Energy News Digest for May 31, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for May 31, 2016

http://tinyurl.com/hwdwo85

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

High Court Sides with Property Owners in Wetlands Case – Says Decisions Can Be Tested in Court (Associated Press)

http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-05-31/high-court-sides-with-property-owners-in-wetlands-case

Pacific Northwest Bill for Fish & Wildlife Hits $757 Million (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/editors-pick/norbill-for-nw-fish-and-wildlife-hits-757-million/91984

Avista Seeks Idaho Electric Rate Increase (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/may/27/avista-asking-for-electric-rate-increase-in-idaho/

Appeals Court Rips Federal Review of Contested Echanis Oregon Wind Project (E&E News)

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060038045

Verizon, Unions Agree to Pay Raises, New Jobs to End Strike (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-verizon-strike-deal-idUSKCN0YL1E7

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Avista Seeks Idaho Electric Rate Increase
• Eugene Water & Electric Board Selects Internal Candidate, Frank Lawson, to Serve as Next General Manager
• Lawsuit Still ‘Hanging Over’ Former Peace River Dam Protest Campers
• IRS Is Urged To Withdraw Proposal Changing Definition of “Political Subdivision” for Purposes of Tax-Exempt Bonds
• Seattle University Students Power Village in Africa
• Huge Benefits from California Regional Market Expansion, Studies Show
• Shameless in Seattle
• Woody Guthrie Sang Praises of Dam on Columbia in 1941
• Tennessee Valley Authority is First Mover for Small Modular Reactor Early Site Permit
• Op/Ed: Xcel Energy Wants to Rewrite Your Electricity Bill
• Why a Power Grid Attack Is a Nightmare Scenario
• Where Free Wind Meets Cheap Gas in U-S, Power Dynamics Changing
• No Hero Stands Alone: Storm Soldiers II
• When Kids Teach Adults on Electrical Safety
• A Simulation of What 100,000 Volts Does to Human Flesh
• Pacific Northwest Bill for Fish & Wildlife Hits $757 Million
• Op/Ed: Snake River Dams Vital to Renewable Energy Future
• River without a Dam - Early Estimates Disappointing for 2016 Fraser River Sockeye Returns
• High Court Sides with Property Owners in Wetlands Case – Says Decisions Can Be Tested in Court
• Chelan County Water Managers Make Play for Alpine Lakes
• Warm Spring Melting Washington’s Snowpack While Contributing to Other Problems
• Appeals Court Rips Federal Review of Contested Echanis Oregon Wind Project
• U-S Senator: Taxpayer-Funded Solar Plant Lights Birds on Fire
• Minnesota: Solar Garden Support – Devil in the Details
• Cloud-seeding program to continue in Idaho
• ​Tesla Will Celebrate Gigafactory Grand Opening in July
• Verizon, Unions Agree to Pay Raises, New Jobs to End Strike
• Forget Your Cable Provider – Verizon Just Hinted at Nationwide 5G Home Broadband
• What Makes Facebook Live Videos So Mind-Blowingly Bad
• Tenants Don’t Like Order to ‘Like’ Landlord on Facebook – Or Else
• State Commissioner of Public Lands Race Has Crowded Field
• Troy Kelley Scheduled to be Back in Court, Feds Could Signal Plans
• New Manager to Oversee Snohomish County Public Records Requests
• Mason County Sheriff: Dog Nabs Man in Possession of Drugs, Guns after Chase
• Washington State is Losing Its Signature Views. Can We Restore Them?

