Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Energy News Digest for April 25, 2018


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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS




HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

McMorris Rodgers Bill to Protect Columbia & Snake River Dams Passes House (Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers)

Treaty Talk: Americans & Canadians Discuss Hopes for New Columbia River Treaty (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Grant PUD Fiber Will Expand North of Moses Lake (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Initial Shelton City Council, Southside Levy Election Results (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Journalists, I Implore You to Stop the "Big Story Coming" Tweet (Mashable)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Treaty Talk: Americans & Canadians Discuss Hopes for New Columbia River Treaty
  • As Talks Begin on New U.S.-Canada River Treaty, Salmon & Native Issues Loom
  • International River Debate Has Montanans Focusing North, East & West
  • Washington State Utilities Commission Hosts Hearing on Avista Sale
  • Copper Wire Thieves Hitting Area Substations
  • Shan Rowbotham Will Run for Re-Election for Kittitas PUD Commissioner
  • Columbia River PUD to Offer New Grant Program for Nonprofits
  • Robber Steals Chelan PUD Lineman’s Hard Hat
  • Nebraska Groups Try to Protect Oregon Trail from Power Line
  • McMorris Rodgers Bill to Protect Columbia & Snake River Dams Passes House
  • Federal Bill Would Void Spill Order at Columbia & Snake Dams
  • Dye: Science Not Emotion to Lead Dams Decisions
  • Cycle of Life Begins on the Columbia River
  • Oregon's Transformative Wave Test Center Pushes State toward Energy Conquest
  • New York Utilities Plan Aggregated & Electric Vehicle Storage Projects
  • Grant PUD Fiber Will Expand North of Moses Lake
  • Comcast Boosts Internet Speeds for About Half Its Oregon Subscribers
  • Grant PUD Ponders New Rate Class
  • Power-Sucking Bitcoin 'Mines' Spark Backlash
  • Chinese Police Confiscate 600 Bitcoin Mining Rigs in 'Largest Power Theft Case' in Years
  • Journalists, I Implore You to Stop the "Big Story Coming" Tweet
  • Twitter Tops Earnings Projections as Turnaround Gains Steam
  • In New Move, Facebook Publishes Guidelines on Inappropriate Content
  • Brands Unwilling to Commit to a Set of Values Risk Losing Consumers
  • Connelly: Rep. Al Swift Was a Man of Martinis, Cigars -- And Class
  • Initial Shelton City Council, Southside Levy Election Results
  • Police: Shelton Mobile Home Fire Was Intentionally Set
  • Federal Report Says Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant Construction Still In Question
  • Get Outside. Olympia Broke a Temperature Record Yesterday, & More Sun Is on the Way
  • Amazon's Got a New Way to Beat 'Porch Pirates' – Delivery to Your Car’s Trunk
WORD OF THE DAY

Indefeasible • \in-dih-FEE-zuh-bul\ • adjective - Not capable of being annulled or voided or undone

“Sorry sonny,” growled the wizened, small town attorney. “Yer contract is so indefeasible that even a gnat couldn’t squeeze through a loophole in it.” “Great,” thought the local entrepreneur as he recounted his furtive encounter with a ‘major video game dealer’. “And what am I gonna do with 10,000 Atari video games in 2018?”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Treaty Talk: Americans & Canadians Discuss Hopes for New Columbia River Treaty (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

As Talks Begin on New U.S.-Canada River Treaty, Salmon & Native Issues Loom (The Missoulian, MT)

International River Debate Has Montanans Focusing North, East & West (The Missoulian, MT)

Washington State Utilities Commission Hosts Hearing on Avista Sale (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)

Copper Wire Thieves Hitting Area Substations (Hermiston Herald, OR)

Shan Rowbotham Will Run for Re-Election for Kittitas PUD Commissioner (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)

Columbia River PUD to Offer New Grant Program for Nonprofits (St. Helens Chronicle, OR)

Robber Steals Chelan PUD Lineman’s Hard Hat (NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)

Nebraska Groups Try to Protect Oregon Trail from Power Line (Associated Press)

FISH & WILDLIFE

McMorris Rodgers Bill to Protect Columbia & Snake River Dams Passes House (Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers)

Federal Bill Would Void Spill Order at Columbia & Snake Dams (Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum, ID)

Dye: Science Not Emotion to Lead Dams Decisions (Washington Ag Network)

Cycle of Life Begins on the Columbia River (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Oregon's Transformative Wave Test Center Pushes State toward Energy Conquest (Portland Business Journal, OR)

New York Utilities Plan Aggregated & Electric Vehicle Storage Projects (American Public Power Association)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Grant PUD Fiber Will Expand North of Moses Lake (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Comcast Boosts Internet Speeds for About Half Its Oregon Subscribers (Oregonian, Portland)

CORNUCOPIA OF CRYPTOCURRENCY

Grant PUD Ponders New Rate Class (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Power-Sucking Bitcoin 'Mines' Spark Backlash (Associated Press)

Chinese Police Confiscate 600 Bitcoin Mining Rigs in 'Largest Power Theft Case' in Years (Gizmodo)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

Journalists, I Implore You to Stop the "Big Story Coming" Tweet (Mashable)

Twitter Tops Earnings Projections as Turnaround Gains Steam (Los Angeles Times, CA)

In New Move, Facebook Publishes Guidelines on Inappropriate Content (Christian Science Monitor)

Brands Unwilling to Commit to a Set of Values Risk Losing Consumers (AdWeek)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Connelly: Rep. Al Swift Was a Man of Martinis, Cigars -- And Class (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Initial Shelton City Council, Southside Levy Election Results (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Police: Shelton Mobile Home Fire Was Intentionally Set (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Federal Report Says Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant Construction Still In Question (Northwest Public Broadcasting)

Get Outside. Olympia Broke a Temperature Record Yesterday, & More Sun Is on the Way (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Amazon's Got a New Way to Beat 'Porch Pirates' – Delivery to Your Car’s Trunk (Business Journals)

FOODCHAIN IN ACTION – DIVERSIONS

Photo of Osprey Carrying Shark, Carrying Fish Displays Food Chain in Action

Museum Realizes Collection's Rare Elephant Bird Egg Is Real

Airline Passenger Fined After Keeping Free Airline Apple from International Flight

Uranus Smells Like Farts, Science Proves (this is even funnier if you read it out loud)

SONG OF THE DAY

Thunderclap Newman – Something in the Air

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