Energy News Digest for November 22, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

On 50th Anniversary of JFK Death, Dallas Holds First Memorial (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-usa-jfk-idUSBRE9AL06720131122

Severe Winds Leave Two Dead, 50,000 without Power in San Francisco Area (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-usa-weather-sanfrancisco-idUSBRE9AL0BI20131122

Grant PUD Brings High-Speed Wireless Pilot Program to Part of Quincy Valley (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_b3066c7e-52d8-11e3-982e-001a4bcf887a.html

Wild Winter this Year? Not Likely, NOAA Forecasts (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Wild-winter-this-year-Not-likely-NOAA-forecasts-4998630.php

How Rain Strengthens the Cascades Snowpack (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/how-rain-strengthens-cascades-snowpack

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Severe Winds Leave Two Dead, 50,000 without Power in San Francisco Area
• Alaska: Power Restored to Most Homes; Frigid Temperatures, More Wind Forecast for Fairbanks
• Mason PUD 3 Customers Warned of Possible Telephone Scam
• Power Bill Scam Targets Grant PUD Customers
• Controversy over Enloe Dam Power Generation Continues - Group demands dam be breached
• Helicopter to Trim Trees for Mason County PUD 1
• Canada: Smart Meter Critics Seek to Expand Class Action Suit against BC Hydro
• Emergency Outage Has Lasting Effect on Wood Pole Management
• Energy Industry Is on Alert against Increasing Cyber Attacks
• In Search of Woody Guthrie’s America
• Puget Sound Restoration Fund Restores Olympia Oysters, One Shell at a Time
• How Rain Strengthens the Cascades Snowpack
• Skagit PUD Passes Budget; Water Rate to Increase
• Can Mushrooms Help Fight Stormwater Pollution? - Using Wood Chips from Mason PUD 3 Tree Trimming, Donated for Study Purposes
• Salton Sea Failures Hurt California, Audit Shows
• Minnesota: Wind Energy Advocates Urge Renewal of Tax Credit
• Listen Up: The Economics of Solar Hot Water Systems
• Ask Umbra: Are My Newfangled Light Bulbs Making My House Cold?
• Coastal Ocean Acidification: Answering the Seattle Times
• The Earth’s Winds, Visualized in Glorious Detail
• Grant PUD Brings High-Speed Wireless Pilot Program to Part of Quincy Valley
• How Plain, Old Wi-Fi Will Revolutionize the Cellular Industry
• Time Warner Cable Jumps on Comcast Takeover Report
• Fire, Police Officials Get Retire-Rehire Deals
• Best & Worst-Run States: Survey of All 50
• On 50th Anniversary of JFK Death, Dallas Holds First Memorial
• Wild Winter this Year? Not Likely, NOAA Forecasts
• Deadly ‘Knockout Game’ Reported on the West Coast
• I Can Hear You Now - FCC Considers Allowing In-Flight Cell Phone Use
• That Stinks! Roadside ‘Potty Bombs’ Creating Quite a Mess
• Pacific Lutheran, Evergreen, Saint Martin’s - Three South Sound Schools Recognized by U-S News in Rankings of Best Colleges for Veterans

WORD OF THE DAY

Hemidemisemiquaver • \hem-mee-dem-mee-SEM-mee-kway-verr\ • Noun - Sixty-fourth note.

Some say music, as love, is an international language. However, a strict British musicologist may confuse his U-S counterparts by using the term “hemisemidemiquaver” instead of “sixty-fourth note” when describing the hurry-up nature of the song “Flight of the Bumblebee.”

