Energy News Digest for August 11, 2017

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Weather Forecast for August 11, 2017 – Chance of Rain Showers Saturday Night & Sunday

Air Quality Alert for Mason County & the Rest of Western Washington until Noon Today

The End of Smoke, the First Rain, & Cooler Temperatures Return: But Are There Dangers with this Change? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-end-of-smoke-first-rain-and-cooler.html

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Pacific Northwest Lobby Petitions President Trump to End Salmon Protection (Associated Press)

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0810/Northwest-lobby-petitions-Trump-to-end-salmon-protection

Op/Ed: Feds Step Up to Claim Dam Authority (Dalles Chronicle, OR)

http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/aug/10/guest-column-feds-step-claim-dam-authority/

Marion County Judge Rules That Oregon Department of Energy Improperly Collected Tax (Willamette Week, OR)

http://www.wweek.com/news/2017/08/10/marion-county-judge-rules-that-department-of-energy-improperly-collected-tax/

Is Wildfire Smoke Going Away? Forecasters Say Conditions Right (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/is-wildfire-smoke-going-away-forecasters-say-conditions-right/article_20275cda-7e15-11e7-b8b9-6f0c1dc060a5.html

2016 Confirmed as Planet’s Hottest Year (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/10/2016-broke-global-temperature-records-again-241486

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Op/Ed: Feds Step Up to Claim Dam Authority
• Editorial: President Trump Wants to Steal Pacific Northwest Resources
• Benton PUD Considering a Rate Increase Effective October 1, 2017
• Okanogan County Electric Cooperative Proposes Three-Percent Rate Increase
• Power Outage Hits Oregon Music Festival in Pocketbook
• Seagull Causes Moclips Power Outage
• South Carolina: Two Million Spared from Santee Cooper Rate Hikes for Bungled Nuclear Project
• Total U-S Energy Expenditures in 2015 Were the Lowest in More Than a Decade
• Yucca Mountain Hearings Approach as NRC Tells Staff to Prepare
• FERC Chairman Says Lack of Quorum Was Historic
• American Public Power Association CEO Asks IRS to Withdraw Proposal Affecting Tax-Exempt Bonds ‘In Entirety’
• The Biggest Power Plants in the World -- Hydro & Nuclear
• Pacific Northwest Lobby Petitions President Trump to End Salmon Protection
• Fish Recolonizing Areas Upriver of Former Dam Sites on Elwha River
• Snake River Sockeye Trickling into Stanley Basin; Upper Columbia Sockeye Numbers Far Below Average
• Dam Operators: Oil Leaked From Lower Monument Dam into Snake River over Seven Months
• Marion County Judge Rules That Oregon Department of Energy Improperly Collected Tax
• SolarWorld Ripple Effect — Hillsboro Supplier Ulbrich Shuts Down
• Net Metering Debates Rev Up – Regulators Are Skeptical of Utility Proposals
• Staid Utility Investing World Upended by Green Energy Revolution: James Saft
• New Map Shows Wind Farms Spreading Rapidly across U-S
• Washington State Now Allows Cannabis Producers to Own Multiple Licenses. Let the M&A Frenzy Begin.
• Vote on Chelan County Cannabis Rules Delayed over Growers Concerns
• 2016 Confirmed as Planet’s Hottest Year
• Challenge to Carbon Rules for New Power Plants Delayed Indefinitely
• Op/Ed: New York Times Guilty Of Large Screw-Up on Climate-Change Story
• Texas: Environmentalists Swarm Austin City Hall in Push for Carbon-Free Electricity
• Study: Median U-S Broadband User Pays $80 for Broadband
• FCC Not Worried About Lack of Broadband Because We Really Just Need Our Phones
• Gigabit Broadband Gives Me Tomorrow’s Internet Today
• Facebook Finally Launching Long-Rumored “Facebook Watch” TV-Like Feature
• Smirking Cat Face, Bento Box, Tornado. Where Do Emoji Come From?
• Why Brands & Agencies Are Preparing for the Era of Six-Second Ads
• Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
• Washington State Supreme Court Upholds Seattle Gun Tax
• Lewis County Commissioners Settle Open Meetings Lawsuit
• Washington State Lawmakers Had a Fight So Bad, They Came Back in August to Say, ‘We Good?’
• Paper Company Norpac Asks Feds to Stop ‘Unfair’ Canadian ‘Dumping’ – Includes Cut-Rate Electricity
• Is Wildfire Smoke Going Away? Forecasters Say Conditions Right
• 4.5 quake hits Pacific Ocean off California, Oregon
• Work To Start on Idaho Facility for Warships’ Nuclear Waste
• Body Found in Eld Inlet Identified as Missing California Man
• Smoking Mo’s Opens Downtown Shelton Sidewalk Café
• There’s Wenatchee – 25 Best Places to Retire in the U-S

