Energy News Digest for August 1, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for August 1, 2016

Are Pacific Northwest Summers Becoming More Humid? (Cliff Mas Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/07/are-pacific-northwest-summers-becoming.html

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Portland General Electric Gets New $660M Power Plant Running In the Nick of Time (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2016/07/pge-gets-new-660m-power-plant-running-in-the-nick.html

The Surprisingly Bright Future of America’s Forgotten Renewable Energy Source: Water (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/07/26/the-surprisingly-bright-future-of-americas-overlooked-renewable-energy-source-water/

Angry Anglers Protest Closure of Skokomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/angry-anglers-protest-closure-of-skokomish-river-38ce4140-5d01-643b-e053-0100007faefe--388763471.html?d=mobile

Columbia River Salmon Seasons Start Monday – A strong return of nearly one million Chinook is predicted (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)

http://m.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2016/jul/29/columbia-river-salmon-seasons-start-monday/?templates=mobile

Why Home Solar Panels No Longer Pay in Some States (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/business/energy-environment/why-home-solar-panels-no-longer-pay-in-some-states.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Portland General Electric Gets New $660M Power Plant Running In the Nick of Time
• The Surprisingly Bright Future of America’s Forgotten Renewable Energy Source: Water
• Hydropower Vision: New Report Highlights Future Pathways for US Hydropower
• Liberal Authorizations for Peace River Dam Draw Criticism
• Philadelphian Nominated to Lead Seattle Public Utilities
• Snohomish PUD Contractor Hiring Meter Readers in Everett
• Jefferson PUD Prioritizes Tree-Trimming to Help Reduce Outages
• Mason PUD 1 Plans Skokomish Valley Outage to Make Repairs
• New York City Electricity Price Spikes 1000%
• Public Service Company of New Mexico Faces Some Tough Questions on Its $87M Smart Meter Plan
• PURPA's Puzzle: FERC Workshop Revisits 1978 Law, Embattled As Ever
• Angry Anglers Protest Closure of Skokomish River
• Columbia River Salmon Seasons Start Monday – A strong return of nearly one million Chinook is predicted
• Climate Change May Be Turning Washington's Gulls into Cannibals
• Wildlife Officials Plan to Kill Feral Pigs from Helicopter
• Fluoridation Foe against Advisory Vote as Port Angeles City Council Takes Up Conciliation Effort Today
• Why Home Solar Panels No Longer Pay in Some States
• As $40 Million in Funding Looms for Oregon, Feds Close In on Wave Energy Site
• Tesla Offers $2.6 Billion to Buy Sister Firm SolarCity; Both Shares Drop
• Why Utilities & Environmentalists Are Teaming Up against the Solar Industry
• Florida: 'Smart Solar' Group Spends Heavily on Advertising
• Will Computers Run Out of Power?
• Energy Adviser: Business Energy Savings Aid Bottom Line
• Flood of Investment Money Flowing to Oregon Cannabis Firms after Residency Change
• Weighing CarbonWa’s Tax Swap Ballot Initiative
• Storing Carbon Underground May Be Safer Than We Thought
• California Proposes Draft Amendments to California Cap-And-Trade Program
• Poll Finds Many Californians Lack Internet Access
• First Louisville, Now This – Google Fiber, Comcast, Bicker over Utility Poles in Nashville
• Here Are the Many, Many Ways Your Business Can Get in Trouble for Tweeting the Olympics
• Facebook May Owe as Much as $5 Billion in Taxes after IRS Probe
• What's in a Name? For Yahoo, Too Much & Not Enough
• Even as Mobile Gobbles Up Web Traffic, 80% of Companies Don't Have a Long-Term Strategy
• Ten Iconic Presidential Campaign Ads That Changed Political Advertising
• Washington State Settles ‘Hostile' Agency Complaint
• Obama Administration’s Regulatory Releases – Clean Power Plan, Reservoir Management
• No End in Sight for 60,000-Acre Yakima County Fire; Several Others Burn throughout Eastern Washington
• Mason County Firefighters Deployed to Eastern Washington
• Interactive Map: Fires Burning in Washington State
• Shelton-Based Skydiver Becomes First Person to Jump & Land without Chute
• Shelton: Lake Boulevard/Pioneer Way Road Opening Ceremony Scheduled
• Cowlitz Tribe Can Continue Casino Construction, Following Court Ruling

