Energy News Digest for December 15, 2016 - The Hydro Appreciation Day Edition

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for December 15, 2016 – Chance of Snow Saturday Night

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Wear Your Action Green to Celebrate Hydropower Appreciation Day Today! (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

https://www.pud3.org/blog/articles--blog/post/hydropower-appreciation-day

Yahoo says one billion accounts exposed in newly discovered security breach (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-cyber-idUSKBN1432WZ

Feds Unveil Ten-Year Recovery Plan for Threatened Coastal Coho (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/12/feds_plan_for_threatened_coast.html

Seattle City Light Signs Agreement to Participate in CAISO Energy Imbalance Market (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=47213

Climate Monitoring – Jerry Brown Strikes Defiant Tone: ‘California Will Launch Its Own Damn Satellite’ (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article120928688.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Seattle City Light Signs Agreement to Participate in CAISO Energy Imbalance Market
• Jefferson Public Utility District OKs Rate Hikes for 2017
• California Regulators Force Sothern Cal Edison, Stakeholders to Renegotiate San Onofre Nuclear Settlement
• Fish, Not Bird, on Wire Causes South Seattle Power Outage
• Feds Unveil Ten-Year Recovery Plan for Threatened Coastal Coho
• Anglers Cashed in on Pikeminnow Rewards
• Unprecedented Images Show Orcas Hunting & Killing Rare Beaked Whales
• Arizona Water Leaders Confer with Colorado River States on Drought Contingency Plan
• Port of Grays Harbor “Deeper Draft” Dredging Project Applauded
• Hawaii Regulators Nix Bid to Raise Caps on Grid-Supply Rooftop Solar Incentive
• Wind Industry to Trump: Transmission Vital to Sustain Record Growth
• Benton PUD Shows Ways to Lower Energy Bills This Winter
• Home Heating Safety Tips for This Winter Season
• Marijuana Growers Are Seeing the (LED) Light on Energy Efficiency
• Climate Monitoring – Jerry Brown Strikes Defiant Tone: ‘California Will Launch Its Own Damn Satellite’
• Climate Change is Threatening Earth’s Best Place to Study Mars
• Yahoo Says One Billion Accounts Exposed in Newly Discovered Security Breach
• Verizon Considers Changing Yahoo Deal After Latest Breach
• FCC Boss Tom Wheeler Announces His Resignation
• Google Fiber Turns to ‘Microtrenching’ to Speed up Fiber Build
• Facebook Just Launched a Boatload of Tools for Fighting Fake News
• Evernote: Update to Privacy Policy Was “Communicated Poorly”
• Murray to Fight Any Trump Administration Cutbacks at Hanford, PNNL, Impacts to BPA
• Seahawks Wearing ‘Action Green’ Uniforms in Tonight’s ‘Color Rush’ Game
• Wear Your Action Green to Celebrate Hydropower Appreciation Day Today!
• Green Diamond Leases 15,850 Acres in Mason County to Motorcycle Group
• Washington State Unemployment Rate Down to 5.3 Percent
• Ten Years Ago Today, Historic Hanukkah Eve Windstorm Pummeled Western Washington State

WORD OF THE DAY

Semiotic • \sem-mee-AWE-tick\ • Adjective - A general philosophical theory of signs & symbols that deals especially with their function in both artificially constructed & natural languages & comprises syntactics, semantics, & pragmatics.

The bristling electrical engineer pounded his fist on the table during the safety meeting with his insurance adjuster. “The big glowing signs be blasted,” he thundered. “A semiotic approach would be best advanced by a low voltage shock when someone tries to break into our substation. Now there’s a sign that those copper stealing vermin would notice.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Seattle City Light Signs Agreement to Participate in CAISO Energy Imbalance Market (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=47213

Jefferson Public Utility District OKs Rate Hikes for 2017 (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/jefferson-public-utility-district-oks-rate-hikes-for-2017/

California Regulators Force Sothern Cal Edison, Stakeholders to Renegotiate San Onofre Nuclear Settlement (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-regulators-force-sce-stakeholders-to-renegotiate-san-onofre-nuc/432429/

Fish, Not Bird, on Wire Causes South Seattle Power Outage (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://komonews.com/news/local/fish-not-bird-on-wire-causes-s-seattle-power-outage

