Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Energy News Digest for May 28, 2019


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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS





HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Congressman Kilmer Hears Mason County Issues about Limited Broadband Infrastructure (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Oregon Puts More Farmland Off Limits to Solar (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Reps. Herrera Beutler, Kilmer Secure Funding for Salmon Treaty (Longview Daily News, WA)

Oregon’s U.S. Senator Walden Secures Assurance from Energy Secretary to Not Privatize the Bonneville Power Administration (Hood River News, OR)

Olympic Peninsula Prepares for Possible Drought (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      Oregon’s U.S. Senator Walden Secures Assurance from Energy Secretary to Not Privatize the Bonneville Power Administration
2.      Lead US Negotiator on Columbia River Treaty Tours Colville Reservation
3.      Lewis County PUD Begins Planning for Long-Term Infrastructure Overhaul
4.      Chelan PUD Honored for Work in Uganda
5.      Montana: NorthWestern Seeks Huge Transmission Rate Increase, Boosting Bills for Its Biggest Customers
6.      Op/Ed: Removing Snake River Dams Is Unwise
7.      Local Utility Director to Help Lead Statewide PUD Group
8.      APPA: Deregulation Has Not Achieved Intended Results
9.      Reps. Herrera Beutler, Kilmer Secure Funding for Salmon Treaty
10.   Orca Feeding Frenzy on Gray Whale Off Whidbey Island Captured by Whale Watchers
11.   How Our Noise Is Hurting Orcas’ Search for Salmon
12.   Researchers Have Offered Ways to Save Salmon Runs for Decades. Will New Leaders Listen?
13.   Snake River Dams Critical to Wheat Growers
14.   Oregon Puts More Farmland Off Limits to Solar
15.   Waste-To-Energy Plant in British Columbia to Handle Disputed Garbage from Philippines
16.   An Abandoned Mine Near Joshua Tree Could Host a Massive Hydropower Project
17.   Hydropower “Not Necessary” to Meet Global Climate & Energy Goals, Says WWF & Nature Conservancy
18.   Congressman Kilmer Hears Mason County Issues about Limited Broadband Infrastructure
19.   Congressman Kilmer Talks Broadband for All
20.   Grays Harbor PUD to Put Finishing Touches on East County Fiber Project
21.   Fiber Internet Now Live in George, Microsoft & Grant PUD Celebrate
22.   Who Should be Eligible for Broadband Grants?
23.   AT&T Promised 7,000 New Jobs to Get Tax Break – It Cut 23,000 Jobs Instead
24.   States Squandering $3 Billion VW Settlement Fund with Lack of Electric Vehicle Focus – Washington State Gets an A+ Grade
25.   Olympic Peninsula Prepares for Possible Drought
26.   Oregon Locks in Obama-Era Environmental Protections
27.   Legal Marijuana Can Raise the Roof on Home Prices
28.   End of an Era: The Chronicle Shuts Down Its Printing Division
29.   Facebook: Fake Account Removal Doubles in Six Months to Three Billion
30.   Guy Palumbo, Washington State Senator Exits Legislature to Return to Amazon
31.   ‘Big Don’ Benton Goes to D.C., Shakes Up Selective Service & Makes a Play for White House Chief of Staff
32.   81 Inmates Involved in Fight at Clallam Bay Corrections Center
33.   Trump Admin to Close Two Pacific Northwest Forest Service Job Centers
34.   ‘It Was Like a Zoo:’ Death on an Unruly, Overcrowded Everest

WORD OF THE DAY

Inenarrable • \in-ih-NAIR-uh-bul\ • adjective - Incapable of being narrated: indescribable

The fresh-faced cub reporter trod disconsolately back to the city desk, certain of his inability to write his story for the next morning’s edition. The city’s plan to replace all its parks with miniature golf courses had come under a withering, excoriating attack; an attack that was so peppered with an apparent head-to-toe dipping in ‘Roget’s Thesaurus’ that any attempt to recreate the event was utterly inerrable.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

