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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Friday News Dump - Tentative Power Deal with BPA Looks Good for Intalco Smelter
• Montana – Columbia Falls Aluminum Goes Dark
• Jobs at Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Relied on Ratepayers’ Subsidies
• NE Washington Transmission Line Re-Established
• Columbian Editorial - Power Worries: Thousands of property owners duly concerned about BPA’s plans for new 70-mile power line
• Seattle City Light Wants to Raise Rates
• Cowlitz County – 2,100 Lose Electricity Due To Traffic Accident
• News in Brief: How You Can Stay Safe During High Winds, Power Outages
• Salem Statesman Journal Op/Ed - Salem Electric Has People Power
• Crowded With Coho - Experts Predict Second Largest Coho Salmon Run Ever
• Big Snake River Numbers: Over 300,000 Steelhead Cross Lower Granite, Jacks & Coho Set Records
• Kootenai Tribe’s Efforts at Rebuilding Kokanee in Idaho Panhandle Showing Success
• Plan to Evaluate whether Salmon Passage Survival at Lower Columbia Dams Meets BiOp Targets
• Federal Inspectors Say Snohomish County Dams Sound
• Chronicle Editorial - Our State Reps Push for Water Retention Inclusion
• Expense Of Walla Walla Infrastructure Plan Worries Some
• Walla Walla - Economy Can Benefit from Improved Infrastructure
• Washington Post Editorial – Getting serious about the Chesapeake Bay
• State Board OKs ‘Salish Sea’ as Name for the Sound & Two Straits
• Oregon - State Lowballed Cost of Green Tax Breaks
• Potent Income Tax Credit for Solar Power May Need Tweaking
• Grays Harbor PUD awarded $63 Million in Renewable Energy Bonds for Radar Ridge
• Wind Power Means More Transmission Lines Coming to Oregon
• Montana - Details Cloudy in Wind Project Report
• Wyoming Lawmakers Recommend New Wind Regulations
• Canada - TransAlta Kills Lake Erie Wind Farm Idea
• Massachusetts - Cape Towns Seek Assurance They Can Cash In On Wind
• Massachusetts Tribes Claim Wind Farm Would Destroy Sacred Ritual
• Experts: Wind Plays Key Role in Reducing Carbon Footprint
• Study Says You Do Have to Know Which Way the Wind Blows on the Grid
• One of the World’s Largest Solar Projects Is Planned Near Cle Elum
• Bellingham Solar Company Unveils Two New Products
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District Lands Grant to Link Solar Homes
• Solar Power From Sahara a Step Closer
• Pacific NW Energy Efficiency Better in 2008, Council Says
• Portland Energy Conservation Program a Fed Recovery Act Success
• US Dept. of Energy to Revisit Washing Machine Efficiency Rules
• Eliminating Energy Phantoms Can Reduce Utility Bills
• Energy-Efficient Upgrades Could Save Businesses Thousands
• Green Prison: Coyote Ridge Receives Green Building Award
• Prosser Bulb Eater Hungry for Fluorescent Tubes
• As Tropical Storms Ebb, Climate Debate Kicks In
• Tree Farmers May Profit From Climate Regulation
• University Of Oregon - Climate Change Ethics to be Explored
• Company Strikes Gold with ‘Green’ Paper
• Going For The Green - Who Says There’s No Profit In Saving The Planet?
• Farmers Growing Electricity Along With Their Crops
• Simple Actions Help Homeowners Go Green
• Study Says Dog’s Eco-Footprint a Hummer
• Is Ask.Com Trying To Court Microsoft As A Buyer?
• Why Google Doesn’t Like Its Phone Bill
• Get Congress Out of the Net Neutrality Debate, Please
• FCC Lusts after TV Industry Spectrum
• Few Clues in ‘Cold-Blooded’ Shooting of Seattle Officer
• City of Shelton to Release Preliminary Budget/Hold Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase
• After Charleston Move, Sen. Patty Murray “Won’t Be As Inclined” To Help Boeing
• Rep. Norm Dicks Says Ethics Panel’s Questions Are No Cause for Concern
• Mason County Sheriff’s Offices Begin Move To New Location
• Forbes Report Says Seattle is America’s Fourth-Safest City
• New Rule Bars Religious Displays in Washington State Capitol
WORD OF THE DAY
Disavow • \dis-uh-VOW\ • verb - 1: to deny responsibility for: repudiate *2: to refuse to acknowledge or accept: disclaim
Derwood’s disavowal of knowledge relating to thefts from the “honors” snack station at the radio station were undermined by the telltale “Cheetoh” residue on his fingers and crumbs in the wispy moustache he had been cultivating for the last three months.
WEATHER
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
Friday News Dump - Tentative Power Deal with BPA Looks Good for Intalco Smelter - Reported Deal Announced October 30 (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/latestheadlines/story/1137656.html
Montana – Columbia Falls Aluminum Goes Dark (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_a83d5e08-c5d6-11de-9c36-001cc4c03286.html
Jobs at Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Relied on Ratepayers’ Subsidies “…Beaudry insists that the subsidy - most recently $8.5 million for 88 workers - is insignificant when spread across all of BPA’s customers. ‘Pennies per person’ -- Drummond counters that eliminating it reduces electric rates by a full 3 percent or 4 percent, ‘and every little bit counts when you’re an industrial ratepayer trying to scratch out a living’…” (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_80e88722-c6a0-11de-a2bf-001cc4c002e0.html
Comments on Proposed Aluminum Contracts May Be Posted/Viewed Here (You must scroll down to the section ‘Draft DSI contracts’. The view/make comment function is at the bottom of this section)
http://www.bpa.gov/applications/publiccomments/OpenCommentListing.aspx
Comments listing may be found at the following location:
http://www.bpa.gov/applications/publiccomments/CommentList.aspx?ID=86
NE Washington Transmission Line Re-Established (Daily Journal of Commerce)
http://www.djc.com/news/co/12011680.html
Columbian Editorial - Power Worries: Thousands of property owners duly concerned about BPA’s plans for new 70-mile power line
http://www.columbian.com/article/20091101/OPINION02/711019976
Seattle City Light Wants to Raise Rates (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Seattle-City-Light-wants-to-raise-rates-67576202.html
Cowlitz County – 2,100 Lose Electricity Due To Traffic Accident (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/02//area_news/doc4aee88cc8c99f405720386.txt
News in Brief: How You Can Stay Safe During High Winds, Power Outages (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/31/news//doc4aeb22aa38c6e158642606.txt
Salem Statesman Journal Op/Ed - Salem Electric Has People Power
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091101/BUSINESS01/911010314/1040
FISH & WILDLIFE
Crowded With Coho - Experts Predict Second Largest Coho Salmon Run Ever (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=99696&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
Big Snake River Numbers: Over 300,000 Steelhead Cross Lower Granite, Jacks & Coho Set Records (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/363218.aspx
Kootenai Tribe’s Efforts at Rebuilding Kokanee in Idaho Panhandle Showing Success (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/363216.aspx
Plan to Evaluate whether Salmon Passage Survival at Lower Columbia Dams Meets BiOp Targets (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/363221.aspx
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Federal Inspectors Say Snohomish County Dams Sound (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091102/NEWS01/711029919/-1/RSS02
Chronicle Editorial - Our State Reps Push for Water Retention Inclusion
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/31/opinion/our_views/doc4aebc669d5a54002954026.txt
Expense Of Walla Walla Infrastructure Plan Worries Some - One suggestion would be to increase the hotel tax as a possible funding source (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/31/local_news/091101aexpense.txt
Walla Walla - Economy Can Benefit from Improved Infrastructure: The Infrastructure Sustainability Plan will improve road conditions throughout the city (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/31/local_news/091101beconomy.txt
Washington Post Editorial – Getting serious about the Chesapeake Bay: A Senate bill would give the latest Chesapeake cleanup effort some teeth
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/31/AR2009103101767.html?nav=rss_opinions
State Board OKs ‘Salish Sea’ as Name for the Sound & Two Straits (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/30/state-board-oks-salish-sea-name-sound-and-two-stra/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon - State Lowballed Cost of Green Tax Breaks (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/state_lowballed_cost_of_green.html
Potent Income Tax Credit for Solar Power May Need Tweaking (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/21865345-57/story.csp
Grays Harbor PUD awarded $63 Million in Renewable Energy Bonds for Radar Ridge (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA - Note: this site does not play well with FireFox)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1091
Wind Power Means More Transmission Lines Coming to Oregon (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/breaking_news/doc4aeb4f37ea0c9003388283.txt
Montana - Details Cloudy in Wind Project Report (Big Sky Business Journal, MT)
http://www.bigskybusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=768:details-cloudy-in-wind-project-report&catid=19:montanagovernment&Itemid=17
Wyoming Lawmakers Recommend New Wind Regulations (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010171527_apuswindlawswyoming.html?syndication=rss
Canada - TransAlta Kills Lake Erie Wind Farm Idea (Edmonton Sun, Alberta)
http://www.edmontonsun.com/money/2009/10/31/11589201-sun.html
Massachusetts - Cape Towns Seek Assurance They Can Cash In On Wind (Cape Cod Times, MA)
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091101/NEWS/911010332/-1/NEWSMAP
Massachusetts Tribes Claim Wind Farm Would Destroy Sacred Ritual (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010183995_apustribevswindfarm.html?syndication=rss
Experts: Wind Plays Key Role in Reducing Carbon Footprint (New York Newsday)
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/experts-wind-plays-key-role-in-reducing-carbon-footprint-1.1558545
Study Says You Do Have to Know Which Way the Wind Blows on the Grid (NY Times – A subtle reference to “Subterranean Homesick Blues” sends another quarter to Bob Zimmerman)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/10/30/30climatewire-you-do-have-to-know-which-way-the-wind-blows-84451.html
One of the World’s Largest Solar Projects Is Planned Near Cle Elum (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/10/31/a-bright-idea
Bellingham Solar Company Unveils Two New Products (Bellingham Herald, WA)
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/602/story/1137954.html
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Lands Grant to Link Solar Homes (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/content/business/story/2295672.html
Solar Power From Sahara a Step Closer - The German-led Desertec initiative believes it can deliver power to Europe as early as 2015 (Guardian, UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/01/solar-power-sahara-europe-desertec
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Pacific NW Energy Efficiency Better in 2008, Council Says (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1021421.html
Portland Energy Conservation Program a Fed Recovery Act Success (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/portland_energy_conservation_p.html
US Dept. of Energy to Revisit Washing Machine Efficiency Rules (Courthouse News Service)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/10/30/DOE_to_Revisit_Washing_Machine_Efficiency_Rules.htm
Eliminating Energy Phantoms Can Reduce Utility Bills (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS224139+30-Oct-2009+PRN20091030
Energy-Efficient Upgrades Could Save Businesses Thousands (Daily Astorian, OR)
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=395&ArticleID=65301
Green Prison: Coyote Ridge Receives Green Building Award (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/774653.html
Prosser Bulb Eater Hungry for Fluorescent Tubes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/938573.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
As Tropical Storms Ebb, Climate Debate Kicks In - Slow hurricane season for US was the same across the globe, scientists say (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6697013.html
Tree Farmers May Profit From Climate Regulation (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6131-tree-farmers-may-profit-climate-regulation/
University Of Oregon - Climate Change Ethics to be Explored (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/22340398-46/story.csp#ID:22340398
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Company Strikes Gold with ‘Green’ Paper - Quality paper helps firm add jobs (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1022640.html
Going For The Green - Who Says There’s No Profit In Saving The Planet? (Gazette-Times, Corvallis, OR)
http://gazettetimes.com/business/local/article_58b32474-c6aa-11de-8e4e-001cc4c03286.html
Farmers Growing Electricity Along With Their Crops (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010183474_apusfarmsceneoffthegrid.html?syndication=rss
Simple Actions Help Homeowners Go Green (The Tennessean)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091101/GREEN02/911010370/Simple+actions+help+homeowners+go+green
Study Says Dog’s Eco-Footprint a Hummer (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010183212_dogcarbon02m.html?syndication=rss
TECHNOLOGY &TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Is Ask.Com Trying To Court Microsoft As A Buyer? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/183601.asp?source=pimail
Why Google Doesn’t Like Its Phone Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/business/01digi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Get Congress Out of the Net Neutrality Debate, Please (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/30/get-congress-out-of-the-net-neutrality-debate-please/
FCC Lusts after TV Industry Spectrum - Hopes to beef up wireless broadband capacity (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Lusts-After-TV-Industry-Spectrum-105271
GENERAL NEWS
Few Clues in ‘Cold-Blooded’ Shooting of Seattle Officer (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21496591/detail.html
