The Energy News Digest: Energy News Digest for February 20, 2013

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Energy News Digest for February 20, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

California Wins $1.6 Billion Ruling on 2000-2001 Energy Crisis – Bonneville Power Administration Named in Case (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/20/5201958/california-wins-ruling-on-2000.html

Inslee to Environmental Activists: State Will Trigger ‘International Revolution’ on Energy Policy (Seattle Times, WA)

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2013/02/19/inslee-declares-international-revolution-coming-over-energy-policy/

U-S Senator Ron Wyden: Hanford Will be Priority for Next Energy Secretary (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/sen-wyden-hanford-will-be-priority-next-energy-secretary

Yahoo! Powering Down Wenatchee Plant, Sending Work to Its Quincy Site (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/feb/19/yahoo-powering-down-wenatchee-plant-sending-work/

WSDOT Head Hammond Resigns, Inslee Appoints Replacement - Sustainable communities & transportation advisor to Oregon’s Governor to step in (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Transportation-Secretary-Paula-Hammond-announces-her-resignation-191875861.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

California Wins $1.6 Billion Ruling on 2000-2001 Energy Crisis – Bonneville Power Administration Named in Case
Enron-Era Ruling Signals $1.6 Billion California Refunds – Bonneville Power Administration listed as one of the Respondents
Meanwhile, California Probe Recommended Into Oversight of Trillions of Dollars in Utility Ratepayer Money
U-S Senator Ron Wyden: Hanford Will be Priority for Next Energy Secretary
Portland General Electric PGE Asks Oregon Regulators to Review Customer Prices
Grant County PUD Continues Program to Explain Rate Increases
Grays Harbor PUD Announce Management Restructuring
Telephone Scam Hits Franklin County PUD
California - Flooded Rice Field is Tested as Salmon Nursery in Yolo Bypass
West Coast Fisheries Showing Recovery Signs
Inslee to Environmental Activists: State Will Trigger ‘International Revolution’ on Energy Policy
Editorial - Washington State Environmental Coalition Pushing an Ambitious Agenda
Montana U-S Senator’s Bill Pushes for More Geothermal Exploration
Green Energy Standards Hitting Blockades - Kansas is Now Resistant
Could Wind Power Cool New England’s Price Fever?
Home Energy Use in the U-S – Infographic
Is a Smart Home in Your Future?
Yahoo! Powering Down Wenatchee Plant, Sending Work to Its Quincy Site
Utah - Bill Would Halt Further Bonding for UTOPIA Broadband Operations
Intel TV Service Already Being Tested by Hundreds of Users
Idaho Panel Says Tax Shouldn’t Apply to Cloud Services
Massive Cyberattacks from China? Report Claims to Expose Secret ‘Unit 61398’
Apple Suffers Largest Hacking Attack in Its History
Those $2 per Month Adapters Comcast Says You Need? You Might Not Need Them
Report Fingers Boston, Providence DJ as Burger King & Jeep’s Twitter Nemesis
Twitter Now Reducing Some Tweets to 117 Characters
Most Web Pages Can be Connected in 19 Clicks, Study Says
Yahoo Takes Cue from Facebook in Website Revamp
WSDOT Head Hammond Resigns, Inslee Appoints Replacement - Sustainable communities & transportation advisor to Oregon’s Governor to step in
As Budget Cuts Loom, Congressman Hears Shipyard Workers’ Concerns
Roach Supports Washington State Bill That Would Require State Workers to Tell Truth
U-S Senate - Schweitzer vs. Baucus? Montana Ex-Governor Posts Poll
Shelton Couple Injured in Chehalis Crash
Mason County Places Belfair Bypass on Six-Year Transportation Plan
Leaking Nuclear Sludge Could Threaten Columbia River
Special Weather Statement for Mason County
Japan Probe Finds Miswiring (sic) of Boeing 787 Battery
Report: Hand Sanitizer, Static Electricity May Have Caught Girl on Fire
New Year Remarkably Dry - So Far

WORD OF THE DAY

Trousseau • \TRUE-soe\ • Noun - The personal possessions of a bride usually including clothes, accessories, and household linens and wares

Martha was ecstatic with joy as she rifled through the contents of her ornately carved wedding chest. Dainty garments, beautifully embroidered bed linens, perfumes and fragrant ointments were among the treasures. Inexplicable to her was the one present: a small, sturdy chest which had the family crest hammered heavily into its surface. “Kinda looks like a haggis stitching kit,” she pondered. “But where would I get all the tasty ingredients for such a dish here in downtown Los Angeles?”