Harry James - Flight of the Bumblebee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxS7llr8x_4

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

Severe Winds Leave Two Dead, 50,000 without Power in San Francisco Area (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-usa-weather-sanfrancisco-idUSBRE9AL0BI20131122

Alaska: Power Restored to Most Homes; Frigid Temperatures, More Wind Forecast for Fairbanks (Fairbanks News Miner, AK)

http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/power-restored-to-most-homes-frigid-temperatures-more-wind-forecast/article_d2931224-5222-11e3-8e19-0019bb30f31a.html

Mason PUD 3 Customers Warned of Possible Telephone Scam (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=1301

Power Bill Scam Targets Grant PUD Customers (Crescent Bar Chronicle, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/crescent_bar_chronicle/news/crime/article_94b9026e-4e54-11e3-a04d-001a4bcf887a.html

Controversy over Enloe Dam Power Generation Continues - Group demands dam be breached (Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune, Oroville, WA)

http://www.gazette-tribune.com/news/controversy-over-enloe-dam-power-generation-continues/66231/

Helicopter to Trim Trees for Mason County PUD 1 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/11649

Canada: Smart Meter Critics Seek to Expand Class Action Suit against BC Hydro (CTV, BC, Canada)

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/smart-meter-critics-seek-to-expand-class-action-suit-against-bc-hydro-1.1554040

Emergency Outage Has Lasting Effect on Wood Pole Management (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Emergency-outage-has-lasting-effect-on-wood-pole-management.aspx

Energy Industry Is on Alert against Increasing Cyber Attacks (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/11/21/5935157/energy-industry-is-on-alert-against.html

In Search of Woody Guthrie’s America (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/travel/in-search-of-woody-guthries-america.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Puget Sound Restoration Fund Restores Olympia Oysters, One Shell at a Time (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)

http://www.thurstontalk.com/2013/11/22/puget-sound-restoration-fund-restores-olympia-oysters-one-shell-time/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

How Rain Strengthens the Cascades Snowpack (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/how-rain-strengthens-cascades-snowpack

Skagit PUD Passes Budget; Water Rate to Increase (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)

http://www.goskagit.com/all_access/pud-passes-budget-water-rate-to-increase/article_2965debb-2687-532f-b388-adac76dfb180.html

Can Mushrooms Help Fight Stormwater Pollution? - Using Wood Chips from Mason PUD 3 Tree Trimming, Donated for Study Purposes (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://earthfix.opb.org/water/article/could-mushrooms-be-the-answer-to-stormwater-pollut/

Salton Sea Failures Hurt California, Audit Shows (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/11/22/63166.htm

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Minnesota: Wind Energy Advocates Urge Renewal of Tax Credit (Minnesota Public Radio)

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/11/20/environment/wind-energy-tax-credit

Listen Up: The Economics of Solar Hot Water Systems (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/11/listen-up-the-economics-of-solar-thermal-systems?cmpid=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Ask Umbra: Are My Newfangled Light Bulbs Making My House Cold? (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/living/ask-umbra-are-my-newfangled-lightbulbs-making-my-house-cold/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Coastal Ocean Acidification: Answering the Seattle Times (Cliff Mass Weather Blog, Seattle, WA)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2013/11/coastal-ocean-acidification-answering.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

The Earth’s Winds, Visualized in Glorious Detail (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/the-earths-winds-visualized-in-glorious-detail-1469535522

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Grant PUD Brings High-Speed Wireless Pilot Program to Part of Quincy Valley (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_b3066c7e-52d8-11e3-982e-001a4bcf887a.html

How Plain, Old Wi-Fi Will Revolutionize the Cellular Industry (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/21/how-plain-old-wifi-will-revolutionize-the-cellular-industry/?wprss=rss_business

Time Warner Cable Jumps on Comcast Takeover Report (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/11/22/time-warner-comcast-takeover-report/3674753/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Fire, Police Officials Get Retire-Rehire Deals (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Fire-police-officials-get-retire-rehire-deals-232849261.html

Best & Worst-Run States: Survey of All 50 (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/11/22/best-worst-run-states/3671359/

GENERAL NEWS

On 50th Anniversary of JFK Death, Dallas Holds First Memorial (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-usa-jfk-idUSBRE9AL06720131122

Wild Winter this Year? Not Likely, NOAA Forecasts (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Wild-winter-this-year-Not-likely-NOAA-forecasts-4998630.php

