Monday, April 30, 2012
Energy News Digest for April 30, 2012
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.
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Irony
Alert: Wind Farms Could Cause Warming - The atmospheric turbulence caused by large
wind farms could cause local temperature increases, a new study indicates (Christian Science Monitor)
Intalco Needs New Bonneville Power Administration
Energy Deal Soon (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Power Marketing Administration Changes Criticized
in Congress (Electric Co-op Today)
The
Big Muddy: Sediment Plume Pours Out of Newly Freed Elwha River (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
Pay your PUD Bill - Cable Television Service
Disconnected in Forks; About 120 Customers Affected (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Intalco Needs New Bonneville Power Administration Energy Deal Soon
- Power Marketing Administration Changes Criticized in Congress
- US Senators Baucus, Tester Press Energy Department for Local Input, Affordable Energy
- Idaho Power's Annual Power Cost Adjustment is Proposed 5.1 Percent Increase
- Substation Fire Causes Power Outage in Heisson
- Utilities Face ‘Age of the Consumer’
- Op/Ed - Renewable Northwest Project: Clean Energy Best for State
- Sign Up for Mason County PUD 3′s Budget Billing in May
- Bergren Seeks Reelection to Chelan PUD Board
- Pacific Gas & Electric SmartMeter Opt-Out Deadline is May 1
- American Electric Power Disputes Study Linking Plants to 3,200 Deaths
- Cheap Natural Gas Drives down Coal Industry
- The Secret Energy Drain on Cities: Streetlights
- The Main Attraction: Meet a Lineman
- The Big Muddy: Sediment Plume Pours Out of Newly Freed Elwha River
- “I Think We Need to Take Those Dams Down” - Judge Redden’s Interview Comments Stir Reaction
- Editorial - Dam Debate Obscures Other Ways to Help Fish
- Columbia River Gorge Hatcheries Release 10 Million Plus Smolts Past Week
- Pikeminnow Reward Program Kicks Off May 1 in Columbia River Region
- Top 100 Bass Lakes by Bassmaster Magazine, Includes Two from Washington State – Columbia River, Lake Sammamish
- Effort Begins to Restore Whitebark Pine in Montana, Neighboring States
- Irony Alert: Wind Farms Could Cause Warming
- California - Protests Over Valley Solar Projects Called a Ploy
- Grant Money Helps Idaho Dairy Tap into Solar Power
- United Kingdom - Major Environmental Groups Seriously Compromised by Wind Developers’ Cash
- United Kingdom, Denmark Study Power Cable to Swap Wind Energy
- Energy Storage: Costly But Key to Power Production
- Utility Websites Plug Users into Savings
- Pay your PUD Bill - Cable Television Service Disconnected in Forks; About 120 Customers Affected
- The United States of Broadband: Location Matters
- Google Fiber's Fast Internet Worries Hollywood
- $300 Million Investment - Microsoft Buys into Barnes & Noble's Nook
- Report: Apple Legally Sidesteps Billions in Taxes
- Washington State Tax Breaks to Benefit Data Centers, Food Processors
- Think Arizona is Bad for Immigrants? Try Our Olympic Peninsula
- Since Gov. Locke Froze Purchase of SUVs, State Has Actually Bought More of Them
- Police Look for Killer of 24-Year-Old in Lacey
- AAA: Washington Gas Price $4.08
- Unmanned Drones Are Patrolling Washington Border
- Brinnon Man Pulled Gun During Fight at Little League Game, Deputies Say
- Sequim Store Manager Saves Grandmother from Wire Scam
WORD OF THE DAY
Spiel • \SPEEL\ • Noun – A voluble line of often
extravagant talk: a speech delivered especially to sell or promote something
The canny power supply manager smirked under his
beard as the “Whole House Capacitor” salesmen spun his story in an intricate
spiel that included the promise of saving hundreds of dollars on a home’s energy
bill. “But if a customer’s average bill is about $90, where would they be
saving hundreds,” queried the quick-witted utility employee.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Intalco Needs New Bonneville Power Administration
Energy Deal Soon (Bellingham Herald, WA)
Power Marketing Administration Changes Criticized
in Congress (Electric Co-op Today)
US Senators Baucus, Tester Press Energy Department
For Local Input, Affordable Energy - Call on Energy Secretary to Provide
Certainty for Montana’s Electric Cooperatives (Political News.ME)
http://politicalnews.me/?id=13773&keys=ENERGY-CHU-IMPLEMENT-UPGRADES
http://politicalnews.me/?id=13773&keys=ENERGY-CHU-IMPLEMENT-UPGRADES
