Energy News Digest for April 26, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Glencore Still Hopes to Reopen Columbia Falls Aluminum (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_f1211072-ad51-11e2-abc3-001a4bcf887a.html

The Best Utility Brands of 2013 – Snohomish PUD #2, SMUD #4, Portland General Electric #6, Idaho Power #7, Seattle City Light #9 (E-Source)

http://www.esource.com/Blog/ESource/4-25-13-UtilityBrands

Idaho Power Seeks to End Excess Green Energy Credit Payouts (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/idaho-power-seeks-end-excess-green-energy-credit-payouts

Energy Efficiency Means Lower Utility Bills, Less Mortgage Risk (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2013/0425/Energy-efficiency-means-lower-utility-bills-less-mortgage-risk

In Two-Way Charging, Electric Cars Begin to Earn Money from the Grid (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/business/energy-environment/electric-vehicles-begin-to-earn-money-from-the-grid.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Montana - Glencore Still Hopes to Reopen Columbia Falls Aluminum
• News Digest Flashback - Montana U-S Senator: ‘Glencore Has Been Playing Us’
• The Best Utility Brands of 2013 – Snohomish PUD #2, SMUD #4, Portland General Electric #6, Idaho Power #7, Seattle City Light #9
• Hanging ‘Em High - Crews Thread Cable for Douglas PUD’s New High-Voltage Line
• Editorial - The River, the Treaty, the Money
• Northwest books: Woody Guthrie (BPA), Abe Lincoln, Pig War, Susan Orlean, Karen Karbo
• French Nuclear Giant Areva Sees Revenue Rise 12.5 Per Cent as Turnaround Takes Hold
• New Nuclear Waste Proposal Creates Agency, Restarts Yucca Mountain Debate
• The Next Nuclear Reactor May Arrive Hauled by a Truck
• Kokanee Reach New Sizes in Lake Chelan
• Oregon’s Air Getting Fresher: American Lung Association State of the Air 2013
• 9th Circuit Axes Pacific Northwest Forest Plan Settlement
• Green Groups Seeing Red over Barbara Boxer’s Water Bill
• Idaho Power Seeks to End Excess Green Energy Credit Payouts
• Largest Solar Power Water Heating System in Washington State Installed near Prescott
• IRS Provides Tax-Day Gift to Renewable Energy Producers
• Energy Efficiency Means Lower Utility Bills, Less Mortgage Risk
• Feds Issue Final Rule Setting Energy Efficiency Standards for Distribution Transformers
• Snohomish County PUD Tips for Reducing Bills, Helping the Environment
• LED Streetlamp Aims to Improve Public’s View of Stars
• Obama Backers Launch Plan to Shame Climate Skeptics in Congress
• In Two-Way Charging, Electric Cars Begin to Earn Money from the Grid
• Lacey Alternative Energy Fair to Showcase Green Energy
• U-S Colleges Building a Clean Energy Future
• Washington State AG to T-Mobile: Not So Fast with That ‘No-Contract’ Advertising
• New York City’s Free Subway Wi-Fi Faster than Home Broadband
• Google Agrees to Change Displays for Search Results in Europe
• Bold Predictions about the Internet from 1982
• Netflix Looks Back on Its Near-Death Spiral
• Watch How Retweets Ripple Out Through the Internet
• Why Only Perfect Customer Service Scores Matter: It’s About Evangelism
• Washington State GOP Blames Democrats for Special Session
• U-S Congress - House Joins Senate in Passing Bill to Ease Flight Delays
• Seattle Siblings Swim 14 Hours after Boat Sinks in Virgin Islands
• Olympia Prepares for Possible May Day Demonstrations
• Pacific Northwest Ranks High for Stress
• Stoel Rives Looks to Grow with New Development Chief

WORD OF THE DAY

Demulcent • \dih-MULL-sunt\ • Adjective - Soothing

See Christopher Cross, “Sailing.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyYhZ9HH8cI

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

Montana - Glencore Still Hopes to Reopen Columbia Falls Aluminum (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_f1211072-ad51-11e2-abc3-001a4bcf887a.html

News Digest Flashback - Montana U-S Senator: ‘Glencore Has Been Playing Us’ (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)

http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/glencore_has_been_playing_us/32429/

