The Energy News Digest will be communing with the ghosts of
Christmas past, present and future December 24 – December 28. If earth
shattering energy news happens, keep in touch via the news digest twitter feed.
Also, a few ethereal spirit sessions are expected with the
ghosts of the Johns Prairie operations center over the weekend.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for December 23, 2015
Winter Weather Advisory for the Olympic Mountains &
Cascades
Small Craft Advisory for Puget Sound & Hood Canal
Snoqualmie Pass is Buried in Snow (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Some Cowlitz County Residents to Be Without Power for Days (Longview Daily News, WA)
BC Hydro Signs $1.75 Billion Contract for Peace River Dam
Work (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Participants & Mason PUD 3 Dedicate the County’s First
Shared Solar Project (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
It’s Snowing Really, Really Hard on Snoqualmie Pass Today (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Washington State Carbon Tax Initiative Backers ‘On Fence’
About the Measure (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Some Cowlitz County Residents to Be Without Power for Days
- BC Hydro Signs $1.75 Billion Contract for Peace River Dam Work
- Snow Triggers North Idaho Power Outages
- Cowlitz PUD Drafts Contract with General Manager Finalist
- Kenmore Begins Puget Sound Energy Franchise Agreement Negotiations Partially in the Dark
- Bonneville Power Administration Selects New Vice President of Transmission Planning & Asset Management
- Deputy Administrator with Bonneville Power Administration, Greg Delwiche Receives Presidential Rank Award
- Eleventh Consecutive Award – Mason PUD 3 Receives International Recognition for Its Financial Reporting
- Chelan PUD Proposes New Substation for Leavenworth Area
- Behind the Scenes: Not All Electrical Lines Go Underground
- Bonneville Power Administration Retrospective: People, Partnerships & Path to Success
- Iran Looking for Payback in Recent New York State Dam Hack
- Over 100 Bald Eagles Visit Bridge Near Mount Baker Highway
- Washington State Drought Declaration Won’t Be Extended into Next Year
- Water Wars Could Return in the Pacific Northwest as Congress Dams Deal
- Participants & Mason PUD 3 Dedicate the County’s First Shared Solar Project
- Idaho: Blaine County Lowers Permit Fees for Solar Energy
- Oregon Wind Company Working on $1.6 Billion Project in Hawaii – Raises $225K
- California: Customers of Clean Energy Programs Hit with Fee Increase
- Vermont Says Some Solar Firms Are Peddling Fake Renewable Energy
- Renewable Energy Efforts Stymied by Transmission Roadblocks
- A State-by-State Look at Renewable Energy Requirements
- Report: FERC Finds a Mixed Bag for Demand Response despite Advance Metering Infrastructure Expansion
- Future Home Tech: Eight Energy-Saving Solutions on the Horizon
- Flathead Electric Runs with Power-Cutting Program
- Here’s How Amazon Plans to Run Your Home — Before Microsoft Gets There
- Mason County Zoning Correction Opens Door for another Marijuana Grow Operation
- As Pot-Growing Expands, Electricity Demands Tax U-S Grids
- Washington State Carbon Tax Initiative Backers ‘On Fence’ About the Measure
- A Fitting End for the Hottest Year on Record
- Tom Steyer’s Carbon Regulation Win in Oregon
- Your Christmas Tree’s Carbon Footprint – An artificial vs. natural showdown
- U-S West Coast Mayors Envision Electric Highway as Cities Tackle Climate Change
- How Green is Your State
- Idaho Lawmakers Recommend Creating New Broadband Committee
- Comcast Starts Test of Super-Fast Next-Gen Broadband over Existing Cable Lines
- Broadband Takes a Hit
- Social Media Continues to Help Crime Stoppers End Crime
- How to Schedule Your Social Media Holiday Messages in Advance
- How to Speed Up Your Social Media Content Production
- 3,200 Washington State Prisoners May Have Been Released Early Since 2002
- It’s Snowing Really, Really Hard on Snoqualmie Pass Today
- El Nino Turns Holiday Weather Upside Down across the U-S
- Judge Dismisses NRA Challenge to Seattle’s New Gun-Violence Tax
- Rare Full Moon to Rise on Christmas Day — The First in Nearly 40 Years!
Bathos • \BAY-thaws\ • Noun - 1a: the sudden appearance of
the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style b: anticlimax 2:
exceptional commonplaceness: triteness 3: insincere or overdone pathos:
sentimentalism
Looking for humor
Bathos rears its ugly head
M Lisa moustache
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Some Cowlitz County Residents to Be Without
Power for Days (Longview Daily News,
WA)
2.
BC Hydro Signs $1.75 Billion Contract for Peace
River Dam Work (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
3.
Snow Triggers North Idaho Power Outages (KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
4.
