Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Energy News Digest for September 10, 2019


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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


Marine Forecast for Puget Sound & Hood Canal

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Orca Task Force to Write Blueprint to Save Dying Species (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Advocates Sound Alarm on Unfolding Disaster in British Columbia Salmon Fishing Industry – B.C. is seeing its worst commercial fishing season in 50 years (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Mason PUD 3 Commissioners Considering 2020 Budget – Budget includes first rate increase since 2016 (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

The Next Target in the Climate-Change Debate: Your Gas Stove (Reuters)

Gov. Inslee & Sen. King to Dedicate Klickitat PUD Renewable Natural Gas Plant (Gorge Country Media, The Dalles, OR)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      Mason PUD 3 Commissioners Considering 2020 Budget – Budget includes first rate increase since 2016
2.      Benton PUD to Implement 2.9% Rate Increase October 1, 2019
3.      Pacific Gas & Electric Looks to Cap Wildfire Costs at $18 Billion Through Its Bankruptcy Plan
4.      As Earth Faces Climate Catastrophe, U.S. Set to Open Nearly 200 Power Plants
5.      How Old Nukes Can Help Green New Dealers
6.      Orca Task Force to Write Blueprint to Save Dying Species
7.      Photo: Port Angeles City Council Member ‘Stands’ Up for Orcas in Protest
8.      Could A Seal Cull in Canada Help Salish Salmon & Southern Resident Orcas?
9.      Advocates Sound Alarm on Unfolding Disaster in British Columbia Salmon Fishing Industry
10.   Snake & Columbia River Steelhead Forecast Downgrades
11.   California Sails Toward Biggest Salmon Harvest in Years
12.   Gov. Inslee & Sen. King to Dedicate Klickitat PUD Renewable Natural Gas Plant
13.   Lewis County: Skookumchuck Wind Energy Project Enters Construction Phase
14.   City Grids Risk Being Overwhelmed by Electric Vehicle Growth: Report
15.   The Next Target in the Climate-Change Debate: Your Gas Stove
16.   How a Natural Gas Ban in Seattle Could Affect Housing Market
17.   British Columbia Greenhouse Gas Emissions Still Near 2007 Levels, Ministry Says
18.   Controversial Biofuels Project Gets Lease on Lower Columbia River
19.   Burn Restrictions Lifted in Mason County
20.   Work Underway for New Hybrid-Electric State Ferry
21.   Bonneville Dam Lock Closure Stops Inland Grain Exports to Global Markets

WORD OF THE DAY

Heliolatry • \hee-lee-AH-luh-tree\ • noun – Sun worship

“Boy, those ancient religions and their sun worship,” scoffed Tiffani to her deeply tanned companion. “How they would have the gall to worship the sun as a god and arrange their lives around its heavenly path is beyond me,” she sighed as she slathered on another layer of sunscreen to ward off the effects of another four hours spent on sunbathing. Her unwitting heliolatry would be her undoing ten years later.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

1.    Mason PUD 3 Commissioners Considering 2020 Budget – Budget includes first rate increase since 2016 (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

2.    Benton PUD to Implement 2.9% Rate Increase October 1, 2019 (KFFX-TV, Kennewick, WA)

3.    Pacific Gas & Electric Looks to Cap Wildfire Costs at $18 Billion Through Its Bankruptcy Plan (Los Angeles Times, CA)

4.    As Earth Faces Climate Catastrophe, U.S. Set to Open Nearly 200 Power Plants (USA Today)

5.    How Old Nukes Can Help Green New Dealers (Washington Post)

FISH & WILDLIFE

6.    Orca Task Force to Write Blueprint to Save Dying Species (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

7.    Photo: Port Angeles City Council Member ‘Stands’ Up for Orcas in Protest (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, Wa)

8.    Could A Seal Cull in Canada Help Salish Salmon & Southern Resident Orcas? (KNKX Radio, Tacoma, WA)

9.    Advocates Sound Alarm on Unfolding Disaster in British Columbia Salmon Fishing Industry – B.C. is seeing its worst commercial fishing season in 50 years (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

10. Snake & Columbia River Steelhead Forecast Downgrades (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)

11. California Sails Toward Biggest Salmon Harvest in Years (Associated Press)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

12. Gov. Inslee & Sen. King to Dedicate Klickitat PUD Renewable Natural Gas Plant (Gorge Country Media, The Dalles, OR)

13. Lewis County: Skookumchuck Wind Energy Project Enters Construction Phase (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC

14. City Grids Risk Being Overwhelmed by Electric Vehicle Growth: Report (Utility Dive)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

15. The Next Target in the Climate-Change Debate: Your Gas Stove (Reuters)

16. How a Natural Gas Ban in Seattle Could Affect Housing Market (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

17. British Columbia Greenhouse Gas Emissions Still Near 2007 Levels, Ministry Says (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

18. Controversial Biofuels Project Gets Lease on Lower Columbia River (Northwest Public Radio)

GENERAL NEWS

19. Burn Restrictions Lifted in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

20. Work Underway for New Hybrid-Electric State Ferry (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)

21. Bonneville Dam Lock Closure Stops Inland Grain Exports to Global Markets (Northwest Public Radio)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Woman Tries to Use Drone to Deliver Drugs to Prison, Warrant Says

New Species of Electric Eel Is the Most Shocking Yet

'Lady M' Cakes: Delivery Man in Hot Water Over Alleged Thefts

Animal Poop Forces Cancellation of World's Biggest Bounce House Event in Oakland

SONG OF THE DAY

Donna Summer - MacArthur Park

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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