City of Shelton to Release Preliminary Budget/Hold Hearing on Sewer Rate Increase Tonight (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=525:city-of-shelton-releasing-preliminary-budget-and-holding-hearing-on-sewer-rate-increase-tonight&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
After Charleston Move, Sen. Patty Murray “Won’t Be As Inclined” To Help Boeing (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2010177963_boeingmurray01.html
Rep. Norm Dicks Says Ethics Panel’s Questions Are No Cause for Concern (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010172810_ethics31.html?syndication=rss
Mason County Sheriff’s Offices Begin Move To New Location (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1022343.html
Forbes Report Says Seattle is America’s Fourth-Safest City (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/26/daily48.html?ana=from_rss
New Rule Bars Religious Displays in Washington State Capitol (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/New-rule-bars-religious-displays-in-Wash-Capitol-68042642.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Man in Halloween Breathalyzer Outfit Suspected Of DUI
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21497696/detail.html
Man Creates Huge, 9,000 Pound Rubber Band Ball
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/21493743/detail.html
Man Rescues Phone from Dump by Listening For Ring
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21486251/detail.html
Mechanic Disables Parked Cars to Drum Up Business
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21477441/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Benny Goodman- Sing, Sing, Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apc50yPFXPI&feature=related
Monday, November 2, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Energy News Digest for October 30, 2009
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Spokesman Review Editorial - Smart Grid Will Put Our Energy Use in Fast Lane
• Texas - Claims Energy Price Manipulation: Alcoa Is Seeking $500M in Lawsuit
• Washington State Regulators Approve Cut in Avista Gas Rates
• Portland General Electric Earnings Beat Analyst Estimates
• Oregon’s Filthy Secret - Despite Green Dreams, Oregon Is Fueled by 40 Percent Dirty Coal
• Fitch Rates Klickitat County PUD $42.5MM Bonds ‘A-’; Outlook Stable
• Natural Gas Shortage Topic of Grant County Summit
• Transmission, Renewables Integration Top List of Issues in Ten-Year Electric Reliability Outlook
• Maryland - Constellation’s Nuclear Stake Sale Gets State Approval
• Nuclear Regulators Seek Fine for Missouri Facility
• Green Groups Appeal Ga. Nuclear Plant Expansion
• PPL Montana Begins Upgrade of Rainbow Plant
• In Canada, Utility Buys Rival to Gain U.S. Access
• British Columbia Government Clears Way for Greener Power Expansion
• Alaska Energy-Savings Project Leaves Army in the Cold
• New Wrinkles Coming To Columbia Spring Chinook Management
• Upper Snake River Water Levels in Good Shape
• Columbia River Channel Project Nears Blasting Phase
• Congress Approves $50 Million for Puget Sound
• Salish Sea designation up for vote by State Board on Geographic Names
• White House Panel on Oceans Visits Great Lakes
• Cowlitz PUD/Beacon Hill Sewer District to get $400,000 in federal funding
• Oregon - Water Scuffle between St. Helens, McNulty Escalates
• Victoria, BC Sewage Fix Could Cost You $450 More a Year
• Report Says US Getting Better At Conserving Water
• Work, Tests Winding Up At Hanson Dam
• Second Chance for Willamette Falls Locks, an Oregon Treasure
• Hood Canal Council to Honor 10 Individuals & Groups
• Public Comment Periods Wind Down on Lower Snake River Wind Farm
• Chinese Banks to Fund $1.5 Billion Texas Wind Farm
• Michigan - Grand Rapids Plan for Wind Turbines at Water Plant Faces Federal, Grand Haven Township Scrutiny
• Wind Energy’s Success Creates a Power Grid Challenge
• New Energy = New Transmission Lines
• Arizona - Costs of Clean-Energy Plans Worry Rural Areas
• To Fight Wind Farms - Fund Will Compete With Wind for Leases
• US Wind Energy Stimulus Dollars Spent Overseas
• Western Area Power Administration Buys More Wind Power
• Oregon Geothermal Work Gets $40M in Stimulus Money
• Wind Power Pipeline - Hawaii Moves Ahead With Undersea Power Cable Plans
• Utah Biomass Energy Project Gets $2.5M Grant
• Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals with Connection to PUD 3 Get Clean Energy Bond Allocations
• Puget Sound Energy to Give Away Last of 500,000 Light Bulbs
• Naval Base Kitsap Receives Top Federal Award for Energy Management
• Idaho Power ‘Smart Meters’ Will Blanket Treasure Valley
• Scientist Sees Future Smart Homes Controlling Power Use
• Yet More Readers Air Their (Clean) Laundry
• Chamber Faces Dissent from Big U.S. Firms on Climate
• Officials Celebrate West Virginia Carbon Capture Project
• Algae Production Proposed For Umatilla
• Pacific Gas & Electric’s PG&E’s ClimateSmart Program Draws Little Interest
• The Methane Makers - Which Farm Animals Expel the Most Methane?
• Will the Digital Divide Close by Itself?
• VoIP Ringing Up Billions in Sales
• Comcast Bandwidth Meter Still a No Show
• Yeah, I’d like Metered Broadband, Too - If It Were Actually Metered
• Web Marketer Ordered To Pay Facebook $711M Damages
• Arizona: Show ‘Metadata,’ Court Says
• Ohio Fiber-Optics Scandal Has Snared Six People
• New Google Maps GPS for Smartphones Spooks Competitors
• Ouch! Boeing Handing Out Layoff Notices to 500 Workers Today
• Columnist - Learning the Right Lessons From the Boeing Calamity
• Weyerhaeuser Breaks Even In 3Q on Timberland Sale
• Government Says Stimulus Saved or Created 650,000 Jobs
• Washington Stimulus Update Show More Than $1.4B Spent
• California Jury Awards $16M in Radio Contestant Death
• Ethics Panel Starts Probes of 2 Democrats, Gets Hacked
• Daylight Saving Time: Why Do We “Fall Back” & “Spring Ahead”?
WORD OF THE DAY
Pescatarian • \pess-kuh-TAIR-ee-un\ • noun - One whose diet includes fish but no meat
“Aaargh!” screamed Leticia through a full bite of her delicious salmon-burger. She was faced with a philosophical dilemma. As a die-hard opponent to beef production on climate change grounds, she thought she’d found the perfect solution by eschewing all things terran and becoming a pescatarian. She was not prepared for the wholesale harassment she received from her vegan friends as she gobbled her wild-caught salmon sandwich while crowded among her humus munching, hemp clothed, dam-breaching friends.
WEATHER
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
Spokesman Review Editorial - Smart Grid Will Put Our Energy Use in Fast Lane
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/30/smart-grid-will-put-our-energy-use-in-fast-lane/
Texas - Claims Energy Price Manipulation: Alcoa Is Seeking $500M in Lawsuit against Energy Future Holdings (The Eagle, Bryan/College Station, TX)
http://www.theeagle.com/local/Alcoa-is-seeking--500M-in-lawsuit
Washington State Regulators Approve Cut in Avista Gas Rates (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/29/regulators-approve-cut-avista-gas-rates/
Portland General Electric Earnings Beat Analyst Estimates (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/26/daily46.html?ana=from_rss
Oregon’s Filthy Secret - Despite Green Dreams, Oregon Is Fueled by 40 Percent Dirty Coal (Portland Mercury, OR)
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/oregons-filthy-secret/Content?oid=1782904
Fitch Rates Klickitat County PUD $42.5MM Bonds ‘A-’; Outlook Stable (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091029006528&newsLang=en
Natural gas topic of Grant County summit - Stakeholders gathered to discuss a natural gas shortage in the Columbia Basin (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/773271.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Transmission, Renewables Integration Top List of Issues in Ten-Year Electric Reliability Outlook (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=121623
Maryland - Constellation’s Nuclear Stake Sale Gets State Approval (Washington Business Journal)
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/10/26/daily126.html?ana=from_rss
Nuclear Regulators Seek Fine for Missouri Facility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010163534_apusnuclearfacilityfine.html?syndication=rss
Green Groups Appeal Ga. Nuclear Plant Expansion (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169823_apusnuclearexpansiongeorgia.html?syndication=rss
PPL Montana Begins Upgrade of Rainbow Plant (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/ppl-montana-begins-upgrade-of-rainbow-plant?cmpid=rss
Rainbow Dam - Generating Capacity: 37 Megawatts (PPL Montana)
http://www.pplmontana.com/producing+power/power+plants/Rainbow+Dam.htm
In Canada, Utility Buys Rival to Gain U.S. Access (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/business/energy-environment/30energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
British Columbia Government Clears Way for Greener Power Expansion (Canwest Publishing, Canada)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=932f52ff-ec16-4106-a40a-db4a829dcff3&k=18008
Alaska Energy-Savings Project Leaves Army in the Cold (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-energy-fraud30-2009oct30,0,4080643.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Wrinkles Coming To Columbia Spring Chinook Management (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20091029/SPORTS04/710299953/-1/SPORTS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Upper Snake River Water Levels in Good Shape (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1018924.html
Columbia River Channel Project Nears Blasting Phase (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/area_news/doc4aea44b8c37e4892102305.txt
Congress Approves $50 Million for Puget Sound (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/congress-approves-money-for-puget-sound-national/?partner=RSS
Salish Sea designation up for vote by State Board on Geographic Names (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=25537
White House Panel on Oceans Visits Great Lakes (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010161607_apusgreatlakesplanning.html?syndication=rss
Cowlitz PUD/Beacon Hill Sewer District to get $400,000 in federal funding (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/area_news/doc4aea43701abea101177728.txt
Oregon - Water Scuffle between St. Helens, McNulty Escalates – Fight is over who gets to serve customers within the city’s urban growth boundary (South County Spotlight)
http://www.spotlightnews.net/news/story.php?story_id=125683569723812600
Victoria, BC Sewage Fix Could Cost You $450 More a Year (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Sewage+could+cost+more+year/2157557/story.html
Report Says US Getting Better At Conserving Water (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169083_apuswaningwateruse.html?syndication=rss
Work, Tests Winding Up At Hanson Dam (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010163186_apwagreenriver1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Second Chance for Willamette Falls Locks, an Oregon Treasure (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/10/second_chance_for_an_oregon_tr.html
Hood Canal Council to Honor 10 Individuals & Groups – DNR Head On The List (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/hood-canal-council-to-honor-10-individuals-and/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Public Comment Periods Wind Down on Lower Snake River Wind Farm (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/29/local_news/091029local05wind%20power.txt
PUD 3 Connection - Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals get Clean Energy Bond Allocations (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=613
Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals with Connection to PUD 3 Get Clean Energy Bond Allocations (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=505:two-washington-state-wind-farm-proposals-with-connection-to-pud-3-get-clean-energy-bond-allocations&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Western Area Power Administration Buys More Wind Power – Power marketing agency may someday become an even bigger potential buyer for wind developers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169952_apuswindpowernorthdakota.html?syndication=rss
Wind Energy’s Success Creates a Power Grid Challenge (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/wind_powers_success_spurs_new.html
New Energy = New Transmission Lines (Summit Daily News, Frisco, CO)
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20091030/NEWS/910299962/1078&ParentProfile=1055
Wind Power Pipeline - Hawaii Moves Ahead With Undersea Power Cable Plans (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169825_apuscleanenergyhawaii.html?syndication=rss
US Wind Energy Stimulus Dollars Spent Overseas - More than eight out of 10 stimulus dollars spent on wind energy farms have gone to foreign companies (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4201676-c4f2-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1
Chinese Banks to Fund $1.5 Billion Texas Wind Farm (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13668688
Michigan - Grand Rapids Plan for Wind Turbines at Water Plant Faces Federal, Grand Haven Township Scrutiny (Grand Rapids Press, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/grand_rapids_wind-power_plan_a.html
To Fight Wind Farms - Fund Will Compete With Wind for Leases (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_ffaedf0a-c50d-11de-9511-001cc4c002e0.html
Arizona - Costs of Clean-Energy Plans Worry Rural Areas (Arizona Star, Phoenix, AZ)
http://www.azstarnet.com/business/315428
Oregon Geothermal Work Gets $40M in Stimulus Money (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169813_apusstimulusgeothermalprojectsoregon.html?syndication=rss
Utah Biomass Energy Project Gets $2.5M Grant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010162381_apuscoalgasification.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy to Give Away Last of 500,000 Light Bulbs - Should reduce utility bills by more than $20 million (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1019652.html
Naval Base Kitsap Receives Top Federal Award for Energy Management (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/naval-base-kitsap-receives-top-federal-award-for/?partner=RSS
Idaho Power ‘Smart Meters’ Will Blanket Treasure Valley (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/953347.html
Scientist Sees Future Smart Homes Controlling Power Use (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/post_16.html