The Best Utility Brands of 2013 – Snohomish PUD #2, SMUD #4, Portland General Electric #6, Idaho Power #7, Seattle City Light #9 (E-Source)

http://www.esource.com/Blog/ESource/4-25-13-UtilityBrands

Hanging ‘Em High - Crews Thread Cable for Douglas PUD’s New High-Voltage Line (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/apr/25/hanging-em-high-crews-thread-cable-for-douglas/

Editorial - The River, the Treaty, the Money (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/apr/25/the-river-the-treaty-the-money/

Northwest books: Woody Guthrie (BPA), Abe Lincoln, Pig War, Susan Orlean, Karen Karbo (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2013/04/jeff_baker_northwest_books_woo.html

French Nuclear Giant Areva Sees Revenue Rise 12.5 Per Cent as Turnaround Takes Hold (Associated Press)

http://www.timescolonist.com/business/french-nuclear-giant-areva-sees-revenue-rise-12-5-per-cent-as-turnaround-takes-hold-1.139016

New Nuclear Waste Proposal Creates Agency, Restarts Yucca Mountain Debate (U-S News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/04/25/new-nuclear-waste-proposal-creates-new-agency-restarts-yucca-mountain-argument?s_cid=rss:new-nuclear-waste-proposal-creates-new-agency-restarts-yucca-mountain-argument

The Next Nuclear Reactor May Arrive Hauled by a Truck (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/business/energy-environment/the-next-nuclear-reactor-may-arrive-hauled-by-a-truck.html?ref=businessspecial2&pagewanted=all&_r=3&

FISH & WILDLIFE

Kokanee Reach New Sizes in Lake Chelan (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/apr/26/kokanee-reach-new-sizes-in-lake-chelan/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Oregon’s Air Getting Fresher: American Lung Association State of the Air 2013 (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/04/oregons_air_getting_fresher_am.html

9th Circuit Axes Pacific Northwest Forest Plan Settlement (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/04/25/57060.htm

Green Groups Seeing Red over Barbara Boxer’s Water Bill (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/green-groups-see-red-over-boxers-water-bill-90580.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Idaho Power Seeks to End Excess Green Energy Credit Payouts (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/idaho-power-seeks-end-excess-green-energy-credit-payouts

Largest Solar Power Water Heating System in Washington State Installed near Prescott (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/22082979/largest-solar-power-water-in-washington-installed-near-prescott

IRS Provides Tax-Day Gift to Renewable Energy Producers - Provides Guidance on Production Tax Credit Eligibility (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

http://www.energynaturalresourceslaw.com/2013/04/irs-provides-tax-day-gift-to-renewable-energy-producers-providing-guidance-on-production-tax-credit.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Efficiency Means Lower Utility Bills, Less Mortgage Risk (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2013/0425/Energy-efficiency-means-lower-utility-bills-less-mortgage-risk

Feds Issue Final Rule Setting Energy Efficiency Standards for Distribution Transformers (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=216257&issueID=27004

Snohomish County PUD Tips for Reducing Bills, Helping the Environment (Mukilteo Beacon, WA)

http://mukilteobeacon.villagesoup.com/p/pud-tips-for-reducing-bills-helping-the-environment/993720#.UXqURHek3yA

LED Streetlamp Aims to Improve Public’s View of Stars (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22292129

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Obama Backers Launch Plan to Shame Climate Skeptics in Congress (The Guardian, UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/25/obama-for-america-shame-climate-sceptics

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

In Two-Way Charging, Electric Cars Begin to Earn Money from the Grid (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/business/energy-environment/electric-vehicles-begin-to-earn-money-from-the-grid.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Lacey Alternative Energy Fair to Showcase Green Energy (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)

http://www.thurstontalk.com/2013/04/25/lacey-alternative-energy-fair-to-showcase-green-energy/

U-S Colleges Building a Clean Energy Future (The Energy Collective – Includes Evergreen, UW, WSU, WWU, UPS, etc.)

http://theenergycollective.com/silviomarcacci/217561/us-colleges-teach-america-how-build-clean-energy-future

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Washington State AG to T-Mobile: Not So Fast with That ‘No-Contract’ Advertising (Consumerist)

http://consumerist.com/2013/04/26/washington-state-ag-to-t-mobile-not-so-fast-with-that-no-contract-advertising/

New York City’s Free Subway Wi-Fi Faster than Home Broadband (NBC News)

