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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Let’s Talk Incremental Hydro: McNary Dam Hits the Rewind “…The
new stators contain about 35 percent more copper, which will lift the capacity
of each generator to 100 megawatts from its historic 84.7 MW after turbine
upgrades…” (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Tacoma’s
Rainier Connect Makes Bid for Click (News Tribune,
Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Comcast
Abandons $45 Billion Time Warner Cable Merger (Reuters)
Pacific
Northwest, New England: Energy Efficiency Progress – A Tale of Two Regions (The
Energy Collective)
Oregon
Pilots Contend Proposed Troutdale Energy Plant Poses Safety Risk (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Let’s Talk Incremental Hydro: McNary Dam Hits the Rewind
- Oregon Pilots Contend Proposed Troutdale Energy Plant Poses Safety Risk
- Bonneville Power Administration & EnerNOC Will Test Demand Response for Non-Wires & Peak Load Shaving
- Editorial: Apple Draws On Wind Power Big Time, But Touts Hydro Project
- Oregon: Steve Eldrige to Retire in 2016 as Umatilla Electric CEO
- Oregon: No Plans to Search for New Columbia River PUD Manager Yet
- Arbor Day - With Great Trees Come Great Responsibility
- Smart Rates for Smart Utilities Will Require the Adoption of Unbundling
- U-S Senate Bill Would Allow FERC to Overrule State Siting Decisions on Power Lines
- Baker Signals Support for Expanded Natural Gas Pipeline in New England
- New England Governors Change Course on Paying for Energy Projects
- Greens Get Legal Fees in California Salmon Case
- Editorial: California Can Keep Its Mitts Off the Columbia River
- 11-Ton ‘Fatberg’ Breaks London Sewer
- Umatilla Electric Cooperative Plans 1-Megawatt Solar Array
- Price Check: Why SolarCity’s University Solar Projects Cost Oregon Taxpayers $12 Million
- Groups Warns British Columbia Wind Farm Threatens Trout Spawning
- There’s a Fight Brewing over Who Profits from Solar Power
- Pacific Northwest, New England: Energy Efficiency Progress – A Tale of Two Regions
- BC Hydro Won’t Meet Energy Conservation Targets
- Small Cities Remain Fertile Ground for Efficiency Projects
- Philips’ Insane 2-For-$5 LED Bulb Sale Just Went Live
- Oregon Expects 2,000 Applicants for Recreational Marijuana Licenses
- Legal Pot: Oregon Expects Far Less Tax Revenue than Colorado, Washington
- Poll: Northwest Voters Have Few Regrets after Legalizing Marinuana
- Bill Would Prevent Feds from Targeting Compliant Marijuana Companies
- Can Stock Photos Depicting ‘Normal People’ Using Marijuana Break the Stereotypes?
- A Challenge from Climate Change Regulations
- Carbon Tax Could Replace Obama’s Climate Rules, Democrat Says
- Why Energy Storage Is Suddenly Such a Big Deal
- Energy Quote of the Day: Electric Vehicles as Grid Saviors
- Finding Easier Ways to Charge Electric Vehicles
- Seattle’s Mayor Postpones Fines for Food Scraps – The ‘Pizza Box Penalty’
- Tacoma’s Rainier Connect Makes Bid for Click
- Rainier Connect Makes Bid for City of Tacoma’s Click! Network
- Cooler Heads Prevail At Second Click Town Hall Meeting
- Comcast Abandons $45 Billion Time Warner Cable Merger
- Once Comcast’s Deal Shifted to a Focus on Broadband, Its Ambitions Were Sunk
- Facebook’s Focus on the Future of Communication Continues to Grow
- As YouTube Marks Tenth Year, Facebook Emerges as Video Threat
- Google’s ‘Mobilegeddon’ Shows Tech’s Focus on Forced Progress
- Here’s a Fascinating Breakdown of Emoji Use by Country
- Washington State Governor Calls Special Legislative Session with Budget, Transportation Work Undone
- Washington Governor’s Office: Troy Kelley’s Pay Can Be Withheld
- Tourism to Olympic National Park Creates over $365 Million in Economic Benefits
- Three Earthquakes Rattle Northern Idaho
- U-S Maps Pinpoint Earthquakes Linked to Quest for Oil & Gas
Redoubt
• \ri-ˈDOW-T\ •
Noun - 1a: a small usually temporary enclosed defensive work b: a defended
position: protective barrier 2: a secure retreat: stronghold
A
snow fort, a blue woolen blanket draped over a folding card table, barriers
made out of couch cushions. Seems like the redoubts we made as children were
much more comforting and safe than the cubicle walls that now enclose our daily
lives.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Let’s Talk Incremental Hydro: McNary Dam Hits the Rewind “…The
new stators contain about 35 percent more copper, which will lift the capacity
of each generator to 100 megawatts from its historic 84.7 MW after turbine
upgrades…” (Bonneville Power
Administration)
Oregon
Pilots Contend Proposed Troutdale Energy Plant Poses Safety Risk (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Bonneville Power Administration & EnerNOC Will
Test Demand Response for Non-Wires & Peak Load Shaving (Bonneville Power Administration)
Editorial:
Apple Draws On Wind Power Big Time, But Touts Hydro Project (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Oregon:
Steve Eldrige to Retire in 2016 as Umatilla Electric CEO (Hermiston Herald, OR)
Oregon:
