Energy News Digest for January 26, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for January 26, 2017

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Suspect in Shelton-Area Double Homicide Dies During Standoff from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/update-double-homicide-suspect-has-died-from-self-inflicted-gunshot/article_cbbbda3e-e389-11e6-b45c-47817889a513.html

Portland General Electric Draws Fire from All Sides in Power Plan Comments (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/01/25/pge-draws-fire-from-all-sides-in-power-plan.html

Prineville Is Running Out of Electricity, Jeopardizing New Manufacturing Jobs (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2017/01/prineville_is_running_out_of_e.html

500,000 Cowlitz Hatchery Smolt Vanish (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/cowlitz-hatchery-smolt-vanish/article_92f3eb43-2f6a-5b60-ba6b-0d4d83d66b36.html

Pumped-Storage Hydropower Shows Promise for Boosting Energy Storage (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2017/01/pumped-storage-hydropower-shows-promise-for-boosting-energy-storage.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Portland General Electric Draws Fire from All Sides in Power Plan Comments
• Prineville Is Running Out of Electricity, Jeopardizing New Manufacturing Jobs
• Puget Sound Energy Hasn’t Tracked Abandoned Gas Lines; Businesses Want Utility to Pay for Explosion
• Tacoma Power Releasing Water in Skokomish River
• British Columbia: Government Under Pressure to Give Big BC Hydro Businesses Tax Break
• Peace River Dam Site Ruling Shows Canadian Courts Don’t Take Reconciliation Seriously, Says Law Professor
• President Trump’s Infrastructure Priority Plan Includes Transmission, Wind, Energy Storage
• What Can You Do When the Utility Company Says You Owe a Bill You Can’t Pay?
• 500,000 Cowlitz Hatchery Smolt Vanish
• Nisqually Tribe Won’t Fish Chum After Historic Decision
• Oregon Lawmaker Promises ‘Dog Fight’ Over Gillnets in Legislature
• Op/Ed: Partnership Brings New Direction to Columbia Basin Salmon
• Climate Change, Jobs Focus in Second Day of Kalama Shoreline Methanol Hearings
• Feds Look to Increase Water Storage in Boise River System
• Pumped-Storage Hydropower Shows Promise for Boosting Energy Storage
• A Wind Turbine with Flapping Wings Might Be Quieter & Safer for Birds
• Michigan Solar Project Scrapped After Developer ‘Disappeared,’ City Claims
• How Solar Cells Turn Sunlight into Electricity
• Idaho: Moscow Residents Complain About Too-Bright LED Streetlights
• Inside Inslee’s Carbon Tax: A Gift for King Coal
• Alaska Natives to Protect Land for California Carbon Program
• Tesla Charging Stations Staying in Aberdeen
• To Enable EV Grid Services, States Need More Electric Cars on the Road
• Salt Water Is All You Need to Power This Lamp for 80 Hours
• New Push to Restrict Law Enforcement Surveillance Cameras on Seattle City Light Poles
• Verizon Is Reportedly in Talks to Merge with Charter, America’s Second-Biggest Cable Company
• Google & Netflix Join Fight Against Municipal Broadband Restrictions
• It Started in a Park: Rogue Twitter Accounts Spring Up to Fight Donald Trump on Climate Change
• Some Firms Are Harnessing Trump’s Tweets as a Marketing Strategy
• How to Improve Your Blog Posts with YouTube Videos
• Washington Secretary of State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud
• GOP Leaders: Bill to Build Wall Will Cost Up to $15 Billion
• Wildfire Operations Unaffected by Trump Administration’s ‘Media Blackout,’ Hiring Freeze
• Suspect in Shelton-Area Double Homicide Dies During Standoff from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
• Two Flu Deaths in Mason County
• Spokane County Settles Public Records Lawsuit for $100,000

WORD OF THE DAY

Disremember • \dis-rih-MEM-ber\ • Verb – Forget

“I must say, that I disremember the details of the dismembering of the different elements of my energy company,” droned the energy trader at his trial. “I do remember that our lawyers were out of the room at the time, so we may have just been joking,” he quipped, while slowly winking at attractive juror number 6.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Portland General Electric Draws Fire from All Sides in Power Plan Comments (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/01/25/pge-draws-fire-from-all-sides-in-power-plan.html

