Energy News Digest for February 1, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for February 1, 2017

Special Weather Statement for Light Freezing Rain Possible in the Western Washington Lowlands

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Western Washington State Snow, Freezing Rain Possible as Early as Thursday Evening (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/531523/washington-weather-snow-feb-3-2017/

Cold Snaps Mean Centralia City Light, PUD Customers Will See Spike in Utility Bills (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

http://www.chronline.com/cold-snaps-mean-city-light-pud-customers-will-see-spike/article_3041418c-e516-11e6-850f-6fc64f2b25b3.html

Nez Perce County Officials Oppose Breaching of Dams on Snake, Columbia Rivers (Lewiston Tribune, ID)

http://lmtribune.com/northwest/nez-perce-county-officials-oppose-breaching-of-dams-on-snake/article_ff38ac7b-8058-58ba-b9ff-5859b168d2f9.html

Biodiesel Scam Involving Pasco Firm Lands Man in Federal Prison (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article129865869.html#emlnl=Afternoon_Newsletter

Legislature Told To Target Transportation to Get Oregon on Course to Meet Failing Emissions Goals (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/02/01/legislature-told-to-target-transportation-to-get.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Cold Snaps Mean Centralia City Light, PUD Customers Will See Spike in Utility Bills
• Chelan PUD Power Bills Spike Due to Cold Snap
• High Utility Bills Has Scammers Preying on People, Businesses
• Cheney Loads Demand Additional Power
• Study Examines Whether Public Power Would Work on Bainbridge
• FERC Issues Sunland Ruling for Grant PUD
• New Directors Join Columbia River PUD Board
• Southwest Power Pool Elects Mark Crisson to Board of Directors, Approves 13 Transmission Upgrades
• President Trump Appoints Kristine Svinicki as Chair of Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Natural Gas-Fired Generating Capacity Likely To Increase over Next Two Years
• Nez Perce County Officials Oppose Breaching of Dams on Snake, Columbia Rivers
• Smelt, Seal & Seal Lions Arriving in Local Rivers
• Large Numbers of Salmon Return to Deschutes River
• Editorial: Oregon Right, WA Wrong on Gillnetting
• DOE Picks 13 Solar Integration Projects for $30M in SunShot Funding
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District Launches Energy-Management Program for Business Customers
• Legislature Told To Target Transportation to Get Oregon on Course to Meet Failing Emissions Goals
• Biodiesel Scam Involving Pasco Firm Lands Man in Federal Prison
• Tesla Gives the California Power Grid a Battery Boost
• With New Hybrid, Nissan Offers Cheaper Route to Electric Cars
• Analysis: What President Trump’s New FCC Chairman Thinks about Net Neutrality
• New York: Time Warner Cable Defrauded Customers by Advertising Internet Speeds It Couldn’t Provide
• Here Is How to Fend Off a Hijacking of Home Devices
• It Takes More than Social Media to Make a Social Movement
• Reaching Millennials with Social Media: New Research
• Google Overtakes Apple as the World’s Most Valuable Brand
• Ad Rights: Charlie Brown & the Peanuts Gang Up For Sale
• President Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch to the U-S Supreme Court
• Republicans Regain Control of the Washington State Senate as Lawmaker Replaced
• Washington State Legislature: Ericksen Confident He Can Work for Senate & EPA; Will Take Full Salary
• Western Washington State Snow, Freezing Rain Possible as Early as Thursday Evening
• Winter Storm Watch Issued for Portland Area; Ice & High Winds Expected
• Washington State’s Homeless Student Population Grows to Nearly 40,000
• Space Heater Blamed for Setting Off Yakima House Fire
• Detectives Find Truck in Mason Connected to Kitsap Quadruple Homicide

WORD OF THE DAY

Lodestar • \LOAD-star\ • noun - One that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide. The literal, albeit archaic, meaning of “lodestar” is “a star that leads or guides; especially: the North Star.” (The first half of the word derives from the Middle English word “lode,” meaning “course.”)