No Plans to Search for New Columbia River PUD Manager Yet (Pamplin Media Group,
Portland, OR)
Arbor
Day - With Great Trees Come Great Responsibility (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Smart
Rates for Smart Utilities Will Require the Adoption of Unbundling (Breaking
Energy – “…Luke, I am your battery…”)
U-S
Senate Bill Would Allow FERC to Overrule State Siting Decisions on Power Lines (Utility
Dive)
Baker
Signals Support for Expanded Natural Gas Pipeline in New England (Boston Globe,
MA)
New
England Governors Change Course on Paying for Energy Projects “…Investments in
the billions of dollars are needed…to reduce electricity prices, which, outside
of Hawaii, are the highest in the U-S…” (Hartford Courant, CT)
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-new-england-governors-energy-meeting-hartford-20150423-story.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Greens Get Legal Fees in California Salmon Case (Courthouse
News Service)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Editorial:
California Can Keep Its Mitts Off the Columbia River “…CA: “Each day, the
Columbia River dumps in the Pacific Ocean 90 billion gallons of fresh water…That
is wasteful & sinful…” (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
11-Ton
‘Fatberg’ Breaks London Sewer (USA Today)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Umatilla
Electric Cooperative Plans 1-Megawatt Solar Array (Eastern Oregonian,
Pendleton, OR)
Price
Check: Why SolarCity’s University Solar Projects Cost Oregon Taxpayers $12
Million (Oregonian, Portland)
Groups
Warns British Columbia Wind Farm Threatens Trout Spawning – “…could pollute
waters (during construction) with acidic run-off & heavy metals…” (Globe
& Mail, Canada)
There’s
a Fight Brewing over Who Profits from Solar Power (Mother Jones)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Pacific
Northwest, New England: Energy Efficiency Progress – A Tale of Two Regions (The
Energy Collective)
BC
Hydro Won’t Meet Energy Conservation Targets (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Small
Cities Remain Fertile Ground for Efficiency Projects (Midwest Energy News)
Philips’
Insane 2-For-$5 LED Bulb Sale Just Went Live (Kinja Deals)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon
Expects 2,000 Applicants for Recreational Marijuana Licenses (Marijuana
Business Daily)
Legal
Pot: Oregon Expects Far Less Tax Revenue than Colorado, Washington (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
Poll:
Northwest Voters Have Few Regrets after Legalizing Marinuana (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
Bill
Would Prevent Feds from Targeting Compliant Marijuana Companies (Marijuana
Business Daily)
Can
Stock Photos Depicting ‘Normal People’ Using Marijuana Break the Stereotypes?
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
A
Challenge from Climate Change Regulations (NY Times)
Carbon
Tax Could Replace Obama’s Climate Rules, Democrat Says (E&E Publishing)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Why
Energy Storage Is Suddenly Such a Big Deal (American Public Power Association)
Energy
Quote of the Day: Electric Vehicles as Grid Saviors (Breaking Energy)
Finding
Easier Ways to Charge Electric Vehicles (NY Times)
Seattle’s
Mayor Postpones Fines for Food Scraps – The ‘Pizza Box Penalty’ (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Tacoma’s
Rainier Connect Makes Bid for Click (News Tribune, Tacoma,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
Rainier
Connect Makes Bid for City of Tacoma’s Click! Network (South Sound Business
Examiner)
Cooler
Heads Prevail At Second Click Town Hall Meeting (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Comcast
Abandons $45 Billion Time Warner Cable Merger (Reuters)
Once
Comcast’s Deal Shifted to a Focus on Broadband, Its Ambitions Were Sunk (NY Times)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook’s
Focus on the Future of Communication Continues to Grow (Washington Post)
As
YouTube Marks Tenth Year, Facebook Emerges as Video Threat (Reuters)
Google’s
‘Mobilegeddon’ Shows Tech’s Focus on Forced Progress (Christian Science
Monitor)
Here’s
a Fascinating Breakdown of Emoji Use by Country (TIME Magazine)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington
State Governor Calls Special Legislative Session with Budget, Transportation
Work Undone (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Washington Governor’s Office: Troy Kelley’s Pay Can Be
Withheld (Northwest Public Radio)
GENERAL NEWS
Tourism to Olympic National Park Creates over $365
Million in Economic Benefits (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Three Earthquakes Rattle Northern Idaho (KHQ-TV,
Spokane, WA)
U-S Maps Pinpoint Earthquakes Linked to Quest for
Oil & Gas (NY Times)
DIVERSIONS
Americans
Are Forgetting How to Write Checks, Google Data Show
Have
You Eaten Your Last Avocado?
Police
Arrest Utah Man Who Lit Brush Fire ‘To Signal for Help’
Hubble
Space Telescope Still Dazzles after 25 Years
SONG OF THE DAY
Stardust
– Nat King Cole
Cannonball
Adderley – Stardust
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