Energy News Digest for September 10, 2015

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for September 10, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/pugt68v

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Groups Challenge Bonneville Power Administration Approval to Connect Washington State Wind Farm Project (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Groups-challenge-BPA-approval-to-connect-wind-6494437.php

New Market Plans Move Forward as Northwest Power Pool Appeals to FERC (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/new-market-plans-move-forward-as-northwest-power-pool-appeals-to-ferc/405374/

California Drops Plan for 50% Cut in Petroleum Use (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34208050

Promising Forecast for Fall Chinook Run on Columbia River (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/promising-forecast-for-fall-chinook-run-on-columbia-river/article_28ec3d2c-577f-11e5-8e42-63a2b15ddc19.html

Cyber-Attacks Hit Energy Department, Compromising Sensitive Data (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2015/09/10/71992938/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• New Market Plans Move Forward as Northwest Power Pool Appeals to FERC
• Idaho: Two Separate Power Issues May Stabilize Rocky Mountain Power Energy Prices
• The Rate & Budget Edition: Mason PUD 3 Commission Report – September 8, 2015
• Fitch Rates Snohomish PUD's Generation System Bonds 'AA-'; Outlook Stable
• Promising Forecast for Fall Chinook Run on Columbia River
• River Temperatures Down In British Columbia, But So Are Projected Sockeye Returns
• Pink Salmon Fishery Now Shifts to Rivers & Estuaries Where Action Has Been Good At Times
• Drone Gets Amazing Pics of New Baby Orca near San Juan Islands
• Groups Challenge Bonneville Power Administration Approval to Connect Washington State Wind Farm Project
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District Approves Solar Power Array on 62 Acres of Rancho Seco Site
• Why the Installed Price of Distributed Solar Keeps Dropping
• Portland Signs Off on $3 Million Energy Efficient Retrofit Program
• Marijuana Business Owners Talk to Regulators, Navigate Developing Industry
• California Drops Plan for 50% Cut in Petroleum Use
• EPA Back in Court over Clean Power Plan, Is This Challenge of the Final Rule Premature Also?
• Jump in Winter Oil Burn from Generators Pushes Up New England Carbon Emissions
• El Niño Reaches 'Strong' Intensity, Will Dramatically Reshape World's Weather
• Cyber-Attacks Hit Energy Department, Compromising Sensitive Data
• Apple Unveils Latest iPhone, Bigger iPad, Revamped TV Box
• Twitter Experimenting with Highlights
• Pope's U-S Trip to Take Social Media by Storm
• KFC Offers Free Meals to Victims of Social Network Outages
• Chutzpah on Parade: This Cleverly Designed Movie Poster Makes a Bad Review Seem Like a Good One
• Feds Seize Funds from Washington State Auditor
• Why the Hood Canal Bridge Was Stuck Open for So Long
• No Charges against Three Officers in Fatal Pasco Shooting
• $10,000 Reward for Pullman Planned Parenthood Arson Details
• After a Bad Fire Season, Pacific Northwest Tribes Question Federal Firefighting Priorities
• Mason County Habitat for Humanity Takes Flight Saturday
• Viral Tumalo Falls Vandalism Case Solved; Culprits Fined

WORD OF THE DAY

Ingénue • \AN-juh-noo\ • noun – 1: a naïve girl or young woman *2: the stage role of an ingénue; also: an actress playing such a role

Whenever I see this word, I always think of the actress Theresa Wright. I think that when you look up the word ingénue in the dictionary, her picture should be right there. Not that I’m obsessed with Theresa Wright, you see. I just think she was neat. Doesn’t hurt that she was an Oscar winner too. But I digress…

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

New Market Plans Move Forward as Northwest Power Pool Appeals to FERC (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/new-market-plans-move-forward-as-northwest-power-pool-appeals-to-ferc/405374/

Idaho: Two Separate Power Issues May Stabilize Rocky Mountain Power Energy Prices (Rexburg Standard-Journal, ID)

http://www.rexburgstandardjournal.com/news/idaho/two-separate-power-issues-may-stabilize-energy-prices/article_2a8cb1f2-5739-11e5-aa77-efa3b94e3e17.html

The Rate & Budget Edition: Mason PUD 3 Commission Report – September 8, 2015 (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2015/09/mason-pud-3-commission-report-september.html