WORD OF THE DAY

Foozle • \FOO-zul\ • Verb – To manage or play awkwardly: bungle

Watching Abercrombie in aerobics class was like watching a large, ponderous bear attempt ballet…only not as good. Just about every move barked out by the harridan leading the class led to a foozled step by Abercrombie. Many times he endangered his fellow classmates with flailing arms or a mistaken left step when a right one was ordered.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Avista Seeks Idaho Electric Rate Increase (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/may/27/avista-asking-for-electric-rate-increase-in-idaho/

Eugene Water & Electric Board Selects Internal Candidate, Frank Lawson, to Serve as Next General Manager (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/34412166-75/eweb-selects-internal-candidate-frank-lawson-to-serve-as-next-general-manager.html.csp

Lawsuit Still ‘Hanging Over’ Former Peace River Dam Protest Campers (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c/lawsuit-still-hanging-over-former-site-c-protest-campers-1.2265577

IRS Is Urged To Withdraw Proposal Changing Definition of “Political Subdivision” for Purposes of Tax-Exempt Bonds (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=45882

Seattle University Students Power Village in Africa (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/seattle-university-students-power-village-in-africa/222465876

Huge Benefits from California Regional Market Expansion, Studies Show (National Resources Defense Council)

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/carl-zichella/huge-benefits-regional-market-expansion-studies-show

Shameless in Seattle (Northwest Clean Energy)

https://northwestcleanenergy.com/2016/05/31/shameless-in-seattle/

Woody Guthrie Sang Praises of Dam on Columbia in 1941 (Associated Press)

http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/34415857-75/woody-guthrie-sang-praises-of-dam-on-columbia-in-1941.html.csp

Tennessee Valley Authority is First Mover for Small Modular Reactor Early Site Permit (The Energy Collective)

http://www.theenergycollective.com/dan-yurman/2379639/tva-is-first-mover-for-smr-early-site-permit

Op/Ed: Xcel Energy Wants to Rewrite Your Electricity Bill (Denver Post, CO)

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/05/28/jaffe-hed-goes-here/

Why a Power Grid Attack Is a Nightmare Scenario (the Hill, Washington, DC)
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/281494-why-a-power-grid-attack-is-a-nightmare-scenario

Where Free Wind Meets Cheap Gas in U-S, Power Dynamics Changing (Bloomberg News)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-25/where-free-wind-meets-cheap-gas-in-u-s-power-dynamics-changing

No Hero Stands Alone: Storm Soldiers II (Transmission & Distribution World)

http://tdworld.com/electric-utility-operations/no-hero-stands-alone-storm-soldiers-ii&elqTrackId=045F4DC68AD6E503A4CDB3E3D3FD21F3&elqTrack=true#slide-0-field_images-86291c?PK=UM_Top516

When Kids Teach Adults on Electrical Safety (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/editors-pick/kids-teach-adults-on-electrical-safety/91913

A Simulation of What 100,000 Volts Does to Human Flesh (Gizmodo)

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/a-simulation-of-what-100-000-volts-does-to-human-flesh-1779586801

FISH & WILDLIFE

Pacific Northwest Bill for Fish & Wildlife Hits $757 Million (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/editors-pick/norbill-for-nw-fish-and-wildlife-hits-757-million/91984

Op/Ed: Snake River Dams Vital to Renewable Energy Future (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/may/28/terry-fores-snake-river-dams-vital-to-renewable-en/

River without a Dam - Early Estimates Disappointing for 2016 Fraser River Sockeye Returns (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/early-estimates-disappointing-for-2016-fraser-river-sockeye-returns-1.2266654

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

High Court Sides with Property Owners in Wetlands Case – Says Decisions Can Be Tested in Court (Associated Press)

http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-05-31/high-court-sides-with-property-owners-in-wetlands-case

Chelan County Water Managers Make Play for Alpine Lakes (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/may/30/chelan-county-water-managers-make-play-for-alpine-/

Warm Spring Melting Washington’s Snowpack While Contributing to Other Problems (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/may/30/1510405/

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Appeals Court Rips Federal Review of Contested Echanis Oregon Wind Project (E&E News)

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060038045

U-S Senator: Taxpayer-Funded Solar Plant Lights Birds on Fire (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/senator-taxpayer-funded-solar-plant-lights-birds-on-fire/article/2592387

