Friday, February 3, 2017

Energy News Digest for February 3, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Benton PUD Says Electric Usage Up 60 to 100 Percent More as Heating Bills Skyrocket (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

Mason PUD 3 Commission Report - Near Historic Cold Affects Mason County Energy Consumption (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Oregon: Cold Temperatures Fuel Skyrocketing Heating Bills (The Chief, Clatskanie, OR)

Corps Racing to Reopen Columbia, Snake to River Traffic on Time (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

Oregon Is Getting Warmer, Climate Report Finds (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Benton PUD Says Electric Usage Up 60 to 100 Percent More as Heating Bills Skyrocket
  • Mason PUD 3 Commission Report - Near Historic Cold Affects Mason County Energy Consumption
  • Oregon: Cold Temperatures Fuel Skyrocketing Heating Bills
  • Grant PUD Contract Changes Will Impact Irrigation Districts
  • New York: Indian Point Nuclear Plant Closure Leaves Locals Scrambling To Deal with 'Major Economic Loss'
  • News Release: NRG and NFL Power Super Bowl LI with Clean, Renewable Energy
  • Washington State Survey Shows Spring Chinook Spawning Higher Up in White Salmon River above Old Condit Dam Site
  • Video: Still No Answer for Cowlitz Hatchery Vanishing Fish
  • Hatching A New Fish Plan – Big Creek Hatchery to Reduce Salmon Production
  • Washington State Congressman, Larsen Backs Bill Banning Orca Captivity
  • Nature Lovers Ask BC Hydro to Delay Destruction of Rarely-Seen Bird's Nesting Ground
  • Corps Racing to Reopen Columbia, Snake to River Traffic on Time
  • Water, Water Everywhere in California – And Not Enough Reservoir Space to Store It
  • Excess Electricity Aids Aquifer Recharge
  • New Mexico Lawmakers Propose Expanding Renewable Portfolio Standard to 80% by 2040
  • The Danger of Using Electric Heaters
  • The Trump Cannabis Advisory Group: What Does it Mean?
  • Oregon Is Getting Warmer, Climate Report Finds
  • Concerned About President Trump, UC Davis Experts Spend Day Archiving Climate Change Research
  • Sequim Lab Looks to Find the Best Biofuel in Algae
  • Local partnership changing renewable energy
  • Folsom’s PowerSchool Extends Reach into Half of U-S Schools with $850 Million Acquisition
  • Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
  • McMorris Rodgers Asks That Wildfire Fighters Be Exempted from Federal Hiring Freeze
  • Belfair SR3 Improvement Project Work to Shift Traffic
  • City of Shelton Seeking Comments on Comp Plan Update & Urban Growth Area Expansion
  • Neighbors Return Home after Huge Lynnwood Fire
  • Bad Oysters from British Columbia Could Be Making Ontarians Sick
  • Tillamook Rock Lighthouse
  • WORD OF THE DAY


Farceur • \far-SUR\ • noun: 1: joker, wag *2: a writer or actor of farce

Galahad was the preeminent office clown; the “farceur” of Acme Pen and Novelty Company. At least he was, until the unfortunate “whoopee cushion” incident with the CEO at the annual meeting. Now, Galahad is the restroom attendant.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Benton PUD Says Electric Usage Up 60 to 100 Percent More as Heating Bills Skyrocket (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

Mason PUD 3 Commission Report - Near Historic Cold Affects Mason County Energy Consumption (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

Oregon: Cold Temperatures Fuel Skyrocketing Heating Bills (The Chief, Clatskanie, OR)

Grant PUD Contract Changes Will Impact Irrigation Districts (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

New York: Indian Point Nuclear Plant Closure Leaves Locals Scrambling To Deal with 'Major Economic Loss' (Forbes Magazine)

News Release: NRG and NFL Power Super Bowl LI with Clean, Renewable Energy “…will purchase and retire one Renewable Energy Certificate…” (BusinessWire)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Washington State Survey Shows Spring Chinook Spawning Higher Up in White Salmon River above Old Condit Dam Site (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Video: Still No Answer for Cowlitz Hatchery Vanishing Fish (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Hatching A New Fish Plan – Big Creek Hatchery to Reduce Salmon Production (The Daily Astorian, OR)

Washington State Congressman, Larsen Backs Bill Banning Orca Captivity (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

Nature Lovers Ask BC Hydro to Delay Destruction of Rarely-Seen Bird's Nesting Ground (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Corps Racing to Reopen Columbia, Snake to River Traffic on Time (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

Water, Water Everywhere in California – And Not Enough Reservoir Space to Store It (Sacramento Bee, CA)

Excess Electricity Aids Aquifer Recharge (Capital Press)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

New Mexico Lawmakers Propose Expanding Renewable Portfolio Standard to 80% by 2040 (Utility Dive)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

The Danger of Using Electric Heaters (Saudi Gazette)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

The Trump Cannabis Advisory Group: What Does it Mean? (Canna Law Blog)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Oregon Is Getting Warmer, Climate Report Finds (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

Concerned About President Trump, UC Davis Experts Spend Day Archiving Climate Change Research (Sacramento Bee, CA)

BARRELS O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Sequim Lab Looks to Find the Best Biofuel in Algae (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Local partnership changing renewable energy (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Folsom’s PowerSchool Extends Reach into Half of U-S Schools with $850 Million Acquisition (Sacramento Bee, CA)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

McMorris Rodgers Asks That Wildfire Fighters Be Exempted from Federal Hiring Freeze (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA – Famous Photo of Irony: anti-tax/gov’t proponent thanks firefighters – funded by taxes – for saving his home)

GENERAL NEWS

Belfair SR3 Improvement Project Work to Shift Traffic (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

City of Shelton Seeking Comments on Comp Plan Update & Urban Growth Area Expansion (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Neighbors Return Home after Huge Lynnwood Fire (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Bad Oysters from British Columbia Could Be Making Ontarians Sick (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Tillamook Rock Lighthouse (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

IT’S CHICKEN MAN (HE’S EVERYWHERE) – DIVERSIONS

'Notorious B.O.B' Downs 409 Wings to Reign at Wing Bowl

Pooh the Cat Gets a Pair of Bionic Legs in Bulgaria

Target Refusing to Pay for Damage after Its Two-Ton Red Ball Rolls into Driver’s Car

Thoughtful Dad Sent Bouquet of Roses Not to His Wife, But to His Dog

SONG OF THE DAY

Cyrcle – Red Rubber Ball

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