Energy News Digest for June 9, 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)

- Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Negotiates For Lower Electricity Rates with Hopes of Reopening
- Columbian Op/Ed, Don Brunell - Obama's Energy Plan Will Cost Taxpayers Dearly
- Northwest Governors Back BPA Call for Pumped Storage Study
- City Of Snohomish Settles With UW Professor Arrested For Photographing Power Lines
- Eastern Oregon Co-Op Considers New Facility
- Michigan Utility Wants New Coal Plant
- Michigan - Police Say Trio Stole $2 Million from Great Lakes Energy
- Building the Smart Grid
- Tri-City Herald Op/Ed - Dam Breaching Should Be Off the Table
- Word on Columbia River and Tributary Sport Fisheries
- Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard.
- Urbanization Not All Gloom and Doom for Bird Life
- Grant County PUD’s Quincy Shoreline Meeting Attracts Hundreds
- Auditors Question Tennessee Valley Authority Shoreline Deals With Wealthy
- The Switch: Is Solar Power Only A Rich Man's Renewable Source?
- Kiss the Utility Company Goodbye - The renewable-energy buzz is on
- Seattle preparing for electric vehicles
- Arkansas Windmill Blade Plant Laying Off 80 Workers
- Wood Pellet Producer Opens Mississippi Plant to Produce Feedstock for Alternative Energy
- Puget Sound Energy Distributed 10M Fluorescent Bulbs since 2002
- Feds Sends $15 Million in Stimulus for Oregon Energy Efficiency Program
- How Will Boise Spend Its Energy Stimulus Grants?
- Climate Activists Target Rio Australia Aluminum Smelter
- Governors Warn Energy Plan Could Stifle Growth
- Emissions Caps Seen Costing Airlines $7 Billion A Year
- Intuit Helps Small Business Capture a 'Green Snapshot'
- Rural Americans Long To Be Linked To Broadband
- Levin To Help Run Government Broadband Plan
- Forecasters Say El Nino May Be Developing
- Cadaver Dogs Find Bones at Port Orchard Construction Site
- Mason County Commission Has Partial Plan to Cover Latest Budget Shortfall
- City of Lacey Hires Finance Director
- Shades of Olympia - Soldier Sanctuary Resolution Divides Bellingham
- Seattle Parking Policy Peeves Tourists and Residents Alike
- Singer-Songwriter Kenny Rankin Dead of Lung Cancer

WORD OF THE DAY

Altruism • \AL-troo-iz-um\ • noun - Unselfish interest in the welfare of others

Alfred P. Newkirk was considered the saint of the second floor cubicle cadets. He never used the speaker phone, did not eat his usual garlic and onion humus snacks at his desk, and always seemed to have a clean, orderly desk at the end of the day. What some attributed to altruism was one day revealed to be a sham. Alfred really didn’t work there; he just liked living in the cubicle. His duplicity was revealed when a fellow employee asked HR when he had been hired so that a party could be thrown in his honor.

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

Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Negotiates For Lower Electricity Rates with Hopes of Reopening (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/06/08/bnews/br10.txt

Columbian Op/Ed, Don Brunell - Obama's Energy Plan Will Cost Taxpayers Dearly
http://columbian.com/article/20090609/BIZ01/706099986/-1/BIZ

Northwest Governors Back BPA Call for Pumped Storage Study (HydroWorld)
http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/6690582890/s-articles/s-hrhrw/s-News/s-northwest-governors.html

City Of Snohomish Settles With UW Professor Arrested For Photographing Power Lines (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/406968_aclu08.html

Eastern Oregon Co-Op Considers New Facility - Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative is weighing whether to construct new building (Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR)
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/06/08/Eastern-Oregon-coop-considers-new-facility-Oregon-Trail-Electric-Cooperative-is-weighing-whether-to-

Michigan Utility Wants New Coal Plant (WWJ Radio, Detroit)
http://www.wwj.com/Michigan-Utility-Wants-New-Coal-Plant/4546314

Michigan - Police Say Trio Stole $2 Million from Great Lakes Energy (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
http://www.gaylordheraldtimes.com/articles/2009/06/08/breaking_news/doc4a2d3b2e98c2f338032467.txt

Building The Smart Grid - By promoting the adoption of renewable-energy technology, a smart grid would be good for the environment—and for innovation (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13725843

FISH & WILDLIFE

Tri-City Herald Op/Ed - Dam Breaching Should Be Off the Table
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/964/story/597991.html

Word on Columbia River and Tributary Sport Fisheries and How Fish Returns are Shaping Up (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009316304_word_on_columbia_river_and_tri.html

Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard. (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/science/earth/09beaver.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Urbanization Not All Gloom and Doom for Bird Life (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5161-urbanization-not-all-gloom-and-doom-bird-life/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Grant County PUD’s Quincy Shoreline Meeting Attracts Hundreds (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/09/news/doc4a2d7c17454b1277845772.txt

Auditors Question Tennessee Valley Authority Shoreline Deals With Wealthy (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/09/national/a000843D71.DTL&feed=rss.business

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

The Switch: Is Solar Power Only A Rich Man's Renewable Source? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5150-switch-solar-power-only-rich-mans-renewable-source/

Kiss the Utility Company Goodbye - The renewable-energy buzz is on (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN)
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/47171822.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUncacyi8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

Seattle preparing for electric vehicles (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060809ENB_seattle-electric-vehicles-JM.5fcbf419.html?rss

Arkansas Windmill Blade Plant Laying Off 80 Workers - Windmill blade maker LM Glasfiber said it will lay off about 80 workers because it does not have enough orders (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009313824_apuslmglasfiberlayoffs.html?syndication=rss

Wood Pellet Producer Opens Mississippi Plant To Produce Feedstock For Alternative Energy (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009315512_apusmississippiwoodpelletplant.html?syndication=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Puget Sound Energy Distributed 10M Fluorescent Bulbs since 2002 (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009317895_apwafluorescentbulbs.html?syndication=rss

Feds Sends $15 Million in Stimulus for Oregon Energy Efficiency Program (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/us_sends_15_million_in_stimulu.html

How Will Boise Spend Its Energy Stimulus Grants? The City Council will discuss 10 potential energy projects, including LED streetlights. (Idaho Statesman)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/796461.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Climate Activists Target Rio Australia Aluminum Smelter (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5576FX20090608

Governors Warn Energy Plan Could Stifle Growth (Associated Press)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060802188.html

Emissions Caps Seen Costing Airlines $7 Billion A Year (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55718G20090609

Intuit Helps Small Business Capture a 'Green Snapshot' (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmSmallBusiness/idUS277971092420090608

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Rural Americans Long To Be Linked To Broadband (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-06-07-rural-broadband-digital_N.htm

Levin To Help Run Government Broadband Plan - Primary architect of 1996 Telecom Reform Act returns (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Levin-To-Help-Run-Government-Broadband-Plan-102815

