Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Energy News Digest for December 15, 2015
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for December 15, 2015
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Construction Halts at PGE Power Station Near Boardman (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
EPA Broke Law with Social Media Push for Water Rule, Auditor
Finds (NY Times)
Lower Kalama River Fish Hatchery Nearly Decimated by
Flooding (Longview Daily News, WA)
SolarCity Admits Funding Outside Group Targeting Arizona
Utility Regulators (Utility Dive)
Washington State Governor Inslee Turns to Students to
Promote Climate Change Campaign (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Construction Halts at PGE Power Station Near Boardman
- Lights Back On in Chico Following Bremerton-Area Substation Fire
- Canada; BC Hydro Substation Fire in Richmond Triggers Air Warning
- Canada: NDP Says BC Hydro Misled Utilities Commission on Information-Technology Costs
- Coos Bay Liquefied Natural Gas Project Approval Expected This Month
- Natural Gas, Used to Heat Homes, Plunges on Mild Weather
- One Phone Number, Multiple Scams
- Lower Kalama River Fish Hatchery Nearly Decimated by Flooding
- Tulalip Tribe Turning Tide on Diminishing Salmon
- New Study Says Shellfish Poisoning is Killing Sea Lions
- EPA Broke Law with Social Media Push for Water Rule, Auditor Finds
- Obama Administration Launches All-Out Push on Water
- SolarCity Admits Funding Outside Group Targeting Arizona Utility Regulators
- California: Roseville May Let Customers Buy Solar Power without Installing Panels
- To Run Completely on Clean Energy, Denmark Harnesses Wind Power
- Marijuana’s Flower Power Is Leading to (National) Energy Headaches
- Washington State Governor Inslee Turns to Students to Promote Climate Change Campaign
- Key Points of the Landmark Paris Agreement to Fight Climate Change around the World
- Video: Beyond the Forecast – Climate Change
- Op/Ed: Lots Already Done to Clean Our Air
- Op/Ed: The Carbon Tax – An Idea with Real Appeal
- A Restaurant in China Has Been Charging Diners a Fee to Breathe Unpolluted Air
- State Dollars Flowing to Clean Energy Start-Ups Spurs Debate
- Leadership Summit: Oregon State Legislature Mulls New Electric Vehicle Rebate
- Mayors Will Create a ‘Green Wall’ Along the West Coast: An ‘Electric Vehicle Highway’ Will Run Through It
- These Urine-Powered Socks Could Supply Enough Juice to Send a Text
- Municipal Broadband: Tacoma City Council Doesn’t Have Final Say on Click
- Seattle Reaches Ten-Year Cable-TV Deal with Comcast
- How AT&T is Out-Building Google Fiber
- How Netflix Plans to Cut Its Behemoth Bandwidth Use
- More Telecoms Let You Watch Video without Dinging Data Caps
- Why the EPA Got Busted for Spreading “Covert Propaganda” on the Internet
- Do These ‘Instagram Husbands’ Remind You of Any Poor Bastards in Your Life?
- Over 15 Feet of Snow Has Fallen at Mount Baker This Season
- Tree through the House: Spokane Family Living In Hotel Weeks after Windstorm
- Own a Drone? Get Ready to Register It with the Feds
- First Christmas Full Moon since 1977 (The Year of the First ‘Star Wars’ Film)
Petulant • \PETCH-you-lunt\ • Adjective – 1: insolent or rude
in speech or behavior 2: characterized by temporary or capricious ill humor.
