Energy News Digest for July 22, 2010

The energy news digest will be away from the copy desk Friday, July 23 in for the traditional, annual larding of the blood vessels with deep fried “items” at the fair. It will return, with extra Lipitor doses, on Monday, July 26.

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Mason PUD 3 Sells Bonds for Capital Projects & Refinancing of Debt - Will be used for new operations center & projects for electrical reliability (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=750

So Many Sockeye! Rocky Reach Dam Provides Window into Record Run of Salmon (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jul/21/so-many-sockeye-dam-gives-window-on-record-run-of/

Vestas Lands Record Turbine Order (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/07/19/daily25.html

Washington State Group Sues Gregoire over Climate Order (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_climate_order_lawsuit.html

Kittitas County Changes Course on Water Rights (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/07/21/kittitas-county-changes-course-on-water-rights

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Mason PUD 3 Sells Bonds for Capital Projects & Refinancing of Debt

·         Oregon - Locals Say Idaho Power Transmission Line Would Ruin View

·         Montana - Beartooth Electric Co-Op Members Launch Petition for Mail Ballots, Easier Access to Information

·         Steam Leak Takes Southern Indiana Power Plant Offline

·         Could Shale Deposits Bring Mid-Atlantic States $2 Trillion?

·         Editorial - River Provides Power for Wausau Industries

·         Gap Plugged in Nuclear Fusion Project

·         So Many Sockeye! Rocky Reach Dam Provides Window into Record Run of Salmon

·         Salmon Fishing Expanded on Washington Coast

·         Hundreds of Dead Penguins Dot Brazil’s Beaches

·         Gulf Coast - For Oysters, a ‘Remedy’ Turned Catastrophe

·         Kittitas County Changes Course on Water Rights

·         Spokane County to Fight River Lawsuit

·         Small Clams Causing Big Problems for Kennewick Irrigation District

·         California - Anti-Dam Group Questions Cleanliness of Hetch Hetchy Water

·         Report Recommends New Logging Plan for Oregon Forests

·         British Columbia Communities Will Continue to be Devastated by Pine Beetle

·         Researchers Present Ideas to Save Chesapeake Bay

·         Vestas Lands Record Turbine Order

·         Duke Energy Sees Renewables as ‘Niche’ Power Source

·         Op/Ed - Demand Is Growing for Clean-Energy Jobs

·         Op/Ed - Bio Mess: Don’t Judge Clean Energy by Its Cover

·         FERC Transmission Proposal Could Bolster Renewables

·         Ohio - Wind Turbines on Lake Erie Face Many Challenges, Including Ice

·         The Rise & Fall of Solar Panel Thieves

·         Wisconsin - River Falls Sees Green in New Solar Power Program

·         Washington State Group Sues Gregoire over Climate Order

·         Fred Meyer Drops Plastic Bags at Portland Stores

·         Kitsap Transit Buying Solar-Powered Compactors

·         Op/Ed - Clean energy means Massachusetts Money

·         Flush it Real Good: HighDro Power Turns Waste Water into Electricity

·         Twitter Opening Data Center in Salt Lake City

·         Twitter to Build Data Center to Beach the Fail Whale

·         Google Queried on Data by Growing Number of States

·         Mason County Candidates Face Off at Lakeland Village

·         Mason County Candidates to Debate in Shelton

·         Murray, Rossi Battle over Who Supports Yucca Mountain More

·         31 Grays Harbor Voters Registered at One House

·         Wildfire Near Yakima Fully Contained

·         Boeing Racks Up $9.5 Billion in 737 Orders at Farnborough Airshow

·         Washington State Wants $364,000 plus Jail Time from Puyallup Man for L&I Fraud

·         Mason Fair Lives on in New Format

·         North Mason Chamber Chief Resigns, Plans Speaking Tour

·         Oakland Allows Industrial-Scale Marijuana Farms

WORD OF THE DAY

Inenarrable • \in-ih-NAIR-uh-bul\ • adjective - Incapable of being narrated: indescribable

The fresh-faced cub reporter trod disconsolately back to the city desk, certain of his inability to write his story for the next morning’s edition. The city’s plan to replace all its parks with miniature golf courses had come under a withering, excoriating attack; an attack that was so peppered with an apparent head-to-toe dipping in ‘Roget’s Thesaurus’ that any attempt to recreate the event was utterly inerrable.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Mason PUD 3 Sells Bonds for Capital Projects & Refinancing of Debt - Will be used for new operations center & projects for electrical reliability (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=750

Mason PUD 3 Sells Bonds for Capital Projects, Refinancing of Debt (South Sound Business Examiner)

http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/mason-pud-3-sells-bonds/

Oregon - Locals Say Idaho Power Transmission Line Would Ruin Views (Baker City Herald, OR)

http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Locals-say-power-line-would-ruin-views

Montana - Beartooth Electric Co-Op Members Launch Petition for Mail Ballots, Easier Access to Information (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_9815fd28-951f-11df-ad55-001cc4c002e0.html

Steam Leak Takes Southern Indiana Power Plant Offline (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012411678_apinpowerplantleak.html

Could Shale Deposits Bring Mid-Atlantic States $2 Trillion? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0721/Could-shale-deposits-bring-mid-Atlantic-states-2-trillion

Editorial - River Provides Power for Wausau Industries (Wausau Daily Herald, WI)

http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/article/20100721/CWS03/307210115/COLUMN-River-provides-power-for-Wausau-industries

