Energy News Digest for June 17, 2016 – Hot Shots

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for June 17, 2016

http://1.usa.gov/1rtKvli

Special Weather Statement for Olympic Mountains

http://1.usa.gov/1UEQZ8C

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Lake Washington Sockeye Run Off To a Fast Start – Columbia River Return Still on a Record Pace (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/lake-washington-sockeye-run-off-to-a-fast-start-and-columbia-river-return-still-on-a-record-pace/

Court Says Two Years for New Basin Salmon Recovery Plan, NEPA; Feds Say Will Take Five Years (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/436944.aspx

Tribal Salmon Sales to Begin Soon (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jun/16/tribal-salmon-sales-to-begin-soon/

Benton PUD Replaces Over 20,000 Meters (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/32242790/benton-pud-replaces-over-20000-meters

'Advanced Meters' Coming to Grant County PUD (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/advanced-meters-coming-to-grant-county-pud/article_1546e4be-34b2-11e6-bf85-e38b912ccf48.html

NorthWestern Energy Allowed to Negotiate Solar Power Contracts (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jun/16/northwestern-allowed-to-negotiate-solar-power-cont/

DC Regulators Deny Rehearing on Exelon-Pepco Merger; Opponents Plan to Sue (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/breaking-dc-regulators-deny-rehearing-on-exelon-pepco-merger-opponents-pl/421143/

Port of Ridgefield to Host Workshop on High-Speed Internet (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jun/15/ridgefield-port-to-host-workshop-on-high-speed-internet/

Idaho: Municipal Fiber Network Will Let Customers Switch ISPs in Seconds (Ars Technica)

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/what-if-switching-fiber-isps-was-as-easy-as-clicking-a-mouse/

In a Big Biomass Deal, Hermiston's Pacific Ag Bolsters Its Base (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2016/06/in-a-big-biomass-deal-hermistons-pacific-ag.html

Sierra Pacific Industries’ Shoreline Permit Approved for Shelton Waterfront Sawmill (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/20818

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Energy News Digest for June 16, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for June 16, 2016

http://1.usa.gov/1ZTZ4uy

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Solar’s Latest Subsidy Is Squeezing Down Costs -- And Companies (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-16/solar-s-latest-subsidy-is-squeezing-down-costs-and-companies

California’s Landmark Cap & Trade Program Faces Uncertain Future (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-california-carbon-idUSKCN0Z100R

California Governor Wants to Resurrect a Plan to Expand the State’s Power Grid – Some Say It’s Not That Simple (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-electric-grid-20160615-snap-story.html

BC Hydro Acknowledges Dark Past of W.A.C. Bennett Dam in New Exhibit (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-hydro-acknowledges-dark-past-of-wac-bennett-dam-1.3637489?cmp=rss

Mason County Leader Seeks Land Swap to Preserve Angleside Forest in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/mason-leader-seeks-land-swap-to-preserve-angleside-forest-in/article_76ff85c6-3340-11e6-8854-8b5304361b36.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• California Governor Wants to Resurrect a Plan to Expand the State’s Power Grid – Some Say It’s Not That Simple
• BC Hydro Acknowledges Dark Past of W.A.C. Bennett Dam in New Exhibit
• Powerhouse at Ross Dam Getting New Transformers
• Centralia City Light Rate Increase Approved
• Snohomish PUD Increases Security at its Facilities
• Pepco Merger Done, Exelon CEO Chris Crane Wants Market Reforms to Save Nuclear Fleet
• New York City, Con Ed Blamed for 2nd Ave Building Fires Caused by Illegal Gas Hookups
• We Need Lots More Power Lines – Why Are We So Bad at Planning Them?
• Senate Bill Keeps LIHEAP Funds Level
• How the 1920s Thought Electricity Would Transform Farms Forever
• Pine Beetle Making a Comeback in the Inland Pacific Northwest
• Mason County Leader Seeks Land Swap to Preserve Angleside Forest in Shelton
• Solar’s Latest Subsidy Is Squeezing Down Costs -- And Companies
• California Local Renewables Are Getting Robbed, But CA Independent System Operator Can Help
• U-S Chamber of Commerce Joins Anti-Solar Crusade
• Feds Say Energy Efficiency Will Slow Electricity Sales Growth through 2040
• The Lazy Homeowner’s Guide to Keeping Your House Cool This Summer
• Considering a Career Path in the California Pot Industry? Here’s What You Should Know
• Microsoft Teams with Ancillary Marijuana Company in Landmark Partnership
• California’s Landmark Cap & Trade Program Faces Uncertain Future
• Why the Tesla Boom Could Actually Be Very Good News for the Electric Grid
• Op/ED: Should Single Moms Be Forced to Subsidize Luxury Electric Cars?
• Flying Wi-Fi: Google Accused of Stealing Project Loon Idea
• Facebook Messenger Is Adding a Home Button to Help Keep Track of Conversations
• Nine Visual Tools to Create Awesome Social Media Images
• Shelton Native Accepts Job as City’s Next Top Administrator
• Dramatic Video Shows Hero Disarming Shooter at Seattle Pacific University in 2014
• Weyerhaeuser Sells Final Piece of Cellulose Fibers Business
• Don’t Toss That Burning Cigarette from Your Vehicle – You Could Face $1,025 Fine