Prineville Is Running Out of Electricity, Jeopardizing New Manufacturing Jobs (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2017/01/prineville_is_running_out_of_e.html

Puget Sound Energy Hasn’t Tracked Abandoned Gas Lines; Businesses Want Utility to Pay for Explosion (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/greenwood-business-owners-call-for-pse-to-pay-for-gas-blast/

Tacoma Power Releasing Water in Skokomish River (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/23646

British Columbia: Government Under Pressure to Give Big BC Hydro Businesses Tax Break (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-government-under-pressure-to-give-businesses-hydro-tax-break/article33769530/?cmpid=rss1

Peace River Dam Site Ruling Shows Canadian Courts Don’t Take Reconciliation Seriously, Says Law Professor (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/site-c-ruling-shows-canadian-courts-don-t-take-reconciliation-seriously-says-law-professor-1.3952267?cmp=rss

President Trump’s Infrastructure Priority Plan Includes Transmission, Wind, Energy Storage (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-infrastructure-priority-plan-includes-transmission-wind-energy-stor/434754/

What Can You Do When the Utility Company Says You Owe a Bill You Can’t Pay? (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/01/26/what-can-you-do-when-the-utility-company-says-you-owe-a-bill-you-cant-pay/

FISH & WILDLIFE

500,000 Cowlitz Hatchery Smolt Vanish (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/cowlitz-hatchery-smolt-vanish/article_92f3eb43-2f6a-5b60-ba6b-0d4d83d66b36.html

Nisqually Tribe Won’t Fish Chum After Historic Decision (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/tech/science/environment/nisqually-tribe-wont-fish-chum-after-historic-decision/392884477

Oregon Lawmaker Promises ‘Dog Fight’ Over Gillnets in Legislature (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/01/oregon_lawmaker_promises_dog_f.html

Op/Ed: Partnership Brings New Direction to Columbia Basin Salmon (Opinion)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/01/partnership_brings_new_directi.html

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

Climate Change, Jobs Focus in Second Day of Kalama Shoreline Methanol Hearings (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/climate-change-jobs-focus-in-second-day-of-shoreline-methanol/article_2b13a4dc-d248-5d59-87dd-244bcbaf5c36.html

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Feds Look to Increase Water Storage in Boise River System (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/26/feds-look-to-increase-water-storage-in-boise-river/

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Pumped-Storage Hydropower Shows Promise for Boosting Energy Storage (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2017/01/pumped-storage-hydropower-shows-promise-for-boosting-energy-storage.html

A Wind Turbine with Flapping Wings Might Be Quieter & Safer for Birds (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/a-wind-turbine-with-flapping-wings-might-be-quieter-and-1791620135

Michigan Solar Project Scrapped After Developer ‘Disappeared,’ City Claims (Midwest Energy News)

http://midwestenergynews.com/2017/01/25/michigan-solar-project-scrapped-after-developer-disappeared-city-claims/

How Solar Cells Turn Sunlight into Electricity (Cosmos)

https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/how-solar-cells-turn-sunlight-into-electricity

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Idaho: Moscow Residents Complain About Too-Bright LED Streetlights (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/24/moscow-residents-complain-about-too-bright-led-str/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Inside Inslee’s Carbon Tax: A Gift for King Coal (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2017/01/inside-inslees-carbon-tax-a-gift-for-king-coal/

Alaska Natives to Protect Land for California Carbon Program (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/business/article128919944.html

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Tesla Charging Stations Staying in Aberdeen (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/tesla-staying-aberdeen/

To Enable EV Grid Services, States Need More Electric Cars on the Road (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/to-enable-ev-grid-services-states-need-more-electric-cars-on-the-road/434699/

Salt Water Is All You Need to Power This Lamp for 80 Hours (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/salt-water-is-all-you-need-to-power-this-lamp-for-80-ho-1791649112

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

New Push to Restrict Law Enforcement Surveillance Cameras on Seattle City Light Poles (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/523716/surveillance-cameras-on-city-poles/

Verizon Is Reportedly in Talks to Merge with Charter, America’s Second-Biggest Cable Company (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/26/verizon-is-reportedly-in-talks-to-merge-with-chart/

