Chinese Company Convicted of Stealing Wind Turbine Secrets (Politico, Morning Energy)

(MADISON, WI) – A jury in Wisconsin on Wednesday convicted Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Sinovel of stealing trade secrets from a U.S.-based company.

Sinovel in March 2011 stole software that controls wind turbines from a U.S. company now known as ASMC. Sinovel had an $800 million contract with ASMC, but federal and international investigators found that Sinovel convinced an employee of ASMC's Austria office to give them the code so they could avoid paying out the contract.

The theft caused ASMC to lose 700 jobs and more than $1 billion, according to the Justice Department. Though the case began in 2013, the verdict comes at a time of heightened trade tensions with China and just days after the president slapped 30 percent tariffs on Chinese solar panels.

Sentencing will occur on June 4. It's not clear how much money ASMC may be able to get from Sinovel in restitution.

Moving Closer & Closer to a Shutdown (Politico Morning Energy)

(WASHINGTON, DC) – The House voted 230-197 on legislation H.R. 195 (115) Thursday night to keep the government funded until Feb. 16, kicking the burden of a shutdown to the Senate, where its prospects of passage are grim. Some Senate Republicans have said they'd vote against the bill, report POLITICO's Burgess Everett, John Bresnahan and Rachael Bade, and Democratic support is uncertain without a deal on DACA. Republican leaders will now be forced to consider a shorter stopgap that extends funding for just a few days, while leaders work to strike a deal. Read more here.

WHAT IT MEANS: Federal funding expires at midnight on Friday if Republican leaders can't secure 60 votes in the Senate, effectively shutting the government down for the first time since 2013, when funding lapsed for 16 days. Here's a rundown on how that will play out at energy agencies:

- At the Interior Department: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke tweeted Thursday that the department would aim to keep public lands "as accessible as safely possible under the law." Spokeswoman Heather Swift said areas that can stay open with limited support should do so, while parts of parks, refuges and other lands that need snow removal or regular maintenance would close. But guidance for the Army Corps of Engineers , which manages 2,800 lakes and other recreation sites around the country offered no such reprieve. Interior's oil and gas oversight will be running on lower gear, with 73 employees on call at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for critical safety, enforcement and emergency response needs, while about half of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's 874 employees would remain on the job, according to Interiorguidance. Locks, dams and other water infrastructure run by the Army Corps and the Bureau of Reclamation are to remain staffed.

- At the Environmental Protection Agency: EPA's plan, updated in December, calls for 781 of nearly 15,000 personnel to continue working, about 5.4 percent. That includes Administrator Scott Pruitt and his four Senate-confirmed lieutenants, as well as 55 uniformed Public Health Service officers authorized by law to continue working. Most of the headquarters offices would be down to skeleton staffs.

A limited number of EPA's activities can continue. EPA is supposed to stop work at Superfund sites, unless doing so would create an imminent threat - like a closed water treatment plant allowing toxins into drinking waters. Lab workers may keep plants and animal subjects alive and ensure instruments and facilities aren't damaged. Employees with expertise can be brought back in the event of a chemical or oil spill, radiological event or other disaster. It's unclear how the shutdown will affect Pruitt's travel plans; he is expected to visit Japan and Israel next week, although EPA will not confirm those plans. Even if Pruitt can continue, it is likely some of the staff who would normally accompany him internationally would be furloughed.

- At the Energy Department: DOE's shutdown plan hasn't been updated under the Trump administration, and queries to DOE and OMB went unanswered Thursday. But the department was largely able to avoid furloughs during the 2013 shutdown because most of its budget comes from "multi-year" or "no-year" appropriations. DOE also employs 100,000-odd contractors and how things play out for them is hardly straightforward. During the previous shutdown, for instance, some national labs had enough funds to keep running for more than two weeks while others could have operated for a month.

- At the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: The nation's nuclear power regulator has enough money to keep running for about seven business days, according to an email sent to staff by the agency's executive director for operations. That's the same as the last time around. If a shutdown goes past that - like it did in 2013 - just 300 employees out of 3,400 will keep working. That includes the agency's three sitting commissioners, but it's mostly the resident inspectors who oversee reactors around the country, and enough staff for the initial response to a nuclear accident. The NRC happened to update their plan, which notes that it regularly has "no-year" funding, last month.

