The Energy News Digest: Energy News Digest for May 22, 2012

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Energy News Digest for May 22, 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

Energy Northwest’s Nuclear Power Plant to Receive License Renewal (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018243230_apwanuclearplantlicense.html

Jaczko Resigns from Nuclear Regulatory Commission (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=177783&issueID=23108

Summer Fishing: Managers Predict Best Summer Chinook Run since 1980, Record-Breaking Sockeye Return (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/420581.aspx

A Viable Clean-Energy Bill at Last? (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-viable-clean-energy-bill-at-last/2012/05/19/gIQAhILcbU_story.html

Editorial – California: Shouldn’t Hydro Count Against the Carbon Reduction Mandate? (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/21/4504286/dan-walters-shouldnt-hydro-count.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

Energy Northwest’s Nuclear Power Plant to Receive License Renewal
Jaczko Resigns from Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Why Jaczko Leaving the NRC Is Good for America
Fights Brewing over Massive Coal-Export Plans for the Pacific Northwest
FERC Forecasts Low Gas Prices, Power Problems in California, Texas, Boston
Pacific Power Warns Against Scam Targeting Customers
Winning Members Over to Smart Meters
Summer Fishing: Managers Predict Best Summer Chinook Run since 1980, Record-Breaking Sockeye Return
Lonesome Larry’s Legacy Lives on in Sockeye Runs
Sea Lions Find Their Way Above Bonneville Dam; ‘Raising Hell’ in Tribal Subsistence Fishery
Editorial - Protecting Nature: Twin Milestones Illustrate Importance of Endangered Species Act
Op/Ed – Congressman Hastings: Time to Improve the Endangered Species Act
Feeding Salmon Bycatch to the Hungry
Goodbye Dart, Kiwi, Cutie & Bob - Release of Smolts Bittersweet for East Olympia Elementary Students Who Studied Their Life Cycle
Water Rights Rule Change Coming to Yakima Valley
Seattle Residents Will Foot the Bill for New Anti-Pollution Plan
Op/Ed - The Columbia River’s Worrisome Chemistry
Op/Ed - Washington View: Data Needed Before Making Decisions about Our Water
A Viable Clean-Energy Bill at Last?
Solar Installers Caught In Cross Fire of Escalating China Trade War
California’s Utilities Should End Their War on Solar Net Meeting
Net Metering a Cost to Utilities, Or a Benefit?
New Jersey Solar Installers Seek “Endless Summer” at Ratepayer Expense
Wisconsin - Wind Turbine Opponents Sue Town of Morrison over Sign Ordinance
Including School in Bothell - Three US Public High Schools Win Sustainable Energy Award
Editorial – California: Shouldn’t Hydro Count Against the Carbon Reduction Mandate?
Portland Air Pollution Activists Expand Their Campaign Statewide
Study: Seagrass Stores More Carbon than Forests
Vancouver Island Tree Poachers Steal 800-Year-Old Red Cedar
Apple Says Prineville Data Center Will Open with ‘Green’ Energy
Liberty Lake’s TierPoint Data Center Sold
Google Delays Its Schedule for Kansas City’s High-Speed Service
Facebook Stock Drops Again, De-Friended by Investors
Wall Street Got the Facebook IPO it Deserved
Comcast Raises Its Internet Data Limit
Lengthy Prison Terms for Five Convicted in Scary North Mason Robbery
Bail Set at $500,000 for Thurston County Woman Accused of Stabbing Mother
Yakima Listed As Second Worst in Washington State Air Pollution - Tacoma Is Number One
Shelton Area Trestle Work to Extend Highway 3 Lane Closure in June
Even at 33 Hours, Seattle Drivers Spent Less Time in Traffic Last Year

WORD OF THE DAY

Hypnagogic • \hipp-nuh-GAW-jick\ • Adjective - Of, relating to, or occurring in the period of drowsiness immediately preceding sleep

Jim Barrie was stuck. As an author of books for children, he wanted to be grammatically correct, but he didn’t want to write over his readers’ heads. For some reason, the penultimate sentence in his masterwork just didn’t feel right: “You know that hypnagogic place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you, Peter Pan. That’s where I’ll be waiting.” Not to mention the fact that it would be backwards to its original meaning.

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

Energy Northwest’s Nuclear Power Plant to Receive License Renewal (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018243230_apwanuclearplantlicense.html

Jaczko Resigns from Nuclear Regulatory Commission (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=177783&issueID=23108

Why Jaczko Leaving the NRC Is Good for America (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2012/05/21/why-jaczko-leaving-the-nrc-is-good-for-america/

Fights Brewing over Massive Coal-Export Plans for the Pacific Northwest (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018245897_coalexport20m.html

FERC Forecasts Low Gas Prices, Power Problems in California, Texas, Boston (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display.articles.electric-light-power.policy-and_regulation.2012.May.FERC_forecasts_low_gas_prices__power_problems_in_California__Texas__Boston.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

