Energy News Digest for March 16, 2018

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Weather Forecast for March 16, 2018

Marine Forecast for Puget Sound & Hood Canal

Olympic Mountain Forecast for Mason County

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Energy Secretary Backs Keeping Snake Dams to Make Cheap Electricity (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article205436519.html

Cyberattacks Put Russian Fingers on the Switch at Power Plants, U-S Says (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/us/politics/russia-cyberattacks.html

Report: Sea Lion Predation Consumed 4.7 Percent of Salmonids in 2017 in Bonneville Tailwater (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/440368.aspx

Lisa Murkowski, Maria Cantwell Renew Push for Big Federal Energy Bill (Washington Examiner)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/lisa-murkowski-maria-cantwell-renew-push-for-big-energy-bill

Is the Western U-S Snowpack Declining “Dramatically”? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2018/03/is-western-us-snowpack-declining.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Energy Secretary Backs Keeping Snake Dams to Make Cheap Electricity
• Cyberattacks Put Russian Fingers on the Switch at Power Plants, U-S Says
• Op/Ed: Russia Hacks Into U-S Power Plants, But Nuclear Reactors Should Be Safe
• Op/Ed: The Case for Consolidating Chugach Electric & Municipal Light & Power
• Grant PUD Tackles Pole Replacement from Above
• Pacific Gas & Electric, Edison International Investors Welcome California Pledge to Update Utility Liability Rules
• FERC Works to Ensure Customers Get Private Utility Rate Cuts from GOP Tax Bill
• North Carolina: Settlement Calls for Bridge Builder to Pay $10 Million for Outer Banks Blackout
• Munis to Charge Cryptocurrency Miners Higher Power Prices in New York
• Lumberjack Beaver Chews Tree, Turns Out Lights in Kentucky
• Report: Sea Lion Predation Consumed 4.7 Percent of Salmonids in 2017 in Bonneville Tailwater
• Not Too Late to Save Pacific Northwest’s Critically Endangered Orcas Say State Leaders & Feds
• Feds Sued Over Lack of Protection for California Whales
• Feral Cats Make Western Governor’s List of Invasive Species
• Cow Poop Could Help Us Make Clean(er) Energy
• Is the Internet of Things a Friend or Foe of the Utility Industry?
• Verizon Agrees To Fix Failing Broadband Networks to Settle New York Investigation
• Virginia: Another Path to Rural Broadband – Electric Co-ops
• Your Smartphone Is Giving Away More Personal Info Than You Realize. Here’s How to Lock It Down.
• For Utilities Trying to Drive Conservation, Mixed Messages May Be Best
• Green Buildings Will Have to Go Beyond Conserving Energy
• Is the Western U-S Snowpack Declining “Dramatically”?
• How the Mighty Mississippi Became a Flooding Nightmare for Millions
• Your Users Don’t Need to ‘Learn More’ – Boost Engagement with More Contextual Calls to Action
• Streaming Soon: A Fight over AT&T, Time Warner, & the Future of TV
• The Seattle Mariners, Whose Ads Are Always a Hit, Just Rolled Out Their 2018 Spots
• California: Outlaw Marijuana Comes Into the Light
• Kelp Farms & Mammoth Windmills Are Just Two of the Government’s Long-Shot Energy Bets
• A Bold, Divisive Plan to Wean Californians from Cars
• Lisa Murkowski, Maria Cantwell Renew Push for Big Federal Energy Bill
• Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Rumors He’s Becoming VA Secretary: Trump Knows ‘I Like Where I Am’
• When the ‘Big One’ Hits, Portland Faces Mass Casualties, Widespread Destruction: Study
• Florida’s Fallen Bridge: ‘Stress Test’ Preceded Collapse That Killed 6
• Seattle City Council Considering Controversial Head Tax Proposal Again
• Toys R Us to Close All 800 of Its US Stores
• Franklin County Coroner Apologizes for Racist Facebook Post

WORD OF THE DAY

Cybrarian • \sye-BRAIR-ee-un\ • Noun – A person whose job is to find, collect, & manage information that is available on the World Wide Web.