FISH & WILDLIFE

Feds Unveil Ten-Year Recovery Plan for Threatened Coastal Coho (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/12/feds_plan_for_threatened_coast.html

Anglers Cashed in on Pikeminnow Rewards (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/dec/15/anglers-cashed-in-on-pikeminnow-rewards/

Unprecedented Images Show Orcas Hunting & Killing Rare Beaked Whales (Gizmodo – Note: Graphic Images)

http://gizmodo.com/unprecedented-images-show-orcas-hunting-and-killing-rar-1790146914

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Arizona Water Leaders Confer with Colorado River States on Drought Contingency Plan (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2016/12/14/arizona-water-leaders-confer-with-colorado-river.html

Port of Grays Harbor “Deeper Draft” Dredging Project Applauded (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/port-grays-harbor-deeper-draft-dredging-project-applauded/

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Hawaii Regulators Nix Bid to Raise Caps on Grid-Supply Rooftop Solar Incentive (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/hawaii-regulators-nix-bid-to-raise-caps-on-grid-supply-rooftop-solar-incent/432464/

Wind Industry to Trump: Transmission Vital to Sustain Record Growth (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/wind-industry-to-trump-transmission-vital-to-sustain-record-growth/431602/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Benton PUD Shows Ways to Lower Energy Bills This Winter (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://keprtv.com/news/local/benton-pud-shows-ways-to-lower-energy-bills-this-winter

Home Heating Safety Tips for This Winter Season (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/34052712/home-heating-safety-tips-for-this-winter-season

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Marijuana Growers Are Seeing the (LED) Light on Energy Efficiency (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/marijuana-growers-are-seeing-the-led-light-on-energy-efficiency/431991/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Climate Monitoring – Jerry Brown Strikes Defiant Tone: ‘California Will Launch Its Own Damn Satellite’ (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article120928688.html

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Climate Change is Threatening Earth’s Best Place to Study Mars (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-december-15-2016-1.3896671/climate-change-is-threatening-earth-s-best-place-to-study-mars-1.3896734

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Yahoo Says One Billion Accounts Exposed in Newly Discovered Security Breach (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-cyber-idUSKBN1432WZ

Verizon Considers Changing Yahoo Deal After Latest Breach (Reuters)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-senator-seeks-probe-yahoo-security-massive-hack-153828270--finance.html?ref=gs

FCC Boss Tom Wheeler Announces His Resignation (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Boss-Tom-Wheeler-Announces-His-Resignation-138547

Google Fiber Turns to ‘Microtrenching’ to Speed up Fiber Build (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Fiber-Turns-to-Microtrenching-to-Speed-up-Fiber-Build-138534

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Just Launched a Boatload of Tools for Fighting Fake News (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/12/15/facebook-fake-news-feed-changes/

Evernote: Update to Privacy Policy Was “Communicated Poorly” (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2016/12/15/evernote-update-to-privacy-policy-was-communicated-poorly/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Murray to Fight Any Trump Administration Cutbacks at Hanford, PNNL, Impacts to BPA (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article120844193.html

GENERAL NEWS

Seahawks Wearing ‘Action Green’ Uniforms in Tonight’s ‘Color Rush’ Game (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/12/15/seahawks-wearing-action-green-uniforms-in-tonights-color-rush-game/

Wear Your Action Green to Celebrate Hydropower Appreciation Day Today! (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

https://www.pud3.org/blog/articles--blog/post/hydropower-appreciation-day

Green Diamond Leases 15,850 Acres in Mason County to Motorcycle Group (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/green-diamond-leases-acres-to-motorcycle-group/article_051e568a-c265-11e6-8d39-0bb69054e1aa.html

Washington State Unemployment Rate Down to 5.3 Percent (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/regional_state_news/washington-state-unemployment-rate-down-to-percent/article_8a7770da-c2e4-11e6-98c3-5f1bb04800da.html

Ten Years Ago Today, Historic Hanukkah Eve Windstorm Pummeled Western Washington State (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://komonews.com/weather/scotts-weather-blog/10-years-ago-today-historic-hanukkah-eve-windstorm-pummeled-western-washington

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN – DIVERSIONS

Astronomers Discover Alien Planet with Clouds Made of Jewels

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1213/Astronomers-discover-alien-planet-with-clouds-made-of-jewels

