Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Energy News Digest for June 14, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for June 14, 2016

Small Craft Advisory for Puget Sound & Hood Canal

Winter in June (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Court Upholds FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules (Consumerist)

FERC revokes market-based rate authority for Berkshire Hathaway companies – Includes PacifiCorp (Utility Dive)

Pacific Gas & Electric Criminal Trial Linked to San Bruno Disaster Begins (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Early Sockeye Salmon Surge Puzzles Fish Managers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Huge Renewable Energy Project Gets Hearing In Mountain Home (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • FERC revokes market-based rate authority for Berkshire Hathaway companies – Includes PacifiCorp
  • Pacific Gas & Electric Criminal Trial Linked to San Bruno Disaster Begins
  • Transformer Failure Cuts Power South of Tumwater for 2,558 Customers
  • Centralia Council to Consider City Light Rate Hike
  • Hermiston City Council Raises Electric Rate, Approves Budget
  • Alaska: Golden Valley Electric Association Raises Rates 15 Percent Temporarily
  • Cowlitz PUD Insurance Company to Settle with Recall Trio
  • Nevada: A Little Fear & Loathing for Utilities
  • New York: What’s the Value of an Unwanted Nuclear Plant Seized by Eminent Domain?
  • Integrated Program Review & Capital Investment Review Initial Proposals Released
  • NRECA Board Names Jim Matheson as CEO
  • Early Sockeye Salmon Surge Puzzles Fish Managers
  • Flyfishers Irked over Timing of Columbia River Gillnetting
  • Sea Lions Continue Feast on Salmon, Ratepayers
  • Two Clayoquot Sound Salmon Farms Hit by Toxic Algae
  • Native Olympia Oysters Have Built-In Resistance to Ocean Acidification
  • Biotoxins Shut Down Clallam County Shellfishing
  • Oregon: Report Urges Cautious Water Use with Quick Snowmelt
  • Two Portland-Area Water Samples Set Records for Lead
  • Huge Renewable Energy Project Gets Hearing In Mountain Home
  • Oregon: Deschutes County Site In Running for National Geothermal Lab
  • Chamber Takes Aim at Wind Credit in U-S Senate Hearing
  • On Kodiak Island, Flywheels Are in & Diesel Is 99.8% Out
  • A High-Energy Event Devoted to Saving Energy
  • University of Washington Hosts First Marijuana Policy Conference
  • Apple’s Newest Innovation: Wastewater Treatment to Cool Prineville Data Centers
  • Court Upholds FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
  • Tom Wheeler Defeats the Broadband Industry: Net Neutrality Wins in Court
  • A Win for ‘Net Neutrality’
  • Google Fiber Takes First Step into Dallas
  • How Does Broadband Access Affect Real Estate Property Values?
  • Microsoft to Buy LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion in Its Largest Deal
  • Twitter Freezes Some Accounts after Millions of Credentials Appear Online
  • Twitter Will Let You Retweet Yourself – But Everyone Just Wants an Edit Button
  • Facebook Videos Are Creating 13 Times More Chatter Than They Were Last Year
  • Twelve Creative Ways to Use Facebook Cover Images for Business
  • Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Spokane Tribe Celebrate Week of Major Announcements
  • Rare Snow Showers Blanket Pacific Northwest Mountain Peaks
  • Expect a Warm Summer, But Not as Hot as the Last One
  • Shelton Native to Be Offered City Administrator Job
  • Railroad Says Broken Bolt Caused Oregon Train Derailment
  • Bremerton Halts Work at Recently Logged Property
WORD OF THE DAY

Ululate ● \ul-yuh-layt\ ● Verb – To cry loudly; howl, wail

Stubbed toe REALLY hurts
A victim’s ululation
Awakens the dead

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

FERC revokes market-based rate authority for Berkshire Hathaway companies – Includes PacifiCorp (Utility Dive)

Pacific Gas & Electric Criminal Trial Linked to San Bruno Disaster Begins (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Transformer Failure Cuts Power South of Tumwater for 2,558 Customers (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

Centralia Council to Consider City Light Rate Hike (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

Hermiston City Council Raises Electric Rate, Approves Budget (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)

Alaska: Golden Valley Electric Association Raises Rates 15 Percent Temporarily (Fairbanks News Miner, AK)

Cowlitz PUD Insurance Company to Settle with Recall Trio (Longview Daily News, WA)

Nevada: A Little Fear & Loathing for Utilities (Bloomberg News)

New York: What’s the Value of an Unwanted Nuclear Plant Seized by Eminent Domain? (Forbes Magazine)

Integrated Program Review & Capital Investment Review Initial Proposals Released (Bonneville Power Administration)

NRECA Board Names Jim Matheson as CEO (Electric Co-op Today)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Early Sockeye Salmon Surge Puzzles Fish Managers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Flyfishers Irked over Timing of Columbia River Gillnetting (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Sea Lions Continue Feast on Salmon, Ratepayers (Electric Co-op Today)

Two Clayoquot Sound Salmon Farms Hit by Toxic Algae (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Native Olympia Oysters Have Built-In Resistance to Ocean Acidification (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Biotoxins Shut Down Clallam County Shellfishing (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Oregon: Report Urges Cautious Water Use with Quick Snowmelt (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

Two Portland-Area Water Samples Set Records for Lead (Oregonian, Portland)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Huge Renewable Energy Project Gets Hearing In Mountain Home (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

Oregon: Deschutes County Site In Running for National Geothermal Lab (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Chamber Takes Aim at Wind Credit in U-S Senate Hearing (Washington Examiner)

On Kodiak Island, Flywheels Are in & Diesel Is 99.8% Out (E&E Publishing)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

A High-Energy Event Devoted to Saving Energy (Bonneville Power Administration)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

University of Washington Hosts First Marijuana Policy Conference (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Apple’s Newest Innovation: Wastewater Treatment to Cool Prineville Data Centers (Oregonian, Portland)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Court Upholds FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules (Consumerist)

Tom Wheeler Defeats the Broadband Industry: Net Neutrality Wins in Court (Ars Technica)

A Win for ‘Net Neutrality’ (The Atlantic Magazine)

Google Fiber Takes First Step into Dallas (Dallas Business Journal, TX)

How Does Broadband Access Affect Real Estate Property Values? (Seven Days, VT)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Microsoft to Buy LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion in Its Largest Deal (Reuters)

Twitter Freezes Some Accounts after Millions of Credentials Appear Online (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Twitter Will Let You Retweet Yourself – But Everyone Just Wants an Edit Button (Mashable)

Facebook Videos Are Creating 13 Times More Chatter Than They Were Last Year (AdWeek)

Twelve Creative Ways to Use Facebook Cover Images for Business (Social Media Examiner)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Spokane Tribe Celebrate Week of Major Announcements (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Rare Snow Showers Blanket Pacific Northwest Mountain Peaks (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Expect a Warm Summer, But Not as Hot as the Last One (Northwest Public Radio)

Shelton Native to Be Offered City Administrator Job (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Railroad Says Broken Bolt Caused Oregon Train Derailment (Associated Press)

Bremerton Halts Work at Recently Logged Property (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

‘Stairway to Heaven’ Lawsuit Goes to Trial

NASA’s Mars Recruitment Posters Will Convince You to Go Die in Space

Americans Give More Than $1 Billion to Charity Every Day

New Bride, In Wedding Gear, Gives CPR to Woman on Street

SONG OF THE DAY

Ann & Nancy Wilson – Stairway to Heaven Live


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