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/nycs-free-subway-wi-fi-faster-home-broadband-6C9601867

Google Agrees to Change Displays for Search Results in Europe (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2013/04/google_agrees_to_change_displa.html

Bold Predictions about the Internet from 1982 (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/26/bold-predictions-about-the-internet-from-1982/?wprss=rss_business

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Netflix Looks Back on Its Near-Death Spiral (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/business/netflix-looks-back-on-its-near-death-spiral.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Watch How Retweets Ripple Out Through the Internet (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/5995388/watch-how-retweets-ripple-out-through-the-internet

Why Only Perfect Customer Service Scores Matter: It’s About Evangelism (Consumerist)

http://consumerist.com/2013/04/25/why-only-perfect-customer-service-scores-matter-its-about-evangelism/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State GOP Blames Democrats for Special Session - With Four Days Left In Regular Session (Seattle Times, WA)

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2013/04/25/gop-blames-democrats-for-special-session-with-four-days-left-in-regular-session/?syndication=rss

U-S Congress - House Joins Senate in Passing Bill to Ease Flight Delays (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/us/politics/congress-passes-bill-to-end-flight-delays.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

GENERAL NEWS

Seattle Siblings Swim 14 Hours after Boat Sinks in Virgin Islands (Associated Press)

http://www.kgw.com/news/Seattle-siblings-swim-14-hours-after-boat-sinks-in-Puerto-Rico-204868431.html

Olympia Prepares for Possible May Day Demonstrations (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Olympia-Police-prepare-for-May-Day-204771801.html

Pacific Northwest Ranks High for Stress - Washington, Oregon & Idaho among top 15 most-stressed states (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/apr/25/pacific-northwest-ranks-high-for-stress/

Stoel Rives Looks to Grow with New Development Chief (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2013/04/stoel-rives-seeks-growth-with-new.html

DIVERSIONS

What Did Alexander Graham Bell Sound Like? Now We Know

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2013/04/24/what-did-alexander-graham-bell-sound-like-now-we-know/?wprss=rss_technology

Feral Hogs - Malicious but Delicious

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/opinion/bruni-malicious-but-delicious.html?_r=0

Return of the Twinkie? Hostess to Reopen Bakery This Summer

http://www.katu.com/news/national/Need-a-Twinkie-Hostess-to-reopen-bakery-this-summer-204848711.html

George Jones, Country Superstar, Has Died At 81

http://www.nwcn.com/news/204853441.html

SONGS OF THE DAY

George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRK--ahPd3s

George Jones - The Race Is On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIfFs7a_aXs

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 April 25, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Studies Mull Impact of Closing Nuclear Power Plant near Richland (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/04/24/2370258/studies-mull-impact-of-closing.html

How to Charge Millions of Electric Cars? Not All at Once (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/business/energy-environment/preparing-for-the-power-demands-of-an-electric-car-boom.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Nest Labs: Proof Life Exists in the Smart Grid Ecosystem (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/edfenergyexchange/2013/04/24/nest-labs-proof-life-exists-in-the-smart-grid-ecosystem/?ss=business:energy

Exergy Sued by Cycling Organizers in Colorado (KTVB-TV, Boise, ID)

http://www.ktvb.com/news/business/Struggling-Idaho-alternative-energy-company-sued-again-204565681.html

Washington State Legislature - Special Session Likely, Inslee Says (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)\

