Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Energy News Digest for December 19, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS



HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Judge Rules State Can’t Enforce Inslee Order to Cut Greenhouse-Gas Emissions (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Pend Oreille Silicon Plant – HiTest Sand Offers to Pay $1 Million for Studies on Electrical Impact of Proposed Newport Smelter (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Bitcoin Operations Overwhelm Chelan County PUD with Requests for Power (NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)

Days after the FCC Repealed Its Net Neutrality Rules, the GOP Has a Bill to Replace Them (Washington Post)

Op/Ed: Columbia River Barging Lets Idaho’s Grain Growers Compete in the World Market (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Bitcoin Operations Overwhelm Chelan County PUD with Requests for Power
  • Why the Bitcoin Craze Is Using Up So Much Energy
  • What Does the Columbia River System Have to Do with Your Holiday Season?
  • Orcas Power & Light Co-Op Bills Go Up in January – Average of $7
  • Three California Gas Plants Could Be Replaced with Energy Storage
  • Santee Cooper Gets a Potential Buyer from South Carolina
  • New York: Canadian Hydro Can Be Part of State’s Clean Energy Mix
  • Managers Defend Columbia River Pikeminnow Releases for Reward Program
  • Chairman Invites Patagonia CEO to Testify Before House Committee on Natural Resources
  • Op/Ed: Columbia River Barging Lets Idaho’s Grain Growers Compete in the World Market
  • Pend Oreille Silicon Plant – HiTest Sand Offers to Pay $1 Million for Studies on Electrical Impact of Proposed Newport Smelter
  • Judge Rules State Can’t Enforce Inslee Order to Cut Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
  • Days after the FCC Repealed Its Net Neutrality Rules, the GOP Has a Bill to Replace Them
  • The Net Neutrality Lawsuits Are Coming. Here’s What They’re Likely to Say.
  • Cell Phones Aren’t a Public Health Risk, No Matter What California Says
  • Probe Sought in EPA’s ‘Media Monitoring’ Contract
  • Tax Bill Moves to Senate after House Passage along Party Lines
  • Congressional Agreement Keeps Tax Exemption for Municipal Bonds
  • Washington State’s County Leaders Prepared to Sue over Unfunded Mandates
  • Amtrak Train That Derailed Onto I-5 Was Reportedly Going 80 in a 30-Mph Zone, Officials Say
  • Southbound I-5 near Train Derailment Area ‘Could Be Closed for Several Days’
  • Nine File for Shelton City Council
  • No Mariners FanFest in 2018: The Annual Event Will Go on a One-Year Hiatus
  • Jose Cuervo Parent Firm Buys Pendleton Whisky
WORD OF THE DAY

Brown Study • \BROWN – STUD-dee\ • Noun - A state of serious absorption or abstraction

Darnell had been stuck in a brown study all afternoon. His boss had given him what he had considered an unsolvable problem: “Put the lime in the coconut,” or “Put the shama lama, ding dong back into my smile.” Darnell knew it couldn’t be both.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Bitcoin Operations Overwhelm Chelan County PUD with Requests for Power (NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)

Why the Bitcoin Craze Is Using Up So Much Energy (Washington Post)

What Does the Columbia River System Have to Do with Your Holiday Season? (Bonneville Power Administration)

Orcas Power & Light Co-Op Bills Go Up in January – Average of $7 (The Islands’ Sounder, Eastsound, WA)

Three California Gas Plants Could Be Replaced with Energy Storage (Utility Dive)

Santee Cooper Gets a Potential Buyer from South Carolina (Charleston Post & Courier, SC)

New York: Canadian Hydro Can Be Part of State’s Clean Energy Mix (Albany Times-Union, NY)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Managers Defend Columbia River Pikeminnow Releases for Reward Program (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

Chairman Invites Patagonia CEO to Testify Before House Committee on Natural Resources (U-S House Committee on Natural Resources)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Op/Ed: Columbia River Barging Lets Idaho’s Grain Growers Compete in the World Market (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Pend Oreille Silicon Plant – HiTest Sand Offers to Pay $1 Million for Studies on Electrical Impact of Proposed Newport Smelter (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Judge Rules State Can’t Enforce Inslee Order to Cut Greenhouse-Gas Emissions (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Days after the FCC Repealed Its Net Neutrality Rules, the GOP Has a Bill to Replace Them (Washington Post)

The Net Neutrality Lawsuits Are Coming. Here’s What They’re Likely to Say. (Washington Post)

Cell Phones Aren’t a Public Health Risk, No Matter What California Says (Popular Science)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

Probe Sought in EPA’s ‘Media Monitoring’ Contract (Politico Morning Energy)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Tax Bill Moves to Senate after House Passage along Party Lines (NY Times)

Congressional Agreement Keeps Tax Exemption for Municipal Bonds (American Public Power Association)

Washington State’s County Leaders Prepared to Sue over Unfunded Mandates (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Amtrak Train That Derailed Onto I-5 Was Reportedly Going 80 in a 30-Mph Zone, Officials Say (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Southbound I-5 near Train Derailment Area ‘Could Be Closed for Several Days’ (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Nine File for Shelton City Council (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

No Mariners FanFest in 2018: The Annual Event Will Go on a One-Year Hiatus (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Jose Cuervo Parent Firm Buys Pendleton Whisky (Associated Press)

NEWSPEAK KNUCKLEHEADS – DIVERSIONS

‘Fake News’ Gains on ‘Whatever’ as Most Annoying Phrase

‘I Will Eat Mum on Christmas Day’: Grieving Daughter to Sprinkle Mother’s Ashes on Turkey & Pudding Dinner

Rhode Island: Dead, Dried-Up Christmas Tree to Be Replaced at Statehouse

Save ‘Star Wars’? Angry Fans Petition to Have ‘The Last Jedi’ Abandoned & Remade

SONG OF THE DAY

Rosemary Clooney – Sway

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