Thursday, September 6, 2018

Energy News Digest for September 6, 2018


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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Canada Proposes More Habitat Protection for Southern-Resident Orcas (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

PacifiCorp, Sierra Club Go to Court Over Coal Plant Analysis (Associated Press)

Renewable Energy Producers Flood Puget Sound Energy with Proposals (KGMI Radio, Bellingham, WA)

Public Option for Click! Network Would Skip Cable TV (Tacoma Weekly, WA)

Wildfire Northwest of Shelton Burns West, Now at More Than 3,000 Acres (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      PacifiCorp, Sierra Club Go to Court Over Coal Plant Analysis
2.      California: Oroville Dam Repair Costs Soar Past $1 Billion
3.      No Electric Rate Increases for 2018-2019, Cowlitz PUD Says
4.      Rodent + Transformer = Fire – An Errant Squirrel Likely Started 4,500-Acre Fire in Benton City
5.      California Today: A Bailout for the Power Company?
6.      Electricity Generation Drives Need for Natural Gas Demand Response
7.      Turlock Irrigation District vs FERC
8.      Canada Proposes More Habitat Protection for Southern-Resident Orcas
9.      Sea Lions & Orcas Battle It Out in Puget Sound
10.   Why Are Puffins Vanishing? The Hunt for Clues Goes Deep, Into Their Burrows
11.   Democratic States Sue Trump Administration for Easing Bird Kill Rules
12.   Renewable Energy Producers Flood Puget Sound Energy with Proposals
13.   A Brighter Future: Solar Power Charges Rural Education in Uganda
14.   Public Option for Click! Network Would Skip Cable TV
15.   Tesla Bond Hits Record Low, Stock Slips as Investor Worry Deepens
16.   Walmart Canada Orders 30 More Tesla Semi-Trucks as It Aims to Shed Diesel
17.   States Could Save $16 Billion Annually Through Energy Efficiency Policies: Report
18.   Low Flows in Elwha River Prompts Call for Voluntary Conservation in Port Angeles
19.   Olympia Government Officials Prepare for Rising Sea Levels
20.   Washington Governor State on Carbon Tax, Climate Lawsuits & More
21.   Grant PUD Launches New Website
22.   More Than 1 In 4 American Users Have Deleted Facebook, Pew Survey Finds
23.   31 Words & Phrases You No Longer Need
24.   Key Concerns Emerge During Washington State Legislative Task Force on Public Record’s First Meeting
25.   U-S Attorney General Announces Review of Social Media Platforms after Hearing
26.   Wildfire Northwest of Shelton Burns West, Now at More Than 3,000 Acres
27.   Thurston County Cat Mutilations: Your Questions Answered

WORD OF THE DAY

Quiddity ● /KWID-uh-tee/ ● Noun – 1: whatever makes something the type that it is: essence 2a: a trifling point: quibble b: an unusual personal opinion or habit: eccentricity

Sophisticated
One smooth, suave character
James Bond’s quiddity

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

1.    PacifiCorp, Sierra Club Go to Court Over Coal Plant Analysis (Associated Press)

2.    California: Oroville Dam Repair Costs Soar Past $1 Billion (Los Angeles Times, CA)

3.    No Electric Rate Increases for 2018-2019, Cowlitz PUD Says (Longview Daily News, WA)

4.    Rodent + Transformer = Fire – An Errant Squirrel Likely Started 4,500-Acre Fire in Benton City (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

5.    California Today: A Bailout for the Power Company? (NY Times)

6.    Electricity Generation Drives Need for Natural Gas Demand Response (Utility Dive)

7.    Turlock Irrigation District vs FERC - In this petition for review, we consider whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying a complaint brought by the Turlock and Modesto Irrigation Districts (collectively, the “Districts”). The complaint alleged that Pacific Gas & Electric Company (“PG&E”) breached agreements between the Districts and PG&E. We conclude that FERC’s orders denying the complaint and denying rehearing were arbitrary and capricious, and we grant the Districts’ petition. (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - PDF)

FISH & WILDLIFE

8.    Canada Proposes More Habitat Protection for Southern-Resident Orcas (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

9.    Sea Lions & Orcas Battle It Out in Puget Sound (Crosscut Seattle)

10. Why Are Puffins Vanishing? The Hunt for Clues Goes Deep, Into Their Burrows (NY Times)

11. Democratic States Sue Trump Administration for Easing Bird Kill Rules (Washington Examiner)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

12. Renewable Energy Producers Flood Puget Sound Energy with Proposals (KGMI Radio, Bellingham, WA)

13. A Brighter Future: Solar Power Charges Rural Education in Uganda (Christian Science Monitor)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

