Energy News Digest for June 12, 2017

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

President Trump’s Proposed Climate Rule Reconsideration Nears Public Release (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/337097-trumps-proposed-climate-rule-reconsideration-nears-public-release

Colstrip, Town That Helped Power Northwest Feels Left Behind in Shift Away from Coal (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/10/531789870/town-that-helped-power-northwest-feels-left-behind-in-shift-away-from-coal

Op/Ed: Contract Lock Clause Likely to Prevent Bonneville Power Administration Asset Sale (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/35653649-78/contract-lock-clause-likely-to-prevent-bpa-sale.html.csp

June Water Supply Forecasts for Columbia Basin Far Above Normal, Continue to Climb (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/439052.aspx

A Budget Deal by June 30? Key Washington State Lawmakers Say It’s Realistic (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/budget-deal-june-30-key-washington-lawmakers-say-its-realistic

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Colstrip, Town That Helped Power Northwest Feels Left Behind in Shift Away from Coal
• Op/Ed: Contract Lock Clause Likely to Prevent Bonneville Power Administration Asset Sale
• Umatilla Electric Manager Responds to Proposal Privatizing Assets of Bonneville Power Administration
• Donald Trump Wants to Sell Off the Grid That Gave Us ‘Roll On, Columbia’
• Eagle Knocks Out Power to More Than 1,000 in Mason County
• NRC Head Asks Congress for $30 Million to Restart Yucca Mountain Review
• Drift Is an Entirely New Type of Power Utility That Lets You Take Control of Your Electric Bill
• West Coast Senators Add Voices to Request for Salmon Disaster Declaration
• Columbia River Reopens Friday to Salmon, Steelhead Fishing
• Bonneville Power Administration, Tribal Partners, & Others Celebrate John Day Oxbow Restoration
• Radioactive Waste Still Flooding Columbia River, EPA Says
• June Water Supply Forecasts for Columbia Basin Far Above Normal, Continue to Climb
• Competition for Offshore Wind Ramps Up in Massachusetts
• China Just Built the World’s Biggest Floating Solar Project
• Report: Utility-Scale Solar Prices Drop Below $1/Watt for First Time
• Op/Ed: No, Rick Perry, California’s Renewable Energy Policies Aren’t Dangerous for the Grid
• Smart Thermostats Get Thumbs Up from Bonneville Power Administration
• A New Way to Insulate Your House: Chicken Feathers
• This California County Took in $3.7 Million in Pot Fees. Now It Might Ban Cultivation
• Illegal Pot Grows: Dangerous for Species, Agencies & Recreationalists
• President Trump’s Proposed Climate Rule Reconsideration Nears Public Release
• Macron Invites Americans to Move to France to Research Climate Change
• Input Sought on Quincy Data Center Air Permit Update
• America Has Slower LTE Wireless than Canada or Mexico
• Amazon Axes Unlimited Drive Storage
• New Flat Antenna Could Be New Way To Get Broadband Internet
• Op/Ed: Every Click Tells Silicon Valley Something About You. Press B If That’s Not OK.
• A Budget Deal by June 30? Key Washington State Lawmakers Say It’s Realistic
• U-S Senator Cantwell Says Her Energy Bill Will Combat Cyberattacks
• U-S Congress: Minor Energy Bills Hit House Floor
• Canada & U-S Remain ‘Quite Far Apart’ On Softwood Lumber
• Two Washington State Inmates Who Fled Olympia-Area Prison Captured
• Lands Commissioner Fields Barrage of Questions during Port Angeles Gathering
• Judge: Fed Laws Don’t Protect Oregon in Timber Suit – State of Oregon faces $1.4 billion lawsuit
• What State Has the Best Economy? 49 States Must Be Evergreen with Envy
• South Sound YMCA Considering Building an Outdoor Pool at Briggs Site
• Batman Actor Adam West Dies At 88

WORD OF THE DAY

Empirical • \imp-PEER-ick-kull\ • Adjective - 1: originating in or based on observation or experience 2: relying on experience or observation alone often without due regard for system & theory 3: capable of being verified or disproved by observation or experiment

