Energy News Digest for July 11, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for July 11, 2016

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Columbia River Fishing Plan Could Alter Limits for Salmon, Steelhead (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/07/columbia_river_fishing_plan_co.html

Protest against Crude Oil on Grays Harbor Draws Hundreds (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/news/local/protest-against-crude-oil-grays-harbor-draws-hundreds

Hood Canal Bridge Reopens after Mechanical Malfunction Causes Hours-Long Closure (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/339112/mechanical-malfunction-closes-hood-canal-bridge-to-vehicles-and-marine-traffic/

Clallam PUD’s Community Solar Project Gains Traction through Reduced Payback Period (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20160611/NEWS/306119987

Some Communities Complain About Sprint’s Use of Small Cells (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Some-Communities-Complain-About-Sprints-Use-of-Small-Cells-137365

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Protest against Crude Oil on Grays Harbor Draws Hundreds
• Vancouver, BC Protest of Peace River Dam at Vanier Park
• Seattle Utilities Startup Acquired by South Korean Company
• 37 Straight Years – Mason PUD 3 Passes another State Audit
• Op/Ed: Study Needed for Bainbridge Island’s Utility Decision
• NW Natural Announces Dividend of 46 Cents
• San Bruno Trial: Pacific Gas & Electric Knew of Widespread Pipeline Hazards before Blast, Internal Emails Reveal
• California: Reopening San Onofre Settlement Could Expose Customers to Higher Costs, California Utility Warns
• Op/Ed: The New Nuclear Renaissance
• $100 Million Added for LIHEAP as Supporters Seek More
• Weather Company Earth Networks Sees Utilities as a New Path to Profit
• Two Linemen & a Squirrel Save a Life
• Columbia River Fishing Plan Could Alter Limits for Salmon, Steelhead
• Projects Restore Fish Habitat on Twisp, Methow Rivers
• ‘The Blob,’ a Pacific Warm-Water Mass That Caused Weather Havoc, Is Back
• Clallam PUD’s Community Solar Project Gains Traction through Reduced Payback Period
• California PUC Directs San Diego Gas & Electric to Buy More Renewables Despite Renewable Portfolio Standards Compliance
• Op/Ed: Mandating Renewable Energy Raises Costs, Cuts Jobs
• Greens Warn against GOP Bill Promoting Wood-Burning Power Plants
• Tidal Power Project Makes Waves in Canada
• Marijuana Shops, Forced to Do Business in Cash, Become Targets of Violent Robberies
• Feds Nearing a Decision on Whether Pot Has Medical Potential
• How Pot Legalization Affects Paranoia
• Some Communities Complain About Sprint’s Use of Small Cells
• Here’s What Facebook Wants in Its Potential New Mexico Data Center
• Cyclist Sues Comcast after Being Clotheslined by Low-Hanging Cable Line
• Twitter Will Livestream CBS News’ Coverage of the Republican & Democratic Conventions
• Why Has Pro-ISIS Twitter Traffic Dropped 45 Percent in Two Years?
• Period. Full Stop. Point. Whatever It’s Called, It’s Going Out of Style
• Forget Beanbag Chairs. Amazon Is Giving Its Workers Treehouses
• Hood Canal Bridge Reopens after Mechanical Malfunction Causes Hours-Long Closure
• Mason County Unemployment Averaging 8.1% in 2016
• Olympia National Park Warns of Mountain Goat Interactions
• ‘Ageless Wonder’ Bernard Lagat Qualifies for Fifth Olympic Team

WORD OF THE DAY

Craven • \KRAY-vun\ • adjective – Lacking the least bit of courage: contemptibly fainthearted

Flavius stood undefeated in the arena; his blood-stained sword glinting in the sharp, angled glow of the setting, golden sun. No craven bone in his body had he…except for his uncharacteristic fear of chickens. Whether by suspicion or a childhood incident involving the family rooster, he would quake in fear at the mere mention of any poultry dish or the appearance of a feathered opponent.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Protest against Crude Oil on Grays Harbor Draws Hundreds (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/news/local/protest-against-crude-oil-grays-harbor-draws-hundreds

Vancouver, BC Protest of Peace River Dam at Vanier Park (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-site-c-dam-protest-1.3672224?cmp=rss

Seattle Utilities Startup Acquired by South Korean Company (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/seattle-utilities-startup-acquired-by-south-korean-company/

