Energy News Digest for April 16, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Belfair Residents - Marathon Participants in Boston are OK (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/9890

Boston Marathon Finishers from Mason County (Seattle Times, WA)

2724, Miranda Thygesen, Belfair, 3:35:56.

2757, Stephanie Neil, Belfair, 3:36:09.

DNF, Peggy VanBuskirk was about a mile from the finish line when the bombs exploded.

http://seattletimes.com/html/othersports/2020787642_webbostonmarathonagate16.html?syndication=rss

Columbia River Treaty between U-S & Canada Under Intense Review (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/04/columbia_river_treaty_between.html

Dead Salmon Found Along Silt-Choked Elwha River after Hatchery Release (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130412/NEWS/304129979/dead-salmon-found-along-silt-choked-elwha-river-after-hatchery-release

Did Window Retrofits Psych Occupants into Saving Even More Energy? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/2013/04/11/window-retrofits-psych-occupants-into-saving-energy/

Colorado Senate Votes to Raise Renewable Energy Goals for Rural Co-Ops - Rural utilities complain it would cost billions of dollars to comply with the higher rules (Denver Business Journal, CO)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2013/04/colorado-senate-votes-to-raise.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Columbia River Treaty between U-S & Canada Under Intense Review
• Overhauling the Third Hydro Plant at Grand Coulee Dam
• High-Voltage Debate about Cost of Next Seattle City Light Substation
• Bonneville Power Administration’s Ellensburg Substation to Get County Evaluation
• Editorial - Grant County PUD: 75 Years of Service
• Washington State Adopts Tougher Penalties for Digging into Utilities
• Columbia River PUD Warns Customers of Telephone Scam
• Idaho Transmission Line Project Will Help Meet Energy Demand
• EPA Will Delay Rule Limiting Carbon Emissions at New Power Plants
• New U-S Nuclear Waste Policy May Be Illegal: GAO
• Parties Switch Roles over Possible U-S Sale of New Deal Tennessee Valley Authority
• Dead Salmon Found Along Silt-Choked Elwha River after Hatchery Release
• Federal Culvert Ruling Could Cost Washington State over $2.4 Billion
• Research: Dams, Altered Environment Have ‘Elicited an Adaptive Response in Snake River Fall Chinook’
• Acquisition Protects Wildlife Corridor in Willamette Valley
• Washington State Companies to Expand Slimy Hagfish Operations
• Colorado Senate Votes to Raise Renewable Energy Goals for Rural Co-Ops
• Report: Solar Scores Big Gains in Electricity Generation
• Massachusetts - Some Area Residents Steaming Over Solar Projects
• Federal Budget: Obama Seeks 40 Percent Increase in Clean Energy Spending
• Pumped Hydro: Storage Solution for a Renewable Energy Future
• Did Window Retrofits Psych Occupants into Saving Even More Energy?
• European Union Lawmakers Veto Beefing Up Cap-And-Trade System
• Arctic Summers May Be Ice Free Sooner Than Predicted
• Op/Ed - Lawrence Solomon: Arctic Sea Ice Back to 1989 Levels, Now Exceeds Previous Decade
• Carbon Controversy: Should The Northwest Grow Markets For Forest Biofuels?
• Silicon Valley Power Launches Free Citywide Wi-Fi Access, Moves Forward with Advanced Metering System
• DSL Speed Could Soon Get a Boost with New Technologies
• Netbooks, Once Intel’s Computer of the Future, Now Driven to ‘Extinction’ by the iPad
• FCC Very Close to Announcing Tom Wheeler as Next FCC Boss
• At Long Last, Microsoft is Ready to Compete Head On With Amazon Web Services
• Comcast Confirms: Yes, We’re Encrypting Basic Cable Now
• Thou Shalt Not Stoop to Political Point-Scoring - A journalist’s guide to tweeting during a crisis
• Shaping Your Social-Media Brand Persona
• Editorial - Washington State’s Auditing Budget Shouldn’t Be Raided by Lawmakers
• Editorial - The Selfish ‘Pension Spikes’
• Washington State Decrees Out with ‘He,’ ‘Him,’ ‘Man’
• Belfair Residents - Marathon Participants in Boston are OK
• Boston Marathon Finishers from Mason County
• Viral Photo - 78-Year-Old Washington State Runner Knocked Down By Boston Blast
• Idaho - Short in Extension Cord: Causes Fire, Kills Five

