Thursday, April 11, 2019

Energy News Digest for April 11, 2019


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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS




HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Pacific Northwest Tribes Want Ecological Concerns Prioritized in Columbia River Treaty Negotiations (Montana Public Radio)

$250 Pacific Gas & Electric Bill: Utility’s Customers Will Pay 50 Percent More If Wildfires Erupt Again, Report Warns (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

U.S. Senate Tries to Get a Read on Broadband Mapping – Bipartisan support for better data much in evidence (Multichannel News)

Bags of Cash, Armed Guards & Wary Banks: The Edgy Life of a Cannabis Company CFO (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)

Shelton’s Olympic Highway North Reopens Friday, Short-Term Closure on Northcliff Monday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      Pacific Northwest Tribes Want Ecological Concerns Prioritized in Columbia River Treaty Negotiations
2.      $250 Pacific Gas & Electric Bill: Utility’s Customers Will Pay 50 Percent More If Wildfires Erupt Again, Report Warns
3.      Montana Advanced Metering Infrastructure Bill Moves Past Policy ‘Animosity’, Eases State into Smart Meter Technology
4.      Rate Increase Proposed by Klickitat PUD
5.      Clallam PUD Approves Pay Raises for Union Employees
6.      Fill ‘Er Up... With Hydrogen? Washington Utility Eager to Branch into H2 Fuel Production
7.      New Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Visits Memphis: Life without TVA? ‘You Have Some Important Decisions to Make’
8.      Utility Damage from Digging Decreased in 2018, UTC Reports
9.      Corps Installing Fish Passage Smolt Slides at Chittenden Locks in Ballard
10.   Two More Days of Spring Chinook Fishing – Harvest Managers Wonder If Looking at ‘Really Poor Run’
11.   Woman on a 17-Day Hunger Strike to Save Southern Resident Orcas
12.   Wind Industry Prepares for Massive Expansion
13.   US Energy CEOs See Future Power System That Includes Renewables, Gas & Storage
14.   U.S. Chamber of Commerce Launches Major Campaign to Get in Front of the Green New Deal
15.   U.S. Senate Tries to Get a Read on Broadband Mapping – Bipartisan support for better data much in evidence
16.   On Broadband Mapping – Hood Canal Communications GM Testifies in Washington, D.C.
17.   Video: U.S. Senate Committee Digging into Issues of Rural Broadband
18.   Net Neutrality Vote Passes House, Fulfilling Promise by Democrats
19.   Oregon: Columbia County Commissioners Ask Residents to Clock Internet Speed
20.   Julian Assange Arrested, Faces U.S. Charges Related to 2010 WikiLeaks Releases
21.   Yahoo to Pay $117.5 Million in Latest Settlement of Massive Breach
22.   Montana Approves Bill to Allow Utility Power Sales to EV Charging Stations
23.   California City, Environmentalists Duke Out Chromium 6 Water Woes
24.   Alaska Relies on Ice. What Happens When It Can’t Be Trusted?
25.   Bags of Cash, Armed Guards & Wary Banks: The Edgy Life of a Cannabis Company CFO
26.   Attorney General Barr: U.S. Law Protecting State-Legal Marijuana Trumps Current Situation
27.   Social Media Execs Fight Censorship Claims in U.S. Senate
28.   Who Says Old-Fashioned Street Photography Is Dead?
29.   Israeli Spacecraft Closes in for Historic Moon Landing
30.   At CNN Town Hall, Gov. Inslee Says He’d Have Grounded Boeing Planes Sooner, Calls Company Tax Breaks Extortion
31.   Griffey Bill: Washington State Legislature Eliminates Statute of Limitations for Child Sex Crimes
32.   EPA Snubs Ecology, Tribes Over Attempts to Reverse State’s Clean Water Rule
33.   Taxpayers Cry ‘#TaxScam’ as Total Refunds Are Down by $6 Billion
34.   Shelton’s Olympic Highway North Reopens Friday, Short-Term Closure on Northcliff Monday
35.   Fire Destroys Carport at Shelton Home
36.   No Reason to Worry Yet About Summer Drought in the Pacific Northwest
37.   Giant Storm in Central U.S. Has Unleashed All Sorts of Extreme Weather – It’s Still Dumping Snow

WORD OF THE DAY

Diorama • \die-uh-RAM-uh • Noun - 1: a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening 2a: a scenic representation in which sculptured figures & lifelike details are displayed usually in miniature so as to blend indistinguishably with a realistic painted background b: a life-size exhibit (as of a wildlife specimen or scene) with realistic natural surroundings & a painted background

The museum’s gray-haired docent glided silently across the buff-waxed floors to the latest diorama, which had been meticulously constructed and sealed by the normally attentive maintenance staff. Unfortunately, they did not count off before hermetically sealing the display, leaving Clem gasping for breath in the background of a tableau featuring stone-faced (actually wax-faced) Cro-Magnon family huddled around a campfire. “Poke some holes in the top so he can get some air,” barked the docent. “And then get the giant can opener from the broom closet. This is gonna take some time.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

