Energy News Digest for October 19, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for October 19, 2016

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Interior Secretary Jewell Backs Klamath River Dam Removal (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)

http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/sec-jewell-backs-klamath-river-dam-removal/article_565dbf72-8e61-5d0f-be1e-ffd7aa77bc23.html

Chelan PUD – Alcoa Deal (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://kpq.com/pud-alcoa-deal/

Washington State Supreme Court Water-Rights Ruling Will Affect Building Permits for Rural Property Owners (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/oct/18/washington-supreme-court-water-rights-ruling-will-/

The Obama Administration Steps Up to the Plate on Cleaning Up Puget Sound (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/The-feds-step-up-to-the-plate-on-cleaning-up-9982032.php

Japanese Company to Build Oregon Plant After Honing Biomass-For-Coal Process (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2016/10/19/japanese-co-to-build-oregon-plant-after-honing.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Chelan PUD – Alcoa Deal
• Vancouver City Council Votes to Oppose Longview Coal Terminal Plan
• The World’s Nine Largest Operating Power Plants Are Hydroelectric Facilities
• News Release: Administration More Interested in Destroying Dams Than Generating Affordable Hydroelectricity
• Scary: Clatskanie PUD in the Spirit
• Interior Secretary Jewell Backs Klamath River Dam Removal
• No Upper Columbia Steelhead Fishing This Year
• Op/Ed: Eating Crow About Elwha Salmon
• We Are in the Golden Age of Oysters
• The Obama Administration Steps Up to the Plate on Cleaning Up Puget Sound
• Washington State Supreme Court Water-Rights Ruling Will Affect Building Permits for Rural Property Owners
• Clallam Public Utility District Lifts Water Restrictions for All Areas
• Japanese Company to Build Oregon Plant After Honing Biomass-For-Coal Process
• Washington State Ranks 8th for Energy Efficiency in 2015 Scorecard Report
• Avista’s Helpful Approach is Working to Make Small Businesses More Energy Efficient
• To Get People to Use Less Electricity, Utility Providers Are Employing Guilt & Peer Pressure
• Canada: LED Streetlights Could Be Coming to Kelowna
• Massachusetts Marijuana Ballot Initiative Support Grows: Poll
• Scientists Accidentally Turned Pollution into Fuel
• Ethanol: Clean Fuel Group Uses Foreign Threat to Argue for Subsidies
• How the Coming Boom in Electric & Self-Driving Vehicles Will Transform the Grid
• T-Mobile Fined Millions for Selling Unlimited Data Plans That Weren’t Really Unlimited
• Comcast’s Latest Sneaky Fee: $2/Month ‘Voice Technology Fee’
• Bill Belichick’s Epic Rant Against NFL Tablets: ‘I’m Done’
• Whoever Wins the White House, This Year’s Big Loser Is Email
• Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Buy Twitter?
• How Is Yahoo Doing After the Data Breach?
• Video Storytelling Tools for Social Marketers
• Indian Tribes May Be Sovereign, But Their Casinos Remain Subject to Federal Scrutiny
• Woman, 23, Charged after ‘Wild’ Fight Forces Bremerton-Seattle Ferry to Dock
• A Deeper Look at Saturday’s Storm: Can We Do Better?

WORD OF THE DAY

Guerdon ● /GURR-dun/ ● Noun – Reward, recompense.

See instant karma
Pee on an electric fence
A painful guerdon

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Chelan PUD – Alcoa Deal (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://kpq.com/pud-alcoa-deal/

Vancouver City Council Votes to Oppose Longview Coal Terminal Plan (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/oct/18/vancouver-council-oppose-longview-coal-terminal/

The World’s Nine Largest Operating Power Plants Are Hydroelectric Facilities (U-S Energy Information Administration)

http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=28392

News Release: Administration More Interested in Destroying Dams Than Generating Affordable Hydroelectricity (U-S House Natural Resources Committee)

http://naturalresources.house.gov/newsroom/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=401303