Google & Netflix Join Fight Against Municipal Broadband Restrictions (Ars Technica)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/google-and-netflix-join-fight-against-municipal-broadband-restrictions/

MARKETING & MEDIA

It Started in a Park: Rogue Twitter Accounts Spring Up to Fight Donald Trump on Climate Change (Washington Post)

http://gazette.com/rogue-twitter-accounts-spring-up-to-fight-donald-trump-on-climate-change/article/1595199

Some Firms Are Harnessing Trump’s Tweets as a Marketing Strategy (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2017/01/24/511415043/how-businesses-are-using-trump-s-tweets-as-a-marketing-strategy

How to Improve Your Blog Posts with YouTube Videos (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-improve-blog-posts-with-youtube-videos/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington Secretary of State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud (Associated Press)

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/washington/washington-secretary-of-state-no-evidence-of-voter-fraud/393253173

GOP Leaders: Bill to Build Wall Will Cost Up to $15 Billion (Associated Press)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/jan/26/gop-leaders-bill-to-build-wall-will-cost-up-to-15-billion/

Wildfire Operations Unaffected by Trump Administration’s ‘Media Blackout,’ Hiring Freeze (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/wildfire-operations-unaffected-trump-administrations-media-blackout-hiring-freeze

GENERAL NEWS

Suspect in Shelton-Area Double Homicide Dies During Standoff from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/update-double-homicide-suspect-has-died-from-self-inflicted-gunshot/article_cbbbda3e-e389-11e6-b45c-47817889a513.html

Two Flu Deaths in Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/23663

Spokane County Settles Public Records Lawsuit for $100,000 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/24/spokane-county-settles-public-records-lawsuit-for-/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Mary Tyler Moore Dies at 80

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/arts/television/mary-tyler-moore-dead.html?_r=0

Charter Takes Heat for Absurdly Bad Security Advice

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Charter-Takes-Heat-For-Absurdly-Bad-Security-Advice-138808

Kraft Heinz Employees Get Day Off After Super Bowl

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kraft-heinz-employees-day-off-super-bowl-152206346.html

Horse Left Behind in Wyoming Wilderness Survives for 6 Weeks

https://www.yahoo.com/news/horse-left-behind-survives-6-weeks-wyoming-wilderness-051953422.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Love Is All Around – Mary Tyler Moore Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuuYvQsN-ak

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48 Spine Chilling Linemen Photos During Work (Infotainworld)

http://infotainworld.com/48-spine-chilling-linemen-photos-during-work/

Energy News Digest for January 24, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for January 24, 2017

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Price of Salmon Spiking Amid Recent Sea Lice Outbreaks (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/01/23/price-of-salmon-spiking-amid-recent-sea-lice-outbreaks/

Oregon Solar Policies Rated Fourth Best in Nation, But Could Fade Next Year (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/01/24/oregon-solar-policies-rated-fourth-best-in-nation.html

Relatives Criticize Pacific Gas & Electric for 2010 Pipeline Blast That Killed Eight (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-to-get-maximum-sentence-for-pipeline-safety-10878250.php

British Columbia: Federal Court Dismisses First Nations’ Challenge of Peace River Dam (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/federal-court-dismisses-first-nations-challenge-of-site-c-dam-1.3948830?cmp=rss

Trump Taps Net Neutrality Critic to Lead the FCC (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/01/23/meet-donald-trumps-official-new-fcc-chairman-ajit-pai/?utm_term=.a57aa2f11892

