Friday, March 10, 2017

Energy News Digest for March 10, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

About 4,000 Lose Power as High Winds Whip Western Washington State “…There was (sic) also outages on the Kitsap Peninsula, around Southworth & Bremerton, with about 1,000 customers affected…” (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Lobbying Frenzy over Access to Public Infrastructure for Small Cell Technology (Northwest Public Radio)

Judge Considering Ordering More Columbia River Dam Spill for Fish in 2018 – With Study Design to Test Benefits (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

Oregon Legislature Mulls Options on Comcast’s $147 Million Tax Dispute (Oregonian, Portland)

Arrest of Former Shelton Finance Director Sparks Investigation in Whitman County (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • About 4,000 Lose Power as High Winds Whip Western Washington State (none at Mason PUD 3)
  • BC Hydro Abandons Plans to Build Underground Substations in Vancouver
  • Lewis County PUD Staff Describes Need for Rate Hikes
  • Oroville Dam: Feather River Release Increased, Second Power Plant Turbine Online
  • White House Doesn’t Want Reporters Talking Up Energy Cuts
  • Public Power’s Sue Kelly Recognized as 2017 Woman of the Year
  • Judge Considering Ordering More Columbia River Dam Spill for Fish in 2018 – With Study Design to Test Benefits
  • Mason County: Washington State to Hold Public Hearing Held on Webb Hill Biorecycling
  • Bottled Water to Outsell Soda for First Time This Year
  • No Flush, No Shower: Mississippi Capital City in Water Pinch
  • Girl Scout Troop Challenges Pot Dispensary in the Name of Charity
  • EPA Chief: Carbon Dioxide Not Main Cause of Warming
  • Diapers for Baby Boomers Help Papermakers Offset Print Loss
  • Oregon Legislature Mulls Options on Comcast’s $147 Million Tax Dispute
  • Idaho: $3.4 Million School Broadband Settlement Reached
  • The 9-1-1 Paradox – Emergency Call Lines in the United States Rarely Fail, Yet They’re More Vulnerable Than Ever
  • Op/Ed: Rural Broadband Subsidy Programs Are a Failure. We Need to Fix Them
  • A Lineworker’s Twitter Takeover: Ten Tips for Engagement
  • The Dos & Don’ts of Reaching Millennials via Social Media
  • Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
  • Lobbying Frenzy over Access to Public Infrastructure for Small Cell Technology
  • Washington State Senate Approves Two Measures to Expand Carbon-Free Power & Energy Technologies
  • The Great Green Wall of America – This design firm wants to make President Trump’s wall big, beautiful & sustainable
  • Arrest of Former Shelton Finance Director Sparks Investigation in Whitman County
  • Internal Whitman County Audit Now ‘Ongoing’ Following Arrest of Former Shelton Finance Director
  • Two Earthquakes in Washington State Today, Near Mt. St. Helens, Tacoma
  • University of Washington Women’s Rowing-Team Numbers Inflated, Avoiding Title IX Scrutiny
  • VW Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges in ‘Dieselgate’ Scandal
  • “Spring Ahead” Sunday, Change Smoke Detector Batteries
WORD OF THE DAY

Auctorial • \awk-TOR-ee-ul\ • adjective – Of or relating to an author

Of all his auctorial duties, Dagwood’s required appearances at signing parties were the most feared and loathed. It wasn’t until the fourth such appearance at a bookstore in Dirt, North Dakota that he decided to only sign books in his personal secret code. Therefore, the recipient of the book would never know that although the inscription said “best wishes” the real meaning was “get lost”. Dagwood’s quality life was thereby improved immeasurably, and he looked forward to his appointments with glee.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

About 4,000 Lose Power as High Winds Whip Western Washington State “…There was (sic) also outages on the Kitsap Peninsula, around Southworth & Bremerton, with about 1,000 customers affected…” (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

BC Hydro Abandons Plans to Build Underground Substations in Vancouver (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Lewis County PUD Staff Describes Need for Rate Hikes (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

Oroville Dam: Feather River Release Increased, Second Power Plant Turbine Online (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

White House Doesn’t Want Reporters Talking Up Energy Cuts (Washington Examiner)

Public Power’s Sue Kelly Recognized as 2017 Woman of the Year (American Public Power Association)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Judge Considering Ordering More Columbia River Dam Spill for Fish in 2018 – With Study Design to Test Benefits (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Mason County: Washington State to Hold Public Hearing Held on Webb Hill Biorecycling (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Bottled Water to Outsell Soda for First Time This Year (Bloomberg News)

No Flush, No Shower: Mississippi Capital City in Water Pinch (Associated Press)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Girl Scout Troop Challenges Pot Dispensary in the Name of Charity (Consumerist)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

EPA Chief: Carbon Dioxide Not Main Cause of Warming (Associated Press)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Diapers for Baby Boomers Help Papermakers Offset Print Loss (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Oregon Legislature Mulls Options on Comcast’s $147 Million Tax Dispute (Oregonian, Portland)

Idaho: $3.4 Million School Broadband Settlement Reached (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

The 9-1-1 Paradox – Emergency Call Lines in the United States Rarely Fail, Yet They’re More Vulnerable Than Ever (Atlantic Magazine)

Op/Ed: Rural Broadband Subsidy Programs Are a Failure. We Need to Fix Them (The Hill, Washington, DC)

MARKETING & MEDIA

A Lineworker’s Twitter Takeover: Ten Tips for Engagement (American Public Power Association)

The Dos & Don’ts of Reaching Millennials via Social Media (AdWeek)

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Lobbying Frenzy over Access to Public Infrastructure for Small Cell Technology (Northwest Public Radio)

Washington State Senate Approves Two Measures to Expand Carbon-Free Power & Energy Technologies (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

The Great Green Wall of America – This design firm wants to make Trump’s wall big, beautiful & sustainable (Politico Magazine)

GENERAL NEWS

Arrest of Former Shelton Finance Director Sparks Investigation in Whitman County (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Internal Whitman County Audit Now ‘Ongoing’ Following Arrest of Former Shelton Finance Director (Whitman County Gazette, Colfax, WA)

Two Earthquakes in Washington State Today, Near Mt. St. Helens, Tacoma (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

University of Washington Women’s Rowing-Team Numbers Inflated, Avoiding Title IX Scrutiny (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

VW Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges in ‘Dieselgate’ Scandal (Consumerist)

“Spring Ahead” Sunday, Change Smoke Detector Batteries (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Wild New Theory Suggests Radio Bursts beyond Our Galaxy Are Powering Alien Starships

School Assignment Leads to Discovery of WWII Plane with Pilot’s Body Still Inside

In Vermont, the Most Interesting Man in the World Will Judge Your Beard

Pain in the Ash: Cops Find Soot-Covered Suspect Stuck in Chimney

SONG OF THE DAY

Dick Van Dyke – Chim Chim Cher-ee

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