Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Energy News Digest for October 11, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS



HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Remnants of Typhoon Will Make for Wild Seattle Weather This Weekend (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Smell Test: Will Initiative 732 Carbon Tax Spike Household Electricity Costs? (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Oregon & Washington State Offer Top Tax Breaks to Data Centers, Report Finds (Oregonian, Portland)

Hurricane Matthew: Substations, Transmission Lines Remain Source of Major Outages (Florence News & Review, SC)

Political Tornado Swirls in District That Could Determine Control of Washington State House (Northwest Public Radio)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Hurricane Matthew: Substations, Transmission Lines Remain Source of Major Outages
  • Rising Natural Gas Production Cause for Coal Industry Decline, Report Says
  • High-Voltage Power Lines Proposed to Thread Through Southern Idaho
  • Grays Harbor PUD’s $8-Million Capital Budget Aims to “Preserve a Tradition of Reliability”
  • Montana: NorthWestern to Seek More Power Capacity Amid Coal Closures
  • Crow Causes Downtown Everett Power Outage
  • Pacific Northwest Tribes Supply North Dakota Pipeline Demonstrators with Firewood, Smoked Salmon
  • Lawsuit Seeks to Stifle Nevada Energy Choice Ballot Initiative
  • Enhancements for Upper Columbia River Fall Chinook Salmon Fishery Season
  • Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife Stocks 915,000 Trout in Washington Lakes
  • Bucks for Wastewater: LOTT’s Proposed $83.4 Million Budget Includes Two Percent Rate Hike
  • Infographic: Conserving Water
  • Wind Power: Working in the Fastest Growing Profession
  • Marijuana’s Moment – As Many as Five States Could Approve Its Recreational Use This November
  • Smell Test: Will Initiative 732 Carbon Tax Spike Household Electricity Costs?
  • Is Cap & Trade Failing Low Income & Minority Communities?
  • Climate Change Has Been Making Western Forest Fires Worse for Decades, Study Says
  • Drive Oregon Puts Out the Call: They’re Hiring Electric Vehicle Devotees
  • Beer Batteries: Colorado Researchers Use Brewery Wastewater to Produce Electrodes
  • Oregon & Washington State Offer Top Tax Breaks to Data Centers, Report Finds
  • Comcast Apologizes for Early Morning, Widespread Service Outage
  • Comcast Fined $2.3 Million to End Probe into Mischarging Customers
  • Few Cellphones Lost Service During Hurricane Matthew
  • Free Broadband Initiatives for Poor & Rural Areas, With Eye on Future
  • Facebook Launches ‘Workplace’ a Business Version of Facebook
  • Five Tips to Build More Loyalty with Your Twitter Fans
  • NFL Ratings Just Fell Off a Cliff: Why?
  • Political Tornado Swirls in District That Could Determine Control of Washington State House
  • Washington State Breaks Record with Over 4.2 Million Voters
  • Remnants of Typhoon Will Make for Wild Seattle Weather This Weekend
  • King County Judge Rules 5-Hour Energy® Violated Consumer Protection Act
  • New Lab Will Study Ecology of North Idaho Lakes, Role in Region’s Lifestyle, Economy
  • Samsung Finally Kills the Galaxy Note 7
WORD OF THE DAY

Jaywalk • \JAY-walk\ • verb – To cross a street carelessly or in an illegal manner so as to be endangered by traffic

No example sentence today, but some fascinating history about the origin of the word:

Wikipedia – According to one historian, the earliest known use of the word jaywalker in print was in the Chicago Tribune in 1909. (The earliest citation in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1917.) The term’s dissemination was due in part to a deliberate effort by promoters of automobiles, such as local auto clubs & dealers, to redefine streets as places where pedestrians do not belong. It is a compound word of the words jay & walk; jay referring to a foolish rural person, a rube, unfamiliar with city ways. An alternative folk etymology refers the word to the letter “J”, describing the line followed by the pedestrian - going parallel with the road when the other side is reached

