Monday, April 2, 2018

Energy News Digest for April 2, 2018


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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Appeals Court Approves Boosting Spills at Columbia & Snake River Dams (KIVI-TV, Nampa, ID)

Mason County Power Providers Disappointed with Court Ruling on Experimental Spill at Columbia River Dams (Mason PUD 1, Mason PUD 3, Mason County, WA)

Fight over Salmon-Killing Roads in Washington State Now a Supreme Court Case about Native Rights (Northwest Public Broadcasting)

Priest Rapids Dam Inspection Will Take Five Weeks (Wenatchee World, WA)

Riffe Lake Levels to Stay Low – Water Access Will Be Maintained (Longview Daily News, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Priest Rapids Dam Inspection Will Take Five Weeks
  • Riffe Lake Levels to Stay Low – Water Access Will Be Maintained
  • Chelan PUD Determines Cause of Small Oil Sheen near Rock Island Dam
  • Activists Block Puget Sound Energy’s HQ to Protest Tacoma Gas Plant
  • Washington State Cities, County Dial Back Bitcoin Enthusiasm
  • Peninsula Light Co. Growing & Glowing
  • Puerto Rico: PREPA Says Power Has Been Restored to 95 Percent of Customers
  • It’s A Cahlammity: ‘Battery’ Clams Cut Power to Lagoon Pond Bridge
  • Appeals Court Approves Boosting Spills at Columbia & Snake River Dams
  • Mason County Power Providers Disappointed with Court Ruling on Experimental Spill at Columbia River Dams
  • Bonneville Power Administration Statement on Court Ruling for Additional Columbia River Spill
  • Fight over Salmon-Killing Roads in Washington State Now a Supreme Court Case about Native Rights
  • U-S Justice Kennedy to Sit Out Washington Tribal Fishing Rights Case
  • Public Power Already Pays – Poll Shows Washington Voters Choose Salmon over Dams
  • Returning to the Tides: Agricultural Fields to Become Salmon Habitats
  • How a First Nation Bargained to Build British Columbia’s Largest Solar Farm
  • Who Says Water & Electricity Don’t Mix? South Carolina Lake Has Role in State’s Solar Future
  • Moving Forward with a Carbon Tax in Washington State: Only a Revenue-Neutral Approach Is Viable
  • Need Money for Your Charity? Wash a Columbia River PUD Truck.
  • Shelton Police: Belfair Driver’s Vehicle Strikes, Injures Cyclist, Rolls Into Creek
  • Shelton Chamber Holding Candidates’ Debate Tonight
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Priest Rapids Dam Inspection Will Take Five Weeks (Wenatchee World, WA)

Riffe Lake Levels to Stay Low – Water Access Will Be Maintained (Longview Daily News, WA)

Chelan PUD Determines Cause of Small Oil Sheen near Rock Island Dam (NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)

Activists Block Puget Sound Energy’s HQ to Protest Tacoma Gas Plant (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Washington State Cities, County Dial Back Bitcoin Enthusiasm (GovTech)

Peninsula Light Co. Growing & Glowing (Key Peninsula News, Vaughn, Wa)

Puerto Rico: PREPA Says Power Has Been Restored to 95 Percent of Customers (American Public Power Association)

It’s A Cahlammity: ‘Battery’ Clams Cut Power to Lagoon Pond Bridge (Martha’s Vineyard Times, MA)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Appeals Court Approves Boosting Spills at Columbia & Snake River Dams (KIVI-TV, Nampa, ID)

Mason County Power Providers Disappointed with Court Ruling on Experimental Spill at Columbia River Dams (Mason PUD 1, Mason PUD 3, Mason County, WA)

Bonneville Power Administration Statement on Court Ruling for Additional Columbia River Spill (Bonneville Power Administration)

Fight over Salmon-Killing Roads in Washington State Now a Supreme Court Case about Native Rights (Northwest Public Broadcasting)

U-S Justice Kennedy to Sit Out Washington Tribal Fishing Rights Case (E&E News)

Public Power Already Pays – Poll Shows Washington Voters Choose Salmon over Dams (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Returning to the Tides: Agricultural Fields to Become Salmon Habitats (Daily Astorian, OR)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

How a First Nation Bargained to Build British Columbia’s Largest Solar Farm (Renewable Energy World)

Who Says Water & Electricity Don’t Mix? South Carolina Lake Has Role in State’s Solar Future (Charleston Post & Courier, SC)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Moving Forward with a Carbon Tax in Washington State: Only a Revenue-Neutral Approach Is Viable (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

Need Money for Your Charity? Wash a Columbia River PUD Truck. (Pamplin Media Group, Portland, OR)

GENERAL NEWS

Shelton Police: Belfair Driver’s Vehicle Strikes, Injures Cyclist, Rolls Into Creek (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Shelton Chamber Holding Candidates’ Debate Tonight (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

LOOK: Jaguars Unveil April Fool’s Day Uniform, Fans Actually Want Them to Wear It

Is Religious Communion Safe for Those Gluten Intolerant?

Selfie Face Distortion Is Driving People to Get Nose Jobs

Everything We Know So Far About Tiangong-1’s Crash to Earth

SONG OF THE DAY

Barry Gray – Theme From Space 1999

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