Energy News Digest for August 2, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for August 2, 2017

Heat Advisory for Mason County & Most of Western Washington State

Excessive Heat Warning for Mason County & Most of Western Washington State

Red Flag Warning for the Olympic Peninsula, Including Mason County

Smoke Air Quality Alert for Washington State

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Heat Wave Poised to Break Bonneville Power Administration’s Summer Peak for Electricity Use – Readiness Actions in Motion Agency-Wide (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2017/08/heat-wave-poised-to-break-bonneville.html

Blistering Heat Wave Threatens Seattle, Where Only a Third Have Air-Conditioning (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/seattle-portland-heat-wave.html

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Creating Haze over Puget Sound (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26742

Avista Reports Lower Second Quarter Income – Will Reveal Details of Hydro One Deal in September (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/02/avista-reports-lower-2q-income-will-reveal-details/

Los Angeles Issues Plan to Electrify Its Entire Bus Fleet (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/los-angeles-issues-plan-to-electrify-its-entire-bus-fleet/448388/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Heat Wave Poised to Break Bonneville Power Administration’s Summer Peak for Electricity Use
• Oregon Could Break Records for Power Consumption during Heat Wave
• Clatskanie PUD Sets Up Cool Zone for Heat
• Joel Myer & Justin Holzgrove Talk Fiberhood and PUD 3
• Avista Reports Lower Second Quarter Income – Will Reveal Details of Hydro One Deal in September
• Avista Credits Would Buffer Request for Idaho Surcharge
• BC Hydro to Spend $1.3 Billion for Ownership of Trail Dam
• Brookings Man’s Cable Woes Reveal Electrical Fire Risk
• Oregon: Downed Power Line Kills Dog, Starts Fire in Banks
• U-S Gives Montana $4.6 Million for Retraining Coal Workers
• Power Outage in North Carolina's Outer Banks Could Take Weeks to Fix
• Federal Judge Rules Tennessee Valley Authority Must Limit Tree-Cutting Policy – Requires Environmental Impact Statement
• Tennessee Valley Authority Earns $233 Million in Spring Quarter
• South Carolina: Sorry, No Customer Refunds for Now-Abandoned Nuke Project
• RP3 – Reliability Designation Can Help Public Power Credit Ratings
• Top Ten Utility Commission Actions of 2017, So Far
• Oregon’s Biggest Salmon Fishing Season Opens Today
• Nations Will Start Talks to Protect Fish of the High Seas
• To Dam or Not to Dam? That’s This Fish Story
• Bees Are Bouncing Back from Colony Collapse Disorder
• Op/Ed: We Don’t Need To Fix Hirst
• Idaho Power Wants to Put Rooftop Solar Customers in Separate Rate Class
• Report: Planned Wind Energy Projects Increases 40 Percent
• United Kingdom: Utility Companies Won't Let You Sell Your Own Solar Power. Why Not?
• Colville Confederated Tribes Launch Hemp Project
• U-S Senator Wyden Demand’s Sessions Reveal Pot Policy Changes
• Bill Seeks to Make Marijuana Legal on the Federal Level
• Los Angeles Issues Plan to Electrify Its Entire Bus Fleet
• As the Top State for Solar Power, California Is Not Pumped for the Eclipse
• Pole Attachment Hypocrisy – Verizon Is Screwing Internet Users Who Aren’t Even Its Own Customers
• Winners of the 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
• Ten Tricks to Immediately Make Your Day More Productive
• Blistering Heat Wave Threatens Seattle, Where Only a Third Have Air-Conditioning
• Canadian Wildfire Smoke Creating Haze over Puget Sound
• Haze Over Western Washington Being Compared to Cloud Cover
• Heat & Winds Damage Air Quality in Eastern Washington
• Mason County Elections – August 1, 2017 Primary
• Costco Co-Founder Jeff Brotman Dies at 74

WORD OF THE DAY

Neophyte • \NEE-uh-fite\ • Noun - 1: a new convert: proselyte 2: novice 3: tyro, beginner