The ponderous, seemingly good-natured personality of Kasper
Gutman in the “Maltese Falcon” disguised the repellant personality of a
petulant, mean-spirited crook.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Construction Halts at PGE Power Station Near Boardman (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Lights Back On in Chico Following Bremerton-Area Substation
Fire (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Canada; BC Hydro Substation Fire in Richmond Triggers Air
Warning (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Canada: NDP Says BC Hydro Misled Utilities Commission on Information-Technology
Costs (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Coos Bay Liquefied Natural Gas Project Approval Expected
This Month (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Natural Gas, Used to Heat Homes, Plunges on Mild Weather (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Natural-gas-used-to-heat-homes-plunges-on-mild-6697708.php
One Phone Number, Multiple Scams (Electric Co-op Today)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lower Kalama River Fish Hatchery Nearly Decimated by Flooding
(Longview Daily News, WA)
Tulalip Tribe Turning Tide on Diminishing Salmon (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
New Study Says Shellfish Poisoning is Killing Sea Lions (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
EPA Broke Law with Social Media Push for Water Rule, Auditor
Finds (NY Times)
Obama Administration Launches All-Out Push on Water (USA Today)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SolarCity Admits Funding Outside Group Targeting Arizona Utility
Regulators (Utility Dive)
California: Roseville May Let Customers Buy Solar Power without
Installing Panels (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
To Run Completely on Clean Energy, Denmark Harnesses Wind
Power (PBS News Hour)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana’s Flower Power Is Leading to (National) Energy
Headaches (Above the Law)
http://abovethelaw.com/2015/12/marijuanas-flower-power-is-leading-to-national-energy-headaches/?rf=1
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State Governor Inslee Turns to Students to Promote
Climate Change Campaign (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Key Points of the Landmark Paris Agreement to Fight Climate
Change around the World (Associated
Press)
Video: Beyond the Forecast – Climate Change (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Op/Ed: Lots Already Done to Clean Our Air (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Op/Ed: The Carbon Tax – An Idea with Real Appeal (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
A Restaurant in China Has Been Charging Diners a Fee to Breathe
Unpolluted Air (TIME Magazine)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
State Dollars Flowing to Clean Energy Start-Ups Spurs Debate
(Northwest Public Radio)
Leadership Summit: Oregon State Legislature Mulls New
Electric Vehicle Rebate (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Mayors Will Create a ‘Green Wall’ Along the West Coast: An ‘Electric
Vehicle Highway’ Will Run Through It (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
These Urine-Powered Socks Could Supply Enough Juice to Send a
Text (Mashable)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Municipal Broadband: Tacoma City Council Doesn’t Have Final
Say on Click (News Tribune, Tacoma,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
Seattle Reaches Ten-Year Cable-TV Deal with Comcast (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
How AT&T is Out-Building Google Fiber (SF Chronicle)
How Netflix Plans to Cut Its Behemoth Bandwidth Use (Gizmodo)
More Telecoms Let You Watch Video without Dinging Data Caps (Associated Press)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Why the EPA Got Busted for Spreading “Covert Propaganda” on
the Internet (Gizmodo)
Do These ‘Instagram Husbands’ Remind You of Any Poor
Bastards in Your Life? (AdWeek)
GENERAL NEWS
Over 15 Feet of Snow Has Fallen at Mount Baker This Season (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Tree through the House: Spokane Family Living In Hotel Weeks
after Windstorm (KHQ-TV, Spokane,
WA)
Own a Drone? Get Ready to Register It with the Feds (Christian
Science Monitor)
First Christmas Full Moon since 1977 - The Year of the First ‘Star
Wars’ Film (Oregonian, Portland)
DIVERSIONS
Texas Plumber Sues Car Dealer after His Truck Ends Up on
Syria’s Front Lines
How the Potato Changed the World & Altered the Course of
History
Watch the Original Star Wars Trilogy as It Was Before George
Lucas Screwed It Up
Homeowner Tricks Holiday Package Thief into Stealing Box of
Dog Poop
SONG OF THE DAY
Tommy James & The Shondells – Draggin’ the Line -
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Monday, December 14, 2015
Energy News Digest for December 14, 2015
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for December 14, 2015
Special Weather Statement – Landslide Danger
Flood Warning
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Relentless Rain Increases Chance of Washington State
Landslides (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Substation Fire near Bremerton Knocks Out Power, Forces
Several School Closures (KCPQ-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Yakama Nation Seeks $65.5 Million in Fire Damages from
Klickitat PUD (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