- At the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: The agency would keep 49 employees and 18 contractors on the clock, about 4.6 percent of its total employees, if the agency's carryover funds are exhausted during a government shutdown. In 2013, FERC weathered the two-week shutdown and then-FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff suggested the agency could go a full month before being reduced to "essential personnel." As with all presidential appointees, FERC commissioners are among those who would keep working. According to its shutdown plan , which was updated last month, FERC would maintain oversight of energy markets at a "minimum level," continue to monitor electric reliability and infrastructure, keep inspecting licensed hydroelectric and liquefied natural gas projects, and postpone filing deadlines.

- The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission shutdown guidance, last updated in December, says the agency will "adjudicate only those Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 disputes that arise from a mine emergency" or are otherwise necessary for public safety. Four employees would remain on as "necessary to protect life and property," as well as five presidential appointees. Fish and Wildlife Service guidance can be found here and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement here.

Bishop Bullish on Federal Energy Bill (Politico, Morning Energy)

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Breaking with the conventional wisdom, U-S- Representative Rob Bishop thinks it's more than possible Congress can get some sort of energy bill done this year, even though it'll soon be election season. "It may come on the 22nd of December 2018, but the problem in the last session that bogged everything down is energy and the lands issues were tied together," he told reporters. "Keeping energy solely within energy I think helps and makes it easier to come to some kind of conclusion." He said Senate Energy Chairman Lisa Murkowski has agreed to go to conference once their bills ( S. 1460 (115) and H.R. 4239 (115)) clear their respective chambers.

What's the holdup:

Bishop said the original plan was to vote on his onshore and offshore energy package before the end of 2017, but those plans were shelved. "To be honest, leadership was thinking they were having to push too many tough votes on people and I think the whip team wanted a breather," he said.

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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

Weather Forecast for January 4, 2018

Beauty is a Beast: The East Coast Storm (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2018/01/beauty-is-beast-east-coast-storm.html

HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

U-S Attorney General Announces End to Policy That Allowed Legal Pot to Flourish – DOJ leaders said the Obama-era policies made marijuana industry players too comfortable (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/04/jeff-sessions-marijuana-policy-us-attorney-enforcement-324020

Dominion, SCANA Agree to $14.6B All-Stock Merger (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/dominion-scana-agree-to-146b-all-stock-merger/513949/

Snow Measures Just 3 Percent of Average in First California Mountain Survey (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article192782004.html

Washington State DNR Chief Differs From Governor Inslee on Climate Change Policy (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/dnr-chief-differs-from-gov-inslee-on-climate-change-policy/

The FCC is Preparing to Weaken the Definition of Broadband – 10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps Up (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-is-Preparing-to-Weaken-the-Definition-of-Broadband-140987