37 Straight Years – Mason PUD 3 Passes another State Audit (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

http://www.pud3.org/blog/articles--blog/post/37-straight-years-mason-pud-3-passes-another-state-audit

Op/Ed: Study Needed for Bainbridge Island’s Utility Decision (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/opinion/letters-study-needed-for-islands-utility-decision-36ed9b58-2903-533d-e053-0100007fb16f-386167651.html

NW Natural Announces Dividend of 46 Cents (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jul/08/nw-natural-announces-dividend-of-46-cents/

San Bruno Trial: Pacific Gas & Electric Knew of Widespread Pipeline Hazards before Blast, Internal Emails Reveal (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30106257/pg-e-knew-widespread-pipeline-hazards-before-san?source=rss

California: Reopening San Onofre Settlement Could Expose Customers to Higher Costs, California Utility Warns (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/reopening-san-onofre-settlement-could-expose-customers-to-higher-costs-cal/422321/

Op/Ed: The New Nuclear Renaissance – The future of nuclear energy in the U-S is bright (US News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-07-11/americas-next-nuclear-power-renaissance-is-here

$100 Million Added for LIHEAP as Supporters Seek More (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/editors-pick/100m-added-for-liheap-as-supporters-seek-more/92995

Weather Company Earth Networks Sees Utilities as a New Path to Profit (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/weather-company-earth-networks-sees-utilities-as-a-new-path-to-profit/2016/07/10/21ddc82a-4518-11e6-88d0-6adee48be8bc_story.html

Two Linemen & a Squirrel Save a Life (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/editors-pick/two-linemen-and-a-squirrel-save-a-life/92907

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbia River Fishing Plan Could Alter Limits for Salmon, Steelhead (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/07/columbia_river_fishing_plan_co.html

Projects Restore Fish Habitat on Twisp, Methow Rivers (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)

http://methowvalleynews.com/2016/07/08/projects-restore-fish-habitat-on-twisp-methow-rivers/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

‘The Blob,’ a Pacific Warm-Water Mass That Caused Weather Havoc, Is Back (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/07/the_blob_a_pacific_warm_water.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Clallam PUD’s Community Solar Project Gains Traction through Reduced Payback Period (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20160611/NEWS/306119987

California PUC Directs San Diego Gas & Electric to Buy More Renewables Despite Renewable Portfolio Standards Compliance (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-puc-directs-sdge-to-buy-more-renewables-despite-rps-compliance/422315/

Op/Ed: Mandating Renewable Energy Raises Costs, Cuts Jobs (Albuquerque Journal, NM)

http://www.abqjournal.com/805629/mandating-renewable-energy-raises-costs-cuts-jobs.html

Greens Warn against GOP Bill Promoting Wood-Burning Power Plants (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/greens-warn-against-gop-bill-promoting-wood-burning-power-plants/article/2596122?custom_click=rss

Tidal Power Project Makes Waves in Canada (Earth Island Journal)

http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/tidal_energy_makes_waves_in_canada

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Marijuana Shops, Forced to Do Business in Cash, Become Targets of Violent Robberies (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pot-shops-20160711-snap-story.html

Feds Nearing a Decision on Whether Pot Has Medical Potential (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30114005/feds-nearing-decision-whether-pot-has-medical-potential?source=rss

How Pot Legalization Affects Paranoia (The Atlantic Magazine)

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/07/how-legalization-affects-paranoia/490559/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Some Communities Complain About Sprint’s Use of Small Cells (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Some-Communities-Complain-About-Sprints-Use-of-Small-Cells-137365

Here’s What Facebook Wants in Its Potential New Mexico Data Center (Albuquerque Business First, NM)

http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/morning-edition/2016/07/facebook-potential-nm-data-center-what-we-know.html

Cyclist Sues Comcast after Being Clotheslined by Low-Hanging Cable Line (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2016/07/11/cyclist-sues-comcast-after-being-clotheslined-by-low-hanging-cable-line/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Twitter Will Livestream CBS News’ Coverage of the Republican & Democratic Conventions (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/twitter-will-livestream-cbs-news-coverage-republican-and-democratic-conventions-172457

Why Has Pro-ISIS Twitter Traffic Dropped 45 Percent in Two Years? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2016/0710/Why-has-pro-ISIS-Twitter-traffic-dropped-45-percent-in-two-years

