Energy News Digest for October 24, 2008

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.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

- Grays Harbor County PUD pulls out of Cosmopolis mill cogeneration deal
- Port Townsend suspends lobbyist; Strategies 360 was representing PSE in Jefferson County public power fight
- San Francisco votes on electrical system takeover
- Clallam County PUD race causing rift on commission
- Oregon – Appeals court sides with liquefied natural gas developer in Coos Bay
- Nuclear Power May Be in Early Stages of a Revival
- Dynegy to Warn Investors on Risks of Coal Burning
- Missouri – Over rebuild of breached hydro reservoir project – Court denies Taum Sauk reservoir review
- FERC approves $14.2 million California settlement related to energy crisis
- BPA – Landmark agreement on hatchery changes expected to be good for fish
- Klamath salmon looking good for 2009
- Seven Puget Sound Orca Deaths Attributed to Lack of Food
- California – Only 12K salmon return: Hatchery official still expects enough fish to meet egg quota
- Consumer groups call on FDA to test Chilean salmon
- Vader Water System Could Become Property of Thurston PUD
- Oregon – Rogue River’s Gold Ray Dam: the next to go?
- California to pull Auburn Dam water rights on American River
- Wenatchee fixes leaky underground water reservoir
- Environmental groups fight for greener ways to deal with storm runoff
- Wenatchee area sewer service may expand, but some don’t want it
- Duke cuts proposed $100M solar program
- Wal-Mart Says Duke Energy’s Solar Roof Plan Unfair
- Agency seeks to clear air on Vancouver area woodstove decision
- British Columbia needs alternatives for energy
- Missouri – Electric utilities face renewable energy initiative
- Wind development biggest challenge for power grid
- Algae fans gather in Seattle to boost alternative energy industry
- Conservation is a sham; Smart Consumption isn't
- Solving the financial crisis by averting the climate crisis
- State of Oregon sets new greenhouse gas emission rules
- Date Local – The environmental case against long-distance relationships
- Yahoo plans new data center in Nebraska
- Broadband Over Power Lines Gets An Autopsy
- Japan, Korea lead in fiber-optic broadband
- FCC Pushes Digital TV on Tribal Reservations
- Lumber industry threatened by unsold homes
- At Rail Crossing – Highway 108 Closes Overnight Friday
- Man charged in 2007 theft of aluminum bridge
- Fall Back November 2 – Use clock change as reminder to change smoke alarm batteries
- Survey: U.S. Doctors Regularly Prescribe Placebos

These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest

WORD OF THE DAY

Exoteric • \ek-suh-TAIR-ik\ • adjective – *1: suitable to be imparted to the public 2: belonging to the outer or less initiate circle 3: external

The smoke-filled room rumbled with the low-voiced whispers of the Presidential king-makers. “No...No…No,” uttered the head of the group. “If we’re going to position our candidate as a Washington outsider, we can’t call them an ‘exoteric candidate.’ It makes it sound as if they have some sort of weird lifestyle.”

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

Grays Harbor County PUD pulls out of Cosmopolis mill cogeneration deal – The Evergreen Pulp Mill deal is dead (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/10/23/local_news/02news.txt

Port Townsend suspends lobbyist; Strategies 360 was representing PSE in Jefferson County public power fight (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=22205

San Francisco votes on electrical system takeover (Associated Press)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_x60e4vvz1waOw3a5onxM442jtQD940TNT00

Clallam County PUD race causing rift on commission (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4139

Oregon – Appeals court sides with liquefied natural gas developer in Coos Bay (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1652441~Appeals_court_sides_with_LNG_developer_in_Coos_Bay.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines

Nuclear Power May Be in Early Stages of a Revival (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/business/24nuke.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

Dynegy to Warn Investors on Risks of Coal Burning (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/business/24dynegy.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Missouri – Over rebuild of breached hydro reservoir project – Court denies Taum Sauk reservoir review (St. Louis Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/10/20/daily83.html?ana=from_rss

FERC approves $14.2 million California settlement related to 2001 West Coast energy crisis (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=343448&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Landmark agreement on hatchery changes expected to be good for fish ─ and good for fishing (News Release, Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/235560/

Klamath salmon looking good for 2009 (The Times-Standard, Eureka, CA)
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_10803408?source=rss

Seven Puget Sound Orca Deaths Attributed to Lack of Food (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/oct/23/seven-puget-sound-orca-deaths-attributed-to-lack/