14. Public Option for Click! Network Would Skip Cable TV (Tacoma Weekly, WA)

I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC

15. Tesla Bond Hits Record Low, Stock Slips as Investor Worry Deepens (Reuters)

16. Walmart Canada Orders 30 More Tesla Semi-Trucks as It Aims to Shed Diesel (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

17. States Could Save $16 Billion Annually Through Energy Efficiency Policies: Report (Utility Dive)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

18. Low Flows in Elwha River Prompts Call for Voluntary Conservation in Port Angeles (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

19. Olympia Government Officials Prepare for Rising Sea Levels (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

20. Washington Governor State on Carbon Tax, Climate Lawsuits & More (Axios)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

21. Grant PUD Launches New Website (iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)

22. More Than 1 In 4 American Users Have Deleted Facebook, Pew Survey Finds (Washington Post)

23. 31 Words & Phrases You No Longer Need (Grammarly)

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

24. Key Concerns Emerge During Washington State Legislative Task Force on Public Record’s First Meeting (Washington State Wire, Olympia, WA)

25. U-S Attorney General Announces Review of Social Media Platforms after Hearing (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

GENERAL NEWS

26. Wildfire Northwest of Shelton Burns West, Now at More Than 3,000 Acres (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

27. Thurston County Cat Mutilations: Your Questions Answered (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Drive-Thru Drugs: Florida Couple Allegedly Builds Heroin Pick-Up Window at Mobile Home

California State Senator Agrees to Discontinue ‘Fun-Loving’ Noogie Practices

Cheese Fueled Early European Expansion, Study Finds

Pet Pot-Bellied Pig 'Porky' Killed after Hunter Mistakes It for Feral Hog

SONG OF THE DAY

BBC Proms 2011 – James Bond Medley

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Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Energy News Digest for September 5, 2018


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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS




HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

100,000 Jobs Depend on Them. A Congressional Committee Is Coming to Pasco to See If They’re Worth Saving (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wa)

$300 Million to Dam Up a Dry Canyon? It Could Make Sense for the Mid-Columbia (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

Pacific Northwest States Slash Steelhead Bag Limits (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

Local Broadband Group Picks Wahkiakum PUD to Lead the Effort (Wahkiakum County Eagle, Cathlamet, WA)

El Niño Winter for Puget Sound: Here's What That Means (Seattle Patch)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

1.      100,000 Jobs Depend on Them. A Congressional Committee Is Coming to Pasco to See If They’re Worth Saving
2.      Chelan PUD Discusses Impact of Cryptocurrency Operations in Neighborhoods
3.      End of the Line for the Oregon Trail? Transmission line could result in erasure of the last remnants of the historic way West
4.      Western Grid Integration, Backed in Oregon, Fails Again in California
5.      Get Ready for Sticker Shock on California's Last-Minute Clean Energy Proposals
6.      Eugene Water & Electric Board’s Carmen-Smith’s $116 Million Powerhouse Reboot
7.      Man Faces Charge in Electrical Shocking of 5-Year-Old Son – Raised Lift Bucket into Power Lines
8.      Bonneville Power Administration Selects Michelle Manary as New Chief Financial Officer
9.      Outgoing Energy Trust of Oregon Board Member Cites Racism in Resignation Letter
10.   Second Round of Clallam PUD Commissioner Vacancy Applicant Interviews Scheduled
11.   Save the Dam Advocates Want You to Have Some Fun at Tri-Cities RiverFest
12.   Federal Regulators Give Blessing to South Carolina Utility Merger Plan
13.   Pacific Northwest States Slash Steelhead Bag Limits
14.   Angling Closed on Two British Columbia Rivers Because of Low Steelhead Returns
15.   Ground Broken for New Yakama Nation Fish Hatchery
16.   Chelan PUD Considers Fisheries Contract with Yakima Nation
17.   Effort to Preserve the Clark Fork River Delta Gets Cash Infusion from BPA Settlement
18.   800,000 More Farmed Atlantic Salmon Coming to Puget Sound
19.   Can Offshore Wind & Commercial Fishing Coexist?
20.   Local Broadband Group Picks Wahkiakum PUD to Lead the Effort
21.   Qualcomm Says Uber-Fast 5G Networks, Phones Coming to the U-S by April 2019
22.   Maybe Better If You Don’t Read This Story on Public Wi-Fi
23.   $300 Million to Dam Up a Dry Canyon? It Could Make Sense for the Mid-Columbia
24.   Washington Voters Could Make History in 2018, And Keep Billions in Revenue In-State
25.   U-S Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fell Slightly in 2017
26.   Nike Takes on Donald Trump, Risks Backlash, in Colin Kaepernick Campaign
27.   El Niño Winter for Puget Sound: Here's What That Means
28.   Washington State Has Underfunded Efforts to Control Wildfire Burning, Despite Smothering Smoke
29.   Tumwater Teachers Go on Strike after Bargaining Fails Friday Night
30.   The Evergreen State College Apologizes for Protesting at Sumas Farm

WORD OF THE DAY

Antihero • \ANT-tee – here-oh\ • Noun - A protagonist or notable figure who is conspicuously lacking in heroic qualities.

