Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Energy News Digest for May 31, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for May 31, 2016

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

High Court Sides with Property Owners in Wetlands Case – Says Decisions Can Be Tested in Court (Associated Press)

Pacific Northwest Bill for Fish & Wildlife Hits $757 Million (Electric Co-op Today)

Avista Seeks Idaho Electric Rate Increase (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Appeals Court Rips Federal Review of Contested Echanis Oregon Wind Project (E&E News)

Verizon, Unions Agree to Pay Raises, New Jobs to End Strike (Reuters)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Avista Seeks Idaho Electric Rate Increase
  • Eugene Water & Electric Board Selects Internal Candidate, Frank Lawson, to Serve as Next General Manager
  • Lawsuit Still ‘Hanging Over’ Former Peace River Dam Protest Campers
  • IRS Is Urged To Withdraw Proposal Changing Definition of “Political Subdivision” for Purposes of Tax-Exempt Bonds
  • Seattle University Students Power Village in Africa
  • Huge Benefits from California Regional Market Expansion, Studies Show
  • Shameless in Seattle
  • Woody Guthrie Sang Praises of Dam on Columbia in 1941
  • Tennessee Valley Authority is First Mover for Small Modular Reactor Early Site Permit
  • Op/Ed: Xcel Energy Wants to Rewrite Your Electricity Bill
  • Why a Power Grid Attack Is a Nightmare Scenario
  • Where Free Wind Meets Cheap Gas in U-S, Power Dynamics Changing
  • No Hero Stands Alone: Storm Soldiers II
  • When Kids Teach Adults on Electrical Safety
  • A Simulation of What 100,000 Volts Does to Human Flesh
  • Pacific Northwest Bill for Fish & Wildlife Hits $757 Million
  • Op/Ed: Snake River Dams Vital to Renewable Energy Future
  • River without a Dam - Early Estimates Disappointing for 2016 Fraser River Sockeye Returns
  • High Court Sides with Property Owners in Wetlands Case – Says Decisions Can Be Tested in Court
  • Chelan County Water Managers Make Play for Alpine Lakes
  • Warm Spring Melting Washington’s Snowpack While Contributing to Other Problems
  • Appeals Court Rips Federal Review of Contested Echanis Oregon Wind Project
  • U-S Senator: Taxpayer-Funded Solar Plant Lights Birds on Fire
  • Minnesota: Solar Garden Support – Devil in the Details
  • Cloud-seeding program to continue in Idaho
  • ​Tesla Will Celebrate Gigafactory Grand Opening in July
  • Verizon, Unions Agree to Pay Raises, New Jobs to End Strike
  • Forget Your Cable Provider – Verizon Just Hinted at Nationwide 5G Home Broadband
  • What Makes Facebook Live Videos So Mind-Blowingly Bad
  • Tenants Don’t Like Order to ‘Like’ Landlord on Facebook – Or Else
  • State Commissioner of Public Lands Race Has Crowded Field
  • Troy Kelley Scheduled to be Back in Court, Feds Could Signal Plans
  • New Manager to Oversee Snohomish County Public Records Requests
  • Mason County Sheriff: Dog Nabs Man in Possession of Drugs, Guns after Chase
  • Washington State is Losing Its Signature Views. Can We Restore Them?
WORD OF THE DAY

Foozle • \FOO-zul\ • Verb – To manage or play awkwardly: bungle

Watching Abercrombie in aerobics class was like watching a large, ponderous bear attempt ballet…only not as good. Just about every move barked out by the harridan leading the class led to a foozled step by Abercrombie. Many times he endangered his fellow classmates with flailing arms or a mistaken left step when a right one was ordered.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Avista Seeks Idaho Electric Rate Increase (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Eugene Water & Electric Board Selects Internal Candidate, Frank Lawson, to Serve as Next General Manager (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

Lawsuit Still ‘Hanging Over’ Former Peace River Dam Protest Campers (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

IRS Is Urged To Withdraw Proposal Changing Definition of “Political Subdivision” for Purposes of Tax-Exempt Bonds (American Public Power Association)

Seattle University Students Power Village in Africa (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Huge Benefits from California Regional Market Expansion, Studies Show (National Resources Defense Council)

Shameless in Seattle (Northwest Clean Energy)

Woody Guthrie Sang Praises of Dam on Columbia in 1941 (Associated Press)

Tennessee Valley Authority is First Mover for Small Modular Reactor Early Site Permit (The Energy Collective)

Op/Ed: Xcel Energy Wants to Rewrite Your Electricity Bill (Denver Post, CO)

Why a Power Grid Attack Is a Nightmare Scenario (the Hill, Washington, DC)
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/281494-why-a-power-grid-attack-is-a-nightmare-scenario

Where Free Wind Meets Cheap Gas in U-S, Power Dynamics Changing (Bloomberg News)

No Hero Stands Alone: Storm Soldiers II (Transmission & Distribution World)

When Kids Teach Adults on Electrical Safety (Electric Co-op Today)

A Simulation of What 100,000 Volts Does to Human Flesh (Gizmodo)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Pacific Northwest Bill for Fish & Wildlife Hits $757 Million (Electric Co-op Today)

Op/Ed: Snake River Dams Vital to Renewable Energy Future (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

River without a Dam - Early Estimates Disappointing for 2016 Fraser River Sockeye Returns (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

High Court Sides with Property Owners in Wetlands Case – Says Decisions Can Be Tested in Court (Associated Press)

Chelan County Water Managers Make Play for Alpine Lakes (Associated Press)

Warm Spring Melting Washington’s Snowpack While Contributing to Other Problems (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Appeals Court Rips Federal Review of Contested Echanis Oregon Wind Project (E&E News)

U-S Senator: Taxpayer-Funded Solar Plant Lights Birds on Fire (Washington Examiner)

Minnesota: Solar Garden Support – Devil in the Details (Duluth News Tribune, MN)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Cloud-seeding program to continue in Idaho (Associated Press)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

​Tesla Will Celebrate Gigafactory Grand Opening in July (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Verizon, Unions Agree to Pay Raises, New Jobs to End Strike (Reuters)

Forget Your Cable Provider – Verizon Just Hinted at Nationwide 5G Home Broadband (The Motley Fool)

MARKETING & MEDIA

What Makes Facebook Live Videos So Mind-Blowingly Bad (Slate Magazine)

Tenants Don’t Like Order to ‘Like’ Landlord on Facebook – Or Else (Associated Press)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

State Commissioner of Public Lands Race Has Crowded Field (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Troy Kelley Scheduled to be Back in Court, Feds Could Signal Plans (Northwest Public Radio)

New Manager to Oversee Snohomish County Public Records Requests (Everett Herald, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County Sheriff: Dog Nabs Man in Possession of Drugs, Guns after Chase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Washington State is Losing Its Signature Views. Can We Restore Them? (Cliff Mass Weather Bog)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

These Are the Dumb Questions People in Your State Google Most

Dr. Heimlich, 96, Uses His Maneuver to Save Choking Woman

Massive Alligator Takes an Afternoon Stroll on a Golf Course

Anthropologist Follows Trail of Century-Old Hobo Graffiti

SONG OF THE DAY

Arlo Guthrie – Hobo’s Lullaby

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