WORD OF THE DAY

Scumble • \SKUM-bull\ • Verb - 1a: to make (as color or a painting) less brilliant by covering with a thin coat of opaque or semi opaque color applied with a nearly dry brush b: to apply (a color) in this manner 2: to soften the lines or colors of (a drawing) by rubbing lightly

“Class, today we’ll be practicing shading in our pencil drawings using blending stumps,” chirped the short, bright-eyed art instructor to her dullard elective students. “Your efforts to effectively scumble your drawings to get the best effect will have an impact on your final grade.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Portland General Electric Gets New $660M Power Plant Running In the Nick of Time (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2016/07/pge-gets-new-660m-power-plant-running-in-the-nick.html

The Surprisingly Bright Future of America’s Forgotten Renewable Energy Source: Water (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/07/26/the-surprisingly-bright-future-of-americas-overlooked-renewable-energy-source-water/

Hydropower Vision: New Report Highlights Future Pathways for US Hydropower (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/07/hydropower-vision-new-report-highlights-future-pathways-for-us-hydropower.html

Liberal Authorizations for Peace River Dam Draw Criticism (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/liberal-authorizations-for-site-c-dam-draw-criticism/article31213012/?cmpid=rss1

Philadelphian Nominated to Lead Seattle Public Utilities (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/philadelphian-nominated-to-lead-seattle-public-utilities/

Snohomish PUD Contractor Hiring Meter Readers in Everett (My Everett News, WA)

http://myeverettnews.com/2016/07/27/pud-contractor-hiring-meter-readers/

Jefferson PUD Prioritizes Tree-Trimming to Help Reduce Outages (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

http://www.ptleader.com/news/pud-prioritizes-tree-trimming-to-help-reduce-outages/article_83a6dab6-5381-11e6-a2a6-ffefe322ebfd.html

Mason PUD 1 Plans Skokomish Valley Outage to Make Repairs (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/pud-plans-skokomish-valley-outage-to-make-repairs/article_aaf31510-5522-11e6-93f7-2bafa1274e22.html

New York City Electricity Price Spikes 1000% (Cable News Network)

http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/25/news/companies/new-york-energy-prices-storm/

Public Service Company of New Mexico Faces Some Tough Questions on Its $87M Smart Meter Plan (Albuquerque Business First, NM)

http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2016/07/29/pnm-tough-questions-87m-smart-meter-plan.html

PURPA's Puzzle: FERC Workshop Revisits 1978 Law, Embattled As Ever (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/purpas-puzzle-ferc-workshop-revisits-1978-law-embattled-as-ever/423005/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Angry Anglers Protest Closure of Skokomish River (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/angry-anglers-protest-closure-of-skokomish-river-38ce4140-5d01-643b-e053-0100007faefe--388763471.html?d=mobile

Columbia River Salmon Seasons Start Monday – A strong return of nearly one million Chinook is predicted (The Dalles Chronicle, OR)

http://m.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2016/jul/29/columbia-river-salmon-seasons-start-monday/?templates=mobile

Climate Change May Be Turning Washington's Gulls into Cannibals (Associated Press)

http://komonews.com/news/local/climate-change-may-be-turning-washingtons-gulls-into-cannibals

Wildlife Officials Plan to Kill Feral Pigs from Helicopter (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)

http://www.khq.com/story/32568194/wildlife-officials-plan-to-kill-feral-pigs-from-helicopter

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Fluoridation Foe against Advisory Vote as Port Angeles City Council Takes Up Conciliation Effort Today (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20160801/NEWS/308019991/fluoridation-foe-against-advisory-vote-as-port-angeles-city-council

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Why Home Solar Panels No Longer Pay in Some States (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/business/energy-environment/why-home-solar-panels-no-longer-pay-in-some-states.html

As $40 Million in Funding Looms for Oregon, Feds Close In on Wave Energy Site (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2016/07/as-40m-in-funding-looms-for-oregon-feds-close-in.html

Tesla Offers $2.6 Billion to Buy Sister Firm SolarCity; Both Shares Drop (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-solarcity-m-a-tesla-idUSKCN10C26O

Why Utilities & Environmentalists Are Teaming Up against the Solar Industry (The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA)

http://www.desertsun.com/story/tech/science/energy/2016/07/29/why-utilities-and-environmentalists-teaming-up-against-solar-industry/87677852/

Florida: 'Smart Solar' Group Spends Heavily on Advertising (Tampa Business Journal, FL)