Conservation Groups to Sue Feds over Puget Sound Steelhead (Associated Press)
Mason PUD 3 Solar Panel Incentive Program Growing (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Substation Fire near Bremerton Knocks Out Power, Forces Several School Closures
- Yakama Nation Seeks $65.5 Million in Fire Damages from Klickitat PUD
- Spokane Area Family Gets Power Back after 26 Days
- Snohomish PUD Sues City of Everett for $1 Million over Flood Damage, Talks Ongoing
- Skagit PUD General Manager Bob Powell Retires
- Benton PUD Customers Can Receive Special Offers by Donating to Helping Hands
- Tree Trimming Accident: Unconscious Man Rescued from Tree
- Georgia: Two Men Sought in Electrocution Death after Copper Wire Theft
- Power Outages among Top Causes of Business Continuity Insurance Losses, Says Study – The Biggest is Fire & Explosion
- Utilities Can Engage Customers to Harness New Technologies, But Regulations Need to Change
- Conservation Groups to Sue Feds over Puget Sound Steelhead
- 2016 Columbia River Salmon & Sturgeon Forecasts Mixed
- Yakima River Coho Fish Hatchery Proposed
- U-S Geological Service Studies Document Changes in White Salmon River Post-Condit Dam; More Salmon, Steelhead Spawners
- Montana Adopts Mandatory Kill Rule for Walleye in Flathead Basin’s Swan Lake, Swan River
- Washington State Says ‘Give Salmon a Break’ with Copper-Free Brakes
- Southern California Desalination Plant Will Help Ease Water Crunch, But Price Is Steep
- Mason PUD 3 Solar Panel Incentive Program Growing
- Australian Firm to Build Floating Solar Farm in California
- California’s Biomass Industry under Threat
- How Rooftop Solar Homeowners Can Prepare for El Niño
- New Thermostat Offerings Highlight Growing Home Energy Management Market
- Editorial: In Search of the Ideal Light Bulb
- Oregon Hemp Farmers Looking for Legislation Changes
- Leaders Move to Convert Paris Climate Pledges into Action
- A Single Typo Nearly Killed the Paris Climate Accord
- Op/Ed: Nuclear Power Paves the Only Viable Path Forward on Climate Change
- San Francisco Mayor Pitches ‘Renewable Diesel’ to Portland, Seattle
- Compressed Air Storage Mulled for Site of Retiring Utah Coal Plant
- Vermont Utility Details Plans to Offer Tesla Powerwalls to Customers through Pilot
- CenturyLink Warned by Portland Regulators over Long Hold Times & Missed Appointments
- Google’s eCity Awards Recognize the Strongest Online Business Community in Each State
- Twitter Warns Some Users of Possible State-Sponsored Cyber Attack
- Social Customer Service: How to Care for Customers with Social Media
- Reese’s Turned Gripes about Its Ugly Christmas Candy into Funny Ads about Tree Shaming
- Marketers Should Look Beyond the Dazzle of CGI & Embrace Storytelling
- Including Columbia River Treaty: Cross-Border Issues abound in Montana Congressional Delegation’s Letters to Canada
- Relentless Rain Increases Chance of Washington State Landslides
- Winter Storm Knocks Out Power in Southern, Central Oregon
- Man Holding Daughter at Knifepoint near Lacey Killed by SWAT
- Parents, Business Owners Rally to Keep Shelton Pool Open
- Environmental Activists March in Seattle after Paris Climate Deal
- Olympic National Park in Need of Funding Boost, Study Finds
Syzygy ●
\SIZ-uh-jee\ ● Noun – The
nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (such as the sun,
moon, & earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system.
Like pearls on a necklace, the sun, moon and earth did their
mathematically predictable celestial dance of syzygy for one of the most
mysterious and awe-inspiring events, a solar eclipse.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Substation Fire near Bremerton Knocks Out Power, Forces
Several School Closures (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Yakama Nation Seeks $65.5 Million in Fire Damages from
Klickitat PUD (Yakima Herald-Republic,
WA)
Spokane Area Family Gets Power Back after 26 Days (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Snohomish PUD Sues City of Everett for $1 Million over Flood
Damage, Talks Ongoing (Tribune Newspapers of Snohomish County, Snohomish, WA)
Skagit PUD General Manager Bob Powell Retires (Skagit Valley
Herald, Mt Vernon, WA)
Benton PUD Customers Can Receive Special Offers by Donating
to Helping Hands (Tri-City Herald,
WA)
Tree Trimming Accident: Unconscious Man Rescued from Tree (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Georgia: Two Men Sought in Electrocution Death after Copper
Wire Theft (WRDW-TV, Augusta, GA)
Power Outages among Top Causes of Business Continuity
Insurance Losses, Says Study – The Biggest is Fire & Explosion (Forbes
Magazine)
Utilities Can Engage Customers to Harness New Technologies,
But Regulations Need to Change “…Consumers on average interact with their
electric utility for a total of nine minutes per year…”
FISH & WILDLIFE
Conservation Groups to Sue Feds over Puget Sound Steelhead (Associated Press)
2016 Columbia River Salmon & Sturgeon Forecasts Mixed
(Oregonian, Portland)
Yakima River Coho Fish Hatchery Proposed (Ellensburg Daily
Record, WA)
U-S Geological Service Studies Document Changes in White
Salmon River Post-Condit Dam; More Salmon, Steelhead Spawners (Columbia Basin
Bulletin)
Montana Adopts Mandatory Kill Rule for Walleye in Flathead
Basin’s Swan Lake, Swan River (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Washington State Says ‘Give Salmon a Break’ with Copper-Free
