Energy News Digest for November 25, 2015 - The Condensed Soup Edition

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Weather Forecast for November 25, 2015

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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Avista: 5,000 Customers May Not Have Power for Thanksgiving
• Washington State Governor Unsure If Spokane County Qualifies for Federal Help
• Locals vs. Bonneville Power Administration: Giant Fight over Giant Power Line
• California Regulators Cut Anti-Terror Funding for Utilities in Dispute with Legislature over Legal Fees
• Big, New Partnership for Kent Company That Fixes Underground Cables So They Don't Blow Up
• Cantwell-Murkowski: Key Senators Seek GAO Review of Capacity Markets
• Alcoa to Keep NY Plant Open; Washington State’s Ferndale Smelter Still to be Idled
• Record-Setting Chinook Salmon Season Drawing to a Close
• Lawsuit Filed Against Thurston County over Pocket Gopher Process
• Sparky Update: Bonneville Power Administration Employees Help Rescue Bear Cub in Shelton
• FERC Cancels Permit for Maui Hydro Power Storage Project
• For Storing Electricity, Utilities Are Turning to Pumped Hydro
• Alaska: Independent Power Producers Declare Victory after Regulations Update
• Pot Growers Put Huge Energy Demand on the Grid
• Women Leaders in Cannabis Finds Group to Take Thanksgiving Donations
• Oregon: Cap & Trade Plan to Reduce Pollution Taking Shape in Salem
• Washington Project Ensures Forest Stores Carbon for Decades
• U-S Air Force Looking Into Data Breach Connected to Boeing-Lockheed Contract Protest
• Comcast's New Year's Present: More Rate Hikes
• Winter Weather Predications Heating Up Western Washington
• MACECOM Asking Mason County Homeowners & Businesses to Report Storm Damage
• Mason County Unemployment Drops Again
• Newborn Left in Christmas Nativity Manger at New York Church

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Avista: 5,000 Customers May Not Have Power for Thanksgiving (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)

http://www.khq.com/story/30599800/avista-5000-customers-may-not-have-power-for-thanksgiving

Washington State Governor Unsure If Spokane County Qualifies for Federal Help (KREM-TV, Spokane, WA)

http://www.krem.com/story/news/local/spokane-county/2015/11/24/governor-unsure-if-spokane-co-qualifies-for-federal-help/76328922/

Locals vs. Bonneville Power Administration: Giant Fight over Giant Power Line (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2015/11/24/locals-vs-bpa-giant-fight-over-giant-power-line/

California Regulators Cut Anti-Terror Funding for Utilities in Dispute with Legislature over Legal Fees (Utility Dive)

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/ca-regulators-cut-anti-terror-funding-for-utilities-in-dispute-with-legisla/409854/

Big, New Partnership for Kent Company That Fixes Underground Cables So They Don't Blow Up (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2015/11/big-new-partnership-for-kent-company-that-fixes.html

Cantwell-Murkowski: Key Senators Seek GAO Review of Capacity Markets (American Public Power Association)

http://www.publicpower.org/Media/daily/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=44852

Alcoa to Keep NY Plant Open; Washington State’s Ferndale Smelter Still to be Idled (Bellingham Herald, WA)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article46279370.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Record-Setting Chinook Salmon Season Drawing to a Close (Daily Astorian, OR)

http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20151124/record-setting-chinook-salmon-season-drawing-to-a-close

Lawsuit Filed Against Thurston County over Pocket Gopher Process (Olympian - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article46340195.html

Sparky Update: Bonneville Power Administration Employees Help Rescue Bear Cub in Shelton (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/BPA-employees-help-rescue-bear-cub-in-Shelton.aspx

RENEWABLE ENERGY

FERC Cancels Permit for Maui Hydro Power Storage Project (Pacific Business Journal, HI)

http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/morning_call/2015/11/ferc-cancels-permit-for-maui-hydro-power-storage.html

For Storing Electricity, Utilities Are Turning to Pumped Hydro (Yale Environment 360)

http://e360.yale.edu/feature/for_storing_electricity_utilities_are_turning_to_pumped_hydro/2934/

Alaska: Independent Power Producers Declare Victory after Regulations Update (Fairbanks News Miner, AK)

http://www.newsminer.com/news/independent-power-producers-declare-victory-after-regulations-update/article_ab3f4072-931f-11e5-80bc-bffb4bd423a0.html

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

Pot Growers Put Huge Energy Demand on the Grid – Utilities should view legalization as an opportunity, not a threat (High Country News)

http://www.hcn.org/articles/pot-growers-put-high-demand-on-grid-marijuana-energy

Women Leaders in Cannabis Finds Group to Take Thanksgiving Donations (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/news/local/Women-Leaders-in-Cannabis-finds-group-willing-to-accept-Thanksgiving-donations-DHS-353195561.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Oregon: Cap & Trade Plan to Reduce Pollution Taking Shape in Salem (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/politics/Cap-and-trade-plan-to-reduce-pollution-taking-shape-in-Salem-353325641.html

Washington Project Ensures Forest Stores Carbon for Decades (Associated Press)

http://q13fox.com/2015/11/24/washington-project-ensures-forest-stores-carbon-for-decades/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

U-S Air Force Looking Into Data Breach Connected to Boeing-Lockheed Contract Protest (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2015/11/25/u-s-air-force-looking-into-data-breach-connected.html

Comcast's New Year's Present: More Rate Hikes (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcasts-New-Years-Present-More-Rate-Hikes-135716

GENERAL NEWS

Winter Weather Predications Heating Up Western Washington (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/11/2855790/Winter-weather-predications-heating-up-Western-Washington

MACECOM Asking Mason County Homeowners & Businesses to Report Storm Damage (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://kmasnewsradio.com/news/local-state-news/25705-macecom-asking-homeowners-and-businesses-to-report-storm-damage

Mason County Unemployment Drops Again (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/18024

Newborn Left in Christmas Nativity Manger at New York Church (Associated Press)

http://koin.com/2015/11/25/newborn-left-in-christmas-nativity-manger-at-church/

SONG OF THE DAY

ZZ Top - Thank You

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