Thursday, October 17, 2019

Energy News Digest for October 17, 2019


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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS





HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Rainy Weather & Dark Skies Overtake Puget Sound for Foreseeable Future (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Southern California Utility Warns Winds Could Spur Pre-Emptive Blackouts (Courthouse News Service)

California: ‘I Back More Competition’ – Governor Newsom Encourages Bids to Buy Parts of Pacific Gas & Electric (SF Chronicle, CA)

Oregon Attorney General Files Lawsuit, Claims Air Duct Cleaning Companies Mailed Deceptive Ads (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

FCC Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Deal in Party-Line Vote (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      California: ‘I Back More Competition’ – Governor Newsom Encourages Bids to Buy Parts of Pacific Gas & Electric
2.      Jefferson County PUD Discusses Opt-Out Program for Electric Meters
3.      Small Modular Reactors Have High-Level Support
4.      Energy Adviser: Generators Handy If Power Goes Out
5.      Seeing Science at Work – Klickitat PUD Employees Show Students That Science Has Real World Applications
6.      Accelerated Innovations Announces a New Partnership with Snohomish PUD
7.      Report Finds Forming Public Power Utility in Pueblo, Colo., to Be Feasible
8.      Congress Introduces Bill to Fix Unintended Consequences of Tax Law for Electric Co-Ops
9.      Southern California Utility Warns Winds Could Spur Pre-Emptive Blackouts
10.   Strong Winds Cause Power Outages in Whatcom County
11.   Powerful ‘Weather Bomb’ Socks New England with Wind Gusts to 90 Mph, Knocking Out Power to More Than Half a Million
12.   Pacific Gas & Electric, Newsom & Lawmakers Had Months to Plan for a Power Outage. They Didn’t Plan Enough
13.   Blackouts to Prevent Wildfires Remain in Oregon’s Toolbox
14.   EIA’s Hourly Electric Grid Monitor Shows Effects of California Wildfire-Related Shutoffs
15.   Judge Tosses Federal Permit for Washington Shellfish Industry, Saying It Doesn’t Do Enough to Protect Environment
16.   Flipping the Bird on the Sage Grouse
17.   Oregon Attorney General Files Lawsuit, Claims Air Duct Cleaning Companies Mailed Deceptive Ads
18.   Cashmere City Receives Updated Cost Estimate for LED Streetlights
19.   One Thing You Can Do: Consider a Heat Pump
20.   Why Residential Developers Are Reportedly Turning Away from Google’s Nest
21.   FCC Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Deal in Party-Line Vote
22.   With 10% Penetration, Electric Vehicles Could Shift All Residential Peak Load to Night, Analysis of Southern California Edison Finds
23.   The First Nine Months of 2019 Were the Second Hottest on Record
24.   Glass Art Is a Gas Guzzler. Can Seattle Stoke the Flames of Environmental Change?
25.   Idaho’s Bees to Bears Project Hopes This Simple Idea Can Combat Climate Change
26.   ‘Vibrant’ Black Market Persists as Legal Pot Marks Its First Full Year in Canada
27.   Colorado Pot Grower Loses 20,000 Plants Due to Early Snow
28.   Plastic Bottles vs. Aluminum Cans: Who’ll Win the Global Water Fight?
29.   Rainy Weather & Dark Skies Overtake Puget Sound for Foreseeable Future
30.   National Weather Service Winter Forecast: Warm, But Ever Changing
31.   Statewide Earthquake Drill at 10:17 AM Thursday: Drop, Cover & Hold On
32.   Open House on Highway 3 Freight Corridor/Bypass Thursday

WORD OF THE DAY

Soughing • \SOW-ing – sounds like COW-ing\ • verb – A moaning or sighing sound

The wind whispered through the riotous tropical vegetation, the soughing sounds providing a dark accompaniment to the nearly final words spoken by Kurtz on the dark, mysterious Congo, “the horror, the horror.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

