

Cranial • \KRAY-nee-ull\ • Adjective - Of or relating to the skull or cranium

“Boy howdy,” exclaimed the small child in a high piping voice to his nearby parents. “That guy’s cranial capacity must be huge.” The hulking scientist, the first Neanderthal clone, loomed over the diminutive observer, his huge melon casting a shadow across the boy’s face. “Yes, it is huge,” he said in quiet undertones, “and my biological computing capacity is amazing by any measure. Now, if I could just do something about these incredibly irritating eye ridges.”

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Snohomish PUD Dam Proposed on Skykomish River near Index (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Meetings-set-on-proposed-Skykomish-River-dam-211213371.html

Includes Benton REA - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding for Projects to Boost Rural Electric Grid Efficiency & Reliability (US Department of Agriculture)

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2013/06/0125.xml&contentidonly=true

Portland General Electric Prices Share Offering at $29.50 (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/06/pge_prices_share_offering_at_2.html

Mason County PUD 3 Named 2012 Conservation Steward of the Year (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=1227

Tennessee Valley Authority Shelves Work at Alabama Nuclear Plant amid Industry Struggle (Washington Post)

http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MOAXQB6KLVRI01-42H31UFGTG1EM4UVJNGOV4P0U2

Exelon Blames ‘Subsidized’ Wind, Markets for Derailing Nuclear Projects (Midwest Energy News)

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/06/13/exelon-blames-subsidized-wind-markets-for-derailing-nuclear-projects/

How ‘Green’ is Your Power? Many states & their destination cities have reasons to re-think how they are powered (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2013/0613/How-green-is-your-power

U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/US-natural-gas-supplies-grew-last-week-4598235.php

U-S House of Representatives Approves Public Power Risk Management Act (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=222323&issueID=27038

Federal Agencies to Update Power Grid (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/12/58462.htm

Explainer: Capacity Factor (KCET-TV, Burbank, CA)

http://www.kcet.org/news/rewire/explainers/explainer-capacity-factor.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Fish Nets Found to Kill Large Numbers of Birds (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/us/study-finds-large-seabird-toll-from-fishing-nets.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Bonneville Power Administration - Colville Tribes to celebrate opening of Chief Joseph Hatchery (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5624

Editorial - If Dams Don’t Kill Them, What Does? (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/jun/12/if-dams-dont-kill-them-what-does/

A whale of a find near Ocean Shores (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kxro.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/a-whale-of-a-find-near-ocean-shores/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Ranchers in the Upper Klamath Are Having Their Irrigation Shut Off (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/ranchers-in-the-upper-klamath-are-having-their-irrigation-shut-off/

City of Aberdeen Will Sell Timber to Pay for Water Meter Replacement Project (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/city-will-sell-timber-pay-water-meter-replacemente-project.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Casting a Constitutional Cloud on In-State Renewable Preferences, Seventh Circuit Upholds Transmission Cost-Spreading (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

http://www.energynaturalresourceslaw.com/2013/06/casting-a-constitutional-cloud-on-in-state-renewable-preferences-seventh-circuit-upholds-transmissio.html

How Green Does Utah Go? State Panel to Decide - State panel’s ruling could define future of Utah clean energy & also impact electric rates (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56444005-90/avoided-cost-developers-energy.html.csp

California Solar Power Hitting Records (San Francisco Business Times, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2013/06/california-solar-power-hitting-records.html

Vermont - Net Metering a Victim of Its Own Success for Some Rural Utilities (VT Digger, Montpelier, VT)

http://vtdigger.org/2013/06/12/net-metering-a-victim-of-its-own-success-for-some-rural-utilities/

Report: Wind Energy May Be Harmful to Your Health (Boston Business Journal, MA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/techflash/2013/06/report-wind-energy-may-be-harmful-to.html

Germany - Tilting at Windmills (The Economist Magazine)

http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21579149-germanys-energiewende-bodes-ill-countrys-european-leadership-tilting-windmills

