Energy News Digest for August 14, 2014 - Hot Shots Edition

The Energy News Digest will be on vacation August 15 through September 1. If some REALLY exciting things happens, mysterious postings done away from the spouse’s view may show up on the Twitter feed or blog site. Maybe.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Nuclear Reactors May Have Future in Washington State (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Nuclear-reactors-future-Washington-state-271233401.html

Idaho: Flash Flood Kills Broodstock Chinook Salmon on South Fork of the Salmon River (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/08/14/3324049/flash-flood-kills-broodstock-chinook.html

Fish & Wildlife Drops Proposal to List Wolverine as Threatened (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/science/la-na-wolverine-20140813-story.html

Portland General Electric Warns of Phone Scam (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2014/08/13/portland-general-electric-warns-of-phone-scam/

British Columbia: First Nation Signs Deal for Six Run-of-River Power Projects - Arrangement dependent on securing power-purchase agreements with BC Hydro (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/First+Nation+signs+deal+river+power+projects/10116269/story.html

Electricity Flows to Northwestern British Columbia as New Line Powers Up (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/electricity-flows-to-northwestern-british-columbia-as-new-line-powers-up-1.1311209

Southern California Edison Hikes Electricity Rates (The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA)

http://www.desertsun.com/story/tech/science/energy/2014/08/01/southern-california-edison-hikes-rates/13494153/

Los Angeles’ City-Owned Electric Utility Raises its Energy Efficiency Ambitions (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/nrdcswitchboard/460761/los-angeles-city-owned-electric-utility-raises-its-energy-efficiency-ambition

Google Fiber Posts another Portland Job -- But No Build Out Announcement Yet (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2014/08/google_fiber_posts_another_por.html

Food Giant Kellogg Announces Efforts to Battle Climate Change (Associated Press)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/08/13/kellogg-climate-change/14012807/

Police to Citizens: Be Careful What You Tweet During Emergencies (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Police-to-citizens-Be-careful-what-you-tweet-271182631.html

SONG OF THE DAY – Vacation Music!

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7XIL67QSME

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Energy News Digest for August 13, 2014

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Energy News Digest Word Cloud for August 13, 2014

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Heavy August Rains Wreak Havoc across Puget Sound Region (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Heavy-rain-causes-mayhem-across-Puget-Sound-region--271074001.html

Okanogan County Wildfires Intensify Need for Second Transmission Line (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/power-supply/transmission-distribution/washington-state-co-op-officials-seek-more-transmission/72735

Seattle City Light Users to Avoid Jolt from Surcharge (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024297736_citylightnosurchargexml.html

Klamath Salmon Advocates Ask More Water for Fish (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2014/08/klamath_salmon_advocates_ask_m.html