Bertrand realized that his woefully outdated generational references and a hyper-nerdish wardrobe were not to his best advantage. He began to question using Steve Erkle has his cultural and professional lodestar.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Cold Snaps Mean Centralia City Light, PUD Customers Will See Spike in Utility Bills (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

http://www.chronline.com/cold-snaps-mean-city-light-pud-customers-will-see-spike/article_3041418c-e516-11e6-850f-6fc64f2b25b3.html

Chelan PUD Power Bills Spike Due to Cold Snap (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://kpq.com/chelan-pud-power-bills-spike-due-cold-snap/

High Utility Bills Has Scammers Preying on People, Businesses (The Argus Observer, Ontario, OR)

http://www.argusobserver.com/news/high-utility-bills-has-scammers-preying-on-people-businesses/article_14ff6848-e5db-11e6-b0fb-dfa8cc3666c5.html

Cheney Loads Demand Additional Power (Cheney Free Press, WA)

http://www.cheneyfreepress.com/story/2017/01/26/front-page/cheney-loads-demand-additional-power/19876.html

Study Examines Whether Public Power Would Work on Bainbridge (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2017/01/27/study-examines-whether-public-power-would-work-bainbridge/97142862/

FERC Issues Sunland Ruling for Grant PUD (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/article/20170130/ARTICLE/170139983

New Directors Join Columbia River PUD Board (St Helens Chronicle, OR)

http://www.thechronicleonline.com/news/new-directors-join-crpud-board/article_584411aa-e732-11e6-859f-6b591a330920.html

Southwest Power Pool Elects Mark Crisson to Board of Directors, Approves 13 Transmission Upgrades (Marketwire)

https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/17/01/m8973746/southwest-power-pool-elects-mark-crisson-to-board-of-directors-approves

President Trump Appoints Kristine Svinicki as Chair of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-appoints-kristine-svinicki-as-chair-of-nuclear-regulatory-commission/434960/

Natural Gas-Fired Generating Capacity Likely To Increase over Next Two Years (U-S Energy Information Administration)

http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=29732

FISH & WILDLIFE

Nez Perce County Officials Oppose Breaching of Dams on Snake, Columbia Rivers (Lewiston Tribune, ID)

http://lmtribune.com/northwest/nez-perce-county-officials-oppose-breaching-of-dams-on-snake/article_ff38ac7b-8058-58ba-b9ff-5859b168d2f9.html

Smelt, Seal & Seal Lions Arriving in Local Rivers (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/smelt-arriving-in-local-rivers/article_177b1ffd-cf82-5ef7-ae6f-1feb720ab36a.html

Large Numbers of Salmon Return to Deschutes River (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2017/02/01/large-numbers-of-salmon-return-to-deschutes-river/

Editorial: Oregon Right, WA Wrong on Gillnetting (Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA)

http://www.chinookobserver.com/co/editorials/20170131/oregon-right-wa-wrong-on-gillnetting

RENEWABLE ENERGY

DOE Picks 13 Solar Integration Projects for $30M in SunShot Funding (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-picks-13-solar-integration-projects-for-30m-in-sunshot-funding/435238/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Launches Energy-Management Program for Business Customers (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article129811479.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Legislature Told To Target Transportation to Get Oregon on Course to Meet Failing Emissions Goals (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/02/01/legislature-told-to-target-transportation-to-get.html

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Biodiesel Scam Involving Pasco Firm Lands Man in Federal Prison (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article129865869.html#emlnl=Afternoon_Newsletter

Tesla Gives the California Power Grid a Battery Boost (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/business/energy-environment/battery-storage-tesla-california.html

With New Hybrid, Nissan Offers Cheaper Route to Electric Cars (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-hybrids-idUSKBN15G3VM

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Analysis: What President Trump’s New FCC Chairman Thinks about Net Neutrality (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/feb/01/analysis-what-president-trumps-new-fcc-chairman-th/

New York: Time Warner Cable Defrauded Customers by Advertising Internet Speeds It Couldn’t Provide (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/02/01/state-time-warner-cable-defrauded-customers-by-advertising-internet-speeds-it-couldnt-provide/

Here Is How to Fend Off a Hijacking of Home Devices (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/technology/personaltech/stop-hijacking-home-devices.html?_r=0

MARKETING & MEDIA

It Takes More than Social Media to Make a Social Movement (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/01/31/it-takes-more-than-social-media-to-make-a-social-movement/?utm_term=.6f9ebd45a71f

Reaching Millennials with Social Media: New Research (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/reaching-millennials-with-social-media-new-research/

