Energy News Digest for June 8, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for June 8, 2017

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Idaho Officials Approve Utility's Plan to Close Coal Plant (Associated Press)

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/idaho/articles/2017-06-07/idaho-officials-approve-utilitys-plan-to-close-coal-plant

EPA’s Scott Pruitt Wants to Set up Opposing Teams to Debate Climate Change Science (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/06/07/epas-scott-pruitt-wants-to-set-up-opposing-teams-to-debate-climate-change-science/?utm_term=.3f0b5f5341cf

Oregon Solar Stays Hot – First-Quarter Installations Rise 126% (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/06/08/oregon-solar-stays-hot-hundreds-of-jobs-added.html

Pound-Sign Politics: What Government Agencies Can Learn from Hashtag Activism (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/lizz-kannenberg-sprout-social-guest-post-hashtag-activism/

Shelton Mayor Defends City Building Fees Reduction as Long-Term Gain (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/shelton-mayor-defends-city-building-fees-reduction-as-long-term/article_9f739fc4-4bcc-11e7-b14f-0723c1b151fe.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Idaho Officials Approve Utility's Plan to Close Coal Plant
• Editorial: Pressure Puget Sound Energy to Abandon All Coal
• Editorial: Federal BPA Power Grab Would Hurt Region
• Watch Out for Man with Fake Tacoma Public Utilities Badge
• Proposed Methanol Plant in Kalama Gets Key Permit
• British Columbia: Greens’ Weaver Rebukes BC Hydro for Misleading Statements on Peace River Dam
• Trump Administration to Reconsider Protections for Rare Sage Grouse
• Op/Ed: Salmon Restoration Funding Supports Our Rural Economies
• Hearing Focuses on Bills to Protect Endangered Salmon, Empower Local Management on Federal Water Projects
• Port Angeles Approves More Money for Water Facilities Legal Dispute with Olympic National Park
• Airway Heights Water Safe to Drink, Officials Say
• Oregon Solar Stays Hot – First-Quarter Installations Rise 126%
• What Makes a Successful Utility-Led Community Solar Program?
• Offshore Wind Turbines Face Hurricane Threat
• News Release: Mason PUD 3 – Celebrating the Past with Local LED Lighting Technology
• KCP&L Thermostat Program Shows How Regulatory Design Can Make or Break DSM
• EPA’s Scott Pruitt Wants to Set up Opposing Teams to Debate Climate Change Science
• Americans Have Slower Mobile Internet Speed than Estonia
• Bitcoin Moves beyond Mere Curiosity as Value Skyrockets
• HomePod, Echo, Google Home – How Secure Are Your Speakers?
• Frontier Laid Off West Virginia State Senate President after Broadband Vote It Didn’t Like
• Pound-Sign Politics: What Government Agencies Can Learn from Hashtag Activism
• There Were 3.6 Million Tweets about James Comey’s Testimony Thursday
• Washington State’s High Court: Vancouver Port Meetings Should Have Been Public
• President Trump May Restrict Length of Environmental Reviews under Infrastructure Plan
• Controversial Tweets Sink Trump Supporter’s Campaign for Port Commission
• Washington State Representative Manweller Raises Bill to Defund Evergreen State College
• Shelton Mayor Defends City Building Fees Reduction as Long-Term Gain
• Kitsap County's Median Home Price Topped $300k in May
• City of Shelton: Roundabout among Options for Proposed Alder Street Project
• Southern Oregon University Loses $1.9 Million in Email Scheme

WORD OF THE DAY

Maieutic • \may-YOO-tik\ • Adjective - Relating to or resembling the Socratic method of eliciting new ideas from another.

“I love the maieutic learning process in this class,” enthused the east coast trust-funder to his fellow ‘Greener seminar members. “Yeah,” barked the professor to his hipster student. “But the Socratic Method this seminar follows requires that you read the material and participate with your opinions…not blather on about your trip to a third world country to take in the local scenery.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Idaho Officials Approve Utility's Plan to Close Coal Plant (Associated Press)

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/idaho/articles/2017-06-07/idaho-officials-approve-utilitys-plan-to-close-coal-plant

Editorial: Pressure Puget Sound Energy to Abandon All Coal (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/pressure-puget-sound-energy-to-abandon-all-coal/

Editorial: Federal BPA Power Grab Would Hurt Region (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinion/editorials/article154898019.html

Watch Out for Man with Fake Tacoma Public Utilities Badge (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article155102564.html

Proposed Methanol Plant in Kalama Gets Key Permit (Associated Press)

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/proposed-methanol-plant-in-kalama-gets-key-permit/446790527

British Columbia: Greens’ Weaver Rebukes BC Hydro for Misleading Statements on Peace River Dam (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c/greens-weaver-rebukes-b-c-hydro-for-misleading-statements-1.20477913

