Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Energy News Digest for May 25, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for May 25, 2016

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Benton, Franklin PUD Leaders Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Proposed Longview Coal Terminal Gets Public Grilling, Props (Northwest Public Radio)

Emails Cast Clouds over California Energy Regulator’s Ties to Pacific Gas & Electric & Wall Street (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing in Lower Columbia River to Reopen for Memorial Day Weekend (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Pole Attachment Politics – Where AT&T’s Lawsuit against the City of Louisville Stands (Louisville Business First, TN)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Proposed Longview Coal Terminal Gets Public Grilling, Props
  • Emails Cast Clouds over California Energy Regulator’s Ties to Pacific Gas & Electric & Wall Street
  • As Utilities Quietly Turn to Herbicides, a Challenge Arises
  • Look Up! Grass Fire Located Off Taylor Flats Road in Pasco Causes Power Outages in the Area
  • Jefferson PUD Votes to Accept ‘Disclaimer’ Opinion from State Auditors – Findings to be presented in upcoming public meeting
  • Oregon: Hermiston Energy Services Recommends New Substation
  • Sacramento Municipal Utility District Launches College Scholarship & Internship Program
  • Pacific Gas & Electric, Currents Urges Planning for National Dam Safety Awareness Day, May 31
  • Rare Good News on Electricity Demand Comes with a Catch
  • Germany’s Renewables Electricity Generation Grows In 2015, But Coal Still Dominant
  • Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing in Lower Columbia River to Reopen for Memorial Day Weekend
  • Local Wineries Committing to ‘Salmon-Safe’ Growing
  • Despite Vote, Cascade Locks Wants Nestle
  • Portland Reservoir Project Increases (Again) to $190 Million
  • Across the ‘Valley of Death’: How the Wind Industry Will Cope without Tax Credits
  • Snohomish County: Energy Grants Will Fund Street Light Upgrades, Updates in Schools
  • California Boasts Some of the Lowest Per-Capita Energy Usage in the U-S, Report Says
  • Benton, Franklin PUD Leaders Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative
  • Solar Scandal – $1 Billion Went to Buffalo, Cuomo Donors Benefited
  • New Solar Cell Turns Light into Heat to Potentially Double Efficiency
  • Pole Attachment Politics – Where AT&T’s Lawsuit against the City of Louisville Stands
  • Demand for In-Flight Broadband Hits New Heights – Supplants Food as Amenity
  • The End of the Office Dress Code
  • Clinton, Trump Win Washington State’s Presidential Primary
  • Greens Employ Tweet-Storm to Stop Energy Exports
  • Remains of Arlington Couple Found after One of the Accused Killers Pinpoint Gravesite
  • Historians, City of Shelton Make Push to Preserve Washington State Logging Road
  • Pac-12 Agrees to Limit Late Football Games, Court Storming
WORD OF THE DAY

Truculent • \TRUCK-you-lunt\ • Adjective – 1: feeling or displaying ferocity: cruel, savage 2: deadly, destructive 3: scathingly harsh: vitriolic 4: aggressively self-assertive: belligerent

“I absolutely love the pink and purple paint on my house,” bleated Gertrude. Her other neighbors blanched at the horrific color choice of their truculent local gadfly. “I know that she’s doing this to get back at us for denying her motorized Elvis lawn ornament,” whispered the head of the homeowners’ association.

Bulletin! The ‘Internet’ Is About to Get Smaller (NY Times)

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Proposed Longview Coal Terminal Gets Public Grilling, Props (Northwest Public Radio)

Emails Cast Clouds over California Energy Regulator’s Ties to Pacific Gas & Electric & Wall Street (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

As Utilities Quietly Turn to Herbicides, a Challenge Arises (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

Look Up! Grass Fire Located Off Taylor Flats Road in Pasco Causes Power Outages in the Area (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)

Jefferson PUD Votes to Accept ‘Disclaimer’ Opinion from State Auditors – Findings to be presented in upcoming public meeting (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

Oregon: Hermiston Energy Services Recommends New Substation (Hermiston Herald, OR)

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Launches College Scholarship & Internship Program (Sacramento Bee, CA)

Pacific Gas & Electric, Currents Urges Planning for National Dam Safety Awareness Day, May 31 (Pacific Gas & Electric, Currents)

Rare Good News on Electricity Demand Comes with a Catch (The Energy Collective)

Germany’s Renewables Electricity Generation Grows In 2015, But Coal Still Dominant (PennEnergy)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing in Lower Columbia River to Reopen for Memorial Day Weekend (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Local Wineries Committing to ‘Salmon-Safe’ Growing (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Despite Vote, Cascade Locks Wants Nestle (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

Portland Reservoir Project Increases (Again) to $190 Million (Oregonian, Portland)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Across the ‘Valley of Death’: How the Wind Industry Will Cope without Tax Credits (Utility Dive)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Snohomish County: Energy Grants Will Fund Street Light Upgrades, Updates in Schools (Everett Herald, WA)

California Boasts Some of the Lowest Per-Capita Energy Usage in the U-S, Report Says (Utility Dive)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Benton, Franklin PUD Leaders Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative (Tri-City Herald, WA)

Solar Scandal – $1 Billion Went to Buffalo, Cuomo Donors Benefited (NY Times)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

New Solar Cell Turns Light into Heat to Potentially Double Efficiency (Gizmodo)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Pole Attachment Politics – Where AT&T’s Lawsuit against the City of Louisville Stands (Louisville Business First, TN)

Demand for In-Flight Broadband Hits New Heights – Supplants Food as Amenity (Advanced Television)

MARKETING & MEDIA

The End of the Office Dress Code (NY Times)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Clinton, Trump Win Washington State’s Presidential Primary (Associated Press)

Greens Employ Tweet-Storm to Stop Energy Exports (Washington Examiner, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Remains of Arlington Couple Found after One of the Accused Killers Pinpoint Gravesite (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Historians, City of Shelton Make Push to Preserve Washington State Logging Road (Trains Magazine)

Pac-12 Agrees to Limit Late Football Games, Court Storming (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

The Judgment of Paris: The Blind Taste Test That Decanted the Wine World

Oregon Man Makes Teens Caught Breaking into His House Call 911 to Report Themselves

Glacier-Trapped Camera Finds Owner Thanks to High-Climbing Dentist & Port Orchard Facebookers

Shipwreck Found in Desert Diamond Field Solves ‘Maritime Mystery’

SONG OF THE DAY

Maurice Jarre – Lawrence of Arabia, Soundtrack Suite

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