Yet More Readers Air Their (Clean) Laundry (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/yet-more-readers-air-their-clean-laundry/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Chamber Faces Dissent from Big U.S. Firms on Climate (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE59S4O320091029
Officials Celebrate West Virginia Carbon Capture Project (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010170042_apusaepcarboncapturewestvirginia.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Algae Production Proposed For Umatilla (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/773271.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Pacific Gas & Electric’s PG&E’s ClimateSmart Program Draws Little Interest (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13670571?nclick_check=1
The Methane Makers - Which Farm Animals Expel the Most Methane? (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8329612.stm
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Will the Digital Divide Close by Itself? (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/will-the-digital-divide-close-by-itself/?partner=rss&emc=rss
VoIP Ringing Up Billions in Sales (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/29/voip-ringing-up-billions-in-sales/
Comcast Bandwidth Meter Still a No Show - Company ‘making some refinements’ before launch (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Bandwidth-Meter-Still-A-No-Show-105234
Yeah, I’d like Metered Broadband, Too - If It Were Actually Metered (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/29/yeah-id-like-metered-broadband-too-if-it-were-actually-metered/
Web Marketer Ordered To Pay Facebook $711M Damages (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2295222~Web_marketer_ordered_to_pay_Facebook__711M_damages.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Arizona: Show ‘Metadata,’ Court Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/us/30brfs-SHOWMETADATA_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Ohio Fiber-Optics Scandal Has Snared Six People (Cincinnati Enquirer, OH)
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091029/NEWS0108/910300323
New Google Maps GPS for Smartphones Spooks Competitors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103000753.html?wprss=rss_technology
GENERAL NEWS
Ouch! Boeing Handing Out Layoff Notices to 500 Workers Today (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2010164472_webboeing30.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Times Columnist - Learning the Right Lessons From the Boeing Calamity
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soundeconomywithjontalton/2010162070_learning_the_right_lessons_fro.html?syndication=rss
Weyerhaeuser Breaks Even In 3Q on Timberland Sale (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010169504_apusearnsweyerhaeuser2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Government Says Stimulus Saved or Created 650,000 Jobs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169208_apusstimulusjobs.html?syndication=rss
Washington Stimulus Update Show More Than $1.4B Spent (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/30/wash-stimulus-update-show-more-14b-spent/
California Jury Awards $16M in Radio Contestant Death (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169222_apuswaterintoxication.html?syndication=rss
Ethics Panel Starts Probes of 2 Democrats, Gets Hacked (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010163888_apuswatersethics.html?syndication=rss
Daylight Saving Time: Why Do We “Fall Back” & “Spring Ahead”? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/October/Daylight-Saving-Time--Why-Do-We--Fall-Back--and--Spring-Ahead--.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
PETA Wants End to Oregon Elephant Car Wash
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1018898.html
United Airlines Loses “United Breaks Guitars” Singer’s Luggage (Consumerist - NOTE: Comment section may contain PG-13 language)
http://consumerist.com/5392842/united-airlines-loses-united-breaks-guitars-singers-luggage
Floridians Try Nutty Way to Save Post Office
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169214_apuspostalcoconuts.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett (Cinéma Vérité Gone Wild)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfuHgzu1Cjg
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Spokesman Review Editorial - Smart Grid Will Put Our Energy Use in Fast Lane
• Texas - Claims Energy Price Manipulation: Alcoa Is Seeking $500M in Lawsuit
• Washington State Regulators Approve Cut in Avista Gas Rates
• Portland General Electric Earnings Beat Analyst Estimates
• Oregon’s Filthy Secret - Despite Green Dreams, Oregon Is Fueled by 40 Percent Dirty Coal
• Fitch Rates Klickitat County PUD $42.5MM Bonds ‘A-’; Outlook Stable
• Natural Gas Shortage Topic of Grant County Summit
• Transmission, Renewables Integration Top List of Issues in Ten-Year Electric Reliability Outlook
• Maryland - Constellation’s Nuclear Stake Sale Gets State Approval
• Nuclear Regulators Seek Fine for Missouri Facility
• Green Groups Appeal Ga. Nuclear Plant Expansion
• PPL Montana Begins Upgrade of Rainbow Plant
• In Canada, Utility Buys Rival to Gain U.S. Access
• British Columbia Government Clears Way for Greener Power Expansion
• Alaska Energy-Savings Project Leaves Army in the Cold
• New Wrinkles Coming To Columbia Spring Chinook Management
• Upper Snake River Water Levels in Good Shape
• Columbia River Channel Project Nears Blasting Phase
• Congress Approves $50 Million for Puget Sound
• Salish Sea designation up for vote by State Board on Geographic Names
• White House Panel on Oceans Visits Great Lakes
• Cowlitz PUD/Beacon Hill Sewer District to get $400,000 in federal funding
• Oregon - Water Scuffle between St. Helens, McNulty Escalates
• Victoria, BC Sewage Fix Could Cost You $450 More a Year
• Report Says US Getting Better At Conserving Water
• Work, Tests Winding Up At Hanson Dam
• Second Chance for Willamette Falls Locks, an Oregon Treasure
• Hood Canal Council to Honor 10 Individuals & Groups
• Public Comment Periods Wind Down on Lower Snake River Wind Farm
• Chinese Banks to Fund $1.5 Billion Texas Wind Farm
• Michigan - Grand Rapids Plan for Wind Turbines at Water Plant Faces Federal, Grand Haven Township Scrutiny
• Wind Energy’s Success Creates a Power Grid Challenge
• New Energy = New Transmission Lines
• Arizona - Costs of Clean-Energy Plans Worry Rural Areas
• To Fight Wind Farms - Fund Will Compete With Wind for Leases
• US Wind Energy Stimulus Dollars Spent Overseas
• Western Area Power Administration Buys More Wind Power
• Oregon Geothermal Work Gets $40M in Stimulus Money
• Wind Power Pipeline - Hawaii Moves Ahead With Undersea Power Cable Plans
• Utah Biomass Energy Project Gets $2.5M Grant
• Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals with Connection to PUD 3 Get Clean Energy Bond Allocations
• Puget Sound Energy to Give Away Last of 500,000 Light Bulbs
• Naval Base Kitsap Receives Top Federal Award for Energy Management
• Idaho Power ‘Smart Meters’ Will Blanket Treasure Valley
• Scientist Sees Future Smart Homes Controlling Power Use
• Yet More Readers Air Their (Clean) Laundry
• Chamber Faces Dissent from Big U.S. Firms on Climate
• Officials Celebrate West Virginia Carbon Capture Project
• Algae Production Proposed For Umatilla
• Pacific Gas & Electric’s PG&E’s ClimateSmart Program Draws Little Interest
• The Methane Makers - Which Farm Animals Expel the Most Methane?
• Will the Digital Divide Close by Itself?
• VoIP Ringing Up Billions in Sales
• Comcast Bandwidth Meter Still a No Show
• Yeah, I’d like Metered Broadband, Too - If It Were Actually Metered
• Web Marketer Ordered To Pay Facebook $711M Damages
• Arizona: Show ‘Metadata,’ Court Says
• Ohio Fiber-Optics Scandal Has Snared Six People
• New Google Maps GPS for Smartphones Spooks Competitors
• Ouch! Boeing Handing Out Layoff Notices to 500 Workers Today
• Columnist - Learning the Right Lessons From the Boeing Calamity
• Weyerhaeuser Breaks Even In 3Q on Timberland Sale
• Government Says Stimulus Saved or Created 650,000 Jobs
• Washington Stimulus Update Show More Than $1.4B Spent
• California Jury Awards $16M in Radio Contestant Death
• Ethics Panel Starts Probes of 2 Democrats, Gets Hacked
• Daylight Saving Time: Why Do We “Fall Back” & “Spring Ahead”?
WORD OF THE DAY
Pescatarian • \pess-kuh-TAIR-ee-un\ • noun - One whose diet includes fish but no meat
“Aaargh!” screamed Leticia through a full bite of her delicious salmon-burger. She was faced with a philosophical dilemma. As a die-hard opponent to beef production on climate change grounds, she thought she’d found the perfect solution by eschewing all things terran and becoming a pescatarian. She was not prepared for the wholesale harassment she received from her vegan friends as she gobbled her wild-caught salmon sandwich while crowded among her humus munching, hemp clothed, dam-breaching friends.
WEATHER
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
Spokesman Review Editorial - Smart Grid Will Put Our Energy Use in Fast Lane
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/30/smart-grid-will-put-our-energy-use-in-fast-lane/
Texas - Claims Energy Price Manipulation: Alcoa Is Seeking $500M in Lawsuit against Energy Future Holdings (The Eagle, Bryan/College Station, TX)
http://www.theeagle.com/local/Alcoa-is-seeking--500M-in-lawsuit
Washington State Regulators Approve Cut in Avista Gas Rates (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/29/regulators-approve-cut-avista-gas-rates/
Portland General Electric Earnings Beat Analyst Estimates (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/26/daily46.html?ana=from_rss
Oregon’s Filthy Secret - Despite Green Dreams, Oregon Is Fueled by 40 Percent Dirty Coal (Portland Mercury, OR)
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/oregons-filthy-secret/Content?oid=1782904
Fitch Rates Klickitat County PUD $42.5MM Bonds ‘A-’; Outlook Stable (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091029006528&newsLang=en
Natural gas topic of Grant County summit - Stakeholders gathered to discuss a natural gas shortage in the Columbia Basin (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/773271.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Transmission, Renewables Integration Top List of Issues in Ten-Year Electric Reliability Outlook (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=121623
Maryland - Constellation’s Nuclear Stake Sale Gets State Approval (Washington Business Journal)
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/10/26/daily126.html?ana=from_rss
Nuclear Regulators Seek Fine for Missouri Facility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010163534_apusnuclearfacilityfine.html?syndication=rss
Green Groups Appeal Ga. Nuclear Plant Expansion (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169823_apusnuclearexpansiongeorgia.html?syndication=rss
PPL Montana Begins Upgrade of Rainbow Plant (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/ppl-montana-begins-upgrade-of-rainbow-plant?cmpid=rss
Rainbow Dam - Generating Capacity: 37 Megawatts (PPL Montana)
http://www.pplmontana.com/producing+power/power+plants/Rainbow+Dam.htm
In Canada, Utility Buys Rival to Gain U.S. Access (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/business/energy-environment/30energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
British Columbia Government Clears Way for Greener Power Expansion (Canwest Publishing, Canada)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=932f52ff-ec16-4106-a40a-db4a829dcff3&k=18008
Alaska Energy-Savings Project Leaves Army in the Cold (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-energy-fraud30-2009oct30,0,4080643.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Wrinkles Coming To Columbia Spring Chinook Management (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20091029/SPORTS04/710299953/-1/SPORTS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Upper Snake River Water Levels in Good Shape (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1018924.html
Columbia River Channel Project Nears Blasting Phase (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/area_news/doc4aea44b8c37e4892102305.txt
Congress Approves $50 Million for Puget Sound (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/congress-approves-money-for-puget-sound-national/?partner=RSS
Salish Sea designation up for vote by State Board on Geographic Names (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=25537
White House Panel on Oceans Visits Great Lakes (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010161607_apusgreatlakesplanning.html?syndication=rss
Cowlitz PUD/Beacon Hill Sewer District to get $400,000 in federal funding (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/area_news/doc4aea43701abea101177728.txt
Oregon - Water Scuffle between St. Helens, McNulty Escalates – Fight is over who gets to serve customers within the city’s urban growth boundary (South County Spotlight)
http://www.spotlightnews.net/news/story.php?story_id=125683569723812600
Victoria, BC Sewage Fix Could Cost You $450 More a Year (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Sewage+could+cost+more+year/2157557/story.html
Report Says US Getting Better At Conserving Water (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169083_apuswaningwateruse.html?syndication=rss
Work, Tests Winding Up At Hanson Dam (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010163186_apwagreenriver1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Second Chance for Willamette Falls Locks, an Oregon Treasure (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/10/second_chance_for_an_oregon_tr.html
Hood Canal Council to Honor 10 Individuals & Groups – DNR Head On The List (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/hood-canal-council-to-honor-10-individuals-and/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Public Comment Periods Wind Down on Lower Snake River Wind Farm (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/29/local_news/091029local05wind%20power.txt
PUD 3 Connection - Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals get Clean Energy Bond Allocations (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=613
Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals with Connection to PUD 3 Get Clean Energy Bond Allocations (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=505:two-washington-state-wind-farm-proposals-with-connection-to-pud-3-get-clean-energy-bond-allocations&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Western Area Power Administration Buys More Wind Power – Power marketing agency may someday become an even bigger potential buyer for wind developers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169952_apuswindpowernorthdakota.html?syndication=rss
Wind Energy’s Success Creates a Power Grid Challenge (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/wind_powers_success_spurs_new.html
New Energy = New Transmission Lines (Summit Daily News, Frisco, CO)
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20091030/NEWS/910299962/1078&ParentProfile=1055
Wind Power Pipeline - Hawaii Moves Ahead With Undersea Power Cable Plans (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169825_apuscleanenergyhawaii.html?syndication=rss
US Wind Energy Stimulus Dollars Spent Overseas - More than eight out of 10 stimulus dollars spent on wind energy farms have gone to foreign companies (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4201676-c4f2-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1
Chinese Banks to Fund $1.5 Billion Texas Wind Farm (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13668688
Michigan - Grand Rapids Plan for Wind Turbines at Water Plant Faces Federal, Grand Haven Township Scrutiny (Grand Rapids Press, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/grand_rapids_wind-power_plan_a.html
To Fight Wind Farms - Fund Will Compete With Wind for Leases (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_ffaedf0a-c50d-11de-9511-001cc4c002e0.html
Arizona - Costs of Clean-Energy Plans Worry Rural Areas (Arizona Star, Phoenix, AZ)
http://www.azstarnet.com/business/315428
Oregon Geothermal Work Gets $40M in Stimulus Money (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169813_apusstimulusgeothermalprojectsoregon.html?syndication=rss
Utah Biomass Energy Project Gets $2.5M Grant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010162381_apuscoalgasification.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy to Give Away Last of 500,000 Light Bulbs - Should reduce utility bills by more than $20 million (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1019652.html
Naval Base Kitsap Receives Top Federal Award for Energy Management (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/naval-base-kitsap-receives-top-federal-award-for/?partner=RSS
Idaho Power ‘Smart Meters’ Will Blanket Treasure Valley (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/953347.html
Scientist Sees Future Smart Homes Controlling Power Use (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/post_16.html
Yet More Readers Air Their (Clean) Laundry (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/yet-more-readers-air-their-clean-laundry/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Chamber Faces Dissent from Big U.S. Firms on Climate (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE59S4O320091029
Officials Celebrate West Virginia Carbon Capture Project (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010170042_apusaepcarboncapturewestvirginia.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Algae Production Proposed For Umatilla (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/773271.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Pacific Gas & Electric’s PG&E’s ClimateSmart Program Draws Little Interest (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13670571?nclick_check=1
The Methane Makers - Which Farm Animals Expel the Most Methane? (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8329612.stm
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Will the Digital Divide Close by Itself? (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/will-the-digital-divide-close-by-itself/?partner=rss&emc=rss
VoIP Ringing Up Billions in Sales (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/29/voip-ringing-up-billions-in-sales/
Comcast Bandwidth Meter Still a No Show - Company ‘making some refinements’ before launch (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Bandwidth-Meter-Still-A-No-Show-105234
Yeah, I’d like Metered Broadband, Too - If It Were Actually Metered (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/29/yeah-id-like-metered-broadband-too-if-it-were-actually-metered/
Web Marketer Ordered To Pay Facebook $711M Damages (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2295222~Web_marketer_ordered_to_pay_Facebook__711M_damages.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Arizona: Show ‘Metadata,’ Court Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/us/30brfs-SHOWMETADATA_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Ohio Fiber-Optics Scandal Has Snared Six People (Cincinnati Enquirer, OH)
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091029/NEWS0108/910300323
New Google Maps GPS for Smartphones Spooks Competitors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103000753.html?wprss=rss_technology
GENERAL NEWS
Ouch! Boeing Handing Out Layoff Notices to 500 Workers Today (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2010164472_webboeing30.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Times Columnist - Learning the Right Lessons From the Boeing Calamity
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soundeconomywithjontalton/2010162070_learning_the_right_lessons_fro.html?syndication=rss
Weyerhaeuser Breaks Even In 3Q on Timberland Sale (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010169504_apusearnsweyerhaeuser2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Government Says Stimulus Saved or Created 650,000 Jobs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169208_apusstimulusjobs.html?syndication=rss
Washington Stimulus Update Show More Than $1.4B Spent (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/30/wash-stimulus-update-show-more-14b-spent/
California Jury Awards $16M in Radio Contestant Death (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169222_apuswaterintoxication.html?syndication=rss
Ethics Panel Starts Probes of 2 Democrats, Gets Hacked (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010163888_apuswatersethics.html?syndication=rss
Daylight Saving Time: Why Do We “Fall Back” & “Spring Ahead”? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/October/Daylight-Saving-Time--Why-Do-We--Fall-Back--and--Spring-Ahead--.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
PETA Wants End to Oregon Elephant Car Wash
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1018898.html
United Airlines Loses “United Breaks Guitars” Singer’s Luggage (Consumerist - NOTE: Comment section may contain PG-13 language)
http://consumerist.com/5392842/united-airlines-loses-united-breaks-guitars-singers-luggage
Floridians Try Nutty Way to Save Post Office
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169214_apuspostalcoconuts.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett (Cinéma Vérité Gone Wild)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfuHgzu1Cjg
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Energy News Digest for October 29, 2009
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Radar Ridge/Mustang Ridge to Benefit - $2.2 Billion Allotted for Clean Energy Bonds
• Neighbors Abuzz Over Power Lines - Hundreds Attend Meetings
• BPA Tree Removal Irks Homeowner
• Administration Works to Fast Track New Power Lines
• Federal Agencies Agree to Streamline Transmission Siting
• Avista Reports Higher Third-Quarter Earnings
• Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Offers Worker Retraining
• Downed Montana Power Line Zaps Wildlife
• Tacoma Power Pole-Top Rescue Team Named State Champs
• Natural Gas Stocks Climb to Record High
• Petcoke Gasification - Entergy Wants to Nix Louisiana Plant Conversion Plan
• Dim Bulb - Ohio Utility Responds to Irate Consumers’ Issues
• Amid Record Salmon Runs, Role of Hatcheries Debated
• Nature’s Bounty of Huge Coho Returns Is Going to Help the Hungry
• Op/Ed - Saving An American Icon: Removing four dams on the lower Snake Rive
• WSU Vancouver Gathering To Focus On Dams
• Beyond Repair: Most of Walla Walla’s Pipes Need to Be Replaced
• Flushed Away: City Hydro Project Could Be a Drain on Tumalo Creek
• Portland General Electric Wins National Solar Business Achievement Award
• Conservation vs. Expansion: Public Sounds Off On BPA Plans
• Experts Say Western Washington Could Become Destination for Water Refugees
• Proposal to Place Biomass, Biofuels under CO2 Emission Cap is based on Flawed Logic
• Most Business to Put ‘Going Green’ On the Back Burner
• Portland Adopts Climate Plan
• Sins of Emission - The Ethanol Boondoggle Is Also an Environmental Catastrophe
• The Facts on the Green Roof – Weeds Forced a Redo
• How Green Is That Product? Seattle Startup Lets You Know
• Gov. Gregoire Announces Broadband Priority List to Receive Federal Stimulus Funding
• Google Lifts the Curtains on Its New Music Service
• Forecasters Back Off Wild Weather Prediction
• Boeing Picks South Carolina for Second 787 Line
• US Sen. Murray Calls Boeing Move to South Carolina Shortsighted
• Washington State Economist Warns of Second Dip in Recession
• Lewis County Man Fatally Shoots Intruder
• Another Foot Is Found In Shoe on B.C. Beach
• New Federal Power Urged Over Municipal Bond Sales
• Less Daylight Means More Danger for Drivers & Pedestrians
• Paper Hangers - Newspapers Aren’t Doing As Badly As You Think
WORD OF THE DAY
Hobnob • \HAHB-nahb\ • verb - To associate familiarly
The raucous bar dropped into a stunned silence, in the distance a dog barked & the wind whistled through the open door, sweeping a pile of swirling fall leaves past the perfectly shod feet of the widget company’s CEO. What he intended as a pleasant night of hobnobbing with the “little people” began & ended with nervous glances, hushed whispers & muffled coughs.
From Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary - “Hob” & “nob” first came together in print in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, when Sir Toby Belch warned Viola (who was disguised as a man) that Sir Andrew wanted to duel. “Hob, nob is his word,” said Sir Toby, using “hob nob” to mean something like “hit or miss.” Sir Toby’s term is probably an alteration of “habnab,” a phrase that meant “to have or not have, however it may turn out.” After Shakespeare’s day, “hob” & “nob” became established in the phrases “to drink hob or nob” & “to drink hobnob,” which were used to mean “to drink alternately to each other.” Since “drinking hobnob” was generally done among friends, “hobnob” came to refer to congenial social interaction.
WEATHER
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
Radar Ridge/Mustang Ridge to Benefit - $2.2 Billion Allotted for Clean Energy Bonds (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/22-billion-allotted-for-clean-energy-bonds/
Neighbors abuzz over power lines - Hundreds attend meetings on proposed route from Castle Rock to Oregon (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20091029/NEWS02/710299939/Neighbors+abuzz+over+power+lines
BPA Tree Removal Irks Homeowner (Albany Democrat Herald, OR)
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_ee3321ac-c3e9-11de-a342-001cc4c002e0.html
Administration Works to Fast Track New Power Lines (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6118-administration-works-fast-track-new-power-lines/
Federal Agencies Agree to Streamline Transmission Siting (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=370464&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Avista Reports Higher Third-Quarter Earnings - Electricity rate increase credited; another pending (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/29/avista-reports-higher-third-quarter-earnings/
Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Offers Worker Retraining (Hungry Horse News, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadnewsgroup.com/articles/2009/10/29/hungryhorsenews/news/news_8743253279_01.txt
Downed Montana Power Line Zaps Wildlife - Deer, black bears, wolves electrocuted (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_bfa975e6-c445-11de-abfa-001cc4c002e0.html
Tacoma Power Pole-Top Rescue Team Named State Champs (Tacoma Public Utilities)
http://www.mytpu.org/newsroom/power-news/tacoma-power-pole-1.htm
Natural Gas Stocks Climb to Record High (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010161455_apusnaturalgasstorage.html?syndication=rss
Petcoke Gasification - Entergy Wants to Nix Louisiana Plant Conversion Plan (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010154901_apusentergylittlegypsylouisiana.html?syndication=rss
Dim Bulb - Ohio utility responds to irate consumers’ issues (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/28/financial/f120823D00.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
Amid Record Salmon Runs, Role of Hatcheries Debated - Meeting on Cowlitz Facilities Set for Thursday at Centralia College (Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/28/news//doc4ae87d0bb6e15950446927.txt
Nature’s Bounty of Huge Coho Returns Is Going To Help the Hungry (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091028/OUTDOORS/91028024/1034/SPORTS
Chico News & Review Op/Ed - Saving An American Icon: Removing four dams on the lower Snake River is essential to restoring salmon populations
http://www.newsreview.com/chico/content?oid=1309948
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
WSU Vancouver Gathering To Focus On Dams (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091029/NEWS02/710299941/-1/NEWS
Beyond Repair: Most of Walla Walla’s Pipes Need to Be Replaced (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/67083632.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Flushed Away: City Hydro Project Could Be a Drain on Tumalo Creek (The Source, Bend, OR)
http://www.tsweekly.com/news/features/flushed-away-city-hydro-project-could-be-a-drain-on-tumalo-creek.html
Portland General Electric Wins National Solar Business Achievement Award (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS233949+28-Oct-2009+BW20091028
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Conservation vs. Expansion: Public Sounds Off On BPA Plans (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.katu.com/news/local/67139602.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Experts Say Western Washington Could Become Destination for Water Refugees (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/28/western-washington-could-become-destination-for/?partner=RSS
Proposal to Place Biomass, Biofuels under CO2 Emission Cap is based on Flawed Logic (Bioresearch Online)