Scary: Clatskanie PUD in the Spirit (Clatskanie Chief, OR)

http://www.thechiefnews.com/community/scary-pud-in-the-spirit/article_0d9583a0-9566-11e6-86e6-5f09f94d2470.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Interior Secretary Jewell Backs Klamath River Dam Removal (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)

http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/sec-jewell-backs-klamath-river-dam-removal/article_565dbf72-8e61-5d0f-be1e-ffd7aa77bc23.html

No Upper Columbia Steelhead Fishing This Year (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/oct/19/no-upper-columbia-steelhead-fishing-this-year/

Op/Ed: Eating Crow About Elwha Salmon (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/opinion/pat-neal-eating-crow-about-elwha-salmon/

We Are in the Golden Age of Oysters (Atlantic Magazine)

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/10/oyster-gastropod/504551/?utm_source=feed

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

The Obama Administration Steps Up to the Plate on Cleaning Up Puget Sound (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/The-feds-step-up-to-the-plate-on-cleaning-up-9982032.php

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Washington State Supreme Court Water-Rights Ruling Will Affect Building Permits for Rural Property Owners (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/oct/18/washington-supreme-court-water-rights-ruling-will-/

Clallam Public Utility District Lifts Water Restrictions for All Areas (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/news-briefs-clallam-public-utility-district-lifts-water-restrictions-for-all-areas-and-other-items/

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Japanese Company to Build Oregon Plant After Honing Biomass-For-Coal Process (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2016/10/19/japanese-co-to-build-oregon-plant-after-honing.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Washington State Ranks 8th for Energy Efficiency in 2015 Scorecard Report (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/2015/10/21/washington-ranks-8th-for-energy-efficiency-in-2015-scorecard-report/

Avista’s Helpful Approach is Working to Make Small Businesses More Energy Efficient (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/2016/05/12/avistas-helpful-approach-is-working-to-making-small-businesses-more-energy-efficient/

To Get People to Use Less Electricity, Utility Providers Are Employing Guilt & Peer Pressure (Quartz)

http://qz.com/812649/electric-companies-are-guilting-customers-into-using-less-electricity/

Canada: LED Streetlights Could Be Coming to Kelowna (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/led-streetlights-kelowna-1.3810546?cmp=rss

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Massachusetts Marijuana Ballot Initiative Support Grows: Poll (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-massachusetts-marijuana-idUSKCN12J1J2

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Scientists Accidentally Turned Pollution into Fuel – Researchers have stumbled upon a way to turn carbon dioxide into ethanol, using spikey nanoparticles (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1019/Scientists-accidentally-turned-pollution-into-fuel

Ethanol: Clean Fuel Group Uses Foreign Threat to Argue for Subsidies (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/clean-fuel-group-uses-foreign-threat-to-argue-for-subsidies/article/2604916

How the Coming Boom in Electric & Self-Driving Vehicles Will Transform the Grid (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/how-the-coming-boom-in-electric-and-self-driving-vehicles-will-transform-th/428412/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

T-Mobile Fined Millions for Selling Unlimited Data Plans That Weren’t Really Unlimited (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/10/19/t-mobile-fined-millions-for-selling-unlimited-data-plans-that-werent-really-unlimited/

Comcast’s Latest Sneaky Fee: $2/Month ‘Voice Technology Fee’ (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcasts-Latest-Sneaky-Fee-2Month-Voice-Technology-Fee-138130

Bill Belichick’s Epic Rant Against NFL Tablets: ‘I’m Done’ (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/10/18/bill-belichicks-epic-rant-against-nfl-tablets-im-done/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Whoever Wins the White House, This Year’s Big Loser Is Email “...Why were all these people discussing so much over email in the first place? Haven’t they heard of phone calls?...? (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/technology/whoever-wins-the-white-house-this-years-big-loser-is-email.html

Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Buy Twitter? (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/10/18/why-doesnt-anyone-want-to-buy-twitter/

How Is Yahoo Doing After the Data Breach? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2016/1019/How-is-Yahoo-doing-after-the-data-breach

Video Storytelling Tools for Social Marketers (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/3-video-storytelling-tools-for-social-marketers/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Indian Tribes May Be Sovereign, But Their Casinos Remain Subject to Federal Scrutiny (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/oct/19/indian-tribes-may-be-sovereign-but-their-casinos-r/

