Energy News Digest for April 6, 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

Hastings Takes Aim at Chu Memo to Change Power Marketing Administrations (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=172950&issueID=23076

Bonneville Power Administration to Test Aquifer Remedy for Oversupply Emergencies (Platts)

http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/ElectricPower/6150281

Two Salmon-Eating Sea Lions Killed at Bonneville Dam (Associated Press)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/2-salmon-eating-sea-lions-killed-at-Bonneville-Dam-146421955.html

Oregon - Groups Sue over Proposed Steens Mountain Wind Farm (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/04/groups-sue-over-proposed-steens.html

Oregon Judge Dismisses Two Girls’ Lawsuit about Climate Change - The girls & their mothers wanted Oregon to take more steps to protect the state from global warming (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/27873729-41/oregon-state-judge-suit-rasmussen.html.csp

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Hastings Takes Aim at Chu Memo to Change Power Marketing Administrations
• Bonneville Power Administration to Test Aquifer Remedy for Oversupply Emergencies
• Federal Energy Adviser Promotes Modular Nuclear Reactors
• AES Plans to Bring Big Batteries to Oregon’s Grid
• Grant County PUD Commission Boundary Hearing Set for Monday
• Sacramento Police Copper Sting Results in Six Arrests
• Tennessee Valley Authority Says Cost Estimate for Tennessee Nuclear Plant Has Risen by $1.5-$2 Billion
• Vermont Yankee is Not Fukushima
• Japan Sets New Safety Standards for Nuclear Plants
• Two Salmon-Eating Sea Lions Killed at Bonneville Dam
• Lots of West Coast Salmon Fishing Ahead, Including the Largest Sacramento River Chinook Return since 2005
• Washington State & Tribes Agree to Salmon Fishing Seasons for 2012
• Water Cutoff Contributes to Klamath Basin Bird Deaths
• Oregon - Groups Sue over Proposed Steens Mountain Wind Farm
• Water-to-Wire Turbine Produces Power from Pipes
• Alternative Energy: North Dakota’s Prairie Winds Waning
• How Are Renewable Standards Faring in State Legislatures?
• Solar Leases Attracting New Demographic
• Energy Grant Awarded to Shelton School District
• Flip the Switch on Electricity Consumption
• Google Saves Energy by Cooling Its Buildings with Ice
• Oregon Judge Dismisses Two Girls’ Lawsuit about Climate Change
• Extra Wool Ends Up as Home Insulation
• Northwest Cleantech, Startup Your Engines
• Final Defendant Admits to Seattle-Area Wi-Fi Hacking Scheme
• Louisiana - Lafayette Offering 1 Gbps Connections: Seven Years After Idea Was Nearly Destroyed
• Lt. Governor Brad Owen Could Cast Key Washington State Budget Vote
• Pam Roach on GOP Staffer: Washington State Should ‘Call His Bluff’
• State Senator on Federal Disability Wants to Cut Benefits in Washington
• Grant County Paying $44,000 for Public Records Suit
• Armed Homeowners Turn Back Burglary Attempts
• Deputies Bust Alleged Illegal Scrap Yard near Quincy
• US Census Numbers Show Tri-Cities, Washington Is At the Top for Growth
• Port of Olympia Takes on Light Pollution
• Christians Mark Good Friday in the Holy Land

WORD OF THE DAY

Cockalorum • \kahk-cull-LORE-um\ • Noun - 1: a boastful & self-important person 2: boastful talk.

The banty rooster

Cockalorum of the farm

Hear his mighty crow

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

Hastings Takes Aim at Chu Memo to Change Power Marketing Administrations (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=172950&issueID=23076

Bonneville Power Administration to Test Aquifer Remedy for Oversupply Emergencies (Platts)

http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/ElectricPower/6150281

Federal Energy Adviser Promotes Modular Nuclear Reactors (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/04/05/1892773/adviser-promotes-modular-reactors.html

AES Plans to Bring Big Batteries to Oregon’s Grid (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/04/aes-plans-to-bring-big-batteries-to.html

Grant County PUD Commission Boundary Hearing Set for Monday (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_5c3287e4-7ea3-11e1-b655-001a4bcf887a.html

Sacramento Police Copper Sting Results in Six Arrests (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2012/04/by-timothy-sandoval-tsandovalsacbeecom-sacramento.html

Tennessee Valley Authority Says Cost Estimate for Tennessee Nuclear Plant Has Risen by $1.5-$2 Billion (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=172893&issueID=23076

Vermont Yankee is Not Fukushima (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/meredith-angwin/81530/vermont-yankee-not-fukushima

