Friday, June 19, 2015

Energy News Digest for June 19, 2015

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Mason County-Wide Outdoor Burn Ban Effective 8 AM Monday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Warm Water Leads to Chinook Salmon Deaths in Willamette, Clackamas & Santiam Rivers (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

Clallam PUD Issues More Water-Use Advisories (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

May Sets New Heat Record (The Hill, Washington, DC)

Half of Washington State Employees Could Be Off Job in Shutdown (Crosscut Seattle)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • 4,400 in Shoreline Lose Power as Naked Woman Crashes Car into Pole
  • Snohomish PUD Sells Bonds worth $141 Million for System Improvements
  • Editorial: Oregon Lawmakers Discover the Value of Cheap Natural Gas
  • U-S House Panel OKs $3.4 Billion in Heating Aid
  • Grays Harbor PUD Named Local United Way 2015 Business of the Year
  • Is the U-S Investing Enough in Electricity Grid Reliability?
  • Bill Would Strengthen Regulatory Flexibility Act – Clarify Definition Tied to Public Power Utility
  • Warm Water Leads to Chinook Salmon Deaths in Willamette, Clackamas & Santiam Rivers
  • Clallam PUD Issues More Water-Use Advisories
  • Drought’s Silver Lining: Cleaner Water at the Beach Due to Lack of Storm Runoff
  • Water Wars in California’s Coastal Wine Country
  • Solar Power Tour Set in Sequim this Saturday
  • Banishing the Clouds – To Threaten Fossil Fuels, Solar Power Must Solve Its Intermittency Problem
  • Iowa Utilities: No Net Metering for Third-Party Solar Projects
  • Illinois: Official ‘Screws Up’ Wind Farm Vote
  • At Cannabis Trade Show, Vendors Tread a Careful Line
  • Delaware Governor Signs Bill Decriminalizing Pot: Report
  • May Sets New Heat Record
  • Federal Scientists Say 2015 on Pace to be Globe’s Warmest
  • Catholic Bishops to Meet with Congress, White House on Climate Change
  • Grant PUD Expands Wireless Internet Network
  • Op/Ed: Municipal Broadband is Far from Dead in Seattle
  • FCC Will Continue Plan to Subsidize Broadband for the Poor
  • New Modems to Fuel Superfast Broadband over Copper
  • How Do We Get Internet Policy Right? Bring in the Nerds
  • Twitter Said to Plan Marketing Campaign, Ads for Live Events
  • British Man Complains about Crooked Bread, Gets a Perfect Response
  • Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
  • Half of Washington State Employees Could Be Off Job in Shutdown
  • Washington State’s House Democrats Want Operating Budget Done First
  • Former Washington State Lawmaker Agrees to Pay $5,600 to Close Ethics Case
  • Midwestern Voters Hate Congress, Complicating Battle for the Senate
  • Mason County-Wide Outdoor Burn Ban Effective 8 AM Monday
  • Shelton Man Dies While Fishing at Lake Nahwatzel
  • Suspect Sought in Attempted Abduction in North Mason County
  • Logger Dies While Topping Tree in Cowlitz County
  • Tumwater Brewery Redevelopment Could Generate More Than 600 Jobs
  • Suspect Charged with Murder in Killings at Black U-S Church
  • Spokane Removes Rachel Dolezal from Police Commission
  • DNA from Kennewick Man Bones Tied to Native Americans
WORD OF THE DAY

Picaresque • \pik-uh-RESK\ • adjective: of or relating to rogues or rascals; also: of, relating to, suggesting, or being a type of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of a usually roguish protagonist

The troubled tale of Rachel Dolezal’s rise and fall could be dismissed as a picaresque tale of deceit and hubris. Unfortunately, this tale was not fiction.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

4,400 in Shoreline Lose Power as Naked Woman Crashes Car into Pole (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

Snohomish PUD Sells Bonds worth $141 Million for System Improvements (Everett Herald, WA)

Editorial: Oregon Lawmakers Discover the Value of Cheap Natural Gas (Oregonian, Portland)

U-S House Panel OKs $3.4 Billion in Heating Aid (Electric Co-op Today)

Grays Harbor PUD Named Local United Way 2015 Business of the Year (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Is the U-S Investing Enough in Electricity Grid Reliability? (The Energy Collective)

Bill Would Strengthen Regulatory Flexibility Act – Clarify Definition Tied to Public Power Utility (American Public Power Association)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Warm Water Leads to Chinook Salmon Deaths in Willamette, Clackamas & Santiam Rivers (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Clallam PUD Issues More Water-Use Advisories (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

Drought’s Silver Lining: Cleaner Water at the Beach Due to Lack of Storm Runoff (Los Angeles Times, CA)

Water Wars in California’s Coastal Wine Country (Reuters)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Solar Power Tour Set in Sequim this Saturday (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Banishing the Clouds – To Threaten Fossil Fuels, Solar Power Must Solve Its Intermittency Problem (The Economist)

Iowa Utilities: No Net Metering for Third-Party Solar Projects (Midwest Energy News)

Illinois: Official ‘Screws Up’ Wind Farm Vote (The Ottawa Times, IL)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

At Cannabis Trade Show, Vendors Tread a Careful Line (NY Times)

Delaware Governor Signs Bill Decriminalizing Pot: Report (Reuters)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

May Sets New Heat Record (The Hill, Washington, DC)

Federal Scientists Say 2015 on Pace to be Globe’s Warmest (SF Chronicle)

Catholic Bishops to Meet with Congress, White House on Climate Change (The Hill, Washington, DC)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Grant PUD Expands Wireless Internet Network (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

Op/Ed: Municipal Broadband is Far from Dead in Seattle (The Stranger)

FCC Will Continue Plan to Subsidize Broadband for the Poor (NY Times)

New Modems to Fuel Superfast Broadband over Copper (PC World)

How Do We Get Internet Policy Right? Bring in the Nerds (Washington Post)

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter Said to Plan Marketing Campaign, Ads for Live Events (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

British Man Complains about Crooked Bread, Gets a Perfect Response (Mashable)

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Half of Washington State Employees Could Be Off Job in Shutdown (Crosscut Seattle)

Washington State’s House Democrats Want Operating Budget Done First ((KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

Former Washington State Lawmaker Agrees to Pay $5,600 to Close Ethics Case (Northwest Public Radio)

Midwestern Voters Hate Congress, Complicating Battle for the Senate (Morning Consult)

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County-Wide Outdoor Burn Ban Effective 8 AM Monday (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Shelton Man Dies While Fishing at Lake Nahwatzel (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
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Suspect Sought in Attempted Abduction in North Mason County (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

Logger Dies While Topping Tree in Cowlitz County (Associated Press)

Tumwater Brewery Redevelopment Could Generate More Than 600 Jobs (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

Suspect Charged with Murder in Killings at Black U-S Church (Reuters)

Spokane Removes Rachel Dolezal from Police Commission (Associated Press)

DNA from Kennewick Man Bones Tied to Native Americans (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

DIVERSIONS

Start Your Day with These Great Cartoony Science Explainers (these are WAY cool)

The Mystery of How Ozzie the Cat Travelled from Australia to Northern Ireland

Welcome... to Jurassic Weenie

Ad of the Day: This Bug Spray Made Glorious Blood Portraits from Squashed Mosquitos

SONG OF THE DAY

The Galaxy Song - Learn some astronomy in under 3 minutes!

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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