Although it has reached nearly 391,000 page views since its inception, the cybrarian who cares for the online version of the Energy News Digest Blog blanches in humility when confronted with the sheer volume of data included in the “Internet Archive Wayback Machine.” https://archive.org/web/

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Energy Secretary Backs Keeping Snake Dams to Make Cheap Electricity (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article205436519.html

Cyberattacks Put Russian Fingers on the Switch at Power Plants, U-S Says (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/us/politics/russia-cyberattacks.html

Op/Ed: Russia Hacks Into U-S Power Plants, But Nuclear Reactors Should Be Safe (Forbes Magazine)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2018/03/16/russia-hacks-into-u-s-nuclear-power-plants/#7cae31a057b9

Op/Ed: The Case for Consolidating Chugach Electric & Municipal Light & Power (Anchorage Daily News, AK)

https://www.adn.com/opinions/2018/03/14/the-case-for-consolidating-chugach-electric-and-municipal-light-power/

Grant PUD Tackles Pole Replacement from Above (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/local_news/20180316/pud_tackles_pole_replacement_from_above

Pacific Gas & Electric, Edison International Investors Welcome California Pledge to Update Utility Liability Rules (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pge-edison-international-investors-welcome-california-pledge-to-update-ut/519162/

FERC Works to Ensure Customers Get Private Utility Rate Cuts from GOP Tax Bill (Washington Examiner)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/ferc-works-to-ensure-customers-get-utility-rate-cuts-from-gop-tax-bill

North Carolina: Settlement Calls for Bridge Builder to Pay $10 Million for Outer Banks Blackout (The Outer Banks Voice, NC)

https://outerbanksvoice.com/2018/03/15/settlement-orders-bridge-builder-to-pay-10-35-million-for-blackout/

Munis to Charge Cryptocurrency Miners Higher Power Prices in New York (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/munis-to-charge-bitcoin-miners-higher-power-prices-in-new-york/519275/

Lumberjack Beaver Chews Tree, Turns Out Lights in Kentucky (Associated Press)

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kentucky/articles/2018-03-16/lumberjack-beaver-chews-tree-turns-out-lights-in-kentucky

FISH & WILDLIFE

Report: Sea Lion Predation Consumed 4.7 Percent of Salmonids in 2017 in Bonneville Tailwater (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/440368.aspx

Not Too Late to Save Pacific Northwest’s Critically Endangered Orcas Say State Leaders & Feds (Northwest Public Broadcasting)

https://www.nwpb.org/2018/03/15/not-too-late-to-save-critically-endangered-orcas-say-state-leaders-and-feds/

Feds Sued Over Lack of Protection for California Whales (Courthouse News Service)

https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-sued-over-lack-of-protection-for-california-whales/

Feral Cats Make Western Governor’s List of Invasive Species (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/article/news/local/feral-cats-make-western-governors-list-of-invasive-species/281-529027316

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Cow Poop Could Help Us Make Clean(er) Energy (Popular Science)

https://www.popsci.com/cow-pig-poo-biogas-natural-gas

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Is the Internet of Things a Friend or Foe of the Utility Industry? (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/is-iot-a-friend-or-foe-of-the-utility-industry/519239/

Verizon Agrees To Fix Failing Broadband Networks to Settle New York Investigation (Ars Technica)

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/03/verizon-agrees-to-fix-failing-broadband-networks-to-settle-investigation/

Virginia: Another Path to Rural Broadband – Electric Co-ops (Bacon’s Rebellion)

http://baconsrebellion.com/another-path-rural-broadband-electric-co-ops/

Your Smartphone Is Giving Away More Personal Info Than You Realize. Here’s How to Lock It Down. (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2018/03/16/quick-ways-stop-phone-snoops-their-tracks/417960002/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

For Utilities Trying to Drive Conservation, Mixed Messages May Be Best (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/for-utilities-trying-to-drive-conservation-mixed-messages-may-be-best/518909/

