Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Energy News Digest for December 28, 2016

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


The Potential for a Major Cold Spell in the Pacific Northwest (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Northwest Carbon Footprint Is Low & Getting Lower (LinkedIn)

Portland General Electric, Pacific Power EV Plans: Electric Buses & More Charging (Portland Business Journal, OR)

New Report Says Washington State’s Pot Sales Will Surpass $2 Billion by 2020 (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

New Shelton City Manager Aims to Shake Things Up (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

The Potential for a Major Cold Spell in the Pacific Northwest (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Cowlitz PUD Commissioner Ned Piper Reflects on 24 Years of Public Power
  • New Manager Selected by Tillamook PUD Board
  • Clallam PUD’s Temporary Sequim Payment Center Slated to Close Down
  • British Columbia Raptor Rehab Treats Birds of Prey Shocked by Power Lines
  • Vestas Closes Out 2016 With A Blitz of Wind Turbine Orders
  • Tesla & Panasonic Team Up on Solar-Panel Cells
  • New Report Says Washington State’s Pot Sales Will Surpass $2 Billion by 2020
  • Can the Cannabis Industry Deliver an Organic, Environmentally Sensitive High?
  • Northwest Carbon Footprint Is Low & Getting Lower
  • Portland General Electric, Pacific Power EV Plans: Electric Buses & More Charging
  • Google Fiber Contractor Cutting Dozens of Nashville Jobs
  • The AT&T Exec Who Took on Google Fiber in Nashville
  • Will Massive Data Breaches Lead Verizon to Dump Yahoo?
  • Has the Internet Killed Curly Quotes?
  • New Shelton City Manager Aims to Shake Things Up
  • County Officials Propose Merging Washington State Counties – Idea Could Save an Estimated $90 Million a Year
  • 4.1 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded Off Central Oregon Coast
  • Snow Blankets Mountains, Cold Snap Coming for Western Washington
  • Sky Lanterns Outlawed in Oregon Starting Jan. 1 – Sorry Rapunzel
WORD OF THE DAY

Raiment • \RAY-munt\ • Noun - Clothing, garments

“You are an absolute peacock!” crowed the squawking starling chicks to their oddly dressed mother. She had filched feathers from a variety of bird nests around the neighborhood to come up with a cloak of many colors, the raiment reminiscent of an aviary “crazy quilt.” “Let those darn goldfinches laugh at this,” she bellowed to the murmuration of starlings that had gathered to view the show.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Cowlitz PUD Commissioner Ned Piper Reflects on 24 Years of Public Power (Longview Daily News, WA)

New Manager Selected by Tillamook PUD Board (Tillamook Headlight Herald, OR)

Clallam PUD’s Temporary Sequim Payment Center Slated to Close Down (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

FISH & WILDLIFE

British Columbia Raptor Rehab Treats Birds of Prey Shocked by Power Lines (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Vestas Closes Out 2016 With A Blitz of Wind Turbine Orders (Denver Business Journal, CO)

Tesla & Panasonic Team Up on Solar-Panel Cells (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

New Report Says Washington State’s Pot Sales Will Surpass $2 Billion by 2020 (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Can the Cannabis Industry Deliver an Organic, Environmentally Sensitive High? (Northwest Public Radio)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Northwest Carbon Footprint Is Low & Getting Lower (LinkedIn)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Portland General Electric, Pacific Power EV Plans: Electric Buses & More Charging (Portland Business Journal, OR)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Fiber contractor cutting dozens of Nashville jobs

The AT&T Exec Who Took on Google Fiber in Nashville (Business Journals)

Will Massive Data Breaches Lead Verizon to Dump Yahoo? (Consumerist)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Has the Internet Killed Curly Quotes? (Atlantic Magazine)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

New Shelton City Manager Aims to Shake Things Up (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

County Officials Propose Merging Washington State Counties – Idea Could Save an Estimated $90 Million a Year (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

4.1 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded Off Central Oregon Coast (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

Snow Blankets Mountains, Cold Snap Coming for Western Washington (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

Sky Lanterns Outlawed in Oregon Starting Jan. 1 – Sorry Rapunzel (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

The Solar System – A Stunning Tour of Our Cosmic Backyard

Teddy Bear Takes Detroit Airport Adventure after Being Found

This Swarm of Birds Moves Around Like Some Sort of Dark Magic Cloud

Carrie Fisher Had Already Completed Her Work on Star Wars: Episode VIII

SONG OF THE DAY

Eric Idle – The Galaxy Song - Learn some astronomy in under 3 minutes!

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