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/blog/morning-edition/2016/08/smart-solar-group-spends-heavily-on-advertising.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Will Computers Run Out of Power? Machines could use more than world's production of electricity by 2040 (The Daily Mail, UK)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3707040/Will-computers-run-power-Machines-use-world-s-production-electricity-2040-experts-claim.html

Energy Adviser: Business Energy Savings Aid Bottom Line (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jul/28/energy-adviser-business-energy-savings-aid-bottom-line/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Flood of Investment Money Flowing to Oregon Cannabis Firms after Residency Change (Marijuana Business Daily)

http://mjbizdaily.com/flood-of-investment-money-flowing-to-oregon-cannabis-firms-after-residency-change/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Weighing CarbonWa’s Tax Swap Ballot Initiative – Washington climate hawks' guide to the pros and cons of I-732 (Sightline)

http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/01/pros-cons-carbonwa-carbon-tax-swap-ballot-initiative-732/

Storing Carbon Underground May Be Safer Than We Thought (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/07/29/the-controversial-practice-of-storing-carbon-underground-may-be-safer-than-we-thought/

California Proposes Draft Amendments to California Cap-And-Trade Program (Breaking Energy)

http://breakingenergy.com/2016/07/29/california-proposes-draft-amendments-to-california-cap-and-trade-program/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Poll Finds Many Californians Lack Internet Access (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article92713057.html

First Louisville, Now This – Google Fiber, Comcast, Bicker over Utility Poles in Nashville (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Fiber-Comcast-Bicker-Over-Utility-Poles-in-Nashville-137534

MARKETING & MEDIA

Here Are the Many, Many Ways Your Business Can Get in Trouble for Tweeting the Olympics (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/here-are-many-many-ways-your-business-can-get-trouble-tweeting-olympics-172699

Facebook May Owe as Much as $5 Billion in Taxes after IRS Probe (Dallas Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/techflash/2016/08/facebook-may-owe-as-much-as-5-billion-in-taxes.html

What's in a Name? For Yahoo, Too Much & Not Enough (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/whats-name-yahoo-too-much-and-not-enough-172730

Even as Mobile Gobbles Up Web Traffic, 80% of Companies Don't Have a Long-Term Strategy – Brands seem to be waking up (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/even-mobile-gobbles-web-traffic-80-companies-dont-have-long-term-strategy-172731

Ten Iconic Presidential Campaign Ads That Changed Political Advertising (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news-gallery/television/10-iconic-presidential-campaign-ads-changed-political-advertising-172600

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Settles ‘Hostile' Agency Complaint (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/state-settles-hostile-agency-complaint/284394135

Obama Administration’s Regulatory Releases – Clean Power Plan, Reservoir Management (Politico)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2016/08/obama-administrations-regulatory.html

GENERAL NEWS

No End in Sight for 60,000-Acre Yakima County Fire; Several Others Burn throughout Eastern Washington (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/no-end-in-sight-for--acre-yakima-county-fire/article_f14e52de-579a-11e6-939f-d714f6754b37.html

Mason County Firefighters Deployed to Eastern Washington (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/21374

Interactive Map: Fires Burning in Washington State (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/interactive-map-fires-burning-in-washington/article_53bd8c06-575e-11e6-9616-d763299a4de8.html

Shelton-Based Skydiver Becomes First Person to Jump & Land without Chute (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://komonews.com/news/entertainment/skydiver-becomes-first-person-to-jump-and-land-without-chute-07-31-2016-163515733

Shelton: Lake Boulevard/Pioneer Way Road Opening Ceremony Scheduled (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/21265

Cowlitz Tribe Can Continue Casino Construction, Following Court Ruling (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/cowlitz-ilani-casino-construction-court-ruling/

ANIMAL STORIES – DIVERSIONS

Dogs Left in Running Car Shift It into Drive, Plow into a Walmart

https://consumerist.com/2016/08/01/dogs-left-in-running-car-shift-it-into-drive-plow-into-a-walmart/

Repainting the Original Star Trek Enterprise Was an Intensely Time-Consuming Process

http://io9.gizmodo.com/repainting-the-original-star-trek-enterprise-was-an-int-1784648933

There Is a Cat Hidden Somewhere In This Picture of Logs

http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/hidden-cat-photo/#llSH1CBhUZqu

Stolen Gnome Returned to B-C Woman after Eight Months with Photos of International Adventure

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/stolen-garden-gnome-returned-to-b-c-woman-with-photos-of-international-adventure-1.3702079?cmp=rss

SONG OF THE DAY

Electric Light Orchestra - All Over the World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3N9SVfs0jg

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Energy News Digest for July 21, 2016

The energy news digest is on a brief hiatus July 22 – July 29. It will probably come back with unnecessary souvenirs and a painful sunburn: badges of recreation.

