Monday, March 12, 2018

Energy News Digest for March 12, 2018


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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

This Is What Happens When Bitcoin Miners Take Over Your Town (Politico)

Snow Study Shows Dwindling Snowpack on 9 of 10 Western U-S Peaks (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Alcoa Restart? Tariffs Give Hope, But It’s Too Early to Tell (Wenatchee World, WA)

Clark County Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Clean Energy Company Scheme (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Coastal Research Increasingly Depends on Citizen Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • This Is What Happens When Bitcoin Miners Take Over Your Town
  • Alcoa Restart? Tariffs Give Hope, But It’s Too Early to Tell
  • Leader of Longview Data Processing Center Plans Fighting Conspiracy, Copyright Infringement Charges
  • SmartHub Application Empowers Mason PUD 3 Electric Customers
  • NRG to Shutter Three California Gas Plants
  • Power Grid Operators Say They Can Meet Customers’ Energy Needs
  • FERC Chair Discloses Brain Tumor, Surgery, Says He Will Continue Work
  • Tennessee Valley Authority Proposes Grid Access Fee, Lower Energy Costs in Rate Revamp
  • National Hydropower Association Launches HydroWorks campaign, Asks for Industry Action
  • West Coast Waters Returning to Normal but Salmon Catches Lagging
  • Genetically Engineered Salmon May Be Coming to a Store Near You
  • Clark County Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Clean Energy Company Scheme
  • Are Renewable Portfolio Standards on the Way Out? Three Ballot Initiatives Say Otherwise
  • Los Angeles Eyes Greater Role for Community Broadband
  • Getting There: The Electric-Vehicle Buzz Is Real
  • Snow Study Shows Dwindling Snowpack on 9 of 10 Western U-S Peaks
  • Sheesh – Japan Wants More Women in Construction. Pink Toilets May Not Be Helping.
  • Coastal Research Increasingly Depends on Citizen Scientists
  • FCC Says Ex-Google, Apple Engineers’ Startup Launched Illegal Satellites
  • Mason, Thurston Counties Get Millions of Dollars in State Capital Funds for Public Projects
  • Tim Eyman Files Lawsuit against Legislature, Claiming I-940 & HB 3003 Should Appear on the Ballot
  • ‘This Is Not an Oops!’ Deadly Crashes Involving DUI Drivers Continue to Climb in Washington
  • Kitsap, Mason School Administrators Plan for March 14 Protests
  • U-S Northeast Braces for Third Nor’easter in Two Weeks
  • Richard Sherman Says He Loves the 12s, But Felt ‘Vengeful’ Toward Seahawks for Letting Him Go
WORD OF THE DAY

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Say goodbye to Richard Sherman, as he leaves the Seattle Seahawks Professional NFL football team (scilicet: the ‘Hawks) for the rival San Francisco (scilicet: Santa Clara) 49er’s.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

This Is What Happens When Bitcoin Miners Take Over Your Town (Politico)

Alcoa Restart? Tariffs Give Hope, But It’s Too Early to Tell (Wenatchee World, WA)

Leader of Longview Data Processing Center Plans Fighting Conspiracy, Copyright Infringement Charges (Longview Daily News, WA)

SmartHub Application Empowers Mason PUD 3 Electric Customers (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

NRG to Shutter Three California Gas Plants (Utility Dive)

Power Grid Operators Say They Can Meet Customers’ Energy Needs (Washington Examiner)

FERC Chair Discloses Brain Tumor, Surgery, Says He Will Continue Work (Utility Dive)

Tennessee Valley Authority Proposes Grid Access Fee, Lower Energy Costs in Rate Revamp (Chattanooga Times-Free Press, TN)

National Hydropower Association Launches HydroWorks campaign, Asks for Industry Action (Renewable Energy World)

FISH & WILDLIFE

West Coast Waters Returning to Normal but Salmon Catches Lagging (Phys.Org)

Genetically Engineered Salmon May Be Coming to a Store Near You (Grist Online)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Clark County Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Clean Energy Company Scheme (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Are Renewable Portfolio Standards on the Way Out? Three Ballot Initiatives Say Otherwise (Utility Dive)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Los Angeles Eyes Greater Role for Community Broadband (Broadband Reports)

I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC

Getting There: The Electric-Vehicle Buzz Is Real (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Snow Study Shows Dwindling Snowpack on 9 of 10 Western U-S Peaks (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

Sheesh – Japan Wants More Women in Construction. Pink Toilets May Not Be Helping. (NY Times)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

Coastal Research Increasingly Depends on Citizen Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)

FCC Says Ex-Google, Apple Engineers’ Startup Launched Illegal Satellites (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Mason, Thurston Counties Get Millions of Dollars in State Capital Funds for Public Projects (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Tim Eyman Files Lawsuit against Legislature, Claiming I-940 & HB 3003 Should Appear on the Ballot (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

‘This Is Not an Oops!’ Deadly Crashes Involving DUI Drivers Continue to Climb in Washington (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

Kitsap, Mason School Administrators Plan for March 14 Protests (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

U-S Northeast Braces for Third Nor’easter in Two Weeks (Reuters)

Richard Sherman Says He Loves the 12s, But Felt ‘Vengeful’ Toward Seahawks for Letting Him Go (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Daycare Owner Sentenced to 21 Years for Giving Kids Melatonin While She Went Tanning & to Gym

‘10 Things I Hate About You’ House on the Market for $1.6 Million

Historic, Seattle-Made Electric Bass Guitar Sold for $23,000

Winner of $560 Million Powerball Can Keep Her Name Private, Judge Rules

SONG OF THE DAY

20 Amazing Bass Lines of All Time! (Instantly Recognizable)

Queen – Another One Bites the Dust

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