Friday, May 6, 2016

Energy News Digest for May 6, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for May 6, 2016

Small Craft Advisory for Puget Sound & Hood Canal

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Court Rejects Salmon Plan, Suggests Breaching Dams (Electric Co-op Today – What about Idaho Power’s Snake River Dams?)

Protest Continues over Puget Sound Salmon Fishing (Northwest Cable News)

REC Silicon to Resume Production in Moses Lake This Month (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Nevada Company to Pursue Purchase of Unfinished Alabama Nuclear Power Plant (Associated Press)

Never Heard of the Clean Power Plan? You’re Not Alone. (Utility Dive)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Nevada Company to Pursue Purchase of Unfinished Alabama Nuclear Power Plant
  • Avista Plans Advanced Metering Roll-Out in 2017
  • Alaska: Homer Area Hydroelectric Plant Expansion Pending
  • Idaho: Salmon River Electric Cooperative Faces Challenges, Keeps Lights On
  • Can the U-S House & Senate Turn Two Energy Bills into One Law?
  • Court Rejects Salmon Plan, Suggests Breaching Dams
  • Protest Continues over Puget Sound Salmon Fishing
  • Spring Chinook Salmon Season Extended in Columbia Gorge Reservoirs
  • Montana Electric Cooperatives Adopt Bird Protection Plan
  • Young Starfish Numbers Exploding on the Oregon Coast, Recovery Uncertain
  • REC Silicon to Resume Production in Moses Lake This Month
  • Firefighters: Solar Panels Are Risky During Fires
  • Are Solar Panels Worth the Investment for Owners?
  • Oregon Solar Industry Conference Provides Fodder for Legislative Platform
  • What Does Utility-Scale Wind Power Have to Do with Private-Sector Brands?
  • So, Something Interesting Happens to Weed after It’s Legal – Its Getting Cheaper, Fast
  • Never Heard of the Clean Power Plan? You’re Not Alone
  • AT&T Ending 15-Year Deal That Will Cost Yahoo $100 Million in Lost Revenue
  • Rainier Connect Acquires Lacey-Based ISP ReachONE, Plans Upgrade
  • Bitcoin’s Self-Proclaimed Founder Backtracks
  • Social Media Visuals: How to Easily Create Visuals without a Designer
  • Intel Beautifully Lit Up the Desert Sky with the First FAA-Approved Drone Swarm
  • Trump Schedules Weekend Trip to Lynden, Spokane, Eugene
  • Canadian Wildfire Edges South, Leaves Thousands Stranded
  • Belfair Chain Reaction Crash Injures One
  • Are Mount St. Helens Earthquake Swarms a Sign?
  • Owner of Garbage-Filled Homeless Camp Arrested for Selling Meth
  • Cherry Growers in Washington Looking Forward to Yet another Bountiful Harvest
WORD OF THE DAY

Behemoth • \bi-HEE-muth\ • Noun – 1: often capitalized: a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God 2: something of monstrous size, power, or appearance

Alfred was pleased with the results of his sand sculpture on the Washington Coast. It was a full sized reproduction of an orca whale, carved with delicate care near Ocean Shores. Unfortunately for his creation, decorated with black and white dyed sand, it was done too well. The sand whale was absolutely destroyed when whale watchers arrived on the scene and tried to push the behemoth back into the pounding surf.

We Know You Hate ‘Moist.’ What Other Words Repel You? (NY Times)

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Nevada Company to Pursue Purchase of Unfinished Alabama Nuclear Power Plant (Associated Press)

Avista Plans Advanced Metering Roll-Out in 2017 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Alaska: Homer Area Hydroelectric Plant Expansion Pending (KTOO Juneau, AK)

Idaho: Salmon River Electric Cooperative Faces Challenges, Keeps Lights On (The Challis Messenger, ID)

Can the U-S House & Senate Turn Two Energy Bills into One Law? (Utility Dive)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Court Rejects Salmon Plan, Suggests Breaching Dams (Electric Co-op Today – What about Idaho Power’s Snake River Dams?)

Protest Continues over Puget Sound Salmon Fishing (Northwest Cable News)

Spring Chinook Salmon Season Extended in Columbia Gorge Reservoirs (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Montana Electric Cooperatives Adopt Bird Protection Plan (Great Falls Tribune, MT)

Young Starfish Numbers Exploding on the Oregon Coast, Recovery Uncertain (Northwest Cable News)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

REC Silicon to Resume Production in Moses Lake This Month (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Firefighters: Solar Panels Are Risky During Fires (WPRI-TV, Providence, RI)

Are Solar Panels Worth the Investment for Owners? (The Energy Collective)

Oregon Solar Industry Conference Provides Fodder for Legislative Platform (Portland Business Journal, OR)

What Does Utility-Scale Wind Power Have to Do with Private-Sector Brands? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

So, Something Interesting Happens to Weed after It’s Legal – Its Getting Cheaper, Fast (Washington Post)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Never Heard of the Clean Power Plan? You’re Not Alone. (Utility Dive)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AT&T Ending 15-Year Deal That Will Cost Yahoo $100 Million in Lost Revenue (San Francisco Business Times, CA)

Rainier Connect Acquires Lacey-Based ISP ReachONE, Plans Upgrade (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

Bitcoin’s Self-Proclaimed Founder Backtracks (Associated Press)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Social Media Visuals: How to Easily Create Visuals without a Designer (Social Media Examiner)

Intel Beautifully Lit Up the Desert Sky with the First FAA-Approved Drone Swarm (AdWeek)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Trump Schedules Weekend Trip to Lynden, Spokane, Eugene (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Canadian Wildfire Edges South, Leaves Thousands Stranded (Reuters)

Belfair Chain Reaction Crash Injures One (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Are Mount St. Helens Earthquake Swarms a Sign? (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

Owner of Garbage-Filled Homeless Camp Arrested for Selling Meth (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

Cherry Growers in Washington Looking Forward to Yet another Bountiful Harvest (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

“Space Invaders,” “Oregon Trail,” & “Legend of Zelda” Inducted Into Video Game Hall of Fame

Deer Gets Head Stuck in Light Globe & It Becomes an Internet Meme

KFC’s Edible Nail Polish Seems Finger Lickin’ Terrible

‘Your Mama Pulls Fire Trucks!’ Is Praise for StrongMoms’ Kids

SONG OF THE DAY

Loggins & Messina – Your Mama Don't Dance

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