Monday, June 26, 2017

Energy News Digest for June 26, 2017 – Hot Shots Edition

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WORD OF THE DAY

Simpatico • \simm-PAWT-ih-coe\ • Adjective - 1: Agreeable, likable 2: being on the same wavelength: congenial, sympathetic.

David was perplexed. His interview with the new division supervisor had gone horribly wrong from the beginning. Dave’s careless comment about the supervisor’s light up bow-tie was taken as an insult; on par with a beer belch in church. Regardless of his fashion sense, the interviewer threw Dave into a tailspin by admitting to simpatico for a common interest: collecting campaign buttons for failed presidential candidates…generally those of libertarians…and specifically those of the 1972 slate of John Hospers & Theodora Nathan.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Is the Bonneville Power Administration Losing Its Competitive Edge? (Longview Daily News, WA)

Montana Regulators Vote to Cut PURPA Payment Rates by 40% (Utility Dive)

Chelan PUD Taking Next Steps in New Meters

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Approves New Time-Of-Day Standard Residential Rates (American Public Power Association)

Energy Secretary Perry Backs Off Budget Defense, Touts Small Nukes in Hearings (Utility Dive)

Former Energy Secretary Moniz Launches Energy Analysis Nonprofit (Utility Dive)

FISH & WILDLIFE

10 Million Tons of Fish Catches Dumped Back Into Oceans: Study (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Portland General Electric Embraces Public in Push for New Renewables (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Wind Power’s Future in U-S Could Be Thwarted by Grassroots Opposition (RealClear Energy)

How Will the Courts Rule on the Clean Power Plan? Does it Matter? (Forbes Magazine)

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State Lawmakers Could Be Close to Agreement on Spending, Taxes (Northwest Public Radio)

Mason County Sheriff’s Office Questions Suspect in Shooting near Allyn — Hit & Run Suspect Sought (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Gallagher, Cooling Enter Shelton School Board Race (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

SONG OF THE DAY

Seals & Crofts – Summer Breeze

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