SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Judge Rules Gov’t Can Keep Killing Salmon-Eating Birds
(Associated Press)
DOE: Converting Colstrip Coal Plant to Carbon Capture Would
Cost $1.2 Billion (Utility Dive)
Foot Dragging on Columbia River Treaty? (Electric Co-op
Today)
Energy Northwest Plans Solar Center, with Training
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Blame Your Lousy Internet on Poles – The war over high-speed
access is fought on 40-foot-high wooden sticks (BackChannel)
https://backchannel.com/blame-your-lousy-internet-on-poles-1998a85c3ed9?mc_cid=614332f8a6#.solceqjql
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- DOE: Converting Colstrip Coal Plant to Carbon Capture Would Cost $1.2 Billion
- Foot Dragging on Columbia River Treaty?
- Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Requests in Washington State
- Jefferson PUD Electric Rates Expected to Rise
- Seattle’s New, Over Budget Computer System Let Utility Customers See Others’ Bills
- U-S Secretary of Energy Recognizes BPA at Clean Energy Workshop
- Litigation Might Redefine FERC’s Reach on Power Prices
- Judge Rules Gov’t Can Keep Killing Salmon-Eating Birds
- Oregon Bans Targeting Forage Fish to Protect Ocean Ecosystems
- Chinook Season: Salmon Restorations Fuel Large Tribal Industry
- Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Program Catches Dip Slightly
- Lake Wenatchee Sockeye Fishery to Close
- Oregon Fishermen: Where Are All the Steelhead?
- Draining Oregon: Dwindling Groundwater Levels Gain New Urgency with Lawmakers
- Energy Northwest Plans Solar Center, with Training
- Portland General Electric Looks at Utility-Scale Solar, Additional Natural Gas Capacity at Carty
- Idaho: Shelley City Council Opposes Wind Turbines
- Members Like Solar; Does Your Co-op?
- How Intermittent Renewables Are Harming the Electricity Grid
- Lawyers Burnish Tesla’s Deal for SolarCity
- Op/Ed: Turn California’s Dead Trees into Electricity
- The Price of Cutting Carbon: More Natural Gas to Back Up Green Energy
- Blame Your Lousy Internet on Poles
- Why Boring Old Utility Poles Are the Next Broadband Battleground
- Editorial: Broadband for All Begins with More Public Wi-Fi
- Lake Oswego School District to Install Its Own ‘Dark’ Fiber
- Snapchat Will Hit Nearly $1 Billion in Ad Revenue by the End of 2017
- Facebook’s Key to Conquering the World: Beating the Ad Blockers
- Twitter Taking Steps to Be Even More Like a Cable Company
- Facebook Vertical Video Ads Just Went Live & Are Evidently Producing Great Results
- Washington State Supreme Court to Hear School Funding Debate
- Congress – Energy Conference to Kick Off Work Next Week
- Bosses More Impressed by Arriving Early Than Staying Late, Research Finds
- City of Shelton to Begin Construction on Shelton’s Brockdale Road Pathway
- Cape Kiwanda Pedestal: Collapse Could Lead to Fines, Criminal Charges
Solon • \SOE-lun\ • noun – 1: a wise and skillful lawgiver
*2: a member of a legislative body
The solon with the impressive mane of white hair stood to
speak in the assembled chamber that is the State Senate. On and on he droned
about the minutia of taxes on fruits and vegetables, meats and fish, milk and
dairy. The senator from Springfield was in a woozy haze from all this talk
about food and taxes. After two hours of the onslaught, all he saw was a huge
talking food pyramid with a white wig.
From Merriam-Webster – Solon was a particularly wise
lawgiver in ancient Athens who was born in approximately 630 B.C. and lived
until about 560 B.C. He was one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece, and he
implemented a number of reforms in Athenian law. In English, his name has been
used generically since at least 1625 to refer to any wise statesman.
