Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Energy News Digest for October 15, 2019


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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS





HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Yakama, Lummi Tribal Leaders Call for Removal of Three Lower Columbia River Dams (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

The Meteorological Switch is About to Be Turned On (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

California Regulator Criticizes Execution of Pacific Gas & Electric Power Outage (Associated Press)

Lewis County PUD to Hold Rate Hearings Tuesday, November 5 (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

Solar Power Deal Involving Idaho Homeowners Reached (Associated Press)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      California Regulator Criticizes Execution of Pacific Gas & Electric Power Outage
2.      Pacific Gas & Electric Shut-Off May Have Wiped Out $500K in Cancer Studies, UC Berkeley Researcher Says
3.      Los Angeles: Could an Electrical Equipment Malfunction Be Behind the Saddleridge Fire?
4.      Are Northern California’s Blackouts an Image of Our Energy Future?
5.      Lewis County PUD to Hold Rate Hearings Tuesday, November 5
6.      Snohomish PUD Adds Tracker Tool to Outage Map
7.      Pacific Gas & Electric Rejects San Francisco’s $2.5 Billion Bid to Buy Assets
8.      American Public Power Association Chooses Joy Ditto as Next CEO
9.      Utilities Celebrate Public Power Week with Community Activities
10.   Yakama, Lummi Tribal Leaders Call for Removal of Three Lower Columbia River Dams
11.   Owl Killings Spur Moral Questions About Human Intervention
12.   Wenatchee City Council OK’s Exploratory Water Drilling in Malaga
13.   Solar Power Deal Involving Idaho Homeowners Reached
14.   As Green Bonds Boom, So Do ‘Greenwashing’ Worries
15.   Alliance Adds Seven Technology, Energy Sector Leaders to Board – Includes Debra Smith of Seattle City Light
16.   Fortnite Is Live Again with a New Map & More Ways to Level Up. See the New Map.
17.   The Meteorological Switch is About to Be Turned On
18.   Rain, Rain & More Rain: Welcome to October in the Pacific Northwest
19.   Port of Moses Lake Concerned About Space Taken Up by Boeing 737s

WORD OF THE DAY

Logomachy • \loh-GAH-muh-kee\ • noun - 1: a dispute over or about words *2: a controversy marked by verbiage

Ira was upset with his brother George. “I’m the one who does the wordsmithing, you schmuck,” he growled. If I want to write a song about logomachy, it’s up to you to come up with some catchy jingle.”

Fred Astaire - Lets Call the Whole Thing Off (you say tomato, I say tomato….)

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

1.    California Regulator Criticizes Execution of Pacific Gas & Electric Power Outage (Associated Press)

2.    Pacific Gas & Electric Shut-Off May Have Wiped Out $500K in Cancer Studies, UC Berkeley Researcher Says (SF Chronicle, CA)

3.    Los Angeles: Could an Electrical Equipment Malfunction Be Behind the Saddleridge Fire? (Gizmodo)

4.    Are Northern California’s Blackouts an Image of Our Energy Future? (Forbes Magazine)

5.    Lewis County PUD to Hold Rate Hearings Tuesday, November 5 (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

6.    Snohomish PUD Adds Tracker Tool to Outage Map (My Edmonds News, WA)

7.    Pacific Gas & Electric Rejects San Francisco’s $2.5 Billion Bid to Buy Assets (Bloomberg News)

8.    American Public Power Association Chooses Joy Ditto as Next CEO (American Public Power Association)

9.    Utilities Celebrate Public Power Week with Community Activities (American Public Power Association)

FISH & WILDLIFE

10. Yakama, Lummi Tribal Leaders Call for Removal of Three Lower Columbia River Dams (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

11. Owl Killings Spur Moral Questions About Human Intervention (Washington Post)

“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

12. Wenatchee City Council OK’s Exploratory Water Drilling in Malaga (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

13. Solar Power Deal Involving Idaho Homeowners Reached (Associated Press)

14. As Green Bonds Boom, So Do ‘Greenwashing’ Worries (Washington Post)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

15. Alliance Adds Seven Technology, Energy Sector Leaders to Board – Includes Debra Smith of Seattle City Light (Alliance to Save Energy)

THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY

16. Fortnite Is Live Again with a New Map & More Ways to Level Up. See the New Map. (Washington Post)

GENERAL NEWS

17. The Meteorological Switch is About to Be Turned On (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

18. Rain, Rain & More Rain: Welcome to October in the Pacific Northwest (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

19. Port of Moses Lake Concerned About Space Taken Up by Boeing 737s (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

8-Year-Old Girl Gets Gifts from Crows She’s Been Feeding for 4 Years

All-Female Delta Crew Flies 120 Girls to NASA as Part of Gender Equality Program

University of Washington Professor Says SpongeBob Is 'Violent' & 'Racist' Colonizer

Dutch family found in cellar 'waiting for end of time'

SONG OF THE DAY

Van Morrison - Days Like This

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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