Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Energy News Digest for November 24, 2015

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for November 24, 2015

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

35,000 without Power as Spokane Braces for Bitter Cold (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

Portland General Electric Joins CAISO Energy Imbalance Market (Utility Dive)

State of Oregon Says Offshore Wind Project Too Expensive (Pamplin Media Group, OR)

Water Supply Back to Normal in Seattle, Everett & Tacoma (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Shelton City Administrator Announces Retirement (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

  • NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • 35,000 without Power as Spokane Braces for Bitter Cold
  • Spokane Area Windstorm Topped 1996 Ice Storm in Number of Customers Affected
  • Few Snohomish PUD Customers Still without Power
  • Portland General Electric Joins CAISO Energy Imbalance Market
  • Reserve Key to Low Interest Rates, Grant PUD Says
  • Washington State to Issue Report on Vancouver Oil Terminal
  • BC Hydro’s Low-Key Rebranding Caught in Opposition Spotlight
  • War Games: 350 Utilities Join Feds in Simulation of Large-Scale Grid Attack
  • Hulking Transformers Prove a Challenge for Vulnerable Grid
  • Nuclear Reactor Closings in the US Continue to Roil the Energy Industry
  • Federal Court Rules in Minnesota Case Involving Municipal Preference for Hydro Licensing
  • Beavers Are Gnawing Problem for Michigan Co-op
  • Hoh River Sport Fishery Closed to Protect Weak Wild Coho Returns
  • Proposed Navy Pier May Impact Port Angeles Area Salmon Farm
  • Costco Won’t Sell Genetically Engineered Salmon
  • Water Supply Back to Normal in Seattle, Everett & Tacoma
  • Oregon’s Water Demand to Grow by 15 Percent by 2050
  • Op/ED: Ways to Address the Aging & Neglected Water Systems
  • Investigation into Emissions to Take Months, VW Chief Says
  • State of Oregon Says Offshore Wind Project Too Expensive
  • Texas Company Labeled Unsafe Chinese Solar Panels as ‘Made in USA’
  • Montana Utility Withdraws Bid for Residential Demand Charge for Distributed Energy Resources Customers
  • Twelve Charts That Show the State of the U-S Clean Energy Revolution
  • Why Are So Many Americans Skeptical About Climate Change? A Study Offers a Surprising Answer
  • China Plans to Create a Nationwide Carbon Market by 2017
  • A Car Dealers Won’t Sell: It’s Electric
  • Why Aren’t More Farmers Turning Poop into Power?
  • Starbucks Is Now World’s ‘Greenest’ Retailer
  • Utility Board, Tacoma Council Could Decide Click’s Fate Next Month
  • KPLU Advisory Group Votes to Oppose Sale to KUOW
  • How to Assess & Improve Your Social Media Marketing: A Monthly Plan
  • Shelton City Administrator Announces Retirement
  • City of Shelton’s Lake Boulevard/Pioneer Way Improvement Project: Arcadia Avenue to Wyoming Closure
  • Bridges, Broadband, Water Mains — What to Fix First?
WORD OF THE DAY

Henotheism • \HENN-nuh-thee-iz-um\ • Noun – The worship of one god without denying the existence of other gods.

Barney loved his model coal power plant, especially the way the tiny granules of the black substance glowed red and hot in the miniature boiler. He also danced with joy around his model solar panels…a dinky windmill…and the used (but not mentioned) methane digester, whose fuel source was better left the imagination. Like a henotheistic adherent, the claimed to have no one bias for his favorite diminutive energy producing equipment. However, in his deepest, darkest musings…he had to admit that his pet was the digester.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

35,000 without Power as Spokane Braces for Bitter Cold (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

Spokane Area Windstorm Topped 1996 Ice Storm in Number of Customers Affected (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Few Snohomish PUD Customers Still without Power (Everett Herald, WA)

Portland General Electric Joins CAISO Energy Imbalance Market (Utility Dive)

Reserve Key to Low Interest Rates, Grant PUD Says (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Washington State to Issue Report on Vancouver Oil Terminal (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

BC Hydro’s Low-Key Rebranding Caught in Opposition Spotlight (Vancouver Sun, BC)

War Games: 350 Utilities Join Feds in Simulation of Large-Scale Grid Attack (Utility Dive)

Hulking Transformers Prove a Challenge for Vulnerable Grid (E&E Publishing)

Nuclear Reactor Closings in the US Continue to Roil the Energy Industry (Jefferson Public Radio, Ashland, OR)

Federal Court Rules in Minnesota Case Involving Municipal Preference for Hydro Licensing (American Public Power Association)

Beavers Are Gnawing Problem for Michigan Co-op (Electric Co-op Today)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Hoh River Sport Fishery Closed to Protect Weak Wild Coho Returns (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Proposed Navy Pier May Impact Port Angeles Area Salmon Farm (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

Costco Won’t Sell Genetically Engineered Salmon (Consumerist)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Water Supply Back to Normal in Seattle, Everett & Tacoma (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Oregon’s Water Demand to Grow by 15 Percent by 2050 (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Op/ED: Ways to Address the Aging & Neglected Water Systems (NY Times)

Investigation into Emissions to Take Months, VW Chief Says (NY Times)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

State of Oregon Says Offshore Wind Project Too Expensive (Pamplin Media Group, OR)

Texas Company Labeled Unsafe Chinese Solar Panels as ‘Made in USA’ (Associated Press)

Montana Utility Withdraws Bid for Residential Demand Charge for Distributed Energy Resources Customers (Utility Dive)

Twelve Charts That Show the State of the U-S Clean Energy Revolution (Utility Dive)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Why Are So Many Americans Skeptical About Climate Change? A Study Offers a Surprising Answer (Washington Post)

China Plans to Create a Nationwide Carbon Market by 2017 (National Public Radio)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

A Car Dealers Won’t Sell: It’s Electric (NY Times)

Why Aren’t More Farmers Turning Poop into Power? (Grist Online)

Starbucks Is Now World’s ‘Greenest’ Retailer (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Utility Board, Tacoma Council Could Decide Click’s Fate Next Month (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

KPLU Advisory Group Votes to Oppose Sale to KUOW (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

How to Assess & Improve Your Social Media Marketing: A Monthly Plan (Social Media Examiner)

GENERAL NEWS

Shelton City Administrator Announces Retirement (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

City of Shelton’s Lake Boulevard/Pioneer Way Improvement Project: Arcadia Avenue to Wyoming Closure (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Bridges, Broadband, Water Mains — What to Fix First? (NY Times)

DIVERSIONS

UK Wife Who Poisoned Husband is Foiled by Spelling Mistake

100-Year-Old Wedding Cake Found in Yakima Home’s Attic

Dorothy’s Dress from ‘Wizard of Oz’ Sells for a Pretty $1.56 Million

Beer Truck Takes Instant Revenge on Alleged Thief by Running Him Over

SONG OF THE DAY

Israel Kamakawiwo Ole’ – Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World

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