Period. Full Stop. Point. Whatever It’s Called, It’s Going Out of Style (NY Times)

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/world/europe/period-full-stop-point-whatever-its-called-millennials-arent-using-it.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=2&referer=

POLITICS & MANAGEMENT

Forget Beanbag Chairs. Amazon Is Giving Its Workers Treehouses. (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/technology/forget-beanbag-chairs-amazon-is-giving-its-workers-treehouses.html

GENERAL NEWS

Hood Canal Bridge Reopens after Mechanical Malfunction Causes Hours-Long Closure (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/339112/mechanical-malfunction-closes-hood-canal-bridge-to-vehicles-and-marine-traffic/

Mason County Unemployment Averaging 8.1% in 2016 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/21104

Olympia National Park Warns of Mountain Goat Interactions (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/11736

‘Ageless Wonder’ Bernard Lagat Qualifies for Fifth Olympic Team (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/ageless-wonder-bernard-lagat-qualifies-fifth-olympic-team

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Why Hordes of Moths Crashed the Euro 2016 Soccer Final

http://gizmodo.com/why-hoards-of-moths-crashed-the-euro-2016-final-1783441478

Pokemon Go Added $7.5 Billion to Nintendo’s Value in Two Days

http://gizmodo.com/pokemon-go-added-7-5-billion-to-nintendos-value-in-two-1783439513

What Would Brian Wilson Change about ‘Pet Sounds’? He Reflects 50 Years Later

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-brian-wilson-pet-sounds-20160626-snap-story.html

Woman Finds Lottery Ticket worth $470,000 While Doing Taxes

https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-finds-lottery-ticket-worth-470k-while-doing-200239496.html?nhp=1

SONGS OF THE DAY

The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYBlfpCVHBo

The Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice (From the album “Pet Sounds”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0spkrwl9Qk

The Beach Boys – God Only KNows (From the album “Pet Sounds”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybvruzd3XE0

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for July 8, 2016

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Five Police Killed, Seven Cops Injured, Fourth Suspect Dead after Dallas Attack (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2016/07/fourth_suspect_in_dallas_attac.html

Portland General Electric’s Boardman Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant $100M over Budget (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/money/new-pge-boardman-plant-100m-over-budget/267785442

Idaho Power to Seek Review of $35.2M Investment in Energy Efficiency, Demand Response Programs (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/idaho-power-to-seek-review-of-352m-investment-in-ee-dr-programs/422283/

Kate Brown to Lawmakers: Repeal of Oregon’s Low-Carbon Fuels Law Is Off Limits in Transportation Talks (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/07/kate_brown_to_lawmakers_a_repe.html

Las Vegas Goes Solar: Good News for Some, Bad for Others (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0708/Las-Vegas-goes-solar-good-news-for-some-bad-for-others

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Portland General Electric’s Boardman Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant $100M over Budget
• Initiative 937 Costs – Pacific Power Requests Small Rate Increase to Cover Conservation Efforts
• Avista Plans Little Falls Reservoir Drawdown
• Why Seattle City Light’s Average Electric Bill Is About To Go Up ~$1
• Damning Documents Exposed in Pacific Gas & Electric Trial over Natural Gas Explosion
• California: Pacific Gas & Electric Closes Gas Storage Field in Delta after Finding Leaks
• Clean Energy Is at a Critical Turning Point – Wind & Solar May Not Be Enough
• A Planned Outage for the Ages: Planned Power Cut at Death Valley Saturday Means No Escaping 116-Degree Heat
• Op/Ed: Lost Economic Opportunities from Energy Projects Mounting
• Ocean Salmon Catch Data Reveals Fairly Good Catches Mainly Off Ilwaco
• Salmon Runs with More Diversity Provide Best Catches, Study Finds
• ‘Salmon Cannon’ Helps Move Fish over Dams
• Salmon Angler Named Regional WDFW Boss for SW Washington State
• Kennewick Irrigation District Does Not Anticipate a Need for Water Restrictions during 2016 Water Season
• Drought Conditions Worsen in Oregon for Fifth Year
• Ding! Round One in WOTUS Court Fight Begins
• Las Vegas Goes Solar: Good News for Some, Bad for Others
• The Winds Are Changing for Renewable Energy
• How Utilities Are Fighting Back on Solar Power
• Environmental Review Released for Geothermal Leasing in Santa Fe National Forest
• Idaho Power to Seek Review of $35.2M Investment in Energy Efficiency, Demand Response Programs
• Washington’s Total Recreational Marijuana Sales Pass $1 Billion
• Kate Brown to Lawmakers: Repeal of Oregon’s Low-Carbon Fuels Law Is Off Limits in Transportation Talks
• A Grand Bargain? California Governor in Talks with Oil Companies about Climate Change Programs 
• Analysis: Internet Access – An Incomplete Promise
• The Great Tablet Gold Rush Is Over
• Facebook Testing Encrypted Chats in Messenger
• Twitter Seeks NBA, MLS, Turner Deals to Stream Sports
• Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
• Scamalot – Trolling the Trollers
• Transgender Bathroom Initiative Falls Short
• Five Police Killed, Seven Cops Injured, Fourth Suspect Dead after Dallas Attack
• Olympia Demonstrators Cause Damage, Clog I-5 On-Ramp in Protest
• President Obama Orders Flags at Half-Staff after Dallas Shooting
• Strong Jobs Report Helps Debunk Recession Fears
• Roadkill Fair Game In Washington State