GENERAL NEWS

Woman, 23, Charged after ‘Wild’ Fight Forces Bremerton-Seattle Ferry to Dock (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/regional_state_news/woman-charged-after-wild-fight-forces-bremerton-seattle-ferry-to/article_a030b002-95fe-11e6-979d-ff8030b2afd4.html

A Deeper Look at Saturday’s Storm: Can We Do Better? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/10/a-deeper-look-at-saturdays-storm-can-we.html

SHALLOW GRAVE, BAG OF QUICKLIME – DIVERSIONS

In The Face of This Terrible Election, Friends in Canada Tell America Why It’s Great

http://mashable.com/2016/10/18/canada-tell-america-its-great/#sqQZytgErqq3

‘It Was a Total Surprise’: Family Unearths 100-Year Old Mural on Old Building

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/It-was-a-total-surprise-family-unearths-9983125.php

Google Searches by State Show Washington Interested in Earthquake Safety – Delaware Asks for Homicide How-To’s

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/state_news/google-searches-by-state-show-washington-interested-in-earthquake-safety/article_e3328c72-9608-11e6-b621-37b58a89b650.html

Classes for Jedis Run Afoul of the Lucasfilm Empire

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/business/media/lucasfilm-sues-jedi-classes.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful

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

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Energy News Digest for October 18, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for October 18, 2016

Why Isn’t the U-S Better at Predicting Extreme Weather? (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/magazine/why-isnt-the-us-better-at-predicting-extreme-weather.html?_r=0

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Environmental Effects of Columbia, Snake River Dams Scrutinized (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/environmental-effects-of-columbia-snake-river-dams-scrutinized/

News Release: America’s Dams Are in Disrepair; CAP Report Calls for New Thinking on Future of Dam Infrastructure and River Health (Center for American Progress)

https://www.americanprogress.org/press/release/2016/10/18/146246/release-americas-dams-are-in-disrepair-cap-report-calls-for-new-thinking-on-future-of-dam-infrastructure-and-river-health/

No on I-732; Carbon Tax Rough Draft Needs Work (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/article108784202.html

Homeowners with Solar Chose Generators Over Batteries in Survey (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=46864

Comcast Ready to Roll Out New Pricing Structure in Washington State (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)

http://www.khq.com/story/33411833/comcast-ready-to-roll-out-new-pricing-structure

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Environmental Effects of Columbia, Snake River Dams Scrutinized
• News Release: America’s Dams Are in Disrepair; CAP Report Calls for New Thinking on Future of Dam Infrastructure and River Health
• Report – Aging Dams & Clogged Rivers - An Infrastructure Plan for America’s Waterways
• Eyeing Canadian Hydro Imports, New York Regulators Call for Transmission Expansion
• Tennessee Valley Authority Sets Date for Final Round of Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant Auction
• Will FERC Toughen Standards for Energy M&A? – What's Behind the Agency's Market Power Review
• Taylor Shellfish to Assess Impact of Geoduck Farm at Burley Lagoon
• More Elwha Fish Find Way to Dam-Free Upper Watershed
• Canada: Groups Challenge Federal Approval of Genetically Modified Salmon in Court
• Homeowners with Solar Chose Generators Over Batteries in Survey
• Why Everyone is Talking About Baseload Power
• SolarCity Offers Airbnb Hosts $1,000 Credit Toward Panels
• Tesla, Panasonic to Collaborate on Solar Manufacturing
• Oregon’s Recreational Marijuana Sales Top $160 Million for First Nine Months of 2016
• California Capital Region Could Reap Billions from Legalized Pot, Study Says
• No on I-732; Carbon Tax Rough Draft Needs Work
• How a Tax on Carbon Has Divided Pacific Northwest Climate Activists
• Over Half a Million Plug-In Vehicles Have Been Sold in the United States as of September 2016
• Comcast Ready to Roll Out New Pricing Structure in Washington State
• Verizon Just Raised a Big Warning Flag for Yahoo
• Facebook Messenger Wants to Help You Have Interesting Conversations
• Stop Sharing This Viral Facebook Hoax
• Op/Ed: Our Schools Need Money from State Timber Sales
• Defense Rests with Witness Confirming He Was FBI Informant & Ran Occupation's Shooting Range
• La Nina Is Here: What It Means for the Pacific Northwest
• How Much Snow for Western Washington State This Winter?
• Stink Bug Numbers Increasing Dramatically in Washington
• Shelton Returns to Playoff Hunt with 31-21 Win Over North Thurston