The new Public Utility District communicator received her bright, shiny, ten pound “Big Book ‘O Acronyms” on the first day on the job. The resounding thud it made when she placed it on the kitchen table that night made the neophyte have second thoughts about the day she signed voluminous, fine-print documents before the wooden faced clerk in the utility’s human resources office.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Heat Wave Poised to Break Bonneville Power Administration’s Summer Peak for Electricity Use – Readiness Actions in Motion Agency-Wide (Bonneville Power Administration)

https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2017/08/heat-wave-poised-to-break-bonneville.html

Oregon Could Break Records for Power Consumption during Heat Wave (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-heat-storm-power-outages-portland-general-electric/

Clatskanie PUD Sets Up Cool Zone for Heat (Clatskanie Chief, OR)

https://www.thechiefnews.com/community/clatskanie-pud-sets-up-cool-zone-for-heat/article_c9bff75a-7719-11e7-9702-8b58db17bbd2.html

Joel Myer & Justin Holzgrove Talk Fiberhood and PUD 3 (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/daybreak/joel-myer-justin-holzgrove-talk-fiberhood-and-pud/youtube_e3a0a54e-77b8-11e7-98f0-0bfa45d408a4.html

Avista Reports Lower Second Quarter Income – Will Reveal Details of Hydro One Deal in September (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/02/avista-reports-lower-2q-income-will-reveal-details/

Avista Credits Would Buffer Request for Idaho Surcharge (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/01/avista-credits-would-buffer-request-for-idaho-surc/

BC Hydro to Spend $1.3 Billion for Ownership of Trail Dam (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-hydro-trail-dam-1.4231630?cmp=rss

Brookings Man’s Cable Woes Reveal Electrical Fire Risk (Curry Coastal Pilot, Brookings, OR)

http://www.currypilot.com/news/5489360-151/brookings-mans-cable-woes-reveal-electrical-fire-risk

Oregon: Downed Power Line Kills Dog, Starts Fire in Banks (Associated Press)

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/downed-power-line-kills-dog-in-banks/461088878

U-S Gives Montana $4.6 Million for Retraining Coal Workers (Associated Press)

http://m.startribune.com/us-gives-montana-4-6-million-for-retraining-coal-workers/437933263/?section=nation

Power Outage in North Carolina's Outer Banks Could Take Weeks to Fix (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/01/540853393/power-outage-in-n-c-s-outer-banks-could-take-weeks-to-fix

Federal Judge Rules Tennessee Valley Authority Must Limit Tree-Cutting Policy – Requires Environmental Impact Statement (Associated Press)

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/tennessee/articles/2017-08-02/federal-judge-rules-tva-must-limit-tree-cutting-policy

Tennessee Valley Authority Earns $233 Million in Spring Quarter (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2017/aug/01/tva-earns-233-million/441301/

South Carolina: Sorry, No Customer Refunds for Now-Abandoned Nuke Project (Associated Press)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/regulators-hear-plans-stop-building-2-nuclear-reactors-073418112.html

RP3 – Reliability Designation Can Help Public Power Credit Ratings (American Public Power Association)

http://blog.publicpower.org/sme/?p=1443

Top Ten Utility Commission Actions of 2017, So Far (The Energy Collective)

http://www.theenergycollective.com/coley-girouard/2409968/top-10-utility-commission-actions-2017-far

FISH & WILDLIFE

Oregon’s Biggest Salmon Fishing Season Opens Today (KXL Radio, Portland, OR)

http://www.kxl.com/oregons-biggest-salmon-fishing-season-opens-today/

Nations Will Start Talks to Protect Fish of the High Seas (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/climate/nations-will-start-talks-to-protect-fish-of-the-high-seas.html

To Dam or Not to Dam? That’s This Fish Story (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2017/08/columbia-river-dams-debate-salmon-fish-hydropower/

Bees Are Bouncing Back from Colony Collapse Disorder (Bloomberg News)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-01/good-news-for-bees-as-numbers-recover-while-mystery-malady-wanes

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Op/Ed: We Don’t Need To Fix Hirst (Northwest Treaty Tribes)

https://nwtreatytribes.org/dont-need-fix-hirst/

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Idaho Power Wants to Put Rooftop Solar Customers in Separate Rate Class (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/idaho-power-wants-to-put-rooftop-solar-customers-in-separate-rate-class/448340/

