Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Energy News Digest for February 7, 2012
Energy
News Digest for February 7, 2012
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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
US FERC Says it Needs More Time to Consider BPA
Rehearing on Oversupply (Platts)
Saving Salmon - Feds Ponder Ways to Curtail Voracious
Columbia River Cormorants (Longview Daily News, WA)
Jefferson County OKs Franchise Agreement with Wave
Broadband (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Washington State Governor - Inslee’s Jobs Plan
Focuses on Six ‘Key Industry Clusters’ (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Powell Had Planned Killings of Self, Children Days
Before, Actions Show (Olympian, WA - Warning,
some disturbing stuff here)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- US FERC Says it Needs More Time to Consider BPA Rehearing on Oversupply
- Amboy Resident Announces Candidacy for Clark Public Utilities Board
- Mason County PUD No. 3 Issues Its Annual Fuel Mix Report
- Senior Center on the Move, Again – Next Stop: Mason County PUD 3’s Downtown Shelton Property
- State Auditor Says Clark Public Utilities in Compliance with Rules
- Puget Sound Energy Foundation Announces Grant Funding Priorities
- Website for Thurston County Public Power Initiative
- Pacific Gas & Electric Loses Bid to Charge Customers for Nuclear Power Plant Quake Study
- After a Year of Meetings & Proposals, New Electric Rates Elude Austin Energy
- Op/Ed - Megatons to Megawatts: Rising to the Challenge of Nuclear Security
- Iowa - What Happened to Lake Delhi Hydroelectric Dam?
- They’re Onto Us Chauncey - Op/Ed: Smart Meters Are Part of “Agenda 21”
- Saving Salmon - Feds Ponder Ways to Curtail Voracious Columbia River Cormorants
- Trying To Get A Sneak Peek At The Elwha Dams Being Removed? Fine! Literally!
- PETA’s Anti-Slavery Tack to Free Orcas May Not Get Far in Court
- Hoku Corp. Gets Loan-Term Extension
- Op/Ed - National Forests Hold the Promise of Green Energy
- US Energy Department to Recoup Most of Beacon Loan
- No Evidence for “Wind Turbine Syndrome,” Reveals Scientific Study
- Could the Wind Turbines of Chile Harm Blue Whales?
- Energy-Efficient Appliances Key to Tennessee Valley Authority Power Savings, Report Says
- Why Energy Efficiency Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
- ‘Yellow-Cedar Decline’ Mystery Solved
- Cincinnati Exploring 100% Renewable Energy Plan
- Jefferson County OKs Franchise Agreement with Wave Broadband
- Verizon Plans to Join Video Streaming World
- Missouri House Committee Approves Tax Credits for Data Storage, Sporting Events
- Do Users Really Care Whether the Web is Open or Not?
- Washington State Governor - Inslee’s Jobs Plan Focuses on Six ‘Key Industry Clusters’
- Millions Wasted Paying Washington State Workers to Do Nothing
- When There’s No Cost to Them, Olympia’s Liberals Stand Strong
- Powell Had Planned Killings of Self, Children Days Before, Actions Show
- US House OKs Bill for Quileute Tribal Move
- Washington State Receives FEMA Award
- California - US Appeals Court Rules Prop. 8 Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
- This Year’s Killer App: Pen & Paper
WORD OF THE DAY
Cacography• \kah-KOG-gruh-fee \ • Noun – Bad (poor)
spelling 2: bad (poor) handwriting
“Ah, Mr. Myer,” intoned Phyllis Carter, former Onalaska
High School English teacher. “I see by your handwritten invitation that
cacography continues to embrace you in as firm a grip as your incorrectly held
writing instrument. What do these ‘chicken’ scratches say anyway?”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
US FERC Says it Needs More Time to Consider BPA Rehearing
on Oversupply (Platts)
Amboy Resident Announces Candidacy for Clark Public
Utilities Board (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Mason County PUD No. 3 Issues Its Annual Fuel Mix
Report (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
Senior Center on the Move, Again – Next Stop: Mason
County PUD 3’s Downtown Shelton Property (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
State Auditor Says Clark Public Utilities in
Compliance with Rules (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Puget Sound Energy Foundation Announces Grant
Funding Priorities: Safety, Emergency Preparedness (MarketWatch)
Website for Thurston County Public Power Initiative
(TPPI)
Pacific Gas & Electric Loses Bid to Charge
Customers for Nuclear Power Plant Quake Study (Associated Press)
After a Year of Meetings & Proposals, New
Electric Rates Elude Austin Energy (Austin Statesman American, TX)
Op/Ed - Megatons to Megawatts: Rising to the
Challenge of Nuclear Security (Seattle Times)
Iowa - What Happened to Lake Delhi Hydroelectric Dam?
(Renewable Energy World)
They’re Onto Us Chauncey - Op/Ed: Smart Meters Are
Part of “Agenda 21” (The Chattanoogan, TN)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Saving Salmon - Feds Ponder Ways to Curtail
Voracious Columbia River Cormorants (Longview Daily News, WA)
Trying To Get A Sneak Peek At The Elwha Dams
Being Removed? Fine! Literally! (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
PETA’s Anti-Slavery Tack to Free Orcas May Not
Get Far in Court (Seattle Times)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Hoku
Corp. Gets Loan-Term Extension (Pacific Business News, HI)
Op/Ed
- National Forests Hold the Promise of Green Energy (Glenwood Springs
Post-Independent, CO)
US
Energy Department to Recoup Most of Beacon Loan (USA
Today)
No
Evidence for “Wind Turbine Syndrome,” Reveals Scientific Study (Renewable
Energy Magazine)
Could
the Wind Turbines of Chile Harm Blue Whales? (TIME Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Energy-Efficient Appliances Key to Tennessee Valley
Authority Power Savings, Report Says (Knoxville News-Sentinel, TN)
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/feb/06/energy-efficient-appliances-key-to-tva-power/
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/feb/06/energy-efficient-appliances-key-to-tva-power/
Why Energy Efficiency Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to
Be (TIME Magazine)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
‘Yellow-Cedar
Decline’ Mystery Solved - Tree deaths attributed to lack of snow to protect
shallow roots (Vancouver Sun, BC)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Cincinnati
Exploring 100% Renewable Energy Plan (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Jefferson County OKs Franchise Agreement with Wave
Broadband (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Verizon Plans to Join Video Streaming World (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Missouri House Committee Approves Tax Credits for
Data Storage, Sporting Events (St Louis Public Radio, MO)
Do Users Really Care Whether the Web is Open or
Not? (Gigaom)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Governor - Inslee’s Jobs Plan
Focuses on Six ‘Key Industry Clusters’ (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Millions Wasted Paying Washington State Workers to
Do Nothing (KING-TV, Seattle)
When There’s No Cost to Them, Olympia’s Liberals
Stand Strong (Crosscut Seattle)
GENERAL NEWS
Powell Had Planned Killings of Self, Children Days
Before, Actions Show (Olympian, WA - Warning,
some disturbing stuff here)
US House OKs Bill for Quileute Tribal Move (Associated
Press)
Washington State Receives FEMA Award (KBKW Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
California - US Appeals Court Rules Prop. 8 Gay
Marriage Ban Unconstitutional (SF Chronicle)
This Year’s Killer App: Pen & Paper (USA Today)
DIVERSIONS
Roaming Charges - Canadian Charged More Than
$10,000 for Letting Kids Watch Netflix
Britain Marks Charles Dickens’ 200th Birthday
What’s The Capital of Washington? These Kids Don’t
Know
Five Beers No Man Should Drink After 25
SONG OF THE DAY
Oliver
- Food, Glorious Food
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