Minnesota: Solar Garden Support – Devil in the Details (Duluth News Tribune, MN)

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4043914-solar-garden-support-devil-details

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Cloud-seeding program to continue in Idaho (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/may/27/cloud-seeding-program-to-continue-in-idaho/

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

​Tesla Will Celebrate Gigafactory Grand Opening in July (Silicon Valley Business Journal, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2016/05/31/tesla-will-celebrate-gigafactory-grand-opening-in.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Verizon, Unions Agree to Pay Raises, New Jobs to End Strike (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-verizon-strike-deal-idUSKCN0YL1E7

Forget Your Cable Provider – Verizon Just Hinted at Nationwide 5G Home Broadband (The Motley Fool)

http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/05/29/forget-your-cable-provider-verizon-just-hinted-at.aspx

MARKETING & MEDIA

What Makes Facebook Live Videos So Mind-Blowingly Bad (Slate Magazine)

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2016/05/toward_a_critical_theory_of_facebook_live_videos_from_watermelon_explosion.html

Tenants Don’t Like Order to ‘Like’ Landlord on Facebook – Or Else (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2016/05/tenants_dont_like_being_told_t.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

State Commissioner of Public Lands Race Has Crowded Field (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20160531/news/305319989/state-commissioner-of-public-lands-race-has-crowded-field

Troy Kelley Scheduled to be Back in Court, Feds Could Signal Plans (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/troy-kelley-scheduled-be-back-court-feds-could-signal-plans

New Manager to Oversee Snohomish County Public Records Requests (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160531/NEWS01/160539927

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County Sheriff: Dog Nabs Man in Possession of Drugs, Guns after Chase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/mason-sheriff-dog-nabs-man-in-possession-of-drugs-guns/article_f3243fc4-2603-11e6-883e-b7c639a01b31.html

Washington State is Losing Its Signature Views. Can We Restore Them? (Cliff Mass Weather Bog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/05/washington-state-is-losing-its.html

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

These Are the Dumb Questions People in Your State Google Most

http://distractify.com/trending/2016/05/26/states-google-dumb-questions

Dr. Heimlich, 96, Uses His Maneuver to Save Choking Woman

http://www.yakimaherald.com/lifestyle/health/year-old-heimlich-uses-namesake-maneuver-on-choking-woman/article_d7dd1f06-5924-50f0-822a-0bd50198de86.html

Massive Alligator Takes an Afternoon Stroll on a Golf Course

http://mashable.com/2016/05/31/giant-alligator-golf-course/

Anthropologist Follows Trail of Century-Old Hobo Graffiti

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/may/30/anthropologist-follows-trail-of-century-old-hobo-graffiti/

SONG OF THE DAY

Arlo Guthrie – Hobo’s Lullaby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhMiX9cfyPM

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Energy News Digest for May 27, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for May 27, 2016

http://tinyurl.com/gwv49sb

Memorial Day Weather Statistics

http://tinyurl.com/zzsmjo2

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Mason PUD 1 Commission Formally Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/20577

Washington State & Tribal Officials Agree On Puget Sound Salmon Season (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/state-tribal-officials-agree-fishing-season/

Comcast Loses Key Oregon Tax Rulings, with ‘Tens of Millions’ at Stake (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2016/05/comcast_loses_key_oregon_tax_r.html

Montana, Idaho, Wyoming Want to Be Heard on Longview Coal Terminal Permit (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/montana-idaho-wyoming-want-be-heard-longview-coal-terminal-permit