Don’s normative call

Ignores empirical fact

Northwest system works!

http://joelshorriblehaiku.blogspot.com/

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Colstrip, Town That Helped Power Northwest Feels Left Behind in Shift Away from Coal (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/10/531789870/town-that-helped-power-northwest-feels-left-behind-in-shift-away-from-coal

Op/Ed: Contract Lock Clause Likely to Prevent Bonneville Power Administration Asset Sale (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/35653649-78/contract-lock-clause-likely-to-prevent-bpa-sale.html.csp

Umatilla Electric Manager Responds to Proposal Privatizing Assets of Bonneville Power Administration (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)

http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20170608/umatilla-electric-manager-responds-to-proposal-privatizing-bpa

Donald Trump Wants to Sell Off the Grid That Gave Us ‘Roll On, Columbia’ (Seattle Weekly, WA)

http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/donald-trump-wants-to-sell-off-the-grid-that-gave-us-roll-on-columbia/

Eagle Knocks Out Power to More Than 1,000 in Mason County (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://komonews.com/news/local/eagle-knocks-out-power-to-more-than-1000-in-mason-county

NRC Head Asks Congress for $30 Million to Restart Yucca Mountain Review (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/nrc-head-asks-congress-for-30m-to-restart-yucca-mountain-review/444606/

Drift Is an Entirely New Type of Power Utility That Lets You Take Control of Your Electric Bill (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/40426961/drift-is-an-entirely-new-type-of-power-utility-that-lets-you-take-control-of-your-electric-bill

FISH & WILDLIFE

West Coast Senators Add Voices to Request for Salmon Disaster Declaration (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/west-coast-senators-add-voices-request-salmon-disaster-declaration

Columbia River Reopens Friday to Salmon, Steelhead Fishing (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2017/06/columbia_reopens_friday_to_sal.html

Bonneville Power Administration, Tribal Partners, & Others Celebrate John Day Oxbow Restoration (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPA-tribal-partners-and-others-celebrate-John-Day-Oxbow-restoration.aspx

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

Radioactive Waste Still Flooding Columbia River, EPA Says (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/radioactive-waste-still-flooding-columbia-river-epa-says/

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

June Water Supply Forecasts for Columbia Basin Far Above Normal, Continue to Climb (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/439052.aspx

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Competition for Offshore Wind Ramps Up in Massachusetts (Associated Press)

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/competition-offshore-wind-ramps-massachusetts-47966124

China Just Built the World’s Biggest Floating Solar Project (Yahoo News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-just-built-world-apos-201945118.html

Report: Utility-Scale Solar Prices Drop Below $1/Watt for First Time (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/report-utility-scale-solar-prices-drop-below-1watt-for-first-time/444738/

Op/Ed: No, Rick Perry, California’s Renewable Energy Policies Aren’t Dangerous for the Grid (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-leslie-californias-resilient-grid-20170611-story.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Smart Thermostats Get Thumbs Up from Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Smart-thermostats-get-thumbs-up-from-BPA.aspx

A New Way to Insulate Your House: Chicken Feathers (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/40428901/a-new-way-to-insulate-your-house-chicken-feathers

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

This California County Took in $3.7 Million in Pot Fees. Now It Might Ban Cultivation (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/california-weed/article155422024.html

Illegal Pot Grows: Dangerous for Species, Agencies & Recreationalists (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/illegal-pot-grows-dangerous-species-agencies-recreationalists/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

President Trump’s Proposed Climate Rule Reconsideration Nears Public Release (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/337097-trumps-proposed-climate-rule-reconsideration-nears-public-release

Macron Invites Americans to Move to France to Research Climate Change (NBC News)

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/macron-invites-americans-move-france-research-climate-change-n770511

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Input Sought on Quincy Data Center Air Permit Update (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/article/20170612/ARTICLE/170619996

America Has Slower LTE Wireless than Canada or Mexico (Yahoo News)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/america-slower-lte-wireless-canada-mexico-172010061.html

Amazon Axes Unlimited Drive Storage (Yahoo News)

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/amazon-axes-unlimited-drive-storage-030601407.html