1.    California: ‘I Back More Competition’ – Governor Newsom Encourages Bids to Buy Parts of Pacific Gas & Electric (SF Chronicle, CA)

2.    Jefferson County PUD Discusses Opt-Out Program for Electric Meters (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

3.    Small Modular Reactors Have High-Level Support (Power Magazine)

4.    Energy Adviser: Generators Handy If Power Goes Out (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

5.    Seeing Science at Work – Klickitat PUD Employees Show Students That Science Has Real World Applications (Goldendale Sentinel, WA)

6.    Accelerated Innovations Announces a New Partnership with Snohomish PUD (Benzinga)

7.    Report Finds Forming Public Power Utility in Pueblo, Colo., to Be Feasible (American Public Power Association)

8.    Congress Introduces Bill to Fix Unintended Consequences of Tax Law for Electric Co-Ops (Daily Energy Insider)

DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN

9.    Southern California Utility Warns Winds Could Spur Pre-Emptive Blackouts (Courthouse News Service)

10. Strong Winds Cause Power Outages in Whatcom County (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

11. Powerful ‘Weather Bomb’ Socks New England with Wind Gusts to 90 Mph, Knocking Out Power to More Than Half a Million (Washington Post)

12. Pacific Gas & Electric, Newsom & Lawmakers Had Months to Plan for a Power Outage. They Didn’t Plan Enough (Los Angeles Times, CA)

13. Blackouts to Prevent Wildfires Remain in Oregon’s Toolbox (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)

14. EIA’s Hourly Electric Grid Monitor Shows Effects of California Wildfire-Related Shutoffs (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

FISH & WILDLIFE

15. Judge Tosses Federal Permit for Washington Shellfish Industry, Saying It Doesn’t Do Enough to Protect Environment (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

16. Flipping the Bird on the Sage Grouse (Washington Examiner, Daily on Energy)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

17. Oregon Attorney General Files Lawsuit, Claims Air Duct Cleaning Companies Mailed Deceptive Ads (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

18. Cashmere City Receives Updated Cost Estimate for LED Streetlights (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

19. One Thing You Can Do: Consider a Heat Pump (NY Times)

20. Why Residential Developers Are Reportedly Turning Away from Google’s Nest (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

21. FCC Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Deal in Party-Line Vote (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC

22. With 10% Penetration, Electric Vehicles Could Shift All Residential Peak Load to Night, Analysis of Southern California Edison Finds (Utility Dive)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

23. The First Nine Months of 2019 Were the Second Hottest on Record (Bloomberg News)

24. Glass Art Is a Gas Guzzler. Can Seattle Stoke the Flames of Environmental Change? (Crosscut Seattle)

25. Idaho’s Bees to Bears Project Hopes This Simple Idea Can Combat Climate Change (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

26. ‘Vibrant’ Black Market Persists as Legal Pot Marks Its First Full Year in Canada (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

27. Colorado Pot Grower Loses 20,000 Plants Due to Early Snow (Associated Press)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

28. Plastic Bottles vs. Aluminum Cans: Who’ll Win the Global Water Fight? (Reuters)

GENERAL NEWS

29. Rainy Weather & Dark Skies Overtake Puget Sound for Foreseeable Future (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

30. National Weather Service Winter Forecast: Warm, But Ever Changing (Associated Press)

31. Statewide Earthquake Drill at 10:17 AM Thursday: Drop, Cover & Hold On (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

32. Open House on Highway 3 Freight Corridor/Bypass Thursday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Blood Floods a Family’s Basement – We Could Not Be More Horrified

Hikers Unearth Mystery Skeleton on Second Highest Mountain Peak in California, U.S

Idaho Library Reports Political Books Are Frequently Hidden

Firefighters Let Terrified Toddler Paint Their Fingernails at an Accident Scene

SONG OF THE DAY

Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs – Go Rest High on That Mountain

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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