Idaho Power's Annual Power Cost Adjustment is
Proposed 5.1 Percent Increase (Power Engineering)
Substation Fire Causes Power Outage in Heisson (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Utilities Face ‘Age of the Consumer’ - UL official:
Changes ahead for electric’s use, generation (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Op/Ed - Renewable Northwest Project: Clean Energy
Best for State (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Sign Up for Mason County PUD 3′s Budget Billing in
May (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Bergren Seeks Reelection to Chelan PUD Board (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric SmartMeter Opt-Out
Deadline is May 1 (SF Chronicle)
American Electric Power Disputes Study Linking
Plants to 3,200 Deaths (Associated Press)
Cheap Natural Gas Drives down Coal Industry (SF
Chronicle)
The Secret Energy Drain on Cities: Streetlights
(The Atlantic Magazine)
The Main Attraction: Meet a Lineman - It’s a
question facing many electric cooperatives: How to get younger members to go to
the annual meeting (Electric Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
The
Big Muddy: Sediment Plume Pours Out of Newly Freed Elwha River (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, WA)
“I
Think We Need to Take Those Dams Down” - Judge Redden’s Interview Comments Stir
Reaction (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Editorial
- Dam Debate Obscures Other Ways to Help Fish (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Columbia
River Gorge Hatcheries Release 10 Million Plus Smolts Past Week; More
Transferred for Recovery Programs (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Pikeminnow Reward Program Kicks Off May 1 in Columbia
River Region (Seattle Times)
Top 100 Bass Lakes by Bassmaster Magazine,
Includes Two from Washington State – Columbia River, Lake Sammamish (Seattle Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Effort
Begins to Restore Whitebark Pine in Montana, Neighboring States (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Irony
Alert: Wind Farms Could Cause Warming - The atmospheric turbulence caused by
large wind farms could cause local temperature increases, a new study indicates
(Christian Science Monitor)
California
- Protests Over Valley Solar Projects Called a Ploy (Fresno Bee, CA)
Grant
Money Helps Idaho Dairy Tap into Solar Power (Associated Press)
United
Kingdom - Major Environmental Groups Seriously Compromised by Wind Developers’
Cash (For Argyll, UK)
United
Kingdom, Denmark Study Power Cable to Swap Wind Energy (Reuters)
Energy
Storage: Costly But Key to Power Production (Forbes Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Utility Websites Plug Users into Savings (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Pay your PUD Bill - Cable Television Service
Disconnected in Forks; About 120 Customers Affected (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
The United States of Broadband: Location Matters (GigaOM)
Google Fiber's Fast Internet Worries Hollywood (SF
Chronicle)
$300 Million Investment - Microsoft Buys into Barnes
& Noble's Nook (Associated Press)
Report: Apple Legally Sidesteps Billions in Taxes (Associated
Press)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Tax Breaks to Benefit Data
Centers, Food Processors (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Think Arizona is Bad for Immigrants? Try Our Olympic
Peninsula (Seattle Times)
Since Gov. Locke Froze Purchase of SUVs, State Has
Actually Bought More of Them (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Police Look for Killer of 24-Year-Old in Lacey (Associated
Press)
AAA: Washington Gas Price $4.08 (Associated Press)
Unmanned Drones Are Patrolling Washington Border (Associated
Press)
Brinnon Man Pulled Gun During Fight at Little
League Game, Deputies Say (KING-TV, Seattle)
Sequim Store Manager Saves Grandmother from Wire
Scam (KCPQ-TV, Seattle-Tacoma, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Australian Billionaire: Titanic II to Sail in 2016 –
Made in China
Man Accused of Climbing Flagpole to Swipe Albany
Police Department Flags
Man Jailed For Smuggling Iguana Meat into United
States
‘Polite’ Burglar Offers to Trade Items with People
He Robbed (burglarized, actually)
SONG OF THE DAY
Wooden
Ships - Crosby Stills Nash
Friday, April 27, 2012
Energy News Digest for April 27, 2012
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.