http://www.bioresearchonline.com/article.mvc/Proposal-To-Place-Biomass-Biofuels-Under-CO2-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Most Business to Put ‘Going Green’ On the Back Burner (Washington Business Journal)
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/10/26/daily90.html?ana=from_rss
Portland Adopts Climate Plan (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/26/daily45.html?ana=from_rss
Sins of Emission - The Ethanol Boondoggle Is Also an Environmental Catastrophe “…ethanol actually generates the same amount of greenhouse gas as fossil fuels, or more, per unit of energy…” (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703574604574500013927534676.html
The Facts on the Green Roof – Weeds Forced a Redo (Mukilteo Beacon, WA)
http://www.mukilteobeacon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2632:the-facts-on-the-green-roof&catid=106:letters&Itemid=191
How Green Is That Product? Seattle Startup Lets You Know (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/411595_eco29.html?source=rss
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Gov. Gregoire announces broadband priority list to receive federal stimulus funding (Washington State Governor’s Office)
http://www.recovery.wa.gov/news-view.asp?pressRelease=1349&newsType=1
Google Lifts the Curtains on Its New Music Service (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/google-lifts-the-curtains-on-its-new-music-service/?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Forecasters Back Off Wild Weather Prediction (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/5218
Boeing Picks South Carolina for Second 787 Line (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010155195_apusboeing787plant2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
US Sen. Murray Calls Boeing Move to South Carolina Shortsighted (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010155201_apwaboeingmurray2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Washington State Economist Warns of Second Dip in Recession (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/28/state-economist-warns-second-dip-recession/
Lewis County Man Fatally Shoots Intruder (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21449260/detail.html
Another Foot Is Found In Shoe on B.C. Beach (Seattle Tmes)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010156326_webfoot29.html?syndication=rss
New Federal Power Urged Over Municipal Bond Sales (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/business/29sec.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Less daylight means more danger for drivers & pedestrians (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11400363
Paper Hangers - Newspapers Aren’t Doing As Badly As You Think (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2233849/?from=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Wal-Mart Starts Selling Caskets, Urns Online - The World’s Largest Retailer Wants To Keep Its Customers Even after They Die
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010154553_apuswalmartcaskets.html?syndication=rss
No Show in Wisconsin Court Could Cost PepsiCo $1.26B
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/28/financial/f140351D77.DTL&feed=rss.business
Study says Yosemite Bears Favorite Cars are Minivans
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21452374/detail.html
Animal Smuggler Goes Overboard
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE59Q2JO20091027?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
The Drifters - Up on the Roof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khhqyPzLmGo
James Taylor - Up On The Roof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Qqnl3_QrU
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Radar Ridge/Mustang Ridge to Benefit - $2.2 Billion Allotted for Clean Energy Bonds
• Neighbors Abuzz Over Power Lines - Hundreds Attend Meetings
• BPA Tree Removal Irks Homeowner
• Administration Works to Fast Track New Power Lines
• Federal Agencies Agree to Streamline Transmission Siting
• Avista Reports Higher Third-Quarter Earnings
• Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Offers Worker Retraining
• Downed Montana Power Line Zaps Wildlife
• Tacoma Power Pole-Top Rescue Team Named State Champs
• Natural Gas Stocks Climb to Record High
• Petcoke Gasification - Entergy Wants to Nix Louisiana Plant Conversion Plan
• Dim Bulb - Ohio Utility Responds to Irate Consumers’ Issues
• Amid Record Salmon Runs, Role of Hatcheries Debated
• Nature’s Bounty of Huge Coho Returns Is Going to Help the Hungry
• Op/Ed - Saving An American Icon: Removing four dams on the lower Snake Rive
• WSU Vancouver Gathering To Focus On Dams
• Beyond Repair: Most of Walla Walla’s Pipes Need to Be Replaced
• Flushed Away: City Hydro Project Could Be a Drain on Tumalo Creek
• Portland General Electric Wins National Solar Business Achievement Award
• Conservation vs. Expansion: Public Sounds Off On BPA Plans
• Experts Say Western Washington Could Become Destination for Water Refugees
• Proposal to Place Biomass, Biofuels under CO2 Emission Cap is based on Flawed Logic
• Most Business to Put ‘Going Green’ On the Back Burner
• Portland Adopts Climate Plan
• Sins of Emission - The Ethanol Boondoggle Is Also an Environmental Catastrophe
• The Facts on the Green Roof – Weeds Forced a Redo
• How Green Is That Product? Seattle Startup Lets You Know
• Gov. Gregoire Announces Broadband Priority List to Receive Federal Stimulus Funding
• Google Lifts the Curtains on Its New Music Service
• Forecasters Back Off Wild Weather Prediction
• Boeing Picks South Carolina for Second 787 Line
• US Sen. Murray Calls Boeing Move to South Carolina Shortsighted
• Washington State Economist Warns of Second Dip in Recession
• Lewis County Man Fatally Shoots Intruder
• Another Foot Is Found In Shoe on B.C. Beach
• New Federal Power Urged Over Municipal Bond Sales
• Less Daylight Means More Danger for Drivers & Pedestrians
• Paper Hangers - Newspapers Aren’t Doing As Badly As You Think
WORD OF THE DAY
Hobnob • \HAHB-nahb\ • verb - To associate familiarly
The raucous bar dropped into a stunned silence, in the distance a dog barked & the wind whistled through the open door, sweeping a pile of swirling fall leaves past the perfectly shod feet of the widget company’s CEO. What he intended as a pleasant night of hobnobbing with the “little people” began & ended with nervous glances, hushed whispers & muffled coughs.
From Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary - “Hob” & “nob” first came together in print in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, when Sir Toby Belch warned Viola (who was disguised as a man) that Sir Andrew wanted to duel. “Hob, nob is his word,” said Sir Toby, using “hob nob” to mean something like “hit or miss.” Sir Toby’s term is probably an alteration of “habnab,” a phrase that meant “to have or not have, however it may turn out.” After Shakespeare’s day, “hob” & “nob” became established in the phrases “to drink hob or nob” & “to drink hobnob,” which were used to mean “to drink alternately to each other.” Since “drinking hobnob” was generally done among friends, “hobnob” came to refer to congenial social interaction.
WEATHER
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
Radar Ridge/Mustang Ridge to Benefit - $2.2 Billion Allotted for Clean Energy Bonds (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/22-billion-allotted-for-clean-energy-bonds/
Neighbors abuzz over power lines - Hundreds attend meetings on proposed route from Castle Rock to Oregon (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20091029/NEWS02/710299939/Neighbors+abuzz+over+power+lines
BPA Tree Removal Irks Homeowner (Albany Democrat Herald, OR)
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_ee3321ac-c3e9-11de-a342-001cc4c002e0.html
Administration Works to Fast Track New Power Lines (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6118-administration-works-fast-track-new-power-lines/
Federal Agencies Agree to Streamline Transmission Siting (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=370464&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Avista Reports Higher Third-Quarter Earnings - Electricity rate increase credited; another pending (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/29/avista-reports-higher-third-quarter-earnings/
Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Offers Worker Retraining (Hungry Horse News, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.flatheadnewsgroup.com/articles/2009/10/29/hungryhorsenews/news/news_8743253279_01.txt
Downed Montana Power Line Zaps Wildlife - Deer, black bears, wolves electrocuted (Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_bfa975e6-c445-11de-abfa-001cc4c002e0.html
Tacoma Power Pole-Top Rescue Team Named State Champs (Tacoma Public Utilities)
http://www.mytpu.org/newsroom/power-news/tacoma-power-pole-1.htm
Natural Gas Stocks Climb to Record High (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010161455_apusnaturalgasstorage.html?syndication=rss
Petcoke Gasification - Entergy Wants to Nix Louisiana Plant Conversion Plan (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010154901_apusentergylittlegypsylouisiana.html?syndication=rss
Dim Bulb - Ohio utility responds to irate consumers’ issues (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/28/financial/f120823D00.DTL&feed=rss.business
FISH & WILDLIFE
Amid Record Salmon Runs, Role of Hatcheries Debated - Meeting on Cowlitz Facilities Set for Thursday at Centralia College (Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/10/28/news//doc4ae87d0bb6e15950446927.txt
Nature’s Bounty of Huge Coho Returns Is Going To Help the Hungry (Salem Statesman Journal, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091028/OUTDOORS/91028024/1034/SPORTS
Chico News & Review Op/Ed - Saving An American Icon: Removing four dams on the lower Snake River is essential to restoring salmon populations
http://www.newsreview.com/chico/content?oid=1309948
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
WSU Vancouver Gathering To Focus On Dams (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091029/NEWS02/710299941/-1/NEWS
Beyond Repair: Most of Walla Walla’s Pipes Need to Be Replaced (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/67083632.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Flushed Away: City Hydro Project Could Be a Drain on Tumalo Creek (The Source, Bend, OR)
http://www.tsweekly.com/news/features/flushed-away-city-hydro-project-could-be-a-drain-on-tumalo-creek.html
Portland General Electric Wins National Solar Business Achievement Award (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS233949+28-Oct-2009+BW20091028
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Conservation vs. Expansion: Public Sounds Off On BPA Plans (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.katu.com/news/local/67139602.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Experts Say Western Washington Could Become Destination for Water Refugees (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/28/western-washington-could-become-destination-for/?partner=RSS
Proposal to Place Biomass, Biofuels under CO2 Emission Cap is based on Flawed Logic (Bioresearch Online)
http://www.bioresearchonline.com/article.mvc/Proposal-To-Place-Biomass-Biofuels-Under-CO2-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Most Business to Put ‘Going Green’ On the Back Burner (Washington Business Journal)
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/10/26/daily90.html?ana=from_rss
Portland Adopts Climate Plan (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/26/daily45.html?ana=from_rss
Sins of Emission - The Ethanol Boondoggle Is Also an Environmental Catastrophe “…ethanol actually generates the same amount of greenhouse gas as fossil fuels, or more, per unit of energy…” (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703574604574500013927534676.html
The Facts on the Green Roof – Weeds Forced a Redo (Mukilteo Beacon, WA)
http://www.mukilteobeacon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2632:the-facts-on-the-green-roof&catid=106:letters&Itemid=191
How Green Is That Product? Seattle Startup Lets You Know (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/411595_eco29.html?source=rss
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Gov. Gregoire announces broadband priority list to receive federal stimulus funding (Washington State Governor’s Office)
http://www.recovery.wa.gov/news-view.asp?pressRelease=1349&newsType=1
Google Lifts the Curtains on Its New Music Service (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/google-lifts-the-curtains-on-its-new-music-service/?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
Forecasters Back Off Wild Weather Prediction (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/5218
Boeing Picks South Carolina for Second 787 Line (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010155195_apusboeing787plant2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
US Sen. Murray Calls Boeing Move to South Carolina Shortsighted (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010155201_apwaboeingmurray2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Washington State Economist Warns of Second Dip in Recession (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/28/state-economist-warns-second-dip-recession/
Lewis County Man Fatally Shoots Intruder (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21449260/detail.html
Another Foot Is Found In Shoe on B.C. Beach (Seattle Tmes)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010156326_webfoot29.html?syndication=rss
New Federal Power Urged Over Municipal Bond Sales (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/business/29sec.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Less daylight means more danger for drivers & pedestrians (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11400363
Paper Hangers - Newspapers Aren’t Doing As Badly As You Think (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2233849/?from=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Wal-Mart Starts Selling Caskets, Urns Online - The World’s Largest Retailer Wants To Keep Its Customers Even after They Die
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010154553_apuswalmartcaskets.html?syndication=rss
No Show in Wisconsin Court Could Cost PepsiCo $1.26B
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/28/financial/f140351D77.DTL&feed=rss.business
Study says Yosemite Bears Favorite Cars are Minivans