Google Overtakes Apple as the World’s Most Valuable Brand (Austin Business Journal, TX)

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2017/02/01/google-overtakes-apple-as-most-valuable-brand.html

Ad Rights: Charlie Brown & the Peanuts Gang Up For Sale (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/01/31/charlie-brown-the-peanuts-gang-up-for-sale/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

President Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch to the U-S Supreme Court (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article129927269.html

Republicans Regain Control of the Washington State Senate as Lawmaker Replaced (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article129700809.html

Washington State Legislature: Ericksen Confident He Can Work for Senate & EPA; Will Take Full Salary (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article129929289.html

GENERAL NEWS

Western Washington State Snow, Freezing Rain Possible as Early as Thursday Evening (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/531523/washington-weather-snow-feb-3-2017/

Winter Storm Watch Issued for Portland Area; Ice & High Winds Expected (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2017/01/winter_storm_watch_issued_in_p.html

Washington State’s Homeless Student Population Grows to Nearly 40,000 (Associated Press)

http://q13fox.com/2017/01/31/states-homeless-student-population-grows-to-nearly-40000/

Space Heater Blamed for Setting Off Yakima House Fire (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/space-heater-blamed-for-setting-off-yakima-house-fire/article_8a1beac8-e8a8-11e6-b0b6-a774f45fc9b5.html

Detectives Find Truck in Mason Connected to Kitsap Quadruple Homicide (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/detectives-find-truck-in-mason-connected-to-kitsap-quadruple-homicide/article_46fb8db8-e7cf-11e6-a0e8-b3c9162d5309.html

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Twelve Moments That Defined Peter Capaldi's Run on Doctor Who

http://io9.gizmodo.com/12-moments-that-defined-peter-capaldis-run-on-doctor-wh-1791833041

The Science of Snot Is Even Grosser Than You Think

http://gizmodo.com/the-science-of-snot-is-even-grosser-than-you-think-1791834423

Pennsylvania Mayor Accused of Disturbing Graves to Construct Cell Tower

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/pennsylvania-mayor-accused-of-disturbing-graves/article_d5a9ec64-e9d0-5cb0-b9a4-cbd5d162448a.html

North Carolina Newborn Girl Shares Birthday with Mom & Dad

https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-carolina-newborn-girl-shares-birthday-mom-dad-165834494.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Manhattan Transfer – Operator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTuso0gvqVQ

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Energy News Digest for January 26, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for January 26, 2017

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Suspect in Shelton-Area Double Homicide Dies During Standoff from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/update-double-homicide-suspect-has-died-from-self-inflicted-gunshot/article_cbbbda3e-e389-11e6-b45c-47817889a513.html

Portland General Electric Draws Fire from All Sides in Power Plan Comments (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/01/25/pge-draws-fire-from-all-sides-in-power-plan.html

Prineville Is Running Out of Electricity, Jeopardizing New Manufacturing Jobs (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2017/01/prineville_is_running_out_of_e.html

500,000 Cowlitz Hatchery Smolt Vanish (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/cowlitz-hatchery-smolt-vanish/article_92f3eb43-2f6a-5b60-ba6b-0d4d83d66b36.html