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Cold Cash for a Warm Home - An Update on Thurston Energy’s Rebate Program (Thurston Talk, Olympia, WA)

http://www.thurstontalk.com/2013/06/13/cold-cash-for-a-warm-home-an-update-on-thurston-energys-rebate-program/

Efficiency Exchange 2013: Good Things Go Better Together (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Efficiency-exchange-2013-Good-things-go-better-together.aspx

Slideshow - Energy Savings Myths (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/efee45ikhk/energy-savings-myths/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Obama Administration Quietly Raises ‘Carbon Price’ as Costs to Climate Increase (Bloomberg News)

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-12/tougher-regulations-seen-from-obama-change-in-carbon-calculation

China is Testing Out Cap-And-Trade - But Will it Actually Work? (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/12/china-is-testing-out-cap-and-trade-but-theres-a-big-potential-flaw/?wprss=rss_business

Cheaper Ways to Capture Carbon Dioxide (MIT Technology Review)

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/515881/cheaper-ways-to-capture-carbon-dioxide/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Hydrogen Hiccup - Amateur Science Project Goes Boom, Sends Man to Hospital (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/06/13/amateur-science-project-goes-boom-sends-man-to-hospital/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

City of Tacoma’s Click! Cable Rates Soon to Rise (South Sound Business Examiner)

http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/June-2013/Click-cable-rates-soon-to-rise/

Clearwire Board Backs Dish Network Offer over Sprint Merger (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2013/06/clearwire-board-backs-dish-network.html

Utah Home to NSA’s New Mega-Warehouse for Data (Associated Press)

http://www.koamtv.com/story/22579217/utah-home-to-nsas-new-mega-warehouse-for-data

Gatekeepers of Cable TV Try to Stop Intel (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/business/media/gatekeepers-of-cable-tv-try-to-stop-intel.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1371139366-xlPV6demlWBtsD9j4ZDxrg

Switch to HDTV Went Quicker Than to Color TV (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/06/12/television-hdtv-digital-analog-color/2414763/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Hog Fuel or Health Care? Washington State Senate Considering 14 More Tax Loopholes (Washington Policy Watch)

http://washingtonpolicywatch.org/2013/06/10/hog-fuel-or-health-care-wa-state-senate-considering-14-more-more-tax-loopholes/

Bill To Require Oregonians to Pay Sales Tax in Washington Passes House (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/06/12/bill-to-require-oregonians-to-pay-sales-tax-in-washington-passes-house/

GENERAL NEWS

Heroin Overdose Deaths on the Rise in Washington State (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/1020-overdose-deaths-in-wa

Average Wage in Washington State Cracks $50,000 for the First Time (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/jun/12/average-wage-washington-cracks-50k-first-time/

Last Year’s Dry Summer Could Be Hurting Trees Now (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/last-year%E2%80%99s-dry-summer-could-be-hurting-trees-now.html

Oregon Lumber Business Finds Success in Diversifying (Seattle Times, WA)

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021176171_topcowinnerjewettcameronxml.html?syndication=rss

After Shelton Schooling - 27 Trooper Cadets Graduate From Patrol Academy in Olympia Ceremony (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/27-trooper-cadets-graduate-from-patrol-academy-211323501.html

Costco & Gasoline: Are You Really Saving at the Pump? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Saving-Money/2013/0611/Costco-and-gasoline-Are-you-really-saving-at-the-pump

DIVERSIONS

A Jet Powered, Fire Blowing Bicycle Is Not Ridiculous At All

http://gizmodo.com/a-jet-powered-fire-blowing-bicycle-is-not-ridiculous-a-513022184

At Least One Hostess Plant Reopened, Prepping To Re-Snackify Store Shelves

http://consumerist.com/2013/06/13/at-least-one-hostess-plant-reopened-prepping-to-re-snackify-store-shelves/

Portland to Attempt World-Record Tree Hug

http://www.kgw.com/news/Portland-to-attempt-world-record-tree-hug-211288471.html

Animal Clinic Rescues Six Squirrels with Tails Fused Together

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/animal-clinic-rescues-six-squirrels-tails-fused-together-013158350.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8V1nFCP058

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.

