The Energy News Digest: Energy News Digest for June 3, 2013

Portland General Electric Launches Salem Center to Test Smarter Electric Grid
British Columbia - Energy Portfolio Could Blow up in Clark’s Face
Op/Ed - Northwest Power & Conservation Council: Here's a Little Secret Few People Realize
Grant PUD’s Priest Rapids Recreation Area at Desert Aire Opens, Offers New Amenities
Michigan Congressman Kildee Wants DOJ to Investigate Whether JPMorgan Manipulated Energy Market
Southern California Edison Playing Hide-And-Seek with Public & Regulators
Congo Confident $12 Billion Hydropower Plant Will Proceed by 2015
Ethiopia Dams the Blue Nile - How Ethiopia’s decision to restrict the flow of the Nile River could affect its relationship with Egypt
A Year after Condit Dam Breaching, Natural Origin Salmonids Spawn in New Miles of Upstream Habitat
Judge Explains Sandy River Hatchery Release Ruling; Expresses Concern over High Hatchery Stray Rates
Scientists Warn Atlantic Puffins in Peril in U-S
Water Dispute Clouds Future for Whatcom County Farms, Factories
City of Portland Plans to Shut Down Some Reservoirs, Cover Others
Mason County PUD 1 Commission Public Hearing for Hood Canal Water Systems June 11
Oregonians to Get Postcard, Not Full Report, About Water Quality
Hydropower Opposition Slows Project Approvals
Will Solar Power Kill Utility Companies? They Think So
Op/Ed - Solar Power Subsidies Were Too Large Too Fast
Building Energy Efficiency: What Matters Most?
Department of Energy Focuses on Conserving Resources for Oregonians & the Agency
Moving Geoengineering Out from Under Dark Shadows
Op/Ed - Uncertainties about Climate Change Are Many & Varied
Sequim to Take Up "Green" City Hall
Extreme Broadband Internet Could Boost Missoula Businesses
Keep an Eye on the Changing Field of Telemedicine
The Week In Cloud: Can Windows Azure Disrupt Amazon’s Cloud? Stay Tuned.
NBCNews.com Moving to Columbia Center in Downtown Seattle?
Yahoo is Axing Mail Classic but the New Version Reads Your Emails
Five Pillars of Successful Mobile Design
Nine Tips to Maximize YouTube's Marketing Potential
Anatomy of a Logo: Star Wars
Killing Ecology's Bellingham Office: Efficiency or Design?
Worst Storms Over in East, South but More Coming
Olympia Police Seek Help Stopping Copper Wire Theft
Powerhouse Fire in Southern California Consumes 25,000 Acres
Puget Sound Loses as Boeing Opens Engineering Center in South Carolina
Adams Family Farming Clams & Oysters in Skookum Inlet

WORD OF THE DAY

Styptic • \STIP-tick\ • Adjective - Tending to contract or bind: astringent; especially: tending to check bleeding

Let us just say that Bartholomew’s first attempt at shaving went horribly wrong. “I don’t think there are enough styptic pencils in the world to keep me from dying of blood loss if I do this each morning,” he opined. As a result, the legend of “The Bearded One” was born in the field of competitive beard growing. His hirsute efforts became legend, as did the bird nest under his hairy chin.

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

Portland General Electric Launches Salem Center to Test Smarter Electric Grid (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20130601/NEWS/306010020/PGE-launches-Salem-center-test-smarter-electric-grid

British Columbia - Energy Portfolio Could Blow up in Clark’s Face (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/energy-portfolio-could-blow-up-in-clarks-face/article12304445/

Op/Ed - Northwest Power & Conservation Council: Here's a Little Secret Few People Realize (Twin Falls Times News, ID)

http://magicvalley.com/news/opinion/columns/stapilus-here-s-a-little-secret-few-people-realize/article_1729b396-b8b6-50f6-9969-8efc8c455ef1.html

Grant PUD’s Priest Rapids Recreation Area at Desert Aire Opens, Offers New Amenities (Crescent Bar Chronicle, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/crescent_bar_chronicle/news/article_96158922-c8ba-11e2-9e86-001a4bcf887a.html

Michigan Congressman Kildee Wants DOJ to Investigate Whether JPMorgan Manipulated Energy Market (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=220927&issueID=27030

Southern California Edison Playing Hide-And-Seek with Public & Regulators (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2013/06/01/southern-california-edison-playing-hide-and-seek-with-public-and-regulators/

New York Strengthens Electric Grid for Storm Season (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/ecsjessica/231496/restoration-reinforcement-new-york-strengthens-electric-grid-storm-season

Congo Confident $12 Billion Hydropower Plant Will Proceed by 2015 (Bloomberg News)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/05/congo-confident-12-billion-hydropower-plant-will-proceed-by-2015?cmpid=rss

Ethiopia Dams the Blue Nile - How Ethiopia’s decision to restrict the flow of the Nile River could affect its relationship with Egypt (The Trumpet, Edmond, OK)

http://www.thetrumpet.com/article/10661.19.0.0/world/energy/ethiopia-dams-the-blue-nile

