The Energy News Digest: Energy News Digest for June 19, 2015

4,400 in Shoreline Lose Power as Naked Woman Crashes Car into Pole
Snohomish PUD Sells Bonds worth $141 Million for System Improvements
Editorial: Oregon Lawmakers Discover the Value of Cheap Natural Gas
U-S House Panel OKs $3.4 Billion in Heating Aid
Grays Harbor PUD Named Local United Way 2015 Business of the Year
Is the U-S Investing Enough in Electricity Grid Reliability?
Bill Would Strengthen Regulatory Flexibility Act – Clarify Definition Tied to Public Power Utility
Warm Water Leads to Chinook Salmon Deaths in Willamette, Clackamas & Santiam Rivers
Clallam PUD Issues More Water-Use Advisories
Drought’s Silver Lining: Cleaner Water at the Beach Due to Lack of Storm Runoff
Water Wars in California’s Coastal Wine Country
Solar Power Tour Set in Sequim this Saturday
Banishing the Clouds – To Threaten Fossil Fuels, Solar Power Must Solve Its Intermittency Problem
Iowa Utilities: No Net Metering for Third-Party Solar Projects
Illinois: Official ‘Screws Up’ Wind Farm Vote
At Cannabis Trade Show, Vendors Tread a Careful Line
Delaware Governor Signs Bill Decriminalizing Pot: Report
May Sets New Heat Record
Federal Scientists Say 2015 on Pace to be Globe’s Warmest
Catholic Bishops to Meet with Congress, White House on Climate Change
Grant PUD Expands Wireless Internet Network
Op/Ed: Municipal Broadband is Far from Dead in Seattle
FCC Will Continue Plan to Subsidize Broadband for the Poor
New Modems to Fuel Superfast Broadband over Copper
How Do We Get Internet Policy Right? Bring in the Nerds
Twitter Said to Plan Marketing Campaign, Ads for Live Events
British Man Complains about Crooked Bread, Gets a Perfect Response
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
Half of Washington State Employees Could Be Off Job in Shutdown
Washington State’s House Democrats Want Operating Budget Done First
Former Washington State Lawmaker Agrees to Pay $5,600 to Close Ethics Case
Midwestern Voters Hate Congress, Complicating Battle for the Senate
Mason County-Wide Outdoor Burn Ban Effective 8 AM Monday
Shelton Man Dies While Fishing at Lake Nahwatzel
Suspect Sought in Attempted Abduction in North Mason County
Logger Dies While Topping Tree in Cowlitz County
Tumwater Brewery Redevelopment Could Generate More Than 600 Jobs
Suspect Charged with Murder in Killings at Black U-S Church
Spokane Removes Rachel Dolezal from Police Commission
DNA from Kennewick Man Bones Tied to Native Americans

WORD OF THE DAY

Picaresque • \pik-uh-RESK\ • adjective: of or relating to rogues or rascals; also: of, relating to, suggesting, or being a type of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of a usually roguish protagonist

The troubled tale of Rachel Dolezal’s rise and fall could be dismissed as a picaresque tale of deceit and hubris. Unfortunately, this tale was not fiction.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

4,400 in Shoreline Lose Power as Naked Woman Crashes Car into Pole (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/4400-homes-lose-power-after-naked-woman-crashes-car-into-pole-308427531.html

Snohomish PUD Sells Bonds worth $141 Million for System Improvements (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150618/BIZ/150619215

Editorial: Oregon Lawmakers Discover the Value of Cheap Natural Gas (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/06/lawmakers_discover_the_value_o.html

U-S House Panel OKs $3.4 Billion in Heating Aid (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/editors-pick/house-panel-oks-3-36-billion-for-liheap/82181

Grays Harbor PUD Named Local United Way 2015 Business of the Year (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/grays-harbor-pud-named-local-united-way-2015-business-of-the-year/

Is the U-S Investing Enough in Electricity Grid Reliability? (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/catherinewolfram/2240161/us-investing-enough-electricity-grid-reliability

Bill Would Strengthen Regulatory Flexibility Act – Clarify Definition Tied to Public Power Utility (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=44065

FISH & WILDLIFE

Warm Water Leads to Chinook Salmon Deaths in Willamette, Clackamas & Santiam Rivers (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2015/06/19/warm-water-leads-to-chinook-salmon-deaths/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Clallam PUD Issues More Water-Use Advisories (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/10783

Drought’s Silver Lining: Cleaner Water at the Beach Due to Lack of Storm Runoff (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-drought-s-silver-lining-cleaner-water-at-the-beach-20150617-story.html

Water Wars in California’s Coastal Wine Country (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/19/us-usa-drought-wine-insight-idUSKBN0OZ0CI20150619

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Solar Power Tour Set in Sequim this Saturday (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150619/news/306199995/weekend-solar-power-tour-set-in-sequim-this-saturday

Banishing the Clouds – To Threaten Fossil Fuels, Solar Power Must Solve Its Intermittency Problem (The Economist)