Climate Change Could Mean the End of Fish & Chips

http://www.grubstreet.com/2016/12/climate-change-could-mean-the-end-of-fish-and-chips.html

Drat. Humbug! Uh, Oh: Heartbreaking Story of Boy Who Died in Santa’s Arms Unravels

http://q13fox.com/2016/12/14/uh-oh-heartbreaking-story-of-boy-who-died-in-santas-arms-unravels/

Court Order Can’t Stop Stray Golf Balls from Hitting Home

http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/court-order-stop-stray-golf-balls-hitting-home-44211513

SONG OF THE DAY

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyLY8YDWzrQ

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Energy News Digest for December 14, 2016

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for December 14, 2016

Hard Freeze Will Soon Hit West of the Cascade Crest (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/12/hard-freeze-will-soon-hit-west-of.html

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Hard Freeze Will Soon Hit West of the Cascade Crest (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/12/hard-freeze-will-soon-hit-west-of.html

California, Oregon, Washington – West Coast States to Fight Climate Change Even If President-Elect Trump Does Not (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-climate-westcoast-idUSKBN1422V5

Washington State Governor Inslee Proposes Carbon, Capital Gains Taxes for Education (Associated Press)

http://www.khq.com/story/34044413/inslee-proposes-carbon-capital-gains-taxes-for-education

Clark Public Utilities Holds Rates Steady – Commissioners OK $371.1 Million Budget for 2017 (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/dec/13/clark-public-utilities-holds-rates-steady/

California to Adopt First U-S Energy-Saving Rules for Computers (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-energy-computers-idUSKBN1431RV

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Clark Public Utilities Holds Rates Steady – Commissioners OK $371.1 Million Budget for 2017
• Douglas PUD Rates Increasing
• Clallam PUD Commissioners OK Budget, Rate Increases for 2017
• Snowy Weather Could Drive Up Electricity Bills
• Bipartisan Committee Can’t Agree How to Restructure Oregon’s Troubled Energy Department
• More Join in the Celebration of December 15 as Hydropower Appreciation Day
• Benton/Franklin County PUDs Declare December 15 National Hydropower Appreciation Day
• Feds Greenlight Pair of Western U-S Transmission Projects
• Arizona Utility Regulator Wants Nuclear Energy to Count as Renewable
• Editorial: Congress Can’t Find Energy to Act
• Mason Conservation District Receives Salmon Recovery Funding for Gosnell Creek
• Bald Eagle Comes Off Endangered Species List in Washington State
• 102 Million Dead Trees in California’s Forests Are Turning Tree Cutters into Millionaires
• First U-S Offshore Wind Farm Spins to Life
• California to Adopt First U-S Energy-Saving Rules for Computers
• Simple Energy Savers – Ease Winter Bills, Improve Comfort with Snohomish PUD Tips
• Kitsap Marijuana Businesses on the Move
• Colorado Has Sold More Than $1 Billion in Marijuana in 2016
• California, Oregon, Washington – West Coast States to Fight Climate Change Even If President-Elect Trump Does Not
• Things Could Change for Battelle’s Climate Change Research Under Trump Administration
• Arctic’s Year of Crazy Extremes as Warming Hits Overdrive
• Could a Colorado Tax Case Raise Fees for Online Shopping?
• Facebook’s Epic Email Blunder Reveals Their Stance on President Elect Trump’s Muslim Registry
• Three Ways to Republish Instagram Content on Facebook
• Washington State Governor Inslee Proposes Carbon, Capital Gains Taxes for Education
• Washington State Auditor – 9th Circuit Declines to Hear Troy Kelley’s Double Jeopardy Claim
• Trump Passes Over McMorris Rodgers, Picks Zinke as Interior Secretary
• Sunny & Dry for Most Across Puget Sound Area, But Cold, Cold, Cold Through Rest of Week
• What You Should Know About the Polar Vortex
• City of Shelton Leaders Raise Issues with Proposed Downtown Site of Treatment Center
• Mason County Holds Meeting on Extending Belfair Sewer
• Omak Plywood Plant Will Close at the End of January, Putting 217 Out of Work
• Minimum Wage to Climb in Seattle, Around Washington State
• Olympia Adopts ‘Sanctuary City’ Resolution in Response to Presidential Election

WORD OF THE DAY

Acolyte • \ACK-uh-lite\ • Noun - 1: one who assists a member of the clergy in a liturgical service by performing minor duties 2: one who attends or assists: follower.

