Energy News Digest for August 4, 2017

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for August 4, 2017

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

Special Weather Statement for Smoke & Air Quality

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Seattle Hotter Than Tucson? National Media Freaks over Heat Wave (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/weather/article/National-media-freaks-about-typical-Seattle-11732952.php

Columnist: A Changing Electrical Grid May Make Snake River Dams Expendable — and Help Save Salmon (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/environment/article165452982.html

Op/Ed: The Power of Natural Gas in the War on Carbon Emissions (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-power-of-natural-gas-in-the-war-on-carbon-emissions/

Power Restored to Two North Carolina Islands after Weeklong Outage (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/08/03/power-restored-two-north-carolina-islands/538365001/

Jefferson PUD Names New Telecom Manager (Jefferson, PUD, Port Townsend, WA)

https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2017/08/jefferson-pud-names-new-telecom-manager.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Power Restored to Two North Carolina Islands after Weeklong Outage
• North Carolina: After 7 Days of Darkness, Power Is Restored on the Outer Banks
• Okanogan PUD Power Rates Increased to Pay for Capital Improvements
• Port of Port Angeles, Clallam PUD Seek Potential Partnerships
• Cats & Squirrels Are Causing Washington Fires, Power Outages
• Return to Quorum: Senate Confirms Powelson, Chatterjee to FERC
• Senate Committee Sets Hearing for FERC Nominees Glick, Mcintyre in September
• Death of a Nuke Build: Summer Abandonment Leaves South Carolina Ratepayers Holding the Bag
• U-S Utility Customers Remain Satisfied, but Always Room for Improvement
• Columnist: A Changing Electrical Grid May Make Snake River Dams Expendable — and Help Save Salmon
• Fishy Release Numbers Again Hamper Cowlitz Trout Hatchery
• Mountain Goats on Your Trail? They Like You, & Your Urine
• Deadly Bat Disease Found In State; Data, Samples Collected In Clallam
• Super-Colossal Wind Turbines May Be on the Horizon
• Op/Ed: If We Keep Subsidizing Wind, Will the Cost of Wind Energy Go Down?
• Tesla Finishes First Solar Roofs—Including Elon’s House
• Many States Have Adopted Policies to Encourage Energy Efficiency
• Washington State Does Not Intend to Give Lewis County Pot Revenue
• Op/Ed: The Power of Natural Gas in the War on Carbon Emissions
• This Site Calculates Your Carbon Footprint, Then Helps You Offset It
• Sequim Holiday Inn Installs Tesla Supercharger Station
• Jefferson PUD Names New Telecom Manager
• FCC Offers ‘Reverse-Auction’ to Expand Rural Broadband Access
• Can Using a Laptop Make You Infertile?
• Seattle Hotter Than Tucson? National Media Freaks over Heat Wave
• Heat, Wildfires Make Portland’s Air Quality among Worst in Nation
• Hot, Dry Weather Fuels Grass Fires, Keeps Central Mason Firefighters Busy
• Here’s What We Know about the British Columbia Fires
• Shelton Playing for Pee Wee Reese Championship
• When is the Perseid Meteor Shower – How Can I See It?

WORD OF THE DAY

Ignominious • \ig-nuh-MIN-ee-us\ • adjective – 1: marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame: dishonorable 2: deserving of shame or infamy: despicable *3: humiliating, degrading

“Oh, the pain…the pain,” moaned Doctor Smith to his fellow lost shipmates on Jupiter 2. “We’ll all meet our ignominious end on this voyage, I just know it.” Billy Mumy missed his cue. He was transfixed by the ACTING of Jonathan Harris…

Jonathan Harris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Harris

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Power Restored to Two North Carolina Islands after Weeklong Outage (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/08/03/power-restored-two-north-carolina-islands/538365001/

North Carolina: After 7 Days of Darkness, Power Is Restored on the Outer Banks (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/us/outer-banks-blackout.html

Okanogan PUD Power Rates Increased to Pay for Capital Improvements (The Gazette-Tribune, Oroville, WA)

http://www.gazette-tribune.com/news/power-rates-increased-to-pay-for-capital-improvements/75070/

Port of Port Angeles, Clallam PUD Seek Potential Partnerships (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/port-of-port-angeles-clallam-public-utility-district-seek-potential-partnerships/

Cats & Squirrels Are Causing Washington Fires, Power Outages (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/710171/cats-squirrels-causing-washington-fires/

Return to Quorum: Senate Confirms Powelson, Chatterjee to FERC (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/senate-confirms-powelson-chatterjee-to-ferc/448659/