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21452374/detail.html
Animal Smuggler Goes Overboard
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE59Q2JO20091027?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
SONG OF THE DAY
The Drifters - Up on the Roof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khhqyPzLmGo
James Taylor - Up On The Roof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Qqnl3_QrU
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Energy News Digest for October 28, 2009
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· New York - Businesses, farms get power deal
· Environmental Assessment: No Impact for PUD 3 Proposed Operations Center on John's Prairie
· Chelan PUD Sees Little Sizzle in 2010 Budget
· PUD 3 Commission Report for October 27, 2009
· Avista Earns $8.1 Million for Quarter
· TransAlta Reports Higher Earnings
· NW Natural to Reduce Rates
· Little Consensus at States Energy Meeting in Wyoming
· Hanford - Energy Department Releases Massive Document Outlining Cleanup Options
· West Virginia Intends to Issue Coal-to-Gas Plant Permit
· Coal, Oil, Biomass Plants - Denmark's Dong Energy to shut two power station units on low demand
· Obama Putting $3.4 Billion toward A ‘Smart’ Power Grid
· Oregon Gets $30 Million in Stimulus Funds for Smart Grid Projects
· Snohomish PUD Will Use Federal Grant Money for Power Grid Innovations
· $20 Million Awarded for Avista Upgrades (
· Idaho Power Notified of Selection for $47 Million Smart Grid Investment
· Stimulus Energy Dollars: More Than Just a Jump Start
· PNGC on the List - Electric Coops Receive $215 Million for Smart Grid Investments
· WECC Gets $53.8M Grant to Improve Western Grid; SRP Part of
· Oregon - Salmon on the Run: Largest Salmon Run In Nearly A Decade Floods Sandy Hatchery
· FDA To Ban Sale of Raw Oysters from Gulf of Mexico
· Asotin PUD - Sewer Service another Detail to Work Out for Industrial Park
· Corps Maps Show Green River Flooding Scenarios (
· Ocean Acidification’s Effects Documented in New Study of Shellfish
· Profit Jumps for Wind Turbine Maker Vestas
· FPL Power Line May Complicate Texas Wind
· 3TIER Expands Geographical Coverage of Most Advanced Solar Map & Dataset
· Grant PUD Discusses Energy Conservation
· Why It’s Better To Invest In Efficiency Than to Hold Electricity Rates
· Administration Steps up Efforts on Climate Bill
· A Nuclear Power Boost for Climate Bill
· EPA Proposes Tougher Pollution Controls
· US Chamber Sues Activists over Climate Stunt
· Flu-Wary Telecommuters May Clog Web Networks
· Comcast Still Fighting FCC Throttling Sanction
· Ask.com Owner Reports Quarterly Profit, But Ad Revenue Still Slips
· Google to launch free phone-navigation service
· Heavy Rain on the Way
· South Carolina Gives First Nod To Package Meant To Lure Boeing
· Poll Finds Washington Voters Leaning Against I-1033
· Investigation Finds No Tribal Authority for Detention of Shelton Hunters at Gunpoint in Brinnon
· Seven Billion in Recovery Dollars Flowing to Washington State
· Tri-Cities Has State's Lowest Cost Of Living
· California Would Lose Seats under Census Change
WORD OF THE DAY
Luculent • \LOO-kyuh-lunt\ • adjective - Clear in thought or expression: lucid
You could hear the eyeballs rolling back in the heads of the board members. The CEO chose the least luculent of his minions to communicate the proposed buy-out of the firm’s most virulent competitor. “Lassie,” he said, “this project is all yours.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
New York - Businesses, farms get power deal: New York Power Authority will take $10 million from the sale of energy unused by Alcoa to pay 10 percent of north country businesses' power bills for the next year (Watertown Daily News, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20091028/NEWS03/310289944
Environmental Assessment: No Impact for PUD 3 Proposed Operations Center on John's Prairie (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=487:environmental-assessment-no-impact-for-pud-3s-proposed-operations-center-on-johns-prairie-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Chelan PUD Sees Little Sizzle in 2010 Budget (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/27/chelan-pud-sees-little-sizzle-in-2010-budget/
PUD 3 Commission Report for October 27, 2009 (Mason PUD 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=611
Avista Earns $8.1 Million for Quarter - Figures represent 9 percent increase in Q3 (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/28/avista-earns-81-million-quarter/
TransAlta Reports Higher Earnings (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?TransAlta-Reports-Higher-Earnings=1&blockID=84101&feedID=410
NW Natural to Reduce Rates (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/26/daily24.html?ana=from_rss
Little Consensus at States Energy Meeting in Wyoming (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_13653758
Hanford - Energy Department Releases Massive Document Outlining Cleanup Options (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6100-energy-department-releases-massive-document-outlining-cleanup-options-hanford/
West Virginia Intends to Issue Coal-to-Gas Plant Permit (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010145546_apuscoaltogasolinewestvirginia.html?syndication=rss
Coal, Oil, Biomass Plants - Denmark's Dong Energy to shut two power station units on low demand (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=370452&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
STACK O’ STIMULUS
Obama Putting $3.4 Billion toward A ‘Smart’ Power Grid (Associated Press)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/27/obama-putting-34-billion-toward-a-smart-power-grid/
Oregon Gets $30 Million in Stimulus Funds for Smart Grid Projects (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/oregon_gets_30_million_in_stim.html
Snohomish PUD Will Use Federal Grant Money for Power Grid Innovations (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091028/NEWS01/710289757/-1/RSS02
$20 Million Awarded for Avista Upgrades (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/28/20-million-awarded-for-avista-upgrades/
Idaho Power Notified of Selection for $47 Million Smart Grid Investment (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS10886+28-Oct-2009+PRN20091028
Stimulus Energy Dollars: More Than Just a Jump Start (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/66713457.html
PNGC on the List - Electric Coops Receive $215 Million for Smart Grid Investments (Electric Light and Power)
http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display/4309727913/articles/electric-light-power/policy-and_regulation/2009/10/electric-coops_receive.html
WECC Gets $53.8M Grant to Improve Western Grid; SRP Part of Effort (Phoenix Business Journal)
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/10/26/daily24.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon - Salmon on the Run: Largest Salmon Run In Nearly A Decade Floods Sandy Hatchery (Sandy Post, OR)
http://www.sandypost.com/news/story.php?story_id=125668937512179500
FDA To Ban Sale of Raw Oysters from Gulf of Mexico (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010146441_apusfdaoysters.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Asotin PUD - Sewer Service another Detail to Work Out for Industrial Park (KLEW-TV, Lewiston, ID)
http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/66233062.html
Corps Maps Show Green River Flooding Scenarios (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010146443_greenmaps28m.html?syndication=rss
Ocean Acidification’s Effects Documented in New Study of Shellfish (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=2117
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Profit Jumps for Wind Turbine Maker Vestas (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/26/daily22.html?ana=from_rss
FPL Power Line May Complicate Texas Wind Growth (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSN2720856420091027
3TIER Expands Geographical Coverage of Most Advanced Solar Map & Dataset (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/3tier/news/article/2009/10/3tier-expands-geographical-coverage-of-most-advanced-solar-map-dataset?cmpid=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Grant PUD Discusses Energy Conservation (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/10/27/news/doc4ae76453cf853733176619.txt
Why It’s Better To Invest In Efficiency Than to Hold Electricity Rates Down (Grist)
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-10-27-better-to-invest-efficiency-than-hold-electricity-rates-down/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Administration Steps up Efforts on Climate Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/us/politics/28climate.html?hp
A Nuclear Power Boost for Bill - Wooing Lawmakers: Tax incentives offered with climate measure (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102704081.html?wprss=rss_politics
EPA Proposes Tougher Pollution Controls - Narrows target group to power plants and other sources that emit at least 25,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102701772.html?nav=rss_email/components
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
US Chamber Sues Activists over Climate Stunt (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/10/27/27greenwire-us-chamber-sues-activists-over-climate-stunt-50982.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Flu-Wary Telecommuters May Clog Web Networks (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102703743.html?nav=rss_email/components
Comcast Still Fighting FCC Throttling Sanction - Insists FCC didn't have authority to act (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Still-Fighting-FCC-Throttling-Sanction-105183
Ask.com Owner Reports Quarterly Profit, But Ad Revenue Still Slips (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13650994
Google to launch free phone-navigation service (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13654403?nclick_check=1
GENERAL NEWS
Heavy Rain on the Way (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=231736
South Carolina Gives First Nod To Package Meant To Lure Boeing (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010145804_apscsouthcarolinaboeing1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Poll Finds Washington Voters Leaning Against I-1033 (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/26/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
Investigation Finds No Tribal Authority for Detention of Shelton Hunters at Gunpoint in Brinnon (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091028/news/310289993
Seven Billion in Recovery Dollars Flowing to Washington State (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6095-seven-billion-recovery-dollars-flowing-wash-state/
Tri-Cities Has State's Lowest Cost Of Living (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/768509.html
California Would Lose Seats under Census Change (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/us/politics/28census.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1256749218-bRNTd86O1QWC62FFxGY1XA
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Shriners' Mini-Cars Stolen From Storage
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/21432889/detail.html
Cheated Winner Wants Texas Lotto To Pay Him
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21447807/detail.html
Idaho Team Punished For 'Strip Hockey'
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/21442265/detail.html
Woman Acts Like Dog To Scare Burglar
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21430873/detail.html
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· New York - Businesses, farms get power deal
· Environmental Assessment: No Impact for PUD 3 Proposed Operations Center on John's Prairie
· Chelan PUD Sees Little Sizzle in 2010 Budget
· PUD 3 Commission Report for October 27, 2009
· Avista Earns $8.1 Million for Quarter
· TransAlta Reports Higher Earnings
· NW Natural to Reduce Rates
· Little Consensus at States Energy Meeting in Wyoming
· Hanford - Energy Department Releases Massive Document Outlining Cleanup Options
· West Virginia Intends to Issue Coal-to-Gas Plant Permit
· Coal, Oil, Biomass Plants - Denmark's Dong Energy to shut two power station units on low demand
· Obama Putting $3.4 Billion toward A ‘Smart’ Power Grid
· Oregon Gets $30 Million in Stimulus Funds for Smart Grid Projects
· Snohomish PUD Will Use Federal Grant Money for Power Grid Innovations
· $20 Million Awarded for Avista Upgrades (
· Idaho Power Notified of Selection for $47 Million Smart Grid Investment
· Stimulus Energy Dollars: More Than Just a Jump Start
· PNGC on the List - Electric Coops Receive $215 Million for Smart Grid Investments
· WECC Gets $53.8M Grant to Improve Western Grid; SRP Part of
· Oregon - Salmon on the Run: Largest Salmon Run In Nearly A Decade Floods Sandy Hatchery
· FDA To Ban Sale of Raw Oysters from Gulf of Mexico
· Asotin PUD - Sewer Service another Detail to Work Out for Industrial Park
· Corps Maps Show Green River Flooding Scenarios (
· Ocean Acidification’s Effects Documented in New Study of Shellfish
· Profit Jumps for Wind Turbine Maker Vestas
· FPL Power Line May Complicate Texas Wind
· 3TIER Expands Geographical Coverage of Most Advanced Solar Map & Dataset
· Grant PUD Discusses Energy Conservation
· Why It’s Better To Invest In Efficiency Than to Hold Electricity Rates
· Administration Steps up Efforts on Climate Bill
· A Nuclear Power Boost for Climate Bill
· EPA Proposes Tougher Pollution Controls
· US Chamber Sues Activists over Climate Stunt
· Flu-Wary Telecommuters May Clog Web Networks
· Comcast Still Fighting FCC Throttling Sanction
· Ask.com Owner Reports Quarterly Profit, But Ad Revenue Still Slips
· Google to launch free phone-navigation service
· Heavy Rain on the Way
· South Carolina Gives First Nod To Package Meant To Lure Boeing
· Poll Finds Washington Voters Leaning Against I-1033
· Investigation Finds No Tribal Authority for Detention of Shelton Hunters at Gunpoint in Brinnon
· Seven Billion in Recovery Dollars Flowing to Washington State
· Tri-Cities Has State's Lowest Cost Of Living
· California Would Lose Seats under Census Change
WORD OF THE DAY
Luculent • \LOO-kyuh-lunt\ • adjective - Clear in thought or expression: lucid
You could hear the eyeballs rolling back in the heads of the board members. The CEO chose the least luculent of his minions to communicate the proposed buy-out of the firm’s most virulent competitor. “Lassie,” he said, “this project is all yours.”