Report: Planned Wind Energy Projects Increases 40 Percent (Wyoming Public Media)

http://wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/report-planned-wind-energy-projects-increases-40-percent

United Kingdom: Utility Companies Won't Let You Sell Your Own Solar Power. Why Not? (The Guardian, UK)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/01/utilies-solar-power-sales-energy-company-restrictions

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Colville Confederated Tribes Launch Hemp Project (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

http://kpq.com/tribes-launch-hemp-project/

U-S Senator Wyden Demand’s Sessions Reveal Pot Policy Changes (Portland Business Journal, OR)

https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/08/02/wyden-demands-sessions-reveal-pot-policy-changes.html

Bill Seeks to Make Marijuana Legal on the Federal Level (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/08/02/bill-seeks-to-make-marijuana-legal-on-the-federal-level/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Los Angeles Issues Plan to Electrify Its Entire Bus Fleet (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/los-angeles-issues-plan-to-electrify-its-entire-bus-fleet/448388/

As the Top State for Solar Power, California Is Not Pumped for the Eclipse (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/briefly/as-the-top-state-for-solar-power-california-is-not-pumped-for-the-eclipse/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Pole Attachment Hypocrisy – Verizon Is Screwing Internet Users Who Aren’t Even Its Own Customers (Yahoo Tach)

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/verizon-screwing-internet-users-aren-t-even-own-185702317.html

MARKETING & MEDIA

Winners of the 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest (Atlantic Magazine)

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/08/winners-of-the-2017-national-geographic-travel-photographer-of-the-year-contest/535572/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Ten Tricks to Immediately Make Your Day More Productive (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/40442163/10-tricks-to-immediately-make-your-day-more-productive

GENERAL NEWS

Blistering Heat Wave Threatens Seattle, Where Only a Third Have Air-Conditioning (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/seattle-portland-heat-wave.html

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Creating Haze over Puget Sound (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26742

Haze Over Western Washington Being Compared to Cloud Cover (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/708700/haze-over-western-washington-being-compared-to-cloud-cover/

Heat & Winds Damage Air Quality in Eastern Washington (Associated Press)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/state_news/heat-and-winds-damage-air-quality-in-eastern-washington/article_c91c8149-d1ef-551a-a578-c892d54d9dd4.html

Mason County Elections – August 1, 2017 Primary (Mason County Auditor, Shelton, WA)

http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/mason/

Costco Co-Founder Jeff Brotman Dies at 74 (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2017/08/01/costco-co-founder-jeff-brotman-dies-at-74.html

KILLDOZER – DIVERSIONS

Utility Workers Do Good Deed, Recover Wedding Ring in Sewer

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/utility-workers-do-good-deed-recover-wedding-ring-in-sewer/article_19b439b9-2337-5feb-a2a6-fcac40238957.html

Police: Landlord Runs over Tenant for Digging Up Plants

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/national_news/police-landlord-runs-over-tenant-for-digging-up-plants/article_4f4e6770-23a8-5da3-9c3a-0480f2f02e3b.html

German Court Rules against 'Spaghetti Monster Church'

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/world_news/german-court-rules-against-spaghetti-monster-church/article_e76dc55b-b4ac-58ee-b131-2866d84abdb9.html

Texas Calf Born Looking Like KISS Rocker Gene Simmons

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-calf-looks-rocker-gene-simmons-173126869.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Carlos Santana - Flor de Luna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTC_A5d1wuA

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for August 1, 2017

Excessive Heat Warning in Effect

Fire Weather Watch in Effect

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

National Weather Service Issues Excessive Heat Warning for Western Washington State (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/NWS-issues-excessive-heat-warning-for-Western-11718680.php

Hot Weather Energy Conservation Tips (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26727

Seattle City Light Goes Digital with New Meters (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/seattle-city-light-goes-digital-with-new-meters/460794303

Yellowstone Grizzlies Removed from Threatened Species List (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Yellowstone-grizzlies-removed-from-threatened-11720363.php

Cable Lobby Claims U-S Is Just Bursting with Broadband Competition (Extreme Tech)

https://www.extremetech.com/internet/253320-cable-lobby-claims-outdated-metrics-prove-us-bursting-broadband-competition