Deadly ‘Knockout Game’ Reported on the West Coast (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/11/22/deadly-knockout-game-reported-on-the-west-coast/#axzz2lOODMJIZ

I Can Hear You Now - FCC Considers Allowing In-Flight Cell Phone Use (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/11/22/fcc-considers-allowing-in-flight-cell-phone-use/#axzz2lOODMJIZ

That Stinks! Roadside ‘Potty Bombs’ Creating Quite a Mess (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/eco/That-stinks-Roadside-potty-bombs-creating-quite-a-mess-232923171.html

Pacific Lutheran, Evergreen, Saint Martin’s - Three South Sound Schools Recognized by U-S News in Rankings of Best Colleges for Veterans (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/11/20/2903502/three-south-sound-schools-recognized.html

DIVERSIONS

Inspiring Unilever Ad Gives You Hope for Future Children

http://mashable.com/2013/11/20/unilever-ad-future-children/

People Already Camped Out for Black Friday Admit: “We Are Crazy”

http://consumerist.com/2013/11/21/people-already-camped-out-for-black-friday-admit-we-are-crazy/

Schedule of CBS News Livestream of JFK Assassination Coverage

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/schedule-of-cbsnewscoms-live-stream-of-jfk-assassination-broadcast-coverage/

In Ruins of Palace, a Wine with Hints of Cinnamon & Top Notes of Antiquity

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/science/in-ruins-of-palace-a-wine-with-hints-of-cinnamon-and-top-notes-of-antiquity.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

SONG OF THE DAY

Loggins & Messina - Danny’s Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDcTyyXQb8

Paul Anka & Odia Coates - Your Having My Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXZ8NSY2X_g

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.

Energy News Digest for November 21, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Study: California Wind Power is the Worst for Wildlife (KCET TV, Huntington Beach, CA)

http://www.kcet.org/news/rewire/wind/study-california-wind-turbines-deadliest-in-us.html

Updated: Worker Injured in Fire at Grand Coulee Dam Is in Serious Condition (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/nov/19/worker-hurt-after-fire-at-grand-coulee-dam/

Study Reports 1.6 Billion People on Social Networks (Yahoo! News)

http://news.yahoo.com/1-6-billion-people-social-networks-study-102641776.html

North Fork of the Lewis River Gets Huge Fall Chinook Return (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/nov/21/north-fork-lewis-gets-huge-fall-chinook-return/

Shelton Resident in the Spotlight - Ductless Heat Pumps a Super Saver for Pacific Northwest Homeowners (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Ductless-heat-pumps-a-super-saver-for-Northwest-homeowners.aspx