FISH & WILDLIFE

A Year after Condit Dam Breaching, Natural Origin Salmonids Spawn in New Miles of Upstream Habitat (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/426822.aspx

Judge Explains Sandy River Hatchery Release Ruling; Expresses Concern over High Hatchery Stray Rates (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/426821.aspx

Scientists Warn Atlantic Puffins in Peril in U-S (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Scientists-warn-Atlantic-puffins-in-peril-in-US-4570495.php

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Water Dispute Clouds Future for Whatcom County Farms, Factories (Bellingham Herald, WA)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2013/06/03/3033006/water-dispute-clouds-future-for.html

City of Portland Plans to Shut Down Some Reservoirs, Cover Others (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/news/local/City-plans-to-cover-open-reservoirs-shut-down-others-209812521.html

Mason County PUD 1 Commission Public Hearing for Hood Canal Water Systems June 11 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/public-notices/58296-pud1-commission-public-hearing-for-hood-canal-water-systems-june-11

Oregonians to Get Postcard, Not Full Report, About Water Quality (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregonians-to-get-postcard-not-full-report-about-water-quality/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Hydropower Opposition Slows Project Approvals (Renewable Energy Magazine)

http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/article/hydropower-opposition-slows-project-approvals-20130603

Will Solar Power Kill Utility Companies? They Think So (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2013/0602/Will-solar-power-kill-utility-companies-They-think-so

Op/Ed - Solar Power Subsidies Were Too Large Too Fast (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/05/30/solar-power-subsidies-were-too-large-too-fast/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Building Energy Efficiency: What Matters Most? (Engineering.Com)

http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/5798/Building-Energy-Efficiency-What-Matters-Most.aspx

Department of Energy Focuses on Conserving Resources for Oregonians & the Agency (Salem Statesman-Journal, OR)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20130602/BUSINESS01/306020012/Department-Energy-focuses-conserving-resources-Oregonians-agency

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Moving Geoengineering Out from Under Dark Shadows (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/techchron/2013/06/01/moving-geoengineering-out-from-under-dark-shadows/

Op/Ed - Uncertainties about Climate Change Are Many & Varied (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_23370301/uncertainties-about-climate-change-are-many-and-varied

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Sequim to Take Up "Green" City Hall (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/8757

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Extreme Broadband Internet Could Boost Missoula Businesses (KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)

http://www.kpax.com/news/extreme-broadband-internet-could-boost-missoula-businesses/

Keep an Eye on the Changing Field of Telemedicine (Louisville Business First, KY)

http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/blog/2013/05/keep-an-eye-on-the-changing-field-of.html

The Week In Cloud: Can Windows Azure Disrupt Amazon’s Cloud? Stay Tuned. (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2013/06/02/week-in-cloud-can-windows-azure-disrupt-amazon-cloud-stay-tuned/

NBCNews.com Moving to Columbia Center in Downtown Seattle? (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2013/05/nbcnewscom-moving-to-columbia-center.html

Yahoo is Axing Mail Classic but the New Version Reads Your Emails (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/yahoo-is-axing-mail-classic-but-the-new-version-reads-y-510918291

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Five Pillars of Successful Mobile Design (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2013/06/02/mobile-design-tips/

Nine Tips to Maximize YouTube's Marketing Potential (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2013/06/03/youtube-marketing/

Anatomy of a Logo: Star Wars (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/anatomy-of-a-logo-star-wars-510998430

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Killing Ecology's Bellingham Office: Efficiency or Design? (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2013/05/30/olympia-2013/114703/ecology-budget-squeeze/

GENERAL NEWS

Worst Storms Over in East, South but More Coming (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/worst-storms-over-east-south-more-coming-074649963.html

Olympia Police Seek Help Stopping Copper Wire Theft (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/58303-olympia-police-seek-help-stopping-copper-wire-theft

Powerhouse Fire in Southern California Consumes 25,000 Acres - More Than 2,000 Firefighters on the Lines (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_23374704

Puget Sound Loses as Boeing Opens Engineering Center in South Carolina (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2013/05/31/puget-sound-loses-as-boeing-opens.html

Adams Family Farming Clams & Oysters in Skookum Inlet (Thurston Talk, Olympia, WA)

http://www.thurstontalk.com/2013/06/02/sound-fresh-oysters/

DIVERSIONS

Justin Bieber Fans Unleash Twitter Fury on NFL Legend

http://mashable.com/2013/05/30/justin-bieber-fans-twitter-eric-dickerson/

Wyoming Teen Who Built Nuclear Reactor Ousted from Fair

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Wyo-teen-who-built-reactor-ousted-from-fair-4566581.php

KPLU Tracks Down Daredevil Taking Photos atop Seattle Icons

http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2013/06/02/kplu-tracks-down-daredevil-taking-photos-atop-seattle-icons/

When You Receive 11 Pounds of Marijuana You Didn’t Order, You Should Probably Tell Someone

http://consumerist.com/2013/06/03/when-you-receive-11-pounds-of-marijuana-you-didnt-pay-for-you-should-probably-tell-someone/

SONG OF THE DAY

Elmer Bernstein - The Magnificent Seven Soundtrack Suite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IBC9D1wfbc

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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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