FISH & WILDLIFE

Trump Administration to Reconsider Protections for Rare Sage Grouse (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sage-grouse-review-20170607-story.html

Op/Ed: Salmon Restoration Funding Supports Our Rural Economies (The Daily Astorian, OR)

http://www.dailyastorian.com/columns/20170608/guest-column-salmon-restoration-funding-supports-our-rural-economies

Hearing Focuses on Bills to Protect Endangered Salmon, Empower Local Management on Federal Water Projects (U-S House Committee on Natural Resources)

https://naturalresources.house.gov/newsroom/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=402133

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Port Angeles Approves More Money for Water Facilities Legal Dispute with Olympic National Park (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/port-angeles-approves-more-money-for-water-facilities-legal-dispute/

Airway Heights Water Safe to Drink, Officials Say (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/08/airway-heights-water-safe-to-drink-officials-say/

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Oregon Solar Stays Hot – First-Quarter Installations Rise 126% (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/06/08/oregon-solar-stays-hot-hundreds-of-jobs-added.html

What Makes a Successful Utility-Led Community Solar Program? (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/what-makes-a-successful-utility-led-community-solar-program/442663/

Offshore Wind Turbines Face Hurricane Threat (Maritime Executive)

http://maritime-executive.com/article/offshore-wind-turbines-face-hurricane-threat

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

News Release: Mason PUD 3 – Celebrating the Past with Local LED Lighting Technology (PR Web)

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/06/prweb14398242.htm

KCP&L Thermostat Program Shows How Regulatory Design Can Make or Break DSM (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/kcpl-thermostat-program-shows-how-regulatory-design-can-make-or-break-dsm/444397/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

EPA’s Scott Pruitt Wants to Set up Opposing Teams to Debate Climate Change Science (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/06/07/epas-scott-pruitt-wants-to-set-up-opposing-teams-to-debate-climate-change-science/?utm_term=.3f0b5f5341cf

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Americans Have Slower Mobile Internet Speed than Estonia (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2017/06/07/us-internet-mobile-broadband-speeds-2017/#AEHL7.ffCkqI

Bitcoin Moves beyond Mere Curiosity as Value Skyrockets (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2017/06/bitcoin_moves_beyond_curiosity.html

HomePod, Echo, Google Home – How Secure Are Your Speakers? (C/NET News)

https://www.cnet.com/news/homepod-echo-google-home-how-secure-are-your-speakers/

Frontier Laid Off West Virginia State Senate President after Broadband Vote It Didn’t Like (Ars Technica)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/06/a-state-senate-president-worked-for-an-isp-and-lost-his-job-after-a-vote/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Pound-Sign Politics: What Government Agencies Can Learn from Hashtag Activism (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/lizz-kannenberg-sprout-social-guest-post-hashtag-activism/

There Were 3.6 Million Tweets about James Comey’s Testimony Thursday (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/there-were-3-6-million-tweets-about-james-comeys-testimony-thursday/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Washington State’s High Court: Vancouver Port Meetings Should Have Been Public (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/ap/high-court-vancouver-port-meetings-should-have-been-public/

President Trump May Restrict Length of Environmental Reviews under Infrastructure Plan (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/336866-trump-may-restrict-length-of-environmental-reviews-under-infrastructure

Controversial Tweets Sink Trump Supporter’s Campaign for Port Commission (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article154919879.html

Washington State Representative Manweller Raises Bill to Defund Evergreen State College (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/article/20170608/ARTICLE/170609931

GENERAL NEWS

Shelton Mayor Defends City Building Fees Reduction as Long-Term Gain (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/shelton-mayor-defends-city-building-fees-reduction-as-long-term/article_9f739fc4-4bcc-11e7-b14f-0723c1b151fe.html

Kitsap County's Median Home Price Topped $300k in May (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/money/blogs/minding-your-business/2017/06/07/kitsaps-median-home-price-topped-300-k-may/375356001/

City of Shelton: Roundabout among Options for Proposed Alder Street Project (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/city-of-shelton-roundabout-among-options-for-proposed-alder-st/article_51742f52-4bac-11e7-a9b0-f77acc28ccde.html

Southern Oregon University Loses $1.9 Million in Email Scheme (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2017/06/08/southern-oregon-university-loses-1-9m-in-email-scheme/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Psst: Did You Mistakenly Donate Family Ashes to Goodwill?