Pumped-Storage Hydropower Shows Promise for Boosting Energy Storage (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2017/01/pumped-storage-hydropower-shows-promise-for-boosting-energy-storage.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Portland General Electric Draws Fire from All Sides in Power Plan Comments
• Prineville Is Running Out of Electricity, Jeopardizing New Manufacturing Jobs
• Puget Sound Energy Hasn’t Tracked Abandoned Gas Lines; Businesses Want Utility to Pay for Explosion
• Tacoma Power Releasing Water in Skokomish River
• British Columbia: Government Under Pressure to Give Big BC Hydro Businesses Tax Break
• Peace River Dam Site Ruling Shows Canadian Courts Don’t Take Reconciliation Seriously, Says Law Professor
• President Trump’s Infrastructure Priority Plan Includes Transmission, Wind, Energy Storage
• What Can You Do When the Utility Company Says You Owe a Bill You Can’t Pay?
• 500,000 Cowlitz Hatchery Smolt Vanish
• Nisqually Tribe Won’t Fish Chum After Historic Decision
• Oregon Lawmaker Promises ‘Dog Fight’ Over Gillnets in Legislature
• Op/Ed: Partnership Brings New Direction to Columbia Basin Salmon
• Climate Change, Jobs Focus in Second Day of Kalama Shoreline Methanol Hearings
• Feds Look to Increase Water Storage in Boise River System
• Pumped-Storage Hydropower Shows Promise for Boosting Energy Storage
• A Wind Turbine with Flapping Wings Might Be Quieter & Safer for Birds
• Michigan Solar Project Scrapped After Developer ‘Disappeared,’ City Claims
• How Solar Cells Turn Sunlight into Electricity
• Idaho: Moscow Residents Complain About Too-Bright LED Streetlights
• Inside Inslee’s Carbon Tax: A Gift for King Coal
• Alaska Natives to Protect Land for California Carbon Program
• Tesla Charging Stations Staying in Aberdeen
• To Enable EV Grid Services, States Need More Electric Cars on the Road
• Salt Water Is All You Need to Power This Lamp for 80 Hours
• New Push to Restrict Law Enforcement Surveillance Cameras on Seattle City Light Poles
• Verizon Is Reportedly in Talks to Merge with Charter, America’s Second-Biggest Cable Company
• Google & Netflix Join Fight Against Municipal Broadband Restrictions
• It Started in a Park: Rogue Twitter Accounts Spring Up to Fight Donald Trump on Climate Change
• Some Firms Are Harnessing Trump’s Tweets as a Marketing Strategy
• How to Improve Your Blog Posts with YouTube Videos
• Washington Secretary of State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud
• GOP Leaders: Bill to Build Wall Will Cost Up to $15 Billion
• Wildfire Operations Unaffected by Trump Administration’s ‘Media Blackout,’ Hiring Freeze
• Suspect in Shelton-Area Double Homicide Dies During Standoff from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
• Two Flu Deaths in Mason County
• Spokane County Settles Public Records Lawsuit for $100,000

WORD OF THE DAY

Disremember • \dis-rih-MEM-ber\ • Verb – Forget

“I must say, that I disremember the details of the dismembering of the different elements of my energy company,” droned the energy trader at his trial. “I do remember that our lawyers were out of the room at the time, so we may have just been joking,” he quipped, while slowly winking at attractive juror number 6.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Portland General Electric Draws Fire from All Sides in Power Plan Comments (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/01/25/pge-draws-fire-from-all-sides-in-power-plan.html

Prineville Is Running Out of Electricity, Jeopardizing New Manufacturing Jobs (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2017/01/prineville_is_running_out_of_e.html

Puget Sound Energy Hasn’t Tracked Abandoned Gas Lines; Businesses Want Utility to Pay for Explosion (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/greenwood-business-owners-call-for-pse-to-pay-for-gas-blast/

Tacoma Power Releasing Water in Skokomish River (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/23646

British Columbia: Government Under Pressure to Give Big BC Hydro Businesses Tax Break (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-government-under-pressure-to-give-businesses-hydro-tax-break/article33769530/?cmpid=rss1

Peace River Dam Site Ruling Shows Canadian Courts Don’t Take Reconciliation Seriously, Says Law Professor (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/site-c-ruling-shows-canadian-courts-don-t-take-reconciliation-seriously-says-law-professor-1.3952267?cmp=rss

President Trump’s Infrastructure Priority Plan Includes Transmission, Wind, Energy Storage (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-infrastructure-priority-plan-includes-transmission-wind-energy-stor/434754/

What Can You Do When the Utility Company Says You Owe a Bill You Can’t Pay? (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/01/26/what-can-you-do-when-the-utility-company-says-you-owe-a-bill-you-cant-pay/

FISH & WILDLIFE

500,000 Cowlitz Hatchery Smolt Vanish (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/cowlitz-hatchery-smolt-vanish/article_92f3eb43-2f6a-5b60-ba6b-0d4d83d66b36.html

Nisqually Tribe Won’t Fish Chum After Historic Decision (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/tech/science/environment/nisqually-tribe-wont-fish-chum-after-historic-decision/392884477

Oregon Lawmaker Promises ‘Dog Fight’ Over Gillnets in Legislature (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/01/oregon_lawmaker_promises_dog_f.html

Op/Ed: Partnership Brings New Direction to Columbia Basin Salmon (Opinion)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/01/partnership_brings_new_directi.html