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

California Wins $1.6 Billion Ruling on 2000-2001 Energy Crisis – Bonneville Power Administration Named in Case (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/20/5201958/california-wins-ruling-on-2000.html

Enron-Era Ruling Signals $1.6 Billion California Refunds – Bonneville Power Administration listed as one of the Respondents (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-20/enron-era-ruling-signals-1-6-billion-california-refunds.html

Meanwhile, California Probe Recommended Into Oversight of Trillions of Dollars in Utility Ratepayer Money (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_22623892

U-S Senator Ron Wyden: Hanford Will be Priority for Next Energy Secretary (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/sen-wyden-hanford-will-be-priority-next-energy-secretary

Portland General Electric PGE Asks Oregon Regulators to Review Customer Prices (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=169029

Grant County PUD Continues Program to Explain Rate Increases (iFiber One News, Ephrata, WA)

http://www.ifiberone.com/news/grantcounty/ephrata/article_a94a13ec-7adf-11e2-90f7-001a4bcf6878.html

Grays Harbor PUD Announce Management Restructuring (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kxro.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/grays-harbor-pud-announce-restructuring/

Telephone Scam Hits Franklin County PUD (Franklin County PUD)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2013/02/telephone-scam-hits-franklin-county-pud.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

California - Flooded Rice Field is Tested as Salmon Nursery in Yolo Bypass (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/20/5202224/flooded-rice-field-is-tested-as.html

West Coast Fisheries Showing Recovery Signs (Associated Press)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130219/BIZ/702199943

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Inslee to Environmental Activists: State Will Trigger ‘International Revolution’ on Energy Policy (Seattle Times, WA)

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2013/02/19/inslee-declares-international-revolution-coming-over-energy-policy/

Editorial - Washington State Environmental Coalition Pushing an Ambitious Agenda “…they are paying close attention, for example, to more than 18 bills attempting to relax the requirements of Initiative 937…” (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2013/02/17/2426893/environmental-coalition-pushing.html

Montana U-S Senator’s Bill Pushes for More Geothermal Exploration (Great Falls Tribune, MT)

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20130219/NEWS01/302190023/Tester-bill-pushes-geothermal-exploration

Green Energy Standards Hitting Blockades - Kansas is Now Resistant (EnergyBiz)

http://www.energybiz.com/article/13/02/green-energy-standards-hitting-blockades

Could Wind Power Cool New England’s Price Fever? (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/could-wind-power-cool-new-englands-price-fever/?partner=rss&emc=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Home Energy Use in the U-S – Infographic (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/globalwarmingisreal/187951/infographic-home-energy-use-us

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Is a Smart Home in Your Future? (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/02/20/2282138/is-a-smart-home-in-your-future.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Yahoo! Powering Down Wenatchee Plant, Sending Work to Its Quincy Site (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/feb/19/yahoo-powering-down-wenatchee-plant-sending-work/

Utah - Bill Would Halt Further Bonding for UTOPIA Broadband Operations (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/55796327-79/utopia-bonds-money-operations.html.csp

Intel TV Service Already Being Tested by Hundreds of Users (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2013/02/14/intel-media-alpha-test/

Idaho Panel Says Tax Shouldn’t Apply to Cloud Services (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/feb/16/panel-says-tax-shouldnt-apply-to-cloud-services/

Massive Cyberattacks from China? Report Claims to Expose Secret ‘Unit 61398’ (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/0219/Massive-cyberattacks-from-China-Report-claims-to-expose-secret-Unit-61398.-video

Apple Suffers Largest Hacking Attack in Its History (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_22621397

Those $2 per Month Adapters Comcast Says You Need? You Might Not Need Them (Minneapolis/St Paul Business Journal, MN)

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/morning_roundup/2013/02/those-2month-adapters-comcast-says.html

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Report Fingers Boston, Providence DJ as Burger King & Jeep’s Twitter Nemesis (Boston Business Journal, MA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2013/02/burger-king-jeep-hacker-identity.html

Twitter Now Reducing Some Tweets to 117 Characters (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2013/02/20/twitter-tco-length/

Most Web Pages Can be Connected in 19 Clicks, Study Says (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/most-web-pages-can-be-connected-in-19-clicks-study-says/2013/02/19/026db29a-7a9e-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html?wprss=rss_technology

Yahoo Takes Cue from Facebook in Website Revamp (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/20/us-yahoo-website-idUSBRE91J0Q620130220

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

WSDOT Head Hammond Resigns, Inslee Appoints Replacement - Sustainable communities & transportation advisor to Oregon’s Governor to step in (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Transportation-Secretary-Paula-Hammond-announces-her-resignation-191875861.html

As Budget Cuts Loom, Congressman Hears Shipyard Workers’ Concerns (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/feb/19/in-shadow-of-budget-cuts-congressman-hears/

Roach Supports Washington State Bill That Would Require State Workers to Tell Truth (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Bill-would-require-state-employee-truthfulness-191864221.html

U-S Senate - Schweitzer vs. Baucus? Montana Ex-Governor Posts Poll (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/02/20/schweitzer-vs-baucus-montana-ex-governor-posts-poll/?wprss=rss_congress

GENERAL NEWS

Shelton Couple Injured in Chehalis Crash (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/9257

Mason County Places Belfair Bypass on Six-Year Transportation Plan (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/feb/19/mason-county-places-belfair-bypass-on-six-year/