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article155114794.html

Cops: Man Upset about Onions in Food Threatens Eatery Owner

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cops-man-upset-onions-food-threatens-eatery-owner-171548643.html

911 Call For Ride to Hooters Ended with Trip to Florida Jail

https://www.yahoo.com/news/911-call-ride-hooters-ended-trip-florida-jail-121137011.html

Road Paved with Clamshells Emits Stench, Covered in Maggots

https://www.yahoo.com/news/road-paved-clamshells-emits-stench-covered-maggots-205407630.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2X0Gf9jfz8

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for June 7, 2017

Welcome Rain is On the Way (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2017/06/welcome-rain-is-on-way.html

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

California Regulators Weigh Whether the State Needs More Power Plants (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-natural-gas-plants-20170606-story.html

Renewable Energy Push Is Strongest in the Reddest States (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/climate/renewable-energy-push-is-strongest-in-the-reddest-states.html

Harbour Seals Selectively Eat Juveniles of Salmon Species Most at Risk (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/harbour-seals-selectively-eat-juveniles-of-salmon-species-most-at-risk

Enough Irrigation Water Expected for All Yakima Basin Water Rights (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article154754434.html

Google Fiber’s Webpass Brings $60, Gigabit Wireless to Seattle (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Fibers-Webpass-Brings-60-Gigabit-Wireless-to-Seattle-139718

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• California Regulators Weigh Whether the State Needs More Power Plants
• British Columbia: Clark Challenges Horgan on Peace River Dam, Warns Delay Could Cost $600-Million
• Wyden on Energy Department Nominee – Selling off Bonneville Power is a Nonstarter
• Editorial: Bonneville Power Administration Grid Sale Tied to Fantasy Budget
• When Companies Lead on Infrastructure, Taxpayers Often Bear the Costs
• Harbour Seals Selectively Eat Juveniles of Salmon Species Most at Risk
• Enough Irrigation Water Expected for All Yakima Basin Water Rights
• Silica Removal Options All Costly for Longview Water Ratepayers
• Renewable Energy Push Is Strongest in the Reddest States
• Nevada Legislature Clears Bills Raising Net Metering Rates, RPS Mandate
• President Trump Pitched Solar-Powered Border Wall ‘So It Pays for Itself’
• The Real Story behind Elon Musk’s $2.6 Billion Acquisition of SolarCity
• Video: You Can Draw Electrical Wires with This Cheap Conductive Paint
• Google Fiber’s Webpass Brings $60, Gigabit Wireless to Seattle
• Facebook Messenger Users Have Sent More Than 2 Billion Reactions
• Battle for Control of Washington State Senate Draws Outside Money
• Olympia’s Capitol Press Corps Goes on a ‘Fishing Expedition’
• U-S Senate Panel Approves Energy Candidates, Controversial Interior Nominee
• Reality Winner, NSA Contractor Accused of Leak, Was Undone by Trail of Clues
• Suspect in Oregon Train Stabbings Indicted for Murder
• Threats Force The Evergreen State College to Move Commencement Ceremony to Tacoma
• Shelton City Leaders Grant $5,000 Donation to YMCA for Study
• No Escape for Priced-Out Seattleites – Home Prices Set Record for an Hour’s Drive in Every Direction

WORD OF THE DAY

Concomitant • \kun-KUH-muh-tunt\ • adjective – Accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way.

Belvedere was filling in for the regular mailman on the Park Street route. The pounding hail, blustery snow, freshing breezes, stunning sleet could not keep him from the appointed rounds. Unfortunately, it was the concomitant nest of wiener dogs on Baltic Avenue that waylaid his delivery of the Widow Smith’s Publisher’s Clearinghouse check.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

California Regulators Weigh Whether the State Needs More Power Plants (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-natural-gas-plants-20170606-story.html

British Columbia: Clark Challenges Horgan on Peace River Dam, Warns Delay Could Cost $600-Million (Globe & Mail, Canada)

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-premier-challenges-ndp-leader-on-site-c-dam-warns-delay-could-cost-600-million/article35219715/?cmpid=rss1

Wyden on Energy Department Nominee – Selling off Bonneville Power is a Nonstarter (My Central Oregon, Bend)

http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2017/06/06/wyden-on-energy-department-nominee-selling-off-bonneville-power-is-a-nonstarter/

Editorial: Bonneville Power Administration Grid Sale Tied to Fantasy Budget (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/07/bpa-grid-sale-tied-to-fantasy-budget/

When Companies Lead on Infrastructure, Taxpayers Often Bear the Costs (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/business/dealbook/trump-infrastructure-plan-privatized-taxpayers.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Harbour Seals Selectively Eat Juveniles of Salmon Species Most at Risk (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/harbour-seals-selectively-eat-juveniles-of-salmon-species-most-at-risk

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Enough Irrigation Water Expected for All Yakima Basin Water Rights (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article154754434.html

Silica Removal Options All Costly for Longview Water Ratepayers (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/silica-removal-options-all-costly-for-longview-ratepayers/article_445de6a7-039c-5ab6-a91b-6ffe2e0da6f4.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Renewable Energy Push Is Strongest in the Reddest States (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/climate/renewable-energy-push-is-strongest-in-the-reddest-states.html

