Occasionally clear the cache & history of your internet browser. It will help when trying to access news sites that count your visits.
The Energy News Digest is on Facebook.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Washington State Denies Key Permit for U.S.-Asia Coal Export Terminal (Reuters)
Probe Opened Into ‘Potential Criminality’ in South Carolina Nuclear Power Project (Associated Press)
U-S, Mexico Expand Pact on Managing Overused Colorado River (Associated Press)
Fiber Subject of Lengthy Grant PUD Discussion (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Twitter to Test Doubling Tweet Length to 280 Characters (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington State Denies Key Permit for U.S.-Asia Coal Export Terminal
- Cowlitz PUD Approves 2.5% Rate Hike
- Utility Seeks Higher Natural Gas Price for Montana Customers
- Lewis County Commissioners Proclaim First Week in October ‘Public Power Week’
- Editorial: Public Power & You
- Probe Opened Into ‘Potential Criminality’ in South Carolina Nuclear Power Project
- President Authorizes 100% Funding for Emergency Power Efforts in Puerto Rico
- Central Maine Power Seeks Permit to Transmit Cheap Hydro from Canada
- Pueblo, Colorado Considers Forming a Public Power Utility
- Electricity Alone Powers One Quarter of U-S Homes
- The Wet Winter Brought Lots of Water to California – Fighting Over Fish Continues
- Comment Period Extended on Olympics Mountain Goat Plan
- U-S, Mexico Expand Pact on Managing Overused Colorado River
- Cutting Energy Use Is One Way Cash-Strapped Schools Can Save. But By How Much?
- Oregon Pot Farmer to Neighbors: Chill Out. Neighbors: No.
- Fiber Subject of Lengthy Grant PUD Discussion
- CenturyLink Promises Broadband Upgrades to 3 Million by 2018
- The Wireless Industry Is Competitive, The FCC Finds – Some Wonder for How Long
- Twitter to Test Doubling Tweet Length to 280 Characters
- Maria Cantwell Slams Ryan Zinke Over Plan to Fire Interior Employees for Lack of Loyalty
- How Did Sound Transit’s $15 Billion Tax Request Reach $54 Billion? Republicans Say They Were Misled
- Seattle Woman Injured in Crash on Highway 106
- Adidas, Nike Officials Charged in Basketball Corruption Case
- New Planned Factory for Spokane Valley to Produce New Engineered Wood
- National Parks Struggle with a Mounting Crisis: Too Many Visitors
- Saudi Government Will Allow Women to Drive
Accretion • \uh-CREE-shun\ • noun - 1: the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: as a: increase by external addition or accumulation (as by adhesion of external parts or particles) b: the increase of land by the action of natural forces 2: a product of accretion; especially: an extraneous addition
Viktor was a procrastinator of the first sort. One of his loathed household chores was scrubbing his shower of soap scum. His aversion over a two-year period did not take into account the gradual accretion on the walls of his shower stall. Then came that one fateful morning when he discovered he could not fit into the chamber for his daily ablutions.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington State Denies Key Permit for U.S.-Asia Coal Export Terminal (Reuters)
Cowlitz PUD Approves 2.5% Rate Hike (Longview Daily News, WA)
Utility Seeks Higher Natural Gas Price for Montana Customers (Billings Gazette, MT)
Lewis County Commissioners Proclaim First Week in October ‘Public Power Week’ (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Editorial: Public Power & You (Lincoln County Record, Pioche, NV)
Probe Opened Into ‘Potential Criminality’ in South Carolina Nuclear Power Project (Associated Press)
President Authorizes 100% Funding for Emergency Power Efforts in Puerto Rico (American Public Power Association)
Central Maine Power Seeks Permit to Transmit Cheap Hydro from Canada (Utility Dive)
Pueblo, Colorado Considers Forming a Public Power Utility (American Public Power Association)
Electricity Alone Powers One Quarter of U-S Homes (Inewsource)
FISH & WILDLIFE
The Wet Winter Brought Lots of Water to California – Fighting Over Fish Continues (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Comment Period Extended on Olympics Mountain Goat Plan (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
U-S, Mexico Expand Pact on Managing Overused Colorado River (Associated Press)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Cutting Energy Use Is One Way Cash-Strapped Schools Can Save. But By How Much? (Forbes Magazine)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon Pot Farmer to Neighbors: Chill Out. Neighbors: No. (NY Times)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Fiber Subject of Lengthy Grant PUD Discussion (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
CenturyLink Promises Broadband Upgrades to 3 Million by 2018 (Broadband Reports)
The Wireless Industry Is Competitive, The FCC Finds – Some Wonder for How Long (Washington Post)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Twitter to Test Doubling Tweet Length to 280 Characters (NY Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Maria Cantwell Slams Ryan Zinke Over Plan to Fire Interior Employees for Lack of Loyalty (Washington Examiner)
How Did Sound Transit’s $15 Billion Tax Request Reach $54 Billion? Republicans Say They Were Misled (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
Seattle Woman Injured in Crash on Highway 106 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Adidas, Nike Officials Charged in Basketball Corruption Case (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
New Planned Factory for Spokane Valley to Produce New Engineered Wood (Associated Press)
National Parks Struggle with a Mounting Crisis: Too Many Visitors (NY Times)
Saudi Government Will Allow Women to Drive (Voice of America)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Best Airports for Craft Beer Lovers – Looks like Portland is a Winner
EPA Spending Almost $25,000 to Install a Secure Phone Booth for Scott Pruitt
Kind Man Pulls a 6-Foot Snake Out of His Elderly Neighbor’s Toilet with His Bare Hands
Swallowed Playmobil Traffic Cone ‘In Man’s Lung for 40 Years’
SONG OF THE DAY
No Doubt - Don’t Speak
SUBSCRIBE TO THE ENERGY NEWS DIGEST
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org.
GET SOCIAL WITH THE NEWS DIGEST
The Energy News Digest is on Facebook.
Follow the news digest on Twitter for breaking news & notices.
LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY
Links in the news digest lead to current stories. Media organizations update their websites regularly, which may result in broken links. There may be paywall barriers, unless you are willing to fork over some dough or if you have a clean browser history.