GENERAL NEWS

Forecasters Say El Nino May Be Developing - can lead to wetter than normal conditions in the intermountain regions of the United States (Associated Press)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/forecasters_say_el_nino_may_be.html

Cadaver Dogs Find Bones at Port Orchard Construction Site (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060909WAB-human-foot-bones-JM.6350688c.html?rss?npc

Mason County Commission Has Partial Plan to Cover Latest Budget Shortfall (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7484/reftab/1632/t/COUNTY-COMMISSION-HAS-PARTIAL-PLAN-TO-COVER-LATEST-BUDGET-SHORTFALL/Default.aspx

City of Lacey Hires Finance Director (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/875720.html

Shades of Olympia - Soldier Sanctuary Resolution Divides Bellingham (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/47273937.html

Seattle Parking Policy Peeves Tourists and Residents Alike (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060809WAB-seattle-parking-policy-SW.6020b2c4.html?rss

Singer-Songwriter Kenny Rankin Dead Of Lung Cancer
http://www.examiner.com/a-2058185~Singer_songwriter_Kenny_Rankin_dead_of_lung_cancer.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

DIVERSIONS

Florida Fisherman Hooks Live Missile in Gulf Waters
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12551746

Dog Plays Fetch With Live Grenade in Germany
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19691635/detail.html

Bike-Riding Rooster Ordered Out Of Miami Beach - Owner Ordered To Get Rid Of Fowl Because Of Early Morning Crowing
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19681325/detail.html

Coach Put Little League Boys Up To Burglary, Police Say
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090609/NEWS01/706099933/-1/RSS02

SONG OF THE DAY

Blackbird - Kenny Rankin (RIP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIKl3QhdtlY

Energy News Digest for June 8, 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)

- Columbia Falls Aluminum Closing at End of July
- Columbia Gorge Bucks Economic Winds, Especially in The Dalles
- New Nukes in the Northwest
- California Activists Ask Feds to Reject Nuclear Plants
- California - Victorville files suit against power plant design firm
- 'Smart Grid' To Spur Bids from Puget Sound Companies
- California - Power line plans protested in Livermore
- `Smart Grid' - Power Lines Move into Digital Age
- Why the Smart Grid Won’t Look Like the Internet Anytime Soon
- Duke Energy Reaches Settlement on Indiana Grid Upgrades
- TransAlta Donates $300,000 for Centralia HS Track
- Georgia - Plans for Coal Plant Are Still on Track despite Obstacles
- NY Mohawks to Vote On Creating Electric Utility
- Klamath Dams Removal Agreement Will Be Delayed
- From Logjam to Salmon Recovery - Alder Dam
- Idaho Petitions for More Salmon
- Chelan and Douglas PUDs to Team Up for Fish Study
- Washington State Eases Way For Condit Dam Removal
- Mason County PUD No. 1 Holding Hearing on Twanoh Heights Water System
- Proposed Kitsap County Government Policy: Don't Waste Water
- Official Says Wet Spring Boosted Aquifer Recharge
- Victoria Times Colonist Editorial - Time to Slow Sewage Express
- Herbicide Drift - Idaho Farmers Sue Federal Agency Over Lost Crops
- Stunt Lacked Merit - Clean-Air Lawsuit against WA Dairy Dropped
- California - Jury Awards Cotton Farmer $8.5M in Water Lawsuit
- Lake Mead Water Level Will Be Trigger for Pipeline
- Missouri - Table Rock Dam Gives Much Back to Local Area
- Iran's Lake Orumieh Shrinks Dramatically
- Recycling 'Gray Water' Cheaply, Safely (
- Skamania County Wind Project Will Kill Wildlife, Biologist Says
- Planned Kittitas County Wind Farm Reduces Turbines
- Plans to Harness the Ocean Excite Coastal Power Agencies
- New Backers for B.C. Wind Farm
- North Carolina - Green Energy = Higher Electricity Bills
- Paper Industry: Don't Kill Fuel Credit
- Northwest's Biofuel Boom Goes Bust
- Central Oregon Garbage Never Smelled So Sweet
- Kansas - Wind Suggested to Power Casinos
- The Winds of Change Blow through the Heartland and Beyond
- Molten Salt Is "Secret Sauce" Of New Solar Energy Technology
- Are Solar Panels Worth It?
- Buried Code - The Unexamined Federal Regulation in A House Energy Bill
- McMinnville Water & Light Offers Own Stimulus Package
- Green Homes Growing In Popularity
- Weatherization Program Aims To Provide Jobs, Save Homeowners Money
- Energy-Efficiency Programs Dimmed By Down Economy
- Stimulus Funds Spent to Keep Sun Belt Cool
- ENERGY: Clean Power Advocates Urge Conservation First
- How Much Are Electric Utilities Spending To Save a Kilowatt-Hour
- BC Hydro Asking Customers to Conserve to Power Up 2010 Winter Olympics
- 'Cap and Trade' Could Affect Montana More Than Most States
- Midwest Could Pay Big in New Energy Economy
- Qwest Backs Off Sale of Its Long-Distance Network
- Canada Mirrors U.S. Broadband Policies, Gets Same Crappy Results
- Orphaned Tweets
- Radio Giant Clear Channel Amps Up Digital Strategy
- Hiker Injured In Fall on Mount Ellinor
- Mason County Hikers Stuck In Canyon
- Severed Foot Found At Port Orchard Construction Site
- Upgraded Hood Canal Bridge: ‘Stability ... for Years to Come'
- AP Analysis Shows Recession's Impact Moderating
- Flushing out The Truth about Recycled Toilet Paper
- With "Extreme Makeover" Homes, Some Get Foreclosure Instead of Happy Ending

WORD OF THE DAY

Consecotaleophobia • \con-SECKOH-talley-oh-foe-bee-yah \ • noun – Fear of chopsticks.

The party was just breaking up for the night, the revelers going their separate ways for romance of a bite to eat. Darwin innocently wandered into a Chinese restaurant with his date where he was confronted by the business’ astounding collection of chopsticks. His unnatural bout of consecotaleophobia left him incapacitated for several minutes, after which he was just fine. Unfortunately, he was unexpectedly overcome with fear an hour later, for no apparent reason.