The news digest will return to regularly scheduled programming August 1. Watch the Twitter feed or blog site for occasional tidbits as the mood moves the digest(ion).

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for July 21, 2016

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

‘Way Too Many Problems’ With State’s Carbon-Reduction Rule, Critics Say (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/way-too-many-problems-with-states-carbon-reduction-rule-critics-say/

Fitch Warns Utilities: Retail Net Metering Could Damage Your Creditworthiness (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/fitch-warns-utilities-retail-net-metering-could-damage-your-creditworthine/423044/

Atoms for Green Energy: What Role Should Nuclear Power Play in Decarbonization? (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/atoms-for-green-energy-what-role-should-nuclear-power-play-in-decarbonizat/422985/

Contract Awarded to Build Next Generation 911 Network (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)

http://www.ncwlife.com/news/contract-to-build-next-generation-network-awarded/article_ce8ee952-4e99-11e6-9be7-9380f1f93693.html

Canada: Environmentalists Challenge BC Hydro’s Right to Relocate Amphibians as Part of Peace River Dam Project (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/environmentalists-challenge-bc-hydro-s-right-to-relocate-amphibians-1.2306490

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Atoms for Green Energy: What Role Should Nuclear Power Play in Decarbonization?
• Idaho: Utilities Want Answers on Tuesday Power Outage
• Grid Hack Exposes Troubling Security Gaps for Local Utilities
• Herrera Beutler to Bonneville Power Administration on Wires: ‘Get It Done’
• Mining Bitcoins Is a Surprisingly Energy-Intensive Endeavor
• Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Protests FERC Market-Based Rate Restrictions
• Opinion: How the “Light Company” Got Smart on Energy & Consumers
• Woody Guthrie & BPA – An Unlikely Collaboration
• Canada: Environmentalists Challenge BC Hydro’s Right to Relocate Amphibians as Part of Peace River Dam Project
• Fitch Warns Utilities: Retail Net Metering Could Damage Your Creditworthiness
• Editorial: Kittitas County Solar Panel Debate Will Be Heated
• A Major Shift in the Solar-Utility Relationship
• Does the Bureau of Land Management Stand in the Way of Hillary Clinton’s Renewable Dreams?
• Germany & China Are Beating the U-S in Energy Efficiency
• Stay Cool, Pay Less for Electricity This Summer
• ‘Way Too Many Problems’ With State’s Carbon-Reduction Rule, Critics Say
• Weather Company Deploying Sensors in South America, Africa to Improve Forecasting
• First Hydrogen Fueling Station Network in U-S Now Stretches across California
• Contract Awarded to Build Next Generation 911 Network
• Twitter Test Redesigns How You Compose New Tweets
• Why Some People Choose to Take on Their Twitter Trolls
• Facebook’s Live Videos Can Now Be Twice as Long
• Google Maps Is Turning Over a Billion Users Into Editors
• How to Check If Someone Else is Using Your Social Media Accounts
• Mason County Realtors Endorse Neatherlin, Shutty, Griffey & MacEwen
• Fires, Landslides & Global Warming Are Issues in Lands Commissioner Race
• Oregon Elections Director Abruptly Resigns
• Seattle to Get Stretch of Sunny, Warm Weather through Next Week
• Community & Business Expo, Bite of Mason County Today
• So Long VHS: Last VCRs Rolling Off the Line This Month

WORD OF THE DAY

Nonplussed • \NON-plust\ • Verb - To cause to be at a loss as to what to say, think, or do: perplex.