WORD OF THE DAY

Pandemonium • \pan-duh-MONE-ee-um\ • noun –1: the capital of Hell in Milton’s Paradise Lost 2: the infernal regions: hell 3: not capitalized: a wild uproar: tumult

(From the Greek: pan + the Latin: daemonium or demon)

Early release from school resulted in a joyous pandemonium on the front lawn of the local high school. Streamers of two-ply toilet paper soared through the air. The only thought going through the mind of the school’s budget analyst was that two rolls of one-ply would be more cost-effective.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Op/Ed: Feds Step Up to Claim Dam Authority (Dalles Chronicle, OR)

http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2017/aug/10/guest-column-feds-step-claim-dam-authority/

Editorial: President Trump Wants to Steal Pacific Northwest Resources (The Daily Astorian, OR)

http://www.dailyastorian.com/editorials/20170810/our-view-trump-wants-to-steal-northwest-resources

Benton PUD Considering a Rate Increase Effective October 1, 2017 (KNDO/KNDU,-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/36108563/benton-pud-considering-a-rate-increase-effective-october-1-2017

Okanogan County Electric Cooperative Proposes Three-Percent Rate Increase (Methow Valley News, Twisp, WA)

http://methowvalleynews.com/2017/08/10/electric-cooperative-proposes-3-percent-rate-increase/

Power Outage Hits Oregon Music Festival in Pocketbook (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2017/08/10/power-outage-hits-music-festival-in-pocketbook/

Seagull Causes Moclips Power Outage (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/seagull-caused-power-outage/

South Carolina: Two Million Spared from Santee Cooper Rate Hikes for Bungled Nuclear Project (The State, Columbia SC)

http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article166673857.html

Total U-S Energy Expenditures in 2015 Were the Lowest in More Than a Decade (U-S Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=32432

Yucca Mountain Hearings Approach as NRC Tells Staff to Prepare (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/yucca-mountain-hearings-approach-as-nrc-tells-staff-to-prepare/449003/

FERC Chairman Says Lack of Quorum Was Historic (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-ferc-chairman-says-lack-of-quorum-was-historic/article/2631234

American Public Power Association CEO Asks IRS to Withdraw Proposal Affecting Tax-Exempt Bonds ‘In Entirety’ (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=48658

The Biggest Power Plants in the World -- Hydro & Nuclear (Forbes Magazine)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2017/08/10/the-biggest-power-plants-in-the-world-hydro-and-nuclear/#687d03e2c887

FISH & WILDLIFE

Pacific Northwest Lobby Petitions President Trump to End Salmon Protection (Associated Press)

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0810/Northwest-lobby-petitions-Trump-to-end-salmon-protection

Fish Recolonizing Areas Upriver of Former Dam Sites on Elwha River (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/fish-recolonizing-areas-upriver-of-former-dam-sites-on-elwha-river/

Snake River Sockeye Trickling into Stanley Basin; Upper Columbia Sockeye Numbers Far Below Average (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/439414.aspx

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

Dam Operators: Oil Leaked From Lower Monument Dam into Snake River over Seven Months (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/tech/science/environment/corps-oil-leaked-from-dam-into-snake-river-over-7-months/463286571

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Marion County Judge Rules That Oregon Department of Energy Improperly Collected Tax (Willamette Week, OR)

http://www.wweek.com/news/2017/08/10/marion-county-judge-rules-that-department-of-energy-improperly-collected-tax/

SolarWorld Ripple Effect — Hillsboro Supplier Ulbrich Shuts Down (Portland Business Journal, OR)

https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/08/10/solarworld-ripple-effect-hillsboro-supplier.html

Net Metering Debates Rev Up – Regulators Are Skeptical of Utility Proposals (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/net-metering-debates-rev-up-but-regulators-are-skeptical-of-utility-propos/448703/

Staid Utility Investing World Upended by Green Energy Revolution: James Saft (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-markets-saft-idUSKBN1AR03N

New Map Shows Wind Farms Spreading Rapidly across U-S (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/10/new-map-shows-wind-farms-spreading-rapidly-across-us/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Washington State Now Allows Cannabis Producers to Own Multiple Licenses. Let the M&A Frenzy Begin. (Canna Law Blog)

http://www.cannalawblog.com/breaking-news-washington-state-now-allows-cannabis-producers-to-own-multiple-licenses-let-the-ma-frenzy-begin/