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

Columbia Falls Aluminum Closing at End of July “...plans to close in February, but an agreement with Bonneville Power for reduced electricity rates helped them keep the plant open longer….” (The Daily Interlake, Missoula, MT)
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2009/06/07/news/local_montana/news_8755652629_02.txt

Columbia Gorge Bucks Economic Winds, Especially in The Dalles (IStockAnalyist)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3260479

New Nukes in the Northwest (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/energy/archives/170554.asp?source=rss

California Activists Ask Feds to Reject Nuclear Plants (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_12529447

California - Victorville files suit against power plant design firm (The Daily Press, Victorville, CA)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/94918950/53616c7465645f5f205d54e84f60456570e542cecc725657bffc152e6238ef3f

'Smart Grid' To Spur Bids from Puget Sound Companies (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/06/08/story7.html?ana=from_rss

California - Power line plans protested in Livermore: Vociferous residents label project a 'green oxymoron' (Modesto Bee, CA)
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/735068.html

`Smart Grid' - Power Lines Move into Digital Age (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009308196_apussmartgridabridged.html?syndication=rss

Why the Smart Grid Won’t Look Like the Internet Anytime Soon (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/why-the-smart-grid-won%E2%80%99t-look-like-the-internet-anytime-soon/

Duke Energy Reaches Settlement on Indiana Grid Upgrades (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200906081103DOWJONESDJONLINE000373_FORTUNE5.htm

TransAlta Donates $300,000 for Centralia HS Track (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/874987.html

Georgia - Plans for Coal Plant Are Still on Track despite Obstacles (Augusta Chronicle, GA)
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/06/08/met_526904.shtml

NY Mohawks to Vote On Creating Electric Utility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009305107_apnymohawkspowervote.html?syndication=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Klamath Dams Removal Agreement Will Be Delayed (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2054844~Klamath_dams_removal_agreement_will_be_delayed.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines

From Logjam to Salmon Recovery - Alder Dam: Stream restoration project uses wood debris to create nursery area for fish (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/874697.html

Idaho Petitions for More Salmon (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/07/idaho-petitions-for-more-salmon/

Chelan and Douglas PUDs to Team Up for Fish Study (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090605/NEWS04/706059974/1025/rss1025

Washington State Eases Way For Condit Dam Removal - Environmental regulators say they have no serious concerns (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090607/NEWS02/706079955/State+eases+way+for+dam+removal

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Mason County PUD No. 1 Holding Hearing on Twanoh Heights Water System (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7470/reftab/1632/Default.aspx

Proposed Kitsap County Government Policy: Don't Waste Water (Kitsap Sum, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/07/proposed-kitsap-policy-dont-waste-water/?partner=RSS

Official Says Wet Spring Boosted Aquifer Recharge (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/874326.html

Victoria Times Colonist Editorial - Time to Slow Sewage Express (British Columbia)
http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=3bb3dadd-26d5-44cf-96d9-522c9b0c9bf2&k=60307

Herbicide Drift - Idaho Farmers Sue Federal Agency Over Lost Crops (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009312641_apusfarmsceneherbicidelawsuit.html?syndication=rss

Stunt Lacked Merit - Clean-Air Lawsuit against WA Dairy Dropped (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/874287.html

California - Jury Awards Cotton Farmer $8.5M in Water Lawsuit (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2056045~Jury_awards_cotton_farmer__8_5M_in_water_lawsuit.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

Lake Mead Water Level Will Be Trigger for Pipeline (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/06/state/n000030D16.DTL&feed=rss.business

Missouri - Table Rock Dam Gives Much Back to Local Area “…Tourism: 14,000 jobs and $1.6 billion related industries - $461 million in expenditures in 17 tourism-related sectors - saving an estimated $170 million in flood damage …” (Springfield News-Leader, MO)
http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090607/NEWS02/906070353/1007/NEWS01/Table+Rock+Dam+gives+much+back+to+local+area

Iran's Lake Orumieh Shrinks Dramatically (Press-TV)
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=97415&sectionid=3510208

Recycling 'Gray Water' Cheaply, Safely (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105089381&ft=1&f=3

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Skamania County Wind Project Will Kill Wildlife, Biologist Says (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090607/NEWS02/706079966/

Planned Kittitas County Wind Farm Reduces Turbines (The Daily Record, Ellensburg, WA)
http://kvnews.com/articles/2009/06/06/news//doc4a295d8035065262545198.txt

Plans to Harness the Ocean Excite Coastal Power Agencies (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/07//area_news/doc4a2b55bf1dee4013835989.txt

New Backers for B.C. Wind Farm (Tri-City News, British Columbia)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/tri_city_maple_ridge/tricitynews/news/46959122.html

North Carolina - Green Energy = Higher Electricity Bills (The Times-News, Burlington, NC)
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/bills-25641-electricity-energy.html

Paper Industry: Don't Kill Fuel Credit - They call it "black liquor," but the dark, chemical brew is not a beverage. (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105004252&ft=1&f=2

Northwest's Biofuel Boom Goes Bust (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/northwests_biofuel_boom_goes_b.html

Central Oregon Garbage Never Smelled So Sweet (The Bend Bulletin, OR)
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090607/BIZ0102/906070301/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01

Kansas - Wind Suggested to Power Casinos (Topeka Capitol-Journal, KS)
http://www.cjonline.com/news/state/2009-06-06/wind_suggested_to_power_casinos

The Winds of Change Blow through the Heartland and Beyond (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmCarbonEmissions/idUS168244195720090605

Molten Salt Is "Secret Sauce" Of New Solar Energy Technology (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009312233_saltsolar08.html?syndication=rss

Are Solar Panels Worth It? (WFMY-TV, Greensborough, NC)
http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=125354&catid=57

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Buried Code - The Unexamined Federal Regulation in A House Energy Bill “…The bill would give the federal government power over local building codes…” (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/06/AR2009060601797.html?nav=rss_opinions

McMinnville Water & Light Offers Own Stimulus Package (Yamhill Valley News-Register, OR)
http://www.newsregister.com/article/40013-utility+offers+own+stimulus+package

Green Homes Growing In Popularity (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/47167092.html

Weatherization Program Aims To Provide Jobs, Save Homeowners Money (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090607/BIZ/706079910/-1/RSS03

Energy-Efficiency Programs Dimmed By Down Economy (Boston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/06/08/story14.html?ana=from_rss

Stimulus Funds Spent to Keep Sun Belt Cool (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/science/earth/08weatherize.html?ref=us

ENERGY: Clean Power Advocates Urge Conservation First - Energy saving insulation, lighting and appliances urged before solar panels (North County Times, Escondido, CA)
http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/06/07/business/z91e47df5e7226bb4882575c8005a6023.txt

Energy Pulse Commentary - How much are electric utilities spending to save a kilowatt-hour through energy-efficiency programs?
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2063

BC Hydro Asking Customers to Conserve to Power Up 2010 Winter Olympics (Associated Press – Oh, and Victoria; stop flushing your toilets for those two weeks…)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAfL7OZdDk-KdwCGOZhfmL4kndQQ

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

'Cap and Trade' Could Affect Montana More Than Most States (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090607/NEWS01/906070301/+Cap+and+trade++could+affect+Montana+more+than+most+states

Midwest Could Pay Big in New Energy Economy (Chicago Public Radio)
http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=34660

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Qwest Backs Off Sale of Its Long-Distance Network (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/08/qwest-backs-off-sale-of-its-long-distance-network/