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/apr/24/special-session-likely-inslee-says/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Studies Mull Impact of Closing Nuclear Power Plant near Richland
• How to Charge Millions of Electric Cars? Not All at Once
• Arkansas Nuclear Waste Storage Hooks Feds for $47 Million
• The Coming Crisis in Electricity Generation
• National Energy Policy Institute Publishes Five-Step Plan for Nation
• Bonneville Power Administration Legacy Computer System Retires After Keeping the Lights on for 38 Years
• Feds Accept Petition on Captive Orca Lolita
• Exergy Sued by Cycling Organizers in Colorado
• How Wind Energy Helped Iowa Attract Facebook’s New Data Center
• Homeowner Associations Fight Solar, Homeowners Fight Back
• Nest Labs: Proof Life Exists in the Smart Grid Ecosystem
• What You Need to Know About Appliance Efficiency
• Why is Reuters Puzzled by Global Warming's Acceleration?
• CenturyLink Whines about Google Fiber in Utah - Uses Sleazy Tactics for a Decade; Cries about Fairness
• As Internet Gets Faster, Hong Kong & South Korea Lead the Broadband Speed Derby
• Internet Sales Tax Embraced by No-Tax Republicans
• In Digital Age, Social Media Becoming Valuable Police Tool
• Report: Social Networking Sites Play More Prominent Role in Politics
• How Elephants Deli Leads the Herd in Social Media
• Washington State Legislature - Special Session Likely, Inslee Says
• Editorial - What Happens When You Put Microsoft Managers in Charge of the Washington State Budget
• Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador Emerges as GOP Point Man on Immigration Reform
• Mason County’s Collective Marijuana Garden Regs Draw Challenge
• Oregon - Woman in Clackamas County Ballot-Altering Case to Plead Guilty
• Oregon - 324% Interest Rates Get Western Sky in Trouble
• Dog Rescued from Car After Up to 6 Days without Food, Water

WORD OF THE DAY

De Rigueur • \duh ree-GURR\ • Adjective - Prescribed or required by fashion, etiquette, or custom: proper.

During my years at the Evergreen State College, periodic potlucks were a wonderful way to sample various vegan/sustainable dietary offerings (including home-made beer, yum). A socially-conscious menu was considered de rigueur, but it was hard to achieve for those like me who lived a fair distance from the school. Therefore, Kentucky Fried Chicken was my standard offering. At every potluck I was berated for bringing “Corporate Meat” to the gathering.

However, I never went home with leftovers.

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

Studies Mull Impact of Closing Nuclear Power Plant near Richland (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/04/24/2370258/studies-mull-impact-of-closing.html

How to Charge Millions of Electric Cars? Not All at Once (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/business/energy-environment/preparing-for-the-power-demands-of-an-electric-car-boom.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Arkansas Nuclear Waste Storage Hooks Feds for $47 Million (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/04/25/57046.htm

The Coming Crisis in Electricity Generation (EnergyBiz)

http://www.energybiz.com/article/13/04/coming-crisis-electricity-generation-0

National Energy Policy Institute Publishes Five-Step Plan for Nation (Tulsa World, OK)

http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/National_Energy_Policy_Institute_publishes_five_step/20130425_49_E1_CUTLIN820836

Bonneville Power Administration Legacy Computer System Retires After Keeping the Lights on for 38 Years (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Legacy-computer-system-retires-after-keeping-the-lights-on-for-38-years.aspx

FISH & WILDLIFE

Feds Accept Petition on Captive Orca Lolita (Associated Press)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestnews/1078952-8/feds-accept-petition-on-captive-orca-lolita

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Exergy Sued by Cycling Organizers in Colorado (KTVB-TV, Boise, ID)

http://www.ktvb.com/news/business/Struggling-Idaho-alternative-energy-company-sued-again-204565681.html

How Wind Energy Helped Iowa Attract Facebook’s New Data Center (Midwest Energy News)

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/04/24/how-wind-energy-helped-iowa-attract-facebooks-new-data-center/

Homeowner Associations Fight Solar, Homeowners Fight Back (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/04/hoas-fight-solar-homeowners-fight-back?cmpid=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Nest Labs: Proof Life Exists in the Smart Grid Ecosystem (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/edfenergyexchange/2013/04/24/nest-labs-proof-life-exists-in-the-smart-grid-ecosystem/?ss=business:energy

What You Need to Know About Appliance Efficiency (Dishwashers Info)

http://www.dishwashersinfo.com/features/what-you-need-to-know-about-appliance-efficiency

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Why is Reuters Puzzled by Global Warming's Acceleration? (The Guardian, UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/apr/24/reuters-puzzled-global-warming-acceleration

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

CenturyLink Whines about Google Fiber in Utah - Uses Sleazy Tactics for a Decade; Cries About Fairness (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/CenturyLink-Whines-About-Google-Fiber-in-Utah-123997

As Internet Gets Faster, Hong Kong & South Korea Lead the Broadband Speed Derby (Gigaom)

http://gigaom.com/2013/04/22/as-internet-gets-faster-hong-kong-south-korea-lead-the-broadband-speed-derby/

Internet Sales Tax Embraced by No-Tax Republicans (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/technology/article/Internet-sales-tax-embraced-by-no-tax-Republicans-4462014.php