Vote on Chelan County Cannabis Rules Delayed over Growers Concerns (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://kpq.com/vote-on-cannabis-rules-delayed-over-growers-concerns/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

2016 Confirmed as Planet’s Hottest Year (Politico)

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/10/2016-broke-global-temperature-records-again-241486

Challenge to Carbon Rules for New Power Plants Delayed Indefinitely (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/challenge-to-carbon-rules-for-new-power-plants-delayed-indefinitely/449163/

Op/Ed: New York Times Guilty Of Large Screw-Up on Climate-Change Story (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/08/09/new-york-times-guilty-of-large-screw-up-on-climate-change-story/?utm_term=.72bf85177bbc

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE

Texas: Environmentalists Swarm Austin City Hall in Push for Carbon-Free Electricity (The Austin Monitor, TX)

https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2017/08/environmentalists-swarm-city-hall-push-carbon-free-electricity/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Study: Median U-S Broadband User Pays $80 for Broadband (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Study-Median-US-Broadband-User-Pays-80-for-Broadband-140099

FCC Not Worried About Lack of Broadband Because We Really Just Need Our Phones (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/08/10/fcc-not-worried-about-lack-of-broadband-because-we-really-just-need-our-phones/

Gigabit Broadband Gives Me Tomorrow’s Internet Today (C/Net News)

https://www.cnet.com/news/gigabit-broadband-gives-me-tomorrows-internet-today/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Finally Launching Long-Rumored “Facebook Watch” TV-Like Feature (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/08/10/facebook-finally-launching-long-rumored-facebook-watch-tv-like-feature/

Smirking Cat Face, Bento Box, Tornado. Where Do Emoji Come From? (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/40447070/smirking-cat-face-bento-box-tornado-where-do-emoji-come-from

Why Brands & Agencies Are Preparing for the Era of Six-Second Ads (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/why-brands-and-agencies-are-preparing-for-the-era-of-6-second-ads/

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/08/11/consumerist-friday-flickr-finds-391/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Washington State Supreme Court Upholds Seattle Gun Tax (Associated Press)

http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2017/08/10/washington-state-supreme-court-upholds-seattle-gun-tax/

Lewis County Commissioners Settle Open Meetings Lawsuit (Associated Press)

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2017-08-11/lewis-county-commissioners-settle-open-meetings-lawsuit

Washington State Lawmakers Had a Fight So Bad, They Came Back in August to Say, ‘We Good?’ (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/lawmakers-had-fight-so-bad-they-came-back-august-say-we-good

Paper Company Norpac Asks Feds to Stop ‘Unfair’ Canadian ‘Dumping’ – Includes Cut-Rate Electricity (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/norpac-asks-feds-to-stop-unfair-canadian-dumping/article_302ff927-e993-5878-893d-8b7f9f76a901.html

GENERAL NEWS

Is Wildfire Smoke Going Away? Forecasters Say Conditions Right (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/is-wildfire-smoke-going-away-forecasters-say-conditions-right/article_20275cda-7e15-11e7-b8b9-6f0c1dc060a5.html

4.5 quake hits Pacific Ocean off California, Oregon (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2017/08/11/4-5-quake-hits-pacific-ocean-off-california-oregon/

Work To Start on Idaho Facility for Warships’ Nuclear Waste (Associated Press)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/state_news/work-to-start-on-idaho-facility-for-warships-nuclear-waste/article_cc9daa2d-0e75-5767-9c87-6d9e64724a28.html

Body Found in Eld Inlet Identified as Missing California Man (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article166495817.html

Smoking Mo’s Opens Downtown Shelton Sidewalk Café (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26860

There’s Wenatchee – 25 Best Places to Retire in the U-S (AARP)

http://www.aarp.org/home-family/friends-family/info-2017/25-best-places-to-retire-fd.html

ROLLING THUNDER – DIVERSIONS

Moped Driver Arrested After 20 Mph Chase through Port Angeles

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/crime/moped-driver-arrested-after-20-mph-chase-through-port-angeles/

Thief Steals Surveillance Camera, Which Is Captured By — Yep, You Guessed It

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/crime_and_courts/thief-steals-surveillance-camera-which-is-captured-by-yep-you/article_b11afa6e-7e54-11e7-9bf6-037981f13539.html

St. Louis Cardinals Ask for Help in Finding the Rally Cat

http://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/national_sports/st-louis-cardinals-ask-for-help-in-finding-the-rally/article_c6a0ca0d-a4d6-52a7-9e20-2d50a5c0185d.html