Canada Mirrors U.S. Broadband Policies, Gets Same Crappy Results - How's that 'free market' telecom utopia working out for you, eh? (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Canada-Mirrors-US-Broadband-Policies-Gets-Same-Crappy-Results-102793

Orphaned Tweets - When people sign up for Twitter, post once, then never return (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2219995/?from=rss

Radio giant Clear Channel amps up digital strategy (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/08/financial/f072609D48.DTL&feed=rss.business

GENERAL NEWS

Hiker Injured In Fall on Mount Ellinor (KIRO-Radio, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=175924

Mason County Hikers Stuck In Canyon (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060709WAB-steel-bridge-hikers-stuck-SW.5af8da26.html?rss

Severed Foot Found At Port Orchard Construction Site (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/406949_foot07.html?source=pimail

Upgraded Hood Canal Bridge: ‘Stability ... for Years to Come' (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/06/upgraded-hood-canal-bridge-145safety-for-years/?partner=RSS

AP Analysis Shows Recession's Impact Moderating (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009230192_apusstressmap.html?syndication=rss

Flushing out The Truth about Recycled Toilet Paper (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2009308821_ecoconsumer06m.html?syndication=rss

With "Extreme Makeover" Homes, Some Get Foreclosure Instead of Happy Ending (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/June/With-Extreme-Makeover-Homes--Some-Get-Foreclosure-Instead-of-Happy-Ending.html

DIVERSIONS

Stephen Colbert Shaves Head for US Troops in Iraq
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12545087

Robbery Suspects' Getaway Car Runs Out Of Gas - Police Trace Abandoned SUV To Vehicle Owner -- One Of The Suspects
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/19660894/detail.html

Bear Cub Spotted With Head Stuck In Feeder
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090607/ap_on_re_us/us_bear_in_feeder;_ylt=AjKq78PF7VxN9e_wAlajYV3tiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJpaXJwbDg0BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNjA3L3VzX2JlYXJfaW5fZmVlZGVyBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDMgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNiZWFyY3Vic3BvdHQ-

Modern Romeos and Juliets Can Tie Knot In Verona
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090602/od_nm/us_romeo;_ylt=AqNcMlEGGwZEs9lNXiaX1DTtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJka203c201BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNjAyL3VzX3JvbWVvBHBvcwM5BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDbW9kZXJucm9tZW9z

SONG OF THE DAY

Andre Rieu - Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHyR4ZzA2R0&feature=related

Energy News Digest for June 5, 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)

- Jefferson PUD to Launch Acquisition Discussions with Puget Sound Energy
- Montana - Shelby Co-Ops Resist Energy West Takeover Proposal
- Inland Power Sending Juice to New Headquarters
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Nuclear Power: Deserves Fresh, Fair Review
- Puget Sound Energy to Upgrade Snoqualmie Falls
- Tennessee Valley Authority to Build $820M Natural Gas Plant
- In Renewable Energy Legislation, Nuclear Power May Find Exemptions
- Gossett Appointed 2009-2010 NWPPA Board President
- Alcoa’s Wenatchee Works Smelter Gets New Manager
- Mining Giant May Scrap Deal with Chinese Aluminum Corporation
- News Release - NYPA, ALCOA Partner To Save Hundreds Of Jobs
- $64 Million - Montenegro to Bail out BasEl Aluminum Plant
- Chinese Miner Orders Guyana Layoffs Amid Crisis
- Century Aluminum Slows Repairs on Damaged Pots
- Indiana - Altec Announces Layoffs: Layoffs Will Take Place Late July
- Montana: Fergus Electric Gets $15 Million Loan
- News Release - Government to Boost Rural Electricity Upgrades
- Building America's Power Grid: Seeking leadership, not funds, from Washington
- Feds Release Plan to Protect California Chinook Salmon
- California - Plan Would Aid Salmon, Reduce Water for People
- California - Federal Ruling Helps Fish, But Water Costs Feared
- No Summer Steelhead Season Yet On Columbia
- Oregonian Op/Ed - The False Choice on Endangered Salmon
- Wall Street Journal Editorial - It's Not Too Late to Save the Tuna
- EPA Appoints Czar for Great Lakes Clean Up
- Detroit Edison Honored by National Arbor Day Foundation
- Wenatchee Overflow Test Spills Early
- Clean Energy Depends On Wider Economy Growth
- Transmission Greatest Barrier to US Wind Energy
- FERC, State of Washington Sign MOU for Hydrokinetic Energy Projects
- Biogas Company Seeks Permit to Use 40,000 Waste Tires for Manure Digester
- Birds, Bunnies and Power - Sensitive species butt heads with energy needs
- New Roll-Up Solar Panels
- Michigan Wind Park Noise Complaints Considered
- Son of Enron - Pockets Of Growth for Weather Derivatives Sector
- Can Lasers Save The Incandescent Lightbulb?
- Don’t Play Guilt Card, Environmentalists Told
- Key Points Of The Climate-Energy Bill Before Congress
- High-Stakes Quest for Permission to Pollute
- Add Renewables, Not Cost: Edison International CEO
- The Con Is On: How Carbon Credits Neuter Cap & Trade
- Selling Forest CO2 Credits - Could Equal Profits from Palm Oil Farms
- Washington Post Columnist - Coal's Pipedream?
- Washington Post Columnist - Green with Guilt
- Climate Change Comes to Our National Parks
- Greening the Cattle Herds: A New Diet to Cap Gas
- United Kingdom - Climate Protesters Glue Themselves to Firm's Doors
- Firm: 80% Broadband Penetration in Five Years
- Verizon's Bizarre New Network Neutrality PR Offensive
- Verizon Continues Proud History of Denial
- FTC shuts Down 'Rogue' ISP - Serviced 'the darkest corners of the Internet'
- Ma Bell and Its Vanishing Phone Lines
- Ohio - Judge asks for lawsuit to pursue lost fiber optics funds
- Just a Few on Twitter Do All the Tweeting
- A Night of Severe Weather
- Storms Bring Vivid End to Heat Wave
- SW Washington - Storm Sprints through Area
- Heat Out, High Winds In As 1,000-Plus Lose Power around Kitsap
- Wal-Mart Robbery – Police Say Suspects Celebrated After Killing
- Economy Got You Down? Many Blame Rating Firms
- Idaho - Cut Glass: Green Jobs for Female Inmates
- Boom Times for Scotch Broom Blooms
- Highway Shoulders Go Unmowed Amid Struggle
- Drug Users Hospitalized After Exposure to Deworming Medication

WORD OF THE DAY

Snooker • \ SNOO-kerr\ • noun – To make a dupe of: hoodwink

“What the blazes is this?” exclaimed the agitated power supply manager at the small New York electricity cooperative. A sparkling aluminum ingot thudded to the floor from the battered cardboard box that cradled it on its journey from the smelting behemoth to the sleepy little town. “The note says it’s a gift of gratitude from the aluminum company for the electricity subsidy the New York Power Authority provided at our expense,” growled the coop’s general manager, “I think we’ve been snookered on this deal.” The ingot was quickly dispatched to the city hall’s front door to act as a much needed doorstop.