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Updated: Worker Injured in Fire at Grand Coulee Dam Is in Serious Condition
• Puget Sound Energy, Union Negotiate as Strike Looms
• Oregon:  Baker County Continues Working on Plan to Build a Hydroelectric Plant at Mason Dam
• Former BPA Administrator, Ex-Marylhurst President Johansen Resurfaces on Bank Board
• California: Rain Causes Several Utility Pole Fires in San Jose, Causing Power Outages
• Tennessee Valley Authority Payments Fall to States, Localities
• Smart Meters, but Dumb Pricing? Not in Sacramento
• North Fork of the Lewis River Gets Huge Fall Chinook Return
• Seines May Need Sport-Fishing Closures in Columbia
• What Exactly Is the Impact of Setnet Bycatch on Alaska’s Kenai River King Salmon Fishery?
• Op/Ed: Federal Government Doing Too Little to Help Columbia Salmon
• Columbia Basin Farmer Fined for Illegal Water Use
• Great Lakes Recover Substantial Water Levels
• The Longest Rivers & the Tallest Mountains in One Exquisite Graphic
• Study: California Wind Power is the Worst for Wildlife
• Business Can Pave the Way for Renewable Energy in the U-S
• Shelton Resident in the Spotlight - Ductless Heat Pumps a Super Saver for Pacific Northwest Homeowners
• Energy Saving Initiative Putting Money into Chelan PUD Rate Payers’ Pockets
• City of Blaine Moving Forward with New Streetlights
• Living Smart: LED Lights for the Holidays
• Developing Nations Stage Protest at Climate Talks
• Putting the Chill on Climate Change, One Refrigerator at a Time
• Just Ten Percent of California Car Chargers Delivered
• Researchers Say U-S Internet Traffic Was Re-Routed through Belarus - That’s a Problem
• Microsoft, Facebook Make Green Data Center Push
• LG Investigates Smart TV ‘Unauthorized Spying’ Claim
• Study Reports 1.6 Billion People on Social Networks
• Half of All Active Twitter Users Live in Five Countries
• Opower Chief on Fox Business, Bats Down IPO Question
• Washington State’s Revenue Forecast Remains Steady
• Sharon Nelson is Washington State Senate’s Democratic Leader
• Oops: Pro-Boeing Ad in Seattle Uses Airbus Plane
• Oversized Plane Stuck at Wrong Airport
• Wire Theft Damage to Cowlitz Way Bridge in Kelso Estimated at $60,000
• Mason County Asked to Send Fairgrounds Petition to FAA
• Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Growers Say Business is Looking Up

WORD OF THE DAY

Apostate • \uh-POSS-tayt\ • Noun - Someone whose beliefs have changed & who no longer belongs to a religious or political group.

Apostate: See Dr. Patrick Moore, a co-founder of Greenpeace in 1971; now a supporter of using nuclear energy to slow climate change.

https://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2008/2008_20-29/2008_20-29/2008-20/pdf/58-63_3520.pdf

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

Updated: Worker Injured in Fire at Grand Coulee Dam Is in Serious Condition (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/nov/19/worker-hurt-after-fire-at-grand-coulee-dam/

Puget Sound Energy, Union Negotiate as Strike Looms (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/2013/11/21/2842290/puget-sound-energy-union-negotiate.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter

Oregon:  Baker County Continues Working on Plan to Build a Hydroelectric Plant at Mason Dam (Baker City Herald, OR)

http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Powering-Ahead

Former BPA Administrator, Ex-Marylhurst President Johansen Resurfaces on Bank Board (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2013/11/20/judi-johansen-pacific-continental-board.html

California: Rain Causes Several Utility Pole Fires in San Jose, Causing Power Outages Overnight (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_24561986

Tennessee Valley Authority Payments Fall to States, Localities - Power drop hurts tax equivalent payments (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/nov/21/tva-payments-fallto-states-localitiespower-drop/

Smart Meters, but Dumb Pricing? Not in Sacramento (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/catherinewolfram/305806/smart-meters-dumb-pricing-not-sacramento

FISH & WILDLIFE

North Fork of the Lewis River Gets Huge Fall Chinook Return (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/nov/21/north-fork-lewis-gets-huge-fall-chinook-return/

Seines May Need Sport-Fishing Closures in Columbia (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/nov/20/seines-may-need-sport-fishing-closures-columbia/

What Exactly Is the Impact of Setnet Bycatch on Alaska’s Kenai River King Salmon Fishery? (Alaska Dispatch)

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20131120/what-exactly-impact-setnet-bycatch-alaskas-kenai-river-king-salmon-fishery

Op/Ed: Federal Government Doing Too Little to Help Columbia Salmon (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/11/federal_government_doing_to_li.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Columbia Basin Farmer Fined for Illegal Water Use (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/11/20/2688902/columbia-basin-farmer-fined-for.html

Great Lakes Recover Substantial Water Levels (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/us/great-lakes-recover-substantial-water-levels.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The Longest Rivers & the Tallest Mountains in One Exquisite Graphic (Gizmodo)

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/the-longest-rivers-and-the-tallest-mountains-in-one-exq-1468922227