WORD OF THE DAY

Hoity-toity /HOY-tee – TOY-tee/ Adjective – 1: thoughtlessly silly or frivolous: flighty 2: marked by an air of assumed importance: highfalutin.

My hoity-toity hat

Festooned like a parade float

Grandest of them all

Merriam-Webster Word Origin – Today we most often use hoity-toity as an adjective, but before it was an adjective it was a noun meaning “thoughtless giddy behavior.” The noun, which first appeared in print in 1668, was probably created as a sing-songy rhyme based on the dialectal English word hoit, meaning, “to play the fool.” The adjective hoity-toity can stay close to its roots and mean “foolish” (“…as though it were very hoity-toity of me not to know that royal personage…” — W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge), but in current use it more often means “pretentious.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Portland General Electric’s Boardman Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant $100M over Budget (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/money/new-pge-boardman-plant-100m-over-budget/267785442

Initiative 937 Costs – Pacific Power Requests Small Rate Increase to Cover Conservation Efforts (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/pacific-power-requests-small-rate-increase-to-cover-conservation-efforts/article_24a01724-448d-11e6-a352-ff598a19b456.html

Avista Plans Little Falls Reservoir Drawdown (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2016/jul/07/little-falls-reservoir-drawdown-planned-avista-says/

Why Seattle City Light’s Average Electric Bill Is About To Go Up ~$1 (West Seattle Blog, WA)

http://westseattleblog.com/2016/07/why-your-electric-bill-is-about-to-go-up-1/

Damning Documents Exposed in Pacific Gas & Electric Trial over Natural Gas Explosion (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/07/08/damning-documents-exposed-in-pg-e-trial.htm

California: Pacific Gas & Electric Closes Gas Storage Field in Delta after Finding Leaks (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/PG-E-closes-gas-storage-field-in-Delta-after-8346829.php

Clean Energy Is at a Critical Turning Point – Wind & Solar May Not Be Enough (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/07/07/wind-and-solar-energy-are-doing-great-do-we-still-need-nuclear-power/

A Planned Outage for the Ages: Planned Power Cut at Death Valley Saturday Means No Escaping 116-Degree Heat (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-tr-death-valley-no-power-high-temperatures-20160707-snap-story.html

Op/Ed: Lost Economic Opportunities from Energy Projects Mounting (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/business/lost-economic-opportunities-from-energy-projects-mounting/article_b988fdd6-2e87-11e6-bdaa-f73f0a5109ea.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Ocean Salmon Catch Data Reveals Fairly Good Catches Mainly Off Ilwaco (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/ocean-salmon-catch-data-reveals-fairly-good-catches-mainly-off-ilwaco/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all

Salmon Runs with More Diversity Provide Best Catches, Study Finds (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/salmon-runs-with-more-diversity-provide-best-catches-study/article30808458/?cmpid=rss1

‘Salmon Cannon’ Helps Move Fish over Dams (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/salmon-cannon-helps-move-fish-over-dams/article_8d6a88d8-44ac-11e6-9ee6-6fb5234ecb47.html