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• British Columbia: Federal Court Dismisses First Nations’ Challenge of Peace River Dam
• Relatives Criticize Pacific Gas & Electric for 2010 Pipeline Blast That Killed Eight
• Reports: Trump to Name LaFleur to Head FERC
• Lineman Dies While Making Repairs in Oklahoma Panhandle
• Florida: Tallahassee Storm Damage Underscores Need for Utility Improvements
• Hydrostor Seeks $1 Billion in Contracts to Replace Peaking Plants with Compressed Air Storage
• B-C Hydro Debt Puts Credit Rating at Risk
• Price of Salmon Spiking Amid Recent Sea Lice Outbreaks
• South Sound Tribes Eligible for Disaster Funding Because of Poor Fishing
• Nisqually Reach Purchase Protects Salmon Habitat
• Oregon Solar Policies Rated Fourth Best in Nation, But Could Fade Next Year
• Montana PURPA Battle Returns to PSC Jurisdiction After FERC Ruling
• Off Long Island, Wind Power Tests the Waters
• The Cost of Wind & Solar Intermittency
• Washington D-C Centric: Need a New Heating System? Here’s How to Get the Best Deal
• In California, a Legal Battle Over Carbon Emission Auctions
• Centers for Disease Control Cancels Upcoming Climate Conference, Won’t Say Why
• Trump Taps Net Neutrality Critic to Lead the FCC
• Yahoo Delays Its Sale to Verizon Until the Second Quarter
• Senate Committee Indefinitely Delays Votes on Rick Perry, Ryan Zinke
• Washington State Republicans Get Two EPA ‘Beachhead’ Posts
• Trump Abandons Trans-Pacific Partnership, Obama’s Signature Trade Deal
• Fill the Truck 2 a Big Success in Mason County
• Thousands Protest Abortion at Washington State Capitol During March for Life

WORD OF THE DAY

Draconian • \drack-CONE-ee-un\ • Adjective – Of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him 2: cruel; also: severe.

“I know that you’re upset about the lunch thefts from the lunchroom ‘fridge,” whined the CEO’s assistant. “But I think that blood tests and retina scans to get into the icebox are a little draconian.”

Draco was the first legislator of ancient Athens, Greece, 7th century BC. He replaced the prevailing system of oral law and blood feud by a written code to be enforced only by a court. Because of its harshness, this code also gave rise to the term “draconian”.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

British Columbia: Federal Court Dismisses First Nations’ Challenge of Peace River Dam (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/federal-court-dismisses-first-nations-challenge-of-site-c-dam-1.3948830?cmp=rss

Relatives Criticize Pacific Gas & Electric for 2010 Pipeline Blast That Killed Eight (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-to-get-maximum-sentence-for-pipeline-safety-10878250.php

Reports: Trump to Name LaFleur to Head FERC (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/reports-trump-to-name-lafleur-to-head-ferc/434619/

Lineman Dies While Making Repairs in Oklahoma Panhandle (Associated Press)

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/24/lineman-dies-while-making-repairs-in-oklahoma-panh/

Florida: Tallahassee Storm Damage Underscores Need for Utility Improvements (Tallahassee Democrat, FL)

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2017/01/23/tallahassee-storm-damage-underscores-need-utility-improvements/96954420/

Hydrostor Seeks $1 Billion in Contracts to Replace Peaking Plants with Compressed Air Storage (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/hydrostor-seeks-1b-in-contracts-to-replace-peaking-plants-with-compressed/434549/

B-C Hydro Debt Puts Credit Rating at Risk (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/business/b-c-hydro-debt-puts-credit-rating-at-risk-1.8588424

FISH & WILDLIFE

Price of Salmon Spiking Amid Recent Sea Lice Outbreaks (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/01/23/price-of-salmon-spiking-amid-recent-sea-lice-outbreaks/

South Sound Tribes Eligible for Disaster Funding Because of Poor Fishing (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article128316629.html

Nisqually Reach Purchase Protects Salmon Habitat (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article128313224.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Oregon Solar Policies Rated Fourth Best in Nation, But Could Fade Next Year (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/01/24/oregon-solar-policies-rated-fourth-best-in-nation.html

Montana PURPA Battle Returns to PSC Jurisdiction After FERC Ruling (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/montana-purpa-battle-returns-to-psc-jurisdiction-after-ferc-ruling/434594/

Off Long Island, Wind Power Tests the Waters (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/business/energy-environment/offshore-wind-energy-long-island.html

The Cost of Wind & Solar Intermittency (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2017/01/24/the-cost-of-wind-and-solar-intermittency/#1d44d09230cc

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Washington D-C Centric: Need a New Heating System? Here’s How to Get the Best Deal (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/where-we-live/wp/2017/01/24/need-a-new-heating-system-heres-how-to-get-the-best-deal/?utm_term=.eb166dc7081f

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

In California, a Legal Battle Over Carbon Emission Auctions (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0124/In-California-a-legal-battle-over-carbon-emission-auctions