New Flat Antenna Could Be New Way To Get Broadband Internet (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/a-new-antenna-could-change-the-world/447255936

MARKETING & MEDIA

Op/Ed: Every Click Tells Silicon Valley Something About You. Press B If That’s Not OK. (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article155317544.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

A Budget Deal by June 30? Key Washington State Lawmakers Say It’s Realistic (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/budget-deal-june-30-key-washington-lawmakers-say-its-realistic

U-S Senator Cantwell Says Her Energy Bill Will Combat Cyberattacks (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/sen-cantwell-says-her-energy-bill-with-combat-cyberattacks/447526574

U-S Congress: Minor Energy Bills Hit House Floor (Politico)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2017/06/u-s-congress-minor-energy-bills-hit.html

Canada & U-S Remain ‘Quite Far Apart’ On Softwood Lumber (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/freeland-softwood-lumber-dispute-1.4156980?cmp=rss

GENERAL NEWS

Two Washington State Inmates Who Fled Olympia-Area Prison Captured (Associated Press)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/state_news/washington-inmates-who-fled-over-razor-wire-fence-captured/article_dbe397bb-5982-5ec3-b8bb-41b85dd8a158.html

Lands Commissioner Fields Barrage of Questions during Port Angeles Gathering (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/lands-commissioner-fields-barrage-of-questions-during-port-angeles-gathering/

Judge: Fed Laws Don’t Protect Oregon in Timber Suit – State of Oregon faces $1.4 billion lawsuit (Associated Press)

http://koin.com/2017/06/12/judge-fed-laws-dont-protect-oregon-in-timber-suit/

What State Has the Best Economy? 49 States Must Be Evergreen with Envy (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article155479354.html

South Sound YMCA Considering Building an Outdoor Pool at Briggs Site (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article155171759.html

Batman Actor Adam West Dies At 88 (The Guardian, UK)

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jun/10/adam-west-batman-actor-dies-leukaemia

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

It’s Crow Dive-Bombing Season in Seattle

http://kuow.org/post/it-s-crow-dive-bombing-season-seattle

Montana Golfer Hit Two Holes-In-1 in the Span of Three Holes

http://www.khq.com/story/35623830/montana-golfer-hit-2-holes-in-1-in-the-span-of-3-holes

Madrid Buses Move to Curtail “Manspreading” Practice

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/world_news/madrid-buses-move-to-curtail-manspreading-practice/article_533853b6-ffb1-580b-9af1-4d8b26608957.html

Disney Guests “Healthy & Happy” After Plummeting Poop Pounds Park Patrons

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/disney-guests-healthy-and-happy-after-plummeting-poop-pounds-park/article_4aea9b63-73af-558e-aa7e-dfb7415abd64.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Leonard Cohen - Bird on a Wire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8fT7rnRotY

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Idaho Officials Approve Utility's Plan to Close Coal Plant (Associated Press)

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/idaho/articles/2017-06-07/idaho-officials-approve-utilitys-plan-to-close-coal-plant

EPA’s Scott Pruitt Wants to Set up Opposing Teams to Debate Climate Change Science (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/06/07/epas-scott-pruitt-wants-to-set-up-opposing-teams-to-debate-climate-change-science/?utm_term=.3f0b5f5341cf

Oregon Solar Stays Hot – First-Quarter Installations Rise 126% (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/06/08/oregon-solar-stays-hot-hundreds-of-jobs-added.html

Pound-Sign Politics: What Government Agencies Can Learn from Hashtag Activism (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/lizz-kannenberg-sprout-social-guest-post-hashtag-activism/