Nevada Legislature Clears Bills Raising Net Metering Rates, RPS Mandate (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/nevada-legislature-clears-bills-raising-net-metering-rates-rps-mandate/444366/

President Trump Pitched Solar-Powered Border Wall ‘So It Pays for Itself’ (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/336623-trump-pitched-solar-powered-border-wall-so-it-pays-for-itself

The Real Story behind Elon Musk’s $2.6 Billion Acquisition of SolarCity (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/40422076/the-real-story-behind-elon-musks-2-6-billion-acquisition-of-solarcity-and-what-it-means-for-teslas-future-not-to-mention-the-planets

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Video: You Can Draw Electrical Wires with This Cheap Conductive Paint (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2017/06/07/conductive-paint-studio-london/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Fiber’s Webpass Brings $60, Gigabit Wireless to Seattle (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Fibers-Webpass-Brings-60-Gigabit-Wireless-to-Seattle-139718

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Messenger Users Have Sent More Than 2 Billion Reactions (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/facebook-messenger-2-billion-reactions/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Battle for Control of Washington State Senate Draws Outside Money (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/battle-control-washington-senate-draws-outside-money

Olympia’s Capitol Press Corps Goes on a ‘Fishing Expedition’ (Washington State Wire, Olympia)

http://washingtonstatewire.com/capitol-press-corps-goes-fishing-expedition/

U-S Senate Panel Approves Energy Candidates, Controversial Interior Nominee (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/336507-senate-panel-approves-four-energy-interior-nominees

Reality Winner, NSA Contractor Accused of Leak, Was Undone by Trail of Clues (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/us/politics/reality-leigh-winner-leak-nsa.html

GENERAL NEWS

Suspect in Oregon Train Stabbings Indicted for Murder (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oregon-stabbing-idUSKBN18X2XC

Threats Force The Evergreen State College to Move Commencement Ceremony to Tacoma (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/655822/threats-force-the-evergreen-state-college-to-move-commencement-ceremony-to-tacoma/

Shelton City Leaders Grant $5,000 Donation to YMCA for Study (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/shelton-city-leaders-grant-donation-to-ymca-for-study/article_edc41db2-4af9-11e7-a4f3-8f276192f083.html

No Escape for Priced-Out Seattleites – Home Prices Set Record for an Hour’s Drive in Every Direction (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/no-escape-for-priced-out-seattleites-home-prices-set-record-for-hour-drive-in-every-direction/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Business Owner Struck by Lightning While Sitting at Desk

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/business-owner-struck-by-lightning-while-sitting-at-desk/article_0295a3d2-bdbd-5c9b-bfed-eb581108f27e.html

Massachusetts Medical Pot Dispensary Selling Marijuana Pizza

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/massachusetts-medical-pot-dispensary-selling-marijuana-pizza/article_353c1d21-c50e-5dce-adcb-48bc6d6f174e.html

Big Baby – Mom: ‘It Looked Like They Pulled a Toddler Out of My Belly’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mom-looked-pulled-toddler-belly-140539624.html

Penny Penance – Michigan City Rejects Pennies for Man’s $270 Fine

https://www.yahoo.com/news/michigan-city-rejects-pennies-mans-270-fine-191335597.html

SONG OF THE DAY

The Hollies- Long Cool Woman (one of the best song intros EVER)

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

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Feds Kill One Owl Species to Try to Save Another (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/feds-kill-one-owl-species-try-save-another/

President Trump's Energy Nominees Move to Senate Floor despite Protester Interruptions (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-energy-nominees-move-to-senate-floor-despite-protester-interruptions/article/2625057

Oregon & Washington State House Members Unanimously Oppose Trump's Bonneville Power Administration Privatization Proposal (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-and-washington-house-members-unanimously-oppose-trumps-bpa-privatization-proposal/

Net Neutrality Supporters Plan July 12 as Day of Action (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/06/06/net-neutrality-supporters-plan-july-12-day-action/102543796/