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

Jefferson PUD to Launch Acquisition Discussions with Puget Sound Energy (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=24407

Montana - Shelby Co-Ops Resist Energy West Takeover Proposal: board members of those cooperatives say isn't in their members' best interests. (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090605/BUSINESS/906050320

Inland Power Sending Juice to New Headquarters (Spokesman-Review, Spokane)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/04/inland-power-sending-juice-new-headquarters/

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Nuclear Power: Deserves Fresh, Fair Review
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2009301728_nuclear_power.html?syndication=rss

Puget Sound Energy to Upgrade Snoqualmie Falls (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009304179_apwasnoqualmiefalls.html?syndication=rss

Tennessee Valley Authority to Build $820M Natural Gas Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009301388_apustvaemissions.html?syndication=rss

In Renewable Energy Legislation, Nuclear Power May Find Exemptions (RedOrbit)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1700922/in_renewable_energy_legislation_nuclear_power_may_find_exemptions/

Gossett Appointed 2009-2010 NWPPA Board President (Northwest Public Power Association, Links to PDF File)
http://www.nwppa.org/web/awards/2009_NWPPA_BOT_Elections.pdf

Alcoa’s Wenatchee Works Smelter Gets New Manager (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090604/NEWS04/706049897/1001/NEWS04

Mining Giant May Scrap Deal with Chinese Aluminum Corporation “…At the time of this deal, shares in Rio were severely depressed because commodity prices had dropped late last year…” (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/business/global/05mine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

News Release - NYPA, ALCOA Partner To Save Hundreds Of Jobs At Massena, NY Operations Despite Major Production Curtailment (New York Power Authority, NY)
http://www.nypa.gov/press/2009/090331a.htm

$64 Million - Montenegro to Bail out BasEl Aluminum Plant (Moscow Times, Russia)
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1009/42/377726.htm

Chinese Miner Orders Guyana Layoffs Amid Crisis: Lower Demand For Bauxite (MSN Money)
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&date=20090603&id=9977344

Century Aluminum Slows Repairs on Damaged Pots – Part of layoff of 120 workers (IstockAnalyst)
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3255223

Indiana - Altec Announces Layoffs: Layoffs Will Take Place Late July; Early August (WLKY, Louisville, KY)
http://www.wlky.com/money/19636937/detail.html

MONTANA: FERGUS ELECTRIC GETS $15 MILLION LOAN - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $15 million loan to Fergus Electric on Thursday, part of more than $1 billion in loans designed to build and repair 10,000 miles of distribution and transmission lines in rural areas. A total of 37 rural utilities in 29 states received the money which is part of the federal government's effort to strengthen infrastructure in rural communities. Fergus Electric was the only Montana utility to get a loan. To date, 402 rural electric cooperatives have used USDA Rural Development's Energy Resources Conservation program to increase energy efficiency, conservation and demand management initiatives. The Electric Program also helps finance energy conservation and renewable energy systems.

News Release - Government to Boost Rural Electricity Upgrades (Washington Energy Services)
http://www.washingtonenergy.com/articles/article/289/government-to-boost-rural-electricity-upgrades

Forbes Commentary - Building America's Power Grid: Seeking leadership, not funds, from Washington
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/04/america-power-grid-opinions-contributors-energy.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Feds Release Plan to Protect California Chinook Salmon (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2051901~Feds_release_plan_to_protect_chinook_salmon.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

California - Plan Would Aid Salmon, Reduce Water for People: Federal regulators prescribed sweeping changes Thursday to the dams, reservoirs and pumps that supply water to two-thirds of California (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/04/BAV618119E.DTL&feed=rss.news

California - Federal Ruling Helps Fish, But Water Costs Feared (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/1920924.html

No Summer Steelhead Season Yet On Columbia (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/06/no_summer_steelhead_season_yet.html

Oregonian Op/Ed - The False Choice on Endangered Salmon
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/06/the_false_choice_on_endangered.html

Wall Street Journal Editorial - It's Not Too Late to Save the Tuna: The U.S. should step forward to stop exploitation of the seas
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124416336079787523.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

EPA Appoints Czar for Great Lakes Clean Up (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009299793_apusobamagreatlakes.html?syndication=rss

Detroit Edison Honored by National Arbor Day Foundation (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=113087

Wenatchee Overflow Test Spills Early, Which Is Cool With Neighbors (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090604/NEWS04/706049934/1001/NEWS04

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Clean Energy Depends On Wider Economy Growth (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GlobalEnergy09/idUSTRE55428020090605

Transmission Greatest Barrier to US Wind Energy – Industry Poll (Renewable Energy Focus)
http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/2032/transmission-greatest-barrier-to-us-wind-energy-industry-poll/

FERC, State of Washington Sign MOU for Hydrokinetic Energy Projects (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
http://www.ferc.gov/news/news-releases/2009/2009-2/06-04-09.asp

Biogas Company Seeks Permit to Use 40,000 Waste Tires for Manure Digester (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/biogas_company_seeks_permit_to.html

Birds, Bunnies and Power - Sensitive species butt heads with energy needs in the battle for sagebrush (Boise Weekly, ID)
http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/birds-bunnies-and-power/Content?oid=1061806

New Roll-Up Solar Panels (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=1911

Michigan Wind Park Noise Complaints Considered (Huron Daily Tribune, Bad Axe MI)
http://www.michigansthumb.com/articles/2009/06/04/news/local_news/doc4a2827a1b0363036473191.txt

Son of Enron - Pockets Of Growth for Weather Derivatives Sector (Energy Risk)
http://www.energyrisk.com/public/showPage.html?page=860840

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Can Lasers Save The Incandescent Lightbulb? (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10256065-54.html

Don’t Play Guilt Card, Environmentalists Told (Fox News)
http://green.foxnews.com/2009/06/05/dont-play-guilt-card-environmentalists-told/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Key Points Of The Climate-Energy Bill Before Congress - Lawmakers craft a bill that will move the US to a far cleaner energy policy (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/06/04/key-points-of-the-climate-energy-bill-before-congress/

High-Stakes Quest for Permission to Pollute - Interest Groups Press Congress for Cap-and-Trade Allowances in Climate-Change Legislation (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/04/AR2009060404435.html?wprss=rss_business

Add Renewables, Not Cost: Edison International CEO (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GlobalEnergy09/idUSTRE5537FG20090604

The Con Is On: How Carbon Credits Neuter Cap & Trade (Financial Times of London)
http://blogs.ft.com/maverecon/2009/06/the-con-is-on-how-carbon-credits-neuter-cap-trade/

Selling Forest CO2 Credits - Could Equal Profits from Palm Oil Farms (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=1913

Washington Post Columnist - Coal's Pipedream?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/04/AR2009060402991.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns

Washington Post Columnist - Green with Guilt
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/03/AR2009060303240.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns

Climate Change Comes to Our National Parks (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/18971/

Greening the Cattle Herds: A New Diet to Cap Gas (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/us/05cows.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

United Kingdom - Climate protesters glue themselves to firm's doors (Get Surrey, UK – We’d love to remove the glue, but the acetone would pollute…sorry!)
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2052053_climate_protesters_glue_themselves_to_firms_doors

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Firm: 80% Broadband Penetration in Five Years - Thanks largely to fiber and Mobile WiMax (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Firm-80-Broadband-Penetration-In-Five-Years-102772

Verizon's Bizarre New Network Neutrality PR Offensive - For the first time in a while, Verizon seems legitimately afraid (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizons-Bizarre-Network-Neutrality-PR-Offensive-102774

Verizon Continues Proud History of Denial - Competition is everywhere, there's nothing to see here (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Continues-Proud-History-Of-Denial-102787

FTC shuts Down 'Rogue' ISP - Serviced 'the darkest corners of the Internet' (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FTC-Shuts-Down-Rogue-ISP-102786

Ma Bell and Its Vanishing Phone Lines (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/05/ma-bell-and-its-vanishing-phone-lines/

Ohio - Judge asks for lawsuit to pursue lost fiber optics funds (Oxford Press, OH)
http://www.oxfordpress.com/news/oxford-news/judge-asks-for-lawsuit-to-pursue-fiber-optics-funds-148370.html

Just a Few on Twitter Do All the Tweeting: Study (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE55381S20090605?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest

GENERAL NEWS

A Night of Severe Weather (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060409WXB-severe-weather-KC.4cb2d54d.html?rss

Storms Bring Vivid End to Heat Wave (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/47018332.html

SW Washington - Storm Sprints through Area: Damage reported to structures, cars, trees (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090604/NEWS02/706049936/Storm+sprints+through+area

Heat Out, High Winds In As 1,000-Plus Lose Power Around Kitsap (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/04/heat-out-high-winds-1000-plus-lose-power-around-ki/?partner=RSS

Wal-Mart Robbery – Police Say Suspects Celebrated After Killing (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/46985252.html

Economy Got You Down? Many Blame Rating Firms (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104962188&ft=1&f=3

Idaho - Cut Glass: Green Jobs for Female Inmates (Boise Weekly)
http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/cut-glass/Content?oid=1061838

Boom Times for Scotch Broom Blooms (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/03/boom-times-for-scotch-broom-blooms/

Highway Shoulders Go Unmowed Amid Struggles - Shaggier Look in As Peak Travel Season Nears (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/19665455/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_7am&tmi=sea_7am_1_09000106052009&ts=H

Drug Users Hospitalized After Exposure to Deworming Medication in Cocaine, Crack (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009302870_cocaine050.html?syndication=rss

DIVERSIONS

Green Tea Coca Cola to Debut in Japan
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19658080/detail.html

NBIMBY Alert - Arizona Bishop Sentenced For Church Bell Noise: Bishop Says He Will Appeal
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19656693/detail.html

Nirvana Bassist Runs For Clerk in Tiny Wash. County
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/170344.asp?source=pimail

Timely fish tale: Hawaii fish coughs up gold watch
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12520927

How Many Balloons Would It Take To Lift a House? The physics of Pixar's Up.
http://www.slate.com/id/2219775/?from=rss

SONG OF THE DAY

Heart - Crazy on You, Live 1978 (Nancy Wilson is AWSOME!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whXeb7Ohfkk&feature=related

Energy News Digest for June 4, 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)

- Energy Northwest Considers More Nuclear Power
- BPA’s Montana Transmission Line Rebuild Project Begins
- Idaho Power Gas Plant near New Plymouth Faces Challenge
- Natural Gas Stockpiles Grew More than Expected
- Oregon - Fluid spill at Lookout Point Dam near Eugene
- Puget Sound Energy Presses Plan to Spread out Heating Bills
- Oregon - Coos Curry Electrical Co-Op Ready To Build on Old Mill Site
- Nuclear List Called No Threat
- Maryland - O'Malley Promises Renewed Effort to Re-Regulate Utilities
- Arkansas - Judge Hears Latest in Dispute over Federal Prison's Electricity
- Colorado - YVEA candidates disagree on utility's rate structure
- Can The Smart Grid Co-Exist With The Current System?
- Idaho Statesman Editorial - Finally, An Honest Broker Tells The Truth
- Wooden Pipes Are Common In the Northwest
- Mud fight on the Skagit - Which is more threatened: wetlands or farmlands?
- Renewables Could Take Further Hit
- Germany’s $143 Billion Wind Farms Jeopardized by Tight Funding
- Oregon Senator Sees Economic Power in Wave Energy
- Idaho - Pocatello, Hoku Strike Deal on New Polysilicon Plant
- North Dakota Regulators Seek Rule Change On Wind Power Costs
- Is Community Wind Power Full Of Hot Air?
- Energy Pulse Commentary - Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste
- Stimulus Weatherization Plan Comes With Pros, Cons
- A Local Company is Building a House You Can Heat with a Blow-Dryer
- Green Workers Feel Safe amid Slump
- Olympian Editorial - Governor Right to Show Leadership on Climate Change
- Oregon Climate Change Bill Crawling Through Committee Review
- Oregon Governor Joins Support of BPA's Proposed Carbon Study
- Report Shows How the S&P 500 Would Fare Financially Under Cap-and-Trade
- Hot-Air Balloon Tour Urges Action against Climate Legislation
- Washington Has Third-Highest Internet Use in U.S.
- Yahoo CEO: Shake-Up Needs More Time, Not Microsoft
- Another Hot Day for Puget Sound Region
- All Four Suspects in Wal-Mart Shootings Jailed
- Bound Found At Yelm Hydro Plant Identified As Missing 12-Year-Old Girl
- The Hood Canal Bridge Reopens To Traffic
- Pacific Northwest Could Lead Nation Out Of Recession, Moody's Says
- WA Secretary Of State Concerned About Plan to 'Out' Petition Signers
- Auditors Say State of Idaho Gave $659K Contract to Wrong Company
- David Carradine, Actor, Is Dead at 72

WORD OF THE DAY

Hoary • \HORR-ree\ • adjective – 1. Overused: old and stale from overuse 2. White with age 3. Covered with pale hairs

The Japanese Minister of Parliament slowly rose to give his rebuttal to his opponent’s charges of frivolous government spending. Deep in his soul, the minister knew that the state-sponsored stand-up comedy classes would pay off. If he could just banish from his mind the hoary old joke about “Hello Kitty,” a Shinto Priest, and the Emperor who all walked into a bar with ducks on their heads….

