Thursday, March 3, 2016

Energy News Digest for March 3, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for March 3, 2016

Flood Warning for Skokomish River

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Day after Indictment – Former Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon Dies in Car Crash (Reuters)

Oregon Lawmakers Approve Pioneering Pro Climate Coal Bill (Associated Press)

Clean Nuclear Energy Future One Step Closer (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

U-S Supreme Court Justice Rejects State Request to Block Mercury & Air Toxics Standards Implementation (Utility Dive)

Oregon Tax Breaks Approved for Comcast, Frontier, Google (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Day after Indictment – Former Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon Dies in Car Crash
  • Clean Nuclear Energy Future One Step Closer
  • Chelan PUD Awarded $1.4 Million for Wildfire Restorations
  • March 10 – Planned Mason PUD 3 Power Outage for Lake Cushman Area for BPA Substation Maintenance
  • March 10 Scheduled Power Outage for Mason PUD 1
  • EPA Head Bullish on Clean Power Plan – Supreme Court Setback Can be Dealt With
  • LIHEAP Action Day Push for $4.7 Billion
  • An Electric Education for Missouri Co-op Members
  • Dwindling California Salmon Put Fishing Season in Peril
  • Forecasters Offer Conservative Guess on Columbia/Yakima Salmon Runs after Last Year’s Hot Weather
  • U-S Supreme Court Justice Rejects State Request to Block Mercury & Air Toxics Standards Implementation
  • Breaking: Puget Soundkeeper & Others Sue EPA (Again) Alleging Failure to Adopt Water Quality Standards
  • Oregon State Senator Skeptical of Community Solar Benefits for Rural Residents
  • Lost RECs – Vermont Consumers Receive No Renewable Energy despite Industry’s Growth
  • United Kingdom: ‘Store More Energy in Water’, Says Scottish Power
  • Alaska Village Awarded Federal Grant for River Turbine Design
  • Washington State Legislature OK’s Growing of Industrial Hemp
  • Future of Pot Farms Hazy in Chelan County
  • Oregon Lawmakers Approve Pioneering Pro Climate Coal Bill
  • Does a Carbon Tax Work? Ask British Columbia
  • Editorial: No on Carbon Tax Initiative 732
  • Editorial: Examine Carbon Tax
  • Solar Fight Turns to Presidential-Style Bare-Knuckle Campaign Tactics
  • Oregon Tax Breaks Approved for Comcast, Frontier, Google
  • New Canadian ‘Skinny’ TV Bundles Hammer Users with Fees
  • Verizon to Begin Making a Mockery of Net Neutrality This Week
  • Canva: How to Easily Create Quality Social Media Images
  • Washington Supreme Court Puts Nail in Coffin of State Auditor Recall Effort
  • Washington State Senators Pursue Police-Fire-Teachers Pension Merger
  • It’s a Popular Job: Eight Aspire to be Lieutenant Governor
  • Port of Shelton Commissioners Dismiss Executive Director
  • Shutty Announces Bid for Mason County Commissioner District 2
  • El Niño’s Parade of ‘Atmospheric River’ Storms Is Finally Coming to California
WORD OF THE DAY

Greek Tragedy (greek TRAj-uh-dee) Noun – In ancient Greek theatre, a play in which the protagonist, usually a man of importance & outstanding personal qualities, falls to disaster through the combination of a personal failing & circumstances with which he cannot deal.

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Fiery car crash ends his life
Sad. Greek tragedy

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Day after Indictment – Former Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon Dies in Car Crash (Reuters)

Clean Nuclear Energy Future One Step Closer (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Chelan PUD Awarded $1.4 Million for Wildfire Restorations (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

March 10 – Planned Mason PUD 3 Power Outage for Lake Cushman Area for BPA Substation Maintenance (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

March 10 Scheduled Power Outage for Mason PUD 1 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

EPA Head Bullish on Clean Power Plan – Supreme Court Setback Can be Dealt With (The Energy Times)

LIHEAP Action Day Push for $4.7 Billion (Electric Co-op Today)

An Electric Education for Missouri Co-op Members (Electric Co-op Today)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Dwindling California Salmon Put Fishing Season in Peril (Sacramento Bee, CA)

Forecasters Offer Conservative Guess on Columbia/Yakima Salmon Runs after Last Year’s Hot Weather (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

U-S Supreme Court Justice Rejects State Request to Block Mercury & Air Toxics Standards Implementation (Utility Dive)

Breaking: Puget Soundkeeper & Others Sue EPA (Again) Alleging Failure to Adopt Water Quality Standards (Science, Law & the Environment)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Oregon State Senator Skeptical of Community Solar Benefits for Rural Residents (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Lost RECs – Vermont Consumers Receive No Renewable Energy despite Industry’s Growth (Utility Dive)

United Kingdom: ‘Store More Energy in Water’, Says Scottish Power (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Alaska Village Awarded Federal Grant for River Turbine Design (Associated Press)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Washington State Legislature OK’s Growing of Industrial Hemp (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Future of Pot Farms Hazy in Chelan County (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Oregon Lawmakers Approve Pioneering Pro Climate Coal Bill (Associated Press)

Does a Carbon Tax Work? Ask British Columbia (NY Times)

Editorial: No on Carbon Tax Initiative 732 (Longview Daily News, WA)

Editorial: Examine Carbon Tax (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Solar Fight Turns to Presidential-Style Bare-Knuckle Campaign Tactics (Utility Dive)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Oregon Tax Breaks Approved for Comcast, Frontier, Google (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

New Canadian ‘Skinny’ TV Bundles Hammer Users with Fees (Broadband Reports)

Verizon to Begin Making a Mockery of Net Neutrality This Week (Broadband Reports)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Canva: How to Easily Create Quality Social Media Images (Social Media Examiner)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington Supreme Court Puts Nail in Coffin of State Auditor Recall Effort (Northwest Public Radio)

Washington State Senators Pursue Police-Fire-Teachers Pension Merger (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

It’s a Popular Job: Eight Aspire to be Lieutenant Governor (Everett Herald, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Port of Shelton Commissioners Dismiss Executive Director (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Shutty Announces Bid for Mason County Commissioner District 2 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

El Niño’s Parade of ‘Atmospheric River’ Storms Is Finally Coming to California (Mashable)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Detectives: Fake Teen Doctor Stole $34,000 from Patient

Sheriff: Man Taking Selfies with Gun Fatally Shoots Himself

Cache of Century-Old Ty Cobb Baseball Cards Found

Man Tricks Package Thief with Dog Poop

SONG OF THE DAY

George Gershwin – Concerto in F

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