Green Buildings Will Have to Go Beyond Conserving Energy (Popular Science)

https://www.popsci.com/green-buildings-conservation-standards

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Is the Western U-S Snowpack Declining “Dramatically”? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2018/03/is-western-us-snowpack-declining.html

How the Mighty Mississippi Became a Flooding Nightmare for Millions (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/classic-apps/the-mississippi-troubles-run-deep/2018/03/14/8b5c031e-b9c2-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

Your Users Don’t Need to ‘Learn More’ – Boost Engagement with More Contextual Calls to Action (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/your-users-dont-need-to-learn-more/

Streaming Soon: A Fight over AT&T, Time Warner, & the Future of TV (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/technology/att-time-warner-antitrust.html

The Seattle Mariners, Whose Ads Are Always a Hit, Just Rolled Out Their 2018 Spots (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/creativity/the-seattle-mariners-whose-ads-are-always-a-hit-just-rolled-out-their-2018-spots/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

California: Outlaw Marijuana Comes Into the Light (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/03/16/feature/californias-outlaw-marijuana-culture-faces-a-harsh-reckoning-legal-weed/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

Kelp Farms & Mammoth Windmills Are Just Two of the Government’s Long-Shot Energy Bets (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/climate/arpa-e-summit.html

A Bold, Divisive Plan to Wean Californians from Cars (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/business/energy-environment/climate-density.html

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Lisa Murkowski, Maria Cantwell Renew Push for Big Federal Energy Bill (Washington Examiner)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/lisa-murkowski-maria-cantwell-renew-push-for-big-energy-bill

Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Rumors He’s Becoming VA Secretary: Trump Knows ‘I Like Where I Am’ (Washington Examiner)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/rick-perry-did-not-talk-to-trump-about-va-secretary-job

GENERAL NEWS

When the ‘Big One’ Hits, Portland Faces Mass Casualties, Widespread Destruction: Study (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/03/when_the_big_one_hits_portland.html

Florida’s Fallen Bridge: ‘Stress Test’ Preceded Collapse That Killed 6 (Courthouse News Service)

https://www.courthousenews.com/fallen-bridge-stress-test-preceded-collapse-that-killed-6/

Seattle City Council Considering Controversial Head Tax Proposal Again (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-city-council-considering-controversial-head-tax-proposal-again

Toys R Us to Close All 800 of Its US Stores (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/business/article205200279.html

Franklin County Coroner Apologizes for Racist Facebook Post (Associated Press)

http://komonews.com/news/local/washington-state-coroner-apologizes-for-racist-facebook-post

GUITARS IN THE GARAGE – DIVERSIONS

Nokie Edwards, the Ventures’ Lead Guitarist, Dead at 82

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nokie-edwards-the-ventures-lead-guitarist-dead-at-82-w517837

Dead Man Walking: Court Rejects Romanian’s Claim He’s Alive

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/dead-man-walking-court-rejects-romanian-s-claim-he-s/article_f0f90340-ac93-50b6-bdbe-dab7e2259344.html

Millennials Replacing Engagement Rings with Diamonds Embedded in Their Fingers

http://q13fox.com/2018/03/16/millennials-replacing-engagement-rings-with-diamonds-embedded-in-their-fingers/

Dog Sent Overseas By Mistake Returned to Kansas Family

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/mar/16/dog-sent-overseas-by-mistake-returned-to-kansas-fa/

SONG OF THE DAY

The Ventures – Walk, Don’t Run

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW21rcHiVU0

The Ventures – Hawaii Five-O

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

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for March 13, 2018

Marine Forecast for Puget Sound & Hood Canal

Olympic Mountain Forecast for Mason County

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

The Quiet Fight to Finally Send Nuclear Waste to Yucca Mountain (Washington Examiner)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-quiet-fight-to-finally-send-nuclear-waste-to-yucca-mountain

