Monday, March 14, 2016

Energy News Digest for March 14, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for March 14, 2016

Small Craft Advisory for Hood Canal & Puget Sound

Max Winds (Cliff Mass Weather)

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Thousands in Washington State without Power as Crews Clear Downed Trees from Deadly Storm (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Oregon: Sage Grouse Concerns Trip Up Steens Mountain Turbine Project (Courthouse News Service)

Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Propose Canceling Coho Season (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Internet Service Providers Also Blocking Google Fiber Pole Access in California (Broadband Reports)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Thousands in Washington State without Power as Crews Clear Downed Trees from Deadly Storm
  • Man Killed When Tree Falls on SUV during Storm
  • Punishing Windstorm Cuts Power for Nearly 1,300 – Mason PUD 3 Restores Electricity
  • Over 10,000 Grays Harbor PUD Customers Were without Power Due to Storm
  • Windy Storm Knocks Out Power throughout North Olympic Peninsula
  • FINAL: Sunday Storm Stirs Jefferson County Issues with Bridge, Ferry, Roads, Power Outages
  • More Than 1,000 Cowlitz PUD Customers Lose Power Sunday
  • Unlike Tacoma Project, Kalama Methanol Plant Gets Warmer Reception
  • Total Electricity Sales Fell in 2015 for Fifth Time in Past Eight Years
  • ‘New Energy Provider’ Scam Hits Florida Co-op
  • Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Propose Canceling Coho Season
  • Lamprey Found Above Condit Dam Site on White Salmon River
  • Op/Ed: Northwest Tribes Have Moral Obligation to Have Salmon & Steelhead Protected
  • Oregon: Sage Grouse Concerns Trip Up Steens Mountain Turbine Project
  • Can Water Kill the Duck Curve?
  • Paris Goes Greener with U-S Wood Heating
  • Opower Tapped to Head Con Edison’s Customer Energy Management System
  • Shelton Medical Marijuana Shop Transitions to Recreational Sales
  • How Marijuana Is Keeping Portland Retail Vacancy Rates Low
  • How Washington State Governor Inslee Can Change the Script on Climate Issues
  • Internet Service Providers Also Blocking Google Fiber Pole Access in California
  • 65% of U-S Broadband Consumers Use Second Screen
  • Yahoo Continues Streamlining By Shuttering More Products
  • Thwarted by the iPhone, Hackers Turn Their Attention to Other Products
  • Facebook Mobile Apps: A Guide for Marketers
  • Washington Lawmakers Exempt from Releasing Emails
  • Sunshine Sunday: Open Records Act under Fire as Large Requests Tax System
  • Washington State Auditor’s Trial Set to Begin in Federal Court
  • Customer Shoots Masked, Hatchet-Wielding Attacker in King County 7-Eleven
  • Bomb-Sniffing Dog Discovers Two Hellfire Missiles Bound for Portland
  • Group Health Members Vote to Support Kaiser Permanente Acquisition
  • Editor’s Notebook: Storms, My Dangerous Addiction
WORD OF THE DAY

Scarlet Pimpernel - • \SCAR-lut – PIMP-per-nell\ • Noun - 1: a European pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) naturalized in North America & having scarlet, white, or purplish flowers that close in cloudy weather 2: a person who rescues others from mortal danger by smuggling them across a border.

See “Leslie Howard,” The Scarlet Pimpernel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Pimpernel_%281934_film%29

“We seek him here, we seek him there
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere!
Is he in heaven? Or is he in hell?
That demmed Elusive (Scarlet) Pimpernel?”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Thousands in Washington State without Power as Crews Clear Downed Trees from Deadly Storm (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Man Killed When Tree Falls on SUV during Storm (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Punishing Windstorm Cuts Power for Nearly 1,300 – Mason PUD 3 Restores Electricity (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Over 10,000 Grays Harbor PUD Customers Were without Power Due to Storm (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Windy Storm Knocks Out Power throughout North Olympic Peninsula – Closes Hood Canal Bridge for nearly three hours (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

FINAL: Sunday Storm Stirs Jefferson County Issues with Bridge, Ferry, Roads, Power Outages (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

More Than 1,000 Cowlitz PUD Customers Lose Power Sunday (Longview Daily News, WA)

Unlike Tacoma Project, Kalama Methanol Plant Gets Warmer Reception (Longview Daily News, WA)

Total Electricity Sales Fell in 2015 for Fifth Time in Past Eight Years (The Energy Collective)

‘New Energy Provider’ Scam Hits Florida Co-op (Electric Co-op Today)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Propose Canceling Coho Season (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Lamprey Found Above Condit Dam Site on White Salmon River (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

Op/Ed: Northwest Tribes Have Moral Obligation to Have Salmon & Steelhead Protected (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Oregon: Sage Grouse Concerns Trip Up Steens Mountain Turbine Project (Courthouse News Service)

Can Water Kill the Duck Curve? (Breaking Energy)

Paris Goes Greener with U-S Wood Heating (Engineering & Technology Magazine)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Opower Tapped to Head Con Edison’s Customer Energy Management System (Utility Dive)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Shelton Medical Marijuana Shop Transitions to Recreational Sales (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

How Marijuana Is Keeping Portland Retail Vacancy Rates Low (Portland Business Journal, OR)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

How Washington State Governor Inslee Can Change the Script on Climate Issues (Crosscut Seattle)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Internet Service Providers Also Blocking Google Fiber Pole Access in California (Broadband Reports)

65% of U-S Broadband Consumers Use Second Screen (Broadband & TV News)

Yahoo Continues Streamlining By Shuttering More Products (Dallas Business Journal, TX)

Thwarted by the iPhone, Hackers Turn Their Attention to Other Products (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Mobile Apps: A Guide for Marketers (Social Media Examiner)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington Lawmakers Exempt from Releasing Emails (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

Sunshine Sunday: Open Records Act under Fire as Large Requests Tax System (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State Auditor’s Trial Set to Begin in Federal Court (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Customer Shoots Masked, Hatchet-Wielding Attacker in King County 7-Eleven (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

Bomb-Sniffing Dog Discovers Two Hellfire Missiles Bound for Portland (Associated Press)

Group Health Members Vote to Support Kaiser Permanente Acquisition (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Editor’s Notebook: Storms, My Dangerous Addiction (Daily Astorian, OR)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Unhappy NCAA Investigates the Bracket Leak

Man Arrested in Connection with Iditarod Crashes

Pi Day Freebies & Tech Deals 2016

Maine Wholesaler Acquires Rare Four-Clawed Lobster

SONG OF THE DAY

Paul McCartney - Fixing a Hole

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