Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Energy News Digest for April 19, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for April 19, 2016

The Warmest April Day in Seattle History (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Spokane Tribe Will Study Salmon Habitat above Grand Coulee Dam (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Merger Done, Pepco Seeks Ten Percent Rate Increase from Maryland Customers “…”This has absolutely nothing to do with the merger…” (Washington Post)

Idaho: Public Meetings This Week on Gateway West Transmission Lines Project (Public News Service)

New Data: Americans Are Abandoning Wired Home Internet (Washington Post)

Why some businesses are switching to LED lighting (Portland Business Journal, OR)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Idaho: Public Meetings This Week on Gateway West Transmission Lines Project
  • British Columbia: Paraglider Gets Entangled in North Vancouver Power Lines – Power cut to 3,000 homes
  • Grays Harbor PUD Changes Rates in Compromise Plan
  • Mason PUD 3 Reconsiders Belfair Line Crew Reorganization
  • Skykomish River’s Electric Issue
  • Video: For Pacific Gas & Electric’s Hydropower, Every Drop Counts
  • Washington PUD Association Elects Officers; Two Lewis County Commissioners Serving
  • Merger Done, Pepco Seeks Ten Percent Rate Increase from Maryland Customers
  • Georgia Power Buys Land to Explore Building Nuclear Plant
  • High Court Strikes Down Maryland Power Plant Subsidies
  • The Supremes: Opinion Analysis – U-S Energy Regulators’ Authority Grows
  • Senate Could Vote This Week on Broad Energy Bill Amendments
  • U-S Quadrennial Energy Review Second Round
  • Spokane Tribe Will Study Salmon Habitat above Grand Coulee Dam
  • Talks between State & Tribes Resume on Setting Puget Sound Salmon Fishing Seasons
  • Washington State Opens Yakima River for Spring Chinook Fishing
  • Wallace River Hatchery Steelhead to Swim Again
  • Alaska: Southeast King Salmon Quota Released, Higher Than Last Year
  • Michigan Governor to Drink Flint Water in Show of Safety over Lead Crisis
  • Idaho: Sandpoint Wins Grant to Install Solar Roadways Demo
  • Why some businesses are switching to LED lighting
  • Clatskanie PUD Offering Rebate for Energy Efficient Water Heaters
  • Out-Of-State Companies Eye Oregon Marijuana Market for Expansion
  • This Pot Farmers Organization Wants You to Think Local When Lighting Up on 4/20
  • Liberal Biases, Too, May Block Progress on Climate Change
  • Why This Greenhouse Gas May Help Some Crops
  • Electric Car Incentives in Washington State Expanded to More Models
  • New Data: Americans Are Abandoning Wired Home Internet
  • Google Fiber Plans to Beam Wireless Broadband Internet Directly Into Homes
  • Three Weeks In, Frontier Verizon Switchover Problems Continue
  • Why Google Is Warning That ‘Google.Com’ Is ‘Partially Dangerous’
  • Amazon Takes on Netflix with Standalone Video Streaming
  • Facebook Carousel Content: How to Make Your Posts & Ads Stand Out
  • Why Brands Need to Skip the Ads & Start Telling Stories
  • Inslee’s Veto Spares Performance Auditors, Cybersecurity Reviews
  • Two Wildfires Reported in Mason County
  • Man Dies in Cycle Crash near Allyn
  • Recent Earthquakes Likely Won’t Trigger NW Quake
  • The New Yorker’s Cascadia Earthquake Doomsday Story Won a Pulitzer Prize
  • City of Shelton to Ask Voters to Renew EMS Levy
  • Drone Collision with Jet Highlights Growing Aviation Danger
WORD OF THE DAY

Idiom • \IDD-ee-um\ • noun – The language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class: dialect b: the syntactical, grammatical, or structural form peculiar to a language. A style or form of artistic expression that is characteristic of an individual, a period or movement, or a medium or instrument.

“…Now, as I was meeting at the RTF, talking about CFLs, LEDs and concerns about BPA and the DOE from the PPC, ICNU, NWPPA, WPUDA, and PNGC, and……” the power manager’s presentation trailed off in his staff meeting to a dull buzz, his idioms floating away in the breeze, as the public information officer started to ponder his lunch plans….

