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, and on Twitter.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Chelan PUD Outlines Approach to Large Power Load Requests by
Cryptocurrency Miners (Ifiberone News, Ephrata, WA)
Avista Customers Expected to Reap Savings on Rates from Federal
Tax Reform (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Oregon Lawmakers Move toward Repealing Tax Break worth
Millions to Comcast, Frontier (Oregonian, Portland)
President Trump's Plan for Energy Star Sparks Industry
Uproar (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Washington State Legislators Pushing to Make Some of Their
Records Secret (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Chelan PUD Outlines Approach to Large Power Load Requests by Cryptocurrency Miners
- Bitcoin Miners Are Flocking to Oregon for Cheap Electricity. Should We Give Them a Boost?
- Avista Customers Expected to Reap Savings on Rates from Federal Tax Reform
- Tennessee Valley Authority & Power Marketing Administrations: Time to Saddle Up & Ride Again
- Editorial: Trump Renews DOA Proposal on Bonneville Power Administration Grid
- Déjà Vu: South Carolina Utility to Pay Millions to Preserve Abandoned Reactor Site
- Georgia: NRC Says Vogtle Employees Falsified Inspection Reports, Proposes $145K Fine
- United Kingdom: Energy Company Promises to Pay Customers to Use Electricity
- Oregon & Washington State Regulators Set Salmon Season
- Listen Up: Northwest Researchers Have Started Tracking Salmon with Sound
- Satellites See Big Fishing's Footprint on the High Seas
- Washington State Panel Inches Forward on Kittitas County Solar Review
- Alaska Regulators Rule in Golden Valley Electric Association's Favor in Dispute with Delta Wind Farm
- Unalaska Revisits Wind Power, Hoping for a Renewable Energy Source
- Wind Power Results in Very Few Bird Deaths Overall
- Oregon Lawmakers Move toward Repealing Tax Break worth Millions to Comcast, Frontier
- Trump: Broadband Buildout Situation 'Intolerable'
- Average Broadband Speeds in the U-S Are Slower Than in Almost Every Other Country
- The FCC's New Broadband Availability Map is a Misleading Joke
- Net Neutrality
- Electric Vehicles' Future Relies on Cobalt. It's Often Mined By Children & Is Soaring in Price
- President Trump's Plan for Energy Star Sparks Industry Uproar
- California Water Planner Blasted for Sitting on Dam Funds
- Olympia Mayor Joins 200 Mayors in Opposing Trump Repeal of the Clean Power Plan
- See How Mount Rainier Glaciers Have Vanished over Time, with This Eye-Opening Photo Project
- Why Facebook Messenger Will Dominate 2018
- In an Era of ‘Smart’ Things, Sometimes Dumb Stuff Is Better
- Washington State Legislators Pushing to Make Some of Their Records Secret
- Contact with Staff Restricted for Washington State Lawmaker Accused of Inappropriate Behavior
- White House Praises Experimental Oregon Mileage Tax
- Trump Administration Signals Support for Mileage Tax to Pay for Infrastructure Plan
- State Patrol: Bangor Nuclear Submarine Base Closed by Potential Threat
- Brrr… Western WA Breaks Cold Weather Records
- Staying Warm, Safe during This Week’s Cold Snap
- Shelton Leaders Set March 3 to Award Major Sewer Project Contract
- Students in Bellingham, Across US Walk Out of Class to Protest Gun Violence
- Missing Foot Found on Vancouver Island Matched to Body of Washington State Senior
- Mason EDC Honors Two Community Business Leaders for Their Support
Gravitational Crystalline Sloughing
The act of snow falling from tree limbs, power lines, roofs,
or other places during a thaw.
Gravitational
Crystalline Sloughing, Heads up
“Twang!” the limbs recoil
This is a phrase a former journalist friend and I made up today
as he described snow falling from fir trees in his back yard. Sounds
impressive. No?
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Chelan PUD Outlines Approach to Large Power Load Requests by
Cryptocurrency Miners (Ifiberone News, Ephrata, WA)
Bitcoin Miners Are Flocking to Oregon for Cheap Electricity.