The college intern’s enthusiasm over her new position at PepsiCo hit rock bottom on the second day. That’s when she learned that she’d been assigned to the “Gatorade” division, with the inauspicious title of “electrolyte acolyte.” Somewhere a clever HR staffer is still giggling.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Clark Public Utilities Holds Rates Steady – Commissioners OK $371.1 Million Budget for 2017 (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/dec/13/clark-public-utilities-holds-rates-steady/

Douglas PUD Rates Increasing (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://kpq.com/douglas-pud-rates-increasing/

Clallam PUD Commissioners OK Budget, Rate Increases for 2017 (Sequim Gazette, WA)

http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/clallam-pud-commissioners-ok-budget-rate-increases-for-2017/

Snowy Weather Could Drive Up Electricity Bills (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/snowy-weather-could-drive-up-electricity-bills/article_4ae1e73f-500d-5c51-afd7-90a04a005c61.html

Bipartisan Committee Can’t Agree How to Restructure Oregon’s Troubled Energy Department (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/12/bipartisan_committee_cant_agre_1.html

More Join in the Celebration of December 15 as Hydropower Appreciation Day (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

https://www.pud3.org/blog/articles--blog/in-the-community/more-join-in-the-celebration-of-december-15-as-hydropower-appreciation-day

Benton/Franklin County PUDs Declare December 15 National Hydropower Appreciation Day (Benton PUD, Franklin PUD, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2016/12/bentonfranklin-county-puds-declare.html

Feds Greenlight Pair of Western U-S Transmission Projects (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/feds-greenlight-pair-of-western-us-transmission-projects/432365/

Arizona Utility Regulator Wants Nuclear Energy to Count as Renewable (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Utility-regulator-wants-nuclear-energy-to-count-10793160.php

Editorial: Congress Can’t Find Energy to Act (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/dec/14/congress-cant-find-energy-to-act/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Mason Conservation District Receives Salmon Recovery Funding for Gosnell Creek (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/23048

Bald Eagle Comes Off Endangered Species List in Washington State (Utility Dive)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/1214/Bald-eagle-comes-off-endangered-species-list-in-Washington-State

102 Million Dead Trees in California’s Forests Are Turning Tree Cutters into Millionaires (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-sierra-tree-mortality-20161129-story.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

First U-S Offshore Wind Farm Spins to Life (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/science/wind-power-block-island.html?_r=0

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

California to Adopt First U-S Energy-Saving Rules for Computers (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-energy-computers-idUSKBN1431RV

Simple Energy Savers – Ease Winter Bills, Improve Comfort with Snohomish PUD Tips (Stanwood-Camano News, WA)

http://www.scnews.com/news/article_765574aa-c0c1-11e6-96ea-f726c032d20e.html

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Kitsap Marijuana Businesses on the Move (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/money/blogs/minding-your-business/2016/12/13/kitsap-marijuana-businesses-move/95389544/

Colorado Has Sold More Than $1 Billion in Marijuana in 2016 (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/12/13/marijuana-sales-colorado-2016/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

California, Oregon, Washington – West Coast States to Fight Climate Change Even If President-Elect Trump Does Not (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-climate-westcoast-idUSKBN1422V5

Things Could Change for Battelle’s Climate Change Research Under Trump Administration (Columbus Business First, OH)

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/12/13/things-could-change-for-battelles-climate-change.html

Arctic’s Year of Crazy Extremes as Warming Hits Overdrive (Associated Press)

http://koin.com/ap/arctics-year-of-crazy-extremes-as-warming-hits-overdrive/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Could a Colorado Tax Case Raise Fees for Online Shopping? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2016/1214/Could-a-Colorado-tax-case-raise-fees-for-online-shopping

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook’s Epic Email Blunder Reveals Their Stance on President Elect Trump’s Muslim Registry (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2016/12/14/facebook-email-muslim-registry/

Three Ways to Republish Instagram Content on Facebook (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/3-ways-to-republish-instagram-content-on-facebook/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Governor Inslee Proposes Carbon, Capital Gains Taxes for Education (Associated Press)

http://www.khq.com/story/34044413/inslee-proposes-carbon-capital-gains-taxes-for-education