Item Delivered to West Olympia Store Had a Not-So-Legal Surprise Stashed Inside

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article166542922.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4WiyxXpyZc

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Citing Washington Supreme Court Well Ruling, Lender Limits Real Estate Loans (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/article/20170808/article/170809907

Colstrip Power Plant Operator Reverses Course, Says It’s Staying (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/09/power-plant-operator-reverses-course-says-its-stay/

Here’s What You Need to Know about the Government Report on Climate Change. For Starters, It’s Real (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-climate-change-report-20170808-htmlstory.html

South Carolina: Sell Santee Cooper? All Options on Table for Nuclear Fix, Leaders Say (The State, Columbia SC)

http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article166049597.html

Tacoma Public Utilities Director Bill Gaines to Retire In December (Suburban Times, Lakewood, WA)

http://thesubtimes.com/2017/08/08/tpu-director-bill-gaines-to-retire-in-december/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Colstrip Power Plant Operator Reverses Course, Says It’s Staying
• Op/Ed: Switching From Coal to Natural Gas Will Not Save Our Planet
• South Carolina: Sell Santee Cooper? All Options on Table for Nuclear Fix, Leaders Say
• Tacoma Public Utilities Director Bill Gaines to Retire In December
• Grant PUD Preliminary Budget Smaller Than 2017
• Op/Ed: Congress Must Continue to Block Trump Plan to Sell Bonneville Power Administration
• Editorial: North Carolina Outer Banks – You Can’t Do What We Do Without Electricity
• Eastern Washington Man Appointed to Lead Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office
• To Save the Rivers & the Woods, Try Hurling a Few Dead Fish
• Years Of Work to Save a Fish Species Might Be… Dammed
• Sage Grouse Conservation Changes Draw Mix of Praise, Alarm
• Here’s How Congress Can Fix a Failed Policy on Fishing
• Poached Eels: U-S Strikes at Illegal Harvests as Value Grows
• Colville’s A to Z Timber Project Can Move Forward, Federal Court Rules
• Citing Washington Supreme Court Well Ruling, Lender Limits Real Estate Loans
• States Ask U-S Supreme Court to Define ‘Fractured’ Groundwater Rights
• Extreme Heat Reverses Benefits of Oregon’s Above-Average Snowpack
• To Solve ‘Duck Curve,’ Missouri Utility to Pay Bonus for West-Facing Solar Panels
• Op/Ed: Why a Solar Farm Makes No Sense
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District Could Earn from Japan’s Energy Deregulation
• Four Things You Need to Know Before Buying a Smart Light Bulb
• Oregon Lawmakers to the Federal Government: De-Schedule Marijuana
• Here’s What You Need to Know about the Government Report on Climate Change. For Starters, It’s Real
• Nikki Haley: No Reason Why Trump Administration Wouldn’t Accept Findings of Climate Change Report
• DC Circuit Extends Delay on Clean Power Plan Litigation
• California Mulls Larger Rebates for Electric Car Buyers
• Could ‘Solar Roads’ Help Generate Electricity?
• One Broadband Choice Still Counts as “Competition” after Court Decision
• Taylor Electric Cooperative Bringing Faster Internet to Rural Areas
• Wave Goodbye to Two More Facebook Apps: Lifestage & Groups
• Kilmer Town Hall Thursday in Belfair
• Yes, We Have the Worst Air in the Nation — We’re Setting a Regional Rainless Record
• Puget Sound Burn Ban Issued as Smoke from Fires Returns
• Plutonium Detected In Air at Hanford Nuclear Reservation
• Shelton City Commissioners Hire Firm to Study City Sewer, Water Rates
• President Trump Approves FEMA Disaster Relief Funds for Oregon after Winter Storms
• Overstock.com Doubling In Size at Satsop
• Of All Cascade Volcanoes, Mount Rainier Is the Most Dangerous

WORD OF THE DAY

Juggernaut • \JUGG-gurr-not\ • Noun - 1: a large heavy truck 2: a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path

Amber had asked Chad to create a simple costume she could wear for the April “Procession of the Species” parade in Olympia. Unbeknownst to her, he had just attended a guerilla theater camp where the attendees were taught how to make giant, creepy puppets for protest marches. Horrified, she crawled inside the paper-mache blue whale that was to be her costume. Sweating and straining, barely aware of the cheers from the attendees of the event, Amber swayed back and forth down the parade route, the juggernaut of a costume she was wearing veering dangerously towards the nearby Greenpeace “Rainbow Warrior” float. The irony of the next moments would live forever in “procession” lore.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Colstrip Power Plant Operator Reverses Course, Says It’s Staying (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/09/power-plant-operator-reverses-course-says-its-stay/