U-S Supreme Court to Rule on Cellphone Location Privacy (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/05/supreme-court-rule-cellphone-location-privacy/102191128/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• President Trump's Energy Nominees Move to Senate Floor despite Protester Interruptions
• U-S Senator Ron Wyden: President Trump's FERC Nominees Would Take Orders from the White House
• Oregon & Washington State House Members Unanimously Oppose Trump's Bonneville Power Administration Privatization Proposal
• Chelan PUD Taking Next Steps in New Meters
• Werner Buehler, Douglas Electric Co-Op's Manager Returns to Roseburg
• EIA: Power Sector Coal Consumption Drops to Lowest Point since 1984
• Making Sense of Demand Charges: What Are They & How Do They Work?
• Feds Kill One Owl Species to Try to Save Another
• Raising Crappie in Reclaimed Sewage Water
• Solar’s Rise Lifted These Blue-Collar Workers. Now They’re Worried about President Trump
• U-S States, Cities Vow to Uphold Paris Climate Accord Goals
• Climate Science Meets a Stubborn Obstacle: Students
• News Release: Seattle City Light Supports Renewable Energy with $1 Million Green Up Grants
• Net Neutrality Supporters Plan July 12 as Day of Action
• What Dismantling Net Neutrality Means For Small & Mid-Sized Businesses
• U-S Supreme Court to Rule on Cellphone Location Privacy
• Apple's HomePod Sounds Great: First Look
• Lines Between Cable, Phone & Internet Get More Blurry: Is That a Good Thing?
• FiOS Loses Top Spot in PC Magazine ISP Speed Rankings
• What Are Memes - And How Do They Get Kids in Trouble?
• How Many Times Have Your Friends Liked Your Facebook Posts?
• What Does a Facebook Like Really Mean?
• U-S Energy Chief Reassures Japan of Commitment to Environment
• Seattle City Council Approves Tax on Soda, Sugary Drinks
• Evergreen State College Classes Resume after Threats
• SR 302 Closure at Mason/Pierce County Line Begins Friday
• Washington State Department of Natural Resources to Launch Assistance Program Today
• A First Look at the Country's First Mass Timber High-Rise as It Takes Root in Portland
• Washington State Residents Paying More for Gas than Most of the Country
• Mason County Elections Office Opens Special Filing Period

WORD OF THE DAY

Catercorner ● \KAHT-tee – kore-nerr\ ● Adjective – In a diagonal or oblique position.

“Y’all just mosey down the street,” drawled the old-timer to the tourists. “Look to the left, and catercorner from the bank you’ll find what yer lookin’ for. A shop with coffee that’ll make your teeth melt.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

President Trump's Energy Nominees Move to Senate Floor despite Protester Interruptions (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-energy-nominees-move-to-senate-floor-despite-protester-interruptions/article/2625057

U-S Senator Ron Wyden: President Trump's FERC Nominees Would Take Orders from the White House (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ron-wyden-trumps-ferc-nominees-would-take-orders-from-the-white-house/article/2625022

Oregon & Washington State House Members Unanimously Oppose Trump's Bonneville Power Administration Privatization Proposal (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-and-washington-house-members-unanimously-oppose-trumps-bpa-privatization-proposal/

Chelan PUD Taking Next Steps in New Meters (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://kpq.com/chelan-pud-taking-next-steps-new-meters/

Werner Buehler, Douglas Electric Co-Op's Manager Returns to Roseburg (Roseburg News-Review, OR)

http://www.nrtoday.com/business/on-biz-electric-co-op-s-manager-returns-to-roseburg/article_4aee9584-9a38-511f-92ca-42d912d28984.html

EIA: Power Sector Coal Consumption Drops to Lowest Point since 1984 (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/eia-power-sector-coal-consumption-drops-to-lowest-point-since-1984/444246/

Making Sense of Demand Charges: What Are They & How Do They Work? (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2017/06/making-sense-of-demand-charges-what-are-they-and-how-do-they-work.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Feds Kill One Owl Species to Try to Save Another (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/feds-kill-one-owl-species-try-save-another/

Raising Crappie in Reclaimed Sewage Water (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wa)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/article/20170606/ARTICLE/170609962

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Solar’s Rise Lifted These Blue-Collar Workers. Now They’re Worried about President Trump (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/05/solars-rise-in-north-carolina-lifted-blue-collar-workers-now-theyre-worried-about-trump/?utm_term=.ca540ce1426e

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

U-S States, Cities Vow to Uphold Paris Climate Accord Goals (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/us-states-cities-vow-to-uphold-paris-climate-accord-goals/444285/

Climate Science Meets a Stubborn Obstacle: Students (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/04/us/education-climate-change-science-class-students.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

News Release: Seattle City Light Supports Renewable Energy with $1 Million Green Up Grants (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/detail_news.php?ID=641837&cat=;90

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Net Neutrality Supporters Plan July 12 as Day of Action (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/06/06/net-neutrality-supporters-plan-july-12-day-action/102543796/

What Dismantling Net Neutrality Means For Small & Mid-Sized Businesses (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/how-to/technology/2017/06/what-dismantling-net-neutrality-means-for-small.html

U-S Supreme Court to Rule on Cellphone Location Privacy (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/05/supreme-court-rule-cellphone-location-privacy/102191128/

Apple's HomePod Sounds Great: First Look (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/06/05/homepod-sounds-great-first-look/102534668/

Lines Between Cable, Phone & Internet Get More Blurry: Is That a Good Thing? (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/lines-between-cable-phone-and-internet-get-more-blurry-is-that-a-good-thing/