Fitch Rates Snohomish PUD's Generation System Bonds 'AA-'; Outlook Stable (BusinessWire)

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150910006718/en/Fitch-Rates-Snohomish-County-WA-PUD-No.#.VfH02flVhBc

FISH & WILDLIFE

Promising Forecast for Fall Chinook Run on Columbia River (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/promising-forecast-for-fall-chinook-run-on-columbia-river/article_28ec3d2c-577f-11e5-8e42-63a2b15ddc19.html

River Temperatures Down In British Columbia, But So Are Projected Sockeye Returns (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/river+temperatures+down+projected+sockeye+returns/11350351/story.html?__lsa=2ae0-e02d

Pink Salmon Fishery Now Shifts to Rivers & Estuaries Where Action Has Been Good At Times (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/pink-salmon-fishery-now-shifts-to-rivers-and-estuaries-where-action-has-been-good-at-times/

Drone Gets Amazing Pics of New Baby Orca near San Juan Islands (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Drone-gets-amazing-pics-of-new-baby-orca-near-San-Juans-326329711.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Groups Challenge Bonneville Power Administration Approval to Connect Washington State Wind Farm Project (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Groups-challenge-BPA-approval-to-connect-wind-6494437.php

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Approves Solar Power Array on 62 Acres of Rancho Seco Site (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article34472742.html

Why the Installed Price of Distributed Solar Keeps Dropping (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/why-the-installed-price-of-distributed-solar-keeps-dropping/405187/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Portland Signs Off on $3 Million Energy Efficient Retrofit Program (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/09/portland-signs-off-on-3m-energy-efficient-retrofit.html

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Marijuana Business Owners Talk to Regulators, Navigate Developing Industry (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)

http://www.khq.com/story/29995174/marijuana-business-owners-talk-to-regulators-navigate-developing-industry

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

California Drops Plan for 50% Cut in Petroleum Use (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34208050

EPA Back in Court over Clean Power Plan, Is This Challenge of the Final Rule Premature Also? (Breaking Energy)

http://breakingenergy.com/2015/09/10/epa-back-in-court-over-clean-power-plan-is-this-challenge-of-the-final-rule-premature-as-well/

Jump in Winter Oil Burn from Generators Pushes Up New England Carbon Emissions (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/jump-in-winter-oil-burn-from-generators-pushes-up-new-england-carbon-emissi/405378/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

El Niño Reaches 'Strong' Intensity, Will Dramatically Reshape World's Weather (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2015/09/10/el-nino-strong-intensity/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Cyber-Attacks Hit Energy Department, Compromising Sensitive Data (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2015/09/10/71992938/

Apple Unveils Latest iPhone, Bigger iPad, Revamped TV Box (Associated Press)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150909/BIZ02/150919982

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter Experimenting with Highlights (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/09/10/twitter-highlights-popular-tweets-top-follows-noteworthy-mentions/72004468/

Pope's U-S Trip to Take Social Media by Storm (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_28789306/popes-u-s-trip-take-social-media-by

KFC Offers Free Meals to Victims of Social Network Outages (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/kfc-offers-free-meals-victims-social-network-outages-166773

Chutzpah on Parade: This Cleverly Designed Movie Poster Makes a Bad Review Seem Like a Good One (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/cleverly-designed-movie-poster-makes-bad-review-seem-good-one-166808

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Feds Seize Funds from Washington State Auditor (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/feds-seize-funds-washington-state-auditor

GENERAL NEWS

Why the Hood Canal Bridge Was Stuck Open for So Long (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/11/2808047/Why-the-Hood-Canal-Bridge-was-stuck-open-for-so-long

No Charges against Three Officers in Fatal Pasco Shooting (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/11/2807955/No-charges-against-three-officers-in-fatal-Pasco-shooting

$10,000 Reward for Pullman Planned Parenthood Arson Details (KREM-TV, Spokane, WA)

http://www.krem.com/story/news/local/whitman-county/2015/09/10/video-shows-object-thrown-in-pullman-planned-parenthood-arson/72001490/

After a Bad Fire Season, Pacific Northwest Tribes Question Federal Firefighting Priorities (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/after-bad-fire-season-northwest-tribes-question-federal-firefighting-priorities

Mason County Habitat for Humanity Takes Flight Saturday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/16985