Shelton Mayor Defends City Building Fees Reduction as Long-Term Gain (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/shelton-mayor-defends-city-building-fees-reduction-as-long-term/article_9f739fc4-4bcc-11e7-b14f-0723c1b151fe.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Idaho Officials Approve Utility's Plan to Close Coal Plant
• Editorial: Pressure Puget Sound Energy to Abandon All Coal
• Editorial: Federal BPA Power Grab Would Hurt Region
• Watch Out for Man with Fake Tacoma Public Utilities Badge
• Proposed Methanol Plant in Kalama Gets Key Permit
• British Columbia: Greens’ Weaver Rebukes BC Hydro for Misleading Statements on Peace River Dam
• Trump Administration to Reconsider Protections for Rare Sage Grouse
• Op/Ed: Salmon Restoration Funding Supports Our Rural Economies
• Hearing Focuses on Bills to Protect Endangered Salmon, Empower Local Management on Federal Water Projects
• Port Angeles Approves More Money for Water Facilities Legal Dispute with Olympic National Park
• Airway Heights Water Safe to Drink, Officials Say
• Oregon Solar Stays Hot – First-Quarter Installations Rise 126%
• What Makes a Successful Utility-Led Community Solar Program?
• Offshore Wind Turbines Face Hurricane Threat
• News Release: Mason PUD 3 – Celebrating the Past with Local LED Lighting Technology
• KCP&L Thermostat Program Shows How Regulatory Design Can Make or Break DSM
• EPA’s Scott Pruitt Wants to Set up Opposing Teams to Debate Climate Change Science
• Americans Have Slower Mobile Internet Speed than Estonia
• Bitcoin Moves beyond Mere Curiosity as Value Skyrockets
• HomePod, Echo, Google Home – How Secure Are Your Speakers?
• Frontier Laid Off West Virginia State Senate President after Broadband Vote It Didn’t Like
• Pound-Sign Politics: What Government Agencies Can Learn from Hashtag Activism
• There Were 3.6 Million Tweets about James Comey’s Testimony Thursday
• Washington State’s High Court: Vancouver Port Meetings Should Have Been Public
• President Trump May Restrict Length of Environmental Reviews under Infrastructure Plan
• Controversial Tweets Sink Trump Supporter’s Campaign for Port Commission
• Washington State Representative Manweller Raises Bill to Defund Evergreen State College
• Shelton Mayor Defends City Building Fees Reduction as Long-Term Gain
• Kitsap County's Median Home Price Topped $300k in May
• City of Shelton: Roundabout among Options for Proposed Alder Street Project
• Southern Oregon University Loses $1.9 Million in Email Scheme

WORD OF THE DAY

Maieutic • \may-YOO-tik\ • Adjective - Relating to or resembling the Socratic method of eliciting new ideas from another.

“I love the maieutic learning process in this class,” enthused the east coast trust-funder to his fellow ‘Greener seminar members. “Yeah,” barked the professor to his hipster student. “But the Socratic Method this seminar follows requires that you read the material and participate with your opinions…not blather on about your trip to a third world country to take in the local scenery.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Idaho Officials Approve Utility's Plan to Close Coal Plant (Associated Press)

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/idaho/articles/2017-06-07/idaho-officials-approve-utilitys-plan-to-close-coal-plant

Editorial: Pressure Puget Sound Energy to Abandon All Coal (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/pressure-puget-sound-energy-to-abandon-all-coal/

Editorial: Federal BPA Power Grab Would Hurt Region (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinion/editorials/article154898019.html

Watch Out for Man with Fake Tacoma Public Utilities Badge (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article155102564.html

Proposed Methanol Plant in Kalama Gets Key Permit (Associated Press)

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/proposed-methanol-plant-in-kalama-gets-key-permit/446790527

British Columbia: Greens’ Weaver Rebukes BC Hydro for Misleading Statements on Peace River Dam (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c/greens-weaver-rebukes-b-c-hydro-for-misleading-statements-1.20477913

FISH & WILDLIFE

Trump Administration to Reconsider Protections for Rare Sage Grouse (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sage-grouse-review-20170607-story.html

Op/Ed: Salmon Restoration Funding Supports Our Rural Economies (The Daily Astorian, OR)

http://www.dailyastorian.com/columns/20170608/guest-column-salmon-restoration-funding-supports-our-rural-economies

Hearing Focuses on Bills to Protect Endangered Salmon, Empower Local Management on Federal Water Projects (U-S House Committee on Natural Resources)

https://naturalresources.house.gov/newsroom/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=402133

