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Forecast for November 21, 2014
Small Craft
Advisory is in Effect for the Waters of Puget Sound & Hood Canal through 10
AM Saturday
Wind
and waves, south wind rising this afternoon to 20 to 30 knots. Wind waves 3 to
5 feet.
A
small craft advisory means that wind speeds of 21 to 33 knots are expected to
produce hazardous wave conditions to small craft. Inexperienced mariners,
especially those operating smaller vessels should, avoid navigating in these
conditions.
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
California
Ratepayers Will Pay $3.3 Billion for San Onofre Closing (Utility Dive)
Seattle-Area
Activists Call for Richland Nuclear Plant Shutdown – Energy Northwest Fires
Back (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Salmon
Returning to Cowlitz Hatchery in Record Numbers (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Study:
Cost of Energy Efficiency Under Half That of New Generation (Utility Dive)
Traveling
Over the Mountain Passes This Weekend? Might Want to Bring the Chains (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
California
Ratepayers Will Pay $3.3 Billion for San Onofre
Seattle-Area
Activists Call for Richland Nuclear Plant Shutdown – Energy Northwest Fires
Back
Grant
PUD Will Begin to Raise Wanapum Saturday
Fate
of Okanogan PUD’s Enloe Dam Still Uncertain
California
Regulators Fine Pacific Gas & Electric $1.05M for Judge Shopping
Arizona
Study: ‘Smart Meters’ Pose No Hazard
Energy
Adviser: Lower-Cost Utilities for Low-Income Households
NSA
Chief Warns Chinese Cyber Attacks Could Shut U-S Infrastructure
FERC
Approves Physical Security Reliability Standard Submitted By NERC
Preventing
Utility Scams
Salmon
Returning to Cowlitz Hatchery in Record Numbers
Sage-Grouse
Protection Troubles Co-Ops
California:
Feds Reject Renewable Energy Project in Silurian Valley
Painting
Wind Turbines Purple Could Save Wildlife, Make Opponents Angrier
How
Solar Owners Can Be ‘Good Citizens of the Grid’
Plumb
Creek Timber Company: The Green Energy Supplier of the Future
Electricity
from Fuel Cells Sparking Demand for Platinum
Study:
Cost of Energy Efficiency Under Half That of New Generation
Idaho:
Community Action Weatherization Program Lessens Heating Woes
Video:
Benton PUD Says Winterizing Your Home Saves Energy & Money
LED
Bulbs Look Just Like Old Timey Edison Incandescents, Make Steampunk Energy
Efficient
Recreational,
Medical Marijuana Businesses at Odds over Law
Cannabis
Wars Part 3: The Proposals
Chart
of the Week: Monthly Washington State Recreational Marijuana Sales, Tax Data
Inslee
to Washington State GOP Senators: Bring Solutions on Climate
Carbon
Washington Calls for 2016 Carbon Tax Initiative
Oregon:
Dried Fruit Company Turns Waste into High-Octane Fuel
Does
Walmart Have a Dirty Energy Secret?
More
Hotels Are Going Green, & Not Just to Save Water or Money
Netflix
Now Makes Up a Third of All Internet Traffic in North America
Stern
Words for AT&T’s Tantrum over Broadband Regulation
Firefox
Makes Yahoo Its New Default for Search, Replacing Google
Life
in the Cloud: Protecting Yourself in a New World
Online
TV Pioneer Aereo Is Filing for Bankruptcy
A
Brief History of People Thinking Google’s Loon Balloons Are UFOs
Puget
Sound Energy Offers Phone App to Report Power Outages
Social
Media Bots Offer Phony Friends & Real Profit
Comcast
to Let Customers Track, Rate Technicians with New App
Twitter:
What to expect in 2015
Traveling
Over the Mountain Passes This Weekend? Might Want to Bring the Chains
Lake-Effect
Snow in Buffalo, NY: How Does That Much Precipitation Happen?