Viral Tumalo Falls Vandalism Case Solved; Culprits Fined (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/bend/2015/09/10/fine-brings-end-viral-tumalo-falls-vandalism-case/72003532/

DIVERSIONS

The Chicken That Lived For 18 Months without a Head

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34198390

Mystery Ice Falls from Sky, Crashes Through Roof of California Home

http://q13fox.com/2015/09/10/mystery-ice-falls-from-sky-crashes-through-roof-of-california-home/

Man Clocked at 112 Mph Was Headed to Court for Past Speeding

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/man-clocked-at-mph-was-headed-to-court-for-past/article_8cc64a2e-0e44-57f2-9a13-f11df4948f64.html

Swimmer Has Eyes on Aquatic Prize: To Swim Around the World

http://news.yahoo.com/swimmer-eyes-aquatic-prize-swim-around-world-203921270.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Tracy Chapman – Fast Car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTIB10eQnA0

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.

Energy News Digest for September 9, 2015

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for September 9, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/py42go9

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

When the Lights Go Out – Threatened by massive solar storms, terrorists, and climate change, how safe is the U-S electrical grid, really? (The Atlantic)

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/how-safe-is-the-us-electrical-grid-really/402640/

Big Eddy-Knight 500 kV Line Nears Completion with Columbia River Crossing (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Big-Eddy-Knight-500-kV-line-nears-completion-with-Columbia-River-crossing.aspx

Finding Creatures that Wreck Hydropower Systems (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/editors-pick/finding-creatures-that-wreck-hydropower-systems/84936

Cowlitz PUD to Launch Community Solar Project (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/pud-to-launch-community-solar-project/article_e321ba63-e5c7-526a-9920-e1d5154ad311.html

Study: Klickitat County Is First in Per-Capita Pot Sales; Clark County Is Second (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/325745861.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• When the Lights Go Out
• Big Eddy-Knight 500 kV Line Nears Completion with Columbia River Crossing
• FERC Asked for Stance on Pacific Northwest Power Market
• Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Rates Hike $4 a Month
• McNary, Ice Harbor Dam Locks to Close Wednesday
• Video Shows Puget Sound Energy Workers Rappelling Down Massive Dam
• Clatskanie PUD Employees, Board Members Help Food Banks Stock Up
• Op/Ed: Nuclear Energy Is Clean, Safe Energy
• Michigan Hydro Generators Fear Shutdown as Utilities Plan to Cut Payments
• Finding Creatures that Wreck Hydropower Systems
• A Western Showdown with Mussels
• Study: Habitat Restoration Projects Often Fail to Target Highest Priority Needs for Ecosystem, Salmon
• Baby Orca Born to Endangered Pod Off Washington State Coast – 5th birth in area since December
• Yakima Farmers Say Water Flow or Lack of It Added to Crop Woes
• With El Niño Threatening to Turn California's Drought into Drenching Winter, Worries Mount
• Cowlitz PUD to Launch Community Solar Project
• Solar Power Capacity Growing Exponentially in Washington State
• Powerful Environmental Group Takes on PacifiCorp, Joins Renewable Energy Fray
• Wyoming Wind Held Back by Transmission Backlog, Avian Deaths
• Solar Industry Admits Green Energy Only Exists Thanks to Government Subsidies
• Massachusetts Has a Bunch of New Roadside Solar Panels. Too Bad They’re So Ugly
• Study: Klickitat County Is First in Per-Capita Pot Sales; Clark County Is Second
• I-502 Impact Report: Washington Marijuana Sales Ranked by County
• These Clean Energy Investments Could Save the World’s Cities Trillions of Dollars
• Aspen Becomes Third U-S City to Achieve 100% Renewable Energy
• Comcast's Annual Rate Hike Defies Competition, Streaming Video
• Average Cable Bill Now $100, Up 39% since 2010
• This City Just Rolled Out America’s Fastest Internet Service Yet
• AT&T Wants to Turn Your Car into a Wi-Fi Hotspot
• Facebook's Business Pages Are Getting a Mobile-Centric Overhaul
• Six Tips to Improve Your Facebook Posts
• Instagram Expands Marketing Reach for Businesses
• Energy Bill’s Plan B: The Portman-Shaheen Bill
• Green Diamond Opens Washington State Lands for Hunting
• Two Dead in Chelan County Shooting

WORD OF THE DAY

Imprecate • \IM-prih-kayt\ • Verb – To invoke evil on: curse.

