Energy News Digest for April 10, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Bonneville Power Administration E-Mails Show Former Administrator Steve Wright Was in the Loop on Hiring Problems (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/04/bpa_e-mails_show_former_admini.html

911 Service Restored in Washington after Statewide Outage (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2014/04/10/911-outage-affecting-entire-state-of-washington/#axzz2yVKpLgro

Is Internet Access a Right? Seattle Considers Turning Internet into a Utility (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2014/04/is-internet-access-a-right-seattle-considers.html

Bonneville Power Administration: Water Volume Looking Good; Will Runoff Shape Follow Suit? (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Water-volume-looking-good;-will-runoff-shape-follow-suit.aspx

New Quotas Clear Way for Banner Summer Salmon Fishing in Pacific Ocean (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)

http://kplu.org/post/new-quotas-clear-way-banner-summer-salmon-fishing-pacific-ocean

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Bonneville Power Administration E-Mails Show Former Administrator Steve Wright Was in the Loop on Hiring Problems (Oregonian, Portland)
• Grant PUD Still Looking for Cause of Wanapum Dam Crack, Determine Influence of Water Pressure (Ifiberone News, Ephrata, WA)
• Grant PUD Will Know What Caused Crack by June (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
• Grant PUD Hustles to Help Fish (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
• New $275 Million Liquefied Petroleum Gas Export Facility Planned for Longview (Sustainable Business Oregon)
• Op/Ed: Closing Puget Sound Energy's Colstrip Facility Would Help State Moved (sic) Off Coal Power (Bellingham Herald, WA – Replacing baseload with variable solar & wind?)
• April 15 – Planned Outage in Allyn - Wheelwright Street Area (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
• Dalles Resident Honored by Bonneville Power Administration for Excellence (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)
• Northwest Electricity Prepayment Study Indicates High Customer Satisfaction & Energy Savings (CSR Wire)
• Michigan: DTE Truck Breaks Power Poles; 1,800 Lose Power (WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids MI)
• New Quotas Clear Way for Banner Summer Salmon Fishing in Pacific Ocean (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)
• Bonneville Power Administration: Water Volume Looking Good; Will Runoff Shape Follow Suit? (Bonneville Power Administration)
• Downstream Columbia River Water Demands May Face Push-Back (Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)
• Montana: Public Opposition to Water Rights Proposal Stirs Concerns (Flathead News Group, Kalispell, MT)
• California Water Plan Unveils Hardships to Come as Drought Persists (Sacramento Bee, CA)
• Wind Turbine Nightmare at Remote Alaska Refuge May Cost Millions (Alaska Dispatch)
• Wind, Solar Power Growing; Investments Aren't (USA Today)
• Pennsylvania: How Canadian Clean Energy Technology Can Help Pittsburgh – “…Ninety-eight percent of Quebec's energy is green, with 97 percent of the mix being fueled by hydro power and 3 percent being fueled by wind power…” (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
• TransAlta Renewables to Raise $125m Selling Shares (NewNet)
• Biomass: Not Carbon Neutral & Often Not Clean (The Energy Collective)
• PDF File: Blackout - Extreme Weather, Climate Change & Power Outages (Climate Central)
• Is Internet Access a Right? Seattle Considers Turning Internet into a Utility (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
• Seattle Mayor Clarifies Broadband Stance (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
• Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Disappointed Villages in Ireland Ahead of Seattle in Providing Internet (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
• What Could the 'Heartbleed' Bug Actually Damage? Power, Gas & Water, for Starters (Portland Business Journal, OR)
• The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right Now (Mashable)
• Congress Grills Comcast on Merger with Time Warner Cable (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
• Internet of Things Goes Home (Information Week)
• Internet Ad Spending Beat Broadcast TV for First Time Last Year (Mashable)
• Oregon Ranks Second in the Country for Government Transparency (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
• Here’s a Link to the Report (Oregon State Public Interest Research Group Foundation)
• 911 Service Restored in Washington after Statewide Outage (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
• New 'Pings' Stoke Optimism for Malaysia Plane Hunt (Reuters)
• Stephen Colbert is Taking Over for David Letterman, CBS Confirms (Mashable)

WORD OF THE DAY

Kith • \KITH\ • Noun - Familiar friends, neighbors, or relatives

I have got to thin the ukulele herd. My favorite uke’s location on the hook is being overrun with its kith in many forms: sopranino, soprano, concert, tenor…but no baritone.

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

Bonneville Power Administration E-Mails Show Former Administrator Steve Wright Was in the Loop on Hiring Problems (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/04/bpa_e-mails_show_former_admini.html

Grant PUD Still Looking for Cause of Wanapum Dam Crack, Determine Influence of Water Pressure (Ifiberone News, Ephrata, WA)

http://www.ifiberone.com/news/grant-pud-still-looking-for-cause-of-crack-determine-pressure/article_f1f0e6ba-c044-11e3-936d-001a4bcf6878.html

Grant PUD Will Know What Caused Crack by June (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_cfb71f86-c0c3-11e3-adc7-001a4bcf887a.html

Grant PUD Hustles to Help Fish (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_81994df2-c0c7-11e3-b859-001a4bcf887a.html

New $275 Million Liquefied Petroleum Gas Export Facility Planned for Longview (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2014/04/new-275m-lp-export-facility-planned.html

Op/Ed: Closing Puget Sound Energy's Colstrip Facility Would Help State Moved (sic) Off Coal Power (Bellingham Herald, WA – Replacing baseload with variable solar & wind?)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/04/10/3579243/closing-pses-colstrip-facility.html

April 15 – Planned Outage in Allyn - Wheelwright Street Area (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=1371