THE NEWS DIGEST ON TWITTER
Follow
the news digest on Twitter for breaking news & notices:
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
House Appropriations Bill Would Block Proposed
Changes to Power Marketing Administrations; Senate Calls for Public Process
(American Public Power Association)
Congressional Committee Hears How Energy
Secretary’s Directives Could Raise Electricity Rates & Override Regional
Energy Successes (US House Natural Resources Committee)
Congressman Hastings Statement on Judge Redden’s Admitted
Bias to Destroy Snake River Dams (US House
Natural Resources Committee)
Washington
among Greenest States to Own an Electric Car – Hydroelectric & nuclear
power sources make fueling electric cars less environmentally impactful (CNN
Money)
KING 5 Story Prompts Governor to Call for Criminal
Investigation of Minority Hiring Program (KING-TV, Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- House Appropriations Bill Would Block Proposed Changes to Power Marketing Administrations; Senate Calls for Public Process
- Congressional Committee Hears How Energy Secretary’s Directives Could Raise Electricity Rates & Override Regional Energy Successes
- Alaska - Rowdy Crowd Takes Electric Company to Task over High Energy Costs in Fairbanks
- Natural Gas Is on a Roll, Executive Declares
- Sierra Club Challenges Maryland Natural Gas Terminal
- Make Your Co-op the Safest Possible
- Will The Stars Align for Small Nuclear Reactors?
- Massachusetts - NRC Director Backs Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant License
- Ohio - Politics Stands in the Way of Nuclear Plant’s Future
- FERC Standards Identify Critical Cyber Assets
- A Kenyan Woman Stands Up Against a Massive Dam Project
- Now Off Case, Judge Weighs In on Dams
- Congressman Hastings Statement on Judge Redden’s Admitted Bias to Destroy Snake River Dams
- Salmon-Gobbling Cormorants to Join Sea Lions on Hit List?
- Agencies, Tribe Join to Track Strength of Once-Abundant Smelt Runs, Now Listed As Threatened
- Editorial - Mixed Signals over Puget Sound Salmon
- The Salton Sea Is Shrinking, & the California Supreme Court Isn’t Helping
- Saga of California’s Salton Sea: A Tragic Chapter Ahead?
- Texas - Despite Budget Cuts & Army Base Expansion, Trying to Save Energy
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District Offers Incentive to Recycle That Old Fridge or Freezer
- Washington among Greenest States to Own an Electric Car
- Hydrogen - Battle over Clean Energy Stations in California
- Rackspace Customers Focusing on Doing Business with ‘Green’ Companies
- What if Broadband Can’t Save Your Economy? Create a New One
- Why Mobile Data Is Such a Cash Cow for Carriers
- KING 5 Story Prompts Governor to Call for Criminal Investigation of Minority Hiring Program
- 911 Tapes Released from Cushman Shooting
- Mild Fire Season Predicted For Much of the Pacific Northwest
- Costa Exits North Mason Chamber Post
- Longview Man Accused of Using Crane to Steal Dredging Equipment
- Explosions ‘New Territory’ for Beetle-Ravaged Lumber Industry
WORD OF THE DAY
Patagium
• \putt-TAY-jee-um\ • Noun - 1: the fold of skin connecting the forelimbs and
hind limbs of some tetrapods (as flying squirrels) 2: the fold of skin in front
of the main segments of a bird’s wing.