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

Climate Change, Jobs Focus in Second Day of Kalama Shoreline Methanol Hearings (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/climate-change-jobs-focus-in-second-day-of-shoreline-methanol/article_2b13a4dc-d248-5d59-87dd-244bcbaf5c36.html

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Feds Look to Increase Water Storage in Boise River System (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/26/feds-look-to-increase-water-storage-in-boise-river/

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Pumped-Storage Hydropower Shows Promise for Boosting Energy Storage (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2017/01/pumped-storage-hydropower-shows-promise-for-boosting-energy-storage.html

A Wind Turbine with Flapping Wings Might Be Quieter & Safer for Birds (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/a-wind-turbine-with-flapping-wings-might-be-quieter-and-1791620135

Michigan Solar Project Scrapped After Developer ‘Disappeared,’ City Claims (Midwest Energy News)

http://midwestenergynews.com/2017/01/25/michigan-solar-project-scrapped-after-developer-disappeared-city-claims/

How Solar Cells Turn Sunlight into Electricity (Cosmos)

https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/how-solar-cells-turn-sunlight-into-electricity

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Idaho: Moscow Residents Complain About Too-Bright LED Streetlights (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/24/moscow-residents-complain-about-too-bright-led-str/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Inside Inslee’s Carbon Tax: A Gift for King Coal (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2017/01/inside-inslees-carbon-tax-a-gift-for-king-coal/

Alaska Natives to Protect Land for California Carbon Program (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/business/article128919944.html

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Tesla Charging Stations Staying in Aberdeen (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/tesla-staying-aberdeen/

To Enable EV Grid Services, States Need More Electric Cars on the Road (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/to-enable-ev-grid-services-states-need-more-electric-cars-on-the-road/434699/

Salt Water Is All You Need to Power This Lamp for 80 Hours (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/salt-water-is-all-you-need-to-power-this-lamp-for-80-ho-1791649112

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

New Push to Restrict Law Enforcement Surveillance Cameras on Seattle City Light Poles (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/523716/surveillance-cameras-on-city-poles/

Verizon Is Reportedly in Talks to Merge with Charter, America’s Second-Biggest Cable Company (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/26/verizon-is-reportedly-in-talks-to-merge-with-chart/

Google & Netflix Join Fight Against Municipal Broadband Restrictions (Ars Technica)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/google-and-netflix-join-fight-against-municipal-broadband-restrictions/

MARKETING & MEDIA

It Started in a Park: Rogue Twitter Accounts Spring Up to Fight Donald Trump on Climate Change (Washington Post)

http://gazette.com/rogue-twitter-accounts-spring-up-to-fight-donald-trump-on-climate-change/article/1595199

Some Firms Are Harnessing Trump’s Tweets as a Marketing Strategy (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2017/01/24/511415043/how-businesses-are-using-trump-s-tweets-as-a-marketing-strategy

How to Improve Your Blog Posts with YouTube Videos (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-improve-blog-posts-with-youtube-videos/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington Secretary of State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud (Associated Press)

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/washington/washington-secretary-of-state-no-evidence-of-voter-fraud/393253173

GOP Leaders: Bill to Build Wall Will Cost Up to $15 Billion (Associated Press)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/jan/26/gop-leaders-bill-to-build-wall-will-cost-up-to-15-billion/

Wildfire Operations Unaffected by Trump Administration’s ‘Media Blackout,’ Hiring Freeze (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/wildfire-operations-unaffected-trump-administrations-media-blackout-hiring-freeze

GENERAL NEWS

Suspect in Shelton-Area Double Homicide Dies During Standoff from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/update-double-homicide-suspect-has-died-from-self-inflicted-gunshot/article_cbbbda3e-e389-11e6-b45c-47817889a513.html

Two Flu Deaths in Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/23663

Spokane County Settles Public Records Lawsuit for $100,000 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/24/spokane-county-settles-public-records-lawsuit-for-/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Mary Tyler Moore Dies at 80

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/arts/television/mary-tyler-moore-dead.html?_r=0

Charter Takes Heat for Absurdly Bad Security Advice

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Charter-Takes-Heat-For-Absurdly-Bad-Security-Advice-138808

Kraft Heinz Employees Get Day Off After Super Bowl

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kraft-heinz-employees-day-off-super-bowl-152206346.html