Southwest U-S Braces as Lake Mead Water Levels Drop (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/southwest-braces-lake-mead-water-levels-drop-095930749.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Okanogan County Wildfires Intensify Need for Second Transmission Line
• Seattle City Light Users to Avoid Jolt from Surcharge
• Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Approve $5 Increase in Residential Rate
• Grand Coulee: Bonneville Power Administration Partners on Overhaul of World's Largest Turbines
• Avista to Fix Post Falls Dam’s South Channel
• Public Power Push: Millersburg Council OKs Possible Utility Vote
• Going Local: How Municipalization EmPOWERs Communities
• Bonneville Power Administration Representative to Address Port Townsend Group Tuesday
• Mason PUD 3 Commission Report - July 22, 2014 Business Meeting
• Canada: Smart Meter Over-Billing Complaints Investigated By Hydro-Québec
• Oklahoma: Farmer Claims Electrical Line Issue Prevents Him from Selling Organic
• National Electrical Safety Code - Celebrating 100 Years of Safety & Interoperability
• Klamath Salmon Advocates Ask More Water for Fish
• U-S Senators: Lax Canadian Mine Regulation Endangers Our Salmon
• Canada: Sockeye Salmon Promises Fulfilled, So Far, At Mouth of Fraser River
• Aspen Trees Disappearing from West
• Southwest U-S Braces as Lake Mead Water Levels Drop
• With some BPA Funding: Joseph Canyon Continues Nez Perce Tribe's Oregon Wallowa County Connection
• British Columbia: Wind Blows Favorably for Independent Power Producers
• Rules Prevent Solar Panels in Many States with Abundant Sunlight
• Despite Uptick in Activity, Wind Industry Faces Uncertainty in Congress
• Achtung, Ontario! Renewables Are a Money Pit
• Is Waste Wood the Future of Power?
• How Facebook Orchestrates Its Network Traffic to Save Energy
• Calls for Global Network of Buoys to Monitor Ocean Acidification
• Electric-Vehicle Charging Stations Sprouting All over California
• Google Funds an Undersea Cable to Connect the U-S to Asia at 60 Tbps
• Users Bear Power Costs of New Comcast Open Wi-Fi Hotspots
• FCC to Verizon: ‘All the Kids Do It’ Is No Excuse for Throttling Unlimited Data
• Comcast Spends $110k on Award Dinner for FCC Commissioner - Doesn’t See Why Anyone Thinks That’s a Problem
• I-Robot - Twitter Finds 23 Million Users Aren't People
• Google Tweaks Gmail to Make ‘Global E-Mail’ Less Spammy
• The Creator of Godwin’s Law on the Inevitability of Online Nazi Analogies & the ‘Right To Be Forgotten
• Proposed Carlsborg Pot Growing Facility under Fire; Opposition Planned at Permit Meeting Today
• Marijuana News: Colorado Sees Record Seizures in Pot Mailed Out of State
• Denver's Smell-O-Scope Targets Marijuana's Skunky Scent
• Why Marijuana Won’t Become another Big Tobacco
• Heavy August Rains Wreak Havoc across Puget Sound Region
• Dramatic Dust Storm Precedes Thunderstorms in Pacific Northwest
• Lightning Strikes Spark Two Fires in Olympic National Park Amid Red-Flag Warning
• President Obama Signs Washington State disaster Declaration
• Federal Disaster Declaration Covers Counties, Tribes, Not Individuals
• City of Shelton Police Chief Candidates

WORD OF THE DAY

Foolscap • \FOOLZ-kap\ • Noun - 1: a cap or hood usually with bells worn by jesters 2: a conical cap for slow or lazy students 3: a size of paper formerly standard in Great Britain; broadly: a piece of writing paper

Ha! A fool’s cap made out of foolscap!

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

Okanogan County Wildfires Intensify Need for Second Transmission Line (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/power-supply/transmission-distribution/washington-state-co-op-officials-seek-more-transmission/72735

Seattle City Light Users to Avoid Jolt from Surcharge (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024297736_citylightnosurchargexml.html

Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Approve $5 Increase in Residential Rate (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/cowlitz-pud-commissioners-approve-increase-in-residential-rate/article_e834ce92-2283-11e4-bf6f-0019bb2963f4.html

Grand Coulee: Bonneville Power Administration Partners on Overhaul of World's Largest Turbines (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPA-partners-on-overhaul-of-worlds-largest-turbines.aspx

Avista to Fix Post Falls Dam’s South Channel (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/aug/13/avista-to-fix-post-falls-dams-south-channel/

Public Power Push: Millersburg Council OKs Possible Utility Vote (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

http://democratherald.com/news/local/millersburg-council-oks-possible-utility-vote/article_041cadb8-22ad-11e4-9002-001a4bcf887a.html

Going Local: How Municipalization EmPOWERs Communities (American Public Power Association)

http://blog.publicpower.org/sme/?p=171

Bonneville Power Administration Representative to Address Port Townsend Group Tuesday (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20140813/news/308139990/bonneville-power-administration-representative-to-address-port

Mason PUD 3 Commission Report - July 22, 2014 Business Meeting (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=1412