Senate Committee Sets Hearing for FERC Nominees Glick, Mcintyre in September (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/senate-committee-sets-hearing-for-ferc-nominees-glick-mcintyre-in-septembe/448604/

Death of a Nuke Build: Summer Abandonment Leaves South Carolina Ratepayers Holding the Bag (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/death-of-a-nuke-build-summer-abandonment-leaves-ratepayers-holding-the-bag/448597/

U-S Utility Customers Remain Satisfied, but Always Room for Improvement (Forbes Magazine)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/pikeresearch/2017/08/04/us-utility-customers-satisfied/#3bcd1de332e2

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columnist: A Changing Electrical Grid May Make Snake River Dams Expendable — and Help Save Salmon (Idaho Statesman, Boise)

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/environment/article165452982.html

Fishy Release Numbers Again Hamper Cowlitz Trout Hatchery (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

http://www.chronline.com/news/fishy-release-numbers-again-hamper-cowlitz-trout-hatchery/article_3a4a31e4-787c-11e7-930f-5fdf83a69a47.html

Mountain Goats on Your Trail? They Like You, & Your Urine (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/science/mountain-goats-urine-pee-glacier-national-park-montana.html

Deadly Bat Disease Found In State; Data, Samples Collected In Clallam (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/deadly-bat-disease-found-in-state-data-samples-collected-in-clallam/

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Super-Colossal Wind Turbines May Be on the Horizon (NBC News)

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/super-colossal-wind-turbines-may-be-horizon-ncna789001

Op/Ed: If We Keep Subsidizing Wind, Will the Cost of Wind Energy Go Down? (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/If-we-keep-subsidizing-wind-will-the-cost-of-11732853.php

Tesla Finishes First Solar Roofs—Including Elon’s House (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2017/08/tesla-finishes-first-solar-roofs-including-elon-s-house.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Many States Have Adopted Policies to Encourage Energy Efficiency (U-S Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=32332

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Washington State Does Not Intend to Give Lewis County Pot Revenue “…(the county) could not prohibit the sale & manufacture of cannabis in the county & then seek to receive marijuana tax money…” (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

http://www.chronline.com/news/state-does-not-intend-to-give-lewis-county-pot-revenue/article_a819de28-787b-11e7-80f7-17ac9984e4e3.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Op/Ed: The Power of Natural Gas in the War on Carbon Emissions (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-power-of-natural-gas-in-the-war-on-carbon-emissions/

This Site Calculates Your Carbon Footprint, Then Helps You Offset It (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/40448103/this-site-calculates-your-carbon-footprint-then-helps-you-offset-it

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Sequim Holiday Inn Installs Tesla Supercharger Station (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/sequim-holiday-inn-installs-tesla-supercharger-station/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Jefferson PUD Names New Telecom Manager (Jefferson, PUD, Port Townsend, WA)

https://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2017/08/jefferson-pud-names-new-telecom-manager.html

FCC Offers ‘Reverse-Auction’ to Expand Rural Broadband Access (Engadget)

https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/03/fcc-reverse-auction-expand-rural-broadband-access/

Can Using a Laptop Make You Infertile? (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/08/02/can-using-laptop-make-you-infertile/529414001/

GENERAL NEWS

Seattle Hotter Than Tucson? National Media Freaks over Heat Wave (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/weather/article/National-media-freaks-about-typical-Seattle-11732952.php

Heat, Wildfires Make Portland’s Air Quality among Worst in Nation (Oregonian, Portland)

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

Hot, Dry Weather Fuels Grass Fires, Keeps Central Mason Firefighters Busy (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/hot-dry-weather-fuels-grass-fires-keeps-central-mason-firefighters/article_1d095eee-787b-11e7-9526-6b5e557bded7.html

Here’s What We Know about the British Columbia Fires (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

https://www.thedailyworld.com/northwest/heres-what-we-know-about-the-british-columbia-fires/

Shelton Playing for Pee Wee Reese Championship (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26784

When is the Perseid Meteor Shower – How Can I See It? (Yahoo News)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/perseid-meteor-shower-see-133018396.html

BRAIN SALAD SURGERY – DIVERSIONS

Cops: Rant About Salad with Too-Few Cucumbers Ends in Arrest

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/cops-rant-about-salad-with-too-few-cucumbers-ends-in/article_5e0a6958-7d52-5fe5-a990-597ff795004b.html

Cubs Give World Series Championship Ring to Steve Bartman

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-bartman-incident-cubs-give-world-series-ring-to-notorious-fan/

Boeing Dreamliner Draws Itself in the Air During 18-Hour Test Flight

http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2017/08/03/boeing-dreamliner-test-flight-drawing-photo/

