The Energy News Digest: Energy News Digest for May 8, 2013

Appeals Court Upholds Okanogan PUD’s Power Line Plan
Washington Appeals Court Finds PUDs Have Authority to Condemn Public Trust Lands
Pacific Power’s Retort to Klamath Falls Municipal Electricity Service Plan
Washington State Office Recommends Changes to Puget Sound Energy’s Multi-Year Rate Plan Proposal
Oregon - Scammers Target Central Lincoln PUD Customers
President’s Proposed Budget Calls for Strategic Review of Government’s Role in the Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Staff Issues Report on Bonneville Power Administration’s Reliability Standards Audit
Planning for the Power Grid of the Future
As Price of Nuclear Energy Drops, a Wisconsin Plant Is Shut
in Sacramento
So Long Salmon. Tri-City Kids Set Science Projects Free
Congressman Doc Hastings Discusses Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization at Fisheries Conference
Pacific Power Spares Nesting Northern Flickers in Northeast Portland
Greens Sue British Columbia for Trees
Flawed Study Led to Sediment Miscalculation on Elwha Project
Upper Klamath Basin Braces for Irrigation Shutoffs
Montana - Five Charged with Pocketing Federal Stimulus Aid Meant for Chippewa Cree Tribe - Meant for Water Project
Celebrate Puget Sound Starts Here Month in May
Minnesota House Passes Bill That Would Require 4% Solar Power
Canada Loses Appeal at WTO over Ontario’s Green Energy Legislation
American Wind Energy Association Looks to Step up Lobbying, Political Contributions
New Wind Turbine for Low Wind Sites
Utilities Must Walk the Energy-Efficiency Talk
Encroaching Sea Already a Threat in Caribbean
Electric-Car Enthusiasts Eye World Records in Cross-Country Trip
AT&T adds 4G LTE to Grays Harbor
Why Does Broadband in the U-S Lag Behind Many Other Countries?
Yanking Broadband from the Slow Lane
San Francisco Surrenders in Fight over Cell Phone Warnings
Syria Is Completely Cut Off from the Internet Again
Don’t Wait Until You Need Social Media - It’s Time to Face Facebook
Why the Sierra Club is Boycotting Facebook
Norm Dicks Joins the Law Firm of Van Ness Feldman
Tacoma City Managers, Employees Slated To Get Sizable Pay Raise; Some Call Foul
Mason County High School Baseball Team Disciplined for Drinking Moonshine
Employers Can’t Be Forced to Display Pro-Union Posters, Court Rules
Thurston County Deputies: Man Siphoned, Resold Thousands of Dollars of Gasoline

WORD OF THE DAY

Diseuse • \dee-ZOOZ\ • Noun - A woman who is a skilled & usually professional reciter

Elocutionist

Diseuse shames all the shy boys

Brings the big house down

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

Appeals Court Upholds Okanogan PUD’s Power Line Plan (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/may/07/appeals-court-upholds-okanogan-puds-powerline-plan/

Washington Appeals Court Finds PUDs Have Authority to Condemn Public Trust Lands (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

http://www.energynaturalresourceslaw.com/2013/05/washington-appeals-court-finds-puds-have-authority-to-condemn-public-trust-lands.html

Pacific Power’s Retort to Klamath Falls Municipal Electricity Service Plan (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)

http://www.heraldandnews.com/members/news/frontpage/article_743d939a-b7ac-11e2-9575-0019bb2963f4.html

Washington State Office Recommends Changes to Puget Sound Energy’s Multi-Year Rate Plan Proposal (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)

http://kpbj.com/business_daily/2013-05-08/state_office_recommends_changes_to_puget_sound_energys_multi_year_rate_pla

Oregon - Scammers Target Central Lincoln PUD Customers (Suislaw News, Florence, OR)

http://www.thesiuslawnews.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=80&story_id=6601

President’s Proposed Budget Calls for Strategic Review of Government’s Role in the Tennessee Valley Authority (U-S Energy Information Administration)

http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=11151

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Staff Issues Report on Bonneville Power Administration’s Reliability Standards Audit (National Law Review)

http://www.natlawreview.com/article/federal-energy-regulatory-commission-ferc-staff-issues-report-bonneville-power-admin

Planning for the Power Grid of the Future (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Planning-for-the-power-grid-of-the-future.aspx

As Price of Nuclear Energy Drops, a Wisconsin Plant Is Shut (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/business/energy-environment/kewaunee-nuclear-power-plant-shuts-down.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Three Million Hatchery Salmon Released into American River in Sacramento (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/07/5402563/3-million-hatchery-salmon-released.html

So Long Salmon. Tri-City Kids Set Science Projects Free (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/22185647/so-long-salmon-kids-set-science-projects-free