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Dominion, SCANA Agree to $14.6B All-Stock Merger
• Idaho: Avista Rates Increase Due to Settlement
• Washington State, Idaho: Avista Filing Request to Lower Natural Gas Prices
• Most Power Restored in North Whatcom County, Damages in the Hundreds of Thousands
• Silver Spring Networks Stockholders Approve Merger with Itron
• Idaho: Clearwater Power Residential Customers to See Increases on February Bill
• Orcas Power & Light + PNGC = More Power to Shape Our Islands’ Energy Future
• Interior’s Misstatement on Montana Coal Mine Leads to Small ‘Market Sensation’
• California Grid Operator ‘Reluctantly’ Announces It Will Become Its Own Reliability Coordinator
• Nuclear Pushes Its Role ‘Softening the Blow to Consumers’ as Cold Snap Enters Week Two
• It’s Electricity, Not Energy, That Matters During Blizzard
• Kentucky Electric Cooperative Fined $20K for Safety Violations
• Corps: Missouri River Power Generation up in 2017
• Washington State DNR Chief: Cooke to Dismantle Fish Pens at Ediz Hook
• British Columbia: Squamish First Nation’s Bid for More Sockeye Fails in Court
• Foskett Speckled Dace – Feds Propose Removing Protections for Rare Oregon Fish Listed Under Endangered Species Act
• Snow Measures Just 3 Percent of Average in First California Mountain Survey
• Become a Witness for ‘King Tides’ in Puget Sound, Now & Later
• Public Power Utilities Detail Microgrid Projects in Pacific NW, Florida
• Michigan: $90 Million Consumers Energy Wind Turbine Project Starts Operating
• Why Mandates Still Matter in the Age of Cheap Renewables
• United Kingdom: The World’s Biggest Wind Farm? ‘Crazy’ Artificial Power Island in the North Sea
• Which “Energy Vampires” Suck the Most Power on Your Electric Bill
• U-S Attorney General Announces End to Policy That Allowed Legal Pot to Flourish
• Trump Administration Takes Step That Could Threaten Marijuana Legalization Movement
• ‘An Attack on Seattle’: Washington State Officials Say They Won’t Back Down on Legal Pot as Sessions Plans Change
• Pacific Northwest Lawmakers Defend Cannabis Laws after U-S Attorney General Decision
• Opinion: Bye, Bye Cole Memo, Hello Uncertainty for Marijuana
• Washington State DNR Chief Differs From Governor Inslee on Climate Change Policy
• The FCC is Preparing to Weaken the Definition of Broadband – 10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps Up
• After Beating Cable Lobby, Colorado City Moves Ahead with Muni Broadband
• AT&T to Launch 5G in U-S by Late 2018
• Is the US Municipal Broadband Movement About to Gather Pace?
• Bitcoin-Like Cryptocurrency Used to Buy Home in Tukwila, Likely a First for Seattle-Area Market
• All the Ways Your Smartphone & Its Apps Can Track You
• Washington State Senator, Tim Sheldon City Champion Award Winner
• For Native Americans, a ‘Historic Moment’ on the Path to Power at the Ballot Box
• Olympic Highway North – Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle, Killed in Shelton
• Twenty Flu Deaths So Far In Washington State as Peak Season Starts
• New Shelton Commissioner Dorcy Takes Oath, Joins State’s Last 3-Member City Commission
• Olympia Farm Operators Avoid Jail Time in Goat Abuse Case
• Real Weather Term ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Blows up on Social Media
• Oregonians Come to Terms with Pumping Their Own Gas
• Powerball Jumps to $550 Million after No Winning Tickets Sold

WORD OF THE DAY

Trichotillomania • \trick-kuh-tillah-MANE-ee-uh\ • Noun – An abnormal desire to pull out one’s hair

A bald man with trichotillomania; think about it.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Dominion, SCANA Agree to $14.6B All-Stock Merger (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/dominion-scana-agree-to-146b-all-stock-merger/513949/

Idaho: Avista Rates Increase Due to Settlement (Bonner County Bee, Sandpoint, ID)

http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/business/20180103/avista_rates_increase_due_to_settlement

Washington State, Idaho: Avista Filing Request to Lower Natural Gas Prices (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jan/04/lower-natural-gas-prices-could-provide-a-break-on-/

Most Power Restored in North Whatcom County, Damages in the Hundreds of Thousands (Bellingham Herald, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article192537609.html

Silver Spring Networks Stockholders Approve Merger with Itron (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jan/03/silver-spring-networks-stockholders-approve-merger/

Idaho: Clearwater Power Residential Customers to See Increases on February Bill (Daily Fly, Lewiston, ID)

https://lcvalley.dailyfly.com/Home/ArtMID/1352/ArticleID/48634/Clearwater-Power-Residential-Customers-to-See-Increases-on-February-Bill

Orcas Power & Light + PNGC = More Power to Shape Our Islands’ Energy Future (San Juan Islander, Friday Harbor, WA)

http://sanjuanislander.com/news-articles/utilities/opalco/26302/opalco-pngc-more-power-to-shape-our-islands-energy-future

Interior’s Misstatement on Montana Coal Mine Leads to Small ‘Market Sensation’ (Montana Public Radio)

http://mtpr.org/post/interiors-misstatement-montana-coal-mine-leads-small-market-sensation

California Grid Operator ‘Reluctantly’ Announces It Will Become Its Own Reliability Coordinator (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-grid-operator-reluctantly-announces-it-will-become-its-own-rel/513993/

Nuclear Pushes Its Role ‘Softening the Blow to Consumers’ as Cold Snap Enters Week Two (Washington Examiner)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nuclear-pushes-its-role-softening-the-blow-to-consumers-as-cold-snap-enters-week-two/article/2644851

It’s Electricity, Not Energy, That Matters During Blizzard (Axios)

https://www.axios.com/amid-blizzard-its-electricity-not-energy-that-matters-2522275606.html

Kentucky Electric Cooperative Fined $20K for Safety Violations (Associated Press)

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kentucky/articles/2018-01-04/electric-cooperative-fined-20k-for-safety-violations

Corps: Missouri River Power Generation up in 2017 (Associated Press)

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/missouri/articles/2018-01-03/corps-missouri-river-power-generation-up-in-2017

FISH & WILDLIFE

Washington State DNR Chief: Cooke to Dismantle Fish Pens at Ediz Hook (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/dnr-chief-cooke-to-dismantle-fish-pens-at-ediz-hook/

British Columbia: Squamish First Nation’s Bid for More Sockeye Fails in Court (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/squamish-first-nation-s-bid-for-more-sockeye-fails-in-court-1.4471735?cmp=rss

Foskett Speckled Dace – Feds Propose Removing Protections for Rare Oregon Fish Listed Under Endangered Species Act (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2018/01/post_62.html

WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE

Snow Measures Just 3 Percent of Average in First California Mountain Survey (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article192782004.html

Become a Witness for ‘King Tides’ in Puget Sound, Now & Later (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)

http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2018/01/03/become-a-witness-for-king-tides-in-puget-sound-now-and-later/

RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE

Public Power Utilities Detail Microgrid Projects in Pacific NW, Florida (American Public Power Association)

https://www.publicpower.org/periodical/article/public-power-utilities-detail-microgrid-projects-pacific-nw-fla

Michigan: $90 Million Consumers Energy Wind Turbine Project Starts Operating (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/90M-Consumers-Energy-wind-turbine-project-starts-12473083.php

Why Mandates Still Matter in the Age of Cheap Renewables (Utility Dive)

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/why-mandates-still-matter-in-the-age-of-cheap-renewables/513797/

United Kingdom: The World’s Biggest Wind Farm? ‘Crazy’ Artificial Power Island in the North Sea (The Daily Mail, UK)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5235101/Crazy-North-Sea-wind-farm-island-set-2027.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Which “Energy Vampires” Suck the Most Power on Your Electric Bill (CBS News)

http://www.local8now.com/content/news/Which-energy-vampires-suck-the-most-power-on-your-electric-bill-467962233.html

CORNUCOPIA OF CANNABIS NEWS

U-S Attorney General Announces End to Policy That Allowed Legal Pot to Flourish – DOJ leaders said the Obama-era policies made marijuana industry players too comfortable (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/04/jeff-sessions-marijuana-policy-us-attorney-enforcement-324020

Link to the memo, which give direction, but doesn’t appear to give criteria (Politico)

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000160-c219-dcd4-a96b-f739f1ee0000

Trump Administration Takes Step That Could Threaten Marijuana Legalization Movement (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/us/politics/marijuana-legalization-justice-department-prosecutions.html

‘An Attack on Seattle’: Washington State Officials Say They Won’t Back Down on Legal Pot as Sessions Plans Change ((Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-state-officials-say-they-wont-back-down-on-legal-pot-as-feds-plan-change/

Pacific Northwest Lawmakers Defend Cannabis Laws after U-S Attorney General Decision (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-washington-cannabis-laws-jeff-sessions-decision-cole-memorandum/

Opinion: Bye, Bye Cole Memo, Hello Uncertainty for Marijuana (Canna Law Blog)

https://www.cannalawblog.com/breaking-news-bye-bye-cole-memo-hello-uncertainty-for-marijuana/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Washington State DNR Chief Differs From Governor Inslee on Climate Change Policy (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/dnr-chief-differs-from-gov-inslee-on-climate-change-policy/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The FCC is Preparing to Weaken the Definition of Broadband – 10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps Up (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-is-Preparing-to-Weaken-the-Definition-of-Broadband-140987

After Beating Cable Lobby, Colorado City Moves Ahead with Muni Broadband (Ars Technica)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/colorado-city-to-build-fiber-broadband-network-with-net-neutrality/

AT&T to Launch 5G in U-S by Late 2018 (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-at-t-5g/att-to-launch-5g-in-u-s-by-late-2018-idUSKBN1ET0FX