WORD OF THE DAY

Verbiage • \VER-bee-ij\ • Noun - 1: a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content 2: manner of expressing oneself in words: diction

Marley’s presentation was the vocal equivalent of a black hole. His verbiage – consisting of acronyms, highly technical terms, and obscure inside physics jokes – was so dense that those who were able to stumble from the darkened meeting room, fleeing the “Comic Sans” PowerPoint presentation eventually became the subject of extensive searches by convention center staff. Refugees from the session were found scattered throughout the facility for days afterwards, huddled in remote restroom stalls, broom closets and abandoned ticket booths.

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

Columbia River Treaty between U-S & Canada Under Intense Review (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/04/columbia_river_treaty_between.html

Overhauling the Third Hydro Plant at Grand Coulee Dam (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/04/overhauling-the-third-power-plant-at-grand-coulee-dam?cmpid=rss

High-Voltage Debate about Cost of Next Seattle City Light Substation (Seattle Times, WA)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020782271_substationtowersxml.html

Bonneville Power Administration’s Ellensburg Substation to Get County Evaluation (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)

http://www.dailyrecordnews.com/free/news/substation-to-get-county-evaluation/article_a4fd821a-a60e-11e2-b1b1-001a4bcf887a.html

Editorial - Grant County PUD: 75 years of service (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/opinion/editorials/article_7e78e8d2-a2e4-11e2-8558-001a4bcf887a.html

Washington State Adopts Tougher Penalties for Digging into Utilities (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/washington-adopts-tougher-penalties-for-digging-into-utilities/article_19808756-a3d3-11e2-967d-001a4bcf887a.html

Columbia River PUD Warns Customers of Telephone Scam (St Helens Chronicle, OR)

http://www.thechronicleonline.com/news/article_0a2cb656-a169-11e2-8bcc-0019bb2963f4.html

Idaho Transmission Line Project Will Help Meet Energy Demand (Idaho Business Review)

http://idahobusinessreview.com/2013/04/15/idaho-power-boardman-hemingway-transmission-line/

EPA Will Delay Rule Limiting Carbon Emissions at New Power Plants (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/13/science/earth/epa-to-delay-emissions-rule-at-new-power-plants.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

New U-S Nuclear Waste Policy May Be Illegal: GAO (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2013/04/14/new-u-s-nuclear-waste-policy-may-be-illegal-gao/?ss=business:energy

Parties Switch Roles over Possible U-S Sale of New Deal Tennessee Valley Authority (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-12/parties-switch-roles-over-possible-u-s-sale-of-new-deal-era-tva.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Dead Salmon Found Along Silt-Choked Elwha River after Hatchery Release (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130412/NEWS/304129979/dead-salmon-found-along-silt-choked-elwha-river-after-hatchery-release

Federal Culvert Ruling Could Cost Washington State over $2.4 Billion (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/news/Federal-culvert-ruling-could-cost-Wash-over-24B-202857521.html

Research: Dams, Altered Environment Have ‘Elicited an Adaptive Response in Snake River Fall Chinook’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/426045.aspx

Acquisition Protects Wildlife Corridor in Willamette Valley (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Acquisition-protects-wildlife-corridor-in-Willamette-Valley.aspx

Washington State Companies to Expand Slimy Hagfish Operations (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/W-Wash-companies-to-expand-slimy-hagfish-operations-202934611.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Colorado Senate Votes to Raise Renewable Energy Goals for Rural Co-Ops - Rural utilities complain it would cost billions of dollars to comply with the higher rules (Denver Business Journal, CO)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2013/04/colorado-senate-votes-to-raise.html

Report: Solar Scores Big Gains in Electricity Generation (U-S News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/04/12/report-solar-scores-big-gains-in-electricity-generation

Massachusetts - Some Area Residents Steaming Over Solar Projects (Worcester News Telegram, MA)

http://www.telegram.com/article/20130414/NEWS/104149785/

Federal Budget: Obama Seeks 40 Percent Increase in Clean Energy Spending (Reuters)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_22994775

Pumped Hydro: Storage Solution for a Renewable Energy Future (Renew Economy)

http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/pumped-hydro-storage-solution-for-a-renewable-energy-future-91567