Spokane Explores Publicly Owned Broadband Network – Intended to Open Up Internet Services, Drive Down Costs (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/mar/13/spokane-explores-publicly-owned-broadband-network-/

Port of Longview Hit with Major Cyberattack (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/port-of-longview-hit-with-major-cyberattack/article_25102b63-d897-5cfd-b16b-ffec70545d1d.html

The Government Is Nearly Done with a Major Report on Climate Change. The President Isn’t Going to Like It (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/03/12/the-government-is-close-to-finishing-a-climate-change-report-trump-wont-like-it/

Kids Light Up for Clark Public Utilities Solar Car Race (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/mar/10/kids-light-up-for-solar-car-race/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• The Quiet Fight to Finally Send Nuclear Waste to Yucca Mountain
• U-S May Want To Keep Idaho Nuclear Waste Plant Running Longer
• The City of Ellensburg Raised the Cost of Electricity to Keep Up with Costs
• Droning in Colorado: Utility Tests Safer Way to Inspect Lines
• Bitcoin Mining Turns Electricity into Money
• Is a Residential Three-Part Rate the Way to a Modern Grid or Bad News for Utility Customers?
• Should Some Species Be Allowed to Die Out?
• Considering Getting Solar Panels? Here Are the Right Questions to Ask.
• California: ‘Wind Resource in Humboldt Is Phenomenal’: Local Experts Look into Area Wind Energy Feasibility
• New Mexico: Students Deliver Solar Power to Eastern Navajo Nation
• Spokane Explores Publicly Owned Broadband Network
• Port of Longview Hit with Major Cyberattack
• President Trump’s Block of a $117 Billion Takeover of Qualcomm Shows Fault Lines in 5G Network Development
• Pay TV Lost 3.1 Million Traditional Video Subscribers Last Year
• Judge Greenlights Class Action over Yahoo Data Breaches
• Electric Transportation Expansion Is Key Focus for Sacramento Municipal Utility District
• Off the Grid, on Maui
• The Government Is Nearly Done with a Major Report on Climate Change. The President Isn’t Going to Like It
• Bali to Shush Social Media for Day of Silence
• Why Consumers Are Increasingly Willing to Trade Privacy for Convenience
• Burger King Staged a Car Fire on a Highway, & Surprised Those Who Stopped to Help
• Kids Light Up for Clark Public Utilities Solar Car Race
• The Coming Solar Storm Isn’t ‘Massive’ – It’s Actually Pretty Weak
• Washington State Legislature Sued Over How It Changed Police Deadly Force Law
• ‘It Was a Sad Year.’ Lawmakers See Missed Opportunities to Protect Sexual Assault Survivors
• President Trump Ousts Secretary of State Tillerson – Will Replace Him with CIA Chief Pompeo
• Nor’easter, Blizzard Conditions Sock Winter-Weary Northeast
• Recall Debate – Shelton City Commission Holding Special Meeting Tuesday
• Washington State Lawmakers Pass Capital Dollars to Improve Shelton Library
• U-S Sen. Cantwell Learns About Mason County Opioid Crisis
• 2018 Mason Forest Festival Royalty Crowned, Grand Marshal Selected, Button Art Winner Announced
• $1 Million in Tax Money Earmarked to Help Ostrom Mushroom Farms to Set Up Sunnyside Plant
• ‘I Was Crying’: Hair Product Blamed for Open Sores, Bald Spots

WORD OF THE DAY – THE HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION

Murmuration ● \murm-uh-RAY-shun\ ● Noun – 1: the act of murmuring: the utterance of low continuous sounds or complaining noises 2: A flock of starlings: usually flying in large formations.

An Aerial Busby Berkeley Show

Synchronized in flight.

Murmuration of starlings.