Judges Reject Steens Mountain Wind Project (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/judges-reject-steens-mountain-wind-project/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Montana, Idaho, Wyoming Want to Be Heard on Longview Coal Terminal Permit
• Forget Cars, These Guys Build Nuclear Reactors in Their Back Yards
• Lewis County PUD Commissioner Candidate Withdraws
• Snohomish PUD – Hack My Servers, Please
• Washington State & Tribal Officials Agree On Puget Sound Salmon Season
• Idaho: Middle Fork Could Regain Role as Salmon Nursery
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Feds Hammered for Impact on Sage Grouse
• Cowlitz PUD Osprey Cam: First Chick Hatches, More on the Way
• Is the Drought Making California’s Beaches Cleaner?
• Judges Reject Steens Mountain Wind Project
• Clean Energy: Governor Attends Ravalli Electric Cooperative Valley Solar Project Ribbon Cutting
• Mason PUD 1 Commission Formally Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative
• Moses Lake: Solar Cars Race Down the Track – Fifth-Grade Energy Powers Annual Event
• Comcast Loses Key Oregon Tax Rulings, with ‘Tens of Millions’ at Stake
• Microsoft, Facebook to Build Transatlantic Subsea Cable
• Apple Must Shut Down iMessage, FaceTime: Lawsuit Demands
• New Study Revives Old Cell Phone & Cancer Risk Debate
• Here’s What to Do If You’re Worried About Cellphones Causing Cancer
• Snapchat Raises $1.81 Billion in New Funding Round
• B-U-R-N! National Spelling Bee Handles a Twitter Troll
• Google Reveals Top Misspelled Word in Each State
• How to Take Jaw-Dropping Photographs of Star Trails
• Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
• U-S House Votes to Enter Conference Committee with Senate on Energy Bills
• More Than 200 Olympic Panel Products Workers to Lose Jobs in Shelton with July Closure
• Lake Cushman: Big Creek Campground Grand Re-Opening Celebration June 2
• Two Gas Leaks Shut Down Streets in Seattle & Bellevue
• Lawsuit Alleges Yakima Employee Was Fired for Old Age
• Mars Is Making Its Closest Approach to Us in a Decade & Here’s How to Watch

WORD OF THE DAY

Aureate ● \OR-ee-ut\ ● Adjective – 1: of a golden color or brilliance 2: marked by grandiloquent & rhetorical style.

Hawaiian sunset

Sun’s rays, an aureate delight

Soothing waves give peace

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Montana, Idaho, Wyoming Want to Be Heard on Longview Coal Terminal Permit (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/montana-idaho-wyoming-want-be-heard-longview-coal-terminal-permit

Forget Cars, These Guys Build Nuclear Reactors in Their Back Yards (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/forget-cars-these-guys-build-nuclear-reactors-in-their-back-yards/2016/05/25/8a4ef73e-1238-11e6-93ae-50921721165d_story.html

Lewis County PUD Commissioner Candidate Withdraws (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2016/05/lewis-county-pud-commissioner-candidate.html

Snohomish PUD – Hack My Servers, Please (EDM Digest)

http://edmdigest.com/opinion/hack-my-servers-please/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Washington State & Tribal Officials Agree On Puget Sound Salmon Season (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/state-tribal-officials-agree-fishing-season/

Idaho: Middle Fork Could Regain Role as Salmon Nursery (Idaho Mountain Express, Ketchum, ID)

http://www.mtexpress.com/news/environment/middle-fork-could-regain-role-as-salmon-nursery/article_f278829e-2368-11e6-aba0-2f533de5d069.html

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Feds Hammered for Impact on Sage Grouse (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/05/26/feds-hammered-for-impact-on-sage-grouse.htm

Cowlitz PUD Osprey Cam: First Chick Hatches, More on the Way (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2016/05/27/osprey-cam-first-chick-hatches-more-on-the-way/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Is the Drought Making California’s Beaches Cleaner? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0527/Is-the-drought-making-California-s-beaches-cleaner

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Judges Reject Steens Mountain Wind Project (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/judges-reject-steens-mountain-wind-project/

Clean Energy: Governor Attends Ravalli Electric Cooperative Valley Solar Project Ribbon Cutting (Ravalli Republic, MT)

http://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/article_22a4cdc8-23a6-11e6-a091-73781fe88270.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Mason PUD 1 Commission Formally Opposes Carbon Tax Initiative (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/20577