WORD OF THE DAY

Frenetic • \frih-NET-tick\ • Adjective - Frenzied, frantic

The three-o’clock return of the office staff from the nearby “Jitters” coffee stand was a constant source of entertainment for the floor supervisor. From his massive cubicle on the tenth floor of the glass and metal corporate castle, the boss watched his staff’s frenetic work as they bounced between the cubicles like the miniature football players on those Tudor Tru-Action Electric Football Games of his youth…only to crash and burn at 4:30.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

California Governor Wants to Resurrect a Plan to Expand the State’s Power Grid – Some Say It’s Not That Simple (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-electric-grid-20160615-snap-story.html

BC Hydro Acknowledges Dark Past of W.A.C. Bennett Dam in New Exhibit (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-hydro-acknowledges-dark-past-of-wac-bennett-dam-1.3637489?cmp=rss

Powerhouse at Ross Dam Getting New Transformers (Skagit Valley Herald, Mt Vernon, WA)

http://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/powerhouse-at-ross-dam-getting-new-transformers/article_11879164-08a8-54d9-a79a-589381c8d050.html

Centralia City Light Rate Increase Approved (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2016/06/centralia-city-light-rate-increase.html

Snohomish PUD Increases Security at its Facilities (Snohomish PUD, Everett, WA)

http://www.snopud.com/newsroom.ashx?p=1102&173_na=322

Pepco Merger Done, Exelon CEO Chris Crane Wants Market Reforms to Save Nuclear Fleet (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/pepco-merger-done-exelon-ceo-chris-crane-wants-market-reforms-to-save-nucl/421056/

New York City, Con Ed Blamed for 2nd Ave Building Fires Caused by Illegal Gas Hookups (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/06/16/nyc-con-ed-blamed-for-2nd-ave-building-fires.htm

We Need Lots More Power Lines – Why Are We So Bad at Planning Them? (Vox)

http://www.vox.com/2016/6/9/11881556/power-lines-bad-planning

Senate Bill Keeps LIHEAP Funds Level (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/public-policy-watch/legislation/senate-bill-keeps-liheap-funds-level/92444

How the 1920s Thought Electricity Would Transform Farms Forever (Gizmodo)

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/how-the-1920s-thought-electricity-would-transform-farms-510917940

FISH & WILDLIFE

Pine Beetle Making a Comeback in the Inland Pacific Northwest (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)

http://www.khq.com/story/32233246/pine-beetle-making-a-comeback-in-the-inland-northwest

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Mason County Leader Seeks Land Swap to Preserve Angleside Forest in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/mason-leader-seeks-land-swap-to-preserve-angleside-forest-in/article_76ff85c6-3340-11e6-8854-8b5304361b36.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Solar’s Latest Subsidy Is Squeezing Down Costs -- And Companies (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-16/solar-s-latest-subsidy-is-squeezing-down-costs-and-companies

California Local Renewables Are Getting Robbed, But CA Independent System Operator Can Help (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-local-renewables-are-getting-robbed-but-caiso-can-help/420984/

U-S Chamber of Commerce Joins Anti-Solar Crusade (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/climate-energy/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-joins-anti-solar-crusade/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Feds Say Energy Efficiency Will Slow Electricity Sales Growth through 2040 (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/eia-efficiency-will-slow-electricity-sales-growth-through-2040/421000/

The Lazy Homeowner’s Guide to Keeping Your House Cool This Summer (Realtor.com)

http://www.realtor.com/advice/home-improvement/keeping-your-house-cool-summer/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Considering a Career Path in the California Pot Industry? Here’s What You Should Know (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30016731/working-weed-main?source=rss