Tiny sky dancers.

https://joelshorriblehaiku.blogspot.com/

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

The Quiet Fight to Finally Send Nuclear Waste to Yucca Mountain (Washington Examiner)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-quiet-fight-to-finally-send-nuclear-waste-to-yucca-mountain

U-S May Want To Keep Idaho Nuclear Waste Plant Running Longer (Associated Press)

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/us-may-want-to-keep-idaho-nuclear-waste-plant-running-longer/

The City of Ellensburg Raised the Cost of Electricity to Keep Up with Costs (KIMA-TV, Yakima, WA)

http://kimatv.com/news/local/the-city-of-ellensburg-raised-the-cost-of-electricity-to-keep-up-with-costs

Droning in Colorado: Utility Tests Safer Way to Inspect Lines – After fatal helicopter crash, drones seen as better option (Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, CO)

https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/utility-tests-safer-way-to-inspect-lines/article_561e6aa0-2684-11e8-8a4c-10604b9f7e7c.html

Bitcoin Mining Turns Electricity into Money (Atlantic Magazine)

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/bitcoin-mining-arbitrages-cheap-electricity-into-money/555416/?utm_source=feed

Is a Residential Three-Part Rate the Way to a Modern Grid or Bad News for Utility Customers? (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/is-a-residential-three-part-rate-the-way-to-a-modern-grid-or-bad-news-for/518856/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Should Some Species Be Allowed to Die Out? (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/magazine/should-some-species-be-allowed-to-die-out.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Considering Getting Solar Panels? Here Are the Right Questions to Ask. (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/considering-getting-solar-panels-here-are-the-right-questions-to-ask/2018/03/09/3190c71a-20c0-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html

California: ‘Wind Resource in Humboldt Is Phenomenal’: Local Experts Look into Area Wind Energy Feasibility (Eureka Times-Standard, CA)

http://www.times-standard.com/article/NJ/20180312/NEWS/180319963

New Mexico: Students Deliver Solar Power to Eastern Navajo Nation (Farmington Daily Times, NM)

http://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/navajo-nation/2018/03/12/students-deliver-solar-power-eastern-navajo-nation/411788002/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Spokane Explores Publicly Owned Broadband Network – Intended to Open Up Internet Services, Drive Down Costs (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/mar/13/spokane-explores-publicly-owned-broadband-network-/

Port of Longview Hit with Major Cyberattack (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/port-of-longview-hit-with-major-cyberattack/article_25102b63-d897-5cfd-b16b-ffec70545d1d.html

President Trump’s Block of a $117 Billion Takeover of Qualcomm Shows Fault Lines in 5G Network Development (Washington Examiner)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/business/trump-blocks-117-billion-takeover-of-telecom-supplier-qualcomm

Pay TV Lost 3.1 Million Traditional Video Subscribers Last Year (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Pay-TV-Lost-31-Million-Traditional-Video-Subscribers-Last-Year-141417

Judge Greenlights Class Action over Yahoo Data Breaches (Courthouse News Service)

https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-greenlights-class-action-over-yahoo-data-breaches/

I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC

Electric Transportation Expansion Is Key Focus for Sacramento Municipal Utility District (American Public Power Association)

https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/electric-transportation-expansion-key-focus-smud-orchard

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Off the Grid, on Maui (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/realestate/maui-sustainable-living.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

The Government Is Nearly Done with a Major Report on Climate Change. The President Isn’t Going to Like It (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/03/12/the-government-is-close-to-finishing-a-climate-change-report-trump-wont-like-it/

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

Bali to Shush Social Media for Day of Silence (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/bali-to-shush-social-media-for-day-of-silence/2018/03/13/384be9a0-2696-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bc_story.html

Why Consumers Are Increasingly Willing to Trade Privacy for Convenience – Amazon & Walmart are testing boundaries (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/why-consumers-are-increasingly-willing-to-trade-privacy-for-convenience/

Burger King Staged a Car Fire on a Highway, & Surprised Those Who Stopped to Help (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/burger-king-staged-a-car-fire-on-a-highway-and-surprised-those-who-stopped-to-help/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

Kids Light Up for Clark Public Utilities Solar Car Race (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/mar/10/kids-light-up-for-solar-car-race/

