The Energy News Digest: Energy News Digest for February 25, 2014

Anita Decker Named New Executive Director of Northwest Public Power Association
Mason PUD 3’s Lake Cushman Project Aims to Repair Storm Damaged Power Lines
Grays Harbor PUD Warns of Phone Scam
British Columbia: Poles Chopped Down, Transformers Stripped in Brazen Langley Copper Wire Theft
How Co-ops Can Help Key Accounts After Storms
U-S Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Grid Cost-Allocation Ruling
Alcoa Reaches Electricity Deal with Hydro-Quebec
Hanford Reach Salmon Thriving After Controlling Water Release from Dam
USDA Spending $3 Million to Feed Honeybees in Midwest
Local Rivers High, Fast, Cold, Full of Debris
People Who Draw Directly from Lake Whatcom Urged to Boil Water
Will California Get Smart About Water?
Texas: As Water Usage Drops, Austin Officials Weigh Higher Rates
Can You Make a Wind Turbine Without Fossil Fuels?
Supreme Court Skeptical of Greenhouse Gas Permits
Did EPA Overstep in Tackling Global Warming? Supreme Court Sharply Split
U-S Readies Big-Data Dump on Climate & Weather
Volcanoes Helped Slow Global Warming, Livermore Scientists Conclude
Climate Engineering May Do More Harm than Good, According to New Research
What Do You Do with a 2.5 Million Ton Pile of Trash?
Verizon, AT&T Say Netflix Will Pay Them Too
Why Your Broadband is So Bad That Netflix Has to Pay for Special Access
TV Networks Are Lining Up to Denounce Aereo to the Supremes
North Carolina: Analyst Says Google Fiber Would Spark Internet Service ‘Renaissance’
Comcast to ‘Help’ Consumers by Raising Rates in Washington State
Facebook Closes Down Email Addresses
Selfies Have Led to a Head Lice Epidemic
John Dingell: Five Must-Knows About the Longest-Serving Member of Congress
Skull in Westport Crab Pot Confirmed Human, FBI Now Involved
2013: A Good Year for West Coast Log & Lumber Exports
Carbon Monoxide Suspected in Deaths of Four Idaho Family Members
Trustee Lawyer: Ex-Pettit Oil Customers Should Gain Reimbursement
This Year’s Crazy Weather is Freezing the Economy
Weather Eye: ‘Old Farmer’s Almanac’ Correctly Predicted This Harsh Winter

WORD OF THE DAY

Monopsony • \muh-NOP-su-nee\ • Noun – A sale apparently limited to one buyer.

Buy my goods kind sir

You’re my only customer

Monopsony, yes!

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Mason County Weather Forecast for February 25, 2014

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Anita Decker Named New Executive Director of Northwest Public Power Association (NWPPA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2014/02/anita-decker-named-new-executive.html

Mason PUD 3’s Lake Cushman Project Aims to Repair Storm Damaged Power Lines (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=1353

Grays Harbor PUD Warns of Phone Scam (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/news/local/pud-warns-phone-scam

British Columbia: Poles Chopped Down, Transformers Stripped in Brazen Langley Copper Wire Theft (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Poles+chopped+down+transformers+stripped+brazen+copper+wire/9548786/story.html

How Co-ops Can Help Key Accounts After Storms (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/industry/business-finance/how-co-ops-can-help-key-accounts-after-storms/65983

U-S Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Grid Cost-Allocation Ruling (Platts)

http://www.platts.com/latest-news/electric-power/washington/us-supreme-court-wont-hear-challenge-to-grid-21258926

Alcoa reaches electricity deal with Hydro-Quebec “…Alcoa had threatened…to close its facilities in Quebec if Hydro-Quebec refused to lower its electricity rates…” (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/alcoa-reaches-electricity-deal-with-hydro-quebec/article17080437/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Hanford Reach Salmon Thriving After Controlling Water Release from Dam (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/02/25/2846116/hanford-reach-salmon-thriving.html

USDA Spending $3 Million to Feed Honeybees in Midwest (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/02/25/2846300/usda-spending-3m-to-feed-honeybees.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Local Rivers High, Fast, Cold, Full of Debris (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/news/Local-rivers-high-fast-cold-full-of-debris--246973151.html

People Who Draw Directly from Lake Whatcom Urged to Boil Water (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/2014/02/25/3003806/people-who-draw-directly-from.html

