Energy News Digest for October 14, 2014

Energy News Digest for October 14, 2014

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Hot Shots – Today’s Top Five Stories

Why Washington State Regulators Want to Slash PacifiCorp’s Proposed 8.5 Percent Rate Hike (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2014/10/why-washington-regulators-want-to-slash.html

Washington State Tribal Fishing Rights Cases Hit the 9th Circuit (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/10/13/72401.htm

British Columbia: Adams River Sockeye Salmon Run near Kamloops Draws Crowds (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/adams-river-sockeye-salmon-run-near-kamloops-draws-crowds-1.2797036?cmp=rss

Oregon Regulators to Eliminate Some Popular Weatherization Incentives (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/10/oregon_regulators_to_eliminate.html

Climate Change Threatens National Security, Pentagon Says (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/10/13/climate-change-threatens-national-security-pentagon-says/

News Highlights (Details Below)

1. Why Washington State Regulators Want to Slash PacifiCorp’s Proposed 8.5 Percent Rate Hike
2. Tacoma Council Would Have Say in Selection of Tacoma Public Utilities Boss with Proposed Charter Change
3. Balloons Caused Pasco’s Sunday Power Outage
4. Fitch Rates Grant County PUD’s Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project Bonds ‘AA’
5. Grant PUD, Wanapum Hosting Archaeology Days This Week
6. Washington State Tribal Fishing Rights Cases Hit the 9th Circuit
7. British Columbia: Adams River Sockeye Salmon Run near Kamloops Draws Crowds
8. Cedar River’s Restored Habitat Provides Ideal Spawning Conditions for Chinook
9. Local Veterinarians Urge Caution for Dogs with Salmon Poisoning
10. Idaho: Impacted Wildlife Habitat Includes Black Canyon Dam
11. Often Pesky Beavers Put to Work Restoring Streams
12. Wolverines Need Protection, Wildlife Groups Charge in Lawsuit against Federal Government
13. Energy for a Rainy Day, or a Windless One
14. Grab the Low-hanging Fruit: Use Solar Forecasting Before Storage to Stabilize the Grid
15. Oregon Regulators to Eliminate Some Popular Weatherization Incentives
16. EPA Lauds Camas School District for Energy Reductions
17. Energy Savings Myths
18. OLED Lighting Sheets Could Replace Bulbs & Halve Your Lighting Bill
19. The Great Washer Debate: Are Front-Loaders Really Better?
20. Climate Change Threatens National Security, Pentagon Says
21. Low-Carbon Fuels in Washington: Is Mandate Needed to Spur Technological Breakthrough?
22. Net-Zero Neighborhoods Gaining Traction
23. Cities Comcast is Leaving Say Company Providing Few Answers
24. Aereo to the FCC: Let Us Join the Cable Companies We Tried to Replace
25. Photo-Saving Service Snapsaved.com Claims Hackers Stole Snapchat Images
26. Most Consumers Have No Idea What a Gigabit Is
27. Pasadena Water & Power Uses Film (Video) to Engage Community in IRP Process
28. McDonald’s Says It’s Going to Start Answering Your Questions with “Real” Answers
29. 12 Inventive Vines That’ll Spark Your Own Creative Juices
30. Divide Deep over Marijuana in Rural Areas
31. Airway Heights Neighbors Concerned about New Marijuana Grow

Word of the Day

Frigorific • \frig-uh-RIFF-ik\ • adjective - Causing cold: chilling

“This frigorific weather is unbearable,” grunted the all-electric home customer during a short outage. “Let’s turn up the heat to full blast so the house warms up quickly when the lights come back on,” the bright-bulbed visitor from warmer climates exclaimed.

Energy & Utility Issues

Why Washington State Regulators Want to Slash PacifiCorp’s Proposed 8.5 Percent Rate Hike (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2014/10/why-washington-regulators-want-to-slash.html

Tacoma Council Would Have Say in Selection of Tacoma Public Utilities Boss with Proposed Charter Change (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Payroll Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/10/11/3425983_tacoma-council-would-have-say.html

Balloons Caused Pasco’s Sunday Power Outage (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/10/13/3201323_balloons-caused-pasco-power-outage.html

Fitch Rates Grant County PUD’s Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project Bonds ‘AA’ (Yahoo! Finance)

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fitch-rates-grant-county-pud-205300663.html

Grant PUD, Wanapum Hosting Archaeology Days This Week (Ifiber One News, Ephrata, WA)

http://www.ifiberone.com/news/grant-pud-wanapum-hosting-archaeology-days-this-week/article_0a30ccd2-5306-11e4-af3f-0017a43b2370.html

Fish & Wildlife

Washington State Tribal Fishing Rights Cases Hit the 9th Circuit (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/10/13/72401.htm

British Columbia: Adams River Sockeye Salmon Run near Kamloops Draws Crowds (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/adams-river-sockeye-salmon-run-near-kamloops-draws-crowds-1.2797036?cmp=rss