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Seattle City Light Goes Digital with New Meters
• “Look Up” around Power Lines – Monday Power Outage Covered Large Areas of Richland
• Grays Harbor PUD Analyzing Local Impact of the BPA Rate Increase
• North Carolina: Outer Banks Power Outage Could Be Fixed in Six to Ten Days
• PG&E Survey: Only One in Seven Customers Calls Free 811 Service Ahead of Digging Projects
• U-S Nuclear Comeback Stalls as Two South Carolina Reactors Are Abandoned
• Connecticut Residents Could Face a New Fee on Oil/Gas Home Heating
• Only In Miami-Dade Do Voters Have The Power To Lower Florida Power & Light Bills. But Will They?
• Six Million Households Braced for Energy Price Hike after British Gas Website Blunder
• California Balloons Can Keep on Flying, Governor Says
• Yellowstone Grizzlies Removed from Threatened Species List
• A Cycling Salmon & the Columbia River Treaty
• Bend’s Beer Boom Puts a Squeeze on Water Infrastructure
• Pump It Up: Water Officials Looking for Offers to Build a Hydro Storage Plant at the San Vicente Reservoir
• Hot Weather Energy Conservation Tips
• Five Easy Energy Upgrades That Bring Big Savings to Your Business in 2017
• In Illinois, Smart Thermostats Seen as Key Energy Management Tool
• Such a Mellow Fellow – Study in Washington State Suggests Pot Use Relieves Stress
• Farmer Suicides Rise in India as Climate Warms, Study Shows
• Cable Lobby Claims U-S Is Just Bursting with Broadband Competition
• Ukraine Finally Battens Down Its Leaky Cyber Hatches after Attacks
• Big Game Phishing – How White House Officials Were ‘Fooled by Email Prankster’
• How to Properly Funnel Facebook Traffic to Your Website
• The Lessons & Limitations of Using Facebook for Good
• Washington State Tells Feds That Voter Rolls Are ‘Accurate’
• Phone-Prone – What Happened When I Replied “Call Me” to Every Email I Got for a Week
• Napping Can Dramatically Increase Learning, Memory, Awareness, & More
• National Weather Service Issues Excessive Heat Warning for Western Washington State
• Portland Faces Historic Heat, while Seattle Experiences a Major Heat Wave
• Man Kills Two Women in Lacey, Then Flees From Cops with Kids in Car
• Report: Washington State is 9th in Nation for Student Homelessness
• City of Shelton Commissioner Race to be Pared Down in Tuesday Primary
• Oregon: Salem to Allow Camping In Parks on Night before Eclipse
• Victoria Women Swim Strait of Juan de Fuca from Dungeness Spit to Victoria

WORD OF THE DAY

Doggerel • \DOG-gerr-ull\ • Noun - Loosely styled & irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect; also: marked by triviality or inferiority.

“Good Grief,” roared the news digest’s editor as he barreled into the office of the resident poet, waving the day’s ‘word of the day’ haiku back and forth under the nose of the hard-pressed writer. “Who said you could print this doggerel, drivel, and otherwise unreadable stuff?”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Seattle City Light Goes Digital with New Meters (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/seattle-city-light-goes-digital-with-new-meters/460794303

“Look Up” around Power Lines – Monday Power Outage Covered Large Areas of Richland (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article164570702.html

Grays Harbor PUD Analyzing Local Impact of the BPA Rate Increase (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

https://www.thedailyworld.com/business/ghpud-analyzing-local-impact-of-the-bpa-rate-increase/

North Carolina: Outer Banks Power Outage Could Be Fixed in Six to Ten Days (WTVD-TV, Raleigh, NC)

http://abc11.com/outer-banks-outage-lawsuit-filed-against-pcl-construction/2256962/

PG&E Survey: Only One in Seven Customers Calls Free 811 Service Ahead of Digging Projects (Currents, Pacific Gas & Electric)

http://www.pgecurrents.com/2017/07/28/pge-survey-only-one-in-seven-customers-calls-free-811-service-ahead-of-digging-projects/

U-S Nuclear Comeback Stalls as Two South Carolina Reactors Are Abandoned (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/climate/nuclear-power-project-canceled-in-south-carolina.html