Salmon Angler Named Regional WDFW Boss for SW Washington State (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/lifestyles/outdoors/salmon-angler-named-regional-wdfw-boss/article_eccd061b-d605-5d00-a048-313e71230330.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Kennewick Irrigation District Does Not Anticipate a Need for Water Restrictions during 2016 Water Season (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/32395209/kennewick-irrigation-district-does-not-anticipate-a-need-for-water-restrictions-during-2016-water-season

Drought Conditions Worsen in Oregon for Fifth Year (Associated Press)

http://koin.com/2016/07/08/drought-conditions-worsen-in-oregon-for-5th-year/

Ding! Round One in WOTUS Court Fight Begins (Politico)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2016/07/ding-round-one-in-wotus-court-fight.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Las Vegas Goes Solar: Good News for Some, Bad for Others (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0708/Las-Vegas-goes-solar-good-news-for-some-bad-for-others

The Winds Are Changing for Renewable Energy (The Atlantic Magazine)

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/are-the-winds-changing-for-renewable-energy/490250/?utm_source=feed

How Utilities Are Fighting Back on Solar Power (Consumer Reports)

http://www.consumerreports.org/energy-saving/how-utilities-are-fighting-back-on-solar-power/

Environmental Review Released for Geothermal Leasing in Santa Fe National Forest (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/07/environmental-review-released-for-geothermal-leasing-in-santa-fe-national-forest.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Idaho Power to Seek Review of $35.2M Investment in Energy Efficiency, Demand Response Programs (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/idaho-power-to-seek-review-of-352m-investment-in-ee-dr-programs/422283/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Washington’s Total Recreational Marijuana Sales Pass $1 Billion (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/marijuana/article/Washington-total-marijuana-sales-pass-1-billion-8346916.php

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Kate Brown to Lawmakers: Repeal of Oregon’s Low-Carbon Fuels Law Is Off Limits in Transportation Talks (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/07/kate_brown_to_lawmakers_a_repe.html

A Grand Bargain? California Governor in Talks with Oil Companies about Climate Change Programs (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-jerry-brown-oil-climate-change-20160707-snap-story.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Analysis: Internet Access – An Incomplete Promise (Daily Yonder)

http://www.dailyyonder.com/analysis-internet-access-an-incomplete-promise/2016/06/01/13162/?mc_cid=951dd8cdd6&mc_eid=7fd14173f7

The Great Tablet Gold Rush Is Over (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/07/08/tablets-are-over/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Testing Encrypted Chats in Messenger (Associated Press)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/business/national/facebook-testing-encrypted-chats-in-messenger/article_f8ea76e7-18a9-5c5f-957a-ebf3e94bbede.html

Twitter Seeks NBA, MLS, Turner Deals to Stream Sports (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-sport-idUSKCN0ZO12D

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2016/07/08/consumerist-friday-flickr-finds-339/

Scamalot – Trolling the Trollers (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/07/08/scamalot-episode-1/

POLITICS & MANAGEMENT

Transgender Bathroom Initiative Falls Short (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jul/07/transgender-bathroom-initiative-falls-short/

GENERAL NEWS

Five Police Killed, Seven Cops Injured, Fourth Suspect Dead after Dallas Attack (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2016/07/fourth_suspect_in_dallas_attac.html

Olympia Demonstrators Cause Damage, Clog I-5 On-Ramp in Protest (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article88372257.html

President Obama Orders Flags at Half-Staff after Dallas Shooting (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/287010-obama-orders-flags-at-half-staff-after-dallas-shooting

Strong Jobs Report Helps Debunk Recession Fears (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/07/08/frist-take-june-jobs-report/86845996/

Roadkill Fair Game In Washington State (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2016/jul/01/roadkill-fair-game-washington-starting-today/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Royal Brunei Airlines’ First All-Female Pilot Crew Lands Plane in Saudi Arabia - Where Women Are Not Allowed to Drive

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/royal-brunei-airlines-first-all-female-flight-deck-crew-lands-plane-in-saudi-arabia-where-women-are-a6931726.html

Black Bear Tangles With the Wrong Ex-Boxer

http://www.newser.com/story/227668/black-bear-tangles-with-the-wrong-ex-boxer.html

Moldy, Water-Filled Seattle Teardown Sells for $427,000, Double Asking Price

http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf/2016/07/seattle_teardown_427000_double.html