Barty’s aggressive questioning during trial left the hapless defense witness nonplussed. Although the man had been called as a character witness for the “Burger King”, Barty relentlessly peppered him with questions about “Ronald McDonald”, “Jack in the Box” and the “Taco Time Cactus”. “I don’t know any of those guys,” whined the harried witness.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Atoms for Green Energy: What Role Should Nuclear Power Play in Decarbonization? (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/atoms-for-green-energy-what-role-should-nuclear-power-play-in-decarbonizat/422985/

Idaho: Utilities Want Answers on Tuesday Power Outage (Post Falls Post-Register, ID)

http://www.postregister.com/articles/featured-news-daily-email-west/2016/07/20/utilities-want-answers-tuesday-power-outage

Grid Hack Exposes Troubling Security Gaps for Local Utilities (E&E Publishing)

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060040519

Herrera Beutler to Bonneville Power Administration on Wires: ‘Get It Done’ (Goldendale Sentinel, WA)

http://www.goldendalesentinel.com/story/2016/07/20/news/herrera-beutler-to-bpa-on-wires-get-it-done/7743.html

Mining Bitcoins Is a Surprisingly Energy-Intensive Endeavor (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2016/07/21/mining-bitcoins-is-a-surprisingly-energy-intensive-endeavor/#78e83eb82c3e

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Protests FERC Market-Based Rate Restrictions (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/buffetts-berkshire-hathaway-protests-ferc-market-based-rate-restrictions/423042/

Opinion: How the “Light Company” Got Smart on Energy & Consumers (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2016/07/20/how-the-light-company-got-smart-on-energy-and-consumers/#31c556123c63

Woody Guthrie & BPA – An Unlikely Collaboration (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/news/AboutUs/History/Guthrie/Pages/default.aspx

FISH & WILDLIFE

Canada: Environmentalists Challenge BC Hydro’s Right to Relocate Amphibians as Part of Peace River Dam Project (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/environmentalists-challenge-bc-hydro-s-right-to-relocate-amphibians-1.2306490

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Fitch Warns Utilities: Retail Net Metering Could Damage Your Creditworthiness (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/fitch-warns-utilities-retail-net-metering-could-damage-your-creditworthine/423044/

Editorial: Kittitas County Solar Panel Debate Will Be Heated (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)

http://www.dailyrecordnews.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-solar-panel-debate-will-be-heated/article_cc50ad16-4df8-11e6-b783-53f1e2ac6869.html

A Major Shift in the Solar-Utility Relationship (Seeking Alpha)

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3989612-major-shift-solar-utility-relationship

Does the Bureau of Land Management Stand in the Way of Hillary Clinton’s Renewable Dreams? (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-energy/2016/07/does-blm-stand-in-the-way-of-hillary-clintons-renewable-dreams-215458

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Germany & China Are Beating the U-S in Energy Efficiency Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/07/21/top-10-energy-efficient-countries/

Stay Cool, Pay Less for Electricity This Summer (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2016/07/20/save-money-electricity-utility-bills-summer/85705088/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

‘Way Too Many Problems’ With State’s Carbon-Reduction Rule, Critics Say (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/way-too-many-problems-with-states-carbon-reduction-rule-critics-say/

Weather Company Deploying Sensors in South America, Africa to Improve Forecasting (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/07/21/weather-company-weather-stations-africa/

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

First Hydrogen Fueling Station Network in U-S Now Stretches across California (Breaking Energy)

http://breakingenergy.com/2016/07/21/first-hydrogen-fueling-station-network-in-u-s-now-stretches-across-california/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Contract Awarded to Build Next Generation 911 Network (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)

http://www.ncwlife.com/news/contract-to-build-next-generation-network-awarded/article_ce8ee952-4e99-11e6-9be7-9380f1f93693.html

MARKETING & MEDIA

Twitter Test Redesigns How You Compose New Tweets (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/twitter-tests-new-composer/

Why Some People Choose to Take on Their Twitter Trolls (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/07/21/why-interact-twitter-trolls/

Facebook’s Live Videos Can Now Be Twice as Long (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/facebook-live-fullscreen/#dSVTxPTQCSq9

Google Maps Is Turning Over a Billion Users Into Editors (Tech Crunch)

https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/21/google-maps-is-turning-its-over-a-billion-users-into-editors/

How to Check If Someone Else is Using Your Social Media Accounts (Gizmodo)

http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/how-to-check-if-someone-else-is-using-your-social-media-1783817899

POLITICS & MANAGEMENT

Mason County Realtors Endorse Neatherlin, Shutty, Griffey & MacEwen (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/21233

Fires, Landslides & Global Warming Are Issues in Lands Commissioner Race (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/fires-landslides-and-global-warming-are-issues-lands-commissioner-race

Oregon Elections Director Abruptly Resigns (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/news/politics/oregon-elections-director-abruptly-resigns/278580924

