Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Energy News Digest for October 11, 2017

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

EPA Says It Will Write a New Carbon Rule – No One Can Say When (NY Times)

PacifiCorp Facing Regulatory Blowback on Wind Power Plans (Oregonian, Portland)

Feds Say U-S Heating Costs Forecast to Be Higher This Winter (Reuters)

Mason PUD 3 Responds to Muni Fiber Demand with Fiberhoods (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)

California Fires Lay Waste to 140,000 Acres & Rage On (NY Times)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • PacifiCorp Facing Regulatory Blowback on Wind Power Plans
  • Feds Say U-S Heating Costs Forecast to Be Higher This Winter
  • Online Utility Payments in Port Angeles Remain Suspended as Investigation Continues
  • Grant PUD to Install Advanced Meters
  • 25% of Remaining U-S Coal Fleet Headed for Retirement or Conversion, New Report Says
  • Audio: Repairing Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Could Top $5 Billion
  • Bristol Bay: This Is the Most Valuable Wild Salmon Fishery in the World
  • Idaho: Students Wild about Learning at Wetland Restoration Project
  • EPA Chief: I’d ‘Do Away With’ Wind, Solar Tax Credits
  • Canada’s Largest Marijuana Grower Plans to Double Capacity in B-C
  • EPA Says It Will Write a New Carbon Rule – No One Can Say When
  • Pruitt Axes Clean Power Plan, Asks Industry to Shape Replacement
  • The Future of Regulated Electric Utilities Is Tied to Electric Vehicle Charging
  • Mason PUD 3 Responds to Muni Fiber Demand with Fiberhoods
  • Google Home Mini Starts Waking Up Thousands of Times a Day, Recording Everything It Hears
  • Facebook Went Down Wednesday, Taking Instagram with It
  • President Trump Threatens NBC’s Broadcast Licenses Following Critical Stories
  • Tax-Free Status of Lewis PUD Remains Intact after Commissioner Provides Input
  • California Fires Lay Waste to 140,000 Acres & Rages On
  • First Significant Snowfall Coming to the Cascades
  • Shelton Man Convicted of Double Slaying Faces New Trial
  • Man Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting at Lucky Eagle Casino
  • Kobe Steel’s Falsified Data Is another Blow to Japan’s Reputation
  • Why You Should Care About an Aluminum Supply Scandal in Japan
  • Couple Brings House to Sequim from Shelton via Barge
WORD OF THE DAY

Tendentious • \ten-DENT-chuss\ • adjective – Marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view: biased

The roundtable of political hacks spent over an hour discussing how their Democratic or Republican leanings were of no concern when discussing the facts of the last election. If readers, viewers or listeners thought that their comments and bleating support for their chosen candidates showed tendentious tendencies, then it was misinterpreted…because they were speaking the truth. (Note the little t…some pundits believe they speak the truth with a capital T)

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

PacifiCorp Facing Regulatory Blowback on Wind Power Plans (Oregonian, Portland)

Feds Say U-S Heating Costs Forecast to Be Higher This Winter (Reuters)

Online Utility Payments in Port Angeles Remain Suspended as Investigation Continues (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Grant PUD to Install Advanced Meters (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

25% of Remaining U-S Coal Fleet Headed for Retirement or Conversion, New Report Says (Utility Dive)

Audio: Repairing Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Could Top $5 Billion (National Public Radio)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Bristol Bay: This Is the Most Valuable Wild Salmon Fishery in the World (CNN)

Idaho: Students Wild about Learning at Wetland Restoration Project (Bonner County Daily Bee, Sandpoint, ID)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

EPA Chief: I’d ‘Do Away With’ Wind, Solar Tax Credits (The Hill, Washington DC)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Canada’s Largest Marijuana Grower Plans to Double Capacity in B-C (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

EPA Says It Will Write a New Carbon Rule – No One Can Say When (NY Times)

Pruitt Axes Clean Power Plan, Asks Industry to Shape Replacement (Utility Dive)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

The Future of Regulated Electric Utilities Is Tied to Electric Vehicle Charging (Utility Dive)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Mason PUD 3 Responds to Muni Fiber Demand with Fiberhoods (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)

Google Home Mini Starts Waking Up Thousands of Times a Day, Recording Everything It Hears (Consumerist)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Went Down Wednesday, Taking Instagram with It (Mashable)

President Trump Threatens NBC’s Broadcast Licenses Following Critical Stories (Los Angeles Times, CA)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Tax-Free Status of Lewis PUD Remains Intact after Commissioner Provides Input (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

California Fires Lay Waste to 140,000 Acres & Rages On (NY Times)

First Significant Snowfall Coming to the Cascades (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

Shelton Man Convicted of Double Slaying Faces New Trial (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Man Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting at Lucky Eagle Casino (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

Kobe Steel’s Falsified Data Is another Blow to Japan’s Reputation (NY Times)

Why You Should Care About an Aluminum Supply Scandal in Japan (Consumerist)

Couple Brings House to Sequim from Shelton via Barge (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

The Man with 7,000 License Plates

Impatient Mom Gets Jail Time for Pulling Gun on Son’s Barber

Four Adults Arrested in Yet another Kiddie Party Brawl at Chuck E. Cheese’s

Report: Motorist Falls Short in Bid to Jump Car Over Canal

SONG OF THE DAY

Van Halen – Jump

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