This Local Pizza Chain Pays for Employee Tattoos — Of the Company’s Logo

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/this-local-pizza-chain-pays-for-employee-tattoos--as-long-as-its-the-company-logo/2016/07/08/61a896d0-3e04-11e6-80bc-d06711fd2125_story.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Maynard Ferguson - Gonna Fly Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lDs4meGp40

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Energy News Digest for July 7, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for July 7, 2016

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Fire at Moses lake REC Silicon Plant Will Impact Third Quarter Production (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/business/fire-at-rec-silicon-plant-will-impact-third-quarter-production/article_d44ba20e-43cc-11e6-be36-cf5b7bccae54.html

Sockeye Fishing Opens, Salmon Limits Raised In Columbia above Priest Rapids Dam (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2016/jul/06/sockeye-fishing-opens-salmon-limits-raised-columbia-above-priest-rapids-dam/

California: State Electric Grid Expansion Would Add Coal-Heavy Utility (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pacificorp-electric-grid-20160706-snap-story.html

This New Facebook Device Aims to Bring Internet to the Ends of the Earth (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/07/07/this-new-facebook-device-aims-to-bring-internet-to-the-ends-of-the-earth/

Grays Harbor County Commissioners Take Heat after Public Services BBQ (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/news/local/commissioners-take-heat-after-public-services-bbq

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• California: State Electric Grid Expansion Would Add Coal-Heavy Utility
• Op/Ed: Close the Expensive Columbia Generating Station
• Columbia Generating Station States & Value
• Marysville Neighbors Catch, Tie Up Suspected Metal Thief
• BC Hydro, McLeod Lake Indian Band Reach Agreement on 1,100-MW Peace River Hydroelectric Project
• Clean Power Plan Implementation Choices by States Could Affect Electricity Generation Mix
• Utilities Rebuild an Aging Lexicon to Keep Pace with Change
• Bystander Electrocuted in Detroit Plane Crash Has Died – Damaged Power Line Struck Her
• Sockeye Fishing Opens, Salmon Limits Raised In Columbia above Priest Rapids Dam
• Oregon Can Kill Salmon-Eating Sea Lions until 2021
• New Warning to Leave Harbor Seal Pups Alone
• Shelton Commissioners Hear Second Plea to Replace or Rehab City’s Main Water Well
• Facing Historically Low Levels, Lake Mead Officials Are Fending Off a Water War. Here’s How
• Fire at Moses lake REC Silicon Plant Will Impact Third Quarter Production
• Vestas Gets Big Order from Xcel for $1 Billion Colorado Wind Farm Project
• Advocacy Group Briefs FBI in Arizona Corporation Commission Inquiry
• MGM Resorts Beats Toys ‘R’ Us with Biggest Rooftop Solar Energy System
• Google Defeats the Pentagon on Green Energy Use
• Pot Backers Hope California Vote Will Pressure Congress to Ease Laws
• Google Preparing to Work with the Cannabis Industry?
• One of the Big Questions in Marijuana Research Has Been Answered – How Much is in a Typical Joint
• ‘Hot, Wet & Wild’ 2016 Weather as U-S Has Warmest June
• The Democrats’ Climate Change Conundrum
• Climate Scientists Are Under Attack from Frivolous Lawsuits
• Ecotrust, National Labor Group Tout Clean Energy Jobs Potential in New Study
• This New Facebook Device Aims to Bring Internet to the Ends of the Earth
• Ten States Challenge FCC Broadband Subsidy Fast-Track
• Glitches Afflict Payments on Etsy, Angering Sellers
• Online, Digital News Overtakes TV for Most Americans, Newspapers on Life Support
• Verizon Promotion of New Plans on Twitter Goes Horribly Wrong
• The Republican National Convention Mobile App Has Livestreaming & a 360-Degree View
• Grays Harbor County Commissioners Take Heat after Public Services BBQ
• What Power Does a Lieutenant Governor Have? Washington State Candidates Disagree
• U-S House Members, Staff Offered Blood Testing after Lead Found in Cannon House Office Building Water
• When You Don’t Have a Direct Competitor, Invent a Phantom One
• Eight U-S Airlines, Including Alaska, Win Tentative Approval to Fly to Cuba
• Port of Shelton Commissioners to Discuss Options for Ex-Fairgrounds Buildings
• Mason County Recognized as a Stormready County
• 34th Annual Allyn Days July 15-17
• A Lesson Learned in Minutes May Save Lives: ‘Hands-Only CPR’
• Seahawks QB (and Alaska Airlines CFO) Russell Wilson, Singer Ciara Had Top-Secret European Wedding

WORD OF THE DAY

Cadillac ● /CADD-uh-lack/ ● Noun – 1. Trademark, a large luxury car that is the most prestigious brand of General Motors. 2. Something that is an outstanding example of its kind, especially in terms of luxury, quality, or size.