GENERAL NEWS

Seattle to Get Stretch of Sunny, Warm Weather through Next Week (Northwest Cable News Network)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/local/seattle-to-get-stretch-of-sunny-warm-weather-through-next-week/278218136

Community & Business Expo, Bite of Mason County Today (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/21227

So Long VHS: Last VCRs Rolling Off the Line This Month (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2016/07/21/so-long-vhs-last-vcrs-rolling-off-the-line-this-month/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Postage Stamp Earns World Record after Traveling to Pluto

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0720/Postage-stamp-earns-world-record-after-traveling-to-Pluto

Fire Kills Snakes & Alligators at Coastal Nature Center

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fire-kills-snakes-alligators-coastal-nature-center-40735184

Video: Pee Wee Fire & Snakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yqfUhc4FQY

Woman Falls in Love with Bookstore Twitter Account – Marries the Man behind It

http://q13fox.com/2016/07/20/woman-falls-in-love-with-bookstore-twitter-account-and-marries-the-man-behind-it/

Woman Suffers Third-Degree Burns from Pennies Left in Hot SUV

https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-suffers-3rd-degree-burns-pennies-left-hot-160451281.html?nhp=1

SONG OF THE DAY

Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4E1JYP5Tgc

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Columbia River Sockeye Salmon Return Is Fifth Largest Since 1938 (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/columbia-river-sockeye-return-is-fifth-largest-dating-back-to-1938/

Seattle City Light Cuts Back Solar Power Incentive (PubliCola)

http://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2016/7/20/seattle-city-light-cuts-back-solar-power-incentive

FBI: Pacific Gas & Electric Exceeded Legal Pressure Limits in Numerous Pipelines (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30146837/fbi-pg-e-exceeded-legal-pressure-limits-numerous?source=rss

Google Fiber Will Delay Portland Launch for Months – Or Longer (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2016/07/google_fiber_will_delay_portla.html

Utilities Ignore Millennials at Their Peril (GreenTech Media)

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/utilities-ignore-millennials-at-their-peril

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• FBI: Pacific Gas & Electric Exceeded Legal Pressure Limits in Numerous Pipelines
• Concerns over Proposed New England Natural Gas Pipeline Projects Grow as FERC Nears Decision
• Chelan County Utility Hikes Rates to Check Cryptocurrency Server Farms
• Video: Chelan PUD Warns Of Scam Calls about Your Utility Bill
• Hawaiian Electric Says It Is Not for Sale, Withdraws LNG Import Proposal
• U-S Electric System Is Made Up of Interconnections & Balancing Authorities
• Democrats Ignore Inconvenient Math on Nuclear Power
• Environmentalists Slam Feds for Spying on Them
• Columbia River Sockeye Salmon Return Is Fifth Largest Since 1938
• Washington State Tribe Joins Legal Challenge over Modified Salmon
• Prairie Chicken No Longer Threatened
• Seattle City Light Cuts Back Solar Power Incentive
• Montana: Big Timber Wind Farm in Jeopardy
• Obama Makes New Push on Solar Power
• Utility Participation Key to Driving Residential Energy Storage Growth
• Installation of New Port Angeles’ Civic Field LED Lights to Begin This Week
• Google Cuts Its Giant Electricity Bill with DeepMind-Powered Artificial Intelligence
• Fighting Obama’s Climate Plan, but Quietly Preparing to Comply
• El Nino Is Gone, But Earth’s Record Heat Is Sticking Around
• Group Clones California Giant Trees to Combat Climate Change
• Trees Can Limit Climate Change—Unless It Kills Them First
• Where Do Deep Space Probes Get Their Power?
• The Air Conditioner That Makes Electricity
• Ice Cream Waste to Power UK Homes
• Google Fiber Will Delay Portland Launch for Months – Or Longer
• Google Fiber No Longer a Moonshot – It’s a ‘Real Business’
• As PCs Decline, Microsoft Betting Its Future on the Cloud
• Why Amazon Is Taking Aim at Cable Companies
• More Than 75 Percent of Tennesseans Don’t Have Broadband, Despite Many Having Access
• Comcast Providing Free Wi-Fi on Wheels to Democratic Convention
• Utilities Ignore Millennials at Their Peril
• Twitter Announces Crackdown after Online Abuse of ‘Ghostbusters’ Actress
• Facebook Celebrates Forcing 1 Billion of its Existing Users to Download Messenger
• Anyone Can Now Get Twitter’s Prestigious Blue Tick
• Facebook Signs Internet Stars to ‘Encourage Experimentation’ on Facebook Live
• How Emoji Have Completely Revolutionized Communication from Tears of Joy to Bacon
• Republican Convention: Christmas Trees, Boeing & Volcanoes: How Delegates Promoted Washington State
• How Much Are America’s National Parks Worth?
• Shelton City Commissioners Delay Water-Well Decision
• Mason County Commissioners Set Parks District Vote
• Washington State Schools Chief Sues Seven Districts over Levy Funds
• Documents: People Held to Shield Image of Montana Tribe