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and 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
New York - Businesses, farms get power deal: New York Power Authority will take $10 million from the sale of energy unused by Alcoa to pay 10 percent of north country businesses' power bills for the next year (Watertown Daily News, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20091028/NEWS03/310289944
Environmental Assessment: No Impact for PUD 3 Proposed Operations Center on John's Prairie (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=487:environmental-assessment-no-impact-for-pud-3s-proposed-operations-center-on-johns-prairie-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Chelan PUD Sees Little Sizzle in 2010 Budget (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/27/chelan-pud-sees-little-sizzle-in-2010-budget/
PUD 3 Commission Report for October 27, 2009 (Mason PUD 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=611
Avista Earns $8.1 Million for Quarter - Figures represent 9 percent increase in Q3 (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/28/avista-earns-81-million-quarter/
TransAlta Reports Higher Earnings (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?TransAlta-Reports-Higher-Earnings=1&blockID=84101&feedID=410
NW Natural to Reduce Rates (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/26/daily24.html?ana=from_rss
Little Consensus at States Energy Meeting in Wyoming (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_13653758
Hanford - Energy Department Releases Massive Document Outlining Cleanup Options (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6100-energy-department-releases-massive-document-outlining-cleanup-options-hanford/
West Virginia Intends to Issue Coal-to-Gas Plant Permit (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010145546_apuscoaltogasolinewestvirginia.html?syndication=rss
Coal, Oil, Biomass Plants - Denmark's Dong Energy to shut two power station units on low demand (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=370452&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
STACK O’ STIMULUS
Obama Putting $3.4 Billion toward A ‘Smart’ Power Grid (Associated Press)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/27/obama-putting-34-billion-toward-a-smart-power-grid/
Oregon Gets $30 Million in Stimulus Funds for Smart Grid Projects (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/oregon_gets_30_million_in_stim.html
Snohomish PUD Will Use Federal Grant Money for Power Grid Innovations (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091028/NEWS01/710289757/-1/RSS02
$20 Million Awarded for Avista Upgrades (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/28/20-million-awarded-for-avista-upgrades/
Idaho Power Notified of Selection for $47 Million Smart Grid Investment (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS10886+28-Oct-2009+PRN20091028
Stimulus Energy Dollars: More Than Just a Jump Start (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/66713457.html
PNGC on the List - Electric Coops Receive $215 Million for Smart Grid Investments (Electric Light and Power)
http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display/4309727913/articles/electric-light-power/policy-and_regulation/2009/10/electric-coops_receive.html
WECC Gets $53.8M Grant to Improve Western Grid; SRP Part of Effort (Phoenix Business Journal)
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/10/26/daily24.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon - Salmon on the Run: Largest Salmon Run In Nearly A Decade Floods Sandy Hatchery (Sandy Post, OR)
http://www.sandypost.com/news/story.php?story_id=125668937512179500
FDA To Ban Sale of Raw Oysters from Gulf of Mexico (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010146441_apusfdaoysters.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Asotin PUD - Sewer Service another Detail to Work Out for Industrial Park (KLEW-TV, Lewiston, ID)
http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/66233062.html
Corps Maps Show Green River Flooding Scenarios (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010146443_greenmaps28m.html?syndication=rss
Ocean Acidification’s Effects Documented in New Study of Shellfish (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=2117
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Profit Jumps for Wind Turbine Maker Vestas (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/26/daily22.html?ana=from_rss
FPL Power Line May Complicate Texas Wind Growth (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSN2720856420091027
3TIER Expands Geographical Coverage of Most Advanced Solar Map & Dataset (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/3tier/news/article/2009/10/3tier-expands-geographical-coverage-of-most-advanced-solar-map-dataset?cmpid=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Grant PUD Discusses Energy Conservation (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/10/27/news/doc4ae76453cf853733176619.txt
Why It’s Better To Invest In Efficiency Than to Hold Electricity Rates Down (Grist)
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-10-27-better-to-invest-efficiency-than-hold-electricity-rates-down/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Administration Steps up Efforts on Climate Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/us/politics/28climate.html?hp
A Nuclear Power Boost for Bill - Wooing Lawmakers: Tax incentives offered with climate measure (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102704081.html?wprss=rss_politics
EPA Proposes Tougher Pollution Controls - Narrows target group to power plants and other sources that emit at least 25,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102701772.html?nav=rss_email/components
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
US Chamber Sues Activists over Climate Stunt (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/10/27/27greenwire-us-chamber-sues-activists-over-climate-stunt-50982.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Flu-Wary Telecommuters May Clog Web Networks (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102703743.html?nav=rss_email/components
Comcast Still Fighting FCC Throttling Sanction - Insists FCC didn't have authority to act (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Still-Fighting-FCC-Throttling-Sanction-105183
Ask.com Owner Reports Quarterly Profit, But Ad Revenue Still Slips (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13650994
Google to launch free phone-navigation service (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13654403?nclick_check=1
GENERAL NEWS
Heavy Rain on the Way (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=231736
South Carolina Gives First Nod To Package Meant To Lure Boeing (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010145804_apscsouthcarolinaboeing1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Poll Finds Washington Voters Leaning Against I-1033 (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/26/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
Investigation Finds No Tribal Authority for Detention of Shelton Hunters at Gunpoint in Brinnon (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091028/news/310289993
Seven Billion in Recovery Dollars Flowing to Washington State (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6095-seven-billion-recovery-dollars-flowing-wash-state/
Tri-Cities Has State's Lowest Cost Of Living (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/768509.html
California Would Lose Seats under Census Change (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/us/politics/28census.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1256749218-bRNTd86O1QWC62FFxGY1XA
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Shriners' Mini-Cars Stolen From Storage
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/21432889/detail.html
Cheated Winner Wants Texas Lotto To Pay Him
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21447807/detail.html
Idaho Team Punished For 'Strip Hockey'
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/21442265/detail.html
Woman Acts Like Dog To Scare Burglar
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21430873/detail.html
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Energy News Digest for October 27, 2009
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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA Seeks Help Determining Route of New SW Washington Transmission Line
• BPA Plans Line Route through Clark County
• Wyoming Governor Talks Energy with Western Lawmakers
• Portland General Electric Seeks Energy Production Partners
• When Are Those ‘Smart Meters’ Going To Start Paying Off?
• Millions of Homes to Get Smart Meters
• North Dakota Electric Settlement Includes Customer Refund
• California - Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant Ends Decommissioning
• FERC Chairman Offers Capital Hill Briefing on Competitive Electricity Markets
• Lack of Competition? - Critics Blame Higher Power Bills on Michigan Law
• Utility Group Spent $2.7M Lobbying Government in 3Q
• Fish Managers Plan to Stock Boise River with Steelhead
• Oregon - Handmade Fish Ladder Helps Fish
• Capitol Forest - After Salmon Seen, DNR Closes Trail Early
• 22 Fish You Mustn’t Eat
• Fish Signs Are Community Art Project in Arlington
• Westport Gets Proactive With Sea Lions
• City of Shelton Closing in on Sewer Rate Increase
• Coastal Algae Bloom: ‘It’s Like an Oil Spill, Without the Oil’
• Study Shows Portland Harbor Contamination Poses Risk to Humans, Environment
• Of Farms, Folks & Fish - A truce in California’s long & bitter fight over water
• Sacramento Tells Nestle: Stop Building Bottled Water Plant
• Water Use by Solar Projects Intensifies
• Pacific Gas & Electric to buy power from desert solar project
• California Utility Wants More Solar From Customers
• Solar: German Subsidy Update
• Transmission Deficit - Kansas Wind Energy Suffers a Blow
• The Wind Farm industry in New York State: Capped?
• Op/Ed - California Must Commit To More Renewable Energy
• Missouri - Hydroelectric Project on Mississippi River Won’t Include Hannibal
• 30 States Could Meet Power Needs with Renewable Energy
• Puget Sound Energy’s “Rock the Bulb” goes to 11!
• Southern Cal Edison Encourages Customers to Slay “Energy Vampires” This Halloween
• Statisticians Reject Global Cooling
• At Google, Chu Announces Grants for ‘Out-Of-The-Box’ Global Warming Projects
• Arkansas Energy Companies Make Case for Climate Bill
• Green Hotel Rooms: South Carolina Launching Green Hospitality Group
• How Bad Should I Feel About Taking Hot Showers?
• Mason PUD 3 Fiber Network - Economic Development Rides Light Waves on Lynch Road
• Lynch Road Businesses to Benefit From PUD. 3 Fiber
• Op/Ed - Washington View: High-Tech Poised to Lead Washington to Economic Recovery
• Google Voice ‘Lite’ — No New Number Required
• Top 10 E-mail Blunders of 2009, So Far
• Storm Brings Some Flooding, First Significant Mountain Snow
• Accusation: Seattle Quake Video Is ‘Fear-Mongering’
• Wayward Pilots Say They Were Working On Their Laptops
• Washington State Spends About Half-Billion in Stimulus
• Fire Marshal Says Change Smoke Alarm Batteries
• Sacramento Bee Finds State of California Buys Vehicles, Then Lets Them Sit Idle
• ‘Twilight’ Phenomenon Both Blessing, Curse for Forks
WORD OF THE DAY
Sanguine • \SAN-gwinn\ • adjective – 1: bloodred 2a: consisting of or relating to blood b: bloodthirsty, sanguinary c: of the complexion: ruddy 3: having blood as the predominating bodily humor; also: having the bodily conformation & temperament held characteristic of such predominance & marked by sturdiness, high color, & cheerfulness 4: confident, optimistic
Santa Claus was a jolly old elf. His sanguine nature made all who were touched by his presence better people. That is, except when he thundered about “Christmas Creep”. “Those retailers need to extend their holiday season to the entire year,” he blustered. “Christmas isn’t just one day a year, it should be celebrated in our hearts every day!”
WEATHER
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
BPA Seeks Help Determining Route of New SW Washington Transmission Line (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/26/top_story/doc4ae677a675542187686347.txt
BPA Plans Line Route through Clark County - Agency hopes to avoid taking homes while easing congested transmission (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091027/NEWS02/710279964/
Wyoming Governor Talks Energy with Western Lawmakers (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11386628
Portland General Electric Seeks Energy Production Partners (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6085-pge-seeks-energy-production-partners/
When Are Those ‘Smart Meters’ Going To Start Paying Off? (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://blogs.chron.com/newswatchenergy/archives/2009/10/when_are_those.html
Millions of Homes to Get Smart Meters - Government announces $3.4 billion in grants to help pay for 18 million meters as part of stimulus plan (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/27/news/economy/smart_grid/?postversion=2009102706
North Dakota Electric Settlement Includes Customer Refund (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010140003_apusottertailelectricrates.html?syndication=rss
California - Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant Ends Decommissioning (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=370365&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FERC Chairman Offers Capital Hill Briefing on Competitive Electricity Markets “…markets will help us meet our carbon targets & reduce our overall carbon footprint…markets will deliver the most cost effective solutions when policies [promoting renewable energy production] come about…” (Electric Light & Power – “…all while balancing an egg on a spoon!...”)
http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display/8417898921/articles/electric-light-power/policy-and_regulation/2009/10/ferc-chairman_offers.html
Lack of Competition? - Critics Blame Higher Power Bills on Michigan Law (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/27/financial/f083327D51.DTL&feed=rss.business
Utility Group Spent $2.7M Lobbying Government in 3Q (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010145306_apusedisonelectriclobbying.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fish Managers Plan to Stock Boise River with Steelhead (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1015878.html
Oregon - Handmade Fish Ladder Helps Fish (Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20091026%2FNEWS%2F910260304%2F-1%2Frss01
Capitol Forest - After Salmon Seen, DNR Closes Trail Early (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1015618.html
22 Fish You Mustn’t Eat (EcoWorldly)
http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/27/22-fish-you-mustnt-eat/
Fish Signs Are Community Art Project in Arlington (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11384685
Westport Gets Proactive With Sea Lions (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/10/26/local_news/doc4ae5e5db6f500452947838.txt
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
City of Shelton Closing in on Sewer Rate Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=476:city-of-shelton-closing-in-on-sewer-rate-increase-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Coastal Algae Bloom: ‘It’s Like an Oil Spill, Without the Oil’ (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6098-coastal-algae-bloom-its-oil-spill-without-oil/
Portland Harbor Contamination Poses Risk To Humans, Environment, Study Shows (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/portland_harbor_contamination.html
Of Farms, Folks & Fish - A truce in California’s long & bitter fight over water at last appears possible (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14699639
Sacramento Tells Nestle: Stop Building Bottled Water Plant (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2283859.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Water Use by Solar Projects Intensifies (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/water-use-by-solar-projects-intensifies/
Pacific Gas & Electric to buy power from desert solar project - Electricity from desert to power 80,000 homes in Northern California (Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA)
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091026/NEWS01/91026014/PG&E+to+buy+power+from+desert+solar+project
California Utility Wants More Solar From Customers (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/26/financial/f144602D06.DTL&feed=rss.business
Solar: German Subsidy Update (Barron’s Magazine)
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/10/26/solar-german-subsidy-cuts-coming/
Transmission Deficit - Kansas Wind Energy Suffers a Blow (Kansas City Star, MO)
http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/1531651.html
The Wind Farm industry in New York State: Capped? – Rule requires…studies to determine whether projects they propose may threaten hydro plants or other existing sources of renewable energy (WMAC Radio, Great Barrington, MA)
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1570298/WAMC.New.York.News/The.Wind.Farm.industry.in.New.York.State.Capped
San Jose Mercury News Op/Ed - California Must Commit To More Renewable Energy
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_13648653
Missouri - Hydroelectric Project on Mississippi River Won’t Include Hannibal (Hannibal Courier-Post, MO)
http://www.hannibal.net/news/x1615057261/Hydroelectric-project-on-river-won-t-include-in-Hannibal
30 States Could Meet Power Needs with Renewable Energy (Environmental Leader)
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/report-finds-30-states-could-meet-their-power-needs-with-homegrown-renewable-power/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy’s “Rock the Bulb” goes to 11! (Reuters - Spinal Tap wants its headline back…)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS183263+26-Oct-2009+BW20091026
Southern Cal Edison Encourages Customers to Slay “Energy Vampires” This Halloween (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS155120+26-Oct-2009+BW20091026
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Statisticians Reject Global Cooling (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010139346_apussciglobalcooling.html?syndication=rss
At Google, Chu Announces Grants for ‘Out-Of-The-Box’ Global Warming Projects (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13644411
Arkansas Energy Companies Make Case for Climate Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/27/financial/f045704D39.DTL&feed=rss.business
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Green Hotel Rooms: South Carolina Launching Green Hospitality Group (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/27/financial/f071117D96.DTL&feed=rss.business
How Bad Should I Feel About Taking Hot Showers? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2233527/?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Mason PUD 3 Fiber Network - Economic Development Rides Light Waves on Lynch Road (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=610
Lynch Road Businesses to Benefit From PUD. 3 Fiber (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=479:lynch-road-businesses-to-benefit-from-pud-3-fiber&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Columbian Op/Ed - Washington View: High-Tech Poised to Lead Washington to Economic Recovery
http://columbian.com/article/20091027/BIZ01/710279996/-1/BIZ
Google Voice ‘Lite’ — No New Number Required (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/google-voice-lite-no-new-number-required/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Top 10 E-mail Blunders of 2009, So Far (Information Week)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220900597&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
GENERAL NEWS
Storm Brings Some Flooding, First Significant Mountain Snow (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/21426525/detail.html
Accusation: Seattle Quake Video Is ‘Fear-Mongering’ (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/66277607.html
Wayward Pilots Say They Were Working On Their Laptops (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010139830_apusnorthwestflightoverflown.html?syndication=rss
Washington State Spends About Half-Billion in Stimulus (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010140921_apwawashstimulus.html?syndication=rss
Fire Marshal Says Change Smoke Alarm Batteries (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1015635.html
Sacramento Bee Finds State of California Buys Vehicles, Then Lets Them Sit Idle (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2281287.html
‘Twilight’ Phenomenon Both Blessing, Curse for Forks (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010136404_forks26m.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Fan Files Suit over Seats from Old Yankee Stadium
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010139428_apusyankeesseats.html?syndication=rss
Necco Goes Natural; Green Wafer Misses the Cut
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13644392
Illinois Man Took $470,000 in Pay from Company He Never Worked For
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13645523
Possible Cheating Probed At National Sudoku Match
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010145157_apussudokutournament.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Patsy Cline - Your Cheatin’ Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgnmiLeM76Q
Hank Williams - Your Cheatin’ Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rvLeCMTofE
Hank Williams Jr. - Your Cheatin’ Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YVzFRGp_Lk
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA Seeks Help Determining Route of New SW Washington Transmission Line
• BPA Plans Line Route through Clark County
• Wyoming Governor Talks Energy with Western Lawmakers
• Portland General Electric Seeks Energy Production Partners
• When Are Those ‘Smart Meters’ Going To Start Paying Off?