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Idaho: Public Meetings This Week on Gateway West Transmission Lines Project (Public News Service)

British Columbia: Paraglider Gets Entangled in North Vancouver Power Lines – Power cut to 3,000 homes (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Grays Harbor PUD Changes Rates in Compromise Plan (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Mason PUD 3 Reconsiders Belfair Line Crew Reorganization (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Skykomish River’s Electric Issue (The Monroe Monitor, WA)

Video: For Pacific Gas & Electric’s Hydropower, Every Drop Counts (PG&E Currents)

Washington PUD Association Elects Officers; Two Lewis County Commissioners Serving (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

Merger Done, Pepco Seeks Ten Percent Rate Increase from Maryland Customers “…”This has absolutely nothing to do with the merger…” (Washington Post)

Georgia Power Buys Land to Explore Building Nuclear Plant (Atlanta Business Journal, GA)

High Court Strikes Down Maryland Power Plant Subsidies (Associated Press)

The Supremes: Opinion Analysis – U-S Energy Regulators’ Authority Grows (SCOTUS Blog)

Senate Could Vote This Week on Broad Energy Bill Amendments (Utility Dive)

U-S Quadrennial Energy Review Second Round (Breaking Energy)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Spokane Tribe Will Study Salmon Habitat above Grand Coulee Dam (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Talks between State & Tribes Resume on Setting Puget Sound Salmon Fishing Seasons (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Washington State Opens Yakima River for Spring Chinook Fishing (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

Wallace River Hatchery Steelhead to Swim Again (Everett Herald, WA)

Alaska: Southeast King Salmon Quota Released, Higher Than Last Year (Alaska Public Media)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Michigan Governor to Drink Flint Water in Show of Safety over Lead Crisis (Reuters – Shades of the movie “Sahara”)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Idaho: Sandpoint Wins Grant to Install Solar Roadways Demo (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Why some businesses are switching to LED lighting (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Clatskanie PUD Offering Rebate for Energy Efficient Water Heaters (Clatskanie Chieftain, OR)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Out-Of-State Companies Eye Oregon Marijuana Market for Expansion (Oregonian, Portland)

This Pot Farmers Organization Wants You to Think Local When Lighting Up on 4/20 (AdWeek)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Liberal Biases, Too, May Block Progress on Climate Change (NY Times)

Why This Greenhouse Gas May Help Some Crops (Christian Science Monitor)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Electric Car Incentives in Washington State Expanded to More Models (Northwest Public Radio)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

New Data: Americans Are Abandoning Wired Home Internet (Washington Post)

Google Fiber Plans to Beam Wireless Broadband Internet Directly Into Homes (Tech Times)

Three Weeks In, Frontier Verizon Switchover Problems Continue (Broadband Reports)

Why Google Is Warning That ‘Google.Com’ Is ‘Partially Dangerous’ (Washington Post)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Amazon Takes on Netflix with Standalone Video Streaming (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Facebook Carousel Content: How to Make Your Posts & Ads Stand Out (Social Media Examiner)

Why Brands Need to Skip the Ads & Start Telling Stories – Don’t get in the way of what consumers want, be what they want (AdWeek)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Inslee’s Veto Spares Performance Auditors, Cybersecurity Reviews (Northwest Public Radio)

GENERAL NEWS

Two Wildfires Reported in Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Man Dies in Cycle Crash near Allyn (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Recent Earthquakes Likely Won’t Trigger NW Quake (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

The New Yorker’s Cascadia Earthquake Doomsday Story Won a Pulitzer Prize (Portland Business Journal, OR)

City of Shelton to Ask Voters to Renew EMS Levy (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Drone Collision with Jet Highlights Growing Aviation Danger (Everett Herald, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

The Battle Over the Sea-Monkey Fortune

Is the Klingon Language Protected by Copyright? Paramount Thinks So

FedEx Employee Falls Asleep Loading Plane in Tennessee, Ends Up in Texas

Doris Roberts, ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Star, Passes Away at Age 90

SONG OF THE DAY

Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks – How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away

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