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Port Angeles Approves More Money for Water Facilities Legal Dispute with Olympic National Park (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/port-angeles-approves-more-money-for-water-facilities-legal-dispute/

Airway Heights Water Safe to Drink, Officials Say (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/08/airway-heights-water-safe-to-drink-officials-say/

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Oregon Solar Stays Hot – First-Quarter Installations Rise 126% (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/06/08/oregon-solar-stays-hot-hundreds-of-jobs-added.html

What Makes a Successful Utility-Led Community Solar Program? (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/what-makes-a-successful-utility-led-community-solar-program/442663/

Offshore Wind Turbines Face Hurricane Threat (Maritime Executive)

http://maritime-executive.com/article/offshore-wind-turbines-face-hurricane-threat

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

News Release: Mason PUD 3 – Celebrating the Past with Local LED Lighting Technology (PR Web)

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/06/prweb14398242.htm

KCP&L Thermostat Program Shows How Regulatory Design Can Make or Break DSM (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/kcpl-thermostat-program-shows-how-regulatory-design-can-make-or-break-dsm/444397/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

EPA’s Scott Pruitt Wants to Set up Opposing Teams to Debate Climate Change Science (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/06/07/epas-scott-pruitt-wants-to-set-up-opposing-teams-to-debate-climate-change-science/?utm_term=.3f0b5f5341cf

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Americans Have Slower Mobile Internet Speed than Estonia (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2017/06/07/us-internet-mobile-broadband-speeds-2017/#AEHL7.ffCkqI

Bitcoin Moves beyond Mere Curiosity as Value Skyrockets (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2017/06/bitcoin_moves_beyond_curiosity.html

HomePod, Echo, Google Home – How Secure Are Your Speakers? (C/NET News)

https://www.cnet.com/news/homepod-echo-google-home-how-secure-are-your-speakers/

Frontier Laid Off West Virginia State Senate President after Broadband Vote It Didn’t Like (Ars Technica)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/06/a-state-senate-president-worked-for-an-isp-and-lost-his-job-after-a-vote/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Pound-Sign Politics: What Government Agencies Can Learn from Hashtag Activism (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/lizz-kannenberg-sprout-social-guest-post-hashtag-activism/

There Were 3.6 Million Tweets about James Comey’s Testimony Thursday (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/there-were-3-6-million-tweets-about-james-comeys-testimony-thursday/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Washington State’s High Court: Vancouver Port Meetings Should Have Been Public (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/ap/high-court-vancouver-port-meetings-should-have-been-public/

President Trump May Restrict Length of Environmental Reviews under Infrastructure Plan (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/336866-trump-may-restrict-length-of-environmental-reviews-under-infrastructure

Controversial Tweets Sink Trump Supporter’s Campaign for Port Commission (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article154919879.html

Washington State Representative Manweller Raises Bill to Defund Evergreen State College (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/article/20170608/ARTICLE/170609931

GENERAL NEWS

Shelton Mayor Defends City Building Fees Reduction as Long-Term Gain (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/shelton-mayor-defends-city-building-fees-reduction-as-long-term/article_9f739fc4-4bcc-11e7-b14f-0723c1b151fe.html

Kitsap County's Median Home Price Topped $300k in May (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/money/blogs/minding-your-business/2017/06/07/kitsaps-median-home-price-topped-300-k-may/375356001/

City of Shelton: Roundabout among Options for Proposed Alder Street Project (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/city-of-shelton-roundabout-among-options-for-proposed-alder-st/article_51742f52-4bac-11e7-a9b0-f77acc28ccde.html

Southern Oregon University Loses $1.9 Million in Email Scheme (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2017/06/08/southern-oregon-university-loses-1-9m-in-email-scheme/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Psst: Did You Mistakenly Donate Family Ashes to Goodwill?