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Study: California Wind Power is the Worst for Wildlife (KCET TV, Huntington Beach, CA)

http://www.kcet.org/news/rewire/wind/study-california-wind-turbines-deadliest-in-us.html

Business Can Pave the Way for Renewable Energy in the U-S (The Guardian, UK)

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/business-renewable-future

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Shelton Resident in the Spotlight - Ductless Heat Pumps a Super Saver for Pacific Northwest Homeowners (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Ductless-heat-pumps-a-super-saver-for-Northwest-homeowners.aspx

Energy Saving Initiative Putting Money into Chelan PUD Rate Payers’ Pockets (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://pro.kpq-am.tritonflex.com/common/more.php?m=15&r=1&item_id=6451

City of Blaine Moving Forward with New Streetlights (The Northern Light, Blaine, WA)

http://www.thenorthernlight.com/news/article.exm/2013-11-20_blaine_moving_forward_with_new_streetlights

Living Smart: LED Lights for the Holidays (Raleigh News & Observer, NC)

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/21/3392704/living-smart-led-lights-for-the.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Developing Nations Stage Protest at Climate Talks (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/world/rich-and-poor-nations-spar-over-climate-damages.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Putting the Chill on Climate Change, One Refrigerator at a Time (Environmental Defense Fund)

http://www.edf.org/blog/2013/11/21/putting-chill-climate-change-one-refrigerator-time

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Just Ten Percent of California Car Chargers Delivered (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Just-10-percent-of-Calif-car-chargers-delivered-4997907.php

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Researchers Say U-S Internet Traffic Was Re-Routed through Belarus - That’s a Problem (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/20/researchers-say-u-s-internet-traffic-was-re-routed-through-belarus-thats-a-problem/?wprss=rss_business

Microsoft, Facebook Make Green Data Center Push (Network Computing)

http://www.networkcomputing.com/next-generation-data-center/servers/microsoft-facebook-make-green-data-cente/240164087

LG Investigates Smart TV ‘Unauthorized Spying’ Claim (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25018225

SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING

Study Reports 1.6 Billion People on Social Networks (Yahoo! News)

http://news.yahoo.com/1-6-billion-people-social-networks-study-102641776.html

Half of All Active Twitter Users Live in Five Countries (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2013/11/20/twitter-users-countries/

Opower Chief on Fox Business, Bats Down IPO Question (Washington, DC Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/techflash/2013/11/opower-chief-on-fox-business-bats.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State’s Revenue Forecast Remains Steady (Associated Press)

http://www.keprtv.com/politics/States-revenue-forecast-remains-steady-232741301.html

Sharon Nelson is Washington State Senate’s Democratic Leader (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/11/20/sharon-nelson-is-senate-democratic-leader/

GENERAL NEWS

Oops: Pro-Boeing Ad in Seattle Uses Airbus Plane (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Pro-Boeing-ad-uses-airbus-plane-232827441.html

Oversized Plane Stuck at Wrong Airport (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/11/21/oversized-plane-stuck-at-wrong-airport/#axzz2lCdEaRh2

Wire Theft Damage to Cowlitz Way Bridge in Kelso Estimated at $60,000 (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/wire-theft-damage-to-cowlitz-way-bridge-estimated-at/article_949256c8-524b-11e3-8451-0019bb2963f4.html

Mason County Asked to Send Fairgrounds Petition to FAA (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/11638

Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Growers Say Business is Looking Up (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/24024415/northwest-christmas-tree-growers-say-business-in-looking-up

DIVERSIONS

Wristwatch Used to Declare JFK’s Time of Death May Sell for $100,000

http://mashable.com/2013/11/20/jfk-watch-auction/

‘Tis the Season to Use a Frozen Turkey as a Weapon during Grocery Store Brawl

http://consumerist.com/2013/11/20/tis-the-season-to-use-a-frozen-turkey-as-a-weapon-during-grocery-store-brawl/

Man Uses Over 4,000 Christmas Lights to Heat His House

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/20/man-uses-over-4000-christmas-lights-to-heat-his-house/

Suspect Taunts Police on Facebook & Almost Immediately Gets Arrested

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/suspect-taunts-police-on-facebook-and-almost-immediately-gets-arrested-204701800.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqPtdK3ysAE

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.