Microsoft Teams with Ancillary Marijuana Company in Landmark Partnership (Marijuana Business Daily)

http://mjbizdaily.com/breaking-microsoft-teams-with-ancillary-marijuana-company-in-landmark-partnership/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

California’s Landmark Cap & Trade Program Faces Uncertain Future (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-california-carbon-idUSKCN0Z100R

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Why the Tesla Boom Could Actually Be Very Good News for the Electric Grid (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/15/why-teslas-and-other-electric-vehicles-could-actually-be-very-good-news-for-the-grid/

Op/ED: Should Single Moms Be Forced to Subsidize Luxury Electric Cars? (Morning Consult)

https://morningconsult.com/opinions/single-moms-forced-subsidize-luxury-electric-cars/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Flying Wi-Fi: Google Accused of Stealing Project Loon Idea (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/google-accused-of-stealing-project-loon-idea-1782080889

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Messenger Is Adding a Home Button to Help Keep Track of Conversations (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/facebook-adding-home-button-conversations-its-messenger-app-172042

Nine Visual Tools to Create Awesome Social Media Images (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/9-visual-tools-to-create-awesome-social-media-images/

GENERAL NEWS

Shelton Native Accepts Job as City’s Next Top Administrator (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/shelton-native-accepts-job-as-city-s-next-top-administrator/article_444c8d04-334a-11e6-8824-0bd6d2c4e2c4.html

Dramatic Video Shows Hero Disarming Shooter at Seattle Pacific University in 2014 (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/crime_and_courts/dramatic-video-shows-hero-disarming-shooter-at-seattle-pacific-university/article_e24bffcc-331c-11e6-8801-33beaf998cfc.html

Weyerhaeuser Sells Final Piece of Cellulose Fibers Business (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2016/06/15/weyerhaeuser-sells-final-piece-of-cellulose-fibers.html

Don’t Toss That Burning Cigarette from Your Vehicle – You Could Face $1,025 Fine (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/06/15/dont-bogart-that-burning-cigarette-from-your-vehicle-or-face-1025-fine/

FLYING FIGS – DIVERSIONS

First New Rainier Beer in 20 Years Is Being Brewed in Woodinville

http://q13fox.com/2016/06/15/first-new-rainier-beer-in-20-years-is-being-brewed-in-woodinville/

A Bizarre Avocado Crime Wave is Sweeping through New Zealand

http://gizmodo.com/a-bizarre-avocado-crime-wave-is-sweeping-through-new-ze-1782040962

Cow With Head Stuck in Tree Is Freed by Firefighters

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cow-head-stuck-tree-freed-firefighters-n590856

Italian Chefs Create Mile-Long Neapolitan to Break Longest Pizza Record

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2016/5/italian-chefs-create-mile-long-neapolitan-to-break-longest-pizza-record-429657

SONG OF THE DAY

Beer Bottle Symphony Orchestra (not Rainier Beer, but still pretty cool)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUru7nSyKxQ

Rainier Beer Commercials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU7DT75AkLQ&list=PL4hkrePf0QtmjO_spC74SHR62LTtzWj7B

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Energy News Digest for June 15, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for June 15, 2016

http://1.usa.gov/1UchxDW

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Columbia Salmon Fishing Gets Easier Thursday – Marks the second consecutive year of record-for-the-date sockeye salmon returns over Bonneville Dam (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2016/06/columbia_salmon_fishing_gets_e.html

Judge Denies Pacific Gas & Electric Request to Dismiss Charges over Pipeline Safety (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Judge-denies-PG-E-request-to-dismiss-charges-in-8139690.php

Avista Gets Award for Restoration Work after Windstorm (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jun/15/avista-gets-award-for-restoration-work-after-winds/

Portland Will Levy ‘Digital Equity’ Fee on Google Fiber (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2016/06/portland_will_require_digital.html

Three Surprising Brain Facts Marketers Should Know about Email (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/brandshare/3-surprising-brain-facts-marketers-should-know-about-email-171774