FiOS Loses Top Spot in PC Magazine ISP Speed Rankings (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FiOS-Loses-Top-Spot-in-PC-Magazine-ISP-Speed-Rankings-139710

MARKETING & MEDIA

What Are Memes - And How Do They Get Kids in Trouble? (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/06/06/what-memes---and-how-do-they-get-kids-trouble/102522244/

How Many Times Have Your Friends Liked Your Facebook Posts? (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/facebook-your-friends-have-liked-your-posts-x-times/

What Does a Facebook Like Really Mean? (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2017/06/06/what-does-a-facebook-like-mean/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

U-S Energy Chief Reassures Japan of Commitment to Environment (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/34a8636262f64a50843a1e08831dae81/US-energy-chief-reassures-Japan-of-commitment-to-environment

Seattle City Council Approves Tax on Soda, Sugary Drinks (KSTW-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2017/06/05/city-council-approves-tax-on-soda-sugary-drinks/

GENERAL NEWS

Evergreen State College Classes Resume after Threats (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/05/evergreen-state-college-cancels-classes-in-respons/

SR 302 Closure at Mason/Pierce County Line Begins Friday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/25975

Washington State Department of Natural Resources to Launch Assistance Program Today (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/dnr-to-launch-assistance-program-today-department-chief-to-visit-port-angeles/

A First Look at the Country's First Mass Timber High-Rise as It Takes Root in Portland (Portland Business Journal, OR)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/06/06/a-first-look-at-the-countrys-first-mass-timber.html

Washington State Residents Paying More for Gas than Most of the Country (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/traffic/article154386114.html

Mason County Elections Office Opens Special Filing Period (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/mason-auditor-s-elections-office-opens-special-filing-period/article_0abc55aa-4a51-11e7-beb0-0b91c01547e4.html

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

73 Years Ago, U-S Troops Stormed the Beaches at Normandy

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/years-ago-u-s-troops-stormed-the-beaches-at-normandy/article_7714b2b8-4a80-11e7-b128-6bc3fb25df96.html

Abby Wambach, Mia Hamm Support Girl after Soccer Disqualification

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/abby-wambach-mia-hamm-support-girl-after-disqualification/article_d4876622-290b-5c5f-99b2-aeead7a07d46.html

Irish Nun, Policeman Score Internet Hit with Football Contest

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ireland-soccer-nun-policeman-idUSKBN18T2NA

Everett Couple Find Own Stolen SUV in McDonald’s Parking Lot – Hold Suspects at Gunpoint for Cops

http://komonews.com/news/local/everett-couple-finds-own-stolen-suv-holds-suspects-at-gunpoint-til-police-arrive

SONG OF THE DAY

Maurice Jarre – The Longest Day (Theme, Movie Soundtrack – timpani references to the opening strains of Beethoven's 5th Symphony: Morse code for "V" = Victory)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ7hYEJt2UY

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Western U-S Looks Good – NERC’s Summer Reliability Assessment Highlights Seasonal Electricity Reliability Issues (U-S Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=31492

Oregon to Join Climate Change Coalition after President Trump Pulls Out of Paris Agreement (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/06/oregon_gov_kate_brown_joins_climate_change_coalition_trump_paris_accords.html

Wasted Green Power Tests China’s Energy Leadership (Associated Press)

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/wasted-green-power-tests-chinas-043910672.html

U-S Web Connections Pick Up Speed – Most Are Slower Than ‘Broadband’ (MediaPost)

https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/302243/us-web-connections-pick-up-speed-but-most-are-s.html

