Friday, August 5, 2016

Energy News Digest for August 5, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

California Voters Could Decide Future of Climate Change Program (Reuters)

California Files First State Clean Power Plan Compliance Draft despite Supreme Court Stay (Utility Dive)

Op/Ed: Columbia Generating Station, a Nuclear Plant, Performs Well (Oregonian, Portland)

Nevada Supreme Court Rejects Net Metering Ballot Proposal (Utility Dive)

FCC Launches Mapping Tool to Explore Link between Health, Broadband Access (Mobihealth News)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • California Files First State Clean Power Plan Compliance Draft despite Supreme Court Stay
  • Op/Ed: Columbia Generating Station, a Nuclear Plant, Performs Well
  • Chelan PUD’s Suzanne Grassell honored as Influential Woman in Hydropower
  • Pacific Gas & Electric Deal Would Cut California Customers’ Power Bill
  • Xcel Proposes Massive, $500 Million Upgrade of Colorado Electric Meters
  • Montana: Missouri River Dropping as Black Eagle Dam Maintenance Begins
  • Feds Give Apple Approval to Sell Electricity
  • Columbia River Fishing Reports Show Good Number of Fish Moving Upstream to Catch
  • Ninth Circuit Upholds Federal Fishery Limits off Pacific Northwest Coast
  • Water Bottling Plans Cause Controversy in Waitsburg
  • The Sneaky Reason U-S Coastlines Are Becoming More Polluted
  • Nevada Supreme Court Rejects Net Metering Ballot Proposal
  • California: Can America’s First Floating Wind Farm Shake Off Environmental Concerns?
  • ‘Go Time’: First U-S Offshore Wind Facility Enters Final Construction Phase
  • Everyone Despises SolarCity Deal, Except Tesla Shareholders
  • Orcas Power & Light Rebates Beginning To Dwindle
  • Puyallup Tribe Pursuing Medical Marijuana Grow after Signing Deal with Washington State
  • California Voters Could Decide Future of Climate Change Program
  • Electric Vehicle Show & Rally to be Held in Yakima Friday
  • Groups Set to Sue over Polluted Fairbanks Air
  • Real-Life MacGyver Hacks Together a Hydroelectric Generator to Charge His Phone
  • FCC Launches Mapping Tool to Explore Link between Health, Broadband Access
  • ‘Business as Usual’ at Yahoo! after Verizon Acquisition
  • CenturyLink Loses 65,000 Broadband Customers in Second Quarter
  • Washington State’s Largest Community College Partners with Coding School to Meet Demand for Tech Workers
  • Comcast Will Continue Using Overseas Call Centers
  • Marketing to Olympic Audiences? This Infographic Could Mean Campaign Gold
  • Customer Advocacy: How to Get People to Talk About Your Company
  • How to Use the Twitter Dashboard
  • Famous Headlines, Rewritten for Facebook’s New Clickbait Policy
  • Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
  • Mason County Primary Election Results – Updated 5 PM 8/4/15
  • Badger Mountain Yields Huge Illegal Marijuana Grow
  • ‘American Pickers’ Coming to Washington State, Looking for Collections
  • FCC Adjusts, But Still Can’t Implement, Caps on Sky-High Rates Prisoners Pay to Call Home
  • Next Week’s Perseid Meteor Shower Could Be Like No Other
WORD OF THE DAY

Benedict • \BEN-uh-dikt\ • Noun – Newly married man who has long been a bachelor.

Sir John could not understand his new wife’s irritation with his slovenly habits. As the town’s latest benedict, he felt that his 40 years of single life had molded him into the perfect model of what a husband should be. Besides, eating “Spaghetti-O’s” straight from the can was a perfect example of dining and dishwashing efficiency.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

California Files First State Clean Power Plan Compliance Draft despite Supreme Court Stay (Utility Dive)

Op/Ed: Columbia Generating Station, a Nuclear Plant, Performs Well (Oregonian, Portland)

Chelan PUD’s Suzanne Grassell honored as Influential Woman in Hydropower (NWC Life, East Wenatchee, WA)

Pacific Gas & Electric Deal Would Cut California Customers’ Power Bill (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Xcel Proposes Massive, $500 Million Upgrade of Colorado Electric Meters (Denver Business Journal, CO)

Montana: Missouri River Dropping as Black Eagle Dam Maintenance Begins (Great Falls Tribune, MT)

Feds Give Apple Approval to Sell Electricity (Washington Examiner)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbia River Fishing Reports Show Good Number of Fish Moving Upstream to Catch (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Ninth Circuit Upholds Federal Fishery Limits off Pacific Northwest Coast (Courthouse News Service)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Water Bottling Plans Cause Controversy in Waitsburg (Northwest Public Radio)

The Sneaky Reason U-S Coastlines Are Becoming More Polluted (Gizmodo)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Nevada Supreme Court Rejects Net Metering Ballot Proposal (Utility Dive)

California: Can America’s First Floating Wind Farm Shake Off Environmental Concerns? (The Guardian, UK)

‘Go Time’: First U-S Offshore Wind Facility Enters Final Construction Phase (Utility Dive)

Everyone Despises SolarCity Deal, Except Tesla Shareholders (NY Times)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Orcas Power & Light Rebates Beginning To Dwindle (The Islands Sounder, Eastsound, WA)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Puyallup Tribe Pursuing Medical Marijuana Grow after Signing Deal with Washington State (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

California Voters Could Decide Future of Climate Change Program (Reuters)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Electric Vehicle Show & Rally to be Held in Yakima Friday (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

Groups Set to Sue over Polluted Fairbanks Air (Juneau Empire, AK)

Real-Life MacGyver Hacks Together a Hydroelectric Generator to Charge His Phone (Gizmodo)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC Launches Mapping Tool to Explore Link between Health, Broadband Access (Mobihealth News)

‘Business as Usual’ at Yahoo! after Verizon Acquisition (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

CenturyLink Loses 65,000 Broadband Customers in Second Quarter (Broadband Reports)

Washington State’s Largest Community College Partners with Coding School to Meet Demand for Tech Workers (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

Comcast Will Continue Using Overseas Call Centers (Consumerist)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Marketing to Olympic Audiences? This Infographic Could Mean Campaign Gold (AdWeek)

Customer Advocacy: How to Get People to Talk About Your Company (Social Media Examiner)

How to Use the Twitter Dashboard (Social Media Examiner)

Famous Headlines, Rewritten for Facebook’s New Clickbait Policy (The Atlantic Magazine)

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Mason County Primary Election Results – Updated 5 PM 8/4/15 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

Badger Mountain Yields Huge Illegal Marijuana Grow (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

‘American Pickers’ Coming to Washington State, Looking for Collections (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

FCC Adjusts, But Still Can’t Implement, Caps on Sky-High Rates Prisoners Pay to Call Home (Consumerist)

Next Week’s Perseid Meteor Shower Could Be Like No Other (Mashable)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Map Shows Which NFL Team Each State Thinks Will Win This Year’s Super Bowl

Homeowner Regrets Letting Campers Live in Backyard

Woman’s 1.3-Carat Wedding Ring Found in Lake Michigan

Dog from Texas, missing for years, finds his way home

SONG OF THE DAY

NFL Films – Drive to Glory

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