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Judge Denies Pacific Gas & Electric Request to Dismiss Charges over Pipeline Safety
• Avista Gets Award for Restoration Work after Windstorm
• First New U-S Nuclear Reactor in Almost Two Decades Set to Begin Operating
• Feds Announce $82 Million for Nuclear Energy Research
• Trio of High-Profile Energy Cases Expected to Spark Wave of Litigation
• Columbia Salmon Fishing Gets Easier Thursday – Marks the second consecutive year of record-for-the-date sockeye salmon returns over Bonneville Dam
• Olympic National Forest Celebrates Skokomish Watershed Restoration
• Seattle: Wallingford Community Council Full of S— with P**p Concerns?
• Personalized Power Usage? There’s an App for That
• Portland Will Levy ‘Digital Equity’ Fee on Google Fiber
• Portland Approves its First Google Fiber ‘Hut’
• Court Backs Rules Treating Internet as Utility, Not Luxury
• Q&A: What Is Net Neutrality – Why Does It Matter?
• Rep: Upselling Ruins Comcast’s Customer Service Reform Efforts
• Three Surprising Brain Facts Marketers Should Know about Email
• Dueling Income Tax Proposals Divide Olympia Council
• Florida: Boy Snatched by Gator is Presumed Dead; Disney Beaches Close
• Washington State Work Release Inmate Caught In South Dakota – Heading To Shelton Corrections
• Murder Charges Dropped against One Brother in Rural Washington Killings
• Including Washington, Oregon, Idaho – Ten States with the Fastest Job Growth in 2016
• British Columbia: Falling Tree Branch Lands in B-C Supreme Court

WORD OF THE DAY

Kaput • \ku-PUT\ • Adjective - 1: utterly finished, defeated, or destroyed 2: unable to function: useless 3: hopelessly outmoded

I love word origins. Here’s the origin of kaput via Merriam-Webster Dictionary online:

“Kaput” originated with a card game called piquet that has been popular in France for centuries. French players originally used the term “capot” to describe both big winners and big losers. To win all twelve tricks in a hand was called “faire capot” (“to make capot”), but to lose them all was known as “être capot” (“to be capot”). German speakers adopted “capot,” but respelled it “kaputt,” and used it only for losers. When English speakers borrowed the word from German, they started using “kaput” for things that were broken, useless, or destroyed.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Judge Denies Pacific Gas & Electric Request to Dismiss Charges over Pipeline Safety (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Judge-denies-PG-E-request-to-dismiss-charges-in-8139690.php

Avista Gets Award for Restoration Work after Windstorm (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jun/15/avista-gets-award-for-restoration-work-after-winds/

First New U-S Nuclear Reactor in Almost Two Decades Set to Begin Operating (The Energy Collective)

http://www.theenergycollective.com/todayinenergy/2380967/first-new-u-s-nuclear-reactor-in-almost-two-decades-set-to-begin-operating

Feds Announce $82 Million for Nuclear Energy Research (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jun/14/feds-announce-82-million-for-nuclear-energy-resear/

Trio of High-Profile Energy Cases Expected to Spark Wave of Litigation (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=45945

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbia Salmon Fishing Gets Easier Thursday – Marks the second consecutive year of record-for-the-date sockeye salmon returns over Bonneville Dam (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2016/06/columbia_salmon_fishing_gets_e.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Olympic National Forest Celebrates Skokomish Watershed Restoration (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/20794

Seattle: Wallingford Community Council Full of S— with P**p Concerns? (Publicola)

http://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2016/6/15/community-council-full-of-s-with-poop-concerns

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Personalized Power Usage? There’s an App for That (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2016/06/14/more-control-over-power-usage-theres-app/85870178/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Portland Will Levy ‘Digital Equity’ Fee on Google Fiber (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2016/06/portland_will_require_digital.html

Portland Approves its First Google Fiber ‘Hut’ (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Portland-Approves-its-First-Google-Fiber-Hut-137187

Court Backs Rules Treating Internet as Utility, Not Luxury (NY Times)

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/technology/net-neutrality-fcc-appeals-court-ruling.html?emc=edit_na_20160614&nlid=53229667&ref=cta&_r=1&referer=

Q&A: What Is Net Neutrality – Why Does It Matter? (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/technology/article/Q-A-What-is-net-neutrality-and-why-does-it-8135308.php

Rep: Upselling Ruins Comcast’s Customer Service Reform Efforts (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Rep-Upselling-Ruins-Comcasts-Customer-Service-Reform-Efforts-137196

MARKETING & MEDIA

Three Surprising Brain Facts Marketers Should Know about Email (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/brandshare/3-surprising-brain-facts-marketers-should-know-about-email-171774