Energy News Digest for June 12, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

50,000 Washington State Employees Face Furloughs as Second Special Session Begins (Associated Press)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/second-special-session-begins-211192191.html

NoaNet among Honorees - BTOP Grantees Honored for Application of Information Technology (Broadband Breakfast)

http://broadbandbreakfast.com/2013/06/at-computerworld-honors-program-ntias-broadband-stimulus-projects-take-home-16-of-269-awards/

Grays Harbor PUD Officially Hires New Manager (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/pud-officially-hires-new-manager.html

Jefferson County PUD Celebrates With BPA, June 11 (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=33732

Judge Thwarts White Salmon River Development (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2013/06/judge-shoots-down-white-salmon.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Jefferson County PUD Celebrates With BPA, June 11
• Editorial - Give Jefferson County PUD a Chance
• Grays Harbor PUD Officially Hires New Manager
• Puget Sound Energy Seeks Approval to Sell Washington State Hydroelectric Facility
• Northwest Natural Customers Will See Credit on June Bills
• Southern California Edison’s Problems Ensnare Entire Nuclear Energy Sector
• News Release - Silver Spring Networks Selected by Snohomish County Public Utility District for Distribution Automation (DA) Initiative
• Illinois Regulators Hold ComEd Responsible for July 2011 Storm Power Outages
• OSHA Rule Broadens Exemption for Digger Derricks
• Ethiopia: Nothing Will Stop Nile Dam Project
• Judge Thwarts White Salmon River Development
• Environmental Groups Applaud White Salmon Ruling
• Humpback Whales Returning to Puget Sound in Big Numbers
• Editorial - West Coast Senators Want Alaska’s Bristol Bay Protected
• Alaska - Will Tongass Salmon Find Champions in Congress?
• Public Power Utilities Score Well on NREL Lists of Leading Green Power Programs
• Wave & Tidal Energy Need Different Policies
• Turning Cow Dung into Electricity
• News Release - NorthWestern Corp: Montana Industries Work Together to Transform Market through Energy Efficiency Knowledge & Savings
• States Fight Green-Building Leader over Local Wood
• Energy Department Launches Confusing New Electric Car Fuel Calculator
• Tea Party Takes on Utility over Lack of Solar Energy
• Gas Stations on the Front Lines of an Ethanol War
• NoaNet among Honorees - BTOP Grantees Honored for Application of Information Technology
• A Google-Funded Study Quantifies Cloud Computing’s Environmental Benefits
• Google, Facebook & Microsoft Ask to Reveal U-S Data Requests
• Tech Stocks: Cable Upgrades the Box
• 50,000 Washington State Employees Face Furloughs as Second Special Session Begins
• ‘Representative Beefcake’ Juggles Politics, Show Business
• Skagit River Bridge on I-5 Expected to Open Next Week
• Police Arrest Washington State Worker in Murder-For-Hire Scheme
• New Home for Mason Seniors
• Tent Caterpillars Plentiful this Year
• Tacoma Cracking Down on Crosswalk-Painting Vigilante
• Swinomish Tribe Outraged at City’s ‘Free Dirt’ Offer
• Retire Port Townsend High’s Redskins Mascot, Advisory Panel Says
• Washington Pot Logo Viewed as Promotional by Critics

WORD OF THE DAY

Rx • \are-EKS\ • Noun - 1a: a prescription: such as b: a written direction for a therapeutic or corrective agent; specifically: one for the preparation & use of a medicine c: something (such as a recommendation) resembling a doctor’s prescription