Energy News Digest for November 20, 2013

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Energy News Digest Word Cloud for November 20, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

U-S, Canada Clash over Columbia River Treaty Agendas (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/nov/20/british-columbia-us-talk-updates-to-columbia/

Energy Department Is Told to Stop Collecting Fee for Nuclear Waste Disposal (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/us/energy-dept-is-told-to-stop-collecting-fee-for-nuclear-waste-disposal.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Obama Budget Staff Studying Sale of Tennessee Valley Authority - Unions & U-S Senator Lamar Alexander Denounce Move (The Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/nov/20/obama-budget-staff-studying-sale-tva-unions-and-la/

With Rogue River Dams Gone, Chinook Salmon Make a Splash (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022293731_rogueriverxml.html?syndication=rss

Special Weather Statement for Cold and Clear Conditions into the Weekend (National Weather Service, Seattle, WA)

http://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=WA124F24436374.SpecialWeatherStatement.124F24452E70WA.PQRSPSPQR.b21182d3573a8d9ba59335575eeadc3a

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• U-S, Canada Clash over Columbia River Treaty Agendas
• U-S/Canada Treaty Governing Dams, Water Up for Review
• Energy Department Is Told to Stop Collecting Fee for Nuclear Waste Disposal
• Obama Budget Staff Studying Sale of Tennessee Valley Authority
• Clallam Public Utility District Eyes Rate Hike for Electricity Users
• Grays Harbor PUD Customers to See Rate Increases in 2014
• Billing & Payment Confusion Leads to Lights Out for Port Ludlow Woman
• Idaho Rejects Tax Shift Sought By Telecoms, Railroads & Utilities
• Video: Detroit Teen Called Hero as He Knocks Friend Off Live Power Line
• Pacific Northwest Center of Excellence for Clean Energy Releases Capstone Project
• FERC, California Sign Hydropower Coordination Agreement
• With Rogue River Dams Gone, Chinook Salmon Make a Splash
• PETA to Protest Fishing at Pike Place Market Wednesday
• Seabeck: Picturesque Puget Sound Lagoon Littered with Toxic Sea Junk
• Utility Regulators Reject NW Natural Plan to Share Costs of Portland Harbor Cleanup with Customers
• Powering America's Alternatives
• As ALEC Shifts Its Renewable Portfolio Standard Strategy, State Laws Favor Renewables
• Apple’s Green Energy Efforts in North Carolina Inspires Industry Shift
• Green Fatigue Threatens Clean-Energy Leader Germany
• Class Sues Costco Over HVAC Systems - Claimed They Were Energy-Efficient Enough to Qualify for a Rebate
• NW Natural Customers Get Smarter about Carbon
• Tesla Battery Fires Spark Federal Safety Probe
• Contest Aims for a Cleaner-Burning Wood Stove
• FCC Chairman Calls for Transforming the Technology Used by Phone Systems
• Four Years Later: Just How Big is Google Fiber's Impact?
• Texas: Here's Austin’s Google Fiber Wish List in an Interactive Map
• Apple May Get $10 Million Arizona Grant for New Mesa Plant
• Here’s The Scariest Part About the Internet of Things
• Social Media Monitoring Secrecy Will Cost Feds
• Special Weather Statement for Cold and Clear Conditions into the Weekend
• States Salivating for Boeing 777X Feast
• Carbon Fiber Production Line at Moses Lake Expanding to Meet BMW's Needs
• The New Forest Economy: Exploring Oregon's Changing Wood Products Sector
• Former Washington State Governor Locke Stepping Down as Ambassador to China
• JPMorgan Chase Agrees to Pay $13 Billion Fine, Largest In U-S History
• How Small Tribes Could Get In On the Internet Gambling Bonanza
• Drama Builds for Comet Flyby

WORD OF THE DAY

Cubit • \CUE-bit\ • Noun - Any of various ancient units of length based on the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger and usually equal to about 18 inches (46 centimeters).