Centers for Disease Control Cancels Upcoming Climate Conference, Won’t Say Why (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0124/CDC-cancels-upcoming-climate-conference-won-t-say-why

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Trump Taps Net Neutrality Critic to Lead the FCC (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/01/23/meet-donald-trumps-official-new-fcc-chairman-ajit-pai/?utm_term=.a57aa2f11892

MARKETING & MEDIA

Yahoo Delays Its Sale to Verizon Until the Second Quarter (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/technology/yahoo-verizon-sale-delayed.html?_r=0

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Senate Committee Indefinitely Delays Votes on Rick Perry, Ryan Zinke (NBC News)

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-committee-indefinitely-delays-votes-rick-perry-ryan-zinke-n711151

Washington State Republicans Get Two EPA ‘Beachhead’ Posts (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/washington-state-republicans-get-nod-two-epa-beachhead-posts

Trump Abandons Trans-Pacific Partnership, Obama’s Signature Trade Deal (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/us/politics/tpp-trump-trade-nafta.html

GENERAL NEWS

Fill the Truck 2 a Big Success in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/fill-the-truck-a-big-success-in-mason-county/youtube_9e56d8d4-e1e3-11e6-a9b1-57b96f53b3bf.html

Thousands Protest Abortion at Washington State Capitol During March for Life (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article128334929.html

SPECIAL SAUCE; LETTUCE, CHEESE – DIVERSIONS

McDonald’s to Give Away 10,000 Bottles of Big Mac Sauce

https://consumerist.com/2017/01/24/mcdonalds-to-give-away-10000-bottles-of-big-mac-sauce/

Skittles Scattered Across Highway Were Destined for Cattle Feed: Mars Investigating

https://consumerist.com/2017/01/20/skittles-scattered-across-highway-were-destined-for-cattle-feed-mars-investigating/

Two Galaxies Got into a Fight & the Result Was Breathtaking

http://gizmodo.com/two-galaxies-got-into-a-fight-and-the-result-was-breath-1791558808

Disabled Rooster Loves His New Wheelchair

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/louise-rooster-wheelchair-sali-s-farm-1.3949064?cmp=rss

SONG OF THE DAY

Clint Black – Galaxy Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f32_b7eyKg

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Energy News Digest for January 23, 2017

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Weather Forecast for January 23, 2017

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Dave Aldrich, Former PUD Commissioner, Dies at 69 (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/news/dave-aldrich-former-pud-commissioner-dies-at-69/

3.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported in Olympic Peninsula (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2017/01/22/3-7-magnitude-earthquake-reported-in-olympic-peninsula/

Wave Broadband Buys Cascade Networks (Multichannel News)

http://www.multichannel.com/news/cable-operators/wave-broadband-buys-cascade-networks/410311

Oregon Will Defy Joint Fish Management on the Lower Columbia River (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2017/01/oregon_will_defy_joint_fish_ma_1.html

Legal, Political Clashes Will Settle Future of California’s Cap-And-Trade System (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/dan-walters/article127843199.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Dave Aldrich, Former PUD Commissioner, Dies at 69
• Okanogan, Douglas County PUDs Break Usage Records
• Stevenson, Washington, To Apply for Storm Relief Funds
• A Gassy Future? Debate Rages Over What Replaces Portland General Electric’s Boardman Coal Plant
• The Days of Cheap Natural Gas Are Over
• Natural Gas Prices in 2017 & 2018 Are Expected to Be Higher Than Last Year
• Compact, Prefab Power Plants May Revive Nuclear Option
• Utah: Rocky Mountain Power Offers $5,000 Reward to Catch San Juan County Copper Thieves
• Ten Trends Shaping the Electric Utility Industry in 2017
• Researchers Calculate Economic Cost of Major Solar Storm, & It’s Big
• 48 Spine Chilling Linemen Photos During Work
• Oregon Will Defy Joint Fish Management on the Lower Columbia River
• Hirst Water Decision Prompts Legislation
• Washington State Ecology Department Takes Heat Over Livestock Water Quality Permits
• Electricity-Storage Tech Facing Biggest Test Yet in California
• Trump White House Hits Pause on Obama Efficiency Standards
• Is Marijuana Money the Answer to Fund Washington State Schools?
• Oregon Marijuana Tax Revenues Take Late-Year Hit, Still Come in High
• Legal, Political Clashes Will Settle Future of California’s Cap-And-Trade System
• California Utilities Want $1 Billion to Promote Electric Cars
• Wave Broadband Buys Cascade Networks
• Texas: San Antonio City Officials Explain Google Fiber Pause
• Yahoo Is Under Scrutiny for Delaying Disclosure of Its Massive Data Breach
• Interior Department Reactivates Twitter Accounts After Shutdown Following Inauguration
• News Release: America’s Electric Co-ops: A Bridge to Rural America for the New Administration
• 3.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported in Olympic Peninsula
• Puget Sound Returns to Drier Weather with Close to Average Temperatures
• Southern California Pounded by Intense Storm & Flooding
• Storm System Roars Up U-S East Coast After Tornados Kill 18
• Head-On Hit & Run in Shelton