Bee Bumble: Homeowner Tries to Burn Nest, Sets Home Ablaze

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/us/article/Bee-bumble-Homeowner-tries-to-burn-nest-sets-11734592.php

SONG OF THE DAY

Still You Turn Me On - Emerson Lake & Palmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VHHcd0M_o

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for August 3, 2017

Excessive Heat Warning

Special Weather Statement – Smoke and Air Quality

Smokezilla Versus the Heat Wave (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2017/08/smokezilla-versus-heat-wave.html

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Excessive Heat Warning, Red Flag Warning & Poor Air Quality Continue (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26772

Pacific Northwest Tries To Stay Cool as Mother Nature Cranks Up the Heat (Pamplin Media Group, Portland, OR)

http://www.pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/368007-250345-region-tries-to-stay-cool-as-mother-nature-cranks-up-the-heat

Richland Nuclear Plant under ‘No Touch’ Order During Heat Wave (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article165116382.html

California: Extinction Possible as Salmon River Fish Runs Hit Near-Record Lows (Courthouse News Service)

https://www.courthousenews.com/extinction-possible-salmon-runs-hit-near-record-lows/

Why Is Hood Canal Green? Meet Emiliania Huxleyi (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2017/08/03/why-hood-canal-green-meet-emiliana-huxleyi/534623001/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Pacific Northwest Tries To Stay Cool as Mother Nature Cranks Up the Heat
• Richland Nuclear Plant under ‘No Touch’ Order During Heat Wave
• British Columbia’s New Democratic Party Asks Independent Panel to Decide Fate of Peace River Dam Project
• City of Port Angeles Suspends Late Fees in Light of Cybersecurity Concerns
• Montana's Regulators Are Putting Public at Risk of High Energy Prices, NorthWestern Says
• Another Power Pole Climbing Cat Causes Wildfire near Ephrata
• Grand Coulee Dam Construction Video Released
• Hydro-Powered Smelters Charge Premium Prices for 'Green' Aluminum
• Public Power, Others Voice Support for Hydropower Licensing Reform
• New Report Finds U-S Electric Power Industry Supports More Than 7 Million American Jobs
• Op/Ed: Want Renewable Power? Clear the Path for Nuclear Energy
• Among States, Texas Consumes the Most Energy, Vermont the Least
• Defending Against Outages: Updated Monthly Squirrel Tracker
• Will America’s Epic Eclipse Impact Our Electric Grid?
• California: Extinction Possible as Salmon River Fish Runs Hit Near-Record Lows
• Salmon's Upstream Battle as the Last True Wild Food
• EPA Withdraws Delay of Ozone Standards after States Sue
• Why Is Hood Canal Green? Meet Emiliania Huxleyi
• $500 Million Water Treatment Plant Gets Portland Go-Ahead
• Energy Company Offers Outreach After Shooting of Montana Wind Turbines
• U-S Senators Introduce Offshore Wind Credits in Bipartisan Bill
• SEPA: More Than 25% of U-S Solar Was Connected to the Grid in 2016
• Ikea Launches Solar Panel Battery Storage That Could Cut Household Electricity Bills by Hundreds
• Missing Phrase May Doom South Dakotans’ Bid to Legalize Pot
• Marijuana Company Turning Entire California Town into Pot Tourism Destination
• Google Released Some Fascinating Data about the Coming Total Eclipse
• Researchers Have Developed Sunglasses That Generate Electricity from Solar Energy
• New Olympic Wi-Fi Staff Dedicated to Doing Right by Customers
• FirstNet, Broadband Network to Enable Police & Fire Responders to Talk to Each Other, Ready to Launch
• Ex-FCC Chair Tom Wheeler Dismantles the Case for Abandoning Net Neutrality
• People Are Shocked That TV Signals Over the Air Are Free & Legal
• Facebook Changing Its News Feed Again, Here’s What to Expect
• Three Things to Kill Before They Kill Your Creativity
• Three Blogging Tools to Improve Your Content Quality
• Chamber of Commerce Seeks Reorganization of Lewis County Government
• Linking Public Works to Local Hiring Faces a Trump Challenge
• Excessive Heat Warning, Red Flag Warning & Poor Air Quality Continue
• Outdoor Burning Banned in Smoky Puget Sound Region
• Canada Declares State of Emergency in British Columbia
• Seattle’s Heat Wave, Wildfire Haze Could Linger into Next Week, Weather Service Says
• Family Flees Fire That Destroys Home Southwest of Belfair
• Mason County Deputy Injured in Belfair Crash
• City Officials Gear Up for Shelton Out Loud Community Forum
• Video: Pee Wee Reese World Series a Big Hit in Shelton