“You idiot,” thundered the voice of God through the foothills of Mount Ararat. The admonition was uncharacteristic for the Creator, who had always favored the lesser-known Bennie, the older brother of Noah, the “boat builder.” “When I said cubits, I MEANT adult cubits,” thundered the Most High. “Using your infant child to make the measurements makes this thing more of a dinghy, only capable of holding perhaps twenty animals; two-by-two.”

“Where’s that lazy brother of yours?”

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

U-S, Canada Clash over Columbia River Treaty Agendas (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/nov/20/british-columbia-us-talk-updates-to-columbia/

U-S/Canada Treaty Governing Dams, Water Up for Review (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/nov/19/us-canada-treaty-governing-dams-water-review/

Energy Department Is Told to Stop Collecting Fee for Nuclear Waste Disposal (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/us/energy-dept-is-told-to-stop-collecting-fee-for-nuclear-waste-disposal.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Obama Budget Staff Studying Sale of Tennessee Valley Authority - Unions & U-S Senator Lamar Alexander Denounce Move (The Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/nov/20/obama-budget-staff-studying-sale-tva-unions-and-la/

Clallam Public Utility District Eyes Rate Hike for Electricity Users (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20131120/news/311209997/clallam-public-utility-district-eyes-rate-hike-for-electricity-users

Grays Harbor PUD Customers to See Rate Increases in 2014 (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/sections/news/local/pud-customers-see-rate-increases-2014.html

Billing & Payment Confusion Leads to Lights Out for Port Ludlow Woman (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/billing-and-payment-confusion-leads-lights-out-por/nbyMB/

Idaho Rejects Tax Shift Sought By Telecoms, Railroads & Utilities (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/nov/19/idaho-rejects-tax-shift-sought-telecoms-railroads-/

Video: Detroit Teen Called Hero as He Knocks Friend Off Live Power Line (Detroit Free Press, MI)

http://www.freep.com/article/20131118/NEWS01/311180095/live-wire-boy-14-friend-power

Pacific Northwest Center of Excellence for Clean Energy Releases Capstone Project: Workforce Challenges of Electric Power Employers in the Pacific Northwest (Pacific Northwest Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, Centralia, WA)

http://cleanenergyexcellence.org/pncece-releases-capstone-project-workforce-challenges-of-electric-power-employers-in-the-pacific-northwest-led-by-wsu/

FERC, California Sign Hydropower Coordination Agreement (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

http://www.ferc.gov/media/news-releases/2013/2013-4/11-20-13.asp#.Uozm1BDOTng

FISH & WILDLIFE

With Rogue River Dams Gone, Chinook Salmon Make a Splash (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022293731_rogueriverxml.html?syndication=rss

PETA to Protest Fishing at Pike Place Market Wednesday (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/morning_call/2013/11/peta-to-protest-fish-eating-at-pike.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Seabeck: Picturesque Puget Sound Lagoon Littered with Toxic Sea Junk (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Picturesque-Puget-Sound-lagoon-littered-with-tons-of-toxic-sea-junk-232606391.html

Utility Regulators Reject NW Natural Plan to Share Costs of Portland Harbor Cleanup with Customers (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/11/utility_regulators_reject_nw_n.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Powering America's Alternatives - Salem home to facility that is shaping the approach to how we use energy (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20131120/COMMUNITIES/311200009/Powering-America-s-alternatives

As ALEC Shifts Its Renewable Portfolio Standard Strategy, State Laws Favor Renewables (Midwest Energy News)

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/11/19/as-alec-shifts-its-rps-strategy-state-laws-favor-renewables/