Oxford English Dictionary Etymology (word origin) – What is the origin of the word ‘jaywalking’? The complete Oxford English Dictionary traces the word jaywalker back to 1917 & labels it ‘originally US’. There is a cross-reference to the word jay, which has a number of slang senses. The relevant one is ‘a stupid or dull person, a simpleton. Also (as adjective) dull, unsophisticated; inferior, poor’. This is labeled ‘US colloquial’, & there is evidence of use from 1900. So persons who stupidly ignored traffic regulations were given (in Boston, it seems) this compact name.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Hurricane Matthew: Substations, Transmission Lines Remain Source of Major Outages (Florence News & Review, SC)

Rising Natural Gas Production Cause for Coal Industry Decline, Report Says (Pittsburgh Business Times)

High-Voltage Power Lines Proposed to Thread Through Southern Idaho (Associated Press)

Grays Harbor PUD’s $8-Million Capital Budget Aims to “Preserve a Tradition of Reliability” (Grays Harbor PUD, Aberdeen, WA)

Montana: NorthWestern to Seek More Power Capacity Amid Coal Closures (Associated Press)

Crow Causes Downtown Everett Power Outage (My Everett News, WA)

Pacific Northwest Tribes Supply North Dakota Pipeline Demonstrators with Firewood, Smoked Salmon (Northwest Public Radio)

Lawsuit Seeks to Stifle Nevada Energy Choice Ballot Initiative (Utility Dive)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Enhancements for Upper Columbia River Fall Chinook Salmon Fishery Season (Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife)

Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife Stocks 915,000 Trout in Washington Lakes (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Bucks for Wastewater: LOTT’s Proposed $83.4 Million Budget Includes Two Percent Rate Hike (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Infographic: Conserving Water (Pacific Gas & Electric)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Wind Power: Working in the Fastest Growing Profession (Atlantic Magazine)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Marijuana’s Moment – As Many as Five States Could Approve Its Recreational Use This November (Atlantic Magazine)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Smell Test: Will Initiative 732 Carbon Tax Spike Household Electricity Costs? (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Is Cap & Trade Failing Low Income & Minority Communities? (The Energy Collective)

Climate Change Has Been Making Western Forest Fires Worse for Decades, Study Says (Washington Post)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Drive Oregon Puts Out the Call: They’re Hiring Electric Vehicle Devotees (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Beer Batteries: Colorado Researchers Use Brewery Wastewater to Produce Electrodes (Utility Dive)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Oregon & Washington State Offer Top Tax Breaks to Data Centers, Report Finds (Oregonian, Portland)

Comcast Apologizes for Early Morning, Widespread Service Outage (Consumerist)

Comcast Fined $2.3 Million to End Probe into Mischarging Customers (Associated Press)

Few Cellphones Lost Service During Hurricane Matthew (USA Today)

Free Broadband Initiatives for Poor & Rural Areas, With Eye on Future (NY Times)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Launches ‘Workplace’ a Business Version of Facebook (Associated Press)


NFL Ratings Just Fell Off a Cliff: Why? (Atlantic Magazine)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Political Tornado Swirls in District That Could Determine Control of Washington State House (Northwest Public Radio)

Washington State Breaks Record with Over 4.2 Million Voters (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

GENERAL NEWS

Remnants of Typhoon Will Make for Wild Seattle Weather This Weekend (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

King County Judge Rules 5-Hour Energy® Violated Consumer Protection Act (North Central Washington Life, East Wenatchee, WA)

New Lab Will Study Ecology of North Idaho Lakes, Role in Region’s Lifestyle, Economy (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Samsung Finally Kills the Galaxy Note 7 (Gizmodo)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

‘Creepy Clowns’ Are Ruining Our Livelihood, Say Professional Clowns

McDonald’s: Ronald McDonald Keeping a Lower Profile

The Hot New Selfie Trend Is a Great Way to Destroy Your Phone

People Are Using Britain’s New Plastic Money to Play Vinyl Records

SONG OF THE DAY

Steve Miller Band - The Joker

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