Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Energy News Digest for July 18, 2018


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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Massive Solar Projects Will Power Facebook’s Prineville Data Centers (Oregonian, Portland)

Portland General Electric, & Ratepayers, Off the Hook for $130M Cost Overruns on Boardman Plant (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Warm Water Threatens What Should Be Bumper Year for Fraser River Sockeye (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Google Hit with Record $5 Billion Fine by European Union (Bloomberg News)

Mason County Sheriff: High Number of Wildfires ‘Suspicious’ – Sets Up Task Force to Investigate (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      Portland General Electric, & Ratepayers, Off the Hook for $130M Cost Overruns on Boardman Plant
2.      Wildfire Bill Favoring Pacific Gas & Electric Authored by Assemblyman Whose Son Works There
3.      Warm Water Threatens What Should Be Bumper Year for Fraser River Sockeye
4.      Massive Solar Projects Will Power Facebook’s Prineville Data Centers
5.      Salt River Project Launches Thermostat Demand Management Program
6.      Video: You Can Slash Your Electric Bill with LEDs
7.      WSU Study Finds Why Smoking Marijuana Causes the Munchies
8.      The Return of Supersonic Planes Could Mean Serious Pollution Problems
9.      Google Hit with Record $5 Billion Fine by European Union
10.   Google Announces Plan to Lay Massive Subsea Cable from Virginia to France
11.   Rising Broadband Speeds
12.   Mason County Sheriff: High Number of Wildfires ‘Suspicious’ – Sets Up Task Force to Investigate
13.   ‘It’s Just a Tinder Box Out Here’ – Fire Near the Dalles Grows, Prompting Evacuation Orders
14.   Summer Air Quality in Washington State Some of the Worst in Lower 48
15.   Plan for Timber High-Rise in Portland’s Pearl District Shelved
16.   Seattle’s Official Bird? The Construction Crane – Seattle Tops the Nation in Tower Cranes for Third Straight Year as Construction Reaches New Peak

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

1.    Portland General Electric, & Ratepayers, Off the Hook for $130M Cost Overruns on Boardman Plant (Portland Business Journal, OR)

2.    Wildfire Bill Favoring Pacific Gas & Electric Authored by Assemblyman Whose Son Works There (L.A. Biz)

FISH & WILDLIFE

3.    Warm Water Threatens What Should Be Bumper Year for Fraser River Sockeye (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

4.    Massive Solar Projects Will Power Facebook’s Prineville Data Centers (Oregonian, Portland)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

5.    Salt River Project Launches Thermostat Demand Management Program (American Public Power Association)

6.    Video: You Can Slash Your Electric Bill with LEDs (USA Today)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

7.    WSU Study Finds Why Smoking Marijuana Causes the Munchies (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

8.    The Return of Supersonic Planes Could Mean Serious Pollution Problems (Mashable)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

9.    Google Hit with Record $5 Billion Fine by European Union (Bloomberg News)

10. Google Announces Plan to Lay Massive Subsea Cable from Virginia to France (Gizmodo)

11. Rising Broadband Speeds (Pots & Pans)

GENERAL NEWS

12. Mason County Sheriff: High Number of Wildfires ‘Suspicious’ – Sets Up Task Force to Investigate (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

13. ‘It’s Just a Tinder Box Out Here’ – Fire Near the Dalles Grows, Prompting Evacuation Orders (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

14. Summer Air Quality in Washington State Some of the Worst in Lower 48 (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

15. Plan for Timber High-Rise in Portland’s Pearl District Shelved (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

16. Seattle’s Official Bird? The Construction Crane – Seattle Tops the Nation in Tower Cranes for Third Straight Year as Construction Reaches New Peak (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Ray Manzarek – Riders on the Storm (bringing it all together)

The Great American Read – America’s 100 Most-Loved Books

This Huge, Sexy Jeff Goldblum Statue Is Exactly What the World Needs

Jupiter’s Moon Count Reaches 79, Including Tiny ‘Oddball’

SONG OF THE DAY

Mozart – Jupiter Symphony

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