Will California Get Smart About Water? (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/christine-hertzog/345146/will-california-get-smart-about-water

Texas: As Water Usage Drops, Austin Officials Weigh Higher Rates (Austin Business Journal, TX)

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2014/02/25/as-water-usage-drops-austin-officials-weigh-higher.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Can You Make a Wind Turbine Without Fossil Fuels? (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/robertwilson190/344771/can-you-make-wind-turbine-without-fossil-fuels

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Supreme Court Skeptical of Greenhouse Gas Permits (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/24/supreme-court-greenhouse-gas/5779185/

Did EPA Overstep in Tackling Global Warming? Supreme Court Sharply Split (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2014/0224/Did-EPA-overstep-in-tackling-global-warming-Supreme-Court-sharply-split.-video

U-S Readies Big-Data Dump on Climate & Weather (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2014/02/24/noaa-data-cloud/

Volcanoes helped slow global warming, Livermore scientists conclude (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_25219296

Climate Engineering May Do More Harm than Good, According to New Research (The Carbon Brief)

http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/02/climate-engineering-may-do-more-harm-than-good,-according-to-new-research/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

What Do You Do with a 2.5 Million Ton Pile of Trash? (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/what-do-you-do-with-a-million-ton-pile-of/article_1760638c-9cd0-11e3-90cb-001a4bcf887a.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Verizon, AT&T Say Netflix Will Pay Them Too (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2014/02/25/verizon-att-say.html

Why Your Broadband is So Bad That Netflix Has to Pay for Special Access (Think Progress)

http://thinkprogress.org/home/2014/02/25/3324351/netflix-comcast-deal/#

TV Networks Are Lining Up to Denounce Aereo to the Supremes (New York Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2014/02/25/tv-networks-are-lining-up-to-denounce-aereo-to-the.html

North Carolina: Analyst Says Google Fiber Would Spark Internet Service ‘Renaissance’ (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2014/02/24/analyst-google-fiber-would-spark-internet-service.html

Comcast to ‘Help’ Consumers by Raising Rates in Washington State (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-To-Help-Consumers-By-Raising-Rates-in-Washington-State-127915

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook Closes Down Email Addresses (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/02/25/facebook-ends-its-experiment-with-email.html

Selfies Have Led to a Head Lice Epidemic (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/selfies-have-led-to-a-head-lice-epidemic-1529945578

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

John Dingell: Five Must-Knows About the Longest-Serving Member of Congress (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2014/0224/John-Dingell-five-must-knows-about-the-longest-serving-member-of-Congress-video

GENERAL NEWS

Skull in Westport Crab Pot Confirmed Human, FBI Now Involved (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2014/02/24/skull-in-crab-pot-confirmed-human-fbi-now-involved/#axzz2uLsRVcmz

2013: A Good Year for West Coast Log & Lumber Exports (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/2013-good-year-west-coast-log-and-lumber-exports

Carbon Monoxide Suspected in Deaths of Four Idaho Family Members (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Carbon-monoxide-idaho-family-246969881.html

Trustee Lawyer: Ex-Pettit Oil Customers Should Gain Reimbursement (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20140225/NEWS/302259974/trustee-lawyer-ex-pettit-oil-customers-should-gain-reimbursement

This Year’s Crazy Weather is Freezing the Economy (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/24/this-years-crazy-weather-is-freezing-the-economy/?wprss=rss_business

Weather Eye: ‘Old Farmer’s Almanac’ Correctly Predicted This Harsh Winter (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/feb/25/old-farmers-almanac-correctly-predicted-this-harsh/

DIVERSIONS

Moon Struck by ‘Extraordinary’ Asteroid Blast

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/02/25/newser-moon-asteroid/5807555/

Why the Same Side of the Moon Always Faces the Earth

http://gizmodo.com/why-the-same-side-of-the-moon-always-faces-the-earth-1529577488

Player Leaves NFL Combine After ‘Hearing God;’ Says He’ll Play for Seahawks

http://q13fox.com/2014/02/24/player-leaves-nfl-combine-after-hearing-god-says-hell-play-for-seahawks/#axzz2uLsRVcmz

Bible Saves Man’s Life by Acting as a Bulletproof Vest

http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/25/bible-saves-mans-life-by-acting-as-a-bulletproof-vest/

SONG OF THE DAY

Pink Floyd - Brain Damage/Eclipse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzy6w_jbNRU

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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