WORD OF THE DAY

Empyreal ● /emp-pie-REE-ull/ ● Adjective – 1: of or relating to the heavens or firmament: celestial 2: sublime.

Spangled night of stars

Sky of empyreal glory

Pinpoint lights shine bright

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Environmental Effects of Columbia, Snake River Dams Scrutinized (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/environmental-effects-of-columbia-snake-river-dams-scrutinized/

News Release: America’s Dams Are in Disrepair; CAP Report Calls for New Thinking on Future of Dam Infrastructure and River Health (Center for American Progress)

https://www.americanprogress.org/press/release/2016/10/18/146246/release-americas-dams-are-in-disrepair-cap-report-calls-for-new-thinking-on-future-of-dam-infrastructure-and-river-health/

Report – Aging Dams & Clogged Rivers - An Infrastructure Plan for America’s Waterways (Center for American Progress)

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/report/2016/10/18/146287/aging-dams-and-clogged-rivers/

Eyeing Canadian Hydro Imports, New York Regulators Call for Transmission Expansion (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/eyeing-hydro-imports-new-york-regulators-call-for-transmission-expansion/428489/

Tennessee Valley Authority Sets Date for Final Round of Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant Auction (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)

http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2016/10/18/tva-sets-date-for-final-round-of-bellefonte.html

Will FERC Toughen Standards for Energy M&A? – What's Behind the Agency's Market Power Review (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/will-ferc-toughen-standards-for-energy-ma-whats-behind-the-agencys-mark/428260/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Taylor Shellfish to Assess Impact of Geoduck Farm at Burley Lagoon (Associated Press)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/oct/17/company-to-assess-impact-of-geoduck-farm/

More Elwha Fish Find Way to Dam-Free Upper Watershed (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/more-elwha-fish-find-way-to-dam-free-upper-watershed/

Canada: Groups Challenge Federal Approval of Genetically Modified Salmon in Court (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gmo-salmon-heads-to-court-1.3809924

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Homeowners with Solar Chose Generators Over Batteries in Survey (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=46864

Why Everyone is Talking About Baseload Power (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/10/why-everyone-is-talking-about-baseload-power.html

SolarCity Offers Airbnb Hosts $1,000 Credit Toward Panels (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/10/18/solarcity-offers-airbnb-hosts-1000-credit-toward-panels/92355006/

Tesla, Panasonic to Collaborate on Solar Manufacturing (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-panasonic-solar-cells-idUSKBN12H08V

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Oregon’s Recreational Marijuana Sales Top $160 Million for First Nine Months of 2016 (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/34900862-75/recreational-marijuana-sales-top-160-million-for-first-nine-months-of-2016.html.csp

California Capital Region Could Reap Billions from Legalized Pot, Study Says (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-marijuana-california-idUSKBN12I05B

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

No on I-732; Carbon Tax Rough Draft Needs Work (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/article108784202.html

How a Tax on Carbon Has Divided Pacific Northwest Climate Activists (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sej-carbon-tax-washington-20161011-snap-story.html

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Over Half a Million Plug-In Vehicles Have Been Sold in the United States as of September 2016 (U-S Energy Information Administration)

http://energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-947-october-17-2016-over-half-million-plug-vehicles-have-been-sold-united-states

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Comcast Ready to Roll Out New Pricing Structure in Washington State (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)

http://www.khq.com/story/33411833/comcast-ready-to-roll-out-new-pricing-structure

Verizon Just Raised a Big Warning Flag for Yahoo (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/10/13/verizon-just-raised-a-big-warning-flag-for-yahoo/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Messenger Wants to Help You Have Interesting Conversations (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2016/10/18/facebook-messenger-wants-to-help-you-have-interesting-conversations/

