The Energy News Digest: 09/04/13

Wright Takes Over at Chelan PUD
Avista Files 30-Year Electricity Resource Plan
Boost from the Sun Could Help Gas Power Plants Generate More Electricity, Run More Cleanly
Valley Tech, Avista Extend Entrepreneurship Program to High Schoolers
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Ready to Flip Switch on Rancho Cordova Campus
Switching from Smart Meters Will Cost Kauai Island Utility Cooperative Customers
Op/Ed: A Scientific Look at Smart Meters Pokes Holes in Central Maine Power’s Safety Claims
Alliant to Sell Minnesota Utility Businesses
Errors Cast Doubt on Japan’s Cleanup of Nuclear Accident Site
Alaska Sees Record Commercial Salmon Catch
Steelhead Counts Down But Salmon Numbers Up in Snake River
New Idaho Sockeye Hatchery May Lead to Fishing
160 Salmon Killed in Idaho Hatchery Transport, ‘Employee Error’ Blamed
Feds Plan to Boost Pacific Northwest Salmon Stocks
Boaters Warned About Lower Water Levels Below Bonneville Dam
Man Leads Crusade to Deepen Kalama River
Editorial: Harness Wind, or Fall Flat - Economic, environmental benefits too important for Pacific Northwest to ignore
California: Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Coming Together
The U.S. States with the Biggest Renewable Energy Future
Beyond Renewable Portfolio Standards
FERC Sets Date for Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act Workshop
With Large Hydro Resources, Norway Should Easily Integrate $3.3 Billion of New Wind Projects
Energy Efficient Cities Saving You Money
Cool News: Big Fridges to Get More Efficient Under New Obama Rules
Cooling Pacific Has Dampened Global Warming, Research Shows
Scientists Call for Overhaul of United Nations ‘Blockbuster’ Climate Reports
Did Soot Cause Climate Change in the 19th Century?
Ag Energy Debuts Converter - Generator Transforms Farm Waste to Electricity
Portable Solar Generators Provide Renewable Energy for Events
Clallam Transit Mobile Wireless Experiment Extended
Latest Pew Study Shows 70 Percent of U-S Has Broadband
Facebook for Members of All Ages
Is This the Funniest Photo in Baseball History?
Special Weather Statement for Heavy Thursday Rainfall
Soaking Rains to Bring Potential for Urban Flooding this Week
Washington State Governor: Special Session on Transportation Needed
Mason County’s Preliminary Budget Review
Horse Rescued from Mason County Well

WORD OF THE DAY

Incipient • \in-SIP-ee-unt\ • adjective - Beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Snugly ensconced in the roots of an ancient, gnarled tree in Fanghorn Forest - totally immersed in the final chapters of “The Deathly Hallows” - Bartholomew was unaware of the incipient disaster awaiting his mortality until a single, stringy drop of drool fell upon the word “Dumbledore” on the otherwise perfectly clean page. The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal had arrived for dinner.

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

Wright Takes Over at Chelan PUD (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/sep/03/wright-takes-over-at-chelan-pud/

Avista Files 30-Year Electricity Resource Plan (Electric Light & Power)

http://www.elp.com/articles/2013/09/avista-files-30-year-electricity-resource-plan.html

Boost from the Sun Could Help Gas Power Plants Generate More Electricity, Run More Cleanly (Seattle Times - Paywall Advisory)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021743081_solarboosterxml.html?syndication=rss

Valley Tech, Avista Extend Entrepreneurship Program to High Schoolers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/sep/03/valley-tech-avista-extend-entrepreneurship/

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Ready to Flip Switch on Rancho Cordova Campus (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/09/03/smud-ready-to-flip-switch-rancho-cordova.html

Switching from Smart Meters Will Cost Kauai Island Utility Cooperative Customers (Pacific Business News, HI)
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/morning_call/2013/08/switching-from-smart-meters-will-cost.html

Op/Ed: A Scientific Look at Smart Meters Pokes Holes in Central Maine Power’s Safety Claims (Portland Press-Herald, ME)

http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/a-scientific-look-at-smart-meters-pokes-holes-in-cmp-safety-claims_2013-08-31.html

Alliant to Sell Minnesota Utility Businesses (Wisconsin State Journal)

http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/alliant-to-sell-minnesota-utility-businesses/article_e90521c1-5769-58e2-be09-0f9df30b6f55.html

Errors Cast Doubt on Japan’s Cleanup of Nuclear Accident Site (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/world/asia/errors-cast-doubt-on-japans-cleanup-of-nuclear-accident-site.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

FISH & WILDLIFE

Alaska Sees Record Commercial Salmon Catch (Associated Press)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130903/BIZ/709039897

Steelhead Counts Down But Salmon Numbers Up in Snake River (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/sep/01/steelhead-counts-down-but-salmon-numbers-up-in/

