Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Energy News Digest for May 24, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for May 24, 2016

Only Two States Will Avoid an Absurdly Hot Summer This Year (Gizmodo)

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Unplugging the Colorado River – Could the End be Near for One of the West’s Biggest Dams? (NY Times)

Suspects Release Young Salmon at Mayfield Lake (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

Montana: Interest in Solar Power Soaring While Utility Seeks Rate Cut (Associated Press)

Microsoft Opens Wallet to Extend Internet in Remote Areas – Like Africa, India & Rural Maine (Associated Press)

Twitter Loosens the Reins ... Photos, Videos & Other Media Soon Won’t Count Against 140-Character Limit (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Unplugging the Colorado River – Could the End be Near for One of the West’s Biggest Dams?
  • Royal Society of Canada, Academics, Call on Ottawa to Halt Peace River Dam Project
  • Tillamook PUD to Host Open House on Preferred Tillamook-To-Oceanside Transmission Line Routes
  • Good News on Rural Utilities Service Funding
  • 2016-2017 Northwest Public Power Association Board Officers, Trustees Announced
  • Northwest Public Power Association Honors 2016 Annual Award Winners
  • May is National Electrical Safety Month
  • Suspects Release Young Salmon at Mayfield Lake
  • No Puget Sound Salmon Season – Wounded Veterans Forced to Cut Fishing Trip
  • Another Oregon Standoff? Sheriff Warns Lawmakers over Owyhee Canyonlands Plan
  • Montana: Interest in Solar Power Soaring While Utility Seeks Rate Cut
  • Utah Aglow With New Solar Developments, Rooftop Systems
  • Facing Cloudy Prospects at Home, Colorado Community-Solar Company Sees Daylight in Texas
  • Marijuana Delivery in Washington State: Still Very Much Illegal
  • Electric Co-Ops Break Ground on Carbon Research Test Center
  • Trump Building a Climate Wall to Protect Irish Golf Course
  • The States Where It Pays to Buy a New Electric Car
  • Microsoft Opens Wallet to Extend Internet in Remote Areas – Like Africa, India & Rural Maine
  • One Fascinating Reason Cable Companies Won’t Willingly Compete Against Each Other
  • AT&T Wants to Pull the Plug on Landline Service
  • Verizon May Use 5G Wireless for Nationwide Home Broadband
  • America Is Using a Staggering Amount of Mobile Data Now
  • Twitter Loosens the Reins ... Photos, Videos & Other Media Soon Won’t Count Against 140-Character Limit
  • Coming Soon to Google Maps: Advertising
  • Is Your Co-op Website Accessible?
  • Facebook Live or Periscope? Sizing Up Streaming Video
  • Mason County Elections: Candidate Filings
  • Former SeaTac City Manager Wanted ‘Tactical Map’ of Muslims, Investigation Finds
  • Pennsylvania: Expletive-Laden Email Preceded Former Environmental Secretary John Quigley’s Resignation
  • Missing DOT Employee’s Body, Truck Found in Deep Water near Hood Canal Bridge
  • Shelton Leaders Hire Interim City Administrator
  • Olympic College Shelton Campus to Expand with New Welding Building
  • Green River Community College Faculty Strike over Cuts
  • Farewell El Nino, It’s La Nina’s Turn to Cause Trouble Now
  • Seattle Is Most Well-Read City in the Nation
PHRASE OF THE DAY

“Flying Fig”

From the Free Dictionary online: not care/give a fig (old-fashioned) – If you say that you don’t care a fig, you mean that something or someone is not important to you at all. The use of “flying” is just something that accentuates the idiom. “Fig” is a euphemism for that very common four-letter word starting with “f”, and you are more likely to hear this idiom used nowadays with that word, rather than “fig”.

“I don’t give a flying fig about your tiddlywinks collection,” brayed Albert to his companion. “Now, take those colored plastic disks away. They annoy me.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Unplugging the Colorado River – Could the End be Near for One of the West’s Biggest Dams? (NY Times)

Royal Society of Canada, Academics, Call on Ottawa to Halt Peace River Dam Project (Globe & Mail, Canada)

Tillamook PUD to Host Open House on Preferred Tillamook-To-Oceanside Transmission Line Routes (Tillamook County Pioneer, OR)

Good News on Rural Utilities Service Funding (Electric Co-op Today)

2016-2017 Northwest Public Power Association Board Officers, Trustees Announced (Northwest Public Power Association)

Northwest Public Power Association Honors 2016 Annual Award Winners (Northwest Public Power Association, Vancouver, WA)

May is National Electrical Safety Month (WTOC-TV, Savannah, GA)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Suspects Release Young Salmon at Mayfield Lake (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

No Puget Sound Salmon Season – Wounded Veterans Forced to Cut Fishing Trips (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Another Oregon Standoff? Sheriff Warns Lawmakers over Owyhee Canyonlands Plan (Associated Press)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Montana: Interest in Solar Power Soaring While Utility Seeks Rate Cut (Associated Press)

Utah Aglow With New Solar Developments, Rooftop Systems (KSL-TV, Salt Lake City, UT)

Facing Cloudy Prospects at Home, Colorado Community-Solar Company Sees Daylight in Texas (Denver Business Journal, CO)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Marijuana Delivery in Washington State: Still Very Much Illegal (Canna Law Blog)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Electric Co-Ops Break Ground on Carbon Research Test Center (High Pains/Midwest Ag Journal, Dodge City, KS)

Trump Building a Climate Wall to Protect Irish Golf Course (Washington Examiner)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

The States Where It Pays to Buy a New Electric Car (Washington Post)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Microsoft Opens Wallet to Extend Internet in Remote Areas – Like Africa, India & Rural Maine (Associated Press)

One Fascinating Reason Cable Companies Won’t Willingly Compete Against Each Other (Washington Post)

AT&T Wants to Pull the Plug on Landline Service (San Francisco Business Times, CA)

Verizon May Use 5G Wireless for Nationwide Home Broadband (Fortune Magazine)

America Is Using a Staggering Amount of Mobile Data Now (Washington Post)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Twitter Loosens the Reins ... Photos, Videos & Other Media Soon Won’t Count Against 140-Character Limit (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

Coming Soon to Google Maps: Advertising (USA Today)

Is Your Co-op Website Accessible? (Electric Co-op Today)

Facebook Live or Periscope? Sizing Up Streaming Video (USA Today)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Mason County Elections: Candidate Filings (Mason County Auditor, Shelton, WA)

Former SeaTac City Manager Wanted ‘Tactical Map’ of Muslims, Investigation Finds (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Pennsylvania: Expletive-Laden Email Preceded Former Environmental Secretary John Quigley’s Resignation (PennLive, PA)

GENERAL NEWS

Missing DOT Employee’s Body, Truck Found in Deep Water near Hood Canal Bridge (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Shelton Leaders Hire Interim City Administrator (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Olympic College Shelton Campus to Expand with New Welding Building (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Green River Community College Faculty Strike over Cuts (Associated Press)

Farewell El Nino, It’s La Nina’s Turn to Cause Trouble Now (Bloomberg News)

Seattle Is Most Well-Read City in the Nation (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Palouse Falls a ‘Site of Wonder’ for Thousands of Years

Insect Poop Threatens To Damage Marble at India’s Taj Mahal

Men Caught Playing Baseball at Unfinished Connecticut Stadium

Bees Attack Car That Drives Off With Their Queen

SONG OF THE DAY

Ferde Grofé - Niagara Falls Suite

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