“Bubble, bubble, toilet trouble,” intoned the three witches over their steaming cauldron. They weren’t really evil, just annoying. They never did imprecate anyone seriously. The worst they ever did was to place a curse on the Coca Cola executive who thought coming up with a “new Coke” campaign was an outstanding idea.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

When the Lights Go Out – Threatened by massive solar storms, terrorists, and climate change, how safe is the U-S electrical grid, really? (The Atlantic)

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/how-safe-is-the-us-electrical-grid-really/402640/

Big Eddy-Knight 500 kV Line Nears Completion with Columbia River Crossing (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Big-Eddy-Knight-500-kV-line-nears-completion-with-Columbia-River-crossing.aspx

FERC Asked for Stance on Pacific Northwest Power Market (Platts)

http://www.platts.com/latest-news/electric-power/portland-maine/ferc-asked-for-stance-on-northwest-power-market-21094621

Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Rates Hike $4 a Month (Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day, OR – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/Local_News/20150908/otec-rates-hike-4-a-month

McNary, Ice Harbor Dam Locks to Close Wednesday (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)

http://union-bulletin.com/news/2015/sep/08/mcnary-ice-harbor-dam-locks-close-wednesday/

Video Shows Puget Sound Energy Workers Rappelling Down Massive Dam (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/video-shows-pse-workers-rappel-down-massive-dam/nnbQm/

Clatskanie PUD Employees, Board Members Help Food Banks Stock Up (The Chieftain, Clatskanie, OR)
http://www.thechiefnews.com/news/article_e7408eec-5363-11e5-b10c-0312b2d8b8c5.html

Op/Ed: Nuclear Energy Is Clean, Safe Energy (Miami Herald, FL)

http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/from-our-inbox/article34340838.html

Michigan Hydro Generators Fear Shutdown as Utilities Plan to Cut Payments (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/michigan-hydro-generators-fear-shutdown-as-utilities-plan-to-cut-payments/405301/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Finding Creatures that Wreck Hydropower Systems (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/editors-pick/finding-creatures-that-wreck-hydropower-systems/84936

A Western Showdown with Mussels (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/science/a-western-showdown-with-mussels.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Study: Habitat Restoration Projects Often Fail to Target Highest Priority Needs for Ecosystem, Salmon (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/434882.aspx

Baby Orca Born to Endangered Pod Off Washington State Coast – 5th birth in area since December (Associated Press)

http://www.usnews.com/news/science/news/articles/2015/09/08/baby-is-born-to-endangered-killer-whale-pod-off-washington

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Yakima Farmers Say Water Flow or Lack of It Added to Crop Woes (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://tinyurl.com/oy26utl

With El Niño Threatening to Turn California's Drought into Drenching Winter, Worries Mount (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_28777823/el-nino-threatening-turn-californias-drought-into-drenching?source=rss

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Cowlitz PUD to Launch Community Solar Project (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/pud-to-launch-community-solar-project/article_e321ba63-e5c7-526a-9920-e1d5154ad311.html

Solar Power Capacity Growing Exponentially in Washington State (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/29984724/solar-power-capacity-growing-exponentially-in-washington-state

Powerful Environmental Group Takes on PacifiCorp, Joins Renewable Energy Fray (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/09/powerful-environmental-group-takes-on-pacificorp.html

Wyoming Wind Held Back by Transmission Backlog, Avian Deaths (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/wyoming-wind-held-back-by-transmission-backlog-avian-deaths/405285/

Solar Industry Admits Green Energy Only Exists Thanks to Government Subsidies (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2015/09/01/solar-industry-admits-green-energy-only-exists-thanks-to-government-subsidies/

Massachusetts Has a Bunch of New Roadside Solar Panels. Too Bad They’re So Ugly (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/news/massachusetts-has-a-bunch-of-new-roadside-solar-panels-too-bad-theyre-so-ugly/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Study: Klickitat County Is First in Per-Capita Pot Sales; Clark County Is Second (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/325745861.html

I-502 Impact Report: Washington Marijuana Sales Ranked by County (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/marijuana/2015/09/02/i-502-impact-report-washington-marijuana-sales-ranked-by-county/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

