Friday, March 17, 2017

Energy News Digest for March 17, 2017 – Happy St. Patrick’s Day

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS




HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Washington State Businesses Slam Carbon Tax (Northwest Public Radio)

Idaho Power Appeals Transmission Line Permit Denial (Associated Press)

Seattle Energy Consultant: Brother Forged Oregon Solar Documents (Associated Press)

Portland General Electric’s Downtown ‘Electric Avenue’ Powers One Million Miles of Driving (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Three Ways to Create a Video Studio on Any Budget (Social Media Examiner)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Idaho Power Appeals Transmission Line Permit Denial
  • How Good Are Seattle’s Dams? City Council Briefed on Safety
  • Residents Fill Second Lewis County PUD Meeting Over Proposed Rate Increases
  • Franklin PUD Holds Hearings for Proposed Rate Increase, Would Raise Average Bill $5
  • ‘Watchdog’ Wins $18,000 Judgment against Jefferson PUD
  • Scammers Target Clallam PUD Customers
  • Skagit PUD Names George Sidhu General Manager
  • Oregon, Washington Legislators Push for More Funding for Columbia River Tribal Housing Effort
  • Energy Northwest Employees Bring Free Science Event to Community
  • Sacramento Municipal Utility District Celebrates 70 Years of Powering What You Love
  • CAISO: Renewable Energy Curtailment Could Hit 8,000 MW This Spring
  • Idaho: Bonneville Power Administration Comes to the Rescue for Utility Customer, Millions of Young Fish
  • General Mills Giving Away Wildflower Seeds to Help Save the Bees
  • Seattle Energy Consultant: Brother Forged Oregon Solar Documents
  • Utility Wind Rush Set to Strengthen as Low Prices Allow Resource to Spread across Nation
  • Jeff Sessions Goes Full ‘Reefer Madness’ on Pot
  • Washington State Businesses Slam Carbon Tax
  • Washington State House Carbon Tax Bill Sees Hours of Supportive, Critical Public Testimony
  • No El Nino? No Problem. Earth Sizzles to Near Record Heat
  • ‘Biggest Case on the Planet’ Pits Kids vs. Climate Change
  • Portland General Electric’s Downtown ‘Electric Avenue’ Powers One Million Miles of Driving
  • Portland Teens’ Solar Device Gives Electricity to Homeless
  • Grant County Customers to Be Asked about PUD Fiber System
  • Russian Hackers Targeted Just One Yahoo Employee in Order to Breach 500 Million Accounts
  • Shareholders of CenturyLink, Level 3 Approve Merger
  • Susan Crawford: Google Fiber’s Backpedal Provides Useful Lessons
  • Tennessee Internet Providers Wary of Bill Allowing Co-Ops to Offer Broadband
  • Three Ways to Create a Video Studio on Any Budget
  • Woman Fatally Stuck by Train While Posing for Photos
  • FBI Arrests Man for Allegedly Sending Journalist Seizure-Causing GIF
  • Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
  • Washington State Supreme Court Ruling Touted as ‘Landmark’ for Tribal Sovereignty
  • President’s Budget Plan Would End Subsidies for Rural Airline Service
  • 9th U-S Circuit Appeals Court Judges to Congress: Leave Us Alone
  • ‘I Deserved to Win That One’: Shelton Man Subdues Gunman after Being Shot Three Times
  • Bail Set at $750,000 for Spencer Lake Bar & Grill Shooter
  • Emergency Declaration for Winter Storms Includes Mason County
  • Mason, Kitsap Sheriffs Try to Reassure Immigrant Community at Belfair Meeting
  • Port of Shelton Awarded $300,000 Economic Revitalization Grant
  • Kids Wow at Skookum Rotary’s Mason County Science & Engineering Fair
WORD OF THE DAY

Effulgence ● /if-FULL-juns/ ● Noun – Radiant splendor: brilliance.