Op/Ed: Switching From Coal to Natural Gas Will Not Save Our Planet (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/switching-from-coal-to-natural-gas-will-not-save-our-planet/

South Carolina: Sell Santee Cooper? All Options on Table for Nuclear Fix, Leaders Say (The State, Columbia SC)

http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article166049597.html

Tacoma Public Utilities Director Bill Gaines to Retire In December (Suburban Times, Lakewood, WA)

http://thesubtimes.com/2017/08/08/tpu-director-bill-gaines-to-retire-in-december/

Grant PUD Preliminary Budget Smaller Than 2017 (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/article/20170809/ARTICLE/170809891

Op/Ed: Congress Must Continue to Block Trump Plan to Sell Bonneville Power Administration (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)

http://www.union-bulletin.com/opinion/editorials/congress-must-continue-to-block-trump-plan-to-sell-bpa/article_610f1ca8-7c60-11e7-a4bd-6f2ee7dd2c11.html

Editorial: North Carolina Outer Banks – You Can’t Do What We Do Without Electricity (Norwalk Reflector, NC)

http://www.norwalkreflector.com/Column/2017/08/06/You-can-do-what-we-do-without-electricity.html?lp=1

FISH & WILDLIFE

Eastern Washington Man Appointed to Lead Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office (Washington State Recreation & Conservation Office)

http://www.rco.wa.gov/doc_pages/press/2017/170.shtml

To Save the Rivers & the Woods, Try Hurling a Few Dead Fish (Mother Jones Magazine)

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/08/salmon-carcass-toss-oregon/

Years Of Work to Save a Fish Species Might Be… Dammed (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2017/08/bull-trout-fish-run-washington-cascades/

Sage Grouse Conservation Changes Draw Mix of Praise, Alarm (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/08/sage_grouse_conservation_chang.html

Here’s How Congress Can Fix a Failed Policy on Fishing (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/heres-how-congress-can-fix-a-failed-policy-on-fishing/article/2630520

Poached Eels: U-S Strikes at Illegal Harvests as Value Grows (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/As-eels-grow-in-value-US-government-clamps-down-11738477.php

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

Colville’s A to Z Timber Project Can Move Forward, Federal Court Rules (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/08/colvilles-a-to-z-timber-project-can-move-forward-c/

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Citing Washington Supreme Court Well Ruling, Lender Limits Real Estate Loans (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/article/20170808/article/170809907

States Ask U-S Supreme Court to Define ‘Fractured’ Groundwater Rights (Courthouse News Service)

https://www.courthousenews.com/states-ask-high-court-delve-fractured-groundwater-rights/

Extreme Heat Reverses Benefits of Oregon’s Above-Average Snowpack (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-snowpack-heat-summer-2017/

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

To Solve ‘Duck Curve,’ Missouri Utility to Pay Bonus for West-Facing Solar Panels (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2017/08/to-solve-duck-curve-missouri-utility-to-pay-bonus-for-west-facing-solar-panels.html

Op/Ed: Why a Solar Farm Makes No Sense (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)

http://www.dailytidings.com/opinion/20170809/guest-opinion-why-solar-farm-makes-no-sense

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Sacramento Municipal Utility District Could Earn from Japan’s Energy Deregulation (Sacramento Municipal Utility District, CA)

https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2017/08/08/smud-could-earn-from-japans-energy-deregulation.html

Four Things You Need to Know Before Buying a Smart Light Bulb (USA Today)

http://smarthome.reviewed.com/features/everything-you-need-to-know-before-buying-a-smart-light-bulb-2

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Oregon Lawmakers to the Federal Government: De-Schedule Marijuana (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/08/state_lawmakers_to_the_federal.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Here’s What You Need to Know about the Government Report on Climate Change. For Starters, It’s Real (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-climate-change-report-20170808-htmlstory.html

Nikki Haley: No Reason Why Trump Administration Wouldn’t Accept Findings of Climate Change Report (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nikki-haley-no-reason-why-trump-administration-wouldnt-accept-findings-of-climate-change-report/article/2630889

DC Circuit Extends Delay on Clean Power Plan Litigation (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/dc-circuit-extends-delay-on-clean-power-plan-litigation/448928/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

California Mulls Larger Rebates for Electric Car Buyers (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)

https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2017/08/09/california-mulls-larger-rebates-for-electric-car.html