Washington State Legislators Look at Compromise Ideas to Raise More Revenue (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/legislators-look-at-compromise-ideas-to-raise-more-revenue/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Western U-S Looks Good – NERC’s Summer Reliability Assessment Highlights Seasonal Electricity Reliability Issues
• British Columbia: Peace River Dam – It Could Be Time for Plan B on Site C
• New Education Effort Touts Hydropower Benefits
• Op/Ed: Privatizing Bonneville Power Administration Transmission System Bad Bet for Salmon
• Survey Finds Growing Awareness of Smart Grid Programs But Still Low Participation
• California: With a Lot of Help, Chinook Salmon Return to the San Joaquin River
• Yellowstone Park Says It’s Winning against Non-Native Fish
• Ocean Acidity Increasing Along Pacific Coast, Study Finds
• News Release: It’s Orca Month! Celebrating Endangered Southern Residents
• Logging Operations Critical to Forest Restoration
• Wasted Green Power Tests China’s Energy Leadership
• Solar Power: Installation Should Land Homeless Shelter in (Less Expensive) Hot Water
• California Senate Votes for 100% Renewable Energy Target by 2045
• Daylight Savings Time May Be Down for the Count in California
• While You Weren’t Looking, Energy Efficiency Became One of Our Nation’s Top Energy Resources
• Hemp Advocates to Celebrate First Planting of Newly Legalized Crop in Washington State
• Oregon to Join Climate Change Coalition after President Trump Pulls Out of Paris Agreement
• California Senate Struggles to Extend Cap-And-Trade Program
• EPA Administrator Defends Paris Climate Decision, Advocates Fuel Diversity in Media Lap
• How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science
• Corn Ethanol Faces Its Limits under EPA Fuel Mandate
• U-S Web Connections Pick Up Speed – Most Are Slower Than ‘Broadband’
• Small Cable Companies Say Selling TV a ‘Failing’ Market
• To Kill Net Neutrality Rules, FCC Says Broadband Isn’t “Telecommunications”
• San Francisco: ‘Jarring’ Internet Access Survey Results Embolden Leaders of Citywide Broadband
• It’s Not Just You: Google Home Users Report Widespread Problems
• No, Your Phone Didn’t Ring. So Why Voice Mail From a Telemarketer?
• How to Manage Instagram via the Facebook Inbox
• Washington State Legislators Look at Compromise Ideas to Raise More Revenue
• Neo “New Federalism” – President Trump Plans to Shift Infrastructure Funding to Cities, States, and Business
• Report: Environmental Protection Agency Forges Ahead with Staff Reduction, Buyouts to Meet ‘Changing Mission Requirements’
• ‘New External Threat’ Cancels Classes Again Monday at the Evergreen State College
• Diver Dies Sunday in Hood Canal
• Day of Portland Demonstrations Marked by Arrests, Clashes
• Florida: Disgruntled Ex-Worker Kills 5, Then Himself, Sheriff Says
• Maintenance Will Close I-5 Ramps between Olympia & Lakewood
• 73rd Paul Bunyan Grand Parade Award Winners
• Kudos to My Alma Mater: Big News in Tiny Onalaska, Washington: All 43 Grads Were Accepted to College

WORD OF THE DAY – THE HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION

Cube Farm ● \KYOOB – farm \ ● Noun – An office in which employees work in cubicles.

Gray carpet, gray walls

Life in organic cube farm

Are walls edible?

http://joelshorriblehaiku.blogspot.com/

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Western U-S Looks Good – NERC’s Summer Reliability Assessment Highlights Seasonal Electricity Reliability Issues (U-S Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=31492

British Columbia: Peace River Dam – It Could Be Time for Plan B on Site C (Globe & Mail, Canada)

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bcs-election-has-imperilled-a-hydroelectric-megaproject-in-the-provincesnorth/article35197494/?cmpid=rss1

New Education Effort Touts Hydropower Benefits (KTVZ-TV, Bend, OR)

http://www.ktvz.com/news/new-education-effort-touts-hydropower-benefits/526588798

Op/Ed: Privatizing Bonneville Power Administration Transmission System Bad Bet for Salmon (Everett Herald, WA – Don’t wanna kill that cash cow!)

http://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/privatizing-bpa-power-system-bad-bet-for-salmon/

Survey Finds Growing Awareness of Smart Grid Programs But Still Low Participation (Midwest Energy News)

http://midwestenergynews.com/2017/06/05/survey-finds-growing-awareness-of-smart-grid-programs/

FISH & WILDLIFE

California: With a Lot of Help, Chinook Salmon Return to the San Joaquin River (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/lot-help-chinook-salmon-return-san-joaquin-river/

Yellowstone Park Says It’s Winning against Non-Native Fish (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/04/yellowstone-park-says-its-winning-against-non-nati/

Ocean Acidity Increasing Along Pacific Coast, Study Finds (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ocean-acidity-increasing-along-pacific-coast-study-finds-1.4144786?cmp=rss

News Release: It’s Orca Month! Celebrating Endangered Southern Residents (Natural Resources Defense Council)

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/its-orca-month-celebrating-endangered-southern-residents

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

Logging Operations Critical to Forest Restoration (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/logging-operations-critical-to-forest-restoration/article_552d613a-49af-11e7-aa47-a764fd8aef1f.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Wasted Green Power Tests China’s Energy Leadership (Associated Press)

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/wasted-green-power-tests-chinas-043910672.html

Solar Power: Installation Should Land Homeless Shelter in (Less Expensive) Hot Water (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/solar-power-installation-should-land-homeless-shelter-in-less-expensive/article_1c80a360-49af-11e7-b964-07496dceeb01.html

California Senate Votes for 100% Renewable Energy Target by 2045 (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-senate-votes-for-100-renewable-energy-target-by-2045/444178/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Daylight Savings Time May Be Down for the Count in California (San Francisco Business Times, CA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2017/06/05/daylight-savings-time-may-be-down-for-the-count-in.html?ana=RSS%26s=article_search