Cedar River’s Restored Habitat Provides Ideal Spawning Conditions for Chinook (Northwest Salmon)

http://northwestsalmon.org/2014/10/part-5/

Local Veterinarians Urge Caution for Dogs with Salmon Poisoning (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/10/12/3200291_local-veterinarians-urge-caution.html

Idaho: Impacted Wildlife Habitat Includes Black Canyon Dam (Emmett Messenger-Index, ID)

http://www.messenger-index.com/news/impacted-wildlife-habitat-includes-black-canyon-dam/article_4e8f5d32-4e40-11e4-8f81-1b55f7691bae.html

Often Pesky Beavers Put to Work Restoring Streams (Associated Press)

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BEAVERS_TO_THE_RESCUE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Wolverines Need Protection, Wildlife Groups Charge in Lawsuit against Federal Government (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/10/wolverines_need_protection_wil.html

Renewable/Alternative Energy

Energy for a Rainy Day, or a Windless One (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/08/business/energy-for-a-rainy-day-or-a-windless-one.html?_r=0

Grab the Low-hanging Fruit: Use Solar Forecasting Before Storage to Stabilize the Grid (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/10/grab-the-low-hanging-fruit-of-grid-integration-with-solar-forecasting?cmpid=rss

Conservation & Efficiency

Oregon Regulators to Eliminate Some Popular Weatherization Incentives (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/10/oregon_regulators_to_eliminate.html

EPA Lauds Camas School District for Energy Reductions (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/oct/12/epa-lauds-camas-school-district-energy-reductions/

Energy Savings Myths (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45efifi/energy-savings-myths/

OLED Lighting Sheets Could Replace Bulbs & Halve Your Lighting Bill (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/oled-lighting-sheets-could-replace-bulbs-and-halve-your-1643745172

The Great Washer Debate: Are Front-Loaders Really Better? (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/10/13/the-great-washer-debate-are-front-loaders-really-better/17204535/

Climate Change Sequestration Vault

Climate Change Threatens National Security, Pentagon Says (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/10/13/climate-change-threatens-national-security-pentagon-says/

Low-Carbon Fuels in Washington: Is Mandate Needed to Spur Technological Breakthrough? (Washington State Wire)

http://washingtonstatewire.com/blog/low-carbon-fuels-in-washington-is-mandate-needed-to-spur-technological-breakthrough/

Barrel O’ Green Potpourri

Net-Zero Neighborhoods Gaining Traction (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2014/10/net-zero-neighborhoods-gaining-traction?cmpid=rss

Technology & Telecommunications

Cities Comcast is Leaving Say Company Providing Few Answers (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cities-Comcast-is-Leaving-Say-Company-Providing-Few-Answers-130840

Aereo to the FCC: Let Us Join the Cable Companies We Tried to Replace (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/10/13/aereo-to-the-fcc-let-us-join-the-cable-companies-we-tried-to-replace/

Photo-Saving Service Snapsaved.com Claims Hackers Stole Snapchat Images (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/13/us-snapchat-snapsaved-idUSKCN0I21V420141013

Most Consumers Have No Idea What a Gigabit Is (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Most-Consumers-Have-No-Idea-What-a-Gigabit-Is-130779

Social Media & Marketing

Pasadena Water & Power Uses Film (Video) to Engage Community in IRP Process (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=288642&issueID=34960

McDonald’s Says It’s Going to Start Answering Your Questions with “Real” Answers (Consumerist – This should go well, right?)

http://consumerist.com/2014/10/13/mcdonalds-says-its-going-to-start-answering-your-questions-with-real-answers/

12 Inventive Vines That’ll Spark Your Own Creative Juices (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2014/10/14/creative-vines/

General News

Divide Deep over Marijuana in Rural Areas (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)

http://www.dailyrecordnews.com/members/divide-deep-over-marijuana-in-rural-areas/article_29cf56de-50e1-11e4-8fa0-cb9a8f1cc81d.html

Airway Heights Neighbors Concerned about New Marijuana Grow (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)

http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/airway-heights-neighbors-concerned-about-new-marijuana-grow/29113110

Diversions

A Missing Parrot with a British Accent Returns Home after Four Years Speaking Spanish

http://www.katu.com/news/national/A-missing-parrot-with-a-British-accent-returns-home-after-4-years-speaking-Spanish-279049411.html

Everyone Wants to Know What Thieves Are Planning to Do With 18 Tons of Crisco

http://consumerist.com/2014/10/13/everyone-wants-to-know-what-thieves-are-planning-to-do-with-18-tons-of-crisco/

Watch Drone Flyers Compete in a Star Wars–Style Race in a French Forest

https://gigaom.com/2014/10/08/drone-flyers-compete-in-star-wars-style-race-in-forests-of-france/

A Retired Businessman Unearthed $1 Million Worth of Viking Treasures in Scotland

http://mashable.com/2014/10/13/metal-detector-hobbyist-unearths-trove-of-viking-treasures/

Song of the Day

Paul Simon – Slip Sliding Away (demo cut)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfesT6IcKGM

Links & Paywall Advisory

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