Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Energy News Digest for January 18, 2016

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS




HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Puget Sound Energy Says Colstrip Closure Could Come Before 2022 (Associated Press)

Removing Dams Could Affect Cowlitz Industry, Electric Rates (Longview Daily News, WA)

EPA Denies Petitions Asking It to Reconsider Clean Power Plan (American Public Power Association)

Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year (NY Times)

Easing Back: NOAA Finalizes New Columbia River Hatchery Plan (Northwest Public Radio)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Removing Dams Could Affect Cowlitz Industry, Electric Rates
  • Puget Sound Energy Says Colstrip Closure Could Come Before 2022
  • Montana: Keane Introduces Bills to Preserve Colstrip Power, Aid Workers
  • Grays Harbor PUD Dealing with Outages Impacting Over 5,000
  • Port Ludlow Outage Cause a Mystery: Jefferson PUD Substation Had Seen ‘Major Work Done’
  • Bonneville Power Administration Works on Creating a New Process for Modifying Its Open Access Transmission Tariff
  • Public Power Utilities Among Those with Top Rankings from JD Power
  • Seattle City (spot)Light: Benjamin Rushwald Volunteers for Nicaragua Projects
  • New York: Man Warns Public About Energy Supply Companies
  • Easing Back: NOAA Finalizes New Columbia River Hatchery Plan
  • GOP Targets Landmark Endangered Species Act for Big Changes
  • Trump’s Tax Reform Will Threaten Wind-Financing Deals, Spur M&A
  • What You Need to Know Before Insulating Your Attic
  • Two of Washington State’s Largest Recreational Marijuana Chains on the Selling Block
  • Washington Cannabis Sales Boom, May Dwindle Under President Elect Trump
  • EPA Denies Petitions Asking It to Reconsider Clean Power Plan
  • Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year
  • Ukraine’s Power Outage Was a Cyber Attack
  • Video: How People in Rural Areas Deal with Bad or no Internet
  • The Triumphant Rise & Epic Collapse of Vine
  • What Eight Brand Storytellers Have to Say About the Content People Want to See
  • U-S Supreme Court Justices Raise Doubts Over Law Barring Offensive Trademarks
  • Central Washington State Ice Storm Impacts Widely Felt
  • Specter of Space Heaters – Warming Your House Can Present Dangers
  • Federal Grant Brings New Road Signs to Mason County
  • Who Decides Who Counts as Native American?
  • Walmart Employee Stops Elderly Couple from Losing $2,500 to “Grandparents Scam”
WORD OF THE DAY

Thesaurus ● \thi-SORE-us\ ● Noun – 1:  treasury, storehouse 2a:  a book of words or of information about a particular field or set of concepts; especially:  a book of words & their synonyms b:  a list of subject headings or descriptors usually with a cross-reference system for use in the organization of a collection of documents for reference & retrieval

Today is Thesaurus Day

It’s “Thesaurus Day”
Words morph, meanings stay the same
Roget’s pretty cool


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Removing Dams Could Affect Cowlitz Industry, Electric Rates (Longview Daily News, WA)

Puget Sound Energy Says Colstrip Closure Could Come Before 2022 (Associated Press)

Montana: Keane Introduces Bills to Preserve Colstrip Power, Aid Workers (Montana Standard, Butte)

Grays Harbor PUD Dealing with Outages Impacting Over 5,000 (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Port Ludlow Outage Cause a Mystery: Jefferson PUD Substation Had Seen ‘Major Work Done’ (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

Bonneville Power Administration Works on Creating a New Process for Modifying Its Open Access Transmission Tariff (Bonneville Power Administration)

Public Power Utilities Among Those with Top Rankings from JD Power (American Public Power Association)

Seattle City (spot)Light: Benjamin Rushwald Volunteers for Nicaragua Projects (City of Seattle, WA)

New York: Man Warns Public About Energy Supply Companies (WWNY-TV, Watertown, NY)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Easing Back: NOAA Finalizes New Columbia River Hatchery Plan (Northwest Public Radio)

GOP Targets Landmark Endangered Species Act for Big Changes (Las Vegas Sun, NV)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Trump’s Tax Reform Will Threaten Wind-Financing Deals, Spur M&A (Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

What You Need to Know Before Insulating Your Attic (Washington Post)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Two of Washington State’s Largest Recreational Marijuana Chains on the Selling Block (Marijuana Business Daily)

Washington Cannabis Sales Boom, May Dwindle Under President Elect Trump (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

EPA Denies Petitions Asking It to Reconsider Clean Power Plan (American Public Power Association)

Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year (NY Times)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Ukraine’s Power Outage Was a Cyber Attack (Reuters)

Video: How People in Rural Areas Deal with Bad or no Internet (USA Today)

MARKETING & MEDIA

The Triumphant Rise & Epic Collapse of Vine (Consumerist)

What Eight Brand Storytellers Have to Say About the Content People Want to See (AdWeek)

U-S Supreme Court Justices Raise Doubts Over Law Barring Offensive Trademarks (Associated Press – Non PC Content)

GENERAL NEWS

Central Washington State Ice Storm Impacts Widely Felt (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

Specter of Space Heaters – Warming Your House Can Present Dangers (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Federal Grant Brings New Road Signs to Mason County (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Who Decides Who Counts as Native American? (NY Times)

Walmart Employee Stops Elderly Couple from Losing $2,500 to “Grandparents Scam” (Consumerist)

THE GREENBACK DOLLAR – DIVERSIONS

Check Out the Evolution of the US Dollar Bill

Royal palace haunted by friendly ghosts, Sweden’s Queen Silvia says

It’s The Year of the (Giant Inflatable Trump) Rooster at One Chinese Factory “…likeness to Trump is pure coincidence and unintended…”

Mexico’s Lower House Becomes ‘Chamber of Rats’ on Google Maps

SONG OF THE DAY – CRANK IT UP, IT’S THE LAW

Cream – Badge

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