Canada: Smart Meter Over-Billing Complaints Investigated By Hydro-Québec (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/smart-meter-over-billing-complaints-investigated-by-hydro-qu%C3%A9bec-1.2732940

Oklahoma: Farmer Claims Electrical Line Issue Prevents Him from Selling Organic (KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City)

http://www.koco.com/news/farmer-claims-electrical-line-issue-prevents-him-from-selling-organic/27403544#!bCJuVd

National Electrical Safety Code - Celebrating 100 Years of Safety & Interoperability (IEEE - Infographic)

http://standards.ieee.org/about/nesc/100/index.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Klamath Salmon Advocates Ask More Water for Fish (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2014/08/klamath_salmon_advocates_ask_m.html

U-S Senators: Lax Canadian Mine Regulation Endangers Our Salmon (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/08/11/lax-canadian-mine-regulation-endangers-u-s-salmon-senators/#25734101=0

Canada: Sockeye Salmon Promises Fulfilled, So Far, At Mouth of Fraser River (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sockeye-salmon-promises-fulfilled-so-far-at-mouth-of-fraser-1.2734145?cmp=rss

Aspen Trees Disappearing from West (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/aug/10/aspen-trees-disappearing-from-west/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Southwest U-S Braces as Lake Mead Water Levels Drop (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/southwest-braces-lake-mead-water-levels-drop-095930749.html

With some BPA Funding: Joseph Canyon Continues Nez Perce Tribe's Oregon Wallowa County Connection (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2014/08/joseph_canyon_continues_nez_pe.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

British Columbia: Wind Blows Favorably for Independent Power Producers (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Wind+blows+favourably+independent+power+producers/10102454/story.html

Rules Prevent Solar Panels in Many States with Abundant Sunlight (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-no-solar-20140810-story.html#page=1

Despite Uptick in Activity, Wind Industry Faces Uncertainty in Congress (E&E Publishing)

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060004357

Achtung, Ontario! Renewables Are a Money Pit (Financial Post, Canada)

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/08/12/achtung-ontario-renewables-are-a-money-pit/

Is Waste Wood the Future of Power? (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/power-supply/renewable-energy/is-waste-wood-the-future-of-power/71806

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

How Facebook Orchestrates Its Network Traffic to Save Energy (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2014/08/08/how-facebook-orchestrates-its-network-traffic-to-save-energy/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Calls for Global Network of Buoys to Monitor Ocean Acidification (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Calls-for-global-network-of-buoys-to-monitor-ocean-acidification-270831941.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Electric-Vehicle Charging Stations Sprouting All over California (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/09/6614146/electric-vehicle-charging-stations.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Funds an Undersea Cable to Connect the U-S to Asia at 60 Tbps (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/google-funds-an-undersea-cable-to-connect-the-us-to-asi-1619974480

Users Bear Power Costs of New Comcast Open Wi-Fi Hotspots (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Users-Bear-Power-Costs-of-New-Comcast-Open-WiFi-Hotspots-130025

FCC to Verizon: ‘All the Kids Do It’ Is No Excuse for Throttling Unlimited Data (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/08/08/fcc-to-verizon-all-the-kids-do-it-is-no-excuse-for-throttling-unlimited-data/

Comcast Spends $110k on Award Dinner for FCC Commissioner - Doesn’t See Why Anyone Thinks That’s a Problem (Consumerist)

http://consumerist.com/2014/08/12/comcast-spending-110k-on-award-dinner-for-current-fcc-commissioner-doesnt-understand-why-anyone-thinks-thats-a-problem/

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

I-Robot - Twitter Finds 23 Million Users Aren't People (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/twitter-finds-23-million-users-arent-people-159458

Google Tweaks Gmail to Make ‘Global E-Mail’ Less Spammy (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/08/12/google-tweaks-gmail-to-make-global-e-mail-less-spammy/

The Creator of Godwin’s Law on the Inevitability of Online Nazi Analogies & the ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/08/11/the-creator-of-godwins-law-on-the-inevitability-of-online-nazi-analogies-and-the-right-to-be-forgotten/