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

Energy Northwest Considers More Nuclear Power (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_more_nuke_plants.html?source=mypi

BPA’s Montana Transmission Line Rebuild Project Begins (The Western News, Libby, MT)
http://www.thewesternnews.com/articles/2009/06/02/news/doc4a2551254f346826756835.txt

Idaho Power Gas Plant near New Plymouth Faces Challenge (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/791384.html

Natural Gas Stockpiles Grew More than Expected (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009299778_apusnaturalgasstorage.html?syndication=rss

Oregon - Fluid spill at Lookout Point Dam near Eugene (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2050434~Fluid_spill_at_Lookout_Point_Dam_near_Eugene.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines

Puget Sound Energy Presses Plan to Spread out Heating Bills (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/766629.html

Oregon - Coos Curry Electrical Co-Op Ready To Build on Old Mill Site (The World, Coos Bay, OR)
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/06/02/news/doc4a255d8b917ab465422745.txt

Nuclear List Called No Threat (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/us/04nuke.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Maryland - O'Malley Promises Renewed Effort to Re-Regulate Utilities (Washington Post)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/annapolis/2009/06/_gov_martin_omalley_d.html

Arkansas Deregulation Faux Pas - Judge Hears Latest in Dispute over Federal Prison's Electricity: must rule on whether Entergy or Woodruff Electric Cooperative has the right to serve a federal prison (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/261211/

Colorado - YVEA candidates disagree on utility's rate structure – should it be to achieve the lowest rates possible or engage in energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives that could cost money (Steamboat Pilot, Steamboat Springs, CO)
http://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/2009/jun/04/yvea_candidates_disagree_utilitys_rate_structure/

Can The Smart Grid Co-Exist With The Current System? (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=363965&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Idaho Statesman Editorial - Finally, an Honest Broker Tells the Truth
http://www.idahostatesman.com/editorial/story/788881.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Wooden Pipes Are Common In the Northwest (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060309WAB-wooden-pipes-SW.46273bf0.html?rss

Mud fight on the Skagit - Which is more threatened: wetlands or farmlands? (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/2009/06/04/real-estate/19027/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Renewables Could Take Further Hit (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5525Q620090603

Germany’s $143 Billion Wind Farms Jeopardized by Tight Funding (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aYoYkIa1Di38&refer=uk

Oregon Senator Sees Economic Power in Wave Energy (Newport News Times, OR)
http://www.newportnewstimes.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=350&page=72

Idaho - Pocatello, Hoku Strike Deal on New Polysilicon Plant (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/870278.html

North Dakota Regulators Seek Rule Change on Wind Power Costs (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/03/financial/f183124D90.DTL&feed=rss.business

Is Community Wind Power Full Of Hot Air? (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10254733-54.html

Energy Pulse Commentary - Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=2057

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Stimulus Weatherization Plan Comes With Pros, Cons (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/03/financial/f120626D35.DTL&feed=rss.business

Futurehaus - A Local Company Is Building A House You Can Heat With A Blow-Dryer (Willamette Weekly, OR)
http://wweek.com/editorial/3530/12628/

Green Workers Feel Safe amid Slump (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/green-workers-feel-safe-amid-slump/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Olympian Editorial - Governor Right to Show Leadership on Climate Change
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/871184.html

Oregon Climate Change Bill Crawling Through Committee Review (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5119-climate-change-bill-crawling-through-committee-review/

Oregon Governor Joins Support of BPA's Proposed Carbon Study (The Daily Tidings, Ashland, OR)
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090602/NEWS02/90602003

Report Shows How the S&P 500 Would Fare Financially Under Cap-and-Trade (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmCarbonEmissions/idUS421842559520090603

Hot-Air Balloon Tour Urges Action against Climate Legislation (The Tennessean)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090604/NEWS01/906040319/1006/NEWS01/Hot-air+balloon+tour+urges+action+against+climate+legislation

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Washington Has Third-Highest Internet Use in U.S. (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/06/01/daily33.html?ana=from_rss

Yahoo CEO: Shake-Up Needs More Time, Not Microsoft (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/03/financial/f114631D57.DTL&feed=rss.business

GENERAL NEWS

Another Hot Day for Puget Sound Region (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060409WXB-hot-temperatures-LJ.49485919.html?rss

All Four Suspects in Wal-Mart Shootings Jailed (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19655957/detail.html

Bound Found At Yelm Hydro Plant Identified As Missing 12-Year-Old Yelm Girl (The News Tribune, Tacoma)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/766598.html

The Hood Canal Bridge Reopens To Traffic (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19652917/detail.html

Pacific Northwest Could Lead Nation Out Of Recession, Moody's Says (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/06/oregon_could_lead_nation_out_o.html

WA Secretary Of State Concerned About Plan to 'Out' Petition Signers (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5126-wa-secretary-state-concerned-about-plan-out-referendum-petition-signers/

Idaho - Auditors Say State of Idaho Gave $659K Contract to Wrong Company (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2048143~Auditors__ID_gave__659K_contract_to_wrong_company.html?cid=rss-Idaho_Headlines

David Carradine, Actor, Is Dead at 72 (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/04/world/AP-AS-Thailand-DavidCar.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

DIVERSIONS

Starbucks Supervisors Can Dip Into Employee Tips, Court Rules
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/03/BAHS17VNIO.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea

Drought Brings Horde Of Toads To Town
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/19641682/detail.html

Vehicular Assault Suspect Arrested After He Assaults Tree with His Pickup
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2009297780_as_the_saying_goes_justice.html?syndication=rss

Prince Charles Calls for Squirrel Cull to Save Timber Industry
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5438452/Prince-Charles-calls-for-squirrel-cull-to-save-timber-industry.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Kung Fu - Caine's Theme (RIP David Carradine)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBf_eAyIeLM

Energy News Digest for June 3, 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)

- Hot Weather to Plague Puget Sound Region – PUD 3 Advises Caution & Preparation
- Salem Statesman Journal Op/Ed - Salem Electric Plays Role in Fighting Climate Change
- Two Men Electrocuted During Southern California Wire Theft
- Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Democrats are overlooking best green option: nuclear
- Canada - Electricity consumers warned of cost hikes
- Arkansas - Electric Co-Op Meeting Draws Anti-Herbicide Crowd
- High Country News Op/Ed - Salmon Simplification
- Chinook Season Opens on Snake River
- House Passes Bill for Stocking Fish in N. Cascades
- Environmentalists Differ On Collaborative Projects
- Victoria, BC - Capital Regional District Votes In Favor of Four Sewage Plants for $1.2 Billion
- Analysis Finds Elevated Risk From Soot Particles in the Air
- Pacific NW Governors Urge Green Energy Power Grid Funding
- US Small Wind Market Grew 78% in 2008
- US small turbine market enjoys fair wind
- Report: Ending Ethanol Mandates Would Gut Corn Prices
- Colorado - Military Vets Graduate from Green-Jobs Program
- OR Watchdogs Work to Protect Jobs under Western Climate Initiative
- Low-Key Governor Becomes Leading GOP Voice on Climate
- Avoiding A $300 Million Broadband Mapping Boondoggle
- U.S. Census Data Shows What We Know: Internet Growth
- Embarq & Centurytel = CenturyLink
- Microsoft Windows 7 to Hit Market in October
- Microsoft Hopes Bing Is the Next Google
- Gen Y Not Into Twitter
- Suspected Lakewood Wal-Mart Gunman in Custody
- Teen Hunter Found Guilty In Hiker's Shooting Death
- Mason County Departments under County Commission Control to Be Cut
- Day Two of Mason County Candidate Filing Nets 13 More
- Hood Canal Bridge Is about Ready to Reopen
- Road Construction Projects Boosted Kitsap Tax Revenue in April
- "Broken" Communication between Dam Operator and Local Governments Exacerbated Pacific Flood