The Coming Solar Storm Isn’t ‘Massive’ – It’s Actually Pretty Weak (Mashable)

https://mashable.com/2018/03/13/solar-storm-hitting-earth/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Washington State Legislature Sued Over How It Changed Police Deadly Force Law (Associated Press)

http://www.khq.com/story/37707195/legislature-sued-over-how-it-changed-police-deadly-force-law

‘It Was a Sad Year.’ Lawmakers See Missed Opportunities to Protect Sexual Assault Survivors (Northwest Public Broadcasting)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/it-was-sad-year-lawmakers-see-missed-opportunities-protect-sexual-assault-survivors

President Trump Ousts Secretary of State Tillerson – Will Replace Him with CIA Chief Pompeo (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2018/03/trump_ousts_tillerson_will_rep.html

GENERAL NEWS

Nor’easter, Blizzard Conditions Sock Winter-Weary Northeast (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/mar/13/noreaster-blizzard-conditions-sock-winter-weary-no/

Recall Debate – Shelton City Commission Holding Special Meeting Tuesday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/29656

Washington State Lawmakers Pass Capital Dollars to Improve Shelton Library (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/state-lawmakers-pass-capital-dollars-to-improve-shelton-library/article_917aeec6-2660-11e8-b911-b36eafc3a9cf.html

U-S Sen. Cantwell Learns About Mason County Opioid Crisis (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/u-s-sen-cantwell-learns-about-opioid-crisis-in-mason/article_ecfd7fee-2655-11e8-aecc-cf2bb296501f.html

2018 Mason Forest Festival Royalty Crowned, Grand Marshal Selected, Button Art Winner Announced (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/29662#more-29662

$1 Million in Tax Money Earmarked to Help Ostrom Mushroom Farms to Set Up Sunnyside Plant (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/business/local/million-in-tax-money-earmarked-to-help-mushroom-company-set/article_77d5ba1e-268d-11e8-8212-0fd7760b7ac4.html

‘I Was Crying’: Hair Product Blamed for Open Sores, Bald Spots (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2018/03/12/i-was-crying-hair-product-blamed-for-open-sores-bald-spots/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

William Shatner Responds to Flat Earthers Using His Image to Promote Their Stupid Ideas

https://gizmodo.com/william-shatner-responds-to-flat-earthers-using-his-ima-1823736385

Bizarre Battle over Body of Charles Manson Won by Grandson

http://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/obituaries_of_note/bizarre-battle-over-body-of-charles-manson-won-by-grandson/article_ede5ba57-8a04-5b73-90bf-5ada0f875c92.html

Alabama Incensed over ‘Horrific’ Smell of New York City Poo

http://q13fox.com/2018/03/12/alabama-incensed-over-horrific-smell-of-new-york-city-poo/

Arizona Bride Arrested on Suspicion of DUI on Way to Her Wedding

http://www.kiro7.com/news/trending-now/arizona-bride-arrested-on-suspicion-of-dui-on-way-to-her-wedding/715283220

SONG OF THE DAY

Stanley Holloway – Get Me to the Church on Time (May Fair Lady Soundtrack)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaJrwUvJWx4

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Weather Forecast for March 12, 2018

Marine Forecast for Puget Sound & Hood Canal

Olympic Mountain Forecast for Mason County

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

This Is What Happens When Bitcoin Miners Take Over Your Town (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/09/bitcoin-mining-energy-prices-smalltown-feature-217230

Snow Study Shows Dwindling Snowpack on 9 of 10 Western U-S Peaks (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article204464944.html

Alcoa Restart? Tariffs Give Hope, But It’s Too Early to Tell (Wenatchee World, WA)

https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2018/mar/08/alcoa-restart-tariffs-give-hope-but-its-too-early-to-tell/

Clark County Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Clean Energy Company Scheme (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/mar/08/clark-county-man-pleads-guilty-in-federal-court-to-fraudulent-clean-energy-company-scheme/

Coastal Research Increasingly Depends on Citizen Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2018/0312/Coastal-research-increasingly-depends-on-citizen-scientists