UNDER THE LEAFY CANOPY

Proposed Carlsborg Pot Growing Facility under Fire; Opposition Planned at Permit Meeting Today (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20140813/NEWS/308139979/proposed-carlsborg-pot-growing-facility-under-fire-opposition

Marijuana News: Colorado Sees Record Seizures in Pot Mailed Out of State (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/marijuana/index.ssf/2014/08/marijuana_news_colorado_sees_r.html

Denver's Smell-O-Scope Targets Marijuana's Skunky Scent (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/11/14/245254291/denvers-smell-o-scope-targets-marijuanas-skunky-scent

Why Marijuana Won’t Become another Big Tobacco (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/08/why-marijuana-wont-become-another-big-tobacco/

GENERAL NEWS

Heavy August Rains Wreak Havoc across Puget Sound Region (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Heavy-rain-causes-mayhem-across-Puget-Sound-region--271074001.html

Dramatic Dust Storm Precedes Thunderstorms in Pacific Northwest (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Thunderstorms-forecast-for-Washington-Oregon-5683186.php

Lightning Strikes Spark Two Fires in Olympic National Park Amid Red-Flag Warning (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20140813/news/308139978/lightning-strikes-spark-two-fires-in-olympic-national-park-amid-red

President Obama Signs Washington State disaster Declaration (Northwest Cable News Network)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/270924641.html

Federal Disaster Declaration Covers Counties, Tribes, Not Individuals (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/11/2585917/Disaster-declaration-covers-county-tribes-not-individuals

City of Shelton Police Chief Candidates (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/17996-city-of-shelton-police-chief-candidates

DIVERSIONS

Passings: Lauren Bacall, a Screen Goddess of the Shadows

http://news.yahoo.com/lauren-bacall-screen-goddess-shadows-042620649.html;_ylt=AwrTWfzIeutTmVgA30XQtDMD

Lauren Bacall: To Have & Have Not "The Whistle Scene"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30DSfAA0brs

Unicycling Darth Vader Upgrades to Flaming Bagpipes - Keep Portland Weird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnVjkE87FDY

The Extraordinary Evolution of Scissors

http://gizmodo.com/the-extraordinary-evolution-of-the-most-common-tool-sc-1617641302

SONG OF THE DAY

Bertie Higgins - Key Largo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3PQ5tGyNwc

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.

Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.

Energy News Digest for August 12, 2014 – Hot Shots Edition

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS – RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Thunderstorms to Linger over Seattle, Western Washington (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Thunderstorms-to-linger-over-Seattle-Western-5682618.php

New Brush Fires for Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/17984-new-fires-for-mason-county

A Banner Year for Salmon: 1.5 Million Fall Chinook, 638,300 Coho Anticipated (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)

http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2014/aug/09/banner-year-salmon-15-million-fall-chinook-638300-/

Idaho: Stanley Sockeye Run Could Set a Record This Summer (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/08/08/3316492/stanley-sockeye-run-could-set.html

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Phil Anderson to Resign at End of Year (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/local-news/155780

Umatilla: Helix Wind Power Facility Site Certificate Expires (Oregon Department of Energy)

http://www.oregon.gov/energy/Siting/Pages/HWP.aspx

Unhappy Homeowner Called Snohomish PUD - Threatened to Blow Up Index Bridge (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140811/NEWS01/140819769/Unhappy-homeowner-threatened-to-blow-up-bridge-police-say

Grays Harbor PUD Removing “Sludge” from Harbor Paper (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://66.147.244.77/~kxrocom/grays-harbor-pud-removing-sludge-from-harbor-paper/#sthash.fqruY1ml.dpbs

Washington State Pot Sales Hit $3.8M in First Month (NBC News)

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/washington-pot-sales-hit-3-8m-first-month-n176441

Smokey Bear's 70th Birthday Is Cause for Celebration – U-S Forest Service Dives Deeper into Social Media (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/smokey-bear-s-70th-birthday-cause-celebration-instagram-159409

Appreciation: Comic Robin Williams Harnessed His Authentic Nature to Memorable Roles (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/12/6621522/appreciation-comic-robin-williams.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Van Morrison - Into the Mystic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0DJ8hWgNes

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.

Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.

Energy News Digest for August 8, 2014

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

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THE NEWS DIGEST WORD CLOUD

Energy News Digest Word Cloud for August 8, 2014

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2014/08/word-cloud-energy-news-digest-for_8.html

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Utilities Struggle to Control Appetites in Energy-Hungry Marijuana Industry (E&E Publishing)

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060004230

Millions of Fraser River Salmon Head for Waters of British Columbia Mine Disaster (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/08/07/millions-of-fraser-river-salmon-headed-for-mine-disaster-waters/#25734101=0

Analyst: Cap-And-Trade Will Push Gas Prices Up as Much as 20 Cents (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2014/08/07/analyst-cap-and-trade-will-push-gas-prices-up-as.html

Montana’s John Walsh Quits U-S Senate Race (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/john-walsh-senate-race-109823.html?hp=t1

What Are Memes & Virality? (Mashable Explains)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y7ZSgDg5dw

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Utilities Struggle to Control Appetites in Energy-Hungry Marijuana Industry
• Late-Summer Flows Could Sideline Rock Island Dam
• Woman Dies When Vehicle Rolls, Crashes into Vancouver, Washington Substation
• Record Hot July Caused Power Usage to Peak around the Region
• Tennessee Valley Authority Reports Growth in Power Sales, Revenues
• For the Record: Obama on Tennessee Valley Authority
• FERC Commissioner Norris Resigns
• Nukes: Texas County of 95 Sees Opportunity in Toxic Waste
• Moody’s Seeks Comment on Proposed Methodology for Rating Municipal Utility Revenue Bonds
• Mission Impossible? DOE Aims to Develop National Energy Plan by January 2015
• Millions of Fraser River Salmon Head for Waters of British Columbia Mine Disaster
• Official Says Public Shouldn’t Pay for British Columbia Spill
• Coastal Salmon Fishing is Red Hot Right Now
• Corps of Engineers Extends Comment Period on Columbia River Cormorant Proposal
• Olympic National Park Issues Mountain Goat Warnings
• Thousands of Stranded Fish Rescued in Dry Nevada
• Next to Newborn Daughter
• Wyoming Board Gives Key OK for Carbon County Wind Farm
• SolarCity’s Loss Widens as Rooftop Power Installations Climb
• Michigan: Want to Generate Your Own Electricity? Qualifying Homeowners Are Even Reselling Excess Energy
• Analyst: Cap-And-Trade Will Push Gas Prices Up as Much as 20 Cents
• Mason General Receives “Most Wired” Hospital Award
• Missoulians Welcome Broadband Similar to Butte’s
• Study: Google-Powered Starbucks Wi-Fi Faster Than AT&T
• AOL Still Makes Most of Its Money Off Millions of Dial-Up Subscribers
• What Are Memes & Virality?
• Google to Prioritize Secure Websites
• Facebook to Acquire Internet Security Company PrivateCore
• Microsoft’s First Website from 1994 Looks Delightfully Ancient Today
• Monkeys Take ‘Selfies,’ Sparking Copyright Dispute
• Montana’s John Walsh Quits U-S Senate Race
• Senator Tim Sheldon Survives Primary as Couture Concedes in Costly 35th District Race
• How Amazon is Winning Influence in Washington, DC
• Watergate 40 Years Later: What is Watergate?
• Child’s Body Found: Jenise Wright Investigation Shifts Focus
• Governor Inslee Seeks Federal Disaster Aid for Washington State Wildfire Victims
• Lake Cushman Tax Payers Want Mason County Action, Now!
• Thieves Target Heavy Machinery Worth Thousands
• The Evergreen State? Indeed. Washington Residents Smoke a Lot of Pot
• Teens on the Phone While Driving? Most Are Talking to Parents

WORD OF THE DAY

Ichthyomania • \ick-thee-oh-MANE-ee-yah/ • Noun - An excessive fascination with fish.

