Thursday, October 19, 2017

Energy News Digest for October 19, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS



HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Wednesday Storm Leaves Thousands in Western Washington State without Electricity (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

Pacific Gas & Electric Faces First Lawsuit over Wine Country Wildfires (Courthouse News Service)

Report Shows 5,000 Homes Would Be Underwater Across Puget Sound If Sea Levels Rise Six Feet (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Washington State Unemployment Rate Unchanged in September (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Shelton Mayor May Have Violated Public Disclosure Law With Comments Opposing Prop. 1 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Wednesday Storm Leaves Thousands in Western Washington State without Electricity
  • Pacific Gas & Electric Faces First Lawsuit over Wine Country Wildfires
  • Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Plans $4 Rate Increase in November
  • Western Energy Imbalance Market Accrues $40 Million in Benefits for Members in Q3, Says California Grid Operator
  • Bipartisan Group of Former FERC Commissioners Reject Energy Secretary’s Bid to Help Coal Plants
  • Sierra Club: DOE Cost Recovery Rule Could Cost Consumers Billions in Higher Bills
  • The Storm(s) After the Calm
  • Bill Would Void Court Order on Pacific Northwest Salmon Recovery
  • Big Solar Wants to Help Fix California `Duck Curve’ Dilemma
  • Video: Wind Turbine Technician Is the Fastest-Growing Job in America
  • Report Shows 5,000 Homes Would Be Underwater Across Puget Sound If Sea Levels Rise Six Feet
  • The Race to Save Coffee
  • U-S Senator Schumer Says Broadband Downgrade Would Be a Detriment
  • Cable Providers Hiking Cost of Broadband in Face of Cord-Cutting
  • Acquired Frontier Customers Say They’re Still Being Overcharged
  • Facebook Bug Puts Pittsburgh Users in Philadelphia for a Day
  • Three YouTube Video Optimization Tips for Marketers
  • Washington State Senate Race Breaks Spending Record
  • Google Will Testify Before Congress with Facebook & Twitter, Too
  • Washington State Unemployment Rate Unchanged in September
  • Shelton Mayor May Have Violated Public Disclosure Law With Comments Opposing Prop. 1
  • Domestic Violence Shelter Working for North Mason Location
  • Another Warm Winter Forecast for Swath of the U-S, Colder in the Pacific Northwest
WORD OF THE DAY

Antebellum • \ANT-i-bell-um\ • adjective – Existing before a war; especially: existing before the American Civil War. Etymology: Latin ante bellum before the war

Sitting on the front porch of the antebellum mansion in Mississippi, Beauregard thought dreamily of his old home in the far north of Saskatchewan. “Somewhere near Uranium City,” he mused, “a small child is being carried away by a hungry mosquito. Here, the bugs are so laid back that they just expect you to offer a meaty arm or well-turned ankle for their consideration.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Wednesday Storm Leaves Thousands in Western Washington State without Electricity (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

Pacific Gas & Electric Faces First Lawsuit over Wine Country Wildfires (Courthouse News Service)

Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Plans $4 Rate Increase in November (Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day, OR)

Western Energy Imbalance Market Accrues $40 Million in Benefits for Members in Q3, Says California Grid Operator (Utility Dive)

Bipartisan Group of Former FERC Commissioners Reject Energy Secretary’s Bid to Help Coal Plants (Washington Post)

Sierra Club: DOE Cost Recovery Rule Could Cost Consumers Billions in Higher Bills (Utility Dive)

The Storm(s) After the Calm (American Public Power Association)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Bill Would Void Court Order on Pacific Northwest Salmon Recovery (Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum, ID)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Big Solar Wants to Help Fix California `Duck Curve’ Dilemma (Bloomberg News)

Video: Wind Turbine Technician Is the Fastest-Growing Job in America (USA Today)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Report Shows 5,000 Homes Would Be Underwater Across Puget Sound If Sea Levels Rise Six Feet (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

The Race to Save Coffee (Washington Post)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

U-S Senator Schumer Says Broadband Downgrade Would Be a Detriment (Herkimer Times-Telegraph, NY)

Cable Providers Hiking Cost of Broadband in Face of Cord-Cutting (Consumerist)

Acquired Frontier Customers Say They’re Still Being Overcharged (Broadband Reports)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Bug Puts Pittsburgh Users in Philadelphia for a Day (Associated Press)

Three YouTube Video Optimization Tips for Marketers (Social Media Examiner)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Washington State Senate Race Breaks Spending Record (Northwest Public Radio)

Google Will Testify Before Congress with Facebook & Twitter, Too (Mashable)

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State Unemployment Rate Unchanged in September (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Shelton Mayor May Have Violated Public Disclosure Law With Comments Opposing Prop. 1 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Domestic Violence Shelter Working for North Mason Location (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Another Warm Winter Forecast for Swath of the U-S, Colder in the Pacific Northwest (Associated Press)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Sheriff’s Cadet Uses Dad’s Patrol Car to Pull Over His Ex

Russia Wants Bulgarians to Stop Painting Soviet Monuments to Look Like American Superheroes

Da Vinci Portrait of Christ Expected to Fetch $100 Million at Auction

Sweet Surrender: Detroit-Area Man Arrested with Doughnuts

SONG OF THE DAY

Al Stewart – Roads to Moscow

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