1.    Oregon’s U.S. Senator Walden Secures Assurance from Energy Secretary to Not Privatize the Bonneville Power Administration (Hood River News, OR)

2.    Lead US Negotiator on Columbia River Treaty Tours Colville Reservation (Tribal Tribune, Nespelem, WA)


4.    Chelan PUD Honored for Work in Uganda (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

5.    Montana: NorthWestern Seeks Huge Transmission Rate Increase, Boosting Bills for Its Biggest Customers (Fairfield Sun Times, MT)

6.    Op/Ed: Removing Snake River Dams Is Unwise (Auburn Reporter, WA)

7.    Local Utility Director to Help Lead Statewide PUD Group (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

8.    APPA: Deregulation Has Not Achieved Intended Results (Utility Dive)

FISH & WILDLIFE

9.    Reps. Herrera Beutler, Kilmer Secure Funding for Salmon Treaty (Longview Daily News, WA)

10. Orca Feeding Frenzy on Gray Whale Off Whidbey Island Captured by Whale Watchers (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

11. How Our Noise Is Hurting Orcas’ Search for Salmon (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

12. Researchers Have Offered Ways to Save Salmon Runs for Decades. Will New Leaders Listen? (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

13. Snake River Dams Critical to Wheat Growers (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

14. Oregon Puts More Farmland Off Limits to Solar (Portland Business Journal, OR)

15. Waste-To-Energy Plant in British Columbia to Handle Disputed Garbage from Philippines (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

16. An Abandoned Mine Near Joshua Tree Could Host a Massive Hydropower Project (Los Angeles Times, CA)

17. Hydropower “Not Necessary” to Meet Global Climate & Energy Goals, Says WWF & Nature Conservancy (Clean Technica)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

18. Congressman Kilmer Hears Mason County Issues about Limited Broadband Infrastructure (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

19. Congressman Kilmer Talks Broadband for All (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

20. Grays Harbor PUD to Put Finishing Touches on East County Fiber Project (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

21. Fiber Internet Now Live in George, Microsoft & Grant PUD Celebrate (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)

22. Who Should be Eligible for Broadband Grants? (Pots & Pans)

23. AT&T Promised 7,000 New Jobs to Get Tax Break – It Cut 23,000 Jobs Instead (Ars Technica)

I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC

24. States Squandering $3 Billion VW Settlement Fund with Lack of Electric Vehicle Focus – Washington State Gets an A+ Grade (Utility Dive)

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

25. Olympic Peninsula Prepares for Possible Drought (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

26. Oregon Locks in Obama-Era Environmental Protections (Courthouse News Service)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

27. Legal Marijuana Can Raise the Roof on Home Prices (Los Angeles Times, CA)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

28. End of an Era: The Chronicle Shuts Down Its Printing Division (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

29. Facebook: Fake Account Removal Doubles in Six Months to Three Billion (SF Chronicle)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

30. Guy Palumbo, Washington State Senator Exits Legislature to Return to Amazon (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

31. ‘Big Don’ Benton Goes to D.C., Shakes Up Selective Service & Makes a Play for White House Chief of Staff (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

GENERAL NEWS

32. 81 Inmates Involved in Fight at Clallam Bay Corrections Center (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

33. Trump Admin to Close Two Pacific Northwest Forest Service Job Centers (Associated Press)

34. ‘It Was Like a Zoo:’ Death on an Unruly, Overcrowded Everest (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

PATHOS IN THE DUGOUT – DIVERSIONS

Bill Buckner, All-Star Shadowed by World Series Error, Dies at 69

Signals That Baffled Astronomers for 17 Years Traced to Observatory’s Microwave Oven

Owners of Noah’s Ark Replica Sue Insurers Over Rain Damage

Belgian Monks Resurrect Brewery after Two Century Break

SONG OF THE DAY

Nat King Cole – Stardust

Willie Nelson – Stardust

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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