Japan Sets New Safety Standards for Nuclear Plants (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017922984_apasjapannuclear.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Two Salmon-Eating Sea Lions Killed at Bonneville Dam (Associated Press)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/2-salmon-eating-sea-lions-killed-at-Bonneville-Dam-146421955.html

Lots of West Coast Salmon Fishing Ahead, Including the Largest Sacramento River Chinook Return since 2005 (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2017919207_lots_of_west_coast_salmon_fish.html

Washington State & Tribes Agree to Salmon Fishing Seasons for 2012 (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/2012/04/05/washington-tribes-agree-to-salmon-fishing-seasons-for-2012/

Water Cutoff Contributes to Klamath Basin Bird Deaths, Highlights Challenge Facing Crucial Wildlife Refuges (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/04/water_cutoff_contributes_to_kl.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Oregon - Groups Sue over Proposed Steens Mountain Wind Farm (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/04/groups-sue-over-proposed-steens.html

Water-to-Wire Turbine Produces Power from Pipes (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2012/04/05/water-to-wire-turbine-produces-power-from-pipes/

Alternative Energy: North Dakota’s Prairie Winds Waning (Grand Forks Herald, ND)

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/233878/group/homepage/

How Are Renewable Standards Faring in State Legislatures? (Midwest Energy News)

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2012/04/06/how-are-renewable-standards-faring-in-state-legislatures/

Solar Leases Attracting New Demographic – Not just for “limousine liberals” any more (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/04/solar-leases-attracting-new-demographic?cmpid=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Grant Awarded to Shelton School District (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/?p=4156#more-4156

Flip the Switch on Electricity Consumption (Hobby Farm Home)

http://www.hobbyfarms.com/home-and-barn/flip-switch-on-electricity-consumption.aspx

Google Saves Energy by Cooling Its Buildings with Ice (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/list/google-saves-energy-by-cooling-its-buildings-with-ice/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Oregon Judge Dismisses Two Girls’ Lawsuit about Climate Change - The girls & their mothers wanted Oregon to take more steps to protect the state from global warming (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/27873729-41/oregon-state-judge-suit-rasmussen.html.csp

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Extra Wool Ends Up as Home Insulation - Farmer finds a use for wool others don’t want (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

http://www.registerguard.com/web/business/27841540-46/wool-insulation-pynch-joel-oregon.html.csp

Northwest Cleantech, Startup Your Engines (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/2012/04/05/northwest-cleantech-startup-your-engines/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Final Defendant Admits to Seattle-Area Wi-Fi Hacking Scheme (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Final-defendant-admits-to-Seattle-area-Wi-Fi-3461908.php

Louisiana - Lafayette Offering 1 Gbps Connections: Seven Years After Idea Was Nearly Destroyed (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Lafayette-Offering-1-Gbps-Connections-119138

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Lt. Governor Brad Owen Could Cast Key Washington State Budget Vote (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2017919378_lt_gov_brad_owen_could_cast_ke.html

Pam Roach on GOP Staffer: Washington State Should ‘Call His Bluff’ (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Pam-Roach-on-GOP-staffer-State-should-call-his-bluff-146320215.html

State Senator on Federal Disability Wants to Cut Benefits in Washington (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017919518_zarelli06.html

Grant County Paying $44,000 for Public Records Suit (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_a0481e6e-7ea1-11e1-8da6-001a4bcf887a.html

GENERAL NEWS

Armed Homeowners Turn Back Burglary Attempts (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/04/06/2097412/armed-homeowners-turn-back-burglary.html

Deputies Bust Alleged Illegal Scrap Yard near Quincy (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/crime-fire/article_0bbb84e8-7ea1-11e1-bcc9-001a4bcf887a.html

US Census Numbers Show Tri-Cities, Washington Is At the Top for Growth (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/u.s._census_numbers_show_tri-cities_wash._is_at_the_top_for_growth/

Port of Olympia Takes on Light Pollution (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/04/06/2059454/port-takes-on-light-pollution.html

Christians Mark Good Friday in the Holy Land (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2017920279_apmlisraelgoodfriday.html

DIVERSIONS

Driver with ‘Doll’ Passenger Cuts Off Trooper

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017911886_apwahovscam.html

Obama Gives Vulcan Salute with Lt. Uhura

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/04/obama-gives-vulcan-salute-with-lt-uhura/1?csp=34news

Minnesota Waitress Reclaims $12,000 Tip after Dispute

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Minn-waitress-reclaims-12-000-tip-after-dispute-3462169.php

Wyoming Town - Population 1 - Sells for $900,000 to Vietnamese Buyer

http://news.yahoo.com/wyoming-town-population-1-sells-900-000-vietnamese-022256072.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Star Trek Theme Songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwJyI3V04gQ

Star Trek theme song played on a Musical Saw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPvTTc7jAVQ