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Moses Lake: Solar Cars Race Down the Track – Fifth-Grade Energy Powers Annual Event (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/school_news/solar-cars-race-down-the-track/article_e9568ace-239c-11e6-a740-bf76c10a267a.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Comcast Loses Key Oregon Tax Rulings, with ‘Tens of Millions’ at Stake (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2016/05/comcast_loses_key_oregon_tax_r.html

Microsoft, Facebook to Build Transatlantic Subsea Cable (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-facebook-cable-idUSKCN0YH26Q

Apple Must Shut Down iMessage, FaceTime: Lawsuit Demands (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/05/27/apple-hit-lawsuit-demand-shut-imessage-facetime/?source=rss

New Study Revives Old Cell Phone & Cancer Risk Debate (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/05/27/new-study-revives-old-cell-phone-cancer-risk-debate/?source=rss

Here’s What to Do If You’re Worried About Cellphones Causing Cancer (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/05/27/cellphone-cancer/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Snapchat Raises $1.81 Billion in New Funding Round (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-snapchat-funding-idUSKCN0YH13Z

B-U-R-N! National Spelling Bee Handles a Twitter Troll (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/05/27/b-u-r-n-national-spelling-bee-handles-a-twitter-troll/

Google Reveals Top Misspelled Word in Each State (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2016/05/27/google-reveals-top-misspelled-word-in-each-state/

How to Take Jaw-Dropping Photographs of Star Trails (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/05/27/photographing-star-trails/

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2016/05/27/consumerist-friday-flickr-finds-334/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

U-S House Votes to Enter Conference Committee with Senate on Energy Bills (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/us-house-votes-to-enter-conference-committee-with-senate-on-energy-bills/419983/

GENERAL NEWS

More Than 200 Olympic Panel Products Workers to Lose Jobs in Shelton with July Closure (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/more-than-olympic-panel-products-workers-to-lose-jobs-in/article_9ff2f698-2378-11e6-9df0-d36a9faa0053.html

Lake Cushman: Big Creek Campground Grand Re-Opening Celebration June 2 – U-S Forest Service & Tacoma Power (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/20575

Two Gas Leaks Shut Down Streets in Seattle & Bellevue (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/302059/two-gas-leaks-in-puget-sound-shut-down-roads/

Lawsuit Alleges Yakima Employee Was Fired for Old Age (Associated Press)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160526/BIZ02/160529317

Mars Is Making Its Closest Approach to Us in a Decade & Here’s How to Watch (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/mars-is-making-its-closest-approach-to-us-in-a-decade-a-1778753347

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Stoned Sheep Cause Mayhem in Swansea Valley after Eating Cannabis Plants

http://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/14518441.Stoned_sheep_cause_mayhem_in_Swansea_Valley_after_eating_cannabis_plants/

Crows: Bird Takes Off with Knife from Crime Scene

http://www.newser.com/story/225691/bird-takes-off-with-knife-from-crime-scene.html

Man Killed By More Than 1,000 Bee Stings in Arizona Park

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arizona-bees-idUSKCN0YI1O8

World’s Oldest Stamps Traveling to New York in Bomb-Proof Case

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/05/26/worlds-oldest-stamps-traveling-ny-bomb-proof-case/84917636/

SONG OF THE DAY

Rimsky-Korsakov – Flight of the Bumblebee (Orchestra)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8

Harry James – Flight of the Bumblebee (Big Band, Trumpet)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxS7llr8x_4

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Energy News Digest for May 26, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for May 26, 2016

http://tinyurl.com/ztho6hk

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Equipment Failure Causes Large Power Outage in Downtown Seattle (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/05/25/downtown-seattle-power-outage/

Feds Reject Request to Lift Snake River Fall Chinook Listing (Associated Press)

http://mynorthwest.com/301893/feds-reject-request-to-lift-snake-river-fall-chinook-listing/