WORD OF THE DAY

Banausic • \buh-NAW-sick\ • Adjective - Relating to or concerned with earning a living -- used pejoratively; also: utilitarian, practical

Despite her sheltered upbringing, Daisy loved digging in the garden with her bare hands. Her banausic pleasure was only slightly lessened by the soil that got under her fingernails.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Pacific Northwest Tries To Stay Cool as Mother Nature Cranks Up the Heat (Pamplin Media Group, Portland, OR)

http://www.pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/368007-250345-region-tries-to-stay-cool-as-mother-nature-cranks-up-the-heat

Richland Nuclear Plant under ‘No Touch’ Order During Heat Wave (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article165116382.html

British Columbia’s New Democratic Party Asks Independent Panel to Decide Fate of Peace River Dam Project (Globe & Mail, Canada)

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-asks-utilities-commission-to-review-88-billion-site-c-dam-megaproject/article35870031/

City of Port Angeles Suspends Late Fees in Light of Cybersecurity Concerns (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/city-of-port-angeles-suspends-late-fees-in-light-of-security-concern/

Montana's Regulators Are Putting Public at Risk of High Energy Prices, NorthWestern Says (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/montana-s-regulators-are-putting-public-at-risk-of-high/article_915d57d0-ab78-5322-829b-7f091404b591.html

Another Power Pole Climbing Cat Causes Wildfire near Ephrata (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/article/20170803/ARTICLE/170809960

Grand Coulee Dam Construction Video Released (NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)

http://www.ncwlife.com/grand-coulee-dam-construction-video-released/

Hydro-Powered Smelters Charge Premium Prices for 'Green' Aluminum (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-aluminium-sales-environment-idUSKBN1AI1CF

Public Power, Others Voice Support for Hydropower Licensing Reform (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=48609

New Report Finds U-S Electric Power Industry Supports More Than 7 Million American Jobs (Cision PR Newswire)

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-report-finds-us-electric-power-industry-supports-more-than-7-million-american-jobs-300498369.html

Op/Ed: Want Renewable Power? Clear the Path for Nuclear Energy (The Hill, Washington, DC)

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/344845-want-renewable-power-clear-the-path-for-nuclear-energy

Among States, Texas Consumes the Most Energy, Vermont the Least (U-S Energy Information Administration)

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=32312

Defending Against Outages: Updated Monthly Squirrel Tracker (American Public Power Association)

http://blog.publicpower.org/sme/?p=1438

Will America’s Epic Eclipse Impact Our Electric Grid? (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/will-america-s-epic-eclipse-impact-our-electric-grid-1797407747

FISH & WILDLIFE

California: Extinction Possible as Salmon River Fish Runs Hit Near-Record Lows (Courthouse News Service)

https://www.courthousenews.com/extinction-possible-salmon-runs-hit-near-record-lows/

Salmon's Upstream Battle as the Last True Wild Food (Forbes Magazine)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinatroitino/2017/08/03/salmons-upstream-battle-as-the-last-true-wild-food/#56108f303d3a

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER

EPA Withdraws Delay of Ozone Standards after States Sue (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/epa-withdraws-delay-of-ozone-standards-after-states-sue/448542/

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Why Is Hood Canal Green? Meet Emiliania Huxleyi (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2017/08/03/why-hood-canal-green-meet-emiliana-huxleyi/534623001/

$500 Million Water Treatment Plant Gets Portland Go-Ahead (Portland Business Journal, OR)

https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/08/03/500m-water-treatment-plant-gets-portland-go-ahead.html

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Energy Company Offers Outreach After Shooting of Montana Wind Turbines (KVTQ-TV, Billings, MT)

http://www.ktvq.com/story/36029565/energy-company-offers-outreach-after-shooting-of-montana-wind-turbines

U-S Senators Introduce Offshore Wind Credits in Bipartisan Bill (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/senators-introduce-offshore-wind-credits-in-bipartisan-bill/448514/

SEPA: More Than 25% of U-S Solar Was Connected to the Grid in 2016 (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/sepa-more-than-25-of-us-solar-was-connected-to-the-grid-in-2016/448525/

Ikea Launches Solar Panel Battery Storage That Could Cut Household Electricity Bills by Hundreds (The Independent, UK)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ikea-solar-panel-battery-storage-household-electricity-bills-energy-savve-money-solar-century-a7874331.html

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Missing Phrase May Doom South Dakotans’ Bid to Legalize Pot (Courthouse News Service)

https://www.courthousenews.com/missing-phrase-may-doom-south-dakotans-bid-legalize-pot/