Could ‘Solar Roads’ Help Generate Electricity? (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-40805733/could-solar-roads-help-generate-electricity

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

One Broadband Choice Still Counts as “Competition” after Court Decision (Ars Tecnica)

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/one-broadband-choice-still-counts-as-competition-after-court-decision/

Taylor Electric Cooperative Bringing Faster Internet to Rural Areas (KTXS-TV, Abilene, TX)

http://www.ktxs.com/news/taylor-electric-cooperative-bringing-faster-internet-to-rural-areas/601550378

MARKETING & MEDIA

Wave Goodbye to Two More Facebook Apps: Lifestage & Groups (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/facebook-lifestage-groups-apps-shuttered/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Kilmer Town Hall Thursday in Belfair (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26848

GENERAL NEWS

Yes, We Have the Worst Air in the Nation — We’re Setting a Regional Rainless Record (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/weather/article165896112.html

Puget Sound Burn Ban Issued as Smoke from Fires Returns (Associated Press)

http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2017/08/08/puget-sound-burn-ban-issued-as-smoke-from-fires-returns/

Plutonium Detected In Air at Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/08/plutonium-detected-in-air-at-hanford-nuclear-reser/

Shelton City Commissioners Hire Firm to Study City Sewer, Water Rates (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/city-commissioners-hire-firm-to-study-city-sewer-water-rates/article_0a5508ce-7c82-11e7-b630-ff3dc35cbb70.html

President Trump Approves FEMA Disaster Relief Funds for Oregon after Winter Storms (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/08/trump_approves_fema_disaster_r.html

Overstock.com Doubling In Size at Satsop (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

https://www.thedailyworld.com/news/overstock-com-doubling-in-size-at-satsop/

Of All Cascade Volcanoes, Mount Rainier Is the Most Dangerous (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/science/article/Cascade-volcanoes-Mount-Rainier-is-the-most-11743019.php

GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY – DIVERSIONS

Glen Campbell, Country Music Legend, Is Dead At 81

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/08/523951843/glen-campbell-country-music-legend-is-dead-at-81

Lawsuit Claims Dunkin’ Donuts Blueberry Bakery Items Don’t Contain Actual Blueberries

https://consumerist.com/2017/08/08/lawsuit-claims-dunkin-donuts-blueberry-bakery-items-dont-contain-actual-blueberries/

Calm Down People, the Moscow Mule Is Not Going to Kill You

http://mashable.com/2017/08/09/moscow-mule-copper-mug-poison-kill-debunk/

You Still Can’t Fire Up an E-Cigarette on Your Flight

https://consumerist.com/2017/07/21/you-still-cant-fire-up-an-e-cigarette-on-your-flight/

SONG OF THE DAY

Glen Campbell – Adios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzQQoUx1oOU

This is an absolutely amazing interview with Alice Cooper about his relationship with Glen Campbell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6q2hsdXenQ

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for August 8, 2017

Air Quality Issues – Special Weather Statement

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Think It’s Hot Now? Here’s What Climate Models Say about the Future of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/think-its-hot-now-heres-what-climate-models-say-about-the-future-of-the-pacific-northwest/

With Shipping Down on Snake River, Farmers Worry About Dams’ Future (Bellingham Herald, WA)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/state/article165591912.html

Oregon Warns Willamette Steelhead Face Extinction If Sea Lions’ Feast Continues (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/08/oregon_warns_willamette_steelh.html

Warren Buffett Likes Solar, But Not the Price Tag (Bloomberg News)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/warren-buffett-likes-solar-but-not-the-price-tag