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Dave Aldrich, Former PUD Commissioner, Dies at 69 (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/news/dave-aldrich-former-pud-commissioner-dies-at-69/

Okanogan, Douglas County PUDs Break Usage Records (Quad City Herald, WA)

http://www.qcherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=8102

Stevenson, Washington, To Apply for Storm Relief Funds (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/columbia-gorge-ice-storm-stevenson-relief/

A Gassy Future? Debate Rages Over What Replaces Portland General Electric’s Boardman Coal Plant (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2017/01/debate_heating_up_over_pges_re.html

The Days of Cheap Natural Gas Are Over (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/arthurberman/2017/01/23/the-days-of-cheap-natural-gas-are-over/#53488f4bc32e

Natural Gas Prices in 2017 & 2018 Are Expected to Be Higher Than Last Year (U-S Energy Information Administration)

http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=29632

Compact, Prefab Power Plants May Revive Nuclear Option (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2017/01/22/compact-prefab-power-plants-may-revive-nuclear-option/96839164/

Utah: Rocky Mountain Power Offers $5,000 Reward to Catch San Juan County Copper Thieves (KCSG-TV, St George, UT)

http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/27348915/article-Rocky-Mountain-Power-offers-$5-000-reward-to-catch-San-Juan-County-copper-thieves?instance=more_local_news1

Ten Trends Shaping the Electric Utility Industry in 2017 (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/10-trends-shaping-the-electric-utility-industry-in-2017/434541/

Researchers Calculate Economic Cost of Major Solar Storm, & It’s Big (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0123/Researchers-calculate-economic-cost-of-major-solar-storm-and-it-s-big

48 Spine Chilling Linemen Photos During Work (Infotainworld)

http://infotainworld.com/48-spine-chilling-linemen-photos-during-work/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Oregon Will Defy Joint Fish Management on the Lower Columbia River (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2017/01/oregon_will_defy_joint_fish_ma_1.html

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Hirst Water Decision Prompts Legislation (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://kpq.com/hirst-decision-prompts-legislation/

Washington State Ecology Department Takes Heat Over Livestock Water Quality Permits (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/business/local/washington-state-ecology-department-takes-heat-over-water-quality-permits/article_e06af060-e06d-11e6-ae66-1397f6907402.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Electricity-Storage Tech Facing Biggest Test Yet in California (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2017/0123/Electricity-storage-tech-facing-biggest-test-yet-in-California

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Trump White House Hits Pause on Obama Efficiency Standards (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-white-house-hits-pause-on-obama-efficiency-standards/434505/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Is Marijuana Money the Answer to Fund Washington State Schools? (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/state-weighs-using-pot-revenue-to-plug-school-funding-gap/

Oregon Marijuana Tax Revenues Take Late-Year Hit, Still Come in High (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/01/23/oregon-marijuana-tax-revenues-take-late-year-hit.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Legal, Political Clashes Will Settle Future of California’s Cap-And-Trade System (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/dan-walters/article127843199.html

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

California Utilities Want $1 Billion to Promote Electric Cars (Bloomberg News)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-20/edison-seeks-570-million-to-expand-electric-vehicle-charging