Apple’s Green Energy Efforts in North Carolina Inspires Industry Shift (Wall Street Cheat Sheet)

http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/apples-green-energy-efforts-in-north-carolina-inspires-industry-shift.html/?a=viewall

Green Fatigue Threatens Clean-Energy Leader Germany (Minnpost, Minneapolis, MN)

http://www.minnpost.com/global-post/2013/11/green-fatigue-threatens-clean-energy-leader-germany

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Class Sues Costco Over HVAC Systems - Claimed They Were Energy-Efficient Enough to Qualify for a Rebate (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/11/20/63050.htm

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

NW Natural Customers Get Smarter about Carbon (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2013/11/nw-natural-customers-get-smarter.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Tesla Battery Fires Spark Federal Safety Probe (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_24557227

Contest Aims for a Cleaner-Burning Wood Stove (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/science/earth/contest-aims-for-a-cleaner-burning-wood-stove.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC Chairman Calls for Transforming the Technology Used by Phone Systems (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/business/media/fcc-chairman-calls-for-transforming-the-technology-used-by-phone-systems.html?_r=0&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1384953041-kGIRuIBEekX1RB8BAvTXQA

Four Years Later: Just How Big is Google Fiber's Impact? (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Four-Years-Later-Just-How-Big-is-Google-Fibers-Impact-126717

Texas: Here's Austin’s Google Fiber Wish List in an Interactive Map (Austin Business Journal, TX)

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/at-the-watercooler/2013/11/mapping-austins-google-fiber-wish-list.html

Apple May Get $10 Million Arizona Grant for New Mesa Plant (Associated Press)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/11/19/2685196/ariz-school-board-oks-tax-break.html

Here’s The Scariest Part About the Internet of Things (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/19/heres-the-scariest-part-about-the-internet-of-things/?wprss=rss_business

SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING

Social Media Monitoring Secrecy Will Cost Feds (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/11/20/63079.htm

GENERAL NEWS

Special Weather Statement for Cold and Clear Conditions into the Weekend (National Weather Service, Seattle, WA)

http://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=WA124F24436374.SpecialWeatherStatement.124F24452E70WA.PQRSPSPQR.b21182d3573a8d9ba59335575eeadc3a

States Salivating for Boeing 777X Feast (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022293812_boeingotherstatesxml.html?syndication=rss

Carbon Fiber Production Line at Moses Lake Expanding to Meet BMW's Needs “…plant was located in Moses Lake to take advantage of low-cost electricity supplied by Columbia River dams…” (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/11/19/2901907/carbon-fiber-production-line-at.html

The New Forest Economy: Exploring Oregon's Changing Wood Products Sector (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2013/11/the-new-forest-economy-pbj-stories-to.html

Former Washington State Governor Locke Stepping Down as Ambassador to China (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/11/19/former-gov-locke-stepping-down-as-ambassador-to-china/#axzz2lCdEaRh2

JPMorgan Chase Agrees to Pay $13 Billion Fine, Largest In U-S History (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2013/11/jpmorgan_chase_agres_to_pay_13.html

How Small Tribes Could Get In On the Internet Gambling Bonanza (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/18/how-small-tribes-could-get-in-on-the-internet-gambling-bonanza/?wprss=rss_national

Drama Builds for Comet Flyby (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/drama-builds-comet-flyby

DIVERSIONS

Elvis Presley's Intellectual Property Rights Sold

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/11/19/2685462/elvis-presleys-intellectual-property.html

Vancouver, B-C Is Banning Doorknobs on New Buildings

http://gizmodo.com/vancouver-is-banning-doorknobs-on-new-buildings-1467777898

This Fake Poop Is Helping Designers Test the Toilet of the Future

http://gizmodo.com/this-fake-poop-is-helping-designers-test-the-toilet-of-1467508219

Harry Potter Stamp Riles Postal Panel, Traditional Collectors

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2022293409_potterstampxml.html?syndication=rss

SONG OF THE DAY

Paul McCartney & Wings - Let 'Em In

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re61B8sKQWk

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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