Stop Sharing This Viral Facebook Hoax (Northwest Cable News Network)

http://www.nwcn.com/tech/stop-sharing-this-viral-facebook-hoax/337465708

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Op/Ed: Our Schools Need Money from State Timber Sales (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/oct/18/brunell-our-schools-need-money-from-state-timber-sales/

GENERAL NEWS

Defense Rests with Witness Confirming He Was FBI Informant & Ran Occupation's Shooting Range (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/10/defense_rests_with_witness_con.html

La Nina Is Here: What It Means for the Pacific Northwest (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/426410/la-nina-northwest-2016/

How Much Snow for Western Washington State This Winter? (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/10/17/how-much-snow-for-western-washington-this-winter/

Stink Bug Numbers Increasing Dramatically in Washington (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/10/18/stink-bug-numbers-increasing-dramatically-in-state/

Shelton Returns to Playoff Hunt with 31-21 Win Over North Thurston (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/sports/high-school/article108887767.html

HOLES IN MY INNARDS – DIVERSIONS

He Ate a Pepper So Hot It Burned a Hole in His Esophagus

http://www.heraldnet.com/news/he-ate-a-pepper-so-hot-it-burned-a-hole-in-his-esophagus/

They've Got Spirit, Yes They Do: Christopher Guest Rallies His Team for 'Mascots'

http://www.npr.org/2016/10/17/497996399/theyve-got-spirit-yes-they-do-christopher-guest-rallies-his-team-for-mascots

Man Needed Rescue After Getting Stuck in Tree Watching Storm

http://www.khq.com/story/33410505/man-needed-rescue-after-getting-stuck-in-tree-watching-storm

PG-13 Language: Man Attaches a Dementor to a Drone & Scares Everyone

http://mashable.com/2016/10/18/dementor-drone/

SONG OF THE DAY

Carly Simon – Boys in the Trees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOdROKjoR7w

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Energy News Digest for October 17, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for October 17, 2016

A Short Comment About the Storm (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/10/a-short-comment-about-storm.html

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

What the Heck Went Wrong with the Storm Forecast?!? (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://komonews.com/weather/scotts-weather-blog/what-the-heck-went-wrong-with-the-storm-forecast

Irrigators Propose Giant Hydroelectric Project at Banks Lake Near Grand Coulee Dam (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)

http://www.union-bulletin.com/news/business/irrigators-propose-giant-hydroelectric-project/article_e4e07706-9233-11e6-ab00-ff40a0d1475f.html

Puget Sound Energy Trades in Gas, Electricity, Political Clout (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/puget-sound-energy-trades-gas-electricity-political-clout

Washington Energy Agency Overestimated Carbon Tax Impacts on Power Prices (Utility Dive – “only 5.3 percent?” These guys have obviously not had the pleasure of a customer blasting them over a three percent increase)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/washington-energy-agency-overestimated-carbon-tax-impacts-on-power-prices/428397/

Northwest Utilities Amp Up New Business Line of Charging Electric Cars (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/northwest-utilities-amp-new-business-line-charging-electric-cars