WORD OF THE DAY

Pompadour • \POMP-uh-dorr\ • noun - 1a: a man's style of hairdressing in which the hair is combed into a high mound in front b: a woman's style of hairdressing in which the hair is brushed into a loose full roll around the face *2: hair dressed in a pompadour

Ambrose was fascinated by the intricate comb-over of his English Literature professor. The swirls of long, lank hair had been delicately combed forward to create a pompadour that had an eerie resemblance to a set of goat horns. One gust of wind, and the wild mess would resemble a fountain grass plant drooping at the end of a long summer.

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

Hot Weather to Plague Puget Sound Region – PUD 3 Advises Caution & Preparation (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=557

Salem Statesman Journal Op/Ed - Salem Electric Plays Role In Fighting Climate Change
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090603/OPINION/906030422/1049

Two Men Electrocuted During Southern California Wire Theft (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12502355

Idaho Statesman Op/Ed - Democrats are overlooking best green option: nuclear
http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/story/787098.html

Canada - Electricity consumers warned of cost hikes: Transmission, carbon policy may hit prices (Vancouver Sun)
http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Electricity+consumers+warned+cost+hikes/1373256/story.html

Arkansas - Electric Co-Op Meeting Draws Anti-Herbicide Crowd (Carroll County News, AR)
http://www.carrollconews.com/story/1544158.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

High Country News Op/Ed - Salmon Simplification (From Gregory K. Delwiche, VP Environment, Fish and Wildlife, Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.9/salmon-simplification?src=rc

Chinook Season Opens on Snake River (East Oregonian, Hermiston)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=51&ArticleID=93415&TM=59652.45

House Passes Bill for Stocking Fish in N. Cascades (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009291079_apwafishstockingcascades.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Environmentalists Differ On Collaborative Projects (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5113-environmentalists-differ-collaborative-projects/

Victoria, BC - Capital Regional District Votes In Favor of Four Sewage Plants for $1.2 Billion (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/Technology/Capital+Regional+District+votes+favour+four+sewage+plants+billion/1655084/story.html

Analysis Finds Elevated Risk From Soot Particles in the Air “…A variety of sources produce fine particles, and they include diesel engines, automobile tires, coal-fired power plants and oil refineries (Oh, and wood smoke) (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/science/earth/03soot.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Pacific NW Governors Urge Green Energy Power Grid Funding “…backup supply of hydropower from federal dams will be exhausted before regional wind power is expanded from the current 2,000 megawatts to 6,000…” (Associated Press – Especially if Snake River Dams are gone…)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009290721_aporwindpowergrid.html

US Small Wind Market Grew 78% in 2008 (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/06/awea-reports-78-growth-for-small-wind-in-2008?cmpid=rss

US small turbine market enjoys fair wind - New report predicts 30-fold increase in sales of micro-wind turbines over the next five years (Business Green)
http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2243403/small-wind-power-surges

Report: Ending Ethanol Mandates Would Gut Corn Prices (Agriculture Online)
http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/1243973104628.xml

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Colorado - Military Vets Graduate from Green-Jobs Program (Associated Press)
http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/2009/06/03/Military_vets_graduate_from_greenjobs_program/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

OR Watchdogs Work to Protect Jobs under Western Climate Initiative (Public News Service)
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/9174-1

Low-Key Governor Becomes Leading GOP Voice on Climate (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/02/02greenwire-low-key-governor-becomes-leading-gop-voice-on-85064.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Avoiding A $300 Million Broadband Mapping Boondoggle - Consumer groups warn public about Connected Nation (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-300-Million-Broadband-Mapping-Boondoggle-102748

U.S. Census Data Shows What We Know: Internet Growth (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/03/u-s-census-data-shows-what-we-know-internet-growth/

Embarq & Centurytel = CenturyLink - Merged companies unveil new name, logo (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Embarq-Centurytel-CenturyLink-102742

Microsoft Windows 7 to Hit Market in October (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/06/02/technology/tech-us-microsoft.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Microsoft Hopes Bing Is the Next Google (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090603/BIZ/706039913/-1/RSS03

Gen Y Not Into Twitter - When it comes to tweeting, the younger generation isn’t getting with the program (South Florida Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2009/06/01/daily30.html?ana=from_rss

GENERAL NEWS

Suspected Lakewood Wal-Mart Gunman in Custody (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19645757/detail.html?treets=sea&tml=sea_break&ts=T&tmi=sea_break_1_11460106032009

Teen Hunter Found Guilty In Hiker's Shooting Death (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/46730622.html

Mason County Departments under County Commission Control to Be Cut to Meet Latest Budget Shortfall (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7436/reftab/1632/t/DEPARTMENTS-UNDER-COUNTY-COMMISSION-CONTROL-TO-BE-CUT-TO-MEET-LATEST-BUDGET-SHORTFALL-/Default.aspx

Day Two of Mason County Candidate Filing Nets 13 More (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7437/reftab/1632/t/DAY-TWO-OF-CANDIDATE-FILING-NETS-13-MORE/Default.aspx

Hood Canal Bridge Is about Ready to Reopen - The Transportation Department hasn't said exactly when it will reopen the Hood Canal floating bridge, but it has a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for Saturday (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009293079_b1hoodcanalbrdgelo03.html?syndication=rss

Road Construction Projects Boosted Kitsap Tax Revenue in April (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/01/road-construction-projects-boosted-kitsap-tax-in/?partner=RSS

"Broken" Communication between Dam Operator and Local Governments Exacerbated Pacific Flood (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009293098_pacific03m0.html?syndication=rss

DIVERSIONS

Student’s marijuana speech ends with flourish – and trip to jail: 17-year-old lights joint to make point
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/765250.html

Woman Who Fed Bears Convicted
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/46780397.html

Peacocks Take Over Phoenix Neighborhood - Lawmakers Do Little To Stop Annoying Birds
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19620034/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_nots&tmi=sea_nots_1_01000206022009&ts=H

SONG OF THE DAY

Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not to Come (Written by Randy Newman)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeFii0frqMY&feature=PlayList&p=EB4F320D4378C41C&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=16