Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Energy News Digest for January 23, 2018

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS




HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Puerto Rico to Privatize Its Hobbled Electric Power Company (NBC News)

President Trump Issues 30% Tariff on Solar Panel Imports (Utility Dive)

Northwest Power & Conservation Council: What’s the Least-cost Way to Lower Northwest Carbon Emissions from the Power System? (4-Traders)

Washington State Legislature Appeals to State Supreme Court in Public-Records Case (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Rural Broadband Experts: New Government Efforts Short on Money, But Show Promise (KUNC, Greely, CO)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Puerto Rico to Privatize Its Hobbled Electric Power Company
  • In Quebec, It’s Power versus A People on Hydroelectricity
  • Extension Cords Blamed for Fire in Downtown Aberdeen Building
  • Idaho Falls Agrees to Power New Data Center
  • New Lewis County PUD Outage Map Gives Real-Time Data
  • Fraud Claims against Pacific Gas & Electric Headed for Federal Trial
  • Pay Attention Utilities, Your Customer’s Relationship with Electricity Is Changing
  • Four Key Benefits of Advanced Small Modular Reactors
  • Washington & State Observations Indicate Lower Steelhead Mortality
  • Oregon: Coho Salmon Find Sanctuary at a Lane County Hatchery
  • U-S Supreme Court Says “Waters of the U-S” Challenges Must Go Through District Courts
  • President Trump Issues 30% Tariff on Solar Panel Imports
  • The Latest: Solar Trade Group Anticipates Job Losses
  • Bioenergy – It’s The Big New Idea for Stopping Climate Change – It Has Huge Environmental Problems of Its Own
  • Grants Fund Cities’ Switch to LED Bulbs
  • Energy News Digest Flashback – City, PUD 3 work to brighten Shelton
  • Northwest Power & Conservation Council: What’s the Least-cost Way to Lower Northwest Carbon Emissions from the Power System?
  • Audi & Nissan Join Ranks of Automakers Making Energy Storage Mainstream
  • Rural Broadband Experts: New Government Efforts Short on Money, But Show Promise
  • Rural America Has Terrible Internet – A Few Simple Solutions Could Bridge the Digital Divide
  • See How the Telecom Industry Is Quietly Changing the Shape of Our Cities
  • Netflix Shares Hit Record High after Blockbuster Results
  • Bell Canada Alerts Customers after Data Breach
  • Washington State Legislature Appeals to State Supreme Court in Public-Records Case
  • Court Rules More of Pierce County Prosecutor’s Texts Are Public Record
  • Governor: I Couldn't Tell Hawaiians Missile Alert Was a False Alarm Because I Didn't Know My Twitter Password
  • Tsunami Watch for Oregon Canceled after Large Earthquake in Alaska
  • Prepare For a ‘Parade of Frontal Systems’ in Washington State
  • Flood Watch Continues for Mason County
  • Can Experts Predict Collapse at Washington State’s Rattlesnake Ridge?
  • Washington State Opens Probe into Shelton Mayor’s Use of City Computer for Campaign Contributions
  • Fur & Fury at 40,000 Feet as More People Bring Animals on Planes
WORD OF THE DAY

Solar System • \SOE-lerr SIS-tum\ • Noun - the sun together with the group of celestial bodies that are held by its attraction and revolve around it; also: a similar system centered on another star

When did unpermitted mystical creation become OK in someone’s backyard, on their roof, or in the arid desert? “I just installed a solar system at my house,” puffed the spectacled, weekend handyman to his awestruck neighbor. “Wow,” the bystander exclaimed. “How many planets does it have; and are any of them inhabited?”

It’s a solar energy system, solar PV system, solar power system, solar array, but a “solar system”? Really? Maybe I’m a bit touchy today.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Puerto Rico to Privatize Its Hobbled Electric Power Company (NBC News)

In Quebec, It’s Power versus A People on Hydroelectricity (Boston Globe, MA)

Extension Cords Blamed for Fire in Downtown Aberdeen Building (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Idaho Falls Agrees to Power New Data Center (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)

New Lewis County PUD Outage Map Gives Real-Time Data (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

Fraud Claims against Pacific Gas & Electric Headed for Federal Trial (Courthouse News Service)

Pay Attention Utilities, Your Customer’s Relationship with Electricity Is Changing (The Energy Collective)

Four Key Benefits of Advanced Small Modular Reactors (Breaking Energy – U-S Dept of Energy)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Washington & State Observations Indicate Lower Steelhead Mortality (Associated Press)

Oregon: Coho Salmon Find Sanctuary at a Lane County Hatchery (KEZI-TV, Eugene, OR)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

U-S Supreme Court Says “Waters of the U-S” Challenges Must Go Through District Courts (American Public Power Association)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

President Trump Issues 30% Tariff on Solar Panel Imports (Utility Dive)

The Latest: Solar Trade Group Anticipates Job Losses (Associated Press)

Bioenergy – It’s The Big New Idea for Stopping Climate Change – It Has Huge Environmental Problems of Its Own (Washington Post)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Grants Fund Cities’ Switch to LED Bulbs (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Energy News Digest Flashback – City, PUD 3 work to brighten Shelton (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Northwest Power & Conservation Council: What’s the Least-cost Way to Lower Northwest Carbon Emissions from the Power System? (4-Traders)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Audi & Nissan Join Ranks of Automakers Making Energy Storage Mainstream (Utility Dive)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Rural Broadband Experts: New Government Efforts Short on Money, But Show Promise (KUNC, Greely, CO)


See How the Telecom Industry Is Quietly Changing the Shape of Our Cities (Fast Company)

Netflix Shares Hit Record High after Blockbuster Results (Reuters)

Bell Canada Alerts Customers after Data Breach (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Washington State Legislature Appeals to State Supreme Court in Public-Records Case (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Court Rules More of Pierce County Prosecutor’s Texts Are Public Record (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Governor: I Couldn't Tell Hawaiians Missile Alert Was a False Alarm Because I Didn't Know My Twitter Password (Washington Examiner)

GENERAL NEWS

Tsunami Watch for Oregon Canceled after Large Earthquake in Alaska (Oregonian, Portland)

Prepare For a ‘Parade of Frontal Systems’ in Washington State (KIRO Radio, Seattle, WA)

Flood Watch Continues for Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Can Experts Predict Collapse at Washington State’s Rattlesnake Ridge? (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

Washington State Opens Probe into Shelton Mayor’s Use of City Computer for Campaign Contributions (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Fur & Fury at 40,000 Feet as More People Bring Animals on Planes (Washington Post)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Neil Diamond Announces Parkinson’s Diagnosis, Immediate Retirement

Pearl Jam Flag Raised on Space Needle as Iconic Band Announces Seattle Concerts

Frozen Ball of Human Waste Falls from Sky

Woman, Called Inspiration for Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96

SONG OF THE DAY

Neil Diamond - Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show

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