Is the US Municipal Broadband Movement About to Gather Pace? (Telecom-TV)

http://www.telecomtv.com/articles/net-neutrality/is-the-us-municipal-broadband-movement-about-to-gather-pace-16281/

Bitcoin-Like Cryptocurrency Used to Buy Home in Tukwila, Likely a First for Seattle-Area Market (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/bitcoin-like-cryptocurrency-used-to-buy-home-in-tukwila-likely-a-first-for-seattle-area-market/

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA

All the Ways Your Smartphone & Its Apps Can Track You (Gizmodo)

https://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/all-the-ways-your-smartphone-and-its-apps-can-track-you-1821213704

GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

Washington State Senator, Tim Sheldon City Champion Award Winner (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/28667

For Native Americans, a ‘Historic Moment’ on the Path to Power at the Ballot Box (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/us/native-american-voting-rights.html

GENERAL NEWS

Olympic Highway North – Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle, Killed in Shelton (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/pedestrian-struck-by-vehicle-killed-in-shelton/article_e6777e50-f184-11e7-838e-f399540bc17c.html

Twenty Flu Deaths So Far In Washington State as Peak Season Starts (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://komonews.com/news/local/state-health-officials-its-not-too-late-to-get-flu-shot-as-peak-flu-season-starts

New Shelton Commissioner Dorcy Takes Oath, Joins State’s Last 3-Member City Commission (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/news/local_news/dorcy-takes-oath-joins-state-s-last--member-city/article_ba269fd6-f0a6-11e7-b96e-d794ec83897f.html

Olympia Farm Operators Avoid Jail Time in Goat Abuse Case (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://komonews.com/news/local/olympia-farm-operators-avoid-jail-time-in-goat-abuse-case

Real Weather Term ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Blows up on Social Media (Associated Press)

https://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2018-01-04/real-weather-term-bomb-blows-up-on-social-media

Oregonians Come to Terms with Pumping Their Own Gas (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

http://koin.com/2018/01/03/oregonians-come-to-terms-with-pumping-their-own-gas/

Powerball Jumps to $550 Million after No Winning Tickets Sold (Associated Press)

http://komonews.com/news/local/powerball-jumps-to-550-million-after-no-winning-tickets-sold

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Watch These Employees Leave Armed Robber Locked in Store, Begging for Release

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/04/video-captures-houston-robber-getting-outwitted-by-quick-thinking-employee/

Hockey Romance Writer Safeguards ‘Seattle Sockeyes’ Team Name as NHL Considers Seattle Team

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/01/03/hockey-romance-writer-safeguards-seattle-sockeyes.html

Your iPhone Is Filthier than You Think

http://mashable.com/2018/01/04/reels-iphone-filthier-than-you-think/#tzJSdtLDHOq3

It’s So Cold in Florida (How Cold Is It?), That Iguanas Are Falling from Trees

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cold-florida-iguanas-falling-trees-170253267.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Hockey Night in Canada Theme Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsU_Q6xwcAw

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Conway Joins Pend Oreille PUD as Compliance, Training Manager (Pend Oreille PUD, Newport, WA)

(NEWPORT, WA) – With over thirty years of experience in the utility industry, Kevin Conway has joined Pend Oreille County PUD as the Compliance and Training Manager.

Conway spent nine years as Vice President of Operations at Intellibind Technologies LLC, a consulting service that supports utilities in meeting North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standards. Conway has also worked for the Grand Coulee Hydro Electric Authority, NERC and Grant County Public Utility District.

Conway’s experience will build on the success of the PUD’s Compliance program to ensure national and state level requirements are met. He will also play a key role working with each department within the PUD on required compliance training and professional development.

“Despite its rural character, the PUD in fact owns and operates a complex interconnected system made up of generation and transmission facilities—and takes the associated compliance responsibilities very serious,” said Colin Willenbrock, PUD General Manager. “Kevin and his years of experience will be critical in helping the District continue to meet its reliability and security obligations.”

Conway fills the vacant position after the former manager left to take another job with a consulting company.

Conway has a son, twin daughters, seven grandchildren and another on the way. He enjoys riding his motorcycles, hunting, fishing and watching hockey.