New Idaho Sockeye Hatchery May Lead to Fishing (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/09/04/2741433/new-sockeye-hatchery-may-lead.html

160 Salmon Killed in Idaho Hatchery Transport, ‘Employee Error’ Blamed (KBOI-TV, Boise, ID)

http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/Fish-Kill-Idaho-Salmon-222075111.html

Feds Plan to Boost Pacific Northwest Salmon Stocks (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/public-policy-watch/energy-environment/feds-plan-would-boost-salmon-stocks/60746

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Boaters Warned About Lower Water Levels Below Bonneville Dam (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/boaters-warned-about-lower-water-levels-below-bonneville-dam/

Man Leads Crusade to Deepen Kalama River (KGW TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/news/Kalama-mans-crusade-to-deepen-river-222276961.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Editorial: Harness Wind, or Fall Flat - Economic, environmental benefits too important for Pacific Northwest to ignore (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/sep/04/in-our-view-harness-wind-or-fall-flat/

California: Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Coming Together (Palm Springs Desert Sun, CA)

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130903/BUSINESS0302/309030027/Desert-Renewable-Energy-Conservation-Plan-green-zone-map

The U.S. States with the Biggest Renewable Energy Future (The 9 Billion)

http://www.the9billion.com/2013/09/01/the-u-s-states-with-the-biggest-renewable-energy-future/

Beyond Renewable Portfolio Standards – An Assessment of Regional Supply & Demand Conditions Affecting the Future of Renewable Energy in the West (NREL - PDF File)

http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy13osti/57830-1.pdf

FERC Sets Date for Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act Workshop - Licenses for hydropower development at non-powered dams & closed-loop pumped storage projects (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

http://www.ferc.gov/media/news-releases/2013/2013-3/09-03-13-hydro.asp#.UidUIXddBIQ

With Large Hydro Resources, Norway Should Easily Integrate $3.3 Billion of New Wind Projects (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2013/09/04/with-large-hydro-resources-norway-should-easily-integrate-3-3-billion-of-new-wind-projects/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Efficient Cities Saving You Money (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.keprtv.com/home/video/Energy-efficient-cities-saving-you-money-222269901.html

Cool News: Big Fridges to Get More Efficient Under New Obama Rules (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/politics/cool-news-big-fridges-to-get-more-efficient-under-new-obama-rules/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Cooling Pacific Has Dampened Global Warming, Research Shows (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/climate-energy/cooling-pacific-has-dampened-global-warming-research-shows/

Scientists Call for Overhaul of United Nations ‘Blockbuster’ Climate Reports (The Guardian, UK)

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/04/scientists-overhaul-un-climate-report-ipcc

Did Soot Cause Climate Change in the 19th Century? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0904/Did-soot-cause-climate-change-in-the-19th-century

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Ag Energy Debuts Converter - Generator Transforms Farm Waste to Electricity (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/sep/04/ag-energy-debuts-converter/

Portable Solar Generators Provide Renewable Energy for Events (Wilmington Star News, NC)

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20130831/ARTICLES/130839934

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Clallam Transit Mobile Wireless Experiment Extended (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/8964

Latest Pew Study Shows 70 Percent of U-S Has Broadband - Access Is Still Unequal (Wired)

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/08/latest-pew-results-show-digital-divide-and-mobile-paradox-for-u-s-broadband/

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook for Members of All Ages - Grandma & grandpa are on Facebook & might be interested in liking their electric cooperative’s page (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/industry/trends-reports-analyses/facebook-for-members-of-all-ages/60819

Is This the Funniest Photo in Baseball History? (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2013/09/03/amazing-baseball-foul-ball-photo/

GENERAL NEWS

Special Weather Statement for Heavy Thursday Rainfall (Mason County PUD No. 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=1251

Soaking Rains to Bring Potential for Urban Flooding this Week (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Soaking-rains-to-bring-potential-for-urban-flooding-this-week-222240701.html

Washington State Governor: Special Session on Transportation Needed (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/gov-inslee-special-session-transportation-needed

Mason County’s Preliminary Budget Review (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/4896-mason-county-s-preliminary-budget-review

Horse Rescued from Mason County Well (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/4900-horse-rescued-from-well

DIVERSIONS

Lava Lamps: 50 Years Old & Still Groovy

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_23998016

‘Louie, Louie’ Finds another Place in History with Louie Louie Day in Portland

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/09/louie_louie_finds_another_plac.html

McCain Plays Poker on iPhone During Syria Hearing

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/04/mccain-syria-poker-hearing/2761445/

Family Finds Gold Treasure worth $300,000 off Florida

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0904/Family-finds-gold-treasure-worth-300-000-off-Florida

SONG OF THE DAY

Fleetwood Mac - Gold Dust Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPEGzEttx0w

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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