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Dueling Income Tax Proposals Divide Olympia Council (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article83866282.html

GENERAL NEWS

Florida: Boy Snatched by Gator is Presumed Dead; Disney Beaches Close (Associated Press)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jun/15/boy-snatched-by-gator-is-presumed-dead-disney-beaches-close/

Washington State Work Release Inmate Caught In South Dakota – Heading To Shelton Corrections (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/regional_state_news/man-who-left-washington-work-release-caught-in-south-dakota/article_17e805d6-3291-11e6-ab66-aba964cdd7b0.html

Murder Charges Dropped against One Brother in Rural Washington Killings (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tony-reed-murder-charge-1.3635404?cmp=rss

Including Washington, Oregon, Idaho – Ten States with the Fastest Job Growth in 2016 (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2016/0615/Ten-states-with-the-fastest-job-growth-in-2016/California

British Columbia: Falling Tree Branch Lands in B-C Supreme Court (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tree-lawsuit-vancouver-injuries-1.3634900?cmp=rss

FLYING FIGS – DIVERSIONS

Kitten ‘Travels 300 Miles’ in Navy Pilot’s Car Bumper

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-36532687

Drunk Customer Returns to Restaurant the Next Day to Take Back $1,000 Tip

https://consumerist.com/2016/06/15/drunk-customer-returns-to-restaurant-the-next-day-to-take-back-1000-tip/

Russian Sues Ex-Girlfriend for Money He Spent On Her

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russian-sues-ex-girlfriend-money-he-spent-her-n591836

Monkey Triggers Nationwide Blackout in Kenya

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/monkey-triggers-nationwide-blackout-kenya-n588031

SONG OF THE DAY

The Proclaimers – I Would Walk 500 Miles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otXGqU4LBEI

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Energy News Digest for June 14, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for June 14, 2016

http://1.usa.gov/1YpenfJ

Small Craft Advisory for Puget Sound & Hood Canal

http://1.usa.gov/21ktsi6

Winter in June (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/06/winter-in-june.html

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Court Upholds FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2016/06/14/court-upholds-fccs-net-neutrality-rules/

FERC revokes market-based rate authority for Berkshire Hathaway companies – Includes PacifiCorp (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-revokes-market-based-rate-authority-for-berkshire-hathaway-companies/420835/

Pacific Gas & Electric Criminal Trial Linked to San Bruno Disaster Begins (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30014346/pg-e-criminal-trial-linked-san-bruno-disaster?source=rss

Early Sockeye Salmon Surge Puzzles Fish Managers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2016/jun/14/early-sockeye-salmon-surge-puzzles-fish-managers/

Huge Renewable Energy Project Gets Hearing In Mountain Home (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article83570942.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• FERC revokes market-based rate authority for Berkshire Hathaway companies – Includes PacifiCorp
• Pacific Gas & Electric Criminal Trial Linked to San Bruno Disaster Begins
• Transformer Failure Cuts Power South of Tumwater for 2,558 Customers
• Centralia Council to Consider City Light Rate Hike
• Hermiston City Council Raises Electric Rate, Approves Budget
• Alaska: Golden Valley Electric Association Raises Rates 15 Percent Temporarily
• Cowlitz PUD Insurance Company to Settle with Recall Trio
• Nevada: A Little Fear & Loathing for Utilities
• New York: What’s the Value of an Unwanted Nuclear Plant Seized by Eminent Domain?
• Integrated Program Review & Capital Investment Review Initial Proposals Released
• NRECA Board Names Jim Matheson as CEO
• Early Sockeye Salmon Surge Puzzles Fish Managers
• Flyfishers Irked over Timing of Columbia River Gillnetting
• Sea Lions Continue Feast on Salmon, Ratepayers
• Two Clayoquot Sound Salmon Farms Hit by Toxic Algae
• Native Olympia Oysters Have Built-In Resistance to Ocean Acidification
• Biotoxins Shut Down Clallam County Shellfishing
• Oregon: Report Urges Cautious Water Use with Quick Snowmelt
• Two Portland-Area Water Samples Set Records for Lead
• Huge Renewable Energy Project Gets Hearing In Mountain Home
• Oregon: Deschutes County Site In Running for National Geothermal Lab
• Chamber Takes Aim at Wind Credit in U-S Senate Hearing
• On Kodiak Island, Flywheels Are in & Diesel Is 99.8% Out
• A High-Energy Event Devoted to Saving Energy
• University of Washington Hosts First Marijuana Policy Conference
• Apple’s Newest Innovation: Wastewater Treatment to Cool Prineville Data Centers
• Court Upholds FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
• Tom Wheeler Defeats the Broadband Industry: Net Neutrality Wins in Court
• A Win for ‘Net Neutrality’
• Google Fiber Takes First Step into Dallas
• How Does Broadband Access Affect Real Estate Property Values?
• Microsoft to Buy LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion in Its Largest Deal
• Twitter Freezes Some Accounts after Millions of Credentials Appear Online
• Twitter Will Let You Retweet Yourself – But Everyone Just Wants an Edit Button
• Facebook Videos Are Creating 13 Times More Chatter Than They Were Last Year
• Twelve Creative Ways to Use Facebook Cover Images for Business
• Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Spokane Tribe Celebrate Week of Major Announcements
• Rare Snow Showers Blanket Pacific Northwest Mountain Peaks
• Expect a Warm Summer, But Not as Hot as the Last One
• Shelton Native to Be Offered City Administrator Job
• Railroad Says Broken Bolt Caused Oregon Train Derailment
• Bremerton Halts Work at Recently Logged Property