These Clean Energy Investments Could Save the World’s Cities Trillions of Dollars (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/09/08/these-clean-energy-investments-could-save-the-worlds-cities-trillions-of-dollars/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Aspen Becomes Third U-S City to Achieve 100% Renewable Energy (Epoch Times)

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1746642-aspen-becomes-third-us-city-to-achieve-100-renewable-energy/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Comcast's Annual Rate Hike Defies Competition, Streaming Video (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/09/comcasts_annual_rate_hike_defi.html

Average Cable Bill Now $100, Up 39% since 2010 (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Average-Cable-Bill-Now-100-Up-39-Since-2010-135036

This City Just Rolled Out America’s Fastest Internet Service Yet (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/09/09/this-city-just-rolled-out-americas-fastest-internet-service-yet/?wprss=rss_business

AT&T Wants to Turn Your Car into a Wi-Fi Hotspot (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/09/08/att-wants-to-turn-your-car-into-a-wifi-hotspot/

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook's Business Pages Are Getting a Mobile-Centric Overhaul (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/facebooks-business-pages-are-getting-mobile-centric-overhaul-166764

Six Tips to Improve Your Facebook Posts (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/6-tips-to-improve-facebook-posts/

Instagram Expands Marketing Reach for Businesses (Associated Press)

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/05359c54ce9748af834f64508ea1cd8c/instagram-expands-marketing-reach-businesses

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Energy Bill’s Plan B: The Portman-Shaheen Bill (Morning Consult)

http://morningconsult.com/2015/09/energy-bills-plan-b-the-portman-shaheen-bill/

GENERAL NEWS

Green Diamond Opens Washington State Lands for Hunting (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/16963

Two Dead in Chelan County Shooting (Associated Press)

http://www.king5.com/story/news/crime/2015/09/08/two-dead--chelan-county-shooting/71903984/

DIVERSIONS

Stonehenge Researchers 'May Have Found Largest Neolithic Site'

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-34156673

How Telephone Etiquette Has Changed

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/how-telephone-etiquette-has-changed/403564/

Police: Stuck on Elevator, Burglar Forced to Call 911

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/police-stuck-on-elevator-burglar-forced-to-call/article_9c693c5b-0526-514a-9192-013312024bd2.html

Trucker Choking On Soft Drink Crashes into 23 New Cars

http://news.yahoo.com/cops-trucker-choking-soft-drink-crashes-23-cars-141455867.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Harry Chapin – 30,000 Pounds of Bananas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfFM4Ilt4Rs

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.

Energy News Digest for September 8, 2015

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for September 8, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/q6unfqj

Will the Remnants of Hurricane Ignacio Reach the Pacific Northwest? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2015/09/will-remnants-of-hurricane-ignacio.html

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Powering Pot: Growers Will Gobble Electricity (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/09/powering_pot_growers_will_gobb.html

Glen Canyon Dam: Massive Rock Threatening to Crash into Base of Arizona Dam (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/rock-threatening-crash-down-arizona-dam-155853245.html

‘Disastrous’: Low Snow, Heat Eat Away at Pacific Northwest Glaciers (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/disastrous-low-snow-heat-eat-away-at-northwest-glaciers/?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=Newsline&utm_campaign=Newsline

California: Feds Scramble to Avoid another Mass Salmon Die-Off in the Sacramento River (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article34197762.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter

