Monday, July 10, 2017

Energy News Digest for July 10, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Russians a Chief Suspect in U-S Power Plant Hackings (Santa Fe New Mexican)

Rooftop Solar Dims under Pressure from Utility Lobbyists (NY Times)

Water Ruling Debate Holds Up Washington State Capital Budget (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Newspapers Want to Team Up Against the ‘Inexorable Threat’ from Google & Facebook. Will the Government Let Them? (Los Angeles Times, CA)

Mason County Sheriff’s Office Presses Commissioners to Spare Personnel Cuts (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Russians a Chief Suspect in U-S Power Plant Hackings
  • U-S Congress Unnerved by Energy Grid Hack
  • Amid Heat Wave, Fire Causes Power Failure for Part of Los Angeles
  • Bird Causes Power Outages in West Umatilla & North Morrow Counties
  • Op/Ed: How Wholesale Power Markets & State Environmental Policies Can Work Together
  • Cryptocurrency Electricity Requirements Surpasses Annual Energy Consumption of Few Nations
  • Northwest Salmon, the Stuff of Legends, Still Struggle to Survive. Can We Save Them — And At What Price?
  • Legal Battle Drives Dam Managers to Extraordinary Salmon Research
  • More Naturally Flowing Columbia River Would Benefit Region’s Economy, Tribes Say
  • Rooftop Solar Dims under Pressure from Utility Lobbyists
  • Cordova Electric & Alaska Village Electric Cooperatives Make Case for Microgrids at U-S Senate Committee Hearing
  • Kites Could Be the Future of Wind Power
  • Awnings Enter the Solar Power Age
  • Why Some Pot Businesses Hide Their Cash — Others Truck It Straight to a Federal Vault
  • When Will Electric Cars Go Mainstream? It May Be Sooner Than You Think
  • In Illinois, Cloud Computing Debate Could Open Next Chapter of Utility Rate Reform
  • Amazon Hires Gadget Experts for Door-To-Door Smart Home Installs, Taking on Best Buy’s Geek Squad
  • Newspapers Want to Team Up Against the ‘Inexorable Threat’ from Google & Facebook. Will the Government Let Them?
  • Water Ruling Debate Holds Up Washington State Capital Budget
  • BPA, Fish, Healthcare – U-S Rep. Herrera Beutler Takes on Issues
  • Election Rarity: No Washington State Initiatives Qualify for November Ballot
  • Mason County Sheriff’s Office Presses Commissioners to Spare Personnel Cuts
  • Fires Burning Across the Pacific Northwest
  • SWAT Team Kills Naked Man Who Was Shooting at Bainbridge Island Homes from a Sailboat
  • Nonprofit Hopes to Bring Tourist Train Rides to Shelton
  • Through Citizen Science Projects, Anyone Can Be a Scientist
WORD OF THE DAY

Piquant • \PEEK-unt\ • Adjective - 1: agreeably stimulating to the palate; especially: spicy 2: engagingly provocative; also: having a lively arch charm

When the local dining editor said the local hash house’s five-alarm chili had a “piquant personality, just right for a cold winter’s repast,” what he really meant was that the meal had the volcanic characteristic of drinking hot magma.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Russians a Chief Suspect in U-S Power Plant Hackings (Santa Fe New Mexican)

U-S Congress Unnerved by Energy Grid Hack (Roll Call)

Amid Heat Wave, Fire Causes Power Failure for Part of Los Angeles (NY Times)

Bird Causes Power Outages in West Umatilla & North Morrow Counties (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)

Op/Ed: How Wholesale Power Markets & State Environmental Policies Can Work Together (Utility Dive)

Cryptocurrency Electricity Requirements Surpasses Annual Energy Consumption of Few Nations (Bitcoin News Service)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Northwest Salmon, the Stuff of Legends, Still Struggle to Survive. Can We Save Them — And At What Price? (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

Legal Battle Drives Dam Managers to Extraordinary Salmon Research (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

More Naturally Flowing Columbia River Would Benefit Region’s Economy, Tribes Say (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Rooftop Solar Dims under Pressure from Utility Lobbyists (NY Times)

Cordova Electric & Alaska Village Electric Cooperatives Make Case for Microgrids at U-S Senate Committee Hearing (Daily Energy Insider)

Kites Could Be the Future of Wind Power (Popular Mechanics)

Awnings Enter the Solar Power Age (Renewable Energy World)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Why Some Pot Businesses Hide Their Cash — Others Truck It Straight to a Federal Vault (Los Angeles Times, CA)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

When Will Electric Cars Go Mainstream? It May Be Sooner Than You Think (NY Times)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

In Illinois, Cloud Computing Debate Could Open Next Chapter of Utility Rate Reform (Utility Dive)

Amazon Hires Gadget Experts for Door-To-Door Smart Home Installs, Taking on Best Buy’s Geek Squad (SF Chronicle)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Newspapers Want to Team Up Against the ‘Inexorable Threat’ from Google & Facebook. Will the Government Let Them? (Los Angeles Times, CA)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Water Ruling Debate Holds Up Washington State Capital Budget (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

BPA, Fish, Healthcare – U-S Rep. Herrera Beutler Takes on Issues (Longview Daily News, WA)

Election Rarity: No Washington State Initiatives Qualify for November Ballot (Northwest Public Radio)

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County Sheriff’s Office Presses Commissioners to Spare Personnel Cuts (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Fires Burning Across the Pacific Northwest (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

SWAT Team Kills Naked Man Who Was Shooting at Bainbridge Island Homes from a Sailboat (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

Nonprofit Hopes to Bring Tourist Train Rides to Shelton (South Sound Business Examiner)

Through Citizen Science Projects, Anyone Can Be a Scientist (Christian Science Monitor)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Company Removes Beeping Alarm Clock in Wall Vent Since 2004

Beekeeper, Baker, Photographer … Senator?

Photo of Mike Pence Touching NASA Equipment Marked ‘Do Not Touch’ Launches Hilarious Photoshop Battle

These Coloradans Say Earth Is Flat; Gravity’s A Hoax. Now, They’re Being Persecuted

SONG OF THE DAY

Electric Light Orchestra - All Over the World

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