While You Weren’t Looking, Energy Efficiency Became One of Our Nation’s Top Energy Resources (Union of Concerned Scientists)

http://blog.ucsusa.org/julie-mcnamara/while-you-werent-looking-energy-efficiency-became-one-of-our-nations-top-energy-resources

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Hemp Advocates to Celebrate First Planting of Newly Legalized Crop in Washington State (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/hemp-advocates-celebrate-first-planting-newly-legalized-crop-washington

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Oregon to Join Climate Change Coalition after President Trump Pulls Out of Paris Agreement (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/06/oregon_gov_kate_brown_joins_climate_change_coalition_trump_paris_accords.html

California Senate Struggles to Extend Cap-And-Trade Program (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-senate-struggles-to-extend-cap-and-trade-program/444181/

EPA Administrator Defends Paris Climate Decision, Advocates Fuel Diversity in Media Lap (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/pruitt-defends-paris-decision-advocates-fuel-diversity-in-media-lap/444232/

How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/us/politics/republican-leaders-climate-change.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Corn Ethanol Faces Its Limits under EPA Fuel Mandate (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/corn-ethanol-faces-its-limits-under-epa-fuel-mandate/article/2624823

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

U-S Web Connections Pick Up Speed – Most Are Slower Than ‘Broadband’ (MediaPost)

https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/302243/us-web-connections-pick-up-speed-but-most-are-s.html

Small Cable Companies Say Selling TV a ‘Failing’ Market (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Small-Cable-Companies-Say-Selling-TV-a-Failing-Market-139694

To Kill Net Neutrality Rules, FCC Says Broadband Isn’t “Telecommunications” (Ars Technica)

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/to-kill-net-neutrality-rules-fcc-says-broadband-isnt-telecommunications/

San Francisco: ‘Jarring’ Internet Access Survey Results Embolden Leaders of Citywide Broadband (SF Examiner)

http://www.sfexaminer.com/jarring-internet-access-survey-results-embolden-leaders-citywide-broadband/

It’s Not Just You: Google Home Users Report Widespread Problems (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/06/05/its-not-just-you-google-home-users-report-widespread-problems/

MARKETING & MEDIA

No, Your Phone Didn’t Ring. So Why Voice Mail From a Telemarketer? (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/business/phone-ringless-voicemail-fcc-telemarketer.html

How to Manage Instagram via the Facebook Inbox (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-manage-instagram-via-facebook-inbox/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Washington State Legislators Look at Compromise Ideas to Raise More Revenue (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/legislators-look-at-compromise-ideas-to-raise-more-revenue/

Neo “New Federalism” – President Trump Plans to Shift Infrastructure Funding to Cities, States, and Business (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/us/politics/trump-plans-to-shift-infrastructure-funding-to-cities-states-and-business.html

Report: Environmental Protection Agency Forges Ahead with Staff Reduction, Buyouts to Meet ‘Changing Mission Requirements’ (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/report-epa-forges-ahead-with-staff-reduction-buyouts-to-meet-changing-mi/444182/

GENERAL NEWS

‘New External Threat’ Cancels Classes Again Monday at the Evergreen State College (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/new-threatening-information-will-keep-the-evergreen-state-college-closed-on-monday-police-investigating/

Diver Dies Sunday in Hood Canal (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/25960

Day of Portland Demonstrations Marked by Arrests, Clashes (Associated Press)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/state_news/day-of-portland-demonstrations-marked-by-arrests-clashes/article_1a1be3e6-4e2e-53fe-b607-5157a1698a95.html

Florida: Disgruntled Ex-Worker Kills 5, Then Himself, Sheriff Says (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jun/05/survivor-called-from-company-bathroom-my-boss-is-d/

Maintenance Will Close I-5 Ramps between Olympia & Lakewood (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article154108154.html

73rd Paul Bunyan Grand Parade Award Winners (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/25940#more-25940

Kudos to My Alma Mater: Big News in Tiny Onalaska, Washington: All 43 Grads Were Accepted to College (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/in-tiny-onalaska-wash-high-schools-heavy-focus-on-life-after-graduation-is-paying-off/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Mom Spends $25,000 on Exotic Cars, Sand, Camel for Son’s Prom

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/mom-spends-25k-on-exotic-cars-sand-camel-for-son-s-prom-1.3444034

Rock-Balancing Robots Could Build Our Future Habitats on Mars

http://gizmodo.com/rock-balancing-robots-could-build-our-future-habitats-o-1795814087

NASA’s Plan to Fill the Sky with Red & Green Clouds Has Been Postponed

http://gizmodo.com/nasas-plan-to-fill-the-sky-with-red-and-green-clouds-ha-1795801189

Ingenious British Woman Is Slowing Down Speeding Drivers with a Hairdryer

http://mashable.com/2017/06/05/woman-hairdryer-speeding-cars/

SONG OF THE DAY

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I

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