Energy News Digest for October 19, 2011

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

$10 Million Bird Bond May Doom Naselle Wind Farm - Contingency Fund Too Much For Pacific PUD & Other Developers (Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA)

http://www.chinookobserver.com/news/local/mil-bird-bond-may-doom-naselle-wind-farm/article_fccae9ca-f9e3-11e0-8064-001cc4c03286.html

TransAlta Preparing to Retrofit Plant to Control Haze Creating Emissions (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2011/10/transalta-preparing-to-retrofit-plant.html

Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet) to Bring Cable Internet to Rural Areas (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/oct/19/nonprofit-bring-cable-internet-rural-areas/

Legal Battle over Use of Sludge Could Lengthen Due to Second Trial (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_53e4d6d8-f85b-11e0-8821-001cc4c002e0.html

Subsidized Charging Stations: Will Electric Vehicles Follow? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://ecotrope.opb.org/2011/10/subsidized-charging-stations-will-evs-follow/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• TransAlta Preparing to Retrofit Plant to Control Haze Creating Emissions
• Umatilla Electric Puts $15M Loan into Regional Power Lines
• Obama Pushes Power Line Project
• Port Angeles Residents to Pay More for Utilities Next Year
• Snohomish PUD Harvests Power with New Hydropower Project
• How FERC Order 1000 Could Affect Hydro
• The Lesson from Solyndra: It’s Time to Deregulate the Energy Market
• New York - Studies Clash on the Impact of Closing Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
• America’s Largest Coal Power Plant Burns 11 Million Tons of Bituminous a Year
• Seattle City Light Restores Historic Ladder Creek Light Show
• In Salmon vs. Mining Alaska Voters Say No to Pebble Mine
• Jellyfish Washing Into Puget Sound
• Legal Battle over Use of Sludge Could Lengthen Due to Second Trial
• Regulations Block LOTT Plant Plans - Reclaimed Water Expansion Challenged
• $10 Million Bird Bond May Doom Naselle Wind Farm
• California Has One in Four US Solar Energy Jobs, Study Says
• Oregon Eighth In Nation for Solar Jobs
• Solar Market Scouts for Cash as Subsidies Fade
• California’s Green Tax Breaks in Question
• Sharp Solar Launches First Products Since Camas Move
• Texas Sets Wind Power Record as Coastal Wind Grows
• Grays Harbor County Cities to Get Energy Frugal
• Plugging in the Power of Social Networking
• Global Warming a Threat to Polar Bears? Judge Orders Review of US Rule
• Starbucks Worries that Climate Change is Putting World’s Coffee Supply at Risk
• Subsidized Charging Stations: Will Electric Vehicles Follow?
• Can Electric Cars Actually Save Electricity?
• As City Plants Trees, Some Say a Million Are Too Many
• World’s 100 Best Clean Tech Companies? Surprises Await
• Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet) to Bring Cable Internet to Rural Areas
• Ballmer: We’re Beating Google in the Cloud
• Creators of Stuxnet Computer Worm May be Active Again
• BlackBerry Outage Linked to Massive Drop in Traffic Crashes
• Social Media a Growing Source Of Concern Among Firms, Litigation Survey Finds
• Auditor: State Workers Used State Time, Computers for Personal Gain
• Tacoma Defends Decision on Canadian Hire to Upgrade Website
• Warrants Served in Lindsey Baum Case
• Two Central Kitsap Boys Arrested After Gun Found at Elementary School
• North Mason School District Taking Voters’ Pulse on Possible Higher Taxes
• Chinese Airline Cancels Order for 24 Boeing 787s
• Postal Service Raising Rates
• Medieval Hobbyist Accused of Forcing Daughter to Swordfight

WORD OF THE DAY

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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

TransAlta Preparing to Retrofit Plant to Control Haze Creating Emissions (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://energynewsfeed.blogspot.com/2011/10/transalta-preparing-to-retrofit-plant.html

Umatilla Electric Puts $15M Loan into Regional Power Lines (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)

http://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local_news/umatilla-electric-puts-m-loan-into-regional-power-lines/article_6c531e94-f9b6-11e0-bb37-001cc4c03286.html

Obama Pushes Power Line Project (Wyoming Business Report)

http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/article.asp?id=60176

Port Angeles Residents to Pay More for Utilities Next Year (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20111019/news/310199983/port-angeles-residents-to-pay-more-for-utilities-next-year

Snohomish PUD Harvests Power with New Hydropower Project (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20111019/news01/710199810/-1/rss02

How FERC Order 1000 Could Affect Hydro (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/10/how-ferc-order-1000-could-affect-hydro?cmpid=rss

The Lesson from Solyndra: It’s Time to Deregulate the Energy Market (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/the-lesson-from-solyndra-its-time-to-deregulate-the-energy-market/2011/09/14/gIQANaBFrL_story.html?wprss=rss_national

New York - Studies Clash on the Impact of Closing Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/nyregion/studies-clash-on-impact-of-indian-point-shutdown.html?_r=2&ref=nyregion