Franklin PUD Community Solar Making Power, Shade (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article79957192.html

Thieves Steal Stream Monitoring Equipment at Multiple Washington State Rivers (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160526/NEWS01/160529340

Olympic Panel of Shelton Will Close at the Cost of 217 Jobs (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/business/article79854142.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Equipment Failure Causes Large Power Outage in Downtown Seattle
• Lessons Learned from Seattle’s Major Power Outage
• Montana Power Plant Needs New Operator by May 2018
• Bear Cub Rescued from Bonneville Power Administration Substation in Shelton Returns Home
• Vancouver Planning Commission Votes to Prohibit Oil Terminals on City Land
• Pacific Gas & Electric Accuses Prosecutors of Deceptions in San Bruno Blast Probe
• Lewis County PUD Equal Payment Plan
• Tennessee: Watts Bar Nuclear Unit Splits Atoms for First Time
• Bonneville Power Administration Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs
• Feds Reject Request to Lift Snake River Fall Chinook Listing
• Washington State, Tribes Reaching Agreement over Puget Sound Salmon Fishing
• Michigan Officials to Consider Rules on Fish ‘Chumming’
• Salmon Passage Debate Nets State Title for Reardan FFA
• Thieves Steal Stream Monitoring Equipment at Multiple Washington State Rivers
• Congress Wading into California’s Long-Running Water War
• Franklin PUD Community Solar Making Power, Shade
• Clallam PUD’s Solar Project Perseveres
• Nevada: Millions Raised on Both Sides of Rooftop Solar Tax Initiative Referendum
• With Huge Peace River Dam Project in the Wings, Two British Columbia Wind Farm Projects Halted
• LED Sales Top 25% of Market for First Time, More Growth to Come
• EnerNOC Is Selling Its Utility Engagement Software Business
• Planning a Trip? Here’s How to Save Energy at Home While You’re Gone
• Mason County’s Green Economy: Marijuana Sales Grow
• Federal Marijuana Smuggling Is Declining In The Era Of Legal Weed
• Cloud Seeding Challenges Our Understanding of Global Warming
• Editorial: The Portland School Board’s Climate-Change Meltdown
• Solar Impulse lands in Pennsylvania
• Microsoft Denies Forcing Windows 10 Upgrade
• AT&T’s Broadband Caps Go Live This Week – The Opening Salvo in an All-Out War on Cord Cutters
• Verizon Strike Heads for Court Showdown Thursday
• Virginia: Norfolk Bringing Free Public Wi-Fi to Neighborhood
• Tech Five: Twitter Ditching the Buy Button
• Is Vine Dying? A new analysis finds a “mass exodus” of the platform’s most popular accounts
• KPLU Supporters Reach $7 Million Mark
• South Bend Apologizes for Lifting Salt Lake’s Tourism Campaign Almost Wholesale
• Six Visual Apps for Creating Social Media Content
• LGBT Fight Sinks House Energy & Water Spending Bill
• Trump Reaches the Magic Number to Clinch Republican Presidential Nomination
• Olympic Panel of Shelton Will Close at the Cost of 217 Jobs
• Washington State Prepping Early for Wildfire Season
• Traffic Fatalities in the Pacific Northwest Rising at Fastest Rate in the Country
• Mason County Commission Renews Chemical Dependency, Mental Health Sales Tax
• Reception Held for Dave O’Leary, Retiring Shelton City Administrator
• Bing Cherry Crop a “Disaster”; 30 Percent Could Be Lost
• Canadians Shamed for Disrespecting Iconic American Landmarks

WORD OF THE DAY

Euphemism • \YOO-fuh-miz-um\ • Noun – The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; also: the expression so substituted

“Never answer your cell phone in the bathroom,” advised the grizzled information technology professional to his fresh-faced new charge. “If you do, the euphemism should always be ‘I’m in the equipment room.’ That always explains the odd echo.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Equipment Failure Causes Large Power Outage in Downtown Seattle (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/05/25/downtown-seattle-power-outage/

