Friday, September 10, 2010

Energy News Digest for September 10, 2010


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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Settlement Near in BPA Power Dispute (Portland Business Journal)

Washington State Executes Man Convicted of Woman's Murder (Associated Press)

More Orcas in Oakland Bay (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Biomass Decision in Port Townsend Likely by End of Month (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Snohomish PUD Gets $10M for Tidal Power Project (Associated Press)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Settlement Near in BPA Power Dispute
·         For Greens, Boardman Is Just a Warm-Up
·         Texas - Electrician Dies, Another Injured Trying to Fix Power Outage in Caldwell County
·         The Tangled History of Maryland Electricity Deregulation
·         Big Users, Small Consumers Join Forces Against Transition Charge by Pennsylvania Energy Utilities
·         EPA to Study Chemicals Used to Tap Natural Gas
·         More Orcas in Oakland Bay
·         Boaters Reminded to Stay Clear of Orca Whales
·         Group to Review Actions to Remove, Kill Sea Lions
·         Rash of Bloody Seal Deaths Has Experts Worried
·         Big Fraser River Salmon Run a Boon to Swinomish
·         Lower Columbia River Fall Chinook Fishery Heating Up
·         Chelan County PUD Project Should Help Firm Up Fish
·         Tacoma Water Proposes Budget, Estimates $1.75 per Month Rate Hikes
·         Silverdale Water Tops in State, Industry Group Says
·         FEMA: Hundreds of Levees Nationwide No Longer Reliable
·         Lumbering Along, Barely - Linking Beetle-Killed Trees to Viable Markets Proves Difficult
·         Biomass Decision in Port Townsend Likely by End of Month
·         Snohomish PUD Gets $10M for Tidal Power Project
·         Jefferson County, Port Townsend are Washington’s Solar Energy Leaders
·         Lesser Prairie Chicken May Cripple Oklahoma’s Wind Energy Industry
·         Study Discounts Common Fears about Lake Michigan Offshore Wind
·         Tennessee Valley Authority Sifting Through 90 Applications for Energy Projects
·         27 School Districts Get Energy Grants – Includes Shelton & North Mason Schools
·         Deadline Nearing to Get Energy Tax Credits
·         12 States Ask Supreme Court to Review Greenhouse Gas ‘Nuisance’ Case
·         Climate-Change Study: Today’s Power Plants Aren’t the Problem
·         Denver-Area Real Estate Listings to Add ‘Green’ Category
·         Frontier Clarifies Fiber Comments
·         Washington State Executes Man Convicted of Woman's Murder
·         Gas Blast Engulfs Homes in San Francisco Suburb; Six Killed
·         Brace Yourself, La Nina Threatens Wetter, Colder Pacific Northwest Winter

WORD OF THE DAY

Maudlin • \MOD-linn\ • adjective - 1: drunk enough to be emotionally silly 2: weakly and effusively sentimental

“Oh Henry, you are such a lovey-dovey,” sighed Alice to her long suffering husband. Her cloying sweetness was like a balm of maudlin serenity…one that at once nettled and calmed her jittery husband.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Settlement Near in BPA Power Dispute (Portland Business Journal)

For Greens, Boardman Is Just a Warm-Up (Enzyme PDX)

Texas - Electrician Dies, Another Injured Trying to Fix Power Outage in Caldwell County (Austin Statesman, TX)

The Tangled History of Maryland Electricity Deregulation (Baltimore Sun, MD)

Big Users, Small Consumers Join Forces Against Transition Charge by Pennsylvania Energy Utilities (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA)

EPA to Study Chemicals Used to Tap Natural Gas (NY Times)

FISH & WILDLIFE

More Orcas in Oakland Bay (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Boaters Reminded to Stay Clear of Orca Whales (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Group to Review Actions to Remove, Kill Sea Lions (Associated Press)

Rash of Bloody Seal Deaths Has Experts Worried (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

Big Fraser River Salmon Run a Boon to Swinomish (Associated Press)

Lower Columbia River Fall Chinook Fishery Heating Up (Seattle Times)

Chelan County PUD Project Should Help Firm Up Fish (Wenatchee World, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Tacoma Water Proposes Budget, Estimates $1.75 per Month Rate Hikes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

Silverdale Water Tops in State, Industry Group Says (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

FEMA: Hundreds of Levees Nationwide No Longer Reliable (USA Today)

Lumbering Along, Barely - Linking Beetle-Killed Trees to Viable Markets Proves Difficult (High Country News)

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Biomass Decision in Port Townsend Likely by End of Month (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

Snohomish PUD Gets $10M for Tidal Power Project (Associated Press)

Jefferson County, Port Townsend are Washington’s Solar Energy Leaders (Washington State Department of Revenue)

Lesser Prairie Chicken May Cripple Oklahoma’s Wind Energy Industry (The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK)

Study Discounts Common Fears about Lake Michigan Offshore Wind (Grand Rapids Press, MI)

Tennessee Valley Authority Sifting Through 90 Applications for Energy Projects (Knoxville News Sentinel, TN)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY


Link to PDF of the List (Shelton & N Mason on the list)

Deadline Nearing to Get Energy Tax Credits (Detroit News, MI)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

12 States Ask Supreme Court to Review Greenhouse Gas ‘Nuisance’ Case (NY Times)

Climate-Change Study: Today’s Power Plants Aren’t the Problem (Christian Science Monitor)

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Denver-Area Real Estate Listings to Add ‘Green’ Category (Denver Business Journal)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Frontier Clarifies Fiber Comments - By ‘all across the country’ we meant ‘a few rare occasions’ (Broadband Reports)

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State Executes Man Convicted of Woman's Murder (Associated Press)

Gas Blast Engulfs Homes in San Francisco Suburb; Six Killed (Bloomberg News)

Brace Yourself, La Nina Threatens Wetter, Colder Pacific Northwest Winter (KING-TV, Seattle)

DIVERSIONS

Couple Siphoning Gas in Tacoma Catch Fire

Police: Men Wrestled Python Outside McDonald’s

Abracadabra! Romanian Witches Win Tax Fight - Law Stated Witches Could be Liable for Wrong Predictions

Lawn’s Wedding Proposal Works for Mich. Man

SONG OF THE DAY

John Lennon – Instant Karma