WORD OF THE DAY

Winkle \WINK-kull\ Verb – 1: (chiefly British) to displace, remove, or evict from a position 2: (chiefly British) to obtain or draw out by effort.

“I’ll admit it. I’m stumped,” groused the grizzled BBC correspondent to his rosy-cheeked intern after the fifth U-S presidential debate. “Trying to winkle any sense out of this verbal mayonnaise is hopeless. Let’s pack it in and head down to Hagar’s Haggis Hut for a nightcap.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

FBI: Pacific Gas & Electric Exceeded Legal Pressure Limits in Numerous Pipelines (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30146837/fbi-pg-e-exceeded-legal-pressure-limits-numerous?source=rss

Concerns over Proposed New England Natural Gas Pipeline Projects Grow as FERC Nears Decision (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/concerns-over-proposed-new-england-pipeline-projects-grow-as-ferc-nears-dec/422947/

Chelan County Utility Hikes Rates to Check Cryptocurrency Server Farms (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/chelan-county-utility-hikes-rates-check-cryptocurrency-server-farms

Video: Chelan PUD Warns Of Scam Calls about Your Utility Bill (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)

http://www.ncwlife.com/news/chelancounty/video-chelan-pud-warns-of-scam-calls-about-your-utility/video_192611b2-4def-11e6-867d-ef165ae0732a.html

Hawaiian Electric Says It Is Not for Sale, Withdraws LNG Import Proposal (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/hawaiian-electric-says-it-is-not-for-sale-withdraws-lng-import-proposal/422958/

U-S Electric System Is Made Up of Interconnections & Balancing Authorities (U-S Energy Information Administration)

http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=27152

Democrats Ignore Inconvenient Math on Nuclear Power (National Review)

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438038/nuclear-power-necessary-green

Environmentalists Slam Feds for Spying on Them (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/environmentalists-slam-feds-for-spying-on-them/article/2597093?custom_click=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbia River Sockeye Salmon Return Is Fifth Largest Since 1938 (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/columbia-river-sockeye-return-is-fifth-largest-dating-back-to-1938/

Washington State Tribe Joins Legal Challenge over Modified Salmon (Associated Press)

http://www.wistv.com/story/32481556/washington-tribe-joins-legal-challenge-over-modified-salmon

Prairie Chicken No Longer Threatened (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/prairie-chicken-no-longer-threatened/article/2596968?custom_click=rss

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Seattle City Light Cuts Back Solar Power Incentive (PubliCola)

http://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2016/7/20/seattle-city-light-cuts-back-solar-power-incentive

Montana: Big Timber Wind Farm in Jeopardy (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/big-timber-wind-farm-in-jeopardy/article_1521465d-83a0-5c27-988e-11d2e0cd3d26.html

Obama Makes New Push on Solar Power (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/288340-obama-makes-new-push-on-solar-power

Utility Participation Key to Driving Residential Energy Storage Growth (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/utility-participation-key-to-driving-residential-storage-growth/422637/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Installation of New Port Angeles’ Civic Field LED Lights to Begin This Week (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/11765

Google Cuts Its Giant Electricity Bill with DeepMind-Powered Artificial Intelligence (Bloomberg News)

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/google-cuts-its-giant-electricity-bill-with-deepmind-powered-artificial-intelligence/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Fighting Obama’s Climate Plan, but Quietly Preparing to Comply (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/us/obama-clean-power-plan.html?ref=energy-environment&_r=0

El Nino Is Gone, But Earth’s Record Heat Is Sticking Around (Associated Press)

http://koin.com/ap/el-nino-is-gone-but-earths-record-heat-is-sticking-around/

Group Clones California Giant Trees to Combat Climate Change (Associated Press)

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/group-clones-california-giant-trees-combat-climate-change-40724615

Trees Can Limit Climate Change—Unless It Kills Them First (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-20/trees-can-limit-climate-change-unless-it-kills-them-first

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Where Do Deep Space Probes Get Their Power? (Cosmos Magazine)

https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/where-do-deep-space-probes-get-their-power-from

The Air Conditioner That Makes Electricity (Scientific American)

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/the-air-conditioner-that-makes-electricity/?WT.mc_id=SA_TW_TECH_BLOG

Ice Cream Waste to Power UK Homes (Renewable Energy Focus)

http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/44529/ice-cream-waste-to-power-uk-homes/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Fiber Will Delay Portland Launch for Months – Or Longer (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2016/07/google_fiber_will_delay_portla.html

Google Fiber No Longer a Moonshot – It’s a ‘Real Business’ (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/07/19/google-fiber-wants-to-be-your-broadband-company/86725276/

As PCs Decline, Microsoft Betting Its Future on the Cloud (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/technology/article/As-PCs-decline-Microsoft-betting-its-future-on-8392352.php

Why Amazon Is Taking Aim at Cable Companies (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/07/20/amazon-is-slamming-the-cable-industrys-plan-for-set-top-boxes/

More Than 75 Percent of Tennesseans Don’t Have Broadband, Despite Many Having Access (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2016/jul/19/most-tennesseans-lack-broadband-connections/376775/

Comcast Providing Free Wi-Fi on Wheels to Democratic Convention (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Providing-Free-WiFi-on-Wheels-to-Democratic-Convention-137451

MARKETING & MEDIA

Utilities Ignore Millennials at Their Peril (GreenTech Media)

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/utilities-ignore-millennials-at-their-peril

Twitter Announces Crackdown after Online Abuse of ‘Ghostbusters’ Actress (Reuters)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/twitter-announces-crackdown-online-abuse-ghostbusters-actor-052950699--finance.html?ref=gs

Facebook Celebrates Forcing 1 Billion of its Existing Users to Download Messenger (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/facebook-celebrates-forcing-1-billion-of-its-existing-u-1783973771

Anyone Can Now Get Twitter’s Prestigious Blue Tick (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36835158/anyone-can-now-get-twitters-prestigious-blue-tick

Facebook Signs Internet Stars to ‘Encourage Experimentation’ on Facebook Live (New York Business Journal, NY)

http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2016/07/20/facebook-signs-internet-stars-to-encourage.html

How Emoji Have Completely Revolutionized Communication from Tears of Joy to Bacon (TIME Magazine)

http://time.com/4408803/how-emoji-have-completely-revolutionized-communication-from-tears-of-joy-to-bacon/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Republican Convention: Christmas Trees, Boeing & Volcanoes: How Delegates Promoted Washington State (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/election/article90667207.html

How Much Are America’s National Parks Worth? (The Atlantic Magazine)

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/us-national-parks-worth/492044/

GENERAL NEWS

Shelton City Commissioners Delay Water-Well Decision (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/shelton-commissioners-delay-water-well-decision/article_e38e53a8-4e06-11e6-ae19-a74f17ba2cbf.html

Mason County Commissioners Set Parks District Vote (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/mason-commissioners-set-parks-district-vote/article_f59b97d6-4e01-11e6-a627-e7f69cddf0bc.html

Washington State Schools Chief Sues Seven Districts over Levy Funds (Northwest Cable News Network)

http://www.nwcn.com/news/education/state-superintendent-sues-seven-districts-over-levy-funds/277329686

Documents: People Held to Shield Image of Montana Tribe (Associated Press)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jul/19/documents-people-held-to-shield-image-of-montana-tribe/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

‘Happy Days’ Creator Garry Marshall Dies at 81

http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/07/happy_days_creator_garry_marshall_obit.html

‘It’s Just Weird:’ Seattle Man Finds Stranger Living in His Attic

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/It-s-just-weird-Seattle-man-finds-stranger-8398136.php

91-Year-Old Woman Fills in $89,000 Artwork She Thought Was Crossword Puzzle

http://time.com/4408334/crossworld-puzzle-art-filled-in-91-year-old-woman/

The Most Famous Musician from Each State

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_30147171/most-famous-musician-from-each-state?source=rss

SONG OF THE DAY

Happy Days Theme Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGITFJr_4Po

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