Took some liberties with Boston’s “Rock & Roll Band” lyrics.

Guy saw us one night

A cigar, Cadillac Car

“This band’s outa sight”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

California: State Electric Grid Expansion Would Add Coal-Heavy Utility (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pacificorp-electric-grid-20160706-snap-story.html

Op/Ed: Close the Expensive Columbia Generating Station (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/07/close_the_expensive_columbia_g.html

Columbia Generating Station States & Value – 4.7 - 5.2 cents/kWh; Natural Gas 6 - 14 cents/kWh; Wind 7 - 10 cents/kWh; Solar 11 - 42 cents/kWh. (Energy Northwest)

https://www.energy-northwest.com/ourenergyprojects/Columbia/Pages/default.aspx

Marysville Neighbors Catch, Tie Up Suspected Metal Thief (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/news/marysville-neighbors-catch-tie-up-suspected-metal-thief

BC Hydro, McLeod Lake Indian Band Reach Agreement on 1,100-MW Peace River Hydroelectric Project (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/hydro/2016/07/bc-hydro-mcleod-lake-indian-band-reach-agreement-on-1-100-mw-site-c-hydroelectric-project.html

Clean Power Plan Implementation Choices by States Could Affect Electricity Generation Mix (The Energy Collective)

http://www.theenergycollective.com/todayinenergy/2382202/clean-power-plan-implementation-choices-by-states-could-affect-electricity-generation-mix

Utilities Rebuild an Aging Lexicon to Keep Pace with Change (E&E News)

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060039811

Bystander Electrocuted in Detroit Plane Crash Has Died – Damaged Power Line Struck Her (Associated Press)

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8d38d7dff1d644d5957fe7af05a5c5ee/bystander-electrocuted-detroit-plane-crash-has-died

FISH & WILDLIFE

Sockeye Fishing Opens, Salmon Limits Raised In Columbia above Priest Rapids Dam (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2016/jul/06/sockeye-fishing-opens-salmon-limits-raised-columbia-above-priest-rapids-dam/

Oregon Can Kill Salmon-Eating Sea Lions until 2021 (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2016/07/06/oregon-can-kill-salmon-eating-sea-lions-until-2021/

New Warning to Leave Harbor Seal Pups Alone (Northwest Cable News Network)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/local/new-warning-to-leave-harbor-seal-pups-alone/266460983

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Shelton Commissioners Hear Second Plea to Replace or Rehab City’s Main Water Well (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/shelton-commissioners-hear-second-plea-to-replace-or-rehab-city/article_821dfac6-43d7-11e6-9314-039d4196d6e7.html

Facing Historically Low Levels, Lake Mead Officials Are Fending Off a Water War. Here’s How (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sej-colorado-river-20160703-snap-story.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Fire at Moses lake REC Silicon Plant Will Impact Third Quarter Production (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/business/fire-at-rec-silicon-plant-will-impact-third-quarter-production/article_d44ba20e-43cc-11e6-be36-cf5b7bccae54.html

Vestas Gets Big Order from Xcel for $1 Billion Colorado Wind Farm Project (Denver Business Journal, CO)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2016/07/vestas-gets-big-order-from-xcel-for-1-billion.html

Advocacy Group Briefs FBI in Arizona Corporation Commission Inquiry (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)

http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/energy/2016/07/06/fbi-questions-clean-energy-advocacy-group-az-corporation-commission-inquiry/86757378/

MGM Resorts Beats Toys ‘R’ Us with Biggest Rooftop Solar Energy System (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-06/mgm-resorts-beats-toys-r-us-with-biggest-rooftop-solar-system

Google Defeats the Pentagon on Green Energy Use (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/google-defeats-pentagon-on-green-energy-use/article/2595853

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Pot Backers Hope California Vote Will Pressure Congress to Ease Laws (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/california-weed/article88017897.html