Fear of fanboy alert: Comic book artist Stan Lee has spawned his share of flawed superheroes and antiheros; such as Spiderman, the Incredible Hulk, and the Submariner.

“Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy.” F Scott Fitzgerald.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

1.    100,000 Jobs Depend on Them. A Congressional Committee Is Coming to Pasco to See If They’re Worth Saving (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wa)

2.    Chelan PUD Discusses Impact of Cryptocurrency Operations in Neighborhoods (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

3.    End of the Line for the Oregon Trail? Transmission line could result in erasure of the last remnants of the historic way West (Lewiston Tribune, ID)

4.    Western Grid Integration, Backed in Oregon, Fails Again in California (Portland Business Journal, OR)

5.    Get Ready for Sticker Shock on California's Last-Minute Clean Energy Proposals (Utility Dive)

6.    Eugene Water & Electric Board’s Carmen-Smith’s $116 Million Powerhouse Reboot (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

7.    Man Faces Charge in Electrical Shocking of 5-Year-Old Son – Raised Lift Bucket into Power Lines (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

8.    Bonneville Power Administration Selects Michelle Manary as New Chief Financial Officer (Bonneville Power Administration)

9.    Outgoing Energy Trust of Oregon Board Member Cites Racism in Resignation Letter (Portland Mercury, OR)

10. Second Round of Clallam PUD Commissioner Vacancy Applicant Interviews Scheduled (Clallam PUD, Sequim, WA)

11. Save the Dam Advocates Want You to Have Some Fun at Tri-Cities RiverFest (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, WA)

12. Federal Regulators Give Blessing to South Carolina Utility Merger Plan (Associated Press)

FISH & WILDLIFE

13. Pacific Northwest States Slash Steelhead Bag Limits (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

14. Angling Closed on Two British Columbia Rivers Because of Low Steelhead Returns (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

15. Ground Broken for New Yakama Nation Fish Hatchery (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

16. Chelan PUD Considers Fisheries Contract with Yakima Nation (NCW Life Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)

17. Effort to Preserve the Clark Fork River Delta Gets Cash Infusion from BPA Settlement (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

18. 800,000 More Farmed Atlantic Salmon Coming to Puget Sound (Everett Herald, WA)

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

19. Can Offshore Wind & Commercial Fishing Coexist? (Christian Science Monitor)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

20. Local Broadband Group Picks Wahkiakum PUD to Lead the Effort (Wahkiakum County Eagle, Cathlamet, WA)

21. Qualcomm Says Uber-Fast 5G Networks, Phones Coming to the U-S by April 2019 (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

22. Maybe Better If You Don’t Read This Story on Public Wi-Fi (Medium)

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

23. $300 Million to Dam Up a Dry Canyon? It Could Make Sense for the Mid-Columbia (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

24. Washington Voters Could Make History in 2018, And Keep Billions in Revenue In-State (Sightline)

25. U-S Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fell Slightly in 2017 (U-S Energy Information Administration)

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

26. Nike Takes on Donald Trump, Risks Backlash, in Colin Kaepernick Campaign (Oregonian, Portland)

GENERAL NEWS

27. El Niño Winter for Puget Sound: Here's What That Means (Seattle Patch)

28. Washington State Has Underfunded Efforts to Control Wildfire Burning, Despite Smothering Smoke (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

29. Tumwater Teachers Go on Strike after Bargaining Fails Friday Night (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

30. The Evergreen State College Apologizes for Protesting at Sumas Farm (KGMI Radio, Bellingham, WA)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Florida: Massive Lizard Keeps Terrorizing Family, Evading Trappers

Hold the Mayo: Town Changes Its Name to ‘Miracle Whip’

Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers Were Stolen 13 Years Ago. Now They’ve Been Found

News Reporter Says 'Flux Capacitator' Was the Potential Cause of a Plane Crash

SONG OF THE DAY

Isaac Hayes – Theme from Shaft

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