Marijuana Company Turning Entire California Town into Pot Tourism Destination (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/08/03/marijuana-company-turning-entire-town-into-pot-tourism-destination/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – DRIVING ON SUNSHINE

Google Released Some Fascinating Data about the Coming Total Eclipse (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2017/08/01/total-solar-eclipse-google-trends-data-map/#.wzdGZSZNSqO

Researchers Have Developed Sunglasses That Generate Electricity from Solar Energy (Tech 2)

http://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/researchers-have-developed-sunglasses-that-generate-electricity-from-solar-energy-3889369.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

New Olympic Wi-Fi Staff Dedicated to Doing Right by Customers (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/business/new-olympic-wi-fi-staff-dedicated-to-doing-right-by-customers/

FirstNet, Broadband Network to Enable Police & Fire Responders to Talk to Each Other, Ready to Launch (Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/08/02/firstnet-broadband-network-to-enable-police-and-fire-responders-to-talk-to-each-other-ready-to-launch/?utm_term=.cbe24d1ea015

Ex-FCC Chair Tom Wheeler Dismantles the Case for Abandoning Net Neutrality (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/40445949/ex-chair-tom-wheeler-dismantles-fccs-argument-to-abandon-net-neutrality

People Are Shocked That TV Signals Over the Air Are Free & Legal (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/08/03/people-are-shocked-that-tv-signals-over-the-air-are-free-and-legal/

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Changing Its News Feed Again, Here’s What to Expect (Consumerist)

https://consumerist.com/2017/08/03/facebook-changing-its-news-feed-again-heres-what-to-expect/

Three Things to Kill Before They Kill Your Creativity (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2017/08/03/3-things-that-will-kill-your-creativity/

Three Blogging Tools to Improve Your Content Quality (Social Media Examiner)

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/blogging-tools-improve-content-quality/

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Chamber of Commerce Seeks Reorganization of Lewis County Government (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)

http://www.chronline.com/news/chamber-seeks-reorganization-of-lewis-county-government/article_83be6370-786a-11e7-a86b-93a9bf09cfc4.html

Linking Public Works to Local Hiring Faces a Trump Challenge (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/business/economy/local-hiring-laws-public-projects.html

GENERAL NEWS

Excessive Heat Warning, Red Flag Warning & Poor Air Quality Continue (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26772

Outdoor Burning Banned in Smoky Puget Sound Region (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/environment_news/outdoor-burning-banned-in-smoky-puget-sound-region/article_32e83b8a-7859-11e7-99e7-fb151f9f352a.html

Canada Declares State Of Emergency in British Columbia – 138 ‘Extraordinary’ Wildfires Spread Over Province (The Independent, UK)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/canada-wildfires-british-columbia-state-of-emergency-homes-evacuated-a7832191.html

Seattle’s Heat Wave, Wildfire Haze Could Linger into Next Week, Weather Service Says (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/seattles-wildfire-haze-could-linger-through-weekend-into-next-week-weather-service-says/

Family Flees Fire That Destroys Home Southwest of Belfair (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/family-flees-fire-that-destroys-home-southwest-of-belfair/article_0aeba2a6-7878-11e7-bd55-a705df112509.html

Mason County Deputy Injured in Belfair Crash (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/26768

City Officials Gear Up for Shelton Out Loud Community Forum (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/city-of-officials-gear-up-for-shelton-out-loud-community/article_1cae0fee-77d1-11e7-aa55-5bd8b8f59a3a.html

Video: Pee Wee Reese World Series a Big Hit in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/sports/local_sports/pee-wee-reese-world-series-a-big-hit-in-shelton/youtube_e3724f72-77dc-11e7-b949-335a7d81500b.html

MILLION DOLLAR WEDDING – DIVERSIONS

Tiny Mermaid-Painted Building Apparently Drifted 200 Miles in the Gulf of Mexico

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/tiny-mermaid-painted-building-apparently-drifted-miles/article_394843e7-6053-5ad8-ac3b-5404e3c86c2d.html

Florida Women Trash Chick-Fil-A during Argument over Order

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/weird_news/florida-women-trash-chick-fil-a-during-argument-over-order/article_108a7b6c-8884-51f1-9984-aac4209fef84.html

Wisconsin Workers Embedded with Microchips

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/08/01/wisconsin-employees-got-embedded-chips/529198001/

Couple Who Slammed Their Wedding Photographer Have to Pay Her $1 Million

http://time.com/4884613/couple-must-pay-wedding-photographer-one-million/

SONG OF THE DAY

The Little Mermaid - Under the Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC_mV1IpjWA

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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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