Connecticut Residents Could Face a New Fee on Oil/Gas Home Heating (WTIC-TV, Hartford, CT)

http://fox61.com/2017/07/28/connecticut-residents-could-face-a-new-fee-on-home-heating/

Only In Miami-Dade Do Voters Have The Power To Lower Florida Power & Light Bills. But Will They? (Miami Herald, FL)

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article164655642.html

Six Million Households Braced for Energy Price Hike after British Gas Website Blunder (Telegraph, UK)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/31/six-million-households-braced-energy-price-hike-british-gas/

California Balloons Can Keep on Flying, Governor Says (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article164625167.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Yellowstone Grizzlies Removed from Threatened Species List (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Yellowstone-grizzlies-removed-from-threatened-11720363.php

A Cycling Salmon & the Columbia River Treaty (The Nelson Daily, BC)

http://thenelsondaily.com/news/cycling-salmon-and-columbia-river-treaty-45173#.WYCc04jyuUk

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Bend’s Beer Boom Puts a Squeeze on Water Infrastructure (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/bend-oregon-beer-economy-growth-infrastructure-housing/

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Pump It Up: Water Officials Looking for Offers to Build a Hydro Storage Plant at the San Vicente Reservoir (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/sd-fi-sanvicente-pumped-20170726-story.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Hot Weather Energy Conservation Tips (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26727

Five Easy Energy Upgrades That Bring Big Savings to Your Business in 2017 (Buffalo Business First, NY)

https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2017/08/01/5-easy-energy-upgrades-that-bring-big-savings-to.html

In Illinois, Smart Thermostats Seen as Key Energy Management Tool (Midwest Energy News)

http://midwestenergynews.com/2017/08/01/in-illinois-smart-thermostats-seen-as-key-energy-management-tool/

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Such a Mellow Fellow – Study in Washington State Suggests Pot Use Relieves Stress (Associated Press)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/state_news/study-in-washington-state-suggests-pot-use-relieves-stress/article_f2e712ad-a9be-5ee6-99f9-cc16c49a67c3.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Farmer Suicides Rise in India as Climate Warms, Study Shows (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jul/31/farmer-suicides-rise-in-india-as-climate-warms-stu/#/0

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Cable Lobby Claims U-S Is Just Bursting with Broadband Competition (Extreme Tech)

https://www.extremetech.com/internet/253320-cable-lobby-claims-outdated-metrics-prove-us-bursting-broadband-competition

Ukraine Finally Battens Down Its Leaky Cyber Hatches after Attacks (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-attack-ukraine-idUSKBN1AH35A

Big Game Phishing – How White House Officials Were ‘Fooled by Email Prankster’ (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40788080

MARKETING & MEDIA

How to Properly Funnel Facebook Traffic to Your Website (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/larry-alton-guest-post-funnel-facebook-traffic-website/

The Lessons & Limitations of Using Facebook for Good (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/ask-umbra/the-lessons-and-limitations-of-using-facebook-for-good/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Washington State Tells Feds That Voter Rolls Are ‘Accurate’ (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/washington-state-tells-doj-voter-rolls-are-accurate

Phone-Prone – What Happened When I Replied “Call Me” to Every Email I Got for a Week (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/40446728/what-happened-when-i-replied-call-me-to-every-email-i-got-for-a-week

Napping Can Dramatically Increase Learning, Memory, Awareness, & More (Health, Spirit, Body)

https://www.healthspiritbody.com/nap-benefits/

GENERAL NEWS

National Weather Service Issues Excessive Heat Warning for Western Washington State (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/NWS-issues-excessive-heat-warning-for-Western-11718680.php

Portland Faces Historic Heat, while Seattle Experiences a Major Heat Wave (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2017/07/portland-faces-historic-heat-seattle.html

Man Kills Two Women in Lacey, Then Flees From Cops with Kids in Car (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://komonews.com/news/local/two-woman-shot-then-shooting-man-flees-from-cops-with-kids-in-car

Report: Washington State is 9th in Nation for Student Homelessness (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/homeless/report-wa-is-9th-in-nation-for-student-homelessness/460801799