America’s Largest Coal Power Plant Burns 11 Million Tons of Bituminous a Year (Gizmodo)

http://gizmodo.com/5850299/americas-largest-coal-power-plant-burns-11-million-tons-of-bituminous-a-year

Seattle City Light Restores Historic Ladder Creek Light Show (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=161170

FISH & WILDLIFE

In Salmon vs. Mining Alaska Voters Say No to Pebble Mine (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2016533320_apuspebblemine.html

Jellyfish Washing Into Puget Sound (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/10/17/1682960/western-wa-jellyfish-washing-into.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Legal Battle over Use of Sludge Could Lengthen Due to Second Trial (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_53e4d6d8-f85b-11e0-8821-001cc4c002e0.html

Regulations Block LOTT Plant Plans - Reclaimed Water Expansion Challenged (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/10/19/1843613/regulations-block-lott-plant-plans.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

$10 Million Bird Bond May Doom Naselle Wind Farm - Contingency Fund Too Much For Pacific PUD & Other Developers (Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA)

http://www.chinookobserver.com/news/local/mil-bird-bond-may-doom-naselle-wind-farm/article_fccae9ca-f9e3-11e0-8064-001cc4c03286.html

California Has One in Four US Solar Energy Jobs, Study Says (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_19135321

Oregon Eighth In Nation for Solar Jobs (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2011/10/oregon-eighth-in-nation-for-solar-jobs.html

Solar Market Scouts for Cash as Subsidies Fade (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/us-solar-finance-idUSTRE79H6FB20111018

California’s Green Tax Breaks in Question (Associated Press)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_19134411

Sharp Solar Launches First Products Since Camas Move (Portland Business Journal, OR)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2011/10/sharp-solar-launches-first-product.html

Texas Sets Wind Power Record as Coastal Wind Grows (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/us-utilities-texas-wind-idUSTRE79H5ZL20111018

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Grays Harbor County Cities to Get Energy Frugal (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3240

Plugging in the Power of Social Networking (Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/bcolander/67301/plugging-power-social-networking

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Global Warming a Threat to Polar Bears? Judge Orders Review of US Rule (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2011/1018/Global-warming-a-threat-to-polar-bears-Judge-orders-review-of-US-rule.

Starbucks Worries that Climate Change is Putting World’s Coffee Supply at Risk (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/29509802/detail.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Subsidized Charging Stations: Will Electric Vehicles Follow? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://ecotrope.opb.org/2011/10/subsidized-charging-stations-will-evs-follow/

Can Electric Cars Actually Save Electricity? (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/do-regular-cars-use-more-electricity-than-electric-cars/2011/10/17/gIQAiF67rL_blog.html

As City Plants Trees, Some Say a Million Are Too Many (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/nyregion/new-york-planting-a-million-treestoo-many-some-say.html

World’s 100 Best Clean Tech Companies? Surprises Await (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/10/worlds-best-clean-tech-companies/1?csp=34tech

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet) to Bring Cable Internet to Rural Areas (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/oct/19/nonprofit-bring-cable-internet-rural-areas/

Ballmer: We’re Beating Google in the Cloud (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/cloud/ballmer-google-cloud/

Creators of Stuxnet Computer Worm May be Active Again (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_19143325

BlackBerry Outage Linked to Massive Drop in Traffic Crashes (StreetsBlog)

http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/10/17/blackberry-outage-linked-to-massive-drop-in-traffic-crashes/

Social Media a Growing Source Of Concern - And Discovery - Among Firms, Litigation Survey Finds (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2011/10/social-media-a-growing-source-of.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Auditor: State Workers Used State Time, Computers for Personal Gain (KOMO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/132107783.html

Tacoma Defends Decision on Canadian Hire to Upgrade Website (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/10/18/1869266/tacoma-defends-decision-on-hire.html

GENERAL NEWS

Warrants Served in Lindsey Baum Case (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2011/10/19/1843649/mccleary-warrants-served-in-lindsey.html

Two Central Kitsap Boys Arrested After Gun Found at Elementary School (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/oct/18/two-central-kitsap-boys-arrested-after-gun-found-e/

North Mason School District Taking Voters’ Pulse on Possible Higher Taxes (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/oct/18/north-mason-school-district-taking-voters-pulse/

Chinese Airline Cancels Order for 24 Boeing 787s (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/29512550/detail.html

Postal Service Raising Rates (Associated Press)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_19139492

Medieval Hobbyist Accused of Forcing Daughter to Swordfight (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016536518_swordfight19m.html

DIVERSIONS

Amazon Sued over Revealing Actress’ Age

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20111018/biz/111019840/-1/rss03

US Senate Saves the Potato on School Lunch Menus

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/us/politics/potatoes-get-senate-protection-on-school-lunch-menus.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Seattle Company Rewards Entire Staff With Free Trip to Mexico

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=563747

115-Year-Old Electric Car Gets Same 40 Miles to the Charge as Chevy Volt

http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/14/114-year-old-electric-car-gets-same-40-miles-to-the-charge-as-chevy-volt/

SONG OF THE DAY

Rolling Stones - Mothers Little Helper (What a Drag it is Getting Old)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfGYSHy1jQs