Congressman Doc Hastings Discusses Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization at Fisheries Conference (U-S House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee)

http://naturalresources.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=332834

Pacific Power Spares Nesting Northern Flickers in Northeast Portland (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/05/pacific_power_spares_nesting_n.html

Greens Sue British Columbia for Trees (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/05/07/57375.htm

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Flawed Study Led to Sediment Miscalculation on Elwha Project (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/8689

Upper Klamath Basin Braces for Irrigation Shutoffs (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Upper-Klamath-Basin-braces-for-irrigation-shutoffs-4496439.php

Montana - Five Charged with Pocketing Federal Stimulus Aid Meant for Chippewa Cree Tribe - Meant for Water Project (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/viewart/20130507/NEWS01/305070011/5-charged-diverting-federal-stimulus-aid-meant-Chippewa-Cree-Tribe

Celebrate Puget Sound Starts Here Month in May (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/may/08/celebrate-puget-sound-starts-here-month-may/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Minnesota House Passes Bill That Would Require 4% Solar Power (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)

http://www.startribune.com/business/206538021.html?refer=y

Canada Loses Appeal at WTO over Ontario’s Green Energy Legislation (Canadian Press, CTV)

http://london.ctvnews.ca/canada-loses-appeal-at-wto-over-ontario-s-green-energy-legislation-1.1269464

American Wind Energy Association Looks to Step up Lobbying, Political Contributions (Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition)

http://www.governorswindenergycoalition.org/?p=5613

New Wind Turbine for Low Wind Sites (DomesticFuel)

http://domesticfuel.com/2013/05/07/new-wind-turbine-for-low-wind-sites/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Utilities Must Walk the Energy-Efficiency Talk (Fierce Energy)

http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/utilities-must-walk-energy-efficiency-talk/2013-04-30

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Encroaching Sea Already a Threat in Caribbean (Associated Press)

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/international/americas/2013/05/encroaching_sea_already_a_threat_in_caribbean

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Electric-Car Enthusiasts Eye World Records in Cross-Country Trip (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2013/0507/Electric-car-enthusiasts-eye-world-records-in-cross-country-trip

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AT&T adds 4G LTE to Grays Harbor (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kxro.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/att-adds-4g-lte-to-grays-harbor/

Why Does Broadband in the U-S Lag Behind Many Other Countries? (Wired)

http://www.wired.com/insights/2013/05/broadband-lag-behind/

Yanking Broadband from the Slow Lane (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/business/google-project-may-spur-broadband-competition.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

San Francisco Surrenders in Fight over Cell Phone Warnings (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/08/us-usa-sanfrancisco-cellphones-idUSBRE9470I520130508

Syria Is Completely Cut Off from the Internet Again (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/syria-is-completely-cut-off-from-the-internet-again-494724786

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Don’t Wait Until You Need Social Media - It’s Time to Face Facebook (Houston Business Journal, TX)

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/bizorama/2013/05/dont-wait-until-you-need-social-media.html

Why the Sierra Club is Boycotting Facebook (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/05/08/why-the-sierra-club-is-boycotting.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Norm Dicks Joins the Law Firm of Van Ness Feldman (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2013/05/norm-dicks-joining-seattle-law-firm.html

Tacoma City Managers, Employees Slated To Get Sizable Pay Raise; Some Call Foul (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2013/05/07/city-managers-employees-slated-to-get-sizable-pay-raise-some-call-foul/

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County High School Baseball Team Disciplined for Drinking Moonshine (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/High-school-baseball-team-disciplined-for-drinking-moonshine-206446041.html

Employers Can’t Be Forced to Display Pro-Union Posters, Court Rules (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2013/0507/Employers-can-t-be-forced-to-display-pro-union-posters-court-rules

Thurston County Deputies: Man Siphoned, Resold Thousands of Dollars of Gasoline (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Deputies-Man-siphoned-resold-thousands-of-dollars-in-gasoline-206544761.html

DIVERSIONS

Saul Bass: Designer, Artist & Auteur of the Opening Credits

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2013/0508/Saul-Bass-Designer-artist-and-auteur-of-the-opening-credits-video

Lawsuit: Intel Worker Subjected to ‘Kick Me’ Prank

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/technology/article/Lawsuit-Intel-worker-subjected-to-Kick-Me-prank-4495440.php

‘The Peacocks Are Vandalizing Our Cars’

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/TH-206382891.html

Shades of the “Three Stooges” - When Remodeling Goes Wrong: House Destroyed by Fire, Falling Tree

http://www.katu.com/news/local/When-remodeling-goes-wrong-House-destroyed-by-fire-falling-tree-206456141.html

SONG OF THE DAY

BJ. Thomas - I Just Can’t Help Believing (The Living Room Sessions)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4j-fJb40TY

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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