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article155114794.html

Cops: Man Upset about Onions in Food Threatens Eatery Owner

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cops-man-upset-onions-food-threatens-eatery-owner-171548643.html

911 Call For Ride to Hooters Ended with Trip to Florida Jail

https://www.yahoo.com/news/911-call-ride-hooters-ended-trip-florida-jail-121137011.html

Road Paved with Clamshells Emits Stench, Covered in Maggots

https://www.yahoo.com/news/road-paved-clamshells-emits-stench-covered-maggots-205407630.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2X0Gf9jfz8

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Welcome Rain is On the Way (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2017/06/welcome-rain-is-on-way.html

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

California Regulators Weigh Whether the State Needs More Power Plants (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-natural-gas-plants-20170606-story.html

Renewable Energy Push Is Strongest in the Reddest States (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/climate/renewable-energy-push-is-strongest-in-the-reddest-states.html

Harbour Seals Selectively Eat Juveniles of Salmon Species Most at Risk (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/harbour-seals-selectively-eat-juveniles-of-salmon-species-most-at-risk

Enough Irrigation Water Expected for All Yakima Basin Water Rights (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article154754434.html

Google Fiber’s Webpass Brings $60, Gigabit Wireless to Seattle (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Fibers-Webpass-Brings-60-Gigabit-Wireless-to-Seattle-139718

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• California Regulators Weigh Whether the State Needs More Power Plants
• British Columbia: Clark Challenges Horgan on Peace River Dam, Warns Delay Could Cost $600-Million
• Wyden on Energy Department Nominee – Selling off Bonneville Power is a Nonstarter
• Editorial: Bonneville Power Administration Grid Sale Tied to Fantasy Budget
• When Companies Lead on Infrastructure, Taxpayers Often Bear the Costs
• Harbour Seals Selectively Eat Juveniles of Salmon Species Most at Risk
• Enough Irrigation Water Expected for All Yakima Basin Water Rights
• Silica Removal Options All Costly for Longview Water Ratepayers
• Renewable Energy Push Is Strongest in the Reddest States
• Nevada Legislature Clears Bills Raising Net Metering Rates, RPS Mandate
• President Trump Pitched Solar-Powered Border Wall ‘So It Pays for Itself’
• The Real Story behind Elon Musk’s $2.6 Billion Acquisition of SolarCity
• Video: You Can Draw Electrical Wires with This Cheap Conductive Paint
• Google Fiber’s Webpass Brings $60, Gigabit Wireless to Seattle
• Facebook Messenger Users Have Sent More Than 2 Billion Reactions
• Battle for Control of Washington State Senate Draws Outside Money
• Olympia’s Capitol Press Corps Goes on a ‘Fishing Expedition’
• U-S Senate Panel Approves Energy Candidates, Controversial Interior Nominee
• Reality Winner, NSA Contractor Accused of Leak, Was Undone by Trail of Clues
• Suspect in Oregon Train Stabbings Indicted for Murder
• Threats Force The Evergreen State College to Move Commencement Ceremony to Tacoma
• Shelton City Leaders Grant $5,000 Donation to YMCA for Study
• No Escape for Priced-Out Seattleites – Home Prices Set Record for an Hour’s Drive in Every Direction

WORD OF THE DAY

Concomitant • \kun-KUH-muh-tunt\ • adjective – Accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way.

Belvedere was filling in for the regular mailman on the Park Street route. The pounding hail, blustery snow, freshing breezes, stunning sleet could not keep him from the appointed rounds. Unfortunately, it was the concomitant nest of wiener dogs on Baltic Avenue that waylaid his delivery of the Widow Smith’s Publisher’s Clearinghouse check.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

California Regulators Weigh Whether the State Needs More Power Plants (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-natural-gas-plants-20170606-story.html

British Columbia: Clark Challenges Horgan on Peace River Dam, Warns Delay Could Cost $600-Million (Globe & Mail, Canada)

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-premier-challenges-ndp-leader-on-site-c-dam-warns-delay-could-cost-600-million/article35219715/?cmpid=rss1

Wyden on Energy Department Nominee – Selling off Bonneville Power is a Nonstarter (My Central Oregon, Bend)

http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2017/06/06/wyden-on-energy-department-nominee-selling-off-bonneville-power-is-a-nonstarter/

Editorial: Bonneville Power Administration Grid Sale Tied to Fantasy Budget (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/07/bpa-grid-sale-tied-to-fantasy-budget/