City of Shelton Commissioner Race to be Pared Down in Tuesday Primary (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/city-commissioner-race-to-be-pared-down-in-tuesday-primary/article_d884563a-7630-11e7-afd4-b39d2be33eed.html

Oregon: Salem to Allow Camping In Parks on Night before Eclipse (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.kgw.com/news/eclipse/salem-expecting-125000-visitors-for-eclipse/460889077

Victoria Women Swim Strait of Juan de Fuca from Dungeness Spit to Victoria (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/victoria-women-swim-strait-from-dungeness-spit-to-victoria/

LOVE STINKS – DIVERSIONS

Pistol-Packing Bride Arrested for Pointing Gun at Groom

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/tennessee/articles/2017-08-01/pistol-packing-bride-arrested-for-pointing-gun-at-groom

Charge: Man Hid Girlfriend’s Body in Freezer as New Girlfriend Assumed Her ID

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/charge-man-hid-girlfriends-body-in-freezer-as-new-girlfriend-assumed-her-id/

Have a Nice Day – Airport Employee Punches Passenger Holding Baby Because We Live in a Cruel & Absurd Universe

https://consumerist.com/2017/07/31/airport-employee-punches-passenger-holding-baby-because-we-live-in-a-cruel-and-absurd-universe/

Priests Mistaken for Bachelor Party Turned Away by UK Pub

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/world_news/priests-mistaken-for-bachelor-party-turned-away-by-uk-pub/article_9e571a6a-29b8-50d4-a66f-dd92637061d0.html

SONG OF THE DAY

J. Geils Band – Love Stinks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im3ilVVfmn8

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Energy News Digest for July 31, 2017 – The “Hot as Hades” Edition

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for July 31, 2017

Excessive Heat Warning for Mason County & Much of Western Washington State

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Hot, Hotter, Hottest - Record Breaking Temps on Tap for Mason County This Week (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

https://www.pud3.org/blog/articles--blog/post/hot-hotter-hottest-record-breaking-temps-on-tap-for-mason-county-this-week

Avista’s Ownership in a Montana Coal Plant Is under Scrutiny in Ontario, Which Has Banned Coal-Fired Electricity (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jul/29/avistas-ownership-in-a-montana-coal-plant-is-under/

Shelton, WA: Marijuana’s Boost in City Where Timber Was King (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2017/07/31/marijuanas-boost-city-where-timber-king/496123001/

‘A Mountain’ of Silt Moving Down Columbia River, Port Says (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/a-mountain-of-silt-moving-down-columbia-river-port-says/article_d33cfee2-19ce-5cde-b53a-17b4356dd331.html

Call Before You Dig – Generators Arrive as 10,000 Tourists Evacuate North Carolina Islands (TIME Magazine)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/generators-arrive-10-000-tourists-185332639.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Avista’s Ownership in a Montana Coal Plant Is under Scrutiny in Ontario, Which Has Banned Coal-Fired Electricity
• Oregon: Clatskanie PUD Faces Four Yearly Rate Increases
• Officials: Bonneville Power Administration Shift Won’t Affect Pacific Power’s Walla Walla Power Rates
• Cascade Natural Gas – Local Natural Gas Customers Could See Slightly Higher Rates
• Tri-City-Area Utilities Support Proposed Law to Save Snake River Dams
• Montana Coal Production Up 1.5 Million Tons
• Editorial: Why Coal Is Number One
• Call Before You Dig – Generators Arrive as 10,000 Tourists Evacuate North Carolina Islands
• North Carolina: 2 of 3 Cables ‘Compromised’ in Crippling Outer Banks Power Outage
• South Carolina: Utilities to Stop Building Billion-Dollar Nuke Reactors
• Utility Worker Accused of Shooting Dog during Surveying Work for AT&T
• Tagging Tiny Fish: Scientists Aim to Learn More about Lamprey Migration
• OSU Researchers Study Elusive Threatened Seabird, the Marbled Murrelet
• ‘A Mountain’ of Silt Moving Down Columbia River, Port Says
• Wind Farms Are Not Ready for Ransomware
• Utility Helps Wean Vermonters from the Electric Grid
• Brazil: This Dam Has Been a Disaster–Can Turning It into a Solar Plant Save It?
• Shelton, WA: Marijuana’s Boost in City Where Timber Was King
• It’s Not Your Imagination; Summers Are Getting Hotter
• Georgia: Lawmaker Say Electric Cooperatives Could Fill Broadband Gaps
• Cellphone Service Could Be Spotty for Rural Eclipse-Watchers – Bring in the COWS
• FCC Activity Watch: Electric Utility Pole Attachments
• Hackers Threaten ‘Game of Thrones,’ as HBO Confirms Cyberattack
• Steve Bannon Presidential Advisor, Wants to Regulate Facebook & Google as Utilities
• How to Talk Social in the C-Suite
• Every Voting Machine at This Hacking Conference Got Totally Pwned
• Editorial: Washington State Capital Budget Failure Will Cost Local Ratepayers
• Last Word: Sen. Lisa Murkowski
• Hot, Hotter, Hottest - Record Breaking Temps on Tap for Mason County This Week
• Taylor Shellfish to pay $160,000 to settle racial harassment case
• Driver Flees after Three-Vehicle Head-On Crash on Highway 3
• Mason County Primary Ballots Due Tuesday
• Pee Wee Reese World Series at Mason County Recreation Area
• Ten-Digit Dialing Underway in Western Washington State