Word Origin from Merriam-Webster - The “R” in “Rx” stands for the Latin word “recipe,” meaning “take,” and the first doctor to use “Rx” used it as a verb with the same meaning, “Rx two aspirin” being equivalent to today’s “Take two aspirin.” (The word “recipe” had had the same function from the 13th through the 17th centuries.) Those two letters were a 19th-century take on a 16th-century symbol, the letter R with a line through its slanted leg—the line signaling that the “R” is functioning as an abbreviation. It wasn't till the early 20th century that “Rx” came to be used as the noun we know today.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Jefferson County PUD Celebrates With BPA, June 11 (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=33732

Editorial - Give Jefferson County PUD a Chance (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=33748

Grays Harbor PUD Officially Hires New Manager (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/pud-officially-hires-new-manager.html

Puget Sound Energy Seeks Approval to Sell Washington State Hydroelectric Facility (SNL Financial)

http://www.snl.com/Interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-17964180-10546

Northwest Natural Customers Will See Credit on June Bills (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/northwest-natural-customers-will-see-credit-on-june-bills/

Southern California Edison’s Problems Ensnare Entire Nuclear Energy Sector (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2013/06/11/southern-california-edisons-problems-ensnare-entire-nuclear-energy-sector/

News Release - Silver Spring Networks Selected by Snohomish County Public Utility District for Distribution Automation (DA) Initiative (Virtual Strategy)

http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2013/06/12/silver-spring-networks-selected-snohomish-county-public-utility-district-distribution-aut

Illinois Regulators Hold ComEd Responsible for July 2011 Storm Power Outages (SNL Financial)

http://www.snl.com/Interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-17930639-12839

OSHA Rule Broadens Exemption for Digger Derricks (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppw/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=221284&issueID=30520

Ethiopia: Nothing Will Stop Nile Dam Project (Associated Press)

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_23442563/ethiopia-nothing-will-stop-nile-dam-project

FISH & WILDLIFE

Judge Thwarts White Salmon River Development (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2013/06/judge-shoots-down-white-salmon.html

Environmental Groups Applaud White Salmon Ruling (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/environmental-groups-applaud-white-salmon-ruling/

Humpback Whales Returning to Puget Sound in Big Numbers (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/06/11/whale-watching-groups-report-humpbacks-returning-to-puget-sound-in-big-numbers/

Editorial - West Coast Senators Want Alaska’s Bristol Bay Protected (Seattle Times, WA)

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/06/12/west-coast-senators-want-alaskas-bristol-bay-protected/?syndication=rss

Alaska - Will Tongass Salmon Find Champions in Congress? (Alaska Dispatch)

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130610/will-tongass-salmon-find-champions-congress

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Public Power Utilities Score Well on NREL Lists of Leading Green Power Programs (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=221720&issueID=27035

Wave & Tidal Energy Need Different Policies (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/06/wave-and-tidal-energy-need-different-policies?cmpid=rss

Turning Cow Dung into Electricity (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dairy-digester-20130609,0,878419.story

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

News Release - NorthWestern Corp: Montana Industries Work Together to Transform Market through Energy Efficiency Knowledge & Savings (4-Traders)

http://www.4-traders.com/NORTHWESTERN-CORP-3007302/news/NorthWestern-Corp-Montana-Industries-Work-Together-to-Transform-Market-through-Energy-Efficiency-K-17016671/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

States Fight Green-Building Leader over Local Wood (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/business/States-fight-green-building-leader-over-local-wood-210831461.html

Energy Department Launches Confusing New Electric Car Fuel Calculator (Plug-In Cars)

http://www.plugincars.com/us-doe-launches-ev-cost-calculator-confuses-things-egallon-127471.html

Tea Party Takes on Utility over Lack of Solar Energy (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/234916/tea-party-takes-georgia-power-over-lack-solar-energy

Gas Stations on the Front Lines of an Ethanol War (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2013/0612/Gas-stations-on-the-front-lines-of-an-ethanol-war