Horse Left Behind in Wyoming Wilderness Survives for 6 Weeks

https://www.yahoo.com/news/horse-left-behind-survives-6-weeks-wyoming-wilderness-051953422.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Love Is All Around – Mary Tyler Moore Show

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

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48 Spine Chilling Linemen Photos During Work (Infotainworld)

http://infotainworld.com/48-spine-chilling-linemen-photos-during-work/

Energy News Digest for January 24, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for January 24, 2017

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Price of Salmon Spiking Amid Recent Sea Lice Outbreaks (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/01/23/price-of-salmon-spiking-amid-recent-sea-lice-outbreaks/

Oregon Solar Policies Rated Fourth Best in Nation, But Could Fade Next Year (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/01/24/oregon-solar-policies-rated-fourth-best-in-nation.html

Relatives Criticize Pacific Gas & Electric for 2010 Pipeline Blast That Killed Eight (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-to-get-maximum-sentence-for-pipeline-safety-10878250.php

British Columbia: Federal Court Dismisses First Nations’ Challenge of Peace River Dam (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/federal-court-dismisses-first-nations-challenge-of-site-c-dam-1.3948830?cmp=rss

Trump Taps Net Neutrality Critic to Lead the FCC (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/01/23/meet-donald-trumps-official-new-fcc-chairman-ajit-pai/?utm_term=.a57aa2f11892

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• British Columbia: Federal Court Dismisses First Nations’ Challenge of Peace River Dam
• Relatives Criticize Pacific Gas & Electric for 2010 Pipeline Blast That Killed Eight
• Reports: Trump to Name LaFleur to Head FERC
• Lineman Dies While Making Repairs in Oklahoma Panhandle
• Florida: Tallahassee Storm Damage Underscores Need for Utility Improvements
• Hydrostor Seeks $1 Billion in Contracts to Replace Peaking Plants with Compressed Air Storage
• B-C Hydro Debt Puts Credit Rating at Risk
• Price of Salmon Spiking Amid Recent Sea Lice Outbreaks
• South Sound Tribes Eligible for Disaster Funding Because of Poor Fishing
• Nisqually Reach Purchase Protects Salmon Habitat
• Oregon Solar Policies Rated Fourth Best in Nation, But Could Fade Next Year
• Montana PURPA Battle Returns to PSC Jurisdiction After FERC Ruling
• Off Long Island, Wind Power Tests the Waters
• The Cost of Wind & Solar Intermittency
• Washington D-C Centric: Need a New Heating System? Here’s How to Get the Best Deal
• In California, a Legal Battle Over Carbon Emission Auctions
• Centers for Disease Control Cancels Upcoming Climate Conference, Won’t Say Why
• Trump Taps Net Neutrality Critic to Lead the FCC
• Yahoo Delays Its Sale to Verizon Until the Second Quarter
• Senate Committee Indefinitely Delays Votes on Rick Perry, Ryan Zinke
• Washington State Republicans Get Two EPA ‘Beachhead’ Posts
• Trump Abandons Trans-Pacific Partnership, Obama’s Signature Trade Deal
• Fill the Truck 2 a Big Success in Mason County
• Thousands Protest Abortion at Washington State Capitol During March for Life

WORD OF THE DAY

Draconian • \drack-CONE-ee-un\ • Adjective – Of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him 2: cruel; also: severe.

“I know that you’re upset about the lunch thefts from the lunchroom ‘fridge,” whined the CEO’s assistant. “But I think that blood tests and retina scans to get into the icebox are a little draconian.”

Draco was the first legislator of ancient Athens, Greece, 7th century BC. He replaced the prevailing system of oral law and blood feud by a written code to be enforced only by a court. Because of its harshness, this code also gave rise to the term “draconian”.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

British Columbia: Federal Court Dismisses First Nations’ Challenge of Peace River Dam (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/federal-court-dismisses-first-nations-challenge-of-site-c-dam-1.3948830?cmp=rss

Relatives Criticize Pacific Gas & Electric for 2010 Pipeline Blast That Killed Eight (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-to-get-maximum-sentence-for-pipeline-safety-10878250.php

Reports: Trump to Name LaFleur to Head FERC (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/reports-trump-to-name-lafleur-to-head-ferc/434619/

Lineman Dies While Making Repairs in Oklahoma Panhandle (Associated Press)

