Friday, January 6, 2017

Energy News Digest for January 6, 2016

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS



HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Snow & Freezing Rain Possible for Mason County This Weekend (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Bonneville Power Administration Load Tops 10,000 MW on Winter Storm (Platts)

Avista Spent $10 Million on Idaho Energy Efficiency Programs (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

ESA-Listed Chum Salmon Below Bonneville Dam Show Good Spawning Rate – Flows Maintained to Cover Redds (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Northwest Cable News Set to Go Off Air Friday Night (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Bonneville Power Administration Load Tops 10,000 MW on Winter Storm
  • Daily Energy Demands in North Central Washington State Hit All-Time Highs Again
  • Grant PUD Electrical System Demand Hits Winter Record
  • Near Record Demand for Electricity in Centralia
  • Nuclear Power in Washington State Continues to Break Records
  • Grays Harbor PUD Customers Victim of Scam Once Again
  • Dozen Years Enough for Washington State UTC Commissioner Jones
  • Power Returns to Vegas’ Rio Casino After Week of Issues
  • ESA-Listed Chum Salmon Below Bonneville Dam Show Good Spawning Rate
  • Idaho’s Sage Grouse Lawsuit Dismissed by Federal Judge
  • Washington State Offers Steelhead License Plates to Help Fund Conservation of Native Steelhead
  • ‘Salmon Cannon’ Gives Fish a Boost Over Dams
  • Oregon PUC Release Guidelines for Energy Storage Mandate
  • Avista Spent $10 Million on Idaho Energy Efficiency Programs
  • How Much Marijuana Was Sold in 2016? A Lot!
  • What Another Ice Shelf Collapse Might Mean for Antarctica & the Planet
  • Falcons, Drones, Data: A Winery Battles Climate Change
  • All That Glitters is Not Green: Costa Rica’s Renewables Conceal Dependence on Oil
  • Northwest Cable News Set to Go Off Air Friday Night
  • KOMO Cuts Positions in Its Newsroom
  • Snapchat Stats Are Bogus, Fired Snap Employee Says
  • Obama Was Too Good at Social Media
  • Stop Using the Phrase Creative Writing
  • Lawmakers Seek to Ban Use of Handheld Devices by Drivers
  • Washington State Congresswoman DelBene Gets Coveted Seat on House Ways & Means Committee
  • A Record 75 Straight Months of Job Growth Under Obama
  • Snow & Freezing Rain Possible for Mason County This Weekend
  • Forecasters: Cold Temps Could Bring Snow This Weekend
  • 18 Dogs Killed in Fire at Warehouse-Like Building Near Tumwater
  • City of Shelton – Mason Street Water Main Break
  • Montana Not Able to Pay STEM Scholarship Winners for Their Awards
  • Inslee Proclaims January 6, 2017 “Seahawks Blue Friday”
WORD OF THE DAY

Anachronism • \ uh-NAH-kruh-nizz-um\ • noun - 1: an error in chronology; especially: a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other 2: a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially: one from a former age that is incongruous in the present 3: the state or condition of being chronologically out of place.

Bobby had to smile every time he filled out a form for a software upgrade for his turbo charged office PC. The order forms were only available as multi part NEC documents. The irony of this anachronism was not lost on him, especially since the documents required him to use his 1949 Royal Standard typewriter to fill them out.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Bonneville Power Administration Load Tops 10,000 MW on Winter Storm (Platts)

Daily Energy Demands in North Central Washington State Hit All-Time Highs Again (North Central Washington Life, East Wenatchee, WA)

Grant PUD Electrical System Demand Hits Winter Record (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wa)

Near Record Demand for Electricity in Centralia (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

Nuclear Power in Washington State Continues to Break Records (Forbes Magazine)

Grays Harbor PUD Customers Victim of Scam Once Again (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Dozen Years Enough for Washington State UTC Commissioner Jones (South Sound Business Examiner)

Power Returns to Vegas’ Rio Casino After Week of Issues (Associated Press)

FISH & WILDLIFE

ESA-Listed Chum Salmon Below Bonneville Dam Show Good Spawning Rate – Flows Maintained to Cover Redds (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Idaho’s Sage Grouse Lawsuit Dismissed by Federal Judge (Associated Press)

Washington State Offers Steelhead License Plates to Help Fund Conservation of Native Steelhead (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

‘Salmon Cannon’ Gives Fish a Boost Over Dams (Renewable Energy World)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Oregon PUC Release Guidelines for Energy Storage Mandate (Utility Dive)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Avista Spent $10 Million on Idaho Energy Efficiency Programs (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

How Much Marijuana Was Sold in 2016? A Lot! (Washington Post)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

What Another Ice Shelf Collapse Might Mean for Antarctica & the Planet (Christian Science Monitor)

Falcons, Drones, Data: A Winery Battles Climate Change (NY Times)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

All That Glitters is Not Green: Costa Rica’s Renewables Conceal Dependence on Oil (The Guardian, UK)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Northwest Cable News Set to Go Off Air Friday Night (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

KOMO Cuts Positions in Its Newsroom (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Snapchat Stats Are Bogus, Fired Snap Employee Says (USA Today)

Obama Was Too Good at Social Media (Atlantic Magazine)

Stop Using the Phrase Creative Writing – It’s time to stop devaluing the forms of writing most people engage in (Slate Magazine)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Lawmakers Seek to Ban Use of Handheld Devices by Drivers (Associated Press – Glanced over at a driver this morning who appeared to be watching sports videos while driving down the road)

Washington State Congresswoman DelBene Gets Coveted Seat on House Ways & Means Committee (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)

A Record 75 Straight Months of Job Growth Under Obama (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Snow & Freezing Rain Possible for Mason County This Weekend (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Forecasters: Cold Temps Could Bring Snow This Weekend (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

18 Dogs Killed in Fire at Warehouse-Like Building Near Tumwater (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

City of Shelton – Mason Street Water Main Break (City of Shelton Facebook Page, WA)

Montana Not Able to Pay STEM Scholarship Winners for Their Awards (Associated Press)

Inslee Proclaims January 6, 2017 “Seahawks Blue Friday” (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

BIRDBRAINS – DIVERSIONS

Hawks Unleashed on Crows in Downtown Portland

Facebook Post – Who’s There? Mason PUD 3’s Infrared Inspection Finds High-Powered Owl

Unique Glass Penny from World War II Sells for $70,000

Watch a Man’s Beautiful Waterfall Proposal End in Disaster

SONG OF THE DAY

Leonard Cohen - Bird on a Wire

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