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Irrigators Propose Giant Hydroelectric Project at Banks Lake Near Grand Coulee Dam
• Puget Sound Energy Trades in Gas, Electricity, Political Clout
• Grays Harbor PUD Goes to Work as Most of Washington Asks “Where Did the Storm Go?”
• Update: Power Restored at Lake Cushman: Emergency Outage for Storm Damage Repairs
• Snohomish PUD & Edmonds Agree to Delay LED Streetlight Upgrades
• Northwest Power & Conservation Council Selects New Director of Power Planning
• Modular Nuclear – This New Technology Could Save the Troubled Nuclear Power Industry
• Six Ways the Presidential Election Will Influence the Electric Utility Sector
• Sea Lions Spending Longer Periods at Bonneville Dam – Warm Ocean Conditions to Blame?
• NW Power & Conservation Council Fish/Wildlife Committee Looks at How to Spend Project Cost Savings
• Final Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catch Program Numbers Up from 2015
• Valdez Hydropower Project Makes Utility All-Renewable in Summer
• Floating Solar Arrays Point to Bright Future for Clean Energy
• I Love Word Games – Solar in “Six Words” & “Haiku”
• Marijuana Energy Efficiency
• Washington Energy Agency Overestimated Carbon Tax Impacts on Power Prices
• Canada’s Carbon Tax: A Model for the Future?
• September Was Warmest Such Month on Record, NASA Finds
• Northwest Utilities Amp Up New Business Line of Charging Electric Cars
• Why 'Abandoning' The Apple Car Makes Perfect Sense
• Yahoo Explains Why It Turned Off Email Auto-Forwarding; Turns It Back On
• Should I Keep My Laptop Plugged in While I Use It?
• Ten Ways to Increase Your Facebook Engagement
• Your Agency Needs This Buzzword Jar You Pay Every Time You Spout Dumb Marketing Jargon
• Ballots: Coming Soon to a Mailbox Near You
• How an Olympia Ballot Measure Could Pave the Way for a Statewide Income Tax
• What the Heck Went Wrong with the Storm Forecast?!?
• National Weather Service Explains How ‘Autumn Blast’ Became Average Storm
• Canada: Third Storm Fizzles on British Columbia’s South Coast
• Climate Center Shifts from ‘Neutral’ to 70 Percent La Nina Weather Pattern – Suggests Cooler, Wetter
• State Board of Natural Resources to Talk Timber Harvests Monday

WORD OF THE DAY

Beaucoup • \BOE-koo\ • adjective - Great in quantity or amount: many, much

Barty and Mildred were enjoying their holiday in France. Barty, however, was sowing a crop of bad will with his “jocularity” at each small, snooty street café he visited. “Mercy Buckets,” he would shout at the retreating waiters & waitresses, chortling into his after dinner espresso. His mangling of “thanks much” resulted in beaucoup trouble at the last night’s dinner, as a “clumsy” busboy “tripped” and cascaded dirty dishes and soapy rinse water over Barty’s finest evening wear.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Irrigators Propose Giant Hydroelectric Project at Banks Lake Near Grand Coulee Dam (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)

http://www.union-bulletin.com/news/business/irrigators-propose-giant-hydroelectric-project/article_e4e07706-9233-11e6-ab00-ff40a0d1475f.html

Puget Sound Energy Trades in Gas, Electricity, Political Clout (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/puget-sound-energy-trades-gas-electricity-political-clout

Grays Harbor PUD Goes to Work as Most of Washington Asks “Where Did the Storm Go?” (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/grays-harbor-pud-goes-to-work-as-most-of-washington-asks-where-did-the-storm-go/

Update: Power Restored at Lake Cushman: Emergency Outage for Storm Damage Repairs - Nearly 400 Customers Affected (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

https://www.pud3.org/blog/articles--blog/post/lake-cushman-emergency-outage-for-storm-damage-repairs-noon-to-appx-200-pm-nearly-400-customers-affected

Snohomish PUD & Edmonds Agree to Delay LED Streetlight Upgrades (My Edmonds News, WA)

http://myedmondsnews.com/2016/10/pud-and-edmonds-agree-to-delay-led-streetlight-upgrades/

Northwest Power & Conservation Council Selects New Director of Power Planning (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/437737.aspx

Modular Nuclear – This New Technology Could Save the Troubled Nuclear Power Industry (The Guardian, UK)
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/oct/16/safer-small-nuclear-reactors-power-plant-technology

Six Ways the Presidential Election Will Influence the Electric Utility Sector (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/president-election-affect-electric-utility-sector/428252/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Sea Lions Spending Longer Periods at Bonneville Dam – Warm Ocean Conditions to Blame? (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/437749.aspx

NW Power & Conservation Council Fish/Wildlife Committee Looks at How to Spend Project Cost Savings (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/437738.aspx

Final Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Catch Program Numbers Up from 2015 (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/final-columbia-river-northern-pikeminnow-reward-catch-program-numbers-up-from-2015/