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Wave Broadband Buys Cascade Networks (Multichannel News)

http://www.multichannel.com/news/cable-operators/wave-broadband-buys-cascade-networks/410311

Texas: San Antonio City Officials Explain Google Fiber Pause (San Antonio Express News, TX)

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/City-officials-explain-Google-Fiber-pause-10867136.php

MARKETING & MEDIA

Yahoo Is Under Scrutiny for Delaying Disclosure of Its Massive Data Breach (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/yahoo-under-scrutiny-delaying-disclosure-its-massive-data-breach-175701

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Interior Department Reactivates Twitter Accounts After Shutdown Following Inauguration (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/20/interior-department-banned-from-twitter-after-retweet-of-smaller-than-usual-trump-inauguration-crowd/

News Release: America’s Electric Co-ops: A Bridge to Rural America for the New Administration (NRECA)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/detail_news.php?ID=617239&cat=;90

GENERAL NEWS

3.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported in Olympic Peninsula (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2017/01/22/3-7-magnitude-earthquake-reported-in-olympic-peninsula/

Puget Sound Returns to Drier Weather with Close to Average Temperatures (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2017/01/23/puget-sound-returns-to-drier-weather-with-close-to-average-temperatures/

Southern California Pounded by Intense Storm & Flooding (Associated Press)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/southern-california-pounded-intense-storm-flooding-083109299.html?ref=gs

Storm System Roars Up U-S East Coast After Tornados Kill 18 (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-south-idUSKBN1560S2

Head-On Hit & Run in Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/23586

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

‘Lost’ Songs from Woody Guthrie’s Time in the PNW Found, Rolled into Double Album

http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/lost-songs-from-woody-guthries-time-in-the-pnw-found-rolled-into-double-album/

Indiana: Trucker Loses Trailer of 38,000 Pounds of Marbles on I-465

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/trucker-loses-trailer-of-pounds-of-marbles-on-i/article_4652c0c0-e585-5f21-bc9f-fd8f8f14c89f.html

Addictive Post: Police Say Men Advertised Heroin on Facebook

https://www.yahoo.com/news/addictive-post-police-men-advertised-heroin-facebook-181826756.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Woody Guthrie – This Land is Your Land

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1my1jn6QHzE

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Energy News Digest for January 20, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for January 20, 2017

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Grand Coulee Dam’s Operators Settle Over Allegations of Oil Releases into the Columbia River (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/19/grand-coulee-dams-operators-settle-over-allegation/

Benton PUD Says Cold Weather Drives Up Energy Bills (KEPR-TV, Tri-City, WA)

http://keprtv.com/news/local/benton-pud-says-cold-weather-drives-up-energy-bills

Fisheries Disaster Declared for Local Waters & Pacific Northwest (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/fisheries-disaster-declared-local-waters-pnw/

Feds Reject Idaho Utility's Bid to Negate Oregon Fish Law (Associated Press)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article127572314.html

Trump Takes Charge: Sworn in as Nation’s 45th President (Associated Press)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/jan/20/trump-takes-charge-sworn-in-as-nations-45th-president/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Grand Coulee Dam’s Operators Settle Over Allegations of Oil Releases into the Columbia River
• Benton PUD Says Cold Weather Drives Up Energy Bills
• How to Handle the Power Bill Hikes This Winter Season
• States Press President Trump to Open Yucca Mountain for Nuclear Waste
• Fisheries Disaster Declared for Local Waters & Pacific Northwest
• Feds Reject Idaho Utility's Bid to Negate Oregon Fish Law
• Northwest Power/Conservation Council Seeks Comments on Draft Research Plan to Guide Fish & Wildlife Program
• When the National Bird Is a Burden
• Water Supply Forecast for Dalles Dam Now 101 Percent of Normal, All Columbia Sub-Basins Above Normal
• Missouri Electric Co-Op Group Pens Bill Challenging Net Metering Policy
• Marijuana Group Passes Out Free Joints for Trump’s Inauguration
• Amazon Web Services Passes Google on Most Popular List
• Boulder Could Ask Voters to OK Tax for Citywide Broadband
• Netflix Powers Past Growth Expectations. What’s Next for the Streaming Service & TV?
• Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
• Trump Takes Charge: Sworn in as Nation’s 45th President
• Unemployment Hits New Low in December
• Woman Arrested for Threat to Washington State Governor
• Day of Giving to Help Shelton Students
• Flood Warning for Skokomish Extended