When Companies Lead on Infrastructure, Taxpayers Often Bear the Costs (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/business/dealbook/trump-infrastructure-plan-privatized-taxpayers.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Harbour Seals Selectively Eat Juveniles of Salmon Species Most at Risk (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/harbour-seals-selectively-eat-juveniles-of-salmon-species-most-at-risk

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Enough Irrigation Water Expected for All Yakima Basin Water Rights (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article154754434.html

Silica Removal Options All Costly for Longview Water Ratepayers (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/silica-removal-options-all-costly-for-longview-ratepayers/article_445de6a7-039c-5ab6-a91b-6ffe2e0da6f4.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Renewable Energy Push Is Strongest in the Reddest States (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/climate/renewable-energy-push-is-strongest-in-the-reddest-states.html

Nevada Legislature Clears Bills Raising Net Metering Rates, RPS Mandate (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/nevada-legislature-clears-bills-raising-net-metering-rates-rps-mandate/444366/

President Trump Pitched Solar-Powered Border Wall ‘So It Pays for Itself’ (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/336623-trump-pitched-solar-powered-border-wall-so-it-pays-for-itself

The Real Story behind Elon Musk’s $2.6 Billion Acquisition of SolarCity (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/40422076/the-real-story-behind-elon-musks-2-6-billion-acquisition-of-solarcity-and-what-it-means-for-teslas-future-not-to-mention-the-planets

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Video: You Can Draw Electrical Wires with This Cheap Conductive Paint (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2017/06/07/conductive-paint-studio-london/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Fiber’s Webpass Brings $60, Gigabit Wireless to Seattle (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Fibers-Webpass-Brings-60-Gigabit-Wireless-to-Seattle-139718

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Messenger Users Have Sent More Than 2 Billion Reactions (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/facebook-messenger-2-billion-reactions/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Battle for Control of Washington State Senate Draws Outside Money (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/battle-control-washington-senate-draws-outside-money

Olympia’s Capitol Press Corps Goes on a ‘Fishing Expedition’ (Washington State Wire, Olympia)

http://washingtonstatewire.com/capitol-press-corps-goes-fishing-expedition/

U-S Senate Panel Approves Energy Candidates, Controversial Interior Nominee (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/336507-senate-panel-approves-four-energy-interior-nominees

Reality Winner, NSA Contractor Accused of Leak, Was Undone by Trail of Clues (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/us/politics/reality-leigh-winner-leak-nsa.html

GENERAL NEWS

Suspect in Oregon Train Stabbings Indicted for Murder (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oregon-stabbing-idUSKBN18X2XC

Threats Force The Evergreen State College to Move Commencement Ceremony to Tacoma (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/655822/threats-force-the-evergreen-state-college-to-move-commencement-ceremony-to-tacoma/

Shelton City Leaders Grant $5,000 Donation to YMCA for Study (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/shelton-city-leaders-grant-donation-to-ymca-for-study/article_edc41db2-4af9-11e7-a4f3-8f276192f083.html

No Escape for Priced-Out Seattleites – Home Prices Set Record for an Hour’s Drive in Every Direction (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/no-escape-for-priced-out-seattleites-home-prices-set-record-for-hour-drive-in-every-direction/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Business Owner Struck by Lightning While Sitting at Desk

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/business-owner-struck-by-lightning-while-sitting-at-desk/article_0295a3d2-bdbd-5c9b-bfed-eb581108f27e.html

Massachusetts Medical Pot Dispensary Selling Marijuana Pizza

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/massachusetts-medical-pot-dispensary-selling-marijuana-pizza/article_353c1d21-c50e-5dce-adcb-48bc6d6f174e.html

Big Baby – Mom: ‘It Looked Like They Pulled a Toddler Out of My Belly’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mom-looked-pulled-toddler-belly-140539624.html

Penny Penance – Michigan City Rejects Pennies for Man’s $270 Fine

https://www.yahoo.com/news/michigan-city-rejects-pennies-mans-270-fine-191335597.html

SONG OF THE DAY

The Hollies- Long Cool Woman (one of the best song intros EVER)

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

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