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Did Window Retrofits Psych Occupants into Saving Even More Energy? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/2013/04/11/window-retrofits-psych-occupants-into-saving-energy/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

European Union Lawmakers Veto Beefing Up Cap-And-Trade System (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/EU-lawmakers-set-to-vote-on-cap-and-trade-system-4437364.php

Arctic Summers May Be Ice Free Sooner Than Predicted (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2013/04/12/arctic-summer-ice/2077579/

Op/Ed - Lawrence Solomon: Arctic Sea Ice Back to 1989 Levels, Now Exceeds Previous Decade (Financial Post, Canada)

http://opinion.financialpost.com/2013/04/15/lawrence-solomon-arctic-sea-ice-back-to-1989-levels-now-exceeds-previous-decade/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Carbon Controversy: Should The Northwest Grow Markets For Forest Biofuels? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://earthfix.opb.org/energy/article/carbon-controversy-should-the-northwest-grow-marke/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Silicon Valley Power Launches Free Citywide Wi-Fi Access, Moves Forward with Advanced Metering System (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=214731&issueID=26996

DSL Speed Could Soon Get a Boost with New Technologies (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_22998468

Netbooks, Once Intel’s Computer of the Future, Now Driven to ‘Extinction’ by the iPad (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/04/netbooks_once_intels_computer.html

FCC Very Close to Announcing Tom Wheeler as Next FCC Boss (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Very-Close-To-Announcing-Tom-Wheeler-As-Next-FCC-Boss-123874

At Long Last, Microsoft is Ready to Compete Head On With Amazon Web Services (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2013/04/16/at-long-last-microsoft-is-ready-to-compete-head-on-with-amazon-web-services/

Comcast Confirms: Yes, We’re Encrypting Basic Cable Now (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2013/04/15/comcast-basic-cable-encryption/

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Thou Shalt Not Stoop to Political Point-Scoring - A journalist’s guide to tweeting during a crisis (Slate Magazine – Some PG-13 Content))

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/04/boston_marathon_bombing_all_the_mistakes_journalists_make_during_a_crisis.html

Shaping Your Social-Media Brand Persona (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/socialmadness/2013/04/shaping-your-brand-persona-in-the.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Editorial - Washington State’s Auditing Budget Shouldn’t Be Raided by Lawmakers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/apr/14/editorial-editorial-washingtons-auditing-budget/

Editorial - The Selfish ‘Pension Spikes’ (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/apr/13/our-view-the-selfish-pension-spikes/

Washington State Decrees Out with ‘He,’ ‘Him,’ ‘Man’ (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/04/10/gender-neutral-language-its-the-law/

GENERAL NEWS

Belfair Residents - Marathon Participants in Boston are OK (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/9890

Boston Marathon Finishers from Mason County (Seattle Times, WA)

2724, Miranda Thygesen, Belfair, 3:35:56.

2757, Stephanie Neil, Belfair, 3:36:09.

DNF, Peggy VanBuskirk was about a mile from the finish line when the bombs exploded.

http://seattletimes.com/html/othersports/2020787642_webbostonmarathonagate16.html?syndication=rss

Viral Photo - 78-Year-Old Washington State Runner Knocked Down By Boston Blast (Associated Press)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/apr/15/78-year-old-runner-knocked-down-by-boston-blast/

That Older Man Knocked Down in the Photo (Talking Points Memo)

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/04/that_older_man_knocked_down_in_the_photo.php

Idaho - Short in Extension Cord: Causes Fire, Kills Five (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/apr/14/electrical-short-causes-fire-kills-5/

DIVERSIONS

Giant Snail Invasion Forces Floridians to Walk for Their Lives

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0415/Giant-snail-invasion-forces-Floridians-to-walk-for-their-lives

Enjoy Marshmallow Superiority with This Air-Compressed Bazooka

http://gizmodo.com/5994679/enjoy-marshmallow-superiority-with-this-air+compressed-bazooka

‘Starry Night’ Most-Loved Painting on Google

http://mashable.com/2013/04/15/van-gogh-starry-night-google/

Woman Wakes From Coma, Announces She Wants to Go to a Bob Seger Concert

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/04/16/woman-wakes-from-coma-announces-she-wants-to-go-to-a-bob-seger-concert/

SONG OF THE DAY

Bob Seger - Feel Like a Number

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1FRvwJP1pk

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