Dalles Resident Honored by Bonneville Power Administration for Excellence (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)

http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2014/apr/09/walasavage-honored-bpa-excellence/

Northwest Electricity Prepayment Study Indicates High Customer Satisfaction & Energy Savings (CSR Wire)

http://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/36914-Northwest-Electricity-Prepayment-Study-Indicates-High-Customer-Satisfaction-and-Energy-Savings

Michigan: DTE Truck Breaks Power Poles; 1,800 Lose Power (WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids MI)
http://woodtv.com/2014/04/09/dte-breaks-pole-1800-without-power/

FISH & WILDLIFE

New Quotas Clear Way for Banner Summer Salmon Fishing in Pacific Ocean (KPLU Radio, Tacoma, WA)

http://kplu.org/post/new-quotas-clear-way-banner-summer-salmon-fishing-pacific-ocean

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Bonneville Power Administration: Water Volume Looking Good; Will Runoff Shape Follow Suit? (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Water-volume-looking-good;-will-runoff-shape-follow-suit.aspx

Downstream Columbia River Water Demands May Face Push-Back (Coeur d’Alene Press, ID)

http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_aec548ac-7b1f-5ba5-9fd7-3b2f27ec5958.html

Montana: Public Opposition to Water Rights Proposal Stirs Concerns (Flathead News Group, Kalispell, MT)

http://www.flatheadnewsgroup.com/westshorenews/news/northwest_montana/public-opposition-to-water-rights-proposal-stirs-concerns/article_6525383c-8074-11e2-9c13-0019bb2963f4.html

California Water Plan Unveils Hardships to Come as Drought Persists (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/04/09/6311226/california-water-plan-unveils.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Wind Turbine Nightmare at Remote Alaska Refuge May Cost Millions (Alaska Dispatch)

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20140407/wind-turbine-nightmare-remote-alaska-refuge-may-cost-millions

Wind, Solar Power Growing; Investments Aren't (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/10/wind-solar-grow-but-investments-fall/7511733/

Pennsylvania: How Canadian Clean Energy Technology Can Help Pittsburgh – “…Ninety-eight percent of Quebec's energy is green, with 97 percent of the mix being fueled by hydro power and 3 percent being fueled by wind power…” (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/energy/2014/04/how-canadian-clean-energy-technology-can-help.html

TransAlta Renewables to Raise $125m Selling Shares (NewNet)

http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/investor-news/renewable-energy-news/transalta-renewables-to-raise-125m-selling-shares.html

Biomass: Not Carbon Neutral & Often Not Clean (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/nrdcswitchboard/365506/biomass-not-carbon-neutral-and-often-not-clean

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

PDF File: Blackout - Extreme Weather, Climate Change & Power Outages (Climate Central)

http://assets.climatecentral.org/pdfs/PowerOutages.pdf

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Is Internet Access a Right? Seattle Considers Turning Internet into a Utility (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2014/04/is-internet-access-a-right-seattle-considers.html

Seattle Mayor Clarifies Broadband Stance (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/brierdudley/2014/04/09/seattle-mayor-clarifies-broadband-stance/

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Disappointed Villages in Ireland Ahead of Seattle in Providing Internet (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/11/2494049/Seattle-Mayor-Ed-Murray-disappointed-villages-in-Ireland-ahead-of-Seattle-in-providing-internet

What Could the 'Heartbleed' Bug Actually Damage? Power, Gas & Water, for Starters (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2014/04/what-could-the-heartbleed-bug-actually-damage.html

The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right Now (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/

Congress Grills Comcast on Merger with Time Warner Cable (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2023341002_comcastdealsenatexml.html

Internet of Things Goes Home (Information Week)

http://www.informationweek.com/infrastructure/wireless-infrastructure/internet-of-things-goes-home/d/d-id/1204293

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Internet Ad Spending Beat Broadcast TV for First Time Last Year (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2014/04/10/mobile-surge-internet-beats-tv/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Oregon Ranks Second in the Country for Government Transparency (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/ospirg-report-says-oregon-is-second-best-in-government-transparency/

Here’s a Link to the Report (Oregon State Public Interest Research Group Foundation)

http://www.ospirgfoundation.org/reports/orf/following-money-2014

GENERAL NEWS

911 Service Restored in Washington after Statewide Outage (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2014/04/10/911-outage-affecting-entire-state-of-washington/#axzz2yVKpLgro

New 'Pings' Stoke Optimism for Malaysia Plane Hunt (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/10/us-malaysia-airlines-idUSBREA3308J20140410

Stephen Colbert is Taking Over for David Letterman, CBS Confirms (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2014/04/10/stephen-colbert-is-taking-over-for-david-letterman-cbs-confirms/

DIVERSIONS

SCIENCE! Why Ketchup Is So Damn Hard To Pour & How to Pour It Perfectly

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/why-ketchup-is-so-damn-hard-to-pour-and-what-you-should-1561069350

What’s In A $100 Grilled Cheese Sandwich?

http://consumerist.com/2014/04/10/whats-in-a-100-grilled-cheese-sandwich/

No, You Cannot Fly Around With WWI Artillery Shells in Your Checked Baggage

http://consumerist.com/2014/04/09/no-you-cannot-fly-around-with-wwi-artillery-shells-in-your-checked-baggage/

Some of the Worst Failed Tech Predictions Ever

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/some-of-the-best-foot-in-mouth-quotes-you-will-ever-rea-1561510802/1561525530/+jesusdiaz

SONG OF THE DAY

Carly Simon – Anticipation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibSelIFBR8s

Classic Heinz Ketchup Anticipation TV Ad 1979

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoLoyg3JKRQ

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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