Lessons Learned from Seattle’s Major Power Outage (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/301774/hold-on-to-your-ukuleles-when-seattles-power-grid-fails/

Montana Power Plant Needs New Operator by May 2018 (Associated Press)

http://mynorthwest.com/300921/montana-power-plant-needs-new-operator-by-may-2018/

Bear Cub Rescued from Bonneville Power Administration Substation in Shelton Returns Home (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Bear-cub-rescued-in-Shelton-returns-home.aspx

Vancouver Planning Commission Votes to Prohibit Oil Terminals on City Land

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2016/05/vancouver-planning-commission-votes-to-prohibit.html

Pacific Gas & Electric Accuses Prosecutors of Deceptions in San Bruno Blast Probe (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-accuses-prosecutors-of-deceptions-in-San-7945716.php

Lewis County PUD Equal Payment Plan (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2016/05/lewis-county-pud-equal-payment-plan.html

Tennessee: Watts Bar Nuclear Unit Splits Atoms for First Time (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/power-supply/power-plants/watts-bar-nuclear-unit-splits-atoms-for-first-time/91920

Bonneville Power Administration Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2016/05/bonneville-power-administration.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Feds Reject Request to Lift Snake River Fall Chinook Listing (Associated Press)

http://mynorthwest.com/301893/feds-reject-request-to-lift-snake-river-fall-chinook-listing/

Washington State, Tribes Reaching Agreement over Puget Sound Salmon Fishing (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/tech/science/environment/state-tribes-reach-agreement-over-salmon-fishing/215019034

Michigan Officials to Consider Rules on Fish ‘Chumming’ (Associated Press)

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/05/26/michigan-officials-to-consider-rules-on-fish-chumming/

Salmon Passage Debate Nets State Title for Reardan FFA (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/may/25/in-brief-salmon-passage-debate-nets-state-title-fo/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Thieves Steal Stream Monitoring Equipment at Multiple Washington State Rivers (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160526/NEWS01/160529340

Congress Wading into California’s Long-Running Water War (Associated Press)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-wading-californias-long-running-water-war-183201383--politics.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Franklin PUD Community Solar Making Power, Shade (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article79957192.html

Clallam PUD’s Solar Project Perseveres (Sequim Gazette, WA)

http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/380850601.html

Nevada: Millions Raised on Both Sides of Rooftop Solar Tax Initiative Referendum (Las Vegas Review Journal, NV)

http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/millions-raised-both-sides-rooftop-solar-tax-initiative-referendum

With Huge Peace River Dam Project in the Wings, Two British Columbia Wind Farm Projects Halted (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/two-bc-wind-farm-projects-halted-with-huge-site-c-dam-in-wings/article30170273/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

LED Sales Top 25% of Market for First Time, More Growth to Come (The Energy Collective)

http://www.theenergycollective.com/djwamsted/2379249/led-sales-top-25-of-market-for-first-time-more-growth-to-come

EnerNOC Is Selling Its Utility Engagement Software Business (GreenTech Media)

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/enernoc-puts-utility-engagement-software-up-for-sale

Planning a Trip? Here’s How to Save Energy at Home While You’re Gone (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/living/planning-a-trip-heres-how-to-save-energy-at-home-while-youre-gone/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Mason County’s Green Economy: Marijuana Sales Grow (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/mason-county-s-green-economy-marijuana-sales-grow/article_343f5c84-22d8-11e6-b7c4-f7d91c888075.html

Federal ​Marijuana Smuggling Is Declining In The Era Of Legal Weed (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/26/federal%E2%80%8B-marijuana-smuggling-is-declining-in-the-era-of-legal-weed/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Cloud Seeding Challenges Our Understanding of Global Warming (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0526/Cloud-seeding-challenges-our-understanding-of-global-warming

