Thursday, May 25, 2017

Energy News Digest for May 25, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Editorial: Bonneville Power Administration Back on the Block – This Time, Sale of Transmission System Is Proposed (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

Industry Group Tries to Drop Out of Children’s Climate Lawsuit (Washington Post)

Residential Solar Industry in the United States Stumbles (Breaking Energy)

Fun at Grant PUD – Solar Cars Take to the Track (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Montana Republican Greg Gianforte, Charged with Assault, Awaits Fate in Vote (NY Times)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Editorial: Bonneville Power Administration Back on the Block – This Time, Sale of Transmission System Is Proposed
  • Trump Budget Proposal Would Sell Federal Transmission Assets
  • Power Hit in Downtown Portland Affected Operations in Southwest Washington
  • Natural Gas Boom, Cyber Threats Drive FERC's Need for Budget Boost
  • Oregon: Timber Company Plans Lawsuit Over Elliott Forest
  • Finances, Costs, Expansion – Mason County Commission Briefed on Belfair Sewer
  • Where NestlĂ© Guzzles Water, Michigan Neighbors Take Exception
  • Residential Solar Industry in the United States Stumbles
  • Nevada Assembly Clear Bill Boosting Renewables Mandate to 80% by 2040
  • Wine & Weed? Oregon Vineyards Try Pot Farming
  • Industry Group Tries to Drop Out of Children’s Climate Lawsuit
  • Looking for Trump’s Climate Policy? Try the Energy Department
  • Fun at Grant PUD – Solar Cars Take to the Track
  • Someone Impersonated Them to Slam the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules. Now They Want Answers
  • Before Twitter & Facebook, There Was Morse Code – Remembering Social Media’s True Inventor
  • Montana Republican Greg Gianforte, Charged with Assault, Awaits Fate in Vote
  • Tacoma: She Runs This Town Now. So Who Is Elizabeth Pauli?
  • Voters in Washington State Hated Trump & Clinton More Than in Any Other State
  • Taxing Muni Bonds: Excuses, Excuses, and More Excuses
  • Woman Dies after Fall from I-5 Overpass Onto Vehicle
  • Authorities Stress Water Safety during Sweltering, Sunny Memorial Day Weekend
  • Man Survives 1,000-Foot Fall into Oregon’s Crater Lake Caldera
  • Shelton City Leaders OK $30,000 for Peewee Reese League Baseball World Series
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION

Conundrum • \kuh-NUN-drum\ • Noun - 1: a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun 2a: a question or problems having only a conjectural answer b: an intricate and difficult problem.

Cut, borrow, or tax
Congressional conundrum
The best we can do?


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Editorial: Bonneville Power Administration Back on the Block – This Time, Sale of Transmission System Is Proposed (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

Trump Budget Proposal Would Sell Federal Transmission Assets (American Public Power Association)

Power Hit in Downtown Portland Affected Operations in Southwest Washington (KATU-TV, Portland, OR

Natural Gas Boom, Cyber Threats Drive FERC's Need for Budget Boost (Washington Examiner)

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

Oregon: Timber Company Plans Lawsuit Over Elliott Forest (Associated Press)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Finances, Costs, Expansion – Mason County Commission Briefed on Belfair Sewer (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Where Nestlé Guzzles Water, Michigan Neighbors Take Exception (NY Times)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Residential Solar Industry in the United States Stumbles (Breaking Energy)

Nevada Assembly Clear Bill Boosting Renewables Mandate to 80% by 2040 (Utility Dive)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Wine & Weed? Oregon Vineyards Try Pot Farming (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Industry Group Tries to Drop Out of Children’s Climate Lawsuit (Washington Post)

Looking for Trump’s Climate Policy? Try the Energy Department (NY Times)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Fun at Grant PUD – Solar Cars Take to the Track (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Someone Impersonated Them to Slam the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules. Now They Want Answers (Washington Post)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Before Twitter & Facebook, There Was Morse Code – Remembering Social Media’s True Inventor (Washington Post)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Montana Republican Greg Gianforte, Charged with Assault, Awaits Fate in Vote (NY Times)

Tacoma: She Runs This Town Now. So Who Is Elizabeth Pauli? (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Voters in Washington State Hated Trump & Clinton More Than in Any Other State (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Taxing Muni Bonds: Excuses, Excuses, and More Excuses (American Public Power Association)

GENERAL NEWS

Woman Dies after Fall from I-5 Overpass Onto Vehicle (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Authorities Stress Water Safety during Sweltering, Sunny Memorial Day Weekend (Oregonian, Portland)

Man Survives 1,000-Foot Fall into Oregon’s Crater Lake Caldera (Associated Press)

Shelton City Leaders OK $30,000 for Peewee Reese League Baseball World Series (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

HOGS (TO) HEAVEN – DIVERSIONS

Red Nose Day Is Today: What Exactly Is It?

'Spoon Bandit' Bathes in 1,500 Spoons He 'Stole' from School

Neil Armstrong’s Moon Bag Could Fetch $4 Million at Auction

Texas Wants You to Hunt Feral Hogs from Hot Air Balloons

SONG OF THE DAY

The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother

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