“Flying
Squirrel Man” was looking for his first real super hero adventure. Predictably,
his first adventure was to find a cool costume that would accommodate his
patagium without revealing his “naughty bits.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
House Appropriations Bill Would Block Proposed
Changes to Power Marketing Administrations; Senate Calls for Public Process
(American Public Power Association)
Congressional Committee Hears How Energy Secretary’s
Directives Could Raise Electricity Rates & Override Regional Energy
Successes (US House Natural Resources Committee)
Alaska - Rowdy Crowd Takes Electric Company to Task
over High Energy Costs in Fairbanks (Fairbanks Daily News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/18366156/article-Rowdy-crowd-takes-electric-company-to-task-over-high-energy-costs-in-Fairbanks
http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/18366156/article-Rowdy-crowd-takes-electric-company-to-task-over-high-energy-costs-in-Fairbanks
Natural Gas Is on a Roll, Executive Declares (NY
Times)
Sierra Club Challenges Maryland Natural Gas
Terminal (Associated Press)
Make Your Co-op the Safest Possible - “…Every
injury that you have is the failure of your safety program in that instance…”
(Electric Co-op Today)
Will The Stars Align for Small Nuclear Reactors? (NY
Times)
Massachusetts - NRC Director Backs Pilgrim Nuclear
Power Plant License (Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, MA)
Ohio - Politics Stands in the Way of Nuclear Plant’s
Future (USA Today)
FERC Standards Identify Critical Cyber Assets (Courthouse
News Service)
A Kenyan Woman Stands Up Against a Massive Dam
Project (Christian Science Monitor)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Now Off Case, Judge Weighs In on Dams (NY Times)
Congressman Hastings Statement on Judge Redden’s
Admitted Bias to Destroy Snake River Dams (US House
Natural Resources Committee)
Salmon-Gobbling Cormorants to Join Sea Lions on
Hit List? (Associated Press)
Agencies, Tribe Join to Track Strength of
Once-Abundant Smelt Runs, Now Listed As Threatened (Oregonian, Portland)
Editorial - Mixed Signals over Puget Sound Salmon
(Olympian, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
The Salton Sea Is Shrinking, & the California
Supreme Court Isn’t Helping (TIME Magazine)
Saga
of California’s Salton Sea: A Tragic Chapter Ahead? (Christian Science Monitor)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Texas - Despite Budget Cuts & Army Base
Expansion, Trying to Save Energy (NY Times)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Offers
Incentive to Recycle That Old Fridge or Freezer (Sacramento Business Journal,
CA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Washington
among Greenest States to Own an Electric Car – Hydroelectric & nuclear
power sources make fueling electric cars less environmentally impactful (CNN
Money)
Hydrogen
- Battle over Clean Energy Stations in California (Courthouse News Service)
Rackspace
Customers Focusing on Doing Business with ‘Green’ Companies (San Antonio
Business Journal, TX)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
What if Broadband Can’t Save Your Economy? Create a
New One (GigaOM)
Why Mobile Data Is Such a Cash Cow for Carriers (NY
Times)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
KING 5 Story Prompts Governor to Call for Criminal
Investigation of Minority Hiring Program (KING-TV, Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
911 Tapes Released from Cushman Shooting (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
Mild Fire Season Predicted For Much of the Pacific Northwest
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Costa Exits North Mason Chamber Post (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Longview Man Accused of Using Crane to Steal
Dredging Equipment (Longview Daily News, WA)
Explosions ‘New Territory’ for Beetle-Ravaged
Lumber Industry (Vancouver Sun, BC)
DIVERSIONS
Now You Can Eat Eggs in the Shape of Washington
State
Calling Portlandia - A Place for Old City Chickens,
Outside the Kitchen Pot
Connecticut High School Claims Record for Most
Twins
Oklahoma
Woman allegedly calls in bomb threat over $14 electric bill
SONG OF THE DAY
Fantasy
– Earth Wind & Fire
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