Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Energy News Digest for October 26, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS



HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Shelton City Manager Calls for Accountability with City Projects (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Ag Voices Must Be Heard on Columbia River System; Group Says (Capital Press)

Google Fiber Puts Portland on a Shelf (Oregonian, Portland)

Clouds Gather in Rooftop Solar’s Biggest U-S Market (Reuters)

Marijuana Tax Brings in $45 Million for Washington – Nine More States Consider Legalization (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Ag Voices Must Be Heard on Columbia River System; Group Says
  • NuScale Getting Ready for Design Certification Submission
  • Jefferson PUD Sets November 10 for Rate-Hike Hearing
  • U-S Wants Mexico Under Electric Grid Security Pact Before Year’s End
  • ‘Solar Winds’ Spur Geomagnetic Storm That May Affect Power
  • Living on Borrowed Time: Yakima-Tieton Canal Is More Than 100 Years Old, But Replacement Won’t Be Cheap
  • Clouds Gather in Rooftop Solar’s Biggest U-S Market
  • Rhode Island: Wind Industry Celebrates Offshore Farm, Discusses Next Steps
  • Marijuana Tax Brings in $45 Million for Washington – Nine More States Consider Legalization
  • France to Drop Carbon Tax Plan: Les Echos
  • India’s Air-Conditioning & Climate Change Quandary
  • Google Fiber Puts Portland on a Shelf
  • Google Fiber Broadband Plan Scaled Back
  • Pole Attachments – Comcast Sues Nashville to Slow Google Fiber
  • ‘This Attack Was Different’ – Cyberthreat Draws Utility Warnings
  • Pennsylvania: Counties Put Telephone Companies on the Hook for Under-Billed 911 Fees
  • Three Social Media Tactics for Businesses That Struggle with Social
  • Audio: Social Media Company Twitter Struggles Financially
  • Shelton City Manager Calls for Accountability with City Projects
  • Potential Juror Bias Weighed in Conspiracy Trial of Oregon Militants
  • Washington Tribes Call for Better Federal Consultation
  • Enough Supplies for Two Weeks? Changes to Earthquake Preparedness
  • Vanport, City That Was – Destroyed by Columbia River Flood
  • City of Shelton Completes Work on Brockdale Road Pedestrian Pathway
  • Vatican Clarifies the Rules for Cremation: Bury, Don’t Scatter
WORD OF THE DAY

Docent • \DOE-sent\ • Noun – 1: a college or university teacher or lecturer 2: a person who leads guided tours especially through a museum or art gallery.

“I wonder what Mona Lisa would look like with a moustache; possibly a goatee,” mused Sergei, as he trailed behind the gravelly-voiced docent who led his group through the gloomy evening darkness of the Louvre.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Ag Voices Must Be Heard on Columbia River System; Group Says (Capital Press)

NuScale Getting Ready for Design Certification Submission (The Energy Collective)

Jefferson PUD Sets November 10 for Rate-Hike Hearing (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

U-S Wants Mexico Under Electric Grid Security Pact Before Year’s End (Washington Examiner)

‘Solar Winds’ Spur Geomagnetic Storm That May Affect Power (Bloomberg News)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Living on Borrowed Time: Yakima-Tieton Canal Is More Than 100 Years Old, But Replacement Won’t Be Cheap (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Clouds Gather in Rooftop Solar’s Biggest U-S Market (Reuters)

Rhode Island: Wind Industry Celebrates Offshore Farm, Discusses Next Steps (Associated Press)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Marijuana Tax Brings in $45 Million for Washington – Nine More States Consider Legalization (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

France to Drop Carbon Tax Plan: Les Echos (Reuters)

India’s Air-Conditioning & Climate Change Quandary (NY Times)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Fiber Puts Portland on a Shelf (Oregonian, Portland)

Google Fiber Broadband Plan Scaled Back (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Pole Attachments – Comcast Sues Nashville to Slow Google Fiber (Broadband Reports)

‘This Attack Was Different’ – Cyberthreat Draws Utility Warnings (E&E News)

Pennsylvania: Counties Put Telephone Companies on the Hook for Under-Billed 911 Fees (NACo News)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Three Social Media Tactics for Businesses That Struggle with Social (Social Media Examiner)

Audio: Social Media Company Twitter Struggles Financially (National Public Radio)

GENERAL NEWS

Shelton City Manager Calls for Accountability with City Projects (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Potential Juror Bias Weighed in Conspiracy Trial of Oregon Militants (Reuters)

Washington Tribes Call for Better Federal Consultation (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

Enough Supplies for Two Weeks? Changes to Earthquake Preparedness (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Vanport, City That Was – Destroyed by Columbia River Flood (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

City of Shelton Completes Work on Brockdale Road Pedestrian Pathway (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Vatican Clarifies the Rules for Cremation: Bury, Don’t Scatter (NY Times)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Message in a Bottle Discovered Long After Cast Out to Sea

Cat Missing for Months Returns on Owner’s Birthday

Youth League Kicks Out Team After Man Plays in Football Game

94-Year-Old Who Has Been Fire Chief Since 1953 Is Retiring

SONG OF THE DAY

Elvis Costello – Penny Lane

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