Over 40 Hawaii Lawmakers Call for Study of Public Utility as Alternative to NextEra Deal (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/over-40-hawaii-lawmakers-call-for-study-of-public-utility-as-alternative-to/405183/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Glen Canyon Dam: Massive Rock Threatening to Crash into Base of Arizona Dam
• Over 40 Hawaii Lawmakers Call for Study of Public Utility as Alternative to NextEra Deal
• Women in the Trades: A Look into Puget Sound's Hardworking Women
• Snohomish County PUD Moving To Monthly Billing
• Evacuation Order Lifted for Town near Japan's Stricken Nuclear Plant; Residents Slow to Return
• Co-Sponsored by Electric Cooperatives, This Mobile App Could Give Kentucky's Economic Developers an Edge
• A 10,000 Member Illinois Electric Co-op Says: Go Paperless, Win a Chevy Volt
• California: Feds Scramble to Avoid another Mass Salmon Die-Off in the Sacramento River
• Recent High Sockeye Returns to Columbia River Expected to Decline in Next Few Years
• Oregon Dike Breach Offers Columbia River Salmon & Steelhead New Habitat
• Umatilla Tribes Use BPA Funds to Acquire Acreage to Improve Spawning, Rearing for Endangered Salmon
• Washington State Finds Issue with Moses Lake Irrigation & Rehabilitation District’s North Dam Project
• Wind Industry Aims to Cut Bat Killings
• The Big Surprise in Home Energy Consumption: Gaming PCs
• What’s The Best Way to Heat Things up At Home?
• Powering Pot: Growers Will Gobble Electricity
• Black Market Marijuana Taking Big Hit in States with Operating Dispensaries, Rec Shops
• High Interest in Becoming the Oregonian's Pot Critic
• Buddie, a Fuzzy Marijuana Mascot, Is Cultivating All Kinds of Trouble
• ‘Disastrous’: Low Snow, Heat Eat Away at Pacific Northwest Glaciers
• Oregon Worst in U-S for Drought Conditions
• Analysis: No Legal Teeth in 2008 State Law on Gas Emissions
• Washington State Ecology Officials Offer Rebate for Old Woodstoves
• GE Signs Largest Battery Storage Deal to Date
• Microsoft Ready for Next Battle over Government’s Reach
• Social Media Lit Up By Firefighters' Pics of the West Ablaze
• Apple's New Ad Blockers Threaten to Remove Publishers' Mobile Ads
• Ex-Washington State GOP Chairman Chris Vance to Challenge U-S Senator Patty Murray
• Golden Pheasant Road - Drive By Shooting Suspect Apprehended
• U-S Interior Secretary Visits North-Central Washington to Tour Wildfire
• North Shore Road Closure Starts Tuesday
• City of Shelton’s Porta Potty Pilot
• Kitsap County School District Spends Nearly $250,000 Fighting for Federal Aid
• 'No Californians' Stickers Being Slapped on For Sale Signs in Portland

WORD OF THE DAY

Eldritch • \EL-dritch\ • Adjective – Weird, eerie

Hiding under the covers, lest the closet monster see any part of  its body, the quaking child began having second thoughts about reading “Tales from the Crypt” with a flashlight under the covers at bedtime. Every eldritch creak of the house, branch against the window, or drip of the bathroom faucet conjured up images of a monster with slathering jaws waiting to pounce.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Glen Canyon Dam: Massive Rock Threatening to Crash into Base of Arizona Dam (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/rock-threatening-crash-down-arizona-dam-155853245.html

Over 40 Hawaii Lawmakers Call for Study of Public Utility as Alternative to NextEra Deal (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/over-40-hawaii-lawmakers-call-for-study-of-public-utility-as-alternative-to/405183/

Women in the Trades: A Look into Puget Sound's Hardworking Women (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://projects.seattletimes.com/2015/women-in-trades/

Snohomish County PUD Moving To Monthly Billing (My Edmonds News, WA)

http://myedmondsnews.com/2015/09/snohomish-county-pud-moving-to-monthly-billing/

Evacuation Order Lifted for Town near Japan's Stricken Nuclear Plant; Residents Slow to Return (Associated Press)

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/09/04/japan-town-near-damaged-nuclear-plant-lifts-evacuation-order

Co-Sponsored by Electric Cooperatives, This Mobile App Could Give Kentucky's Economic Developers an Edge (Louisville Business First, KY)

http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2015/09/04/this-mobile-app-could-give-kentuckyseconomic.html

A 10,000 Member Illinois Electric Co-op Says: Go Paperless, Win a Chevy Volt (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/editors-pick/go-paperless-win-a-chevy-volt/84869

FISH & WILDLIFE

California: Feds Scramble to Avoid another Mass Salmon Die-Off in the Sacramento River (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article34197762.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter

Recent High Sockeye Returns to Columbia River Expected to Decline in Next Few Years (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/434884.aspx

Oregon Dike Breach Offers Columbia River Salmon & Steelhead New Habitat (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Dike-breach-offers-salmon-and-steelhead-new-habitat.aspx

Umatilla Tribes Use BPA Funds to Acquire Acreage to Improve Spawning, Rearing for Endangered Salmon (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/434875.aspx

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Washington State Finds Issue with Moses Lake Irrigation & Rehabilitation District’s North Dam Project (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/business/state-finds-issue-with-mlird-north-dam-project/article_7776b6fc-535b-11e5-aac2-c3e70cc6e6e3.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Wind Industry Aims to Cut Bat Killings (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/252708-wind-industry-aims-to-cut-bat-killings