Should We Give Them a Boost? (Willamette Week, Portland, OR)
Avista Customers Expected to Reap Savings on Rates from
Federal Tax Reform (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Tennessee Valley Authority & Power Marketing
Administrations: Time to Saddle Up & Ride Again (American Public Power
Association)
Editorial: Trump Renews DOA Proposal on Bonneville Power
Administration Grid (Albany Democrat Herald, OR)
Déjà Vu: South Carolina Utility to Pay Millions to Preserve
Abandoned Reactor Site (NY Times)
Georgia: NRC Says Vogtle Employees Falsified Inspection
Reports, Proposes $145K Fine (Utility Dive)
United Kingdom: Energy Company Promises to Pay Customers to
Use Electricity (The Guardian, UK)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon & Washington State Regulators Set Salmon Season
(KAST Radio, Astoria, OR)
Listen Up: Northwest Researchers Have Started Tracking
Salmon with Sound (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
Satellites See Big Fishing's Footprint on the High Seas
(CNBC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
Washington State Panel Inches Forward on Kittitas County Solar
Review (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Alaska Regulators Rule in Golden Valley Electric Association's
Favor in Dispute with Delta Wind Farm (Anchorage Daily News Miner, AK)
Unalaska Revisits Wind Power, Hoping for a Renewable Energy
Source (Alaska Public Media)
Wind Power Results in Very Few Bird Deaths Overall (Clean
Technica)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Oregon Lawmakers Move toward Repealing Tax Break worth
Millions to Comcast, Frontier (Oregonian, Portland)
Trump: Broadband Buildout Situation 'Intolerable'
(Broadcasting & Cable)
Average Broadband Speeds in the U-S
Are Slower Than in Almost Every Other Country (Business Insider)
The FCC's New Broadband Availability Map is a Misleading
Joke (Broadband Reports)
Net Neutrality (Bloomberg News)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
Electric Vehicles' Future Relies on Cobalt. It's Often Mined
By Children & Is Soaring in Price (Los Angeles Times, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
President Trump's Plan for Energy Star Sparks Industry
Uproar (The Hill, Washington, DC)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
California Water Planner Blasted for Sitting on Dam Funds (Courthouse
News Service)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Olympia Mayor Joins 200 Mayors in Opposing Trump Repeal of the
Clean Power Plan (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
See How Mount Rainier Glaciers Have Vanished over Time, with
This Eye-Opening Photo Project (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Why Facebook Messenger Will Dominate 2018 (AdWeek)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
In an Era of ‘Smart’ Things, Sometimes Dumb Stuff Is Better (NY
Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Washington State Legislators Pushing to Make Some of Their
Records Secret (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Contact with Staff Restricted for Washington State Lawmaker
Accused of Inappropriate Behavior (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
White House Praises Experimental Oregon Mileage Tax (Oregonian,
Portland)
Trump Administration Signals Support for Mileage Tax to Pay for
Infrastructure Plan (Washington Examiner)
GENERAL NEWS
State Patrol: Bangor Nuclear Submarine Base Closed by Potential
Threat (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Brrr… Western WA Breaks Cold Weather Records (KING-TV, Seattle,
WA)
Staying Warm, Safe during This Week’s Cold Snap (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
Shelton Leaders Set March 3 to Award Major Sewer Project
Contract (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Students in Bellingham, Across US Walk Out of Class to Protest
Gun Violence (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Missing Foot Found on Vancouver Island Matched to Body of Washington
State Senior (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Mason EDC Honors Two Community Business Leaders for Their
Support (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
SKUNKS IN THE CELLAR – DIVERSIONS
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire - Got Skunks in Your Home?
Don't Use a Smoke Bomb
Massachusetts Transit Bosses under Fire for $100,000 Bathroom
Meet Elizabeth Swaney, the American Skier Who Scammed Her
Way into the Olympics
Toy Makers Turn to the Toilet for Poop-Inspired Toys
SONG OF THE DAY
Igor Stravinsky – Firebird Suite
SUBSCRIBE TO THE ENERGY NEWS DIGEST
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org.
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.