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

In Digital Age, Social Media Becoming Valuable Police Tool (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Police-social-media-becoming-valuable-crime-fighting-tool-204599161.html

Report: Social Networking Sites Play More Prominent Role in Politics (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_23101813

How Elephants Deli Leads the Herd in Social Media (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/socialmadness/2013/04/how-elephants-deli-leverages-social.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Legislature - Special Session Likely, Inslee Says (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)\

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/apr/24/special-session-likely-inslee-says/

Editorial - What Happens When You Put Microsoft Managers in Charge of the Washington State Budget (Seattle Times, WA)

http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2020853749_sharonpianchancolumnmicrosoftstatebudgetxml.html

Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador Emerges as GOP Point Man on Immigration Reform (U-S News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/04/24/rep-raul-labrador-emerges-as-gop-point-man-on-immigration-reform?s_cid=rss:rep-raul-labrador-emerges-as-gop-point-man-on-immigration-reform

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County’s Collective Marijuana Garden Regs Draw Challenge (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/10014

Oregon - Woman in Clackamas County Ballot-Altering Case to Plead Guilty (Associated Press)

http://www.katu.com/politics/Woman-in-Clackamas-County-ballot-altering-case-to-plead-guilty-204603491.html

Oregon - 324% Interest Rates Get Western Sky in Trouble (Portland Business Journal, OR. I think the term you’re fishing for us “usury.”)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2013/04/24/324-interest-rates-get-western-sky-in.html

Dog Rescued from Car After Up to 6 Days without Food, Water (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Dog-rescued-from-car-after-up-to-6-days-without-food-water-204559041.html

DIVERSIONS

100 Years Later, A Time Capsule is Opened

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/100-years-later-time-capsule-opened-185852550.html

Pup Named Huckleberry Crowned 'Beautiful Bulldog'

http://news.yahoo.com/pup-named-huckleberry-crowned-beautiful-bulldog-193905077.html

How Coffee Influenced the Course of History

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/24/178625554/how-coffee-influenced-the-course-of-history?ft=1&f=3

Police Confiscate 4-Foot, 2-Pound Marijuana Joint

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/25/newser-marijuana-huge-joint/2112359/

SONG OF THE DAY

John Lennon - Beautiful Boy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO2v7qZClbw

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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Energy News Digest for April 24, 2013

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Energy News Digest Word Cloud for April 24, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Tri-Cities Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown worth Analysis, Says Doctors Group (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2013/04/hanford-nuclear-site-shutdown-worth.html

Google Contemplates New Data Centers in the Dalles (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/04/google_contemplates_new_data_c.html

Klamath Basin Scientists Get Apology from Federal Agency over Bias Claim (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/04/klamath_basin_scientists_get_a.html

Newsrooms May Revisit Security after Associated Press Hacking (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2013/04/23/ap-hacking-effect-on-newsrooms/2107543/

Mason County PUD 3 Looking for Real Estate Broker (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/10009#more-10009