Hundreds
in Edmonds Lose Power After Crash Snaps Utility Pole
Mason
County Animal Control Officer Featured in International Magazine
WORD OF THE DAY
Graupel
• \GROW-pull (like OUCH)\ • Noun - Granular snow
“Popcorn
snow, bead snow, little round pellets,” no two are exactly alike enthused the
climatologist to his ten year old son. “Sure dad,” piped the youngster, “but it’s
all graupel to me!”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California Ratepayers Will Pay $3.3 Billion for
San Onofre Closing (Utility Dive)
Seattle-Area Activists Call for Richland Nuclear
Plant Shutdown – Energy Northwest Fires Back (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Grant PUD Will Begin to Raise Wanapum Saturday
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Fate of Okanogan PUD’s Enloe Dam Still Uncertain
(Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)
California Regulators Fine Pacific Gas &
Electric $1.05M for Judge Shopping (Utility Dive)
Arizona Study: ‘Smart Meters’ Pose No Hazard
(KFYI Radio, Phoenix, AZ)
Energy
Adviser: Lower-Cost Utilities for Low-Income Households (Vancouver Columbian,
WA)
NSA Chief Warns Chinese Cyber Attacks Could Shut
U-S Infrastructure (Reuters)
FERC Approves Physical Security Reliability
Standard Submitted By NERC (American Public Power Association)
Preventing Utility Scams (American Public Power
Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Salmon Returning to Cowlitz Hatchery in Record
Numbers (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Sage-Grouse Protection Troubles Co-Ops (Electric
Co-op Today)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California:
Feds Reject Renewable Energy Project in Silurian Valley (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Painting
Wind Turbines Purple Could Save Wildlife, Make Opponents Angrier (Clean
Technica)
How
Solar Owners Can Be ‘Good Citizens of the Grid’ (Utility Dive)
Plumb
Creek Timber Company: The Green Energy Supplier of the Future (Seeking Alpha)
Electricity
from Fuel Cells Sparking Demand for Platinum (Bloomberg News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Study:
Cost of Energy Efficiency Under Half That of New Generation (Utility Dive)
Idaho:
Community Action Weatherization Program Lessens Heating Woes (Twin Falls
Times-News, ID)
http://magicvalley.com/news/local/community-action-weatherization-program-lessens-heating-woes/article_dfb9b397-0149-5704-88a9-874eb6e17b66.html
http://magicvalley.com/news/local/community-action-weatherization-program-lessens-heating-woes/article_dfb9b397-0149-5704-88a9-874eb6e17b66.html
Video:
Benton PUD Says Winterizing Your Home Saves Energy & Money (KIMA-TV,
Yakima, WA)
LED
Bulbs Look Just Like Old Timey Edison Incandescents, Make Steampunk Energy
Efficient (Tree Hugger)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Recreational,
Medical Marijuana Businesses at Odds over Law (Olympian
- Paywall Advisory)
Cannabis
Wars Part 3: The Proposals (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)
Chart
of the Week: Monthly Washington State Recreational Marijuana Sales, Tax Data
(Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Inslee
to Washington State GOP Senators: Bring Solutions on Climate (Associated Press)
Carbon
Washington Calls for 2016 Carbon Tax Initiative (Washington State Wire,
Olympia, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Oregon:
Dried Fruit Company Turns Waste into High-Octane Fuel (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
Does
Walmart Have a Dirty Energy Secret? The amount of energy Walmart gets from renewables
has decreased from 4 percent to 3 percent, a new study finds (Inside Climate
News)
More
Hotels Are Going Green, & Not Just to Save Water or Money (Arizona Daily
Sun, Flagstaff)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Netflix Now Makes Up a Third of All Internet
Traffic in North America (Christian Science Monitor)
Stern Words for AT&T’s Tantrum over Broadband
Regulation (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Firefox Makes Yahoo Its New Default for Search,
Replacing Google (NY Times)
Life in the Cloud: Protecting Yourself in a New
World (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Online TV Pioneer Aereo Is Filing for Bankruptcy (Washington
Post)
A
Brief History of People Thinking Google’s Loon Balloons Are UFOs (Gizmodo)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Puget Sound Energy Offers Phone App to Report Power
Outages (Kent Reporter, WA)
Social Media Bots Offer Phony Friends & Real
Profit (NY Times)
Comcast to Let Customers Track, Rate Technicians
with New App (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Twitter: What to expect in 2015 (Mashable)
GENERAL NEWS
Traveling Over the Mountain Passes This Weekend?
Might Want to Bring the Chains (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Lake-Effect Snow in Buffalo, NY: How Does That Much
Precipitation Happen? (Christian Science Monitor)
Hundreds in Edmonds Lose Power After Crash Snaps
Utility Pole (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Mason County Animal Control Officer Featured in
International Magazine (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Mistletoe
Drones over Your Table: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (GigaOM)
Furry
Mystery: New Mexico Woman’s Kitten That Ran Away on Halloween Somehow Ends Up
in Maine
‘Gnome’
At Last: Couple’s Garden Ornament Returns with Vacation Photos
New
Hampshire Man Sues over Burial Plot Mix-Up
SONG OF THE DAY
Bob
Dylan - Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Eric
Clapton – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
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