The energy news digest is on a brief hiatus July 22 – July
29. It will probably come back with unnecessary souvenirs and a painful
sunburn: badges of recreation.
The news digest will return to regularly scheduled programming
August 1. Watch the Twitter feed or blog site for occasional tidbits as the
mood moves the digest(ion).
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
‘Way Too Many Problems’ With State’s Carbon-Reduction Rule,
Critics Say (Seattle Times, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
Fitch Warns Utilities: Retail Net Metering Could Damage Your
Creditworthiness (Utility Dive)
Atoms for Green Energy: What Role Should Nuclear Power Play
in Decarbonization? (Utility Dive)
Contract Awarded to Build Next Generation 911 Network (NCW
Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
Canada: Environmentalists Challenge BC Hydro’s Right to
Relocate Amphibians as Part of Peace River Dam Project (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Atoms for Green Energy: What Role Should Nuclear Power Play in Decarbonization?
- Idaho: Utilities Want Answers on Tuesday Power Outage
- Grid Hack Exposes Troubling Security Gaps for Local Utilities
- Herrera Beutler to Bonneville Power Administration on Wires: ‘Get It Done’
- Mining Bitcoins Is a Surprisingly Energy-Intensive Endeavor
- Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Protests FERC Market-Based Rate Restrictions
- Opinion: How the “Light Company” Got Smart on Energy & Consumers
- Woody Guthrie & BPA – An Unlikely Collaboration
- Canada: Environmentalists Challenge BC Hydro’s Right to Relocate Amphibians as Part of Peace River Dam Project
- Fitch Warns Utilities: Retail Net Metering Could Damage Your Creditworthiness
- Editorial: Kittitas County Solar Panel Debate Will Be Heated
- A Major Shift in the Solar-Utility Relationship
- Does the Bureau of Land Management Stand in the Way of Hillary Clinton’s Renewable Dreams?
- Germany & China Are Beating the U-S in Energy Efficiency
- Stay Cool, Pay Less for Electricity This Summer
- ‘Way Too Many Problems’ With State’s Carbon-Reduction Rule, Critics Say
- Weather Company Deploying Sensors in South America, Africa to Improve Forecasting
- First Hydrogen Fueling Station Network in U-S Now Stretches across California
- Contract Awarded to Build Next Generation 911 Network
- Twitter Test Redesigns How You Compose New Tweets
- Why Some People Choose to Take on Their Twitter Trolls
- Facebook’s Live Videos Can Now Be Twice as Long
- Google Maps Is Turning Over a Billion Users Into Editors
- How to Check If Someone Else is Using Your Social Media Accounts
- Mason County Realtors Endorse Neatherlin, Shutty, Griffey & MacEwen
- Fires, Landslides & Global Warming Are Issues in Lands Commissioner Race
- Oregon Elections Director Abruptly Resigns
- Seattle to Get Stretch of Sunny, Warm Weather through Next Week
- Community & Business Expo, Bite of Mason County Today
- So Long VHS: Last VCRs Rolling Off the Line This Month
Nonplussed • \NON-plust\ • Verb - To cause to be at a loss
as to what to say, think, or do: perplex.
Barty’s aggressive questioning during trial left the hapless
defense witness nonplussed. Although the man had been called as a character
witness for the “Burger King”, Barty relentlessly peppered him with questions
about “Ronald McDonald”, “Jack in the Box” and the “Taco Time Cactus”. “I don’t
know any of those guys,” whined the harried witness.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Atoms for Green Energy: What Role Should Nuclear Power Play
in Decarbonization? (Utility Dive)
Idaho: Utilities Want Answers on Tuesday Power Outage (Post
Falls Post-Register, ID)
Grid Hack Exposes Troubling Security Gaps for Local
Utilities (E&E Publishing)
Herrera Beutler to Bonneville Power Administration on Wires:
‘Get It Done’ (Goldendale Sentinel, WA)
Mining Bitcoins Is a Surprisingly Energy-Intensive Endeavor
(Forbes Magazine)
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Protests FERC Market-Based Rate
Restrictions (Utility Dive)
Opinion: How the “Light Company” Got Smart on Energy &
Consumers (Forbes Magazine)
Woody Guthrie & BPA – An Unlikely Collaboration (Bonneville Power Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Canada: Environmentalists Challenge BC Hydro’s Right to
Relocate Amphibians as Part of Peace River Dam Project (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Fitch Warns Utilities: Retail Net Metering Could Damage Your
Creditworthiness (Utility Dive)
Editorial: Kittitas County Solar Panel Debate Will Be Heated
(Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
A Major Shift in the Solar-Utility Relationship (Seeking
Alpha)
Does the Bureau of Land Management Stand in the Way of
Hillary Clinton’s Renewable Dreams? (Politico)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Germany & China Are Beating the U-S in Energy Efficiency
Mashable)
Stay Cool, Pay Less for Electricity This Summer (USA Today)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
‘Way Too Many Problems’ With State’s Carbon-Reduction Rule,
Critics Say (Seattle Times, WA -
Paywall Advisory)
Weather Company Deploying Sensors in South America, Africa to
Improve Forecasting (Mashable)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
First Hydrogen Fueling Station Network in U-S Now Stretches
across California (Breaking Energy)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Contract Awarded to Build Next Generation 911 Network (NCW
Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Twitter Test Redesigns How You Compose New Tweets (Mashable)
Why Some People Choose to Take on Their Twitter Trolls
(Mashable)
Facebook’s Live Videos Can Now Be Twice as Long (Mashable)
Google Maps Is Turning Over a Billion Users Into Editors (Tech
Crunch)
How to Check If Someone Else is Using Your Social Media
Accounts (Gizmodo)
POLITICS & MANAGEMENT
Mason County Realtors Endorse Neatherlin, Shutty, Griffey
& MacEwen (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Fires, Landslides & Global Warming Are Issues in Lands
Commissioner Race (Northwest Public Radio)
http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/fires-landslides-and-global-warming-are-issues-lands-commissioner-race
Oregon Elections Director Abruptly Resigns (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
GENERAL NEWS
Seattle to Get Stretch of Sunny, Warm Weather through Next
Week (Northwest Cable News Network)
Community & Business Expo, Bite of Mason County Today
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
So Long VHS: Last VCRs Rolling Off the Line This Month (Consumerist)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Postage Stamp Earns World Record after Traveling to Pluto
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0720/Postage-stamp-earns-world-record-after-traveling-to-Pluto
Fire Kills Snakes & Alligators at Coastal Nature Center
Video: Pee Wee Fire & Snakes
Woman Falls in Love with Bookstore Twitter Account – Marries
the Man behind It
Woman Suffers Third-Degree Burns from Pennies Left in Hot SUV
SONG OF THE DAY
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring
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