Washington State Auditor – 9th Circuit Declines to Hear Troy Kelley’s Double Jeopardy Claim (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/9th-circuit-declines-hear-troy-kelleys-double-jeopardy-claim

Trump Passes Over McMorris Rodgers, Picks Zinke as Interior Secretary (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Trump-passes-over-McMorris-Rodgers-picks-Zinke-10794279.php

GENERAL NEWS

Sunny & Dry for Most Across Puget Sound Area, But Cold, Cold, Cold Through Rest of Week (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/12/13/sunny-and-dry-for-most-across-puget-sound-area-but-cold-cold-cold-through-rest-of-week/

What You Should Know About the Polar Vortex (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/1213/What-you-should-know-about-the-polar-vortex

City of Shelton Leaders Raise Issues with Proposed Downtown Site of Treatment Center (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/regional_state_news/city-leaders-raise-issues-with-proposed-site-of-treatment-center/article_2caef812-c170-11e6-89bd-034ec9f8acb0.html

Mason County Holds Meeting on Extending Belfair Sewer (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/23061

Omak Plywood Plant Will Close at the End of January, Putting 217 Out of Work (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/dec/13/omak-plywood-plant-will-close-at-the-end-of-januar/

Minimum Wage to Climb in Seattle, Around Washington State (Associated Press)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/dec/13/minimum-wage-to-climb-in-seattle-around-state/

Olympia Adopts ‘Sanctuary City’ Resolution in Response to Presidential Election (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/dec/14/olympia-adopts-sanctuary-city-resolution-in-respon/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Bring the Smell of KFC Home with This Fried Chicken-Scented Candle

http://mentalfloss.com/article/89681/bring-smell-kfc-home-fried-chicken-scented-candle

Boy with Homemade Plastic Messi Jersey Has Finally Met His Idol

http://mashable.com/2016/12/13/plastic-bag-shirt-boy-meets-messi/

Man Kicked Out of Six Flags for Being an Unapproved Santa Lookalike

https://consumerist.com/2016/12/14/man-kicked-out-of-six-flags-for-being-an-unapproved-santa-lookalike/

Alan Thicke, Reassuring Father on ‘Growing Pains,’ Dies at 69

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/arts/television/alan-thicke-growing-pains-dies.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Shep & The Limelites - Daddy’s Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8DICjr5jBI

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Energy News Digest for December 13, 2016

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for December 13, 2016 – Slight Chance of Snow Wednesday Night

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Federal ‘Special Inspection’ Begins at Columbia Generating Station (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/federal-special-inspection-begins-columbia-generating-station

Bitter Cold, Some Lowland Snow on Tap This Week in Western Washington State (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/12/12/bitter-cold-and-lowland-snow-on-tap-this-week-in-western-washington/

California Firm Chosen to Investigate Waste-to-Energy Incident That Critically Injured Two Workers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/dec/12/california-firm-chosen-to-investigate-waste-to-ene/

Peace River Dam Project Forces Expropriation of British Columbia Family Farm This Spring (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/site-c-dam-project-forces-expropriation-of-b-c-family-farm-this-spring-1.3893783?cmp=rss