Contemporary American journalists, with whom the term is especially popular,
have extended the meaning even further to include any member of a lawmaking
body, wise or not. In fact, today the word is sometimes used ironically for a
legislator who displays a marked lack of wisdom, rather than a profusion of it.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
DOE: Converting Colstrip Coal Plant to Carbon Capture Would
Cost $1.2 Billion (Utility Dive)
Foot Dragging on Columbia River Treaty? (Electric Co-op
Today)
Avista Makes Annual Price Adjustment Requests in Washington State
(Yahoo Finance)
Jefferson PUD Electric Rates Expected to Rise (Port Townsend
Leader, WA)
Seattle’s New, Over Budget Computer System Let Utility
Customers See Others’ Bills (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
U-S Secretary of Energy Recognizes BPA at Clean Energy
Workshop (Electric Energy Online)
Litigation Might Redefine FERC’s Reach on Power Prices
(E&E Publishing)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Judge Rules Gov’t Can Keep Killing Salmon-Eating Birds (Associated
Press)
Oregon Bans Targeting Forage Fish to Protect Ocean
Ecosystems (Oregonian, Portland)
Chinook Season: Salmon Restorations Fuel Large Tribal
Industry (Hood River News, OR)
Columbia River Northern Pikeminnow Reward Program Catches
Dip Slightly (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Lake Wenatchee Sockeye Fishery to Close (North Central
Washington Live, East Wenatchee, WA)
Oregon Fishermen: Where Are All the Steelhead? (KOIN-TV, Portland,
OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Draining Oregon: Dwindling Groundwater Levels Gain New
Urgency with Lawmakers (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Energy Northwest Plans Solar Center, with Training
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Portland General Electric Looks at Utility-Scale Solar,
Additional Natural Gas Capacity at Carty (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Idaho: Shelley City Council Opposes Wind Turbines (National
Wind Watch)
Members Like Solar; Does Your Co-op? (Electric Co-op Today)
How Intermittent Renewables Are Harming the Electricity Grid
(Oil Price)
Lawyers Burnish Tesla’s Deal for SolarCity (NY Times)
Op/Ed: Turn California’s Dead Trees into Electricity (SF
Chronicle)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The Price of Cutting Carbon: More Natural Gas to Back Up
Green Energy (Forbes Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Blame Your Lousy Internet on Poles – The war over high-speed
access is fought on 40-foot-high wooden sticks (BackChannel)
https://backchannel.com/blame-your-lousy-internet-on-poles-1998a85c3ed9?mc_cid=614332f8a6#.solceqjql
Why Boring Old Utility Poles Are the Next Broadband
Battleground (Broadband Reports)
Editorial: Broadband for All Begins with More Public Wi-Fi
(Omaha World-Herald, NE)
Lake Oswego School District to Install Its Own ‘Dark’ Fiber
(Pamplin Media Group, Portland, OR)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Snapchat Will Hit Nearly $1 Billion in Ad Revenue by the End
of 2017 (AdWeek)
Facebook’s Key to Conquering the World: Beating the Ad
Blockers (AdWeek)
Twitter Taking Steps to Be Even More Like a Cable Company (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/sep/04/twitter-taking-steps-to-be-even-more-like-a-cable-company/
Facebook Vertical Video Ads Just Went Live & Are
Evidently Producing Great Results (AdWeek)
POLITICS & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Supreme Court to Hear School Funding Debate
(KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Congress – Energy Conference to Kick Off Work Next Week (The
Hill, Washington, DC)
Bosses More Impressed by Arriving Early Than Staying Late,
Research Finds (Oregonian, Portland)
GENERAL NEWS
City of Shelton to Begin Construction on Shelton’s Brockdale
Road Pathway (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Cape Kiwanda Pedestal: Collapse Could Lead to Fines,
Criminal Charges (Oregonian, Portland)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Canada’s “Spocking Fives” Phenomenon Surges in Tribute to
Leonard Nimoy
NYC Bay to Get Oysters on Beds Made from Recycled Toilets
That’s Not the Ticket: Toddler’s Littering Citation Dropped
Man Accused of Egging Ohio Home 100-Plus Times Enters Plea
SONG OF THE DAY
Van Morrison – Wavelength
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