Thursday, December 15, 2016

Energy News Digest for December 15, 2016 - The Hydro Appreciation Day Edition

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Wear Your Action Green to Celebrate Hydropower Appreciation Day Today! (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Yahoo says one billion accounts exposed in newly discovered security breach (Reuters)

Feds Unveil Ten-Year Recovery Plan for Threatened Coastal Coho (Oregonian, Portland)

Seattle City Light Signs Agreement to Participate in CAISO Energy Imbalance Market (American Public Power Association)

Climate Monitoring – Jerry Brown Strikes Defiant Tone: ‘California Will Launch Its Own Damn Satellite’ (Sacramento Bee, CA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Seattle City Light Signs Agreement to Participate in CAISO Energy Imbalance Market
  • Jefferson Public Utility District OKs Rate Hikes for 2017
  • California Regulators Force Sothern Cal Edison, Stakeholders to Renegotiate San Onofre Nuclear Settlement
  • Fish, Not Bird, on Wire Causes South Seattle Power Outage
  • Feds Unveil Ten-Year Recovery Plan for Threatened Coastal Coho
  • Anglers Cashed in on Pikeminnow Rewards
  • Unprecedented Images Show Orcas Hunting & Killing Rare Beaked Whales
  • Arizona Water Leaders Confer with Colorado River States on Drought Contingency Plan
  • Port of Grays Harbor “Deeper Draft” Dredging Project Applauded
  • Hawaii Regulators Nix Bid to Raise Caps on Grid-Supply Rooftop Solar Incentive
  • Wind Industry to Trump: Transmission Vital to Sustain Record Growth
  • Benton PUD Shows Ways to Lower Energy Bills This Winter
  • Home Heating Safety Tips for This Winter Season
  • Marijuana Growers Are Seeing the (LED) Light on Energy Efficiency
  • Climate Monitoring – Jerry Brown Strikes Defiant Tone: ‘California Will Launch Its Own Damn Satellite’
  • Climate Change is Threatening Earth’s Best Place to Study Mars
  • Yahoo Says One Billion Accounts Exposed in Newly Discovered Security Breach
  • Verizon Considers Changing Yahoo Deal After Latest Breach
  • FCC Boss Tom Wheeler Announces His Resignation
  • Google Fiber Turns to ‘Microtrenching’ to Speed up Fiber Build
  • Facebook Just Launched a Boatload of Tools for Fighting Fake News
  • Evernote: Update to Privacy Policy Was “Communicated Poorly”
  • Murray to Fight Any Trump Administration Cutbacks at Hanford, PNNL, Impacts to BPA
  • Seahawks Wearing ‘Action Green’ Uniforms in Tonight’s ‘Color Rush’ Game
  • Wear Your Action Green to Celebrate Hydropower Appreciation Day Today!
  • Green Diamond Leases 15,850 Acres in Mason County to Motorcycle Group
  • Washington State Unemployment Rate Down to 5.3 Percent
  • Ten Years Ago Today, Historic Hanukkah Eve Windstorm Pummeled Western Washington State
WORD OF THE DAY

Semiotic • \sem-mee-AWE-tick\ • Adjective - A general philosophical theory of signs & symbols that deals especially with their function in both artificially constructed & natural languages & comprises syntactics, semantics, & pragmatics.

The bristling electrical engineer pounded his fist on the table during the safety meeting with his insurance adjuster. “The big glowing signs be blasted,” he thundered. “A semiotic approach would be best advanced by a low voltage shock when someone tries to break into our substation. Now there’s a sign that those copper stealing vermin would notice.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Seattle City Light Signs Agreement to Participate in CAISO Energy Imbalance Market (American Public Power Association)

Jefferson Public Utility District OKs Rate Hikes for 2017 (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

California Regulators Force Sothern Cal Edison, Stakeholders to Renegotiate San Onofre Nuclear Settlement (Utility Dive)

Fish, Not Bird, on Wire Causes South Seattle Power Outage (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Feds Unveil Ten-Year Recovery Plan for Threatened Coastal Coho (Oregonian, Portland)

Anglers Cashed in on Pikeminnow Rewards (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Unprecedented Images Show Orcas Hunting & Killing Rare Beaked Whales (Gizmodo – Note: Graphic Images)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Arizona Water Leaders Confer with Colorado River States on Drought Contingency Plan (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2016/12/14/arizona-water-leaders-confer-with-colorado-river.html

Port of Grays Harbor “Deeper Draft” Dredging Project Applauded (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Hawaii Regulators Nix Bid to Raise Caps on Grid-Supply Rooftop Solar Incentive (Utility Dive)

Wind Industry to Trump: Transmission Vital to Sustain Record Growth (Utility Dive)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Benton PUD Shows Ways to Lower Energy Bills This Winter (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

Home Heating Safety Tips for This Winter Season (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Marijuana Growers Are Seeing the (LED) Light on Energy Efficiency (Utility Dive)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Climate Monitoring – Jerry Brown Strikes Defiant Tone: ‘California Will Launch Its Own Damn Satellite’ (Sacramento Bee, CA)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Climate Change is Threatening Earth’s Best Place to Study Mars (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Yahoo Says One Billion Accounts Exposed in Newly Discovered Security Breach (Reuters)

Verizon Considers Changing Yahoo Deal After Latest Breach (Reuters)

FCC Boss Tom Wheeler Announces His Resignation (Broadband Reports)

Google Fiber Turns to ‘Microtrenching’ to Speed up Fiber Build (Broadband Reports)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Just Launched a Boatload of Tools for Fighting Fake News (Mashable)

Evernote: Update to Privacy Policy Was “Communicated Poorly” (Consumerist)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Murray to Fight Any Trump Administration Cutbacks at Hanford, PNNL, Impacts to BPA (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Seahawks Wearing ‘Action Green’ Uniforms in Tonight’s ‘Color Rush’ Game (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

Wear Your Action Green to Celebrate Hydropower Appreciation Day Today! (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Green Diamond Leases 15,850 Acres in Mason County to Motorcycle Group (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Washington State Unemployment Rate Down to 5.3 Percent (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Ten Years Ago Today, Historic Hanukkah Eve Windstorm Pummeled Western Washington State (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN – DIVERSIONS

Astronomers Discover Alien Planet with Clouds Made of Jewels

Climate Change Could Mean the End of Fish & Chips

Drat. Humbug! Uh, Oh: Heartbreaking Story of Boy Who Died in Santa’s Arms Unravels

Court Order Can’t Stop Stray Golf Balls from Hitting Home

SONG OF THE DAY

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

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