Bald Eagles Removed as a “Sensitive Species” in Washington State (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/bald-eagles-removed-sensitive-species-washington/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Federal ‘Special Inspection’ Begins at Columbia Generating Station
• Peace River Dam Project Forces Expropriation of British Columbia Family Farm This Spring
• Portland, Oregon’s Electric Utility Wants to Burn Wood Instead of Coal – Which Is a Terrible Idea
• Denmark’s Largest Power Station Replaces Coal with Wood Pellets
• Awards Honor Leaders & Operators of Federal Hydropower System
• A Western Regional Electricity Market Would Be a Boon for Corporate Renewables Buyers
• Bald Eagles Removed as a “Sensitive Species” in Washington State
• Idaho Power Company Wants to Negate Oregon Fish Passage Law
• California Firm Chosen to Investigate Waste-to-Energy Incident That Critically Injured Two Workers
• How Forward-Thinking Utilities Are Addressing Corporate Demand for Renewables
• Arizona Proposal Seeks to Mandate Renewable Generation During Peak Demand Hours
• California Utility Closes in on Hitting State-Mandated Cap for Rooftop Solar
• Block Island Opens: Will The Breeze Keep Blowing in Offshore Wind’s Direction?
• Could Waves Become the Next Big Renewable Energy Source?
• Portland’s Cannabis Licensing Logjam Could Cost Businesses $22 Million a Month
• Energy Dept. Rejects Pres. Elect Trump’s Request to Name Climate Change Workers, Who Remain Worried
• How Companies Set Internal Prices on Carbon
• The FCC Could Soon Be Paralyzed in a Partisan Stalemate
• Own One of These Routers? It May Be Vulnerable to Hackers
• OP/Ed: Forget AT&T - The Real Monopolies Are Google & Facebook
• Instagram Just Rolled Out Its Live Video Feature to All U-S Users
• Seven Ways to Add Variety to Your Twitter Marketing
• Six Tips to Celebrate the Holidays in Your Public Power Community
• How to Start Fresh Again on Social Media
• London Gets More N.F.L. Games – Too Bad About the Teams
• From ‘Oops’ To U-S Department of Energy Chief; Rick Perry Is Pick for Energy
• What Silicon Valley Execs Plan to Tell Trump This Week
• Bitter Cold, Some Lowland Snow on Tap This Week in Western Washington State
• Swarms of Earthquakes Reported at Mount St. Helens
• Man Gets Two Life Sentences in Bremerton Double Homicide
• Two More Shelton City Projects Placed on Hold — Grant Dollars to Be Returned
• Boeing Announces Plans to Make Fewer 777s
• New Owner of Simpson’s Old Tacoma Sawmill Plans Big Waterfront Warehouse Campus

WORD OF THE DAY

Pleiad • \PLEE-ad\ • Noun – A group of usually seven illustrious or brilliant persons or things

“Pleiad Brides for Pleiad Brothers?” mused Albert as he battled with his colleagues Frances and Dorothy over the title of the screenplay on which they were working. “don’t you think that’s a little too highbrow?”

From Merriam-Webster Dictionary – In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione who were changed into a conspicuous cluster of seven stars in the constellation Taurus. In Japanese Subaru lore, “Subaru” is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster, which in turn inspires the Subaru logo and alludes to the five companies that merged to create Fuji Heavy Industries.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Federal ‘Special Inspection’ Begins at Columbia Generating Station (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/federal-special-inspection-begins-columbia-generating-station

Peace River Dam Project Forces Expropriation of British Columbia Family Farm This Spring (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/site-c-dam-project-forces-expropriation-of-b-c-family-farm-this-spring-1.3893783?cmp=rss

Portland, Oregon’s Electric Utility Wants to Burn Wood Instead of Coal – Which Is a Terrible Idea (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/briefly/portland-oregons-electric-utility-wants-to-burn-wood-instead-of-coal-which-is-a-terrible-idea/

Denmark’s Largest Power Station Replaces Coal with Wood Pellets (Biomass Magazine)

http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/14008/denmarks-largest-power-station-replaces-coal-with-wood-pellets

Awards Honor Leaders & Operators of Federal Hydropower System (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Awards-honor-leaders-and-operators-of-federal-hydropower-system.aspx

A Western Regional Electricity Market Would Be a Boon for Corporate Renewables Buyers (Green Tach Media)

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/why-a-western-rso-matters-for-renewables

FISH & WILDLIFE

Bald Eagles Removed as a “Sensitive Species” in Washington State (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://www.kxro.com/bald-eagles-removed-sensitive-species-washington/

Idaho Power Company Wants to Negate Oregon Fish Passage Law (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/12/idaho_power_company_wants_to_n.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY

California Firm Chosen to Investigate Waste-to-Energy Incident That Critically Injured Two Workers (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/dec/12/california-firm-chosen-to-investigate-waste-to-ene/

How Forward-Thinking Utilities Are Addressing Corporate Demand for Renewables (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/how-forward-thinking-utilities-are-addressing-corporate-demand-for-renewabl/429823/

Arizona Proposal Seeks to Mandate Renewable Generation During Peak Demand Hours (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/updated-arizona-proposal-seeks-to-mandate-renewable-generation-during-peak/432031/

California Utility Closes in on Hitting State-Mandated Cap for Rooftop Solar (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=47209

Block Island Opens: Will The Breeze Keep Blowing in Offshore Wind’s Direction? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/1213/Block-Island-opens-Will-the-breeze-keep-blowing-in-offshore-wind-s-direction

