Thursday, October 11, 2018

Energy News Digest for October 11, 2018


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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Western Washington Conserves Gas, Power after Enbridge Pipeline Rupture in Canada (Utility Dive)

Washington Gas Prices Could Rise 15 to 30 Cents in Wake of British Columbia Pipeline Rupture (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

Port of Longview Commissioners Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative (Longview Daily News, WA)

Hydropower Bill Overwhelmingly Clears Senate, Heads to President’s Desk (Power Magazine)

Cryptocurrencies Just Plummeted $13 Billion in Value Over the Course of a Few Hours (Gizmodo)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      Western Washington Conserves Gas, Power after Enbridge Pipeline Rupture in Canada
2.      Hydropower Bill Overwhelmingly Clears Senate, Heads to President’s Desk
3.      Gulf Power: ‘Unprecedented’ Storm May Require System Rebuild
4.      Connelly: ‘A Deadly Wind’ -- The Pacific Northwest’s Greatest Storm Remembered
5.      San Diego Gas & Electric to Lobby Utilities Commission to Eliminate ‘High Usage Charge’ to Try to Reduce Customer Bills
6.      Op/Ed: What Nevada Can Learn from Virginia’s Experience with Electric Deregulation – “Don’t”
7.      Over 500 8th Graders Participate in Ultimate Energy Experience
8.      Capacity Markets, Pole Attachments Key Public Power Issues
9.      British Columbia & Washington Pledge to Protect Habitat for Orcas, Salmon
10.   Combined Wind & Solar Made Up at Least 20% of Electric Generation in Ten States in 2017
11.   Cryptocurrencies Just Plummeted $13 Billion in Value Over the Course of a Few Hours
12.   31 Percent of Rural Households Don’t Have Broadband Access
13.   Ajit Pai’s 5G Plans Make It Harder for Small ISPs to Deploy Broadband
14.   T-Mobile Seeks Permission for 5G Tests in Las Vegas & Spokane, Washington
15.   Snohomish PUD Offers Customers Ways to Save Money on Heat Pumps
16.   Port of Longview Commissioners Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative
17.   Stop with the ‘Goodnight’ Tweets, & Other Social Media Tips from NJ Transit’s $1.3 Million Audit
18.   Kitsap County in Line for $500,000 in Marijuana Tax
19.   Canadian Pot Legalization Will Likely Be a Smooth Process, Washington Governor Says
20.   Telescopes Pick Up Huge Number of Unexplained Signals Coming from Alien Galaxies
21.   Social Security Checks Will Grow in 2019 as Inflation Rises
22.   Washington Gas Prices Could Rise 15 to 30 Cents in Wake of British Columbia Pipeline Rupture
23.   Woman’s Body Found with ‘Significant’ Injuries along Olympia Waterfront
24.   Washington Supreme Court Ends State’s Death Penalty
25.   Washington State Lands Commissioner Proposes $55 Million to Fight Wildfires
26.   Space Crew Survives Plunge to Earth after Russian Rocket Fails
27.   Mason County Habitat for Humanity House 29 Going Up in Shelton

WORD OF THE DAY

Luddite. • \LUD-ite\ • noun – Etymology: perhaps from Ned Ludd, 18th century Leicestershire workman who destroyed a knitting frame – one of a group of early 19th century English workmen destroying laborsaving machinery as a protest; broadly: one who is opposed to change; especially technological change.

The cell-tower opponent was depicted in the local media as a neo-Luddite by the local media. “I will protest this cell tower to my dying breath,” the wool-festooned opponent intoned. The message was diminished by the fact that he made the pronouncement using his cell phone, while talking to a satellite news service over a portable microwave transmitter site near his home, under high voltage transmission lines, located directly next to a nuclear power plant.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

1.    Western Washington Conserves Gas, Power after Enbridge Pipeline Rupture in Canada (Utility Dive)

2.    Hydropower Bill Overwhelmingly Clears Senate, Heads to President’s Desk (Power Magazine)

3.    Gulf Power: ‘Unprecedented’ Storm May Require System Rebuild (Utility Dive)

4.    Connelly: ‘A Deadly Wind’ -- The Pacific Northwest’s Greatest Storm Remembered (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

5.    San Diego Gas & Electric to Lobby Utilities Commission to Eliminate ‘High Usage Charge’ to Try to Reduce Customer Bills (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)

6.    Op/Ed: What Nevada Can Learn from Virginia’s Experience with Electric Deregulation – “Don’t” (Utility Dive)

7.    Over 500 8th Graders Participate in Ultimate Energy Experience (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

8.    Capacity Markets, Pole Attachments Key Public Power Issues (American Public Power Association)

FISH & WILDLIFE

9.    British Columbia & Washington Pledge to Protect Habitat for Orcas, Salmon (100 Mile Free Press, BC)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

10. Combined Wind & Solar Made Up at Least 20% of Electric Generation in Ten States in 2017 (U-S Energy Information Administration)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

11. Cryptocurrencies Just Plummeted $13 Billion in Value Over the Course of a Few Hours (Gizmodo)

12. 31 Percent of Rural Households Don’t Have Broadband Access (High Plains Journal, Dodge City, KS)

13. Ajit Pai’s 5G Plans Make It Harder for Small ISPs to Deploy Broadband (Ars Technica)

14. T-Mobile Seeks Permission for 5G Tests in Las Vegas & Spokane, Washington (Fierce Wireless)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

15. Snohomish PUD Offers Customers Ways to Save Money on Heat Pumps (My Mountlake Terrace News, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

16. Port of Longview Commissioners Oppose Carbon Tax Initiative (Longview Daily News, WA)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

17. Stop with the ‘Goodnight’ Tweets, & Other Social Media Tips from NJ Transit’s $1.3 Million Audit (Washington Post)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

18. Kitsap County in Line for $500,000 in Marijuana Tax (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

19. Canadian Pot Legalization Will Likely Be a Smooth Process, Washington Governor Says (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

20. Telescopes Pick Up Huge Number of Unexplained Signals Coming from Alien Galaxies (The Independent, UK)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

21. Social Security Checks Will Grow in 2019 as Inflation Rises (Los Angeles Times, CA)

GENERAL NEWS

22. Washington Gas Prices Could Rise 15 to 30 Cents in Wake of British Columbia Pipeline Rupture (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

23. Woman’s Body Found with ‘Significant’ Injuries along Olympia Waterfront (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

24. Washington Supreme Court Ends State’s Death Penalty (Associated Press)

25. Washington State Lands Commissioner Proposes $55 Million to Fight Wildfires (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

26. Space Crew Survives Plunge to Earth after Russian Rocket Fails (Reuters)

27. Mason County Habitat for Humanity House 29 Going Up in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Emotional Support Squirrel’s Owner Flips the Bird as She’s Kicked Off Frontier Flight

It’s Hammer Time! Giant Hammer Artwork Stolen in Northern California

For Sale to the Highest Bidder: A 12-Pound Chunk of the Moon

Rare 1932 Movie Poster for The Mummy Expected to Fetch Over $1 Million at Sotheby’s Auction

SONG OF THE DAY

Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star

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