Ichthyomancy 1. Divination by means of the heads or entrails of fishes. 2. Divination by examining the heads and/or entrails of fish for prophetic signs or processing the next fish caught.

Bradford was in heaven. As a rabid ichtyomnaniac, working in the fish processing plant let him play with his semi-frozen charges as if they were ventriloquist dummies. Hi Folks! He would exclaim while working the little fish mouths at lunch. It was when he started using ichthyomancy in an attempt to predict the annual salmon runs in the Columbia River that his co-workers started to avoid him like week-old chum.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Utilities Struggle to Control Appetites in Energy-Hungry Marijuana Industry (E&E Publishing)

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060004230

Late-Summer Flows Could Sideline Rock Island Dam (Renewables Biz)

http://www.renewablesbiz.com/article/14/08/late-summer-flows-could-sideline-rock-island-dam

Woman Dies When Vehicle Rolls, Crashes into Vancouver, Washington Substation (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/aug/07/woman-dies-when-vehicle-rolls-crashes-vancouver-su/

Record Hot July Caused Power Usage to Peak around the Region (Wenatchee World, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2014/aug/06/record-hot-july-caused-power-useage-to-peak-around-the-region/

Tennessee Valley Authority Reports Growth in Power Sales, Revenues (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/industry/business-finance/tva-reports-growth-in-power-sales-and-revenues/72625

For the Record: Obama on Tennessee Valley Authority (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=279187&issueID=34916

FERC Commissioner Norris Resigns (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=279230&issueID=34916

Nukes: Texas County of 95 Sees Opportunity in Toxic Waste (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/08/us/a-texas-county-sees-opportunity-in-toxic-waste.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Moody’s Seeks Comment on Proposed Methodology for Rating Municipal Utility Revenue Bonds (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=278876&issueID=34915

Mission Impossible? DOE Aims to Develop National Energy Plan by January 2015 (American Public Power Association)

http://blog.publicpower.org/sme/?p=196

FISH & WILDLIFE

Millions of Fraser River Salmon Head for Waters of British Columbia Mine Disaster (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/08/07/millions-of-fraser-river-salmon-headed-for-mine-disaster-waters/#25734101=0

Official Says Public Shouldn’t Pay for British Columbia Spill (Associated Press)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140807/NEWS03/140809330/Official-says-public-shouldn%92t-pay-for-B.C.-mine-spill

Coastal Salmon Fishing is Red Hot Right Now (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140807/SPORTS/140809378/1004/Coastal-salmon-fishing-is-red-hot-right-now-

Corps of Engineers Extends Comment Period on Columbia River Cormorant Proposal (Wahkiakum Eagle, Skamokawa, WA)

http://www.waheagle.com/story/2014/08/07/news/corps-of-engineers-extends-comment-period-on-cormorant-proposal/250.html

Olympic National Park Issues Mountain Goat Warnings (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20140808/NEWS/308089984/olympic-national-park-issues-mountain-goat-warnings

Thousands of Stranded Fish Rescued in Dry Nevada (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Thousands-of-stranded-fish-rescued-in-dry-Nevada-5674916.php

Seattle Father Catches Big King in San Juans, Poses It Next to Newborn Daughter (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/reeltimenorthwest/2014/08/07/seattle-father-catches-big-king-in-san-juans-and-poses-it-next-to-newborn-daughter/?syndication=rss#mid=&offset=&page=&s=

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Wyoming Board Gives Key OK for Carbon County Wind Farm (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)

http://trib.com/business/energy/wyoming-board-gives-key-ok-for-carbon-county-wind-farm/article_71a2e12b-fa6a-5f50-8ed4-7faa1d64c4eb.html