WORD OF THE DAY

Genius Loci • \JEEN-yus – LOW-sigh\ • Noun – 1: the pervading spirit of a place 2: a tutelary deity of a place

Ambrose lazily swirled his plastic spoon in his nightly serving of “Pork and Beans”. Dreamily he reached out and touched the base of his chipped, plastic Porky Pig statue that had represented the Genius Loci of his family for over forty years. “Oh Porky,” he intoned. “Please don’t think any less of me when I say that I LOVE eating this little square of pork fat swimming at the top of my daily dose of high fiber beans.” Porky remained stoic, just as he had for many other house guests over the years.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Grand Coulee Dam’s Operators Settle Over Allegations of Oil Releases into the Columbia River (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/19/grand-coulee-dams-operators-settle-over-allegation/

Benton PUD Says Cold Weather Drives Up Energy Bills (KEPR-TV, Tri-City, WA)

http://keprtv.com/news/local/benton-pud-says-cold-weather-drives-up-energy-bills

How to Handle the Power Bill Hikes This Winter Season (KNDO/KNDU, TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/34303702/how-to-handle-the-power-bill-hikes-this-winter-season

States Press President Trump to Open Yucca Mountain for Nuclear Waste (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/states-press-trump-to-open-yucca-mountain-for-nuclear-waste/article/2612390?custom_click=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Fisheries Disaster Declared for Local Waters & Pacific Northwest (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/fisheries-disaster-declared-local-waters-pnw/

Feds Reject Idaho Utility's Bid to Negate Oregon Fish Law (Associated Press)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article127572314.html

Northwest Power/Conservation Council Seeks Comments on Draft Research Plan to Guide Fish & Wildlife Program (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/438203.aspx

When the National Bird Is a Burden (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/magazine/bald-eagle-national-burden.html

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Water Supply Forecast for Dalles Dam Now 101 Percent of Normal, All Columbia Sub-Basins Above Normal (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/438207.aspx

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Missouri Electric Co-Op Group Pens Bill Challenging Net Metering Policy (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/missouri-electric-co-op-group-pens-bill-challenging-net-metering-policy/434424/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Marijuana Group Passes Out Free Joints for Trump’s Inauguration (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/us/politics/free-marijuana-inauguration.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Amazon Web Services Passes Google on Most Popular List (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/19/amazon-web-services-passes-google-on-most-popular-/

Boulder Could Ask Voters to OK Tax for Citywide Broadband (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_30735797/boulder-could-ask-voters-ok-tax-citywide-broadband

Netflix Powers Past Growth Expectations. What’s Next for the Streaming Service & TV? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2017/0119/Netflix-powers-past-growth-expectations.-What-s-next-for-the-streaming-service-and-TV

MARKETING & MEDIA

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/01/20/consumerist-friday-flickr-finds-363/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Trump Takes Charge: Sworn in as Nation’s 45th President (Associated Press)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/jan/20/trump-takes-charge-sworn-in-as-nations-45th-president/

GENERAL NEWS

Unemployment Hits New Low in December (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/23542

Woman Arrested for Threat to Washington State Governor (Associated Press)

http://www.khq.com/story/34303415/woman-arrested-for-threat-to-washington-governor

Day of Giving to Help Shelton Students (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/day-of-giving-to-help-shelton-students/388414505

Flood Warning for Skokomish Extended (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/23559

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

'The Hobbit' Book Returned After 38-Year Unexpected Journey

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/the-hobbit-book-returned-after--year-unexpected-journey/article_003966bf-982e-5abe-95db-2748f8bd6239.html

Alexander Hamilton Documents Fetch $2.6 Million at Auction

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/arts/design/hamilton-letters-documents-auction-sothebys.html?_r=0

How Some Frolicking Fish Got Stuck in a Moment

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/science/frozen-fish-wall-south-dakota-lake.html

A Quick Animated History of Why We Use the Numbers We Use

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/a-quick-animated-history-of-why-we-use-the-numbers-we-u-1791399309

SONG OF THE DAY

Three Dog Night – One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKsemAMyVq4

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