WORD OF THE DAY

Cockamamy • \kahk-kuh-MAY-mee\ • Adjective -Ridiculous, incredible.

Really? You think an example sentence is necessary?

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Avista’s Ownership in a Montana Coal Plant Is under Scrutiny in Ontario, Which Has Banned Coal-Fired Electricity (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jul/29/avistas-ownership-in-a-montana-coal-plant-is-under/

Oregon: Clatskanie PUD Faces Four Yearly Rate Increases (The Clatskanie Chief, OR)

https://www.thechiefnews.com/news_paid/clatskanie-pud-faces-yearly-rate-increases/article_f9480b6c-73d5-11e7-a9ee-437dc0d97b3c.html

Officials: Bonneville Power Administration Shift Won’t Affect Pacific Power’s Walla Walla Power Rates (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)

http://www.union-bulletin.com/news/business/officials-bpa-shift-won-t-affect-walla-walla-power-rates/article_24612ab8-73b8-11e7-8952-97793ca72285.html

Cascade Natural Gas – Local Natural Gas Customers Could See Slightly Higher Rates (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/business/local/local-natural-gas-customers-could-see-slightly-higher-rates-under/article_2d1c811a-7625-11e7-b97a-5fb6b2cb8144.html

Tri-City-Area Utilities Support Proposed Law to Save Snake River Dams (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article164485612.html

Montana Coal Production Up 1.5 Million Tons (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/montana-coal-production-up-m-tons/article_b38973f0-bb05-5d9a-8a65-be09f97089e1.html

Editorial: Why Coal Is Number One – The ‘booming’ solar energy field accounts for only one percent of American power production (Washington Times)

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/30/coal-remains-king/

Call Before You Dig – Generators Arrive as 10,000 Tourists Evacuate North Carolina Islands (TIME Magazine)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/generators-arrive-10-000-tourists-185332639.html

North Carolina: 2 of 3 Cables ‘Compromised’ in Crippling Outer Banks Power Outage (WTVR-TV, Richmond. VA)

http://wtvr.com/2017/07/30/outer-banks-power-outage-thousands-evacuate/

South Carolina: Utilities to Stop Building Billion-Dollar Nuke Reactors (Associated Press)

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/business/national/utilities-to-stop-building-billion-dollar-nuke-reactors/article_86350cc5-ca3d-5d51-9c8b-924e013bb34c.html

Utility Worker Accused of Shooting Dog during Surveying Work for AT&T (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/07/31/utility-worker-accused-of-shooting-dog-during-surveying-work-for-att/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Tagging Tiny Fish: Scientists Aim to Learn More about Lamprey Migration (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/tagging-tiny-fish-scientists-aim-learn-more-about-lamprey-migration

OSU Researchers Study Elusive Threatened Seabird, the Marbled Murrelet (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/osu-researchers-study-elusive-threatened-seabird

