Ed Note: The
energy news digest is being tucked into a mover’s box today…where it will
remain the next two days during its relocation to Mason County PUD 3’s new
Johns Prairie operations center. It will return, possibly a bit mussed, on
Monday, April 2.
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
Higher Wholesale Energy Costs
& Renewable Energy Purchases Prompt Consideration of PUD 3 Electricity Rate
Increase (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
British Columbia Pipe Break
Spills 1.2M Gallons of Sewage into Columbia River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Seattle Company Tests Mini
Hydroelectric Plants in Small Canals (KING-TV, Seattle)
The Power of the Dammed: How
Small Hydro Could Rescue America’s Dumb Dams (Renewable Energy World)
Storm
Bringing More Mountain Snow in Washington State (Associated Press)
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
(Details Below)
- Higher Wholesale Energy Costs & Renewable Energy Purchases Prompt Consideration of PUD 3 Electricity Rate Increase
- Idaho Falls Power “North Loop” Lawsuit Moves to Federal Court
- Southern Montana Co-op Could Survive Bankruptcy
- After the Storm
- Rising Chinese Demand Could Mean Coal Export Boom for West Coast
- Layoffs: Grant to Help Former Workers at US Department of Energy’s Idaho Lab
- NBC2 Investigates: Stealing Electricity
- Alaska State Senate Committee Considering Energy Voucher Program
- Volcker Rule Could Raise Energy Prices, Study Says – Hinders Hedging for Risk
- For Klamath Tribes, Suckerfish Mean Renewed Life
- British Columbia Pipe Break Spills 1.2M Gallons of Sewage into Columbia River
- Storm Bringing More Mountain Snow in Washington State
- Bottled Water Foes Oppose Columbia River Nestle Plant in Oregon
- Seattle Company Tests Mini Hydroelectric Plants in Small Canals
- Legal Decision on Port Townsend Paper Mill Biomass Project Expected this Week
- Sierra Club, NRDC Sue Feds to Stop Big California Solar Power Project
- Brown Liquor & Solar Cells to Provide Sustainable Electricity
- Global Warming Close to Becoming Irreversible: Scientists
- Startups Invited to Launch Party for Pacific Northwest Cleantech Open
- When Defending Biofuels, Supporters Point to History
- The Ugly, Dog-Eat-Dog World of Data Center Startups
- FiOS-Deprived Cities Complain to FCC about Comcast Deal
- Metal & Wire Thieves Targeting Aberdeen Parks
- Static in Olympia over Wash. State Patrol Radio Upgrade
WORD OF THE DAY
Muss • \MUSS\ • Verb – To make
untidy: disarrange
“I dare you to muss my hair,”
announced the public information officer to the local reporter. “Especially
since there’s no there…there.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & Weather
Alerts
ENERGY &
UTILITY ISSUES
Higher Wholesale Energy Costs
& Renewable Energy Purchases Prompt Consideration of PUD 3 Electricity Rate
Increase (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Idaho Falls Power “North Loop”
Lawsuit Moves to Federal Court (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)
Southern Montana Co-op Could
Survive Bankruptcy (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
After the Storm (Cottage Grove
Sentinel, OR)
Rising Chinese Demand Could
Mean Coal Export Boom for West Coast (Longview Daily News,
WA)
Layoffs: Grant to Help Former
Workers at US Department of Energy’s Idaho Lab (Tri-Cities Herald, WA)
NBC2 Investigates: Stealing
Electricity (WBBH-TV, Fort Meyers, FL)
Alaska State Senate Committee
Considering Energy Voucher Program (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
Volcker Rule Could Raise Energy
Prices, Study Says – Hinders Hedging Risk (Reuters)
FISH &
WILDLIFE
For Klamath Tribes, Suckerfish
Mean Renewed Life (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
WATER & THE
ENVIRONMENT
British Columbia Pipe Break
Spills 1.2M Gallons of Sewage into Columbia River (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Storm
Bringing More Mountain Snow in Washington State (Associated Press)
Bottled
Water Foes Oppose Columbia River Nestle Plant in Oregon (Salem Statesman
Journal, OR)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY
Seattle Company Tests Mini
Hydroelectric Plants in Small Canals (KING-TV, Seattle)
The Power of the Dammed: How
Small Hydro Could Rescue America’s Dumb Dams (Renewable Energy World)
Legal Decision on Port Townsend
Paper Mill Biomass Project Expected this Week (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
Sierra Club, NRDC Sue Feds to
Stop Big California Solar Power Project (Forbes Magazine)
Brown Liquor & Solar Cells
to Provide Sustainable Electricity (Renewable Energy World)
CLIMATE CHANGE
SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Global Warming Close to
Becoming Irreversible: Scientists (Reuters)
BARREL ‘O GREEN
POTPOURRI
Startups Invited to Launch
Party for Pacific Northwest Cleantech Open (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
When Defending Biofuels,
Supporters Point to History (Forbes Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY &
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Ugly, Dog-Eat-Dog World of
Data Center Startups (Gigaom)
FiOS-Deprived Cities Complain
to FCC about Comcast Deal - Though It’s Unclear They Were Ever Going to Get
FiOS (Broadband Reports)
GENERAL NEWS
Metal & Wire Thieves
Targeting Aberdeen Parks (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Static in Olympia over Wash.
State Patrol Radio Upgrade (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
DIVERSIONS
Eight-Year-Old Tennessee Boy
Solves Multi-State Crime Spree
Lorax Statue Stolen from Dr
Seuss’ La Jolla Garden
Errant Text Message Leads to
Arrest of a Wanted Man
Caffeine Might Turn Workers
Into Slackers
SONG OF THE DAY
Nat King Cole - You’re The
Cream In My Coffee