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NoaNet among Honorees - BTOP Grantees Honored for Application of Information Technology (Broadband Breakfast)

http://broadbandbreakfast.com/2013/06/at-computerworld-honors-program-ntias-broadband-stimulus-projects-take-home-16-of-269-awards/

A Google-Funded Study Quantifies Cloud Computing’s Environmental Benefits (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2013/06/11/a-google-funded-study-quantifies-cloud-computings-environmental-benefits/

Google, Facebook & Microsoft Ask to Reveal U-S Data Requests (NY Times)

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/daily-report-google-facebook-and-microsoft-ask-to-reveal-u-s-data-requests/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Tech Stocks: Cable Upgrades the Box (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/06/12/tech-stocks-june-12/2414405/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

50,000 Washington State Employees Face Furloughs as Second Special Session Begins (Associated Press)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/second-special-session-begins-211192191.html

‘Representative Beefcake’ Juggles Politics, Show Business (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-Rep-hopes-topless-photos-will-help-acting-career-211129231.html

GENERAL NEWS

Skagit River Bridge on I-5 Expected to Open Next Week (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Skagit-River-bridge-expected-to-open-next-week-210889861.html

Police Arrest Washington State Worker in Murder-For-Hire Scheme (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Olympia-man-arrested-in-murder-for-hire-scheme-211135051.html

New Home for Mason Seniors (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/925-new-home-for-mason-seniors

Tent Caterpillars Plentiful this Year (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2013/06/tent-caterpillars-plentiful-this-year.html

Tacoma Cracking Down on Crosswalk-Painting Vigilante (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Tacoma-cracking-down-on-crosswalk-painting-vigilante--210912231.html

Swinomish Tribe Outraged at City’s ‘Free Dirt’ Offer (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/12/58435.htm

Retire Port Townsend High’s Redskins Mascot, Advisory Panel Says (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130612/NEWS/306129991/retire-port-townsend-highs-redskins-mascot-advisory-panel-says

Washington Pot Logo Viewed as Promotional by Critics (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/washington-pot-logo-viewed-promotional-critics

DIVERSIONS

Bank Clerk Transfers $300M after Falling Asleep with His Finger on the Keyboardddddd…

http://consumerist.com/2013/06/11/bank-clerk-transfers-300m-after-falling-asleep-with-his-finger-on-the-keyboardddddd/

We Really, Really Want One of These Gorgeous Human-Sized Bird’s Nests

http://grist.org/list/we-really-really-want-one-of-these-gorgeous-human-sized-birds-nests/

Tatsuo Horiuchi - The 73-Year Old Excel Spreadsheet Artist

http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2013/05/28/tatsuo-horiuchi-excel-spreadsheet-artist/

Oops! Contractor Begins Removing Track at Wrong School

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Oops-Contractor-begins-removing-track-at-wrong-Federal-Way-school-210887601.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Brian Stokes Mitchell – Dulcinea (Man of La Mancha)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLsQvCKG58k

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Energy News Digest for June 11, 2013 – Hot Shots Edition

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Another Special Session Likely for Washington State Legislature (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Another-special-session-likely-for-Washington-Legislature--210929771.html

Public Meeting This Week in Battle Over Skykomish River Dam Project (Sky Valley Chronicle, Everett, WA)

http://www.skyvalleychronicle.com/BREAKING-NEWS/PUBLIC-MEETING-THIS-WEEK-IN-BATTLE-OVER-SKYKOMISH-RIVER-DAM-PROJECT-1376208

Pendleton Power Capacity Too Low for Large Data Center (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/22549813/pendleton-power-capacity-too-low-for-large-data-center

Klamath Tribes Call in Their Water Rights (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/klamath-tribes-call-their-water-rights

New Study by British Columbia, California Looks at Orca Deaths (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/06/10/sci-orca-study.html?cmp=rss

Bill Would Require Half of California's Power be Renewable (KCET-TV, Escondido, CA)

http://www.kcet.org/news/rewire/utilities/bill-would-require-half-states-power-be-renewable.html

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.