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/24/lineman-dies-while-making-repairs-in-oklahoma-panh/

Florida: Tallahassee Storm Damage Underscores Need for Utility Improvements (Tallahassee Democrat, FL)

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2017/01/23/tallahassee-storm-damage-underscores-need-utility-improvements/96954420/

Hydrostor Seeks $1 Billion in Contracts to Replace Peaking Plants with Compressed Air Storage (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/hydrostor-seeks-1b-in-contracts-to-replace-peaking-plants-with-compressed/434549/

B-C Hydro Debt Puts Credit Rating at Risk (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/business/b-c-hydro-debt-puts-credit-rating-at-risk-1.8588424

FISH & WILDLIFE

Price of Salmon Spiking Amid Recent Sea Lice Outbreaks (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/01/23/price-of-salmon-spiking-amid-recent-sea-lice-outbreaks/

South Sound Tribes Eligible for Disaster Funding Because of Poor Fishing (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article128316629.html

Nisqually Reach Purchase Protects Salmon Habitat (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article128313224.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Oregon Solar Policies Rated Fourth Best in Nation, But Could Fade Next Year (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/01/24/oregon-solar-policies-rated-fourth-best-in-nation.html

Montana PURPA Battle Returns to PSC Jurisdiction After FERC Ruling (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/montana-purpa-battle-returns-to-psc-jurisdiction-after-ferc-ruling/434594/

Off Long Island, Wind Power Tests the Waters (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/business/energy-environment/offshore-wind-energy-long-island.html

The Cost of Wind & Solar Intermittency (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2017/01/24/the-cost-of-wind-and-solar-intermittency/#1d44d09230cc

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Washington D-C Centric: Need a New Heating System? Here’s How to Get the Best Deal (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/where-we-live/wp/2017/01/24/need-a-new-heating-system-heres-how-to-get-the-best-deal/?utm_term=.eb166dc7081f

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

In California, a Legal Battle Over Carbon Emission Auctions (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0124/In-California-a-legal-battle-over-carbon-emission-auctions

Centers for Disease Control Cancels Upcoming Climate Conference, Won’t Say Why (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0124/CDC-cancels-upcoming-climate-conference-won-t-say-why

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Trump Taps Net Neutrality Critic to Lead the FCC (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/01/23/meet-donald-trumps-official-new-fcc-chairman-ajit-pai/?utm_term=.a57aa2f11892

MARKETING & MEDIA

Yahoo Delays Its Sale to Verizon Until the Second Quarter (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/technology/yahoo-verizon-sale-delayed.html?_r=0

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Senate Committee Indefinitely Delays Votes on Rick Perry, Ryan Zinke (NBC News)

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-committee-indefinitely-delays-votes-rick-perry-ryan-zinke-n711151

Washington State Republicans Get Two EPA ‘Beachhead’ Posts (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/washington-state-republicans-get-nod-two-epa-beachhead-posts

Trump Abandons Trans-Pacific Partnership, Obama’s Signature Trade Deal (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/us/politics/tpp-trump-trade-nafta.html

GENERAL NEWS

Fill the Truck 2 a Big Success in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/fill-the-truck-a-big-success-in-mason-county/youtube_9e56d8d4-e1e3-11e6-a9b1-57b96f53b3bf.html

Thousands Protest Abortion at Washington State Capitol During March for Life (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article128334929.html

SPECIAL SAUCE; LETTUCE, CHEESE – DIVERSIONS

McDonald’s to Give Away 10,000 Bottles of Big Mac Sauce

https://consumerist.com/2017/01/24/mcdonalds-to-give-away-10000-bottles-of-big-mac-sauce/

Skittles Scattered Across Highway Were Destined for Cattle Feed: Mars Investigating

https://consumerist.com/2017/01/20/skittles-scattered-across-highway-were-destined-for-cattle-feed-mars-investigating/

Two Galaxies Got into a Fight & the Result Was Breathtaking

http://gizmodo.com/two-galaxies-got-into-a-fight-and-the-result-was-breath-1791558808

Disabled Rooster Loves His New Wheelchair

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/louise-rooster-wheelchair-sali-s-farm-1.3949064?cmp=rss

SONG OF THE DAY

Clint Black – Galaxy Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f32_b7eyKg

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