Pacific Power Warns Against Scam Targeting Customers (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/05/pacific_power_warns_against_sc.html

Winning Members Over to Smart Meters (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/emerging-technologies/r-d/south-alabama-co-op-new-meters/44155

FISH & WILDLIFE

Summer Fishing: Managers Predict Best Summer Chinook Run since 1980, Record-Breaking Sockeye Return (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/420581.aspx

Lonesome Larry’s Legacy Lives on in Sockeye Runs (Associated Press)

http://www.ktvu.com/news/ap/environment/lonesome-larrys-legacy-lives-on-in-sockeye-runs/nN9m9/

Sea Lions Find Their Way Above Bonneville Dam; ‘Raising Hell’ in Tribal Subsistence Fishery (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/420584.aspx

Editorial - Protecting Nature: Twin Milestones Illustrate Importance of Endangered Species Act (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/may/21/Protecting-Nature/

Op/Ed – Congressman Hastings: Time to Improve the Endangered Species Act - Too much money spent on lawyers rather than on threatened wildlife (Washington Times, DC)

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/18/time-to-improve-the-endangered-species-act/

Feeding Salmon Bycatch to the Hungry (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://ecotrope.opb.org/2012/05/feeding-salmon-bycatch-to-the-hungry/

Goodbye Dart, Kiwi, Cutie & Bob - Release of Smolts Bittersweet for East Olympia Elementary Students Who Studied Their Life Cycle (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/05/21/2112634/goodbye-dart-kiwi-cutie-and-bob.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Water Rights Rule Change Coming to Yakima Valley (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2012/05/21/water-rights-rule-change-coming-to-yakima-valley

Seattle Residents Will Foot the Bill for New Anti-Pollution Plan (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-residents-to-foot-the-bill-for-new-anti-pollution-plan-152383565.html

Op/Ed - The Columbia River’s Worrisome Chemistry (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/05/the_columbia_rivers_worrisome.html

Op/Ed - Washington View: Data Needed Before Making Decisions about Our Water (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/may/22/data-needed-before-making-decisions-about-our-wate/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

A Viable Clean-Energy Bill at Last? (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-viable-clean-energy-bill-at-last/2012/05/19/gIQAhILcbU_story.html

Solar Installers Caught In Cross Fire of Escalating China Trade War (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/05/18/solar-installers-caught-in-cross-fire-of-escalating-china-trade-war/

California’s Utilities Should End Their War on Solar Net Meeting (Capitol Weekly, Sacramento, CA)

http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=10l14kgc4lxx2c9&xid=10l0z552zatda04&done=.10l14kgc4ly62c9

Net Metering a Cost to Utilities, Or a Benefit? (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/article/net-metering-a-cost-to-utilities-or-a-benefit/

New Jersey Solar Installers Seek “Endless Summer” at Ratepayer Expense (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/michaelgiberson/85559/new-jersey-solar-installers-seek-endless-summer-ratepayer-expense

Wisconsin - Wind Turbine Opponents Sue Town of Morrison over Sign Ordinance (Green Bay Press Gazette, WI)

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20120517/GPG0101/120517135&located=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Including School in Bothell - Three US Public High Schools Win Sustainable Energy Award (MarketWatch)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/three-us-public-high-schools-win-sustainable-energy-award-2012-05-21

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Editorial – California: Shouldn’t Hydro Count Against the Carbon Reduction Mandate? (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/21/4504286/dan-walters-shouldnt-hydro-count.html

Portland Air Pollution Activists Expand Their Campaign Statewide (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/05/portland_air_pollution_activis.html

Study: Seagrass Stores More Carbon than Forests (Reuters)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47518746/ns/us_news-environment/#.T7uri8X4KP8

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Vancouver Island Tree Poachers Steal 800-Year-Old Red Cedar (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/list/tree-poachers-steal-800-year-old-red-cedar/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Apple Says Prineville Data Center Will Open with ‘Green’ Energy (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/05/apple_says_prineville_data_cen.html

Liberty Lake’s TierPoint Data Center Sold (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/may/22/tierpoint-data-center-sold/

Google Delays Its Schedule for Kansas City’s High-Speed Service - Search company now says it will make an announcement in the summer, pushing back its end-of-June pledge (Kansas City Star, MO)

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/18/3617398/googles-schedule-for-kansas-city.html

Facebook Stock Drops Again, De-Friended by Investors (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/05/facebook_stock_drops_again_de-.html

Wall Street Got the Facebook IPO it Deserved (GigaOm)

http://gigaom.com/2012/05/21/wall-street-got-the-facebook-ipo-it-deserved

Comcast Raises Its Internet Data Limit (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/may/18/comcast-raises-its-internet-data-limit/

GENERAL NEWS

Lengthy Prison Terms for Five Convicted in Scary North Mason Robbery (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/may/17/lengthy-prison-terms-for-5-convicted-in-scary/

Bail Set at $500,000 for Thurston County Woman Accused of Stabbing Mother (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/05/21/2113563/bail-set-at-500000-for-woman-accused.html