Friday, January 18, 2013

Energy News Digest for January 18, 2013


The energy news digest will be perambulating around the back yard this weekend pondering landscape opportunities…or the lack thereof…over this coming three day weekend. It will return already tired in anticipation of future work on Tuesday with a new edition.

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

Port Angeles Plans to Protest Electricity Rate Increases - “…This is an economic assault on Port Angeles…” (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Small Fires at Ice Harbor Dam Stop Power Production (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Oregon Wave Energy Plan Ready for Vote after Four Years of Work (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

States, Tribes Differ on Columbia River Fish Recovery (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Boeing Scrambles to Find Fix So Planes Can Fly (Seattle Times, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Port Angeles Plans to Protest Electricity Rate Increases
  • Small Fires at Ice Harbor Dam Stop Power Production
  • Rotted Trees Taken Down to Keep Clallam County PUD Lights On
  • Liz Anderson Leaves Communications Post at Grays Harbor PUD
  • FERC Issues Final Rule on Annual Charges for Hydro Projects on Federal Lands
  • U-S Launches 35-Year Quest for a New Yucca Mountain
  • In Indiana, Debate over How ‘Trackers’ Shape Future Energy System
  • States, Tribes Differ on Columbia River Fish Recovery
  • U-S Environmentalists Challenged to Get Climate Change Laws through Congress
  • Oregon Wave Energy Plan Ready for Vote after Four Years of Work
  • Hydropower Efficiency Act Reintroduced to U-S House
  • Fiddling on the Roof: Can $10 Million in Prize Money Spark a Solar Revolution?
  • Port Angeles Gets Grant of Almost $500,000 from Bonneville Power Administration
  • How Are We Doing on Energy Efficiency?
  • Seattle Firm Seeks to Commercialize Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Methanol
  • As Homes Get Greener, NEEA Works on the Next Green Thing
  • Cable Industry Finally Admits Caps Not About Congestion - After Insisting For Years Caps Were About Congestion
  • Rural Broadband 'Just Like Electricity' - You Have to Have it, Officials Say
  • Washington State Governor Inslee: Extending Expiring Taxes Not an Increase
  • Boeing Scrambles to Find Fix So Planes Can Fly
  • Cold, Foggy Weather to Continue in Western Washington
  • Oregon Fighter Jets Escort Flight into Sea-Tac Airport after FBI Receives Possible Threat Tip
  • Small Bomb Explodes Outside Tacoma Corrections Office
  • Dock on Washington State Coast Confirmed as Tsunami Debris

WORD OF THE DAY

Inchmeal • \INCH-meel\ • Adverb - Little-by-little, gradually

The clock’s inchmeal advance seemed slower the closer it got to midnight thought little Timmy. “Christmas will NEVER get here at this rate,” he thought longingly.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Port Angeles Plans to Protest Electricity Rate Increases - “…This is an economic assault on Port Angeles…” (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Small Fires at Ice Harbor Dam Stop Power Production (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Rotted Trees Taken Down to Keep Clallam County PUD Lights On (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

Liz Anderson Leaves Communications Post at Grays Harbor PUD (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

FERC Issues Final Rule on Annual Charges for Hydro Projects on Federal Lands (American Public Power Association)

U-S Launches 35-Year Quest for a New Yucca Mountain (Forbes Magazine)

In Indiana, Debate over How ‘Trackers’ Shape Future Energy System (Midwest Energy News)

FISH & WILDLIFE

States, Tribes Differ on Columbia River Fish Recovery (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

U-S Environmentalists Challenged to Get Climate Change Laws through Congress (The Guardian, UK)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Oregon Wave Energy Plan Ready for Vote after Four Years of Work (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

Hydropower Efficiency Act Reintroduced to U-S House (Renewable Energy World)

Fiddling on the Roof: Can $10 Million in Prize Money Spark a Solar Revolution? (Grist Online)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Port Angeles Gets Grant of Almost $500,000 from Bonneville Power Administration (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

How Are We Doing on Energy Efficiency? (Grist Online)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Seattle Firm Seeks to Commercialize Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Methanol (Northwest Public Radio)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

As Homes Get Greener, NEEA Works on the Next Green Thing (Sustainable Business Oregon)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Cable Industry Finally Admits Caps Not About Congestion - After Insisting For Years Caps Were About Congestion (Broadband Reports)

Rural Broadband 'Just Like Electricity' - You Have to Have it, Officials Say (Post Bulletin, Rochester, MN)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Governor Inslee: Extending Expiring Taxes Not an Increase (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Boeing Scrambles to Find Fix So Planes Can Fly (Seattle Times, WA)

Cold, Foggy Weather to Continue in Western Washington (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Oregon Fighter Jets Escort Flight into Sea-Tac Airport after FBI Receives Possible Threat Tip (Associated Press)

Small Bomb Explodes Outside Tacoma Corrections Office (Associated Press)

Dock on Washington State Coast Confirmed as Tsunami Debris (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

DIVERSIONS

When Subway's Footlong Isn't a Foot Long - More Like 11 Inches

'Dear Abby’ Advice Columnist Dies at Age 94

Shades of the Movie “Outsourced” – Sly Software Worker Outsources His Own Job

Amateur Australian Prospector Finds Massive Gold Nugget

SONG OF THE DAY

Sly & the Family Stone - Take my Advice