Could Waves Become the Next Big Renewable Energy Source? (Cable News Network)

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/12/africa/ghana-wave-energy/index.html

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Portland’s Cannabis Licensing Logjam Could Cost Businesses $22 Million a Month (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2016/12/13/portland-s-cannabis-licensing-logjam-could-cost.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Energy Dept. Rejects Pres. Elect Trump’s Request to Name Climate Change Workers, Who Remain Worried (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/12/13/energy-dept-rejects-trumps-request-to-name-climate-change-workers-who-remain-worried/?utm_term=.3d2369cf7815

How Companies Set Internal Prices on Carbon (The Energy Collective)

http://www.theenergycollective.com/edfclimate411/2394801/how-companies-set-internal-prices-on-carbon

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The FCC Could Soon Be Paralyzed in a Partisan Stalemate (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/12/13/the-fcc-could-soon-be-paralyzed-in-a-partisan-stalemate/?utm_term=.5c1f2c3c09b8

Own One of These Routers? It May Be Vulnerable to Hackers (Reviewed.com)

http://laptops.reviewed.com/news/own-one-of-these-routers-it-may-be-vulnerable-to-hackers

OP/Ed: Forget AT&T - The Real Monopolies Are Google & Facebook (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/opinion/forget-att-the-real-monopolies-are-google-and-facebook.html

MARKETING & MEDIA

Instagram Just Rolled Out Its Live Video Feature to All U-S Users (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/instagram-just-rolled-out-its-live-video-feature-all-us-users-175076

Seven Ways to Add Variety to Your Twitter Marketing (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/7-ways-to-add-variety-to-your-twitter-marketing/

Six Tips to Celebrate the Holidays in Your Public Power Community (American Public Power Association)

http://blog.publicpower.org/sme/?p=1143

How to Start Fresh Again on Social Media (Gizmodo)

http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/how-to-start-fresh-again-on-social-media-1789993310

London Gets More N.F.L. Games – Too Bad About the Teams (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/sports/football/nfl-london-schedule-2017.html?_r=0

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

From ‘Oops’ To U-S Department of Energy Chief; Rick Perry Is Pick for Energy (Associated Press)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/oops-doe-chief-rick-perry-pick-energy-154211481--finance.html?ref=gs

What Silicon Valley Execs Plan to Tell Trump This Week (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/12/12/what-silicon-valley-execs-plan-to-tell-trump-this-week/?utm_term=.3eccc7c9fc95

GENERAL NEWS

Bitter Cold, Some Lowland Snow on Tap This Week in Western Washington State (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://q13fox.com/2016/12/12/bitter-cold-and-lowland-snow-on-tap-this-week-in-western-washington/

Swarms of Earthquakes Reported at Mount St. Helens (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/488912/swarms-of-earthquakes-helens/

Man Gets Two Life Sentences in Bremerton Double Homicide (Associated Press)

http://q13fox.com/2016/12/12/man-gets-2-life-sentences-in-bremerton-double-homicide/

Two More Shelton City Projects Placed on Hold — Grant Dollars to Be Returned (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/more-shelton-city-projects-placed-on-hold-grant-dollars-to/article_7f3a2338-c0ce-11e6-a18b-8f0253aa3caf.html

Boeing Announces Plans to Make Fewer 777s (Associated Press)

http://www.khq.com/story/34034287/boeing-announces-plans-to-make-fewer-777s

New Owner of Simpson’s Old Tacoma Sawmill Plans Big Waterfront Warehouse Campus (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2016/12/07/tacoma-sawmill-warehouse-port-development.html

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Artist Spent an Entire Month Creating a Dazzling Gingerbread Castle

http://mashable.com/2016/12/12/gingerbread-castle/#s9qOJbWOsiqG

Unknown Leonardo da Vinci Sketch Valued at $15.8 Million

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38300217

Actress Sofia Vergara Faces Lawsuit from Her Own Frozen Embryos

https://www.yahoo.com/news/actress-sofia-vergara-faces-lawsuit-her-own-frozen-182510895.html

With ‘Ditto’ in Lights, Family Concedes to Next-Door Display

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ditto-lights-family-concedes-next-door-display-164012347.html

SONG OF THE DAY – A “Just Because” Choice

Three Dog Night - Out in the Country

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3gGn6t8Bog

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