1.    Pacific Northwest Tribes Want Ecological Concerns Prioritized in Columbia River Treaty Negotiations (Montana Public Radio)

2.    $250 Pacific Gas & Electric Bill: Utility’s Customers Will Pay 50 Percent More If Wildfires Erupt Again, Report Warns (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

3.    Montana Advanced Metering Infrastructure Bill Moves Past Policy ‘Animosity’, Eases State into Smart Meter Technology (Utility Dive)

4.    Rate Increase Proposed by Klickitat PUD (The Goldendale Sentinel, WA)

5.    Clallam PUD Approves Pay Raises for Union Employees (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

6.    Fill ‘Er Up... With Hydrogen? Washington Utility Eager to Branch into H2 Fuel Production (Northwest Public Broadcasting)

7.    New Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Visits Memphis: Life without TVA? ‘You Have Some Important Decisions to Make’ (Memphis Business Journal, TN)

8.    Utility Damage from Digging Decreased in 2018, UTC Reports (South Sound Business)

FISH & WILDLIFE

9.    Corps Installing Fish Passage Smolt Slides at Chittenden Locks in Ballard (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

10. Two More Days of Spring Chinook Fishing – Harvest Managers Wonder If Looking at ‘Really Poor Run’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

11. Woman on a 17-Day Hunger Strike to Save Southern Resident Orcas (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

12. Wind Industry Prepares for Massive Expansion (Power Magazine)

13. US Energy CEOs See Future Power System That Includes Renewables, Gas & Storage (S&P Global, Platts)

14. U.S. Chamber of Commerce Launches Major Campaign to Get in Front of the Green New Deal (Daily on Energy, Washington Examiner)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

15. U.S. Senate Tries to Get a Read on Broadband Mapping – Bipartisan support for better data much in evidence (Multichannel News)

16. On Broadband Mapping – Hood Canal Communications GM Testifies in Washington, D.C. (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

17. Video: U.S. Senate Committee Digging into Issues of Rural Broadband (WTFR, Wheeling, WV)

18. Net Neutrality Vote Passes House, Fulfilling Promise by Democrats (NY Times)

19. Oregon: Columbia County Commissioners Ask Residents to Clock Internet Speed (Pamplin Media Group, Portland, OR)

THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY

20. Julian Assange Arrested, Faces U.S. Charges Related to 2010 WikiLeaks Releases (National Public Radio)

21. Yahoo to Pay $117.5 Million in Latest Settlement of Massive Breach (Associated Press)

I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC

22. Montana Approves Bill to Allow Utility Power Sales to EV Charging Stations (Utility Dive)

“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

23. California City, Environmentalists Duke Out Chromium 6 Water Woes (Courthouse News Service)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

24. Alaska Relies on Ice. What Happens When It Can’t Be Trusted? (NY Times)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

25. Bags of Cash, Armed Guards & Wary Banks: The Edgy Life of a Cannabis Company CFO (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)

26. Attorney General Barr: U.S. Law Protecting State-Legal Marijuana Trumps Current Situation (Marijuana Business Daily)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

27. Social Media Execs Fight Censorship Claims in U.S. Senate (Courthouse News Service)

28. Who Says Old-Fashioned Street Photography Is Dead? (NY Times)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

29. Israeli Spacecraft Closes in for Historic Moon Landing (CBS News)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

30. At CNN Town Hall, Gov. Inslee Says He’d Have Grounded Boeing Planes Sooner, Calls Company Tax Breaks Extortion (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

31. Griffey Bill: Washington State Legislature Eliminates Statute of Limitations for Child Sex Crimes (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

32. EPA Snubs Ecology, Tribes Over Attempts to Reverse State’s Clean Water Rule (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

33. Taxpayers Cry ‘#TaxScam’ as Total Refunds Are Down by $6 Billion (Washington Post)

GENERAL NEWS

34. Shelton’s Olympic Highway North Reopens Friday, Short-Term Closure on Northcliff Monday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

35. Fire Destroys Carport at Shelton Home (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

36. No Reason to Worry Yet About Summer Drought in the Pacific Northwest (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

37. Giant Storm in Central U.S. Has Unleashed All Sorts of Extreme Weather – It’s Still Dumping Snow (Washington Post)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

81 Staggering Lines in Literature (some PG-13 language)

Mistrial Declared for Man Who Snapped Off & Stole a $4.5 Million Statue’s Thumb

Swiss Government Says Coffee ‘Not Essential’, Stockpiling to End

California’s Proposed Ban on ‘Big Gulp’-Style Sodas Is Shelved

SONG OF THE DAY

Nat King Cole Trio - You’re the Cream in My Coffee

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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