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• This Is What Happens When Bitcoin Miners Take Over Your Town
• Alcoa Restart? Tariffs Give Hope, But It’s Too Early to Tell
• Leader of Longview Data Processing Center Plans Fighting Conspiracy, Copyright Infringement Charges
• SmartHub Application Empowers Mason PUD 3 Electric Customers
• NRG to Shutter Three California Gas Plants
• Power Grid Operators Say They Can Meet Customers’ Energy Needs
• FERC Chair Discloses Brain Tumor, Surgery, Says He Will Continue Work
• Tennessee Valley Authority Proposes Grid Access Fee, Lower Energy Costs in Rate Revamp
• National Hydropower Association Launches HydroWorks campaign, Asks for Industry Action
• West Coast Waters Returning to Normal but Salmon Catches Lagging
• Genetically Engineered Salmon May Be Coming to a Store Near You
• Clark County Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Clean Energy Company Scheme
• Are Renewable Portfolio Standards on the Way Out? Three Ballot Initiatives Say Otherwise
• Los Angeles Eyes Greater Role for Community Broadband
• Getting There: The Electric-Vehicle Buzz Is Real
• Snow Study Shows Dwindling Snowpack on 9 of 10 Western U-S Peaks
• Sheesh – Japan Wants More Women in Construction. Pink Toilets May Not Be Helping.
• Coastal Research Increasingly Depends on Citizen Scientists
• FCC Says Ex-Google, Apple Engineers’ Startup Launched Illegal Satellites
• Mason, Thurston Counties Get Millions of Dollars in State Capital Funds for Public Projects
• Tim Eyman Files Lawsuit against Legislature, Claiming I-940 & HB 3003 Should Appear on the Ballot
• ‘This Is Not an Oops!’ Deadly Crashes Involving DUI Drivers Continue to Climb in Washington
• Kitsap, Mason School Administrators Plan for March 14 Protests
• U-S Northeast Braces for Third Nor’easter in Two Weeks
• Richard Sherman Says He Loves the 12s, But Felt ‘Vengeful’ Toward Seahawks for Letting Him Go

WORD OF THE DAY

Scilicet ● \SKEE-lih-ket\ ● Adverb – That is to say: to wit, namely.

Say goodbye to Richard Sherman, as he leaves the Seattle Seahawks Professional NFL football team (scilicet: the ‘Hawks) for the rival San Francisco (scilicet: Santa Clara) 49er’s.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

This Is What Happens When Bitcoin Miners Take Over Your Town (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/09/bitcoin-mining-energy-prices-smalltown-feature-217230

Alcoa Restart? Tariffs Give Hope, But It’s Too Early to Tell (Wenatchee World, WA)

https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2018/mar/08/alcoa-restart-tariffs-give-hope-but-its-too-early-to-tell/

Leader of Longview Data Processing Center Plans Fighting Conspiracy, Copyright Infringement Charges (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/leader-of-data-processing-center-plans-in-longview-fighting-conspiracy/article_d22a246d-7b6a-5bf2-8412-6fbebf3de8ae.html

SmartHub Application Empowers Mason PUD 3 Electric Customers (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/smart-hub-application-empowers-mason-pud-electric-customers/article_f79878da-23e6-11e8-bbf6-a7bfba8e3abd.html

NRG to Shutter Three California Gas Plants (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nrg-to-shutter-three-california-gas-plants/518841/

Power Grid Operators Say They Can Meet Customers’ Energy Needs (Washington Examiner)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/power-grid-operators-say-they-can-meet-customers-energy-needs

FERC Chair Discloses Brain Tumor, Surgery, Says He Will Continue Work (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-chair-discloses-brain-tumor-surgery-says-he-will-continue-work/518913/

Tennessee Valley Authority Proposes Grid Access Fee, Lower Energy Costs in Rate Revamp (Chattanooga Times-Free Press, TN)