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Tri-Cities Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown worth Analysis, Says Doctors Group
• Fact Sheet on Columbia Generating Station
• Port Townsend Lays Off City Finance Director to Cut Costs; He Moves to Jefferson PUD
• Jefferson PUD’s First Electric Bills Still Tied to Puget Sound Energy
• Mason County PUD 3 Looking for Real Estate Broker
• Commissioners May Vote McMaster to be Cowlitz PUD General Manager
• Tacoma Power Crew Gets Kudos for Creative Mossyrock Dam Solution
• Tillamook PUD to Appeal Denial of Power Line
• Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for April 23, 2013
• Dirty War - A Rancorous Scrap over Plans to Send American Coal to Asia
• Southern Montana Power Co-Op Trustee Fights $46 Million Claim
• South Carolina - Berkeley Man Electrocuted at Electric Substation
• Support for Hydroelectric Power is Strong, Wyden & McMorris Rodgers Tell National Hydropower Association Audience
• Electricity Theft: A Bigger Issue Than You Think
• Klamath Basin Scientists Get Apology from Federal Agency over Bias Claim
• Catch Trout on Opening Day of Fishing Season
• Why Are Bee Swarms Popping Up in Oregon?
• Basin Water Supply Forecast At 96 Percent of Average
• California Failed to Spend $455 Million on Water Projects
• Editorial - California Water Funds Go Unspent, Even with Tainted Taps
• Elwha River Reborn Red? More on “Beautiful Clouds of Goo”
• U.S. States Turning Against Renewable Portfolio Standards as Gas Plunges
• United Kingdom - Why is the National Trust Investing in Renewables While Fighting a Wind Farm?
• Reality Check - Is British Columbia's Carbon Tax Green or Not?
• Cloning Takes California's Ancient Redwood Trees Abroad
• Washington State Fines to Protect Electric Vehicle Parking Spots
• Drive On: Electric Cars Sure to Fail as Taxis
• Scotland - Helius Set to Receive Subsidies for Whisky Waste-to-Power Plant
• Google Contemplates New Data Centers in the Dalles
• Facebook Plans Iowa Data Center to Help Support Instagram
• Average U-S Connection Speed Now 7.4 Mbps – U-S Now Eighth Place for Average Connection Speed
• Op/Ed - Broadband Internet Connection for All Residents is Essential
• Newsrooms May Revisit Security after Associated Press Hacking
• A Solar Fred/"Spinal Tap" Solar Guerrilla Marketing Tip: 11
• Baucus, Powerful Montana Democrat, Will Leave Senate
• Ron Wyden is Wonkish, Optimistic, Idiosyncratic - And About to be Very Powerful
• Mason County Funding Measures Passing
• Mason County Jail Inmate Commits Suicide

WORD OF THE DAY

Vexatious • \vex-ay-shuss\ • Adjective - 1a: causing vexation: distressing b: intended to harass 2: full of disorder or stress: troubled

“I am NOT paranoid or a vexatious litigator. Did my mother tell you that? Or maybe my brother; he never liked me, that weasel,” bellowed the whiskered, barrel-chested jailhouse lawyer to the judge in his case. “Everyone has wronged me, or will wrong me sometime in my life. This is just my way of protecting my rights.”

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

Tri-Cities Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown worth Analysis, Says Doctors Group (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2013/04/hanford-nuclear-site-shutdown-worth.html

Fact Sheet on Columbia Generating Station (Energy Northwest)

http://www.energy-northwest.com/generation/cgs/index.php

Port Townsend Lays Off City Finance Director to Cut Costs; He Moves to Jefferson PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130419/NEWS/304199981/port-townsend-lays-off-city-finance-director-to-cut-costs-he-moves

Jefferson PUD’s First Electric Bills Still Tied to Puget Sound Energy - Public utility swamped with Port Townsend calls about usage details (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=33435

Mason County PUD 3 Looking for Real Estate Broker (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/10009#more-10009

Commissioners May Vote McMaster to be Cowlitz PUD General Manager (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/2086af88-aca4-11e2-ac7b-001a4bcf887a.html

Tacoma Power Crew Gets Kudos for Creative Mossyrock Dam Solution (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2013/04/tacoma-power-crew-gets-kudos-for.html

Tillamook PUD to Appeal Denial of Power Line (Tillamook Headlight Herald, OR)

http://www.tillamookheadlightherald.com/news_paid/article_5496b506-ac5a-11e2-81bb-0019bb2963f4.html

Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for April 23, 2013 (Mason County PUD No. 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=1209

Dirty War - A Rancorous Scrap over Plans to Send American Coal to Asia (The Economist Magazine)

http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21576401-rancorous-scrap-over-plans-send-american-coal-asia-dirty-war

Southern Montana Power Co-Op Trustee Fights $46 Million Claim (Missoulian, MT)

http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/montana-power-co-op-trustee-fights-m-claim/article_e45f97f8-ab6e-11e2-b745-0019bb2963f4.html

South Carolina - Berkeley Man Electrocuted at Electric Substation (WCIV-TV, Charleston, SC)

http://www.abcnews4.com/story/22039459/berkeley-man-electrocuted-at-electric-substation

Support for Hydroelectric Power is Strong, Wyden & McMorris Rodgers Tell National Hydropower Association Audience (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/04/support-for-hydroelectric-power-strong-wyden-and-mcmorris-rogers-tell-nha-audience?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-April24-2013

Electricity Theft: A Bigger Issue Than You Think (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2013/04/23/electricity-theft-a-bigger-issue-than-you-think/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Klamath Basin Scientists Get Apology from Federal Agency over Bias Claim (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/04/klamath_basin_scientists_get_a.html

