Thursday, November 8, 2012

Energy News Digest for November 8, 2012



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.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Magnitude 6.3 Quake Off Canada’s West Coast (KING-TV, Seattle)

Cold Brings Chance of Snow to Eastern Washington (Associated Press)

Mason County PUD 3 Linemen Wrap up Electricity Restoration to Customers Affected by the Loss of Electricity to Dayton Substation West of Shelton (Mason County PUD No. 3)

Cowlitz County PUD Expected to Raise Retail Power Rates by Five Percent (Longview Daily News, WA)

Vestas to Cut 3,000 More Jobs (Oregonian, Portland)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

  • Mason County PUD 3 Linemen Wrap up Electricity Restoration to Customers Affected by the Loss of Electricity to Dayton Substation West of Shelton
  • Cowlitz County PUD Expected to Raise Retail Power Rates by Five Percent
  • U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week
  • Argentine Capital Buenos Aires Hit by Major Power Cut
  • The Puffin Charmer
  • Clackamas River Water General Manager Seeks Temporary Restraining Order against Water District Board Members
  • Man Impersonating Public Utility Worker Asks to Enter Tacoma Woman’s House
  • Vestas to Cut 3,000 More Jobs
  • This Truck is Bringing Solar Energy to Sandy-Stricken New York
  • Video: Stephen Colbert on ‘Wind Turbine Syndrome’
  • Oregon’s Reed College Signs $5.4 Million Energy Efficiency Contract With Ameresco
  • First Things First: An Efficient Abode
  • Obama to Continue Efforts to Curb Greenhouse Gases, Push Energy Efficiency
  • Ethanol Going Ugly Turns Bush Plan into Obama Test
  • New Green Energy Superhero KidWind Manages to Out-Dork Captain Planet
  • Internet Data Usage Jumps; Netflix Makes Up One-Third of Bandwidth Use
  • Facebook Testing Free Wi-Fi at Retailers
  • Microsoft Scraps Instant-Messaging Service, Switches Users to Skype
  • How Does High Speed Internet Actually Work?
  • A School Distanced From Technology Faces Its Intrusion
  • Democrats Likely to Retain Majority in Washington State Senate
  • Rep. McMorris Rodgers Makes Move to Climb Republican Leadership Ladder
  • Magnitude 6.3 Quake Off Canada’s West Coast
  • Cold Brings Chance of Snow to Eastern Washington
  • Northeast U-S Storm Brings New Outages for Sandy-Battered States
  • NOAA Calls off El NiƱo Forecast
  • Inmate Escapes from Washington Prison in Monroe
  • Metal Theft: Tougher Powers Unveiled

WORD OF THE DAY

Frenetic • \frih-NET-tick\ • Adjective - Frenzied, frantic

“IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!” shouted the wild-eyed pundit after his candidate for the town dog-catcher post lost his race in a pretty straightforward manner. “Can you imagine,” the frothing media star mouthed at the unblinking eye of the television camera, “human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!”

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Mason County PUD 3 Linemen Wrap up Electricity Restoration to Customers Affected by the Loss of Electricity to Dayton Substation West of Shelton (Mason County PUD No. 3)

Cowlitz County PUD Expected to Raise Retail Power Rates by Five Percent (Longview Daily News, WA)

U-S Natural Gas Supplies Grew Last Week (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Argentine Capital Buenos Aires Hit by Major Power Cut (British Broadcasting Corporation)

FISH & WILDLIFE

The Puffin Charmer (Slate Magazine)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Clackamas River Water General Manager Seeks Temporary Restraining Order against Water District Board Members (Oregonian, Portland)

Man Impersonating Public Utility Worker Asks to Enter Tacoma Woman’s House (KCPQ-TV, Tacoma/Seattle, WA)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Vestas to Cut 3,000 More Jobs (Oregonian, Portland)

This Truck is Bringing Solar Energy to Sandy-Stricken New York (Mashable)

Video: Stephen Colbert on ‘Wind Turbine Syndrome’ (Midwest Energy News)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Oregon’s Reed College Signs $5.4 Million Energy Efficiency Contract With Ameresco (Sustainable Business Oregon)

First Things First: An Efficient Abode (NY Times)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Obama to Continue Efforts to Curb Greenhouse Gases, Push Energy Efficiency (Washington Post)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Ethanol Going Ugly Turns Bush Plan into Obama Test (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

New Green Energy Superhero KidWind Manages to Out-Dork Captain Planet (Grist Online)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Internet Data Usage Jumps; Netflix Makes Up One-Third of Bandwidth Use (Washington Post)

Facebook Testing Free Wi-Fi at Retailers (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Microsoft Scraps Instant-Messaging Service, Switches Users to Skype (Associated Press)

How Does High Speed Internet Actually Work? (Mashable)

A School Distanced From Technology Faces Its Intrusion (NY Times)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Democrats Likely to Retain Majority in Washington State Senate (Associated Press)

Rep. McMorris Rodgers Makes Move to Climb Republican Leadership Ladder (The Hill, Washington, D-C)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/266817-rep-mcmorris-rodgers-makes-move-to-climb-gop-leadership-ladder

GENERAL NEWS

Magnitude 6.3 Quake Off Canada’s West Coast (KING-TV, Seattle)

Cold Brings Chance of Snow to Eastern Washington (Associated Press)

Northeast U-S Storm Brings New Outages for Sandy-Battered States (Associated Press)

NOAA Calls off El NiƱo Forecast (Washington Post)

Inmate Escapes from Washington Prison in Monroe (Associated Press)

Metal Theft: Tougher Powers Unveiled (British Broadcasting Corporation)

DIVERSIONS

Birch Bay Man Buys 10,000 Copies of the Bellingham Herald to Commemorate Obama’s Victory

Seeing Spots: Polka Dots Are Back

(Audio) App Lets You Write Poetry Like William Shatner

Dead Candidates Win Elections in Florida, Alabama

SONG OF THE DAY

Weather Report – Birdland