WORD OF THE DAY

Ululate ● \ul-yuh-layt\ ● Verb – To cry loudly; howl, wail

Stubbed toe REALLY hurts

A victim’s ululation

Awakens the dead

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

FERC revokes market-based rate authority for Berkshire Hathaway companies – Includes PacifiCorp (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-revokes-market-based-rate-authority-for-berkshire-hathaway-companies/420835/

Pacific Gas & Electric Criminal Trial Linked to San Bruno Disaster Begins (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_30014346/pg-e-criminal-trial-linked-san-bruno-disaster?source=rss

Transformer Failure Cuts Power South of Tumwater for 2,558 Customers (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article83499352.html

Centralia Council to Consider City Light Rate Hike (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

http://www.chronline.com/centralia-council-to-consider-city-light-rate-hike/article_e1e2b200-2f80-11e6-b6b2-4f664b44203c.html

Hermiston City Council Raises Electric Rate, Approves Budget (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)

http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20160613/hermiston-council-raises-electric-rate-approves-budget

Alaska: Golden Valley Electric Association Raises Rates 15 Percent Temporarily (Fairbanks News Miner, AK)

http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/gvea-raises-rates-percent-temporarily/article_018e4d36-3205-11e6-b451-7b9708053990.html

Cowlitz PUD Insurance Company to Settle with Recall Trio (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/pud-insurance-company-to-settle-with-recall-trio/article_bc977671-43fe-56bc-b7d5-2de1973a93c9.html

Nevada: A Little Fear & Loathing for Utilities (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/columnists/ASe2HvynvWg/liam-denning/articles/2016-06-13/mgm-wynn-ditch-nv-energy-as-utility-fear-and-loathing-grows

New York: What’s the Value of an Unwanted Nuclear Plant Seized by Eminent Domain? (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rodadams/2016/06/14/whats-the-value-of-an-unwanted-nuclear-plant-seized-by-eminent-domain/#5ab702816073

Integrated Program Review & Capital Investment Review Initial Proposals Released (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Integrated-Program-Review-and-Capital-Investment-Review-initial-proposals-released-.aspx

NRECA Board Names Jim Matheson as CEO (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/newsmakers/co-op-news-newsmakers/nreca-board-names-jim-matheson-as-ceo/92382

FISH & WILDLIFE

Early Sockeye Salmon Surge Puzzles Fish Managers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2016/jun/14/early-sockeye-salmon-surge-puzzles-fish-managers/

Flyfishers Irked over Timing of Columbia River Gillnetting (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2016/jun/09/flyfishers-irked-over-timing-columbia-river-gillnetting/

Sea Lions Continue Feast on Salmon, Ratepayers (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/editors-pick/sea-lions-continue-feast-on-salmon-ratepayers/92281

Two Clayoquot Sound Salmon Farms Hit by Toxic Algae (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/2-clayoquot-sound-salmon-farms-hit-by-toxic-algae-1.3633722?cmp=rss

Native Olympia Oysters Have Built-In Resistance to Ocean Acidification (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/native-olympia-oysters-have-built-in-resistance-to-ocean-acidification/

Biotoxins Shut Down Clallam County Shellfishing (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/11675

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Oregon: Report Urges Cautious Water Use with Quick Snowmelt (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2016/06/13/report-urges-cautious-water-use-with-quick-snowmelt/