Editorial: The Portland School Board’s Climate-Change Meltdown (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/05/portland_school_board_serves_u.html

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Solar Impulse lands in Pennsylvania (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36386858

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Microsoft Denies Forcing Windows 10 Upgrade (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/may/25/microsoft-denies-forcing-windows-10-upgrade/

AT&T’s Broadband Caps Go Live This Week – The Opening Salvo in an All-Out War on Cord Cutters (TechDirt)

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160524/06013534532/atts-broadband-caps-go-live-this-week-are-opening-salvo-all-out-war-cord-cutters.shtml

Verizon Strike Heads for Court Showdown Thursday (Trenton News Journal, DE)

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/2016/05/25/verizon-strike-heads-court-thursday/84904544/

Virginia: Norfolk Bringing Free Public Wi-Fi to Neighborhood (Associated Press)

http://wtop.com/virginia/2016/05/norfolk-bringing-free-public-wi-fi-to-neighborhood/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Tech Five: Twitter Ditching the Buy Button (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/05/26/tech-five-twitter-ditching-buy-button/84966528/

Is Vine Dying? A new analysis finds a “mass exodus” of the platform’s most popular accounts (Atlantic Magazine)

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/vines-death-knell-gets-louder/484301/

KPLU Supporters Reach $7 Million Mark (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article80036057.html

South Bend Apologizes for Lifting Salt Lake’s Tourism Campaign Almost Wholesale (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/south-bend-apologizes-lifting-salt-lakes-tourism-campaign-almost-wholesale-171695

Six Visual Apps for Creating Social Media Content (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/6-visual-apps-for-creating-social-media-content/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

LGBT Fight Sinks House Energy & Water Spending Bill (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/lgbt-fight-sinks-house-spending-bill-223606

Trump Reaches the Magic Number to Clinch Republican Presidential Nomination (Associated Press)

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6fb6b090e8734d8593c0dc65658a4afa/trump-reaches-magic-number-delegates-clinch-nomination

GENERAL NEWS

Olympic Panel of Shelton Will Close at the Cost of 217 Jobs (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/business/article79854142.html

Washington State Prepping Early for Wildfire Season (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/05/25/washington-state-prepping-early-for-wildlife-season/

Traffic Fatalities in the Pacific Northwest Rising at Fastest Rate in the Country (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/traffic-fatalities-northwest-rising-fastest-rate-country

Mason County Commission Renews Chemical Dependency, Mental Health Sales Tax (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/mason-leaders-renew-chemical-dependency-mental-health-sales-tax/article_6a82b566-22dd-11e6-aa71-8be6ae4eb6c3.html

Reception Held for Dave O’Leary, Retiring Shelton City Administrator (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/20558

Bing Cherry Crop a “Disaster”; 30 Percent Could Be Lost (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/business/local/bing-cherry-crop-a-disaster-percent-could-be-lost/article_8f05e8ce-2349-11e6-b6c6-2ba9ffc59add.html

Canadians Shamed for Disrespecting Iconic American Landmarks (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/yellowstone-internet-shaming-videos-1.3600196?cmp=rss

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

The 100 Best American Movies in Film History

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/the-100-best-american-movies-in-film-history-1778512589

This Man Lived as a Goat for Nearly a Week – We Asked Him Why (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/05/25/this-man-lived-as-a-goat-for-nearly-a-week-we-asked-him-why/

The Best African American Figure Skater in History is Now Bankrupt & Living in a Trailer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/the-mystery-of-why-the-best-african-american-figure-skater-in-history-went-bankrupt-and-lives-in-a-trailer/2016/02/25/a191972c-ce99-11e5-abc9-ea152f0b9561_story.html?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_1_na

McDonald’s Makes Green & Red Angry Birds Burgers, Just Makes People Angry

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/mcdonalds-makes-green-and-red-angry-birds-burgers-just-makes-people-angry-171685

SONG OF THE DAY

Jethro Tull – Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z2RzVhw4rE

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