Draft Government Report Finds Drastic Impact of Climate Change on U-S (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/climate/climate-change-drastic-warming-trump.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• With Shipping Down on Snake River, Farmers Worry About Dams’ Future
• Chelan PUD Announces Two Deals Worth $40 Million
• Idaho Falls Power Proposes Rate Increase
• TVA – Federal Judge Orders Nation’s Largest Public Utility to Remove Coal Waste
• Massachusetts: Utilities Want Higher Rates to Update Electric Grid
• (New York) Massive Steam Generator Goes Down Hudson River to New Jersey
• Should Northern New England Host Massachusetts’ Renewable Energy Extension Cord?
• Texas: Third Boy Scout Dies after Sailboat Strikes Power Line on Lake
• Oregon Warns Willamette Steelhead Face Extinction If Sea Lions’ Feast Continues
• Bill That Could Stabilize West Coast Crab Industry Heads to Trump’s Desk
• Op/Ed: Working Forests Help Purify Water Sources for Salmon Habitat
• Free Alaskan Salmon: Just Bring a Net & Expect a Crowd
• Report Proposes Steps to Keep Asian Carp Out of Great Lakes
• Warren Buffett Likes Solar, But Not the Price Tag
• Opportunity Abounds as Washington State Builds the Modern Electricity Grid
• Editorial: Eugene Water & Electric Board - Gone With the Wind, EWEB Seeks To Reduce Power Resources
• EIA: Aug. 21 Eclipse Expected to Affect Solar Units – Not Reliability
• Germans Just Love Paying Sky-High Prices for Green Energy
• Think It’s Hot Now? Here’s What Climate Models Say about the Future of the Pacific Northwest
• Draft Government Report Finds Drastic Impact of Climate Change on U-S
• U-S Department of Agriculture Is Censoring Use of Term ‘Climate Change’, Emails Reveal
• City Pledges for ‘100% Renewable Energy’ Are 99% Misleading
• Garage Science Project Lands Seattle Sisters an Opportunity to Work with NASA
• Want to More Than Just Watch The Eclipse? Become a Citizen Scientist
• Some Rural Co-Ops Investing To Bring Broadband to Rural Areas, Just as They Did with Electricity
• Hackers Demand Millions in Ransom for Stolen HBO Data
• Comcast Fails To Shut Down Customer Lawsuit over ‘Broadcast TV’ & ‘Regional Sports’ Fees
• How to Grow Your Facebook Following: A Six-Step Plan
• Threat of State Employee Layoffs Still Real as Capital Budget Impasse Persists
• Public Works Funding Falls as Infrastructure Deteriorates
• Google Fires Engineer Who Asserted Women Not Biologically Suited for Leadership Roles
• Citations Down, Warnings Up on New Distracted Driving Law
• Del Griffey Takes Farmers’ Position on Port of Allyn Commission
• Shelton’s Log & Band Saw Monuments Placed on Historic Register
• Community Rallies to Raise Funds for Young Boys Whose Mom Was Struck by Lightning
• Report: Dead Body on a Gurney Flies Into Olympia Traffic

WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU

Monstrous ● \MON-struss\ ● 1: strange, unnatural 2: having extraordinary often overwhelming size 3: gigantic 3a: having the qualities or appearance of a monster 3b: teeming with monsters 4a: extraordinarily ugly or vicious: 4b: shockingly wrong or ridiculous 5: deviating greatly from the natural form or character: 6: very great — used as an intensive

Ode to Godzilla

Man in rubber suit

Tiny Tokyo destroyed

Monstrous behavior

https://joelshorriblehaiku.blogspot.com/

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

With Shipping Down on Snake River, Farmers Worry About Dams’ Future (Bellingham Herald, WA)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/state/article165591912.html

Chelan PUD Announces Two Deals Worth $40 Million (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://kpq.com/chelan-pud-announces-two-deals-worth-40-million/

Idaho Falls Power Proposes Rate Increase (East Idaho News)

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2017/08/idaho-falls-power-proposes-rate-increase/

TVA – Federal Judge Orders Nation’s Largest Public Utility to Remove Coal Waste (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/federal-judge-orders-nations-largest-public-utility-to-remove-coal-waste/article/2630717

Massachusetts: Utilities Want Higher Rates to Update Electric Grid (Gloucester Times, MA)

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/utilities-want-higher-rates-to-update-electric-grid/article_50c74e0f-15a4-54c8-8093-471c7fe64b1d.html

New York: Massive Steam Generator Goes Down Hudson River to New Jersey (Associated Press)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/national_news/massive-steam-generator-goes-down-hudson-river-to-new-jersey/article_69c3a334-be6d-587f-8c34-38e996c65815.html

Should Northern New England Host Massachusetts’ Renewable Energy Extension Cord? (New England Public Radio)

http://nepr.net/post/should-northern-new-england-host-massachusetts-renewable-energy-extension-cord#stream/0

Texas: Third Boy Scout Dies after Sailboat Strikes Power Line on Lake (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/07/third-boy-scout-dies-after-sailboat-strikes-power-/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Oregon Warns Willamette Steelhead Face Extinction If Sea Lions’ Feast Continues (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/08/oregon_warns_willamette_steelh.html

Bill That Could Stabilize West Coast Crab Industry Heads to Trump’s Desk (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/donald-trump-west-coast-crab-industry-bill/

Op/Ed: Working Forests Help Purify Water Sources for Salmon Habitat (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/sponsored/working-forests-help-purify-water-sources-for-salmon-habitat/

Free Alaskan Salmon: Just Bring a Net & Expect a Crowd (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/dining/sockeye-salmon-fishing-in-alaska.html