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21654082-threaten-fossil-fuels-solar-power-must-solve-its-intermittency-problem-banishing-clouds

Iowa Utilities: No Net Metering for Third-Party Solar Projects (Midwest Energy News)

http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2015/06/19/iowa-utilities-no-net-metering-for-third-party-solar-projects/

Illinois: Official ‘Screws Up’ Wind Farm Vote (The Ottawa Times, IL)

http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/official-screws-up-wind-farm-vote/article_b7f50fcf-93de-5777-a5e8-c89d26b2c6f0.html

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

At Cannabis Trade Show, Vendors Tread a Careful Line (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/business/at-cannabis-trade-show-vendors-tread-a-careful-line.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Delaware Governor Signs Bill Decriminalizing Pot: Report (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/19/us-usa-marijuana-delaware-idUSKBN0OZ0BE20150619

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

May Sets New Heat Record (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/245424-may-sets-new-heat-record

Federal Scientists Say 2015 on Pace to be Globe’s Warmest (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Fed-scientists-2015-on-pace-to-be-world-s-6335694.php

Catholic Bishops to Meet with Congress, White House on Climate Change (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/245399-catholic-bishops-to-meet-with-congress-white-house-on-climate

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Grant PUD Expands Wireless Internet Network (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/grant-pud-expands-wireless-internet-network/article_50f2fa50-1534-11e5-a60f-371536168a85.html

Op/Ed: Municipal Broadband is Far from Dead in Seattle (The Stranger)

http://www.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/2015/06/18/22412672/guest-editorial-municipal-broadband-is-far-from-dead-in-seattle

FCC Will Continue Plan to Subsidize Broadband for the Poor (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/business/fcc-will-continue-plan-to-subsidize-broadband-for-the-poor.html?_r=0

New Modems to Fuel Superfast Broadband over Copper (PC World)

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2937177/new-modems-to-fuel-superfast-broadband-over-copper.html

How Do We Get Internet Policy Right? Bring in the Nerds (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2015/06/19/how-do-we-get-internet-policy-right-bring-in-the-nerds/?wprss=rss_technology

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter Said to Plan Marketing Campaign, Ads for Live Events (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_28340191/twitter-said-plan-marketing-campaign-ads-live-events?source=rss

British Man Complains about Crooked Bread, Gets a Perfect Response (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2015/06/19/bread-complaint-facebook-morrisons/

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

http://consumerist.com/2015/06/19/consumerist-friday-flickr-finds-293/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Half of Washington State Employees Could Be Off Job in Shutdown (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2015/06/half-of-state-employees-could-be-off-job-in-shutdown/

Washington State’s House Democrats Want Operating Budget Done First ((KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/house-democrats-want-to-operating-budget-done-first/

Former Washington State Lawmaker Agrees to Pay $5,600 to Close Ethics Case (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/former-washington-state-lawmaker-agrees-pay-5600-close-ethics-case

Midwestern Voters Hate Congress, Complicating Battle for the Senate (Morning Consult)

http://morningconsult.com/2015/06/midwestern-voters-hate-congress-complicating-battle-for-the-senate/

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County-Wide Outdoor Burn Ban Effective 8 AM Monday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/15543

Shelton Man Dies While Fishing at Lake Nahwatzel (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
http://masonwebtv.com/archives/15541

Suspect Sought in Attempted Abduction in North Mason County (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/2015/06/19/3783204_suspect-sought-in-attempted-abduction.html?rh=1

Logger Dies While Topping Tree in Cowlitz County (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Logger-dies-while-topping-tree-in-Cowlitz-County-308431101.html

Tumwater Brewery Redevelopment Could Generate More Than 600 Jobs (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/2015/06/18/3781676/tumwater-brewery-redevelopment.html

Suspect Charged with Murder in Killings at Black U-S Church (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/19/us-usa-shooting-south-carolina-idUSKBN0OY06A20150619

Spokane Removes Rachel Dolezal from Police Commission (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Spokane-removes-Rachel-Dolezal-from-police-commission-308305511.html

DNA from Kennewick Man Bones Tied to Native Americans (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/DNA-from-Kennewick-Man-skeleton-shows-ties-to-Native-Americans-308216671.html

DIVERSIONS

Start Your Day with These Great Cartoony Science Explainers (these are WAY cool)

http://gizmodo.com/start-your-day-with-these-great-cartoony-science-explai-1712428943

The Mystery of How Ozzie the Cat Travelled from Australia to Northern Ireland

http://mashable.com/2015/06/19/mystery-ozzie-cat/

Welcome... to Jurassic Weenie

http://time.com/3926985/jurassic-world-wiener-dogs/

Ad of the Day: This Bug Spray Made Glorious Blood Portraits from Squashed Mosquitos

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/ad-day-bug-spray-made-glorious-blood-portraits-squashed-mosquitos-165384

SONG OF THE DAY

The Galaxy Song - Learn some astronomy in under 3 minutes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIy76M-4txo

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.

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