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

‘A Mountain’ of Silt Moving Down Columbia River, Port Says (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/a-mountain-of-silt-moving-down-columbia-river-port-says/article_d33cfee2-19ce-5cde-b53a-17b4356dd331.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Wind Farms Are Not Ready for Ransomware (PC Magazine)

https://www.pcmag.com/news/355223/wind-farms-are-not-ready-for-ransomware

Utility Helps Wean Vermonters from the Electric Grid (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/business/energy-environment/vermont-green-mountain-power-grid.html

Brazil: This Dam Has Been a Disaster–Can Turning It into a Solar Plant Save It? (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/40444039/this-dam-has-been-a-disaster-can-turning-it-into-a-solar-plant-save-it

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Shelton, WA: Marijuana’s Boost in City Where Timber Was King (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2017/07/31/marijuanas-boost-city-where-timber-king/496123001/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

It’s Not Your Imagination; Summers Are Getting Hotter (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/28/climate/more-frequent-extreme-summer-heat.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Georgia: Lawmaker Say Electric Cooperatives Could Fill Broadband Gaps (Valdosta Daily Times, GA)

http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/local_news/lawmaker-say-electric-cooperatives-could-fill-broadband-gaps/article_7d27e227-4439-5352-8098-bdffe906fee1.html

Cellphone Service Could Be Spotty for Rural Eclipse-Watchers – Bring in the COWS (Associated Press)

http://koin.com/2017/07/30/cellphone-service-could-be-spotty-for-rural-eclipse-watchers/

FCC Activity Watch: Electric Utility Pole Attachments (American Public Power Association)

http://blog.publicpower.org/sme/?p=1429

Hackers Threaten ‘Game of Thrones,’ as HBO Confirms Cyberattack (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/business/media/hbo-hack-game-of-thrones.html

MARKETING & MEDIA

Steve Bannon Presidential Advisor, Wants to Regulate Facebook & Google as Utilities (Fortune Magazine)

http://fortune.com/2017/07/29/bannon-facebook-google-monopoly/

How to Talk Social in the C-Suite (AdWeek)

http://www.adweek.com/digital/ulrik-bo-larsen-falcon-io-guest-post-how-to-talk-social-in-the-c-suite/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Every Voting Machine at This Hacking Conference Got Totally Pwned (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/every-voting-machine-at-this-hacking-conference-got-tot-1797368945

Editorial: Washington State Capital Budget Failure Will Cost Local Ratepayers (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)

http://www.union-bulletin.com/opinion/editorials/capital-budget-failure-will-cost-local-ratepayers/article_97a4cf6a-731e-11e7-80c6-8fbb927a16cb.html

Last Word: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/magazine/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=48577

GENERAL NEWS

Hot, Hotter, Hottest - Record Breaking Temps on Tap for Mason County This Week (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)

https://www.pud3.org/blog/articles--blog/post/hot-hotter-hottest-record-breaking-temps-on-tap-for-mason-county-this-week

Taylor Shellfish to pay $160,000 to settle racial harassment case (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article164374362.html?

Driver Flees after Three-Vehicle Head-On Crash on Highway 3 (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26725

Mason County Primary Ballots Due Tuesday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26720

Pee Wee Reese World Series at Mason County Recreation Area (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26703

Ten-Digit Dialing Underway in Western Washington State (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article164355262.html

SNAKES AROUND YOUR NECK – DIVERSIONS

Neil Armstrong’s Solid Gold Moon Lander Replica Stolen from Museum

http://gizmodo.com/neil-armstrongs-solid-gold-moon-lander-replica-stolen-f-1797392193

12 Double-Yolked Eggs in a Row Is Almost a Mathematical Impossibility, Yet Here We Are

http://mashable.com/2017/07/31/12-double-yolked-aggs/

Lottery Luck Strikes Twice for Quebec Man Who Won Millions

http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/lottery-luck-strikes-quebec-man-won-millions-48923208

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished – Firefighters Rescue Ohio Woman Entangled by Boa Constrictor

http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/firefighters-rescue-ohio-woman-entangled-boa-constrictor-48904704

SONG OF THE DAY

Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On (Beverly Hills Cop Soundtrack)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA_r1xEA_2M

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