Sunflower’s vast bloom
Golden effulgence, bee’s feast
Peaceful green giant

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Idaho Power Appeals Transmission Line Permit Denial (Associated Press)

How Good Are Seattle’s Dams? City Council Briefed on Safety (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

Residents Fill Second Lewis County PUD Meeting Over Proposed Rate Increases (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

Franklin PUD Holds Hearings for Proposed Rate Increase, Would Raise Average Bill $5 (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

‘Watchdog’ Wins $18,000 Judgment against Jefferson PUD (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

Scammers Target Clallam PUD Customers (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

Skagit PUD Names George Sidhu General Manager (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)

Oregon, Washington Legislators Push for More Funding for Columbia River Tribal Housing Effort (Oregonian, Portland)

Energy Northwest Employees Bring Free Science Event to Community (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Celebrates 70 Years of Powering What You Love (Electric Energy Online)

CAISO: Renewable Energy Curtailment Could Hit 8,000 MW This Spring (Utility Dive)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Idaho: Bonneville Power Administration Comes to the Rescue for Utility Customer, Millions of Young Fish (Bonneville Power Administration)

General Mills Giving Away Wildflower Seeds to Help Save the Bees (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Seattle Energy Consultant: Brother Forged Oregon Solar Documents (Associated Press)

Utility Wind Rush Set to Strengthen as Low Prices Allow Resource to Spread across Nation (Utility Dive)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Jeff Sessions Goes Full ‘Reefer Madness’ on Pot (Rolling Stone Magazine, Man)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Washington State Businesses Slam Carbon Tax (Northwest Public Radio)

Washington State House Carbon Tax Bill Sees Hours of Supportive, Critical Public Testimony (Washington State Wire)

No El Nino? No Problem. Earth Sizzles to Near Record Heat (Associated Press)

‘Biggest Case on the Planet’ Pits Kids vs. Climate Change (National Geographic Magazine)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Portland General Electric’s Downtown ‘Electric Avenue’ Powers One Million Miles of Driving (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Portland Teens’ Solar Device Gives Electricity to Homeless (Oregonian, Portland)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Grant County Customers to Be Asked about PUD Fiber System (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Russian Hackers Targeted Just One Yahoo Employee in Order to Breach 500 Million Accounts (BGR News)

Shareholders of CenturyLink, Level 3 Approve Merger (Denver Business Journal, CO)

Susan Crawford: Google Fiber’s Backpedal Provides Useful Lessons (Broadband Reports)

Tennessee Internet Providers Wary of Bill Allowing Co-Ops to Offer Broadband (Tennessee Watchdog)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Three Ways to Create a Video Studio on Any Budget (Social Media Examiner)

Woman Fatally Stuck by Train While Posing for Photos (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

FBI Arrests Man for Allegedly Sending Journalist Seizure-Causing GIF (Gizmodo)

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Washington State Supreme Court Ruling Touted as ‘Landmark’ for Tribal Sovereignty (Northwest Public Radio)

President’s Budget Plan Would End Subsidies for Rural Airline Service (Associated Press)

9th U-S Circuit Appeals Court Judges to Congress: Leave Us Alone (Associated Press)

GENERAL NEWS

‘I Deserved to Win That One’: Shelton Man Subdues Gunman after Being Shot Three Times (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Bail Set at $750,000 for Spencer Lake Bar & Grill Shooter (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Emergency Declaration for Winter Storms Includes Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Mason, Kitsap Sheriffs Try to Reassure Immigrant Community at Belfair Meeting (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Port of Shelton Awarded $300,000 Economic Revitalization Grant (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Kids Wow at Skookum Rotary’s Mason County Science & Engineering Fair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

CHICKENS IN SWEATERS – DIVERSIONS

Boot, Wheelbarrow, Thimble Ousted from Monopoly Board Game

Retirees Knit Sweaters for Chilly Chickens – Efforts Keep Poultry Warm in Cold New England Winters

Vasectomy Requests Peak during March Madness

Teenager Finds 7.44 Carat Diamond in Arkansas State Park

SONG OF THE DAY

Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring

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