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

The Big Surprise in Home Energy Consumption: Gaming PCs (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkanellos/2015/09/07/the-big-surprise-in-home-energy-consumption-gaming-pcs/

What’s The Best Way to Heat Things up At Home? (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/living/whats-the-best-way-to-heat-things-up-at-home/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Powering Pot: Growers Will Gobble Electricity (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/09/powering_pot_growers_will_gobb.html

Black Market Marijuana Taking Big Hit in States with Operating Dispensaries, Rec Shops (Marijuana Business Daily)

http://mjbizdaily.com/chart-week-black-market-marijuana-taking-big-hit-states-operating-dispensaries-rec-shops/

High Interest in Becoming the Oregonian's Pot Critic (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/high-interest-becoming-oregonians-pot-critic

Buddie, a Fuzzy Marijuana Mascot, Is Cultivating All Kinds of Trouble (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2015/09/07/buddie-marijuana-mascot/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

‘Disastrous’: Low Snow, Heat Eat Away at Pacific Northwest Glaciers (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/disastrous-low-snow-heat-eat-away-at-northwest-glaciers/?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=Newsline&utm_campaign=Newsline

Oregon Worst in U-S for Drought Conditions (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/2015/09/07/ore-worst-us-drought-conditions-weather-rainfall/71836442/

Analysis: No Legal Teeth in 2008 State Law on Gas Emissions (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/analysis-no-legal-teeth-in-2008-state-law-on-gas-emissions/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Washington State Ecology Officials Offer Rebate for Old Woodstoves (Associated Press)

http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/state-ecology-officials-offer-rebate-for-old-woodstoves/35135072

GE Signs Largest Battery Storage Deal to Date (Breaking Energy)

http://breakingenergy.com/2015/09/07/ge-signs-largest-battery-storage-deal-to-date/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Microsoft Ready for Next Battle over Government’s Reach (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/microsoft-ready-for-next-battle-over-governments-reach/

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Social Media Lit Up By Firefighters' Pics of the West Ablaze (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/technology/article/Social-media-lit-up-by-firefighters-pics-of-the-6490157.php

Apple's New Ad Blockers Threaten to Remove Publishers' Mobile Ads (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/apples-new-ad-blockers-threaten-remove-publishers-mobile-ads-166734

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Ex-Washington State GOP Chairman Chris Vance to Challenge U-S Senator Patty Murray (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/sep/08/ex-washington-gop-chairman-chris-vance-to/

GENERAL NEWS

Golden Pheasant Road - Drive By Shooting Suspect Apprehended (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/24715-drive-by-shooting-suspect-apprehended

U-S Interior Secretary Visits North-Central Washington to Tour Wildfire (Associated Press)

http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/wildfires/2015/09/07/jewell-visits-north-central-washington-to-tour-wildfire/71850838/

North Shore Road Closure Starts Tuesday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/16922

City of Shelton’s Porta Potty Pilot (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/24690-porta-potty-pilot

Kitsap County School District Spends Nearly $250,000 Fighting for Federal Aid (Associated Press)

http://www.kxly.com/news/northwest/kitsap-district-spends-nearly-250k-fighting-for-federal-aid/35143362

'No Californians' Stickers Being Slapped on For Sale Signs in Portland (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/front-porch/index.ssf/2015/09/no_californians_stickers_being.html

DIVERSIONS

A Police Officer Took a Selfie with a Teen Who Wanted to Keep Her Safe

http://mashable.com/2015/09/07/police-gas-selfie/

The Comprehensive Flight Club Guide to Damn near Every Firefighting Aircraft

http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/the-comprehensive-flight-club-guide-to-damn-near-every-1724742785

Deer Devour Hemp Crops at Southern Oregon Farm – Out of about 1,000 plants, only 40 left

http://koin.com/2015/09/07/deer-devour-hemp-crops-at-southern-oregon-farm/

Texas Couple Convinced Doctors Gave Them the Wrong Baby — And They Were Right

http://q13fox.com/2015/09/08/texas-couple-convinced-doctors-gave-them-the-wrong-baby-and-they-were-right/

SONG OF THE DAY

Linda Ronstadt – Ooh Baby Baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dfc9EZShRw

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