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2018/mar/09/tva-proposed-grid-access-fee-lower-energy-costs-rate-revamp/465572/

National Hydropower Association Launches HydroWorks campaign, Asks for Industry Action (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/hydro/2018/03/national-hydropower-association-launches-hydroworks-campaign-asks-for-industry-action.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

West Coast Waters Returning to Normal but Salmon Catches Lagging (Phys.Org)

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-west-coast-salmon-lagging.html

Genetically Engineered Salmon May Be Coming to a Store Near You (Grist Online)

https://grist.org/article/genetically-engineered-salmon-may-be-coming-to-a-store-near-you/

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Clark County Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Clean Energy Company Scheme (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/mar/08/clark-county-man-pleads-guilty-in-federal-court-to-fraudulent-clean-energy-company-scheme/

Are Renewable Portfolio Standards on the Way Out? Three Ballot Initiatives Say Otherwise (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/are-renewable-portfolio-standards-on-the-way-out-three-ballot-initiatives/518831/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Los Angeles Eyes Greater Role for Community Broadband (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Los-Angeles-Eyes-Greater-Role-for-Community-Broadband-141402

I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC

Getting There: The Electric-Vehicle Buzz Is Real (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/mar/12/getting-there-in-washington-electric-vehicles-are-/

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Snow Study Shows Dwindling Snowpack on 9 of 10 Western U-S Peaks (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article204464944.html

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

Sheesh – Japan Wants More Women in Construction. Pink Toilets May Not Be Helping. (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/business/japan-women-construction.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

Coastal Research Increasingly Depends on Citizen Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2018/0312/Coastal-research-increasingly-depends-on-citizen-scientists

FCC Says Ex-Google, Apple Engineers’ Startup Launched Illegal Satellites (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2018/03/12/swarm-technologies-illegal-satellites-fcc.html

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Mason, Thurston Counties Get Millions of Dollars in State Capital Funds for Public Projects (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/mason-thurston-get-millions-of-dollars-in-state-capital-funds/article_d64d66f2-23f2-11e8-99ce-efe2348bc550.html

Tim Eyman Files Lawsuit against Legislature, Claiming I-940 & HB 3003 Should Appear on the Ballot (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)

https://washingtonstatewire.com/tim-eyman-files-lawsuit-against-legislature-claiming-i-940-and-hb-3003-should-appear-on-the-ballot/

GENERAL NEWS

‘This Is Not an Oops!’ Deadly Crashes Involving DUI Drivers Continue to Climb in Washington (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2018/03/11/deadly-crashes-involving-drunk-drivers-continue-to-climb-in-washington/

Kitsap, Mason School Administrators Plan for March 14 Protests (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2018/03/11/kitsap-mason-school-administrators-plan-march-14-protests/411806002/

U-S Northeast Braces for Third Nor’easter in Two Weeks (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather/u-s-northeast-braces-for-third-noreaster-in-two-weeks-idUSKCN1GO0E7

Richard Sherman Says He Loves the 12s, But Felt ‘Vengeful’ Toward Seahawks for Letting Him Go (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2018/03/12/sherman-says-he-loves-the-12s-but-felt-vengeful-toward-seahawks-for-letting-him-go/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Daycare Owner Sentenced to 21 Years for Giving Kids Melatonin While She Went Tanning & to Gym

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/daycare-owner-sentenced-21-years-190338230.html

‘10 Things I Hate About You’ House on the Market for $1.6 Million

http://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/10-things-i-hate-about-you-house-on-the-market-for-16-million/283-527533951

Historic, Seattle-Made Electric Bass Guitar Sold for $23,000

http://www.thenewstribune.com/entertainment/celebrities/article204487584.html

Winner of $560 Million Powerball Can Keep Her Name Private, Judge Rules

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/us/lottery-winner-privacy.html

SONG OF THE DAY

20 Amazing Bass Lines of All Time! (Instantly Recognizable)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONw0q2ZhEXg

Queen – Another One Bites the Dust

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz_DNrKVrQ8

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