Catch Trout on Opening Day of Fishing Season (Thurston Talks, Olympia, WA)

http://www.thurstontalk.com/2013/04/23/catch-trout-on-opening-day-of-fishing-season/

Why Are Bee Swarms Popping Up in Oregon? (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/news/local/Why-are-bee-swarms-popping-up-in-Portland-204383721.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Basin Water Supply Forecast At 96 Percent of Average; Several Oregon Basins Facing Drought Condition (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/426175.aspx

California Failed to Spend $455 Million on Water Projects (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/19/california-epa-drinking-water/2098291/

Editorial - California Water Funds Go Unspent, Even with Tainted Taps (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/24/5366170/water-funds-go-unspent-even-with.html

Elwha River Reborn Red? More on “Beautiful Clouds of Goo” (Seattle Times, WA)

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/fieldnotes/2013/04/18/elwha-river-reborn-red-beautiful-clouds-of-goo-explained/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

U.S. States Turning Against Renewable Portfolio Standards as Gas Plunges (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/04/u-s-states-turning-against-renewable-portfolio-standards-as-gas-plunges?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-April24-2013

United Kingdom - Why is the National Trust Investing in Renewables While Fighting a Wind Farm? (The Guardian, UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/19/national-trust-renewables-windfarms

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Reality Check - Is British Columbia's Carbon Tax Green or Not? (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/04/23/bc-reality-check-carbon-tax.html?cmp=rss

Cloning Takes California's Ancient Redwood Trees Abroad (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/22/redwood-trees-climate-change-environment/2102667/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Washington State Fines to Protect Electric Vehicle Parking Spots (Associated Press)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/apr/23/fines-to-protect-electric-vehicle-parking-spots/

Drive On: Electric Cars Sure to Fail as Taxis (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/driveon/2013/04/23/nissan-is-going-to-try-out-six-in-new-york-good-luck/2105571/

Scotland - Helius Set to Receive Subsidies for Whisky Waste-to-Power Plant (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-19/helius-set-to-receive-subsidies-for-whisky-waste-to-power-plant.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Contemplates New Data Centers in the Dalles (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/04/google_contemplates_new_data_c.html

Facebook Plans Iowa Data Center to Help Support Instagram (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_23087790

Average U-S Connection Speed Now 7.4 Mbps – U-S Now Eighth Place for Average Connection Speed (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Average-US-Connection-Speed-Now-74-Mbps-123988

Op/Ed - Broadband Internet Connection for All Residents is Essential (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/24/5366178/viewpoints-broadband-internet.html

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Newsrooms May Revisit Security after Associated Press Hacking (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2013/04/23/ap-hacking-effect-on-newsrooms/2107543/

A Solar Fred/"Spinal Tap" Solar Guerrilla Marketing Tip: 11 (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/04/a-solar-fredspinal-tap-solar-guerilla-marketing-tip-11?cmpid=rss

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Baucus, Powerful Montana Democrat, Will Leave Senate (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/us/politics/baucus-wont-seek-re-election-to-senate.html?_r=0

Ron Wyden is Wonkish, Optimistic, Idiosyncratic - And About to be Very Powerful (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/23/ron-wyden-is-wonkish-optimistic-idiosyncratic-and-about-to-be-very-powerful/?wprss=rss_business

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County Funding Measures Passing (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/10006#more-10006

Mason County Jail Inmate Commits Suicide (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/9998#more-9998

Mason County Unemployment Drops in March (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/10001#more-10001

DIVERSIONS

Captioner Sorry for Calling Actress Zoey Deschanel Bomb Suspect

http://www.wtop.com/546/3296945/Not-a-Terrorist

One Way Ticket - Mars One Opens Applications for Red Planet Settlers

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/04/23/mars-one-opens-applications-for-red-planet-settlers

‘Holy Grail’ of Video Games Valued at $38,000 Bought at Goodwill for $8

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/holy-grail-video-games-valued-38-000-bought-002435770.html

Oops! New York's Suffolk County Accidentally Defaults on Debt

http://news.yahoo.com/oops-yorks-suffolk-county-accidentally-defaults-debt-173732971--sector.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Mark Knopfler - Going Home, Theme from “Local Hero”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow5IdjNItc0

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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