Monday, October 17, 2016

Energy News Digest for October 17, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


A Short Comment About the Storm (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

What the Heck Went Wrong with the Storm Forecast?!? (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Irrigators Propose Giant Hydroelectric Project at Banks Lake Near Grand Coulee Dam (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)

Puget Sound Energy Trades in Gas, Electricity, Political Clout (Northwest Public Radio)

Washington Energy Agency Overestimated Carbon Tax Impacts on Power Prices (Utility Dive – “only 5.3 percent?” These guys have obviously not had the pleasure of a customer blasting them over a three percent increase)

Northwest Utilities Amp Up New Business Line of Charging Electric Cars (Northwest Public Radio)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Irrigators Propose Giant Hydroelectric Project at Banks Lake Near Grand Coulee Dam
  • Puget Sound Energy Trades in Gas, Electricity, Political Clout
  • Grays Harbor PUD Goes to Work as Most of Washington Asks “Where Did the Storm Go?”
  • Update: Power Restored at Lake Cushman: Emergency Outage for Storm Damage Repairs
  • Snohomish PUD & Edmonds Agree to Delay LED Streetlight Upgrades
  • Northwest Power & Conservation Council Selects New Director of Power Planning
  • Modular Nuclear – This New Technology Could Save the Troubled Nuclear Power Industry
  • Six Ways the Presidential Election Will Influence the Electric Utility Sector
  • Sea Lions Spending Longer Periods at Bonneville Dam – Warm Ocean Conditions to Blame?
  • NW Power & Conservation Council Fish/Wildlife Committee Looks at How to Spend Project Cost Savings
  • Final Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catch Program Numbers Up from 2015
  • Valdez Hydropower Project Makes Utility All-Renewable in Summer
  • Floating Solar Arrays Point to Bright Future for Clean Energy
  • I Love Word Games – Solar in “Six Words” & “Haiku”
  • Marijuana Energy Efficiency
  • Washington Energy Agency Overestimated Carbon Tax Impacts on Power Prices
  • Canada’s Carbon Tax: A Model for the Future?
  • September Was Warmest Such Month on Record, NASA Finds
  • Northwest Utilities Amp Up New Business Line of Charging Electric Cars
  • Why 'Abandoning' The Apple Car Makes Perfect Sense
  • Yahoo Explains Why It Turned Off Email Auto-Forwarding; Turns It Back On
  • Should I Keep My Laptop Plugged in While I Use It?
  • Ten Ways to Increase Your Facebook Engagement
  • Your Agency Needs This Buzzword Jar You Pay Every Time You Spout Dumb Marketing Jargon
  • Ballots: Coming Soon to a Mailbox Near You
  • How an Olympia Ballot Measure Could Pave the Way for a Statewide Income Tax
  • What the Heck Went Wrong with the Storm Forecast?!?
  • National Weather Service Explains How ‘Autumn Blast’ Became Average Storm
  • Canada: Third Storm Fizzles on British Columbia’s South Coast
  • Climate Center Shifts from ‘Neutral’ to 70 Percent La Nina Weather Pattern – Suggests Cooler, Wetter
  • State Board of Natural Resources to Talk Timber Harvests Monday
WORD OF THE DAY

Beaucoup • \BOE-koo\ • adjective - Great in quantity or amount: many, much

Barty and Mildred were enjoying their holiday in France. Barty, however, was sowing a crop of bad will with his “jocularity” at each small, snooty street cafĂ© he visited. “Mercy Buckets,” he would shout at the retreating waiters & waitresses, chortling into his after dinner espresso. His mangling of “thanks much” resulted in beaucoup trouble at the last night’s dinner, as a “clumsy” busboy “tripped” and cascaded dirty dishes and soapy rinse water over Barty’s finest evening wear.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Irrigators Propose Giant Hydroelectric Project at Banks Lake Near Grand Coulee Dam (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)

Puget Sound Energy Trades in Gas, Electricity, Political Clout (Northwest Public Radio)

Grays Harbor PUD Goes to Work as Most of Washington Asks “Where Did the Storm Go?” (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Update: Power Restored at Lake Cushman: Emergency Outage for Storm Damage Repairs - Nearly 400 Customers Affected (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Snohomish PUD & Edmonds Agree to Delay LED Streetlight Upgrades (My Edmonds News, WA)

Northwest Power & Conservation Council Selects New Director of Power Planning (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Modular Nuclear – This New Technology Could Save the Troubled Nuclear Power Industry (The Guardian, UK)
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/oct/16/safer-small-nuclear-reactors-power-plant-technology

Six Ways the Presidential Election Will Influence the Electric Utility Sector (Utility Dive)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Sea Lions Spending Longer Periods at Bonneville Dam – Warm Ocean Conditions to Blame? (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

NW Power & Conservation Council Fish/Wildlife Committee Looks at How to Spend Project Cost Savings (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Final Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catch Program Numbers Up from 2015 (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Valdez Hydropower Project Makes Utility All-Renewable in Summer (Alaska Dispatch News)

Floating Solar Arrays Point to Bright Future for Clean Energy (CNBC)

I Love Word Games – Solar in “Six Words” & “Haiku” (Renewable Energy World)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Marijuana Energy Efficiency (Canna Law Blog)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Washington Energy Agency Overestimated Carbon Tax Impacts on Power Prices (Utility Dive – “only 5.3 percent?” These guys have obviously not had the pleasure of a customer blasting them over a three percent increase)

Canada’s Carbon Tax: A Model for the Future? (The Energy Collective)

September Was Warmest Such Month on Record, NASA Finds (Mashable)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Northwest Utilities Amp Up New Business Line of Charging Electric Cars (Northwest Public Radio)

Why 'Abandoning' The Apple Car Makes Perfect Sense (Mashable)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Yahoo Explains Why It Turned Off Email Auto-Forwarding; Turns It Back On (Consumerist)

Should I Keep My Laptop Plugged in While I Use It? (Grist Online)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Ten Ways to Increase Your Facebook Engagement (Social Media Examiner)

Your Agency Needs This Buzzword Jar You Pay Every Time You Spout Dumb Marketing Jargon (AdWeek)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Ballots: Coming Soon to a Mailbox Near You (Northwest Public Radio)

How an Olympia Ballot Measure Could Pave the Way for a Statewide Income Tax (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

GENERAL NEWS

What the Heck Went Wrong with the Storm Forecast?!? (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

National Weather Service Explains How ‘Autumn Blast’ Became Average Storm (Komo-Tv, Seattle, Wa)

Canada: Third Storm Fizzles on British Columbia’s South Coast (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

Climate Center Shifts from ‘Neutral’ to 70 Percent La Nina Weather Pattern – Suggests Cooler, Wetter (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

State Board of Natural Resources to Talk Timber Harvests Monday (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

HORTON HEARS A WHO – DIVERSIONS

Dr. Seuss Made Paintings & Sculptures in Secret (Now You Can See Them)

Wedding Photo Session Besieged by Angry Attacking Magpies

Could a Strike at Jim Beam Distilleries Mean a Whiskey Shortage?

I Probably Shouldn't Spend $20,000 on This Gorgeous Moon Landing-Inspired Pen, Right?

SONG OF THE DAY

Willie Nelson – Whiskey River

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