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Valdez Hydropower Project Makes Utility All-Renewable in Summer (Alaska Dispatch News)

https://www.adn.com/business-economy/energy/2016/10/14/valdez-hydropower-project-makes-utility-all-renewable-in-summer/

Floating Solar Arrays Point to Bright Future for Clean Energy (CNBC)

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/14/floating-solar-arrays-point-to-bright-future-for-clean-energy.html

I Love Word Games – Solar in “Six Words” & “Haiku” (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/10/solar-in-six-words-and-haiku.html

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Marijuana Energy Efficiency (Canna Law Blog)

http://www.cannalawblog.com/marijuana-energy-efficiency/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Washington Energy Agency Overestimated Carbon Tax Impacts on Power Prices (Utility Dive – “only 5.3 percent?” These guys have obviously not had the pleasure of a customer blasting them over a three percent increase)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/washington-energy-agency-overestimated-carbon-tax-impacts-on-power-prices/428397/

Canada’s Carbon Tax: A Model for the Future? (The Energy Collective)

http://www.theenergycollective.com/staffjam/2390696/canadas-carbon-tax-a-model-for-the-future

September Was Warmest Such Month on Record, NASA Finds (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/10/17/september-warmest-month-hottest-year/

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Northwest Utilities Amp Up New Business Line of Charging Electric Cars (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/northwest-utilities-amp-new-business-line-charging-electric-cars

Why 'Abandoning' The Apple Car Makes Perfect Sense (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/10/17/apple-car-software/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Yahoo Explains Why It Turned Off Email Auto-Forwarding; Turns It Back On (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2016/10/14/yahoo-explains-why-it-turned-off-email-auto-forwarding-turns-it-back-on/

Should I Keep My Laptop Plugged in While I Use It? (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/living/should-i-keep-my-laptop-plugged-in-while-i-use-it/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Ten Ways to Increase Your Facebook Engagement (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/10-ways-to-increase-your-facebook-engagement/

Your Agency Needs This Buzzword Jar You Pay Every Time You Spout Dumb Marketing Jargon (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/your-agency-needs-buzzword-jar-you-pay-every-time-your-spout-marketing-speak-174066

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Ballots: Coming Soon to a Mailbox Near You (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/ballots-coming-soon-mailbox-near-you

How an Olympia Ballot Measure Could Pave the Way for a Statewide Income Tax (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article108637367.html

GENERAL NEWS

What the Heck Went Wrong with the Storm Forecast?!? (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://komonews.com/weather/scotts-weather-blog/what-the-heck-went-wrong-with-the-storm-forecast

National Weather Service Explains How ‘Autumn Blast’ Became Average Storm (Komo-Tv, Seattle, Wa)

http://komonews.com/news/local/national-weather-service-explains-how-autumn-blast-became-average-storm

Canada: Third Storm Fizzles on British Columbia’s South Coast (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c/third-storm-fizzles-on-b-c-s-south-coast-1.2366443

Climate Center Shifts from ‘Neutral’ to 70 Percent La Nina Weather Pattern – Suggests Cooler, Wetter (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/437743.aspx

State Board of Natural Resources to Talk Timber Harvests Monday (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/state-board-of-natural-resources-to-talk-timber-harvests-monday/

HORTON HEARS A WHO – DIVERSIONS

Dr. Seuss Made Paintings & Sculptures in Secret (Now You Can See Them)

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/dr-seuss-secret-paintings-sculptures-show

Wedding Photo Session Besieged by Angry Attacking Magpies

http://mashable.com/2016/10/11/magpie-swoop-wedding-photoshoot-australia/#A.uBmlK6ymqD

Could a Strike at Jim Beam Distilleries Mean a Whiskey Shortage?

https://consumerist.com/2016/10/17/could-a-strike-at-jim-beam-distilleries-mean-a-whiskey-shortage/

I Probably Shouldn't Spend $20,000 on This Gorgeous Moon Landing-Inspired Pen, Right?

http://gizmodo.com/i-probably-shouldnt-spend-20-000-on-this-gorgeous-moon-1787881997

SONG OF THE DAY

Willie Nelson – Whiskey River

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

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