SolarCity’s Loss Widens as Rooftop Power Installations Climb (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_26295218

Michigan: Want to Generate Your Own Electricity? Qualifying Homeowners Are Even Reselling Excess Energy (Ann Arbor News, MI)

http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/08/is_solar_the_new_wind_utility.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Analyst: Cap-And-Trade Will Push Gas Prices Up as Much as 20 Cents (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2014/08/07/analyst-cap-and-trade-will-push-gas-prices-up-as.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Mason General Receives “Most Wired” Hospital Award (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/13260

Missoulians Welcome Broadband Similar to Butte’s (Montana Standard, Butte)

http://mtstandard.com/news/opinion/missoulians-welcome-broadband-similar-to-butte-s/article_25e77246-1ddc-11e4-8d19-001a4bcf887a.html

Study: Google-Powered Starbucks Wi-Fi Faster Than AT&T (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Study-GooglePowered-Starbucks-WiFi-Faster-Than-ATT-129992

AOL Still Makes Most of Its Money Off Millions of Dial-Up Subscribers (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/08/07/aol-still-makes-most-of-its-money-off-millions-of-dial-up-subscribers/

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

What Are Memes & Virality? (Mashable Explains)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y7ZSgDg5dw

Google to Prioritize Secure Websites (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28687513

Facebook to Acquire Internet Security Company PrivateCore (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/07/us-facebook-privatecore-idUSKBN0G71W020140807

Microsoft’s First Website from 1994 Looks Delightfully Ancient Today (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/microsofts-first-website-from-1994-looks-charmingly-anc-1617873299

Monkeys Take ‘Selfies,’ Sparking Copyright Dispute (Associated Press)

http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/monkey-selfies-spark-copyright-dispute-24883909

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Montana’s John Walsh Quits U-S Senate Race (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/john-walsh-senate-race-109823.html?hp=t1

Senator Tim Sheldon Survives Primary as Couture Concedes in Costly 35th District Race (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/08/07/3321383/sen-tim-sheldon-survives-primary.html?sp=/99/289/&ihp=1

How Amazon is Winning Influence in Washington, DC (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2014/0807/How-Amazon-is-winning-influence-in-Washington

Watergate 40 Years Later: What is Watergate? (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2014/08/07/watergate-40-years-later-what-is-watergate/

GENERAL NEWS

Child’s Body Found: Jenise Wright Investigation Shifts Focus (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Investigators-in-Jenise-Wright-case-now-searching-for-answers-270437241.html

Governor Inslee Seeks Federal Disaster Aid for Washington State Wildfire Victims (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Gov-Inslee-seeks-federal-disaster-aid-for-wildfire-victims-270338611.html

Lake Cushman Tax Payers Want Mason County Action, Now! (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/17876-lake-cushman-tax-payers-want-action-now

Thieves Target Heavy Machinery Worth Thousands (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140808/NEWS01/140809289

The Evergreen State? Indeed. Washington Residents Smoke a Lot of Pot (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2014/08/the-evergreen-state-indeed-washington-residents.html

Teens on the Phone While Driving? Most Are Talking to Parents (Northwest Cable News)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/Parents-drive-kids-to-distraction-270466291.html

DIVERSIONS

Peter Frampton Throws Fan’s Cell Phone During Concert

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/peter-frampton-throws-cell-phone/

George Harrison Explains Why Everyone Should Play the Ukulele

http://www.openculture.com/2014/08/george-harrison-explains-why-everyone-should-play-the-ukulele-with-words-and-music.html

Here’s How to Explore the Moon & Mars in Google Maps

http://gizmodo.com/heres-how-to-explore-the-moon-and-mars-in-google-maps-1617571605

High-Priced Fish Heist: Thieves Steal More Than 40 Koi from Wenatchee Café

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/High-priced-fish-heist-thieves-steal-more-than-40-Koi-fish-from-cafe-270252811.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do (Full Version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Yq5m9eLIQ

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