Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Energy News Digest for January 11, 2017

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Portland General Electric Reports 33,000 Customers without Power, Could Be More Later (Oregonian, Portland)

Plaintiffs Call for More Court-Ordered Spill at Columbia River Dams (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Magnitude-2.6 Earthquake Recorded in Tacoma (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Idaho’s Mountain Snowpack, Water Supply Off to Good Start (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

New American Public Power Association Brand Reiterates Community Focus (American Public Power Association)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Portland General Electric Reports 33,000 Customers without Power, Could Be More Later
  • Ice Covered High Voltage Lines at Rocky Reach Dam
  • Jefferson PUD Electricity Rates to Surge: Board Approves Two 2017 Hikes
  • Pacific Gas & Electric to Lay Off 390 Employees (out of 20,000) as It Tightens Its Belt
  • Arizona Utility Mulls Closing Major Southwestern Coal Plant
  • December’s Ukraine Power Cut ‘Was Cyber-Attack’
  • What Electric Utilities Can Learn from the Vermont Hacking Scare
  • U-S Energy Information Administration Projects Flat Consumption, Changing Fuel Mix, Between Now & 2050
  • Plaintiffs Call for More Court-Ordered Spill at Columbia River Dams
  • Environmental Groups Plan to Sue Over Pacific Northwest Suction Dredging
  • Trump Taps Well of Protest with Calls for More Drilling in National Parks
  • Idaho’s Mountain Snowpack, Water Supply Off to Good Start
  • Wyoming Lawmakers Float Measure to Bag Share of Federal Wind Fees
  • California Senator Introduces Law to Require Solar on New Buildings State-Wide
  • Clark Public Utilities Offers Incentives for Energy Savings
  • Survey: Two-Thirds of Cops Say Marijuana Laws Should Be Relaxed
  • Tennessee Lab Discovers Method to Remove Carbon from Air
  • King County Is Going Electric with 100 Battery Buses
  • Grant PUD Broadband Workshop Set for February
  • Survey: Comcast Remains America’s Most-Hated Company
  • Bitcoin Slides After China Central Bank Launches Investigation
  • Norway Starts Tuning Out Analog Radio in Favor of Digital
  • New American Public Power Association Brand Reiterates Community Focus
  • New Facebook Project Aims to Strengthen Ties with Media
  • Yes, Facebook Messenger Has Been Killing Your Android’s Battery
  • Four Ways to Promote Your Products on Social Media
  • Magnitude-2.6 Earthquake Recorded in Tacoma
  • City of Portland, Multnomah County Officials Ask for Help After Fourth Homeless Person Dies During Cold Snap
WORD OF THE DAY

Foozle • \FOO-zul\ • verb – To manage or play awkwardly: bungle

Watching Abercrombie in aerobics class was like watching a large, ponderous bear attempt ballet…only not as good. Just about every move barked out by the harridan leading the class led to a foozled step by Abercrombie. Many times he endangered his fellow classmates with flailing arms or a mistaken left step when a right one was ordered.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Portland General Electric Reports 33,000 Customers without Power, Could Be More Later (Oregonian, Portland)

Ice Covered High Voltage Lines at Rocky Reach Dam (Wenatchee World, WA – Facebook)

Jefferson PUD Electricity Rates to Surge: Board Approves Two 2017 Hikes (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

Pacific Gas & Electric to Lay Off 390 Employees (out of 20,000) as It Tightens Its Belt (SF Chronicle)

Arizona Utility Mulls Closing Major Southwestern Coal Plant (Utility Dive)

December’s Ukraine Power Cut ‘Was Cyber-Attack’ (British Broadcasting Corporation)

What Electric Utilities Can Learn from the Vermont Hacking Scare (Utility Dive)

U-S Energy Information Administration Projects Flat Consumption, Changing Fuel Mix, Between Now & 2050 (American Public Power Association)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Plaintiffs Call for More Court-Ordered Spill at Columbia River Dams (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Environmental Groups Plan to Sue Over Pacific Northwest Suction Dredging (Associated Press)

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

Trump Taps Well of Protest with Calls for More Drilling in National Parks (Reuters)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Idaho’s Mountain Snowpack, Water Supply Off to Good Start (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Wyoming Lawmakers Float Measure to Bag Share of Federal Wind Fees (Utility Dive)

California Senator Introduces Law to Require Solar on New Buildings State-Wide (Renewable Energy World)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Clark Public Utilities Offers Incentives for Energy Savings (The Reflector, Battleground, WA)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Survey: Two-Thirds of Cops Say Marijuana Laws Should Be Relaxed (Washington Post)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Tennessee Lab Discovers Method to Remove Carbon from Air (USA Today)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

King County Is Going Electric with 100 Battery Buses (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Grant PUD Broadband Workshop Set for February (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Survey: Comcast Remains America’s Most-Hated Company (Broadband Reports)

Bitcoin Slides After China Central Bank Launches Investigation (Reuters)

Norway Starts Tuning Out Analog Radio in Favor of Digital (Associated Press)

MARKETING & MEDIA

New American Public Power Association Brand Reiterates Community Focus (American Public Power Association)

New Facebook Project Aims to Strengthen Ties with Media (USA Today)

​Yes, Facebook Messenger Has Been Killing Your Android’s Battery (Triad Business Journal, NC)

Four Ways to Promote Your Products on Social Media (Social Media Examiner)

GENERAL NEWS

Magnitude-2.6 Earthquake Recorded in Tacoma (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

City of Portland, Multnomah County Officials Ask for Help After Fourth Homeless Person Dies During Cold Snap (Oregonian, Portland)

PEOPLE IN THE WALLS – DIVERSIONS

Nearly Naked Man Found Trapped Inside New York City Apartment Wall

Angry Plow Driver Blocks Spokane Business with Snow Pile

United Kingdom: Slough Boy’s Adorable Moment with Coldstream Guards at Windsor Castle Goes Viral

Cows Once as Big as Elephants May Soon Roam Europe

SONG OF THE DAY

Spinners - The Rubberband Man

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