Google Preparing to Work with the Cannabis Industry? (Marijuana Business Daily)

http://mjbizdaily.com/google-eyeing-cannabis-space/

One of the Big Questions in Marijuana Research Has Been Answered – How Much is in a Typical Joint (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/07/scientists-have-finally-figured-out-how-much-weed-is-in-a-joint/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

‘Hot, Wet & Wild’ 2016 Weather as U-S Has Warmest June (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/texas/article/Hot-wet-and-wild-2016-weather-as-US-has-8345854.php

The Democrats’ Climate Change Conundrum (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0706/The-Democrats-climate-change-conundrum

Climate Scientists Are Under Attack from Frivolous Lawsuits (The Guardian, UK)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/jul/07/climate-scientists-are-under-attack-from-frivolous-lawsuits

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Ecotrust, National Labor Group Tout Clean Energy Jobs Potential in New Study (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2016/07/ecotrust-national-labor-group-tout-clean-energy.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

This New Facebook Device Aims to Bring Internet to the Ends of the Earth (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/07/07/this-new-facebook-device-aims-to-bring-internet-to-the-ends-of-the-earth/

Ten States Challenge FCC Broadband Subsidy Fast-Track (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bna.com/ten-states-challenge-n57982076596/

Glitches Afflict Payments on Etsy, Angering Sellers (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jul/06/glitches-afflict-payments-on-etsy-angering-sellers/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Online, Digital News Overtakes TV for Most Americans, Newspapers on Life Support (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/online-digital-news-overtakes-tv-for-most-americans-newspapers-on-life-support/article/2595854?custom_click=rss

Verizon Promotion of New Plans on Twitter Goes Horribly Wrong (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/07/07/verizon-promotion-new-plans-twitter-goes-horribly-wrong/86799580/

The Republican National Convention Mobile App Has Livestreaming & a 360-Degree View (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/gops-republican-national-convention-mobile-app-has-livestreaming-and-360-degree-view-172403

POLITICS & MANAGEMENT

Grays Harbor County Commissioners Take Heat after Public Services BBQ (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://thedailyworld.com/news/local/commissioners-take-heat-after-public-services-bbq

What Power Does a Lieutenant Governor Have? Washington State Candidates Disagree (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article88077797.html

U-S House Members, Staff Offered Blood Testing after Lead Found in Cannon House Office Building Water (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/286635-house-to-offer-blood-testing-after-lead-found-in-cannon-water

When You Don’t Have a Direct Competitor, Invent a Phantom One (Idaho Statesman, Boise – Cites former BPA Administrator Peter Johnson)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/article88089667.html

GENERAL NEWS

Eight U-S Airlines, Including Alaska, Win Tentative Approval to Fly to Cuba (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/business/eight-us-airlines-win-tentative-approval-to-fly-to-cuba.html

Port of Shelton Commissioners to Discuss Options for Ex-Fairgrounds Buildings (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/port-of-shelton-commissioners-to-discuss-options-for-ex-fairgrounds/article_f8c16310-3efb-11e6-808c-036f042fd8e6.html

Mason County Recognized as a Stormready County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/21063

34th Annual Allyn Days July 15-17 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/21076

A Lesson Learned in Minutes May Save Lives: ‘Hands-Only CPR’ (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/a-lesson-learned-in-minutes-may-save-lives-hands-only-cpr/2016/07/04/8b46eb5e-33b4-11e6-95c0-2a6873031302_story.html

Seahawks QB (and Alaska Airlines CFO) Russell Wilson, Singer Ciara Had Top-Secret European Wedding (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2016/07/07/seahawks-qb-russell-wilson-and-singer-ciara-had.html

FLYING FIGS – DIVERSIONS

Nepal Says an Indian Couple Faked Mt. Everest Summit Conquest Pictures

http://mashable.com/2016/07/06/rathods-indian-couple-everest-climb-fake/#xHO_Ne9hkmqG

Delay Those New Year’s Plans: 2016 Is Getting a Leap Second

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Delay-those-New-Year-s-plans-2016-is-getting-a-8344114.php

Man Eats 153-Year-Old Cracker from the Civil War

http://mashable.com/2016/07/06/civil-war-cracker/#G5XpdgyAwuqQ

Ikea’s Black Hot Dog Looks Like It Came from Hell’s Snack Bar

http://www.cnet.com/news/ikeas-black-hot-dog-looks-like-it-came-from-hells-snack-bar/

SONG OF THE DAY

Boston – Rock & Roll Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGC3063J-co

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