Cowlitz PUD Drafts Contract with General Manager
Finalist (Longview Daily News, WA)
5.
Kenmore Begins Puget Sound Energy Franchise
Agreement Negotiations Partially in the Dark (Bothell Reporter, WA)
6.
Bonneville Power Administration Selects New Vice
President of Transmission Planning & Asset Management (Bonneville Power
Administration)
7.
Deputy Administrator with Bonneville Power
Administration, Greg Delwiche Receives Presidential Rank Award (Bonneville Power Administration)
8.
Eleventh Consecutive Award – Mason PUD 3
Receives International Recognition for Its Financial Reporting (Mason PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
9.
Chelan PUD Proposes New Substation for Leavenworth
Area (Leavenworth Echo, WA)
10. Behind
the Scenes: Not All Electrical Lines Go Underground (The Islands’ Sounder,
Eastsound, WA)
11. Bonneville
Power Administration Retrospective: People, Partnerships & Path to Success (Bonneville Power Administration)
12. Iran
Looking for Payback in Recent New York State Dam Hack (Washington Examiner)
FISH & WILDLIFE
13. Over
100 Bald Eagles Visit Bridge Near Mount Baker Highway (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
14. Washington
State Drought Declaration Won’t Be Extended into Next Year (Associated Press)
15. Water
Wars Could Return in the Pacific Northwest as Congress Dams Deal (Fox News)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
16. Participants
& Mason PUD 3 Dedicate the County’s First Shared Solar Project (Mason PUD
3, Shelton, WA)
17. Idaho:
Blaine County Lowers Permit Fees for Solar Energy (Idaho Mountain Express,
Ketchum, ID)
18. Oregon
Wind Company Working on $1.6 Billion Project in Hawaii – Raises $225K (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
19. California:
Customers of Clean Energy Programs Hit with Fee Increase (SF Chronicle)
20. Vermont
Says Some Solar Firms Are Peddling Fake Renewable Energy (Concord Monitor, VT)
21. Renewable
Energy Efforts Stymied by Transmission Roadblocks (Associated Press)
22. A
State-by-State Look at Renewable Energy Requirements (ABC News)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
23. Report:
FERC Finds a Mixed Bag for Demand Response despite Advance Metering
Infrastructure Expansion (Utility Dive)
24. Future
Home Tech: Eight Energy-Saving Solutions on the Horizon (Breaking Energy)
25. Flathead
Electric Runs with Power-Cutting Program (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
26. Here’s
How Amazon Plans to Run Your Home — Before Microsoft Gets There (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
27. Mason
County Zoning Correction Opens Door for another Marijuana Grow Operation (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
28. As
Pot-Growing Expands, Electricity Demands Tax U-S Grids (Bloomberg News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
29. Washington
State Carbon Tax Initiative Backers ‘On Fence’ About the Measure (Kitsap
Peninsula Business Journal, WA)
30. A
Fitting End for the Hottest Year on Record (NY Times)
31. Tom
Steyer’s Carbon Regulation Win in Oregon (Washington Examiner)
32. Your
Christmas Tree’s Carbon Footprint – An artificial vs. natural showdown
(Sightline Daily)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
33. U-S
West Coast Mayors Envision Electric Highway as Cities Tackle Climate Change (Globe
& Mail, Canada)
34. How
Green is Your State (Renewable
Energy World)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
35. Idaho
Lawmakers Recommend Creating New Broadband Committee (Associated Press)
36. Comcast
Starts Test of Super-Fast Next-Gen Broadband over Existing Cable Lines (Consumerist)
37. Broadband
Takes a Hit (Bloomberg News)
MARKETING & MEDIA
38. Social
Media Continues to Help Crime Stoppers End Crime (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
39. How
to Schedule Your Social Media Holiday Messages in Advance (Gizmodo)
40. How
to Speed Up Your Social Media Content Production (Social Media Examiner)
GENERAL NEWS
41. 3,200
Washington State Prisoners May Have Been Released Early Since 2002 (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
42. It’s
Snowing Really, Really Hard on Snoqualmie Pass Today (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
43. El
Nino Turns Holiday Weather Upside Down across the U-S (Oregonian, Portland)
44. Judge
Dismisses NRA Challenge to Seattle’s New Gun-Violence Tax (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
45. Rare
Full Moon to Rise on Christmas Day — The First in Nearly 40 Years! (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘Star Wars’ Fan Arrested over Threat to Student Who Revealed
Plot
The Curious Life of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
15 Words You Should Eliminate from Your Vocabulary to Sound
Smarter
Taco Joint Turns Robbery (Burglary Actually) Footage into
Hilarious Ad
SONG OF THE DAY
Joni Mitchell – Raised On Robbery
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