• Millions of Homes to Get Smart Meters
• North Dakota Electric Settlement Includes Customer Refund
• California - Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant Ends Decommissioning
• FERC Chairman Offers Capital Hill Briefing on Competitive Electricity Markets
• Lack of Competition? - Critics Blame Higher Power Bills on Michigan Law
• Utility Group Spent $2.7M Lobbying Government in 3Q
• Fish Managers Plan to Stock Boise River with Steelhead
• Oregon - Handmade Fish Ladder Helps Fish
• Capitol Forest - After Salmon Seen, DNR Closes Trail Early
• 22 Fish You Mustn’t Eat
• Fish Signs Are Community Art Project in Arlington
• Westport Gets Proactive With Sea Lions
• City of Shelton Closing in on Sewer Rate Increase
• Coastal Algae Bloom: ‘It’s Like an Oil Spill, Without the Oil’
• Study Shows Portland Harbor Contamination Poses Risk to Humans, Environment
• Of Farms, Folks & Fish - A truce in California’s long & bitter fight over water
• Sacramento Tells Nestle: Stop Building Bottled Water Plant
• Water Use by Solar Projects Intensifies
• Pacific Gas & Electric to buy power from desert solar project
• California Utility Wants More Solar From Customers
• Solar: German Subsidy Update
• Transmission Deficit - Kansas Wind Energy Suffers a Blow
• The Wind Farm industry in New York State: Capped?
• Op/Ed - California Must Commit To More Renewable Energy
• Missouri - Hydroelectric Project on Mississippi River Won’t Include Hannibal
• 30 States Could Meet Power Needs with Renewable Energy
• Puget Sound Energy’s “Rock the Bulb” goes to 11!
• Southern Cal Edison Encourages Customers to Slay “Energy Vampires” This Halloween
• Statisticians Reject Global Cooling
• At Google, Chu Announces Grants for ‘Out-Of-The-Box’ Global Warming Projects
• Arkansas Energy Companies Make Case for Climate Bill
• Green Hotel Rooms: South Carolina Launching Green Hospitality Group
• How Bad Should I Feel About Taking Hot Showers?
• Mason PUD 3 Fiber Network - Economic Development Rides Light Waves on Lynch Road
• Lynch Road Businesses to Benefit From PUD. 3 Fiber
• Op/Ed - Washington View: High-Tech Poised to Lead Washington to Economic Recovery
• Google Voice ‘Lite’ — No New Number Required
• Top 10 E-mail Blunders of 2009, So Far
• Storm Brings Some Flooding, First Significant Mountain Snow
• Accusation: Seattle Quake Video Is ‘Fear-Mongering’
• Wayward Pilots Say They Were Working On Their Laptops
• Washington State Spends About Half-Billion in Stimulus
• Fire Marshal Says Change Smoke Alarm Batteries
• Sacramento Bee Finds State of California Buys Vehicles, Then Lets Them Sit Idle
• ‘Twilight’ Phenomenon Both Blessing, Curse for Forks
WORD OF THE DAY
Sanguine • \SAN-gwinn\ • adjective – 1: bloodred 2a: consisting of or relating to blood b: bloodthirsty, sanguinary c: of the complexion: ruddy 3: having blood as the predominating bodily humor; also: having the bodily conformation & temperament held characteristic of such predominance & marked by sturdiness, high color, & cheerfulness 4: confident, optimistic
Santa Claus was a jolly old elf. His sanguine nature made all who were touched by his presence better people. That is, except when he thundered about “Christmas Creep”. “Those retailers need to extend their holiday season to the entire year,” he blustered. “Christmas isn’t just one day a year, it should be celebrated in our hearts every day!”
WEATHER
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
BPA Seeks Help Determining Route of New SW Washington Transmission Line (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/26/top_story/doc4ae677a675542187686347.txt
BPA Plans Line Route through Clark County - Agency hopes to avoid taking homes while easing congested transmission (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091027/NEWS02/710279964/
Wyoming Governor Talks Energy with Western Lawmakers (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11386628
Portland General Electric Seeks Energy Production Partners (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6085-pge-seeks-energy-production-partners/
When Are Those ‘Smart Meters’ Going To Start Paying Off? (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://blogs.chron.com/newswatchenergy/archives/2009/10/when_are_those.html
Millions of Homes to Get Smart Meters - Government announces $3.4 billion in grants to help pay for 18 million meters as part of stimulus plan (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/27/news/economy/smart_grid/?postversion=2009102706
North Dakota Electric Settlement Includes Customer Refund (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010140003_apusottertailelectricrates.html?syndication=rss
California - Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant Ends Decommissioning (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=370365&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FERC Chairman Offers Capital Hill Briefing on Competitive Electricity Markets “…markets will help us meet our carbon targets & reduce our overall carbon footprint…markets will deliver the most cost effective solutions when policies [promoting renewable energy production] come about…” (Electric Light & Power – “…all while balancing an egg on a spoon!...”)
http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display/8417898921/articles/electric-light-power/policy-and_regulation/2009/10/ferc-chairman_offers.html
Lack of Competition? - Critics Blame Higher Power Bills on Michigan Law (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/27/financial/f083327D51.DTL&feed=rss.business
Utility Group Spent $2.7M Lobbying Government in 3Q (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010145306_apusedisonelectriclobbying.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fish Managers Plan to Stock Boise River with Steelhead (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1015878.html
Oregon - Handmade Fish Ladder Helps Fish (Mail Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20091026%2FNEWS%2F910260304%2F-1%2Frss01
Capitol Forest - After Salmon Seen, DNR Closes Trail Early (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1015618.html
22 Fish You Mustn’t Eat (EcoWorldly)
http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/27/22-fish-you-mustnt-eat/
Fish Signs Are Community Art Project in Arlington (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11384685
Westport Gets Proactive With Sea Lions (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/10/26/local_news/doc4ae5e5db6f500452947838.txt
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
City of Shelton Closing in on Sewer Rate Increase (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=476:city-of-shelton-closing-in-on-sewer-rate-increase-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Coastal Algae Bloom: ‘It’s Like an Oil Spill, Without the Oil’ (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6098-coastal-algae-bloom-its-oil-spill-without-oil/
Portland Harbor Contamination Poses Risk To Humans, Environment, Study Shows (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/portland_harbor_contamination.html
Of Farms, Folks & Fish - A truce in California’s long & bitter fight over water at last appears possible (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14699639
Sacramento Tells Nestle: Stop Building Bottled Water Plant (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2283859.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Water Use by Solar Projects Intensifies (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/water-use-by-solar-projects-intensifies/
Pacific Gas & Electric to buy power from desert solar project - Electricity from desert to power 80,000 homes in Northern California (Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA)
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091026/NEWS01/91026014/PG&E+to+buy+power+from+desert+solar+project
California Utility Wants More Solar From Customers (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/26/financial/f144602D06.DTL&feed=rss.business
Solar: German Subsidy Update (Barron’s Magazine)
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/10/26/solar-german-subsidy-cuts-coming/
Transmission Deficit - Kansas Wind Energy Suffers a Blow (Kansas City Star, MO)
http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/1531651.html
The Wind Farm industry in New York State: Capped? – Rule requires…studies to determine whether projects they propose may threaten hydro plants or other existing sources of renewable energy (WMAC Radio, Great Barrington, MA)
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1570298/WAMC.New.York.News/The.Wind.Farm.industry.in.New.York.State.Capped
San Jose Mercury News Op/Ed - California Must Commit To More Renewable Energy
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_13648653
Missouri - Hydroelectric Project on Mississippi River Won’t Include Hannibal (Hannibal Courier-Post, MO)
http://www.hannibal.net/news/x1615057261/Hydroelectric-project-on-river-won-t-include-in-Hannibal
30 States Could Meet Power Needs with Renewable Energy (Environmental Leader)
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/report-finds-30-states-could-meet-their-power-needs-with-homegrown-renewable-power/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy’s “Rock the Bulb” goes to 11! (Reuters - Spinal Tap wants its headline back…)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS183263+26-Oct-2009+BW20091026
Southern Cal Edison Encourages Customers to Slay “Energy Vampires” This Halloween (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS155120+26-Oct-2009+BW20091026
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Statisticians Reject Global Cooling (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010139346_apussciglobalcooling.html?syndication=rss
At Google, Chu Announces Grants for ‘Out-Of-The-Box’ Global Warming Projects (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13644411
Arkansas Energy Companies Make Case for Climate Bill (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/27/financial/f045704D39.DTL&feed=rss.business
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Green Hotel Rooms: South Carolina Launching Green Hospitality Group (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/27/financial/f071117D96.DTL&feed=rss.business
How Bad Should I Feel About Taking Hot Showers? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2233527/?from=rss
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Mason PUD 3 Fiber Network - Economic Development Rides Light Waves on Lynch Road (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=610
Lynch Road Businesses to Benefit From PUD. 3 Fiber (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=479:lynch-road-businesses-to-benefit-from-pud-3-fiber&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Columbian Op/Ed - Washington View: High-Tech Poised to Lead Washington to Economic Recovery
http://columbian.com/article/20091027/BIZ01/710279996/-1/BIZ
Google Voice ‘Lite’ — No New Number Required (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/google-voice-lite-no-new-number-required/?partner=rss&emc=rss
Top 10 E-mail Blunders of 2009, So Far (Information Week)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220900597&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
GENERAL NEWS
Storm Brings Some Flooding, First Significant Mountain Snow (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/21426525/detail.html
Accusation: Seattle Quake Video Is ‘Fear-Mongering’ (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/66277607.html
Wayward Pilots Say They Were Working On Their Laptops (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010139830_apusnorthwestflightoverflown.html?syndication=rss
Washington State Spends About Half-Billion in Stimulus (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010140921_apwawashstimulus.html?syndication=rss
Fire Marshal Says Change Smoke Alarm Batteries (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1015635.html
Sacramento Bee Finds State of California Buys Vehicles, Then Lets Them Sit Idle (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2281287.html
‘Twilight’ Phenomenon Both Blessing, Curse for Forks (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010136404_forks26m.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Fan Files Suit over Seats from Old Yankee Stadium
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010139428_apusyankeesseats.html?syndication=rss
Necco Goes Natural; Green Wafer Misses the Cut
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13644392
Illinois Man Took $470,000 in Pay from Company He Never Worked For
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13645523
Possible Cheating Probed At National Sudoku Match
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010145157_apussudokutournament.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Patsy Cline - Your Cheatin’ Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgnmiLeM76Q
Hank Williams - Your Cheatin’ Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rvLeCMTofE
Hank Williams Jr. - Your Cheatin’ Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YVzFRGp_Lk
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