California – Only 12K salmon return: Hatchery official still expects enough fish to meet egg quota (Redding Record Searchlight, CA)
http://www.redding.com/news/2008/oct/23/only-12k-salmon-return/?partner=yahoo_headlines

Consumer groups call on FDA to test Chilean salmon – authorities in Germany detected banned chemicals in the fish (The Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008302966_apimportedsalmonchemicals.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Vader-Area Water System Could Become Property of Thurston PUD (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1224787559&archive=

Oregon – Rogue River’s Gold Ray Dam: the next to go? Environmental studies will determine when and how Gold Ray Dam will come down (The Mail-Tribune, Medford, OR)
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081024/NEWS/810240327/-1/rss01

State of California to pull Auburn Dam water rights on American River (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/1338499.html

Leaky reservoir no more – Wenatchee’s tomb-like facility had been losing 140 gallons of water a minute (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081023/NEWS04/710239889

Environmental groups fight for greener ways to deal with storm runoff (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/33083339.html

Wenatchee area sewer service may expand, but some don’t want it (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081023/NEWS04/710239915/1001/rss1001

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Duke cuts proposed $100M solar program (Charlotte Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/10/20/daily34.html?ana=from_rss

Wal-Mart Says Duke Energy’s Solar Roof Plan Unfair (Environmental Leader)
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/10/20/wal-mart-says-dukes-solar-roof-plan-unfair/

Agency seeks to clear air on Vancouver area woodstove decision – Choice to award grants in specific area angers some residents (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081024/NEWS02/710249951/-1/news

British Columbia needs alternatives for energy – Demand may create Island opportunities (Nanaimo Daily News, BC)
http://www.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=27574c40-1d14-4780-bd44-6742268a8b00

Missouri – Electric utilities face renewable energy initiative from Prop. C (Bolivar Herald Free Press, MO)
http://www.bolivarmonews.com/articles/2008/10/24/news/doc4900df6d590e9508808447.txt

Wind development biggest challenge for power grid (Scientific American)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=wind-development-biggest

Algae fans gather in Seattle to boost alternative energy industry (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008304498_algae240.html

CONSERVATION

Conservation is a sham; Smart Consumption isn't (Design News)
http://www.designnews.com/blog/Green_Engineering/1871-Conservation_is_a_sham_Smart_Consumption_isn_t.php

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Seattle Times Op/Ed – Solving the financial crisis by averting the climate crisis
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008303013_opin24gillerweb.html?syndication=rss

State of Oregon sets new greenhouse gas emission rules (Portland Tribune, OR)
http://www.portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=122479756902002900

Date Local – The environmental case against long-distance relationships (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2202431/?from=rss

TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY

Yahoo plans new data center in Nebraska (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10805311?source=rss

Broadband Over Power Lines Gets An Autopsy – Say goodnight to the FCC's 'great broadband hope (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Over-Power-Lines-Gets-An-Autopsy-98627

Japan, Korea lead in fiber-optic broadband (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE49M4Q320081023?sp=true

FCC Pushes Digital TV on Tribal Reservations (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4481

GENERAL NEWS

Lumber industry threatened by unsold homes (KIRO Radio, Seattle, WA)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=98562

At Rail Crossing – Highway 108 Closes Overnight Friday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/selectmoduleid/3468/ArticleID/5371/reftab/1896/title/HIGHWAY_108_CLOSES_OVERNIGHT_FRIDAY/Default.aspx

Man charged in 2007 theft of aluminum bridge (The Daily News, Longview, WA)http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/10/24/area_news/doc490122472aeee897895737.txt

Fall Back November 2 – Use clock change as reminder to change smoke alarm batteries (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20081024/NEWS02/710249943/-1/news

Survey: U.S. Doctors Regularly Prescribe Placebos (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96063076&ft=1&f=3

DIVERSIONS

Man May Be Reimbursed For Money Mutilated By Mice
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17788099/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible

Follow-Up File – Deal Brings Longtime Santa Back To Mall
http://www.kirotv.com/money/17788664/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible

Drummer Breaks Into Church To Rock Out – Police Catch Man In Spirited, Illegal Solo
http://www.kirotv.com/entertainment/17785069/detail.html?rss=sea&psp=irresistible

Unwanted Chihuahuas crowd Santa Barbara shelters
http://www.examiner.com/a-1654009~Unwanted_Chihuahuas_crowd_Santa_Barbara_shelters.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines