Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Energy News Digest for October 14, 2015

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments over FERC Demand Response Rule (Utility Dive)

Public Utilities Sue Oregon Department of Energy over Annual ‘Tax’ (Oregonian, Portland)

Montana: Kerr Dam Lawsuit Hits a Dead End (KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)

Record Fall Chinook Run Seen at McNary Dam (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Regulators Close Door on Hawaiian Electric’s Rooftop Solar Program (Pacific Business Journal, HI)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Supreme Court to Hear Arguments over FERC Demand Response Rule
  • The Supreme Court & Order 745: A High-Stakes Chance for a Clean Energy Do-Over
  • Public Utilities Sue Oregon Department of Energy over Annual ‘Tax’
  • Montana: Kerr Dam Lawsuit Hits a Dead End
  • Tribes Won’t Help Offset Loss of Tax Revenue from Kerr Dam
  • Sixth Man Hurt in Priest Rapids Dam Explosion Moved to Harborview
  • Study: Integrating PacifiCorp & CAISO Grids Would Net $12.5 Billion in Savings
  • Massachusetts: Costs Lead Officials to Pull the Plug on Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant
  • Massachusetts: Where Else Will New England Get Its Energy?
  • California’s Quiet Market for Coal
  • Record Fall Chinook Run Seen at McNary Dam
  • The Kalama River Is Running White, & Scientists Don’t Know Why
  • Regulators Close Door on Hawaiian Electric’s Rooftop Solar Program
  • Bechtel Doesn’t See Any More Solar Thermal with Gas So Cheap
  • Utility-Scale Solar Capacity Poised to Rocket Higher
  • Pacific Gas & Electric Leads the Nation with 200,000 Solar Customers
  • Large-Scale U-S Solar Could Get Ugly, At Least to Some
  • Thieves Target Heating, Air Units in Hillyard Businesses
  • ‘Green Light’ Marijuana District for Downtown Portland?
  • New Effort to End Coal-Fired Power in Oregon
  • Fitch Ratings: What States are Hit by EPA Clean Power Plan?
  • Four of the ‘Greenest’ Hospitals in the U-S Are in Seattle
  • Journalists Spying on Tesla’s Gigafactory Rammed Security with a Jeep: Police
  • Your Grandparents Are on Facebook, So Knock It Off
  • Shelton Mayor Debate Audio/Video
  • Special Election to Fill Washington State House Seat Tops $1 Million
  • Shelton Citizens Invited to Learn More about SPI Lumber Mill Redevelopment
  • Frustrated Seattle Parent Donates $70K to Save Teacher’s Job
  • Satsop Business Park Adding Natural Gas Company
  • Man Caught Huffing Inhalants at Kitsap County Wal-Mart Dies
  • Man Sleeping in Olympia Dumpster ‘Lucky to Be Alive’ after Ending Up in Garbage Truck
  • Mass Gathering of Meteorologists at Olympic Mountains - OLYMPEX Starts Next Month!
WORD OF THE DAY

Prelapsarian • \pree-lap-SAIR-ee-un\ • adjective - Characteristic of or belonging to the time or state before the biblical fall of humankind.

Amber and Bert walked hand in hand through the green and fragrant tunnel of vines and creepers in the verdant rain forest. Each was lost in thought. Amber in particular thought that the environment could have been like a prelapsarian Eden, heavy in romance and primitive love. Bert could only think of one thing, “Who do the Seahawks play next Sunday?”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments over FERC Demand Response Rule (Utility Dive)

The Supreme Court & Order 745: A High-Stakes Chance for a Clean Energy Do-Over (The Energy Collective)

Public Utilities Sue Oregon Department of Energy over Annual ‘Tax’ (Oregonian, Portland)

Montana: Kerr Dam Lawsuit Hits a Dead End (KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT)

Tribes Won’t Help Offset Loss of Tax Revenue from Kerr Dam (Ravalli Republic, Hamilton, MT)
http://ravallirepublic.com/missoula/news/local/article_d901d5c9-d938-53f7-bde9-be19b9dc60ba.html

Sixth Man Hurt in Priest Rapids Dam Explosion Moved to Harborview (Associated Press)

Study: Integrating PacifiCorp & CAISO Grids Would Net $12.5 Billion in Savings (Utility Dive)

Massachusetts: Costs Lead Officials to Pull the Plug on Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant (Boston Globe, MA)

Massachusetts: Where Else Will New England Get Its Energy? (Boston Globe, MA)

California’s Quiet Market for Coal (SNL Financial)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Record Fall Chinook Run Seen at McNary Dam (Tri-City Herald, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

The Kalama River Is Running White, & Scientists Don’t Know Why (Longview Daily News, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Regulators Close Door on Hawaiian Electric’s Rooftop Solar Program (Pacific Business Journal, HI)

Bechtel Doesn’t See Any More Solar Thermal with Gas So Cheap (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Utility-Scale Solar Capacity Poised to Rocket Higher (American Public Power Association)

Pacific Gas & Electric Leads the Nation with 200,000 Solar Customers (PG&E Currents)

Large-Scale U-S Solar Could Get Ugly, At Least to Some (Greenbiz)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Thieves Target Heating, Air Units in Hillyard Businesses (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

‘Green Light’ Marijuana District for Downtown Portland? (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

New Effort to End Coal-Fired Power in Oregon (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

Fitch Ratings: What States are Hit by EPA Clean Power Plan? (Electric Co-op Today)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Four of the ‘Greenest’ Hospitals in the U-S Are in Seattle (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Journalists Spying on Tesla’s Gigafactory Rammed Security with a Jeep: Police (Jalopnik)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Your Grandparents Are on Facebook, So Knock It Off (Memphis Business Journal, TN)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Shelton Mayor Debate Audio/Video (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Special Election to Fill Washington State House Seat Tops $1 Million (Northwest Public Radio)

GENERAL NEWS

Shelton Citizens Invited to Learn More about SPI Lumber Mill Redevelopment (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Frustrated Seattle Parent Donates $70K to Save Teacher’s Job (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Satsop Business Park Adding Natural Gas Company (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Man Caught Huffing Inhalants at Kitsap County Wal-Mart Dies (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Man Sleeping in Olympia Dumpster ‘Lucky to Be Alive’ after Ending Up in Garbage Truck (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Mass Gathering of Meteorologists at Olympic Mountains - OLYMPEX Starts Next Month! (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

DIVERSIONS

Kmart Employee Saved Monthly Elevator Music Tapes from Trash to Torture Us All 26 Years Later

Seaside High’s Homecoming Queen Suits Up as Football Team’s Kicker

Seattle Is in the Midst of a Trick-Or-Treating Crisis

Connecticut Jury Denies Woman’s Claim Eight-Year-Old Nephew Broke Her Wrist

SONG OF THE DAY

Neil Diamond – Beautiful Noise

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY


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