Two Portland-Area Water Samples Set Records for Lead (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/06/two_portland-area_water_sample.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Huge Renewable Energy Project Gets Hearing In Mountain Home (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article83570942.html

Oregon: Deschutes County Site In Running for National Geothermal Lab (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jun/14/deschutes-county-site-in-running-for-national-geothermal-lab/

Chamber Takes Aim at Wind Credit in U-S Senate Hearing (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2593789

On Kodiak Island, Flywheels Are in & Diesel Is 99.8% Out (E&E Publishing)

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060038577

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

A High-Energy Event Devoted to Saving Energy (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/A-high-energy-event-devoted-to-saving-energy.aspx

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

University of Washington Hosts First Marijuana Policy Conference (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/316428/university-of-washington-hosts-first-ever-marijuana-policy-conference/

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Apple’s Newest Innovation: Wastewater Treatment to Cool Prineville Data Centers (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2016/06/apples_newest_innovation_waste.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Court Upholds FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2016/06/14/court-upholds-fccs-net-neutrality-rules/

Tom Wheeler Defeats the Broadband Industry: Net Neutrality Wins in Court (Ars Technica)

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/net-neutrality-and-title-ii-win-in-court-as-isps-lose-case-against-fcc/

A Win for ‘Net Neutrality’ (The Atlantic Magazine)

http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/06/net-neutrality-ruling/486986/

Google Fiber Takes First Step into Dallas (Dallas Business Journal, TX)

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/06/14/google-fiber-takes-first-step-into-dallas.html

How Does Broadband Access Affect Real Estate Property Values? (Seven Days, VT)

http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/how-does-broadband-access-affect-real-estate-property-values/Content?oid=3418087

MARKETING & MEDIA

Microsoft to Buy LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion in Its Largest Deal (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-linkedin-m-a-microsoft-idUSKCN0YZ1FP

Twitter Freezes Some Accounts after Millions of Credentials Appear Online (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jun/10/twitter-freezes-some-accounts-after-millions-of-cr/

Twitter Will Let You Retweet Yourself – But Everyone Just Wants an Edit Button (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/06/14/twitter-retweet-yourself-no-edit/#PE_VPL29VSqz

Facebook Videos Are Creating 13 Times More Chatter Than They Were Last Year (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/facebook-videos-are-creating-13-times-more-chatter-they-were-last-year-171974

Twelve Creative Ways to Use Facebook Cover Images for Business (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/12-creative-ways-to-use-facebook-cover-images-for-business/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Spokane Tribe Celebrate Week of Major Announcements (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jun/09/interior-secretary-sally-jewell-spokane-tribe-cele/

GENERAL NEWS

Rare Snow Showers Blanket Pacific Northwest Mountain Peaks (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/316944/rare-snow-showers-blanket-northwest-mountain-tops/

Expect a Warm Summer, But Not as Hot as the Last One (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/expect-warm-summer-not-hot-last-one

Shelton Native to Be Offered City Administrator Job (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/shelton-native-to-be-offered-city-administrator-job/article_c4898d54-31cf-11e6-b0f6-5b102a6ed001.html

Railroad Says Broken Bolt Caused Oregon Train Derailment (Associated Press)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/environment_news/railroad-says-broken-bolt-caused-oregon-train-derailment/article_f103d692-318d-11e6-8d27-53534a53b304.html

Bremerton Halts Work at Recently Logged Property (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local/bremerton-halts-work-at-recently-logged-property-352b893a-d9ab-1ad5-e053-0100007f9910-382854601.html?d=mobile#

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

‘Stairway to Heaven’ Lawsuit Goes to Trial

http://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2016-06-14/the-latest-stairway-to-heaven-lawsuit-goes-to-trial

NASA’s Mars Recruitment Posters Will Convince You to Go Die in Space

http://gizmodo.com/nasas-mars-recruitment-posters-will-convince-you-to-go-1781968720

Americans Give More Than $1 Billion to Charity Every Day

https://consumerist.com/2016/06/14/americans-give-more-than-1b-to-charity-every-day-in-2015/

New Bride, In Wedding Gear, Gives CPR to Woman on Street

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bride-wedding-gear-gives-cpr-woman-street-203123985.html?nhp=1

SONG OF THE DAY

Ann & Nancy Wilson – Stairway to Heaven Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xufuZ0dCmLA

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