Brakes (Northwest Public Radio)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Southern California Desalination Plant Will Help Ease Water
Crunch, But Price Is Steep (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Mason PUD 3 Solar Panel Incentive Program Growing (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
Australian Firm to Build Floating Solar Farm in California (Renewable Energy World)
California’s Biomass Industry under Threat (Renewable Energy World)
How Rooftop Solar Homeowners Can Prepare for El Niño
(PG&E Currents, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
New Thermostat Offerings Highlight Growing Home Energy
Management Market (Utility Dive)
Editorial: In Search of the Ideal Light Bulb (Sacramento Bee, CA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon Hemp Farmers Looking for Legislation Changes (Associated Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Leaders Move to Convert Paris Climate Pledges into Action (NY Times)
A Single Typo Nearly Killed the Paris Climate Accord
(Gizmodo)
Op/Ed: Nuclear Power Paves the Only Viable Path Forward on
Climate Change (The Guardian, UK)
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/03/nuclear-power-paves-the-only-viable-path-forward-on-climate-change
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/03/nuclear-power-paves-the-only-viable-path-forward-on-climate-change
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
San Francisco Mayor Pitches ‘Renewable Diesel’ to Portland,
Seattle (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Compressed Air Storage Mulled for Site of Retiring Utah Coal
Plant (Utility Dive)
Vermont Utility Details Plans to Offer Tesla Powerwalls to
Customers through Pilot (American Public Power Association)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CenturyLink Warned by Portland Regulators over Long Hold
Times & Missed Appointments (Oregonian, Portland)
Google’s eCity Awards Recognize the Strongest Online
Business Community in Each State (Google)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Twitter Warns Some Users of Possible State-Sponsored Cyber
Attack (Reuters)
Social Customer Service: How to Care for Customers with
Social Media (Social Media Examiner)
Reese’s Turned Gripes about Its Ugly Christmas Candy into
Funny Ads about Tree Shaming (AdWeek)
Marketers Should Look Beyond the Dazzle of CGI & Embrace
Storytelling (AdWeek)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Including Columbia River Treaty: Cross-Border Issues abound
in Montana Congressional Delegation’s Letters to Canada (Helena
Independent-Record, MT)
GENERAL NEWS
Relentless Rain Increases Chance of Washington State Landslides
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Winter Storm Knocks Out Power in Southern, Central Oregon (Associated Press)
Man Holding Daughter at Knifepoint near Lacey Killed by SWAT
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Parents, Business Owners Rally to Keep Shelton Pool Open (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Environmental Activists March in Seattle after Paris Climate
Deal (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Olympic National Park in Need of Funding Boost, Study Finds (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
DIVERSIONS
Meter Mix-Up Creates $1,000 ‘Surprise’ Electric Bill for
East Texas Woman
Colts Punter Pat McAfee Pays Electric Bill for 83 Families
Roseville’s Kaseberg Elementary Gets Special Angry Birds
Treatment
Happy Christmas for Swiss Boy Who Found 1,000-Franc Note
SONG OF THE DAY
Franz Joseph Haydn - “Surprise,” Symphony no. 94 (Note PG-13
language in comments)
Surprise Symphony
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Friday, December 11, 2015
Energy News Digest for December 11, 2015
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for December 11, 2015
Flood Warning
Special Weather Statement – Landslides
Exceptional Picture of the "Drunken Storm" (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
ENERGY & UTILITY
PacifiCorp Spilling Water at All Three Lewis River Dams
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Energy, Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Legislation
Signed by the President (Breaking Energy)
Should Oregon's Energy Department Just 'Go Away?' (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
State Supreme Court Upholds Order for Cowlitz PUD Recall
Petitioners to Pay Piper's Legal Bills (Longview Daily News, WA)
Moody's Assigns Aa2 Rating to Seattle City Light’s Revenue
Bonds; Outlook Stable (Moody’s Investor Service)
Possible Prepayment Option Discussed by Grant PUD Commission
(Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Energy Northwest Gathers a Thousand Gifts for Head Start
Students in the Tri-Cities (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
USGS Study: Northern Spotted Owl in Danger Again (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
British Columbia Premier Accused of Interfering in Local
Band Election to Aid Brother’s Deal (Globe & Mail, Canada)
To Store Renewable Electricity, Utilities Turn to Pumped
Water (Christian Science Monitor)
MARKETING & MEDIA
How to Create Instagram Ads Using Facebook Ads Manager
(Social Media Examiner)
GENERAL NEWS
Speed Limit Reduced During Construction on SR 3 in Belfair
(KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
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hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story
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