Gap Plugged in Nuclear Fusion Project (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/europeans-plug-gap-in-nuclear-fusion-project/

FISH & WILDLIFE

So Many Sockeye! Rocky Reach Dam Provides Window into Record Run of Salmon (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jul/21/so-many-sockeye-dam-gives-window-on-record-run-of/

Salmon Fishing Expanded on Washington Coast (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012419167_apwacoastalsalmonfishing.html

Hundreds of Dead Penguins Dot Brazil’s Beaches (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012417130_apltbrazildeadpenguins.html

Gulf Coast - For Oysters, a ‘Remedy’ Turned Catastrophe (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/for-oysters-a-remedy-turned-catastrophe/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Kittitas County Changes Course on Water Rights (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/07/21/kittitas-county-changes-course-on-water-rights

Spokane County to Fight River Lawsuit - Treatment plant depends on contested EPA regulations (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jul/22/county-to-fight-river-lawsuit/

Small Clams Causing Big Problems for Kennewick Irrigation District (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=12849984

California - Anti-Dam Group Questions Cleanliness of Hetch Hetchy Water (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/22/MNQI1EEFBC.DTL

Report Recommends New Logging Plan for Oregon Forests (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/9446-report-recommends-new-logging-plan-oregon-forests/

British Columbia Communities Will Continue to be Devastated by Pine Beetle (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/business/Pine+beetle+will+cost+jobs+study/3305090/story.html

Researchers Present Ideas to Save Chesapeake Bay (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/22/financial/f072728D98.DTL

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Vestas Lands Record Turbine Order (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/07/19/daily25.html

Duke Energy Sees Renewables as ‘Niche’ Power Source “…”It doesn’t matter how clean it is if it’s not affordable or reliable…” (Triangle Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/07/19/daily33.html

Op/Ed - Demand Is Growing for Clean-Energy Jobs (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jul/22/my-turn-demand-is-growing-for-clean-energy-jobs/

Op/Ed - Bio Mess: Don’t Judge Clean Energy by Its Cover (Eugene Weekly, OR)

http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2010/07/22/coverstory.html

FERC Transmission Proposal Could Bolster Renewables (Lexology)

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ec1af171-0d0b-47b2-a76a-3006f7045bd1

Ohio - Wind Turbines on Lake Erie Face Many Challenges, Including Ice (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/wind_turbines_on_lake_erie_fac.html

The Rise & Fall of Solar Panel Thieves (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2010/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-solar-panel-thieves

Wisconsin - River Falls Sees Green in New Solar Power Program (Pioneer Press, St Paul, MN)

http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_15572583

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Washington State Group Sues Gregoire over Climate Order (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_climate_order_lawsuit.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Fred Meyer Drops Plastic Bags at Portland Stores (The Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/fred_meyer_sacks_plastic_bags.html

Kitsap Transit Buying Solar-Powered Compactors (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_solar_powered_compactors.html

Op/Ed - Clean energy means Massachusetts Money (Boston Globe, MA)

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/07/22/clean_energy_means_mass_money/

Flush it Real Good: HighDro Power Turns Waste Water into Electricity (Wired Magazine)

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/07/flush-it-real-good-highdro-power-turns-waste-water-into-electricity/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Twitter Opening Data Center in Salt Lake City (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012420892_apustwitterutahfacility.html

Twitter to Build Data Center to Beach the Fail Whale (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/07/21/twitter-to-build-data-center-to-beach-the-fail-whale/

Google Queried on Data by Growing Number of States (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012416556_googlequeries22.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Mason County Candidates Face Off at Lakeland Village (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/2773-candidates-face-off-at-lakeland-village

Mason County Candidates to Debate in Shelton (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jul/21/mason-county-candidates-to-debate-in-shelton/

Murray, Rossi Battle over Who Supports Yucca Mountain More (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/07/22/1101222/murray-rossi-battle-over-who-supports.html

31 Grays Harbor Voters Registered at One House (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_suspicious_voters.html

GENERAL NEWS

Wildfire Near Yakima Fully Contained (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012416452_apwawashingtonwildfire.html

Boeing Racks Up $9.5 Billion in 737 Orders at Farnborough Airshow (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/sound/423759_sound98874834.html

Washington State Wants $364,000 plus Jail Time from Puyallup Man for L&I Fraud (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/07/22/1272516/state-wants-364000-from-man.html

Mason Fair Lives on in New Format (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jul/21/mason-fair-lives-new-format/

North Mason Chamber Chief Resigns, Plans Speaking Tour (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jul/21/north-mason-chamber-chief-resigns-plans-speaking/

Oakland Allows Industrial-Scale Marijuana Farms (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/21/BAU81EH9D3.DTL

DIVERSIONS

French Flight Attendant Arrested for Stealing Cash & Jewels from Sleeping Passengers’ Pockets & Carry-Ons

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/air-france-flight-attendant-arrested-stealing-cash-jewels/story?id=11205881&page=1

Let the Flame Wars Begin - Federal Judge: Cheerleading Not a Sport

http://www.kirotv.com/sports/24340896/detail.html

Archaeologists Find New Structure at Stonehenge

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66L17Z20100722

Smash & Grab Suspects Could be Drunk, Stinky & Scratching

http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Smash-and-Grab-Suspects-Could-be-Drunk-S=1&blockID=275052&feedID=410

SONG OF THE DAY

The Steve Miller Band - Threshold/Jet Airliner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2jGz4YZTbQ