Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Energy News Digest for October 12, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS




HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Warning: Major Storms Threaten the Pacific Northwest “...A true monster storm, potentially as strong as the most powerful storm in NW history (the Columbus Day Storm of 1962) …” (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

Global Warming Versus Salmon: Dam If You Do, Dam If You Don’t (Forbes Magazine)

Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions for First Six Months of 2016 Are Lowest Since 1991 (U-S Energy Information Administration)

Tacoma Mayor: Puget Sound Energy Fight to Keep Records Private ‘Not a Good Look’ (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Utilities Squeezed as Corporations Seek Renewable Energy Elsewhere (Midwest Energy News)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Stormy Weather to Unleash Multiple Impacts on Western Washington State Thursday Through the Weekend
  • Global Warming Versus Salmon: Dam If You Do, Dam If You Don’t
  • Tacoma Mayor: Puget Sound Energy Fight to Keep Records Private ‘Not a Good Look’
  • Kalama Methanol Plant Puts Huge Demand on Region’s Natural Gas Capacity
  • British Columbia: Peace River Dam on Time & On Budget, Says Ernst & Young
  • UPDATE: Mason PUD 3 Restores Electricity to 500 Customers West of Shelton
  • Grant PUD Holding Public Hearing on Thursday for Proposed 2017 Budget
  • Louisiana: Property Owners Take Issue with Power Line Plan
  • Canada: Captain Kirk Beams in to Back Wild Salmon Protection Bill
  • Utilities Squeezed as Corporations Seek Renewable Energy Elsewhere
  • Vermont: Once Just a Cabin, Now an Emblem in Debate Over Wind Energy
  • Spanish Researchers Explore Molten Silicon for More Efficient Solar Energy Storage
  • Marijuana Businesses Push Back on Oregon’s Testing Rules, Ask for Delay
  • Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions for First Six Months of 2016 Are Lowest Since 1991
  • Check Out the Solar-Powered Boat Campaigning Against Florida’s Solar Amendment
  • Comcast Experiences Nationwide Overnight Outage
  • Could Facebook’s Workplace Platform Replace Email at Work?
  • Millennials? Gen Z? Let’s Call Them Mobile Prodigies
  • Washington State, Oregon Break Voter Registration Records
  • Social Media Helps Drive Big Increases in Registered Voters in Washington & Idaho
  • Rich Enviros Fund Big ‘Independent’ Expenditure in Washington State Lands Commissioner Race
  • Series of Powerful Storms to Slam Western Washington: Crews Preparing for Flooding, Power Outages
  • Warning: Major Storms Threaten the Pacific Northwest
  • 1962 Columbus Day Storm Memories: Will Windstorm History Repeat This Weekend in Seattle?
  • ‘Murderous’ Columbus Day Storm of 1962 Was Spawned by Similar Typhoon Now Looming Over Pacific
  • Malheur Trial Could Be Headed Toward Conclusion
  • Astronomers Discover New Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System
WORD OF THE DAY

Phlegmatic • \fleg-MAT-ik\ • adjective 1: resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm (gluck, slobber, etc) *2: having or showing a slow & stolid temperament

Nothing rattled Horace. His phlegmatic response to the door slamming could only be attributed to the fact that he was asleep, or in a deep trance.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Stormy Weather to Unleash Multiple Impacts on Western Washington State Thursday Through the Weekend (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Global Warming Versus Salmon: Dam If You Do, Dam If You Don’t (Forbes Magazine)

Tacoma Mayor: Puget Sound Energy Fight to Keep Records Private ‘Not a Good Look’ (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Kalama Methanol Plant Puts Huge Demand on Region’s Natural Gas Capacity (Longview Daily News, WA)

British Columbia: Peace River Dam on Time & On Budget, Says Ernst & Young (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

UPDATE: Mason PUD 3 Restores Electricity to 500 Customers West of Shelton (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Grant PUD Holding Public Hearing on Thursday for Proposed 2017 Budget (Ifiber One, Ephrata, WA)

Louisiana: Property Owners Take Issue with Power Line Plan (Richland Beacon News, La)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Canada: Captain Kirk Beams in to Back Wild Salmon Protection Bill (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Utilities Squeezed as Corporations Seek Renewable Energy Elsewhere (Midwest Energy News)

Vermont: Once Just a Cabin, Now an Emblem in Debate Over Wind Energy (Associated Press)

Spanish Researchers Explore Molten Silicon for More Efficient Solar Energy Storage (Utility Dive)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Marijuana Businesses Push Back on Oregon’s Testing Rules, Ask for Delay (Oregonian, Portland)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions for First Six Months of 2016 Are Lowest Since 1991 (U-S Energy Information Administration)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Check Out the Solar-Powered Boat Campaigning Against Florida’s Solar Amendment (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Comcast Experiences Nationwide Overnight Outage (Broadband Reports)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Could Facebook’s Workplace Platform Replace Email at Work? (Christian Science Monitor)

Millennials? Gen Z? Let’s Call Them Mobile Prodigies (AdWeek)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State, Oregon Break Voter Registration Records (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

Social Media Helps Drive Big Increases in Registered Voters in Washington & Idaho (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Rich Enviros Fund Big ‘Independent’ Expenditure in Washington State Lands Commissioner Race (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

GENERAL NEWS – THE GANDALF STORMCROW EDITION

Series of Powerful Storms to Slam Western Washington: Crews Preparing for Flooding, Power Outages (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

Warning: Major Storms Threaten the Pacific Northwest “...A true monster storm, potentially as strong as the most powerful storm in NW history (the Columbus Day Storm of 1962) …” (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

1962 Columbus Day Storm Memories: Will Windstorm History Repeat This Weekend In Seattle? (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

‘Murderous’ Columbus Day Storm of 1962 Was Spawned by Similar Typhoon Now Looming Over Pacific (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Malheur Trial Could Be Headed Toward Conclusion (Northwest Public Radio)

Astronomers Discover New Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System (Christian Science Monitor)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

How Would Stormy Weather Impact the Seahawks-Falcons Game?

Wrong Runner Awarded Winning Trophy at Portland Marathon

When It Rains, It Pours – Some Portland Marathoners Upset After Running Longer Route

Danish Angling Bonanza: 80,000 Trout Set Free by Accident

SONG OF THE DAY

Garth Brooks – The Thunder Rolls

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