Report Proposes Steps to Keep Asian Carp Out of Great Lakes (Associated Press)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-list-options-strengthening-asian-carp-defenses-050245397.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Warren Buffett Likes Solar, But Not the Price Tag (Bloomberg News)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/warren-buffett-likes-solar-but-not-the-price-tag

Opportunity Abounds as Washington State Builds the Modern Electricity Grid (Xconomy)

http://www.xconomy.com/national/2017/08/07/opportunity-abounds-as-washington-builds-the-modern-electricity-grid/

Editorial: Eugene Water & Electric Board - Gone With the Wind, EWEB Seeks To Reduce Power Resources (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/35840290-78/gone-with-the-wind.html.csp

EIA: Aug. 21 Eclipse Expected to Affect Solar Units – Not Reliability (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=48644

Germans Just Love Paying Sky-High Prices for Green Energy (Fortune Magazine)

http://fortune.com/2017/08/08/germans-renewable-energy-energiewende-subsidies/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Think It’s Hot Now? Here’s What Climate Models Say about the Future of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/think-its-hot-now-heres-what-climate-models-say-about-the-future-of-the-pacific-northwest/

Draft Government Report Finds Drastic Impact of Climate Change on U-S (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/climate/climate-change-drastic-warming-trump.html

U-S Department of Agriculture Is Censoring Use of Term ‘Climate Change’, Emails Reveal (The Guardian, UK)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/07/usda-climate-change-language-censorship-emails

City Pledges for ‘100% Renewable Energy’ Are 99% Misleading (Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2017/08/08/city-pledges-for-100-renewable-energy-are-99-misleading/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Garage Science Project Lands Seattle Sisters an Opportunity to Work with NASA (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2017/08/06/garage-science-project-lands-seattle-sisters-an-opportunity-to-work-with-nasa/

Want to More Than Just Watch The Eclipse? Become a Citizen Scientist (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/want-more-just-watch-eclipse-become-citizen-scientist

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Some Rural Co-Ops Investing To Bring Broadband to Rural Areas, Just as They Did with Electricity (Jefferson City News-Tribune, MO)
http://www.newstribune.com/news/local/story/2017/aug/06/some-rural-co-ops-investing-to-bring-broadband-to-rural-areas-just-as-they-did-electricity/685280/

Hackers Demand Millions in Ransom for Stolen HBO Data (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2017/08/08/hackers-demand-millions-in-ransom-for-stolen-hbo-data/

Comcast Fails To Shut Down Customer Lawsuit over ‘Broadcast TV’ & ‘Regional Sports’ Fees (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/08/08/comcast-fails-to-shut-down-customer-lawsuit-over-broadcast-tv-regional-sports-fees/

MARKETING & MEDIA

How to Grow Your Facebook Following: A Six-Step Plan (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/facebook-grow-following-6-step-plan/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Threat of State Employee Layoffs Still Real as Capital Budget Impasse Persists (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article165962737.html

Public Works Funding Falls as Infrastructure Deteriorates (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/us/politics/infrastructure-trump.html

Google Fires Engineer Who Asserted Women Not Biologically Suited for Leadership Roles (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/google-fires-engineer-who-asserted-women-not-biologically-suited-for-leadership-roles/article/2630879

GENERAL NEWS

Citations Down, Warnings Up on New Distracted Driving Law (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://kpq.com/citations-warnings-new-distracted-driving-law/

Del Griffey Takes Farmers’ Position on Port of Allyn Commission (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26843

Shelton’s Log & Band Saw Monuments Placed on Historic Register (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26835

Community Rallies to Raise Funds for Young Boys Whose Mom Was Struck by Lightning (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)

http://www.khq.com/story/36083119/community-rallies-to-raise-funds-for-young-boys-whose-mom-was-struck-by-lightning

Report: Dead Body on a Gurney Flies Into Olympia Traffic (KIRO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/712797/olympia-gurney-body-traffic/

MEN IN RUBBER SUITS ON A RAMPAGE – DIVERSIONS

Century-Old $5 Bill Sold at Auction for $11,000

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/07/century-old-5-bill-sold-at-auction-for-11000/

India Police Pair Sacked over Faked Everest Climb

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-40859155

Original Godzilla Suit Actor Haruo Nakajima Dies

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40860365

San Francisco Street Sells for $90,000. Neighbors Aren’t Happy

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/san-francisco-street-sells-90k-225021750.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Alexandre Desplat – Godzilla (2014 Soundtrack Main Title Theme)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nof1AoSFCyw

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