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)
- WA storm knocks out power
- Puget Sound Energy Urges Customers to Report Power Outages
- Era of cheap power is ending – Idaho Power has long relied on hydropower and coal
- Cat starts Grant County PUD substation fire
- MONTANA – NorthWestern seeks to sell stake in Colstrip, Montana power plant
- Heat tightens New England electricity supplies
- NEW YORK – Our power, their dollars: New York Power Authority reaps windfall
- PENNSYLVANIA – King Coal Country Debates a Sacrilege, Gas Heat
- NORTH CAROLINA – Duke has right to cut trees on private property
- 2000 NY Times – Lack of Power In the West Proves a Boon For Some
- Eureka Times-Standard Op/Ed – Klamath River isn't in good shape
- Seattle Times Op/Ed – Finding a system that sustains the Pacific groundfish fishery
- Researchers scramble to deal with dying oysters
- Ballard locks close for salmon screen work
- Water transfers will not need permits
- EPA Slams Winlock Landowner – Agency Requires 100 Acres of Wetlands to Be Restored
- Bottled Water Banned For King County Workers
- $4.5 Million Water Bill for a New York Agency
- U.S. eyes solar as energy costs rise
- Don't Mess with Texas Wind
- Hot Air Proves Useful – Xcel will use wind, solar energy to power national political conventions
- Energy Pulse Commentary – Utilities and Net Metering
- CALIFORNIA – Richmond looks at updating regulations for biofuel developers
- Out of the frying pan and into the power grid
- Recycle compact fluorescent bulbs
- Energy: Turn lights off, New Zealanders told, as drought hits power plants
- Wal-Mart helps save energy at 19 state capitols
- ALASKA – Learning to love the low-power line
- Seattle Times Columnist – Your footprint's looking good, Seattle
- Hey, Portland: Try to fit twice the people here
- U.S. voluntary carbon market does not reward complexity
- Amazon.com back up after having more trouble today
- Shareholders try to kill Yahoo severance plan
- PENNSYLVANIA – Documentary on Dying Philly Wi-Fi Network
- Many U.S. tech workers eager to telecommute, survey suggests
- Surprising spring snow blankets Washington mountains
- Nurses in Mason County share information at picket
- Tree thieves plead guilty at Port Orchard WA
- CALIFORNIA – Things get ugly at gas pumps in Orange County
- For about $500 a season, you can have own farmer
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Postlude • \POST-lood\ • noun – *1: a closing piece of music; especially: an organ voluntary at the end of a church service 2: a closing phase
The beautiful wedding service was only slightly marred by the insertion of the inappropriate postlude to end the event, “the Piňa Colada Song.”
WEATHER
Forecast for Mason County, Washington
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=sew&smap=1&textField1=47.21528&textField2=-123.09944
(NOTE: Some readers have noted that the NWS forecast has not been updated regularly. Apparently there is a refresh issue with the weather web site. If you visit and the forecast isn’t updated, press F5 or refresh the web page. That should take care of the issue)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
WA storm knocks out power (The Associated Press, via the Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/473771.html
Puget Sound Energy Urges Customers to Report Power Outages (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/jun/09/pse-urges-customers-to-report-power-outages/
Era of cheap power is ending – Idaho Power has long relied on hydropower and coal. That is changing (The Idaho Statesman)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/404378.html
Cat starts Grant County PUD substation fire (The Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080609/NEWS04/391644683
MONTANA – NorthWestern seeks to sell stake in Colstrip, Montana power plant (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/aa78ae0fa57c22a884319dcf260d2300.htm
Heat tightens New England electricity supplies (The Associated Press, via WPRI-TV, Providence, RI)http://www.wpri.com/global/story.asp?s=8456265
NEW YORK – Our power, their dollars: New York Power Authority reaps windfall as low-cost electricity lacks more local customers “…an estimated $161 million is used mostly to subsidize businesses outside the region and fund authority operations statewide…” (McClatchy Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5CkillnsrXSmk%7DGL%7Dbfen%5Fv
PENNSYLVANIA – King Coal Country Debates a Sacrilege, Gas Heat (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/us/10coal.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
NORTH CAROLINA – Duke has right to cut trees on private property: Homeowners get proof, but still are unhappy with utility (McClatchy Tribune Business News, via Power Marketing Association Online)
http://powermarketers.netcontentinc.net/newsreader.asp?ppa=8knpp%5E%5CkikpqojRSmk%7DGL%7Dbfen%5Fv
While I was looking online for confirmation of the US Supreme Court rejection of the Residential Exchange appeal, I found this golden oldie: 2000 NY Times – Lack of Power In the West Proves a Boon For Some “…Part of the proceeds are to be reinvested in upgrading the plants and in financing new power-generating capacity, including gas- and wind-powered generators that would make the plants energy self-sufficient by 2007….”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E5DE163BF93AA15751C1A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
FISH & WILDLIFE
Eureka Times-Standard Op/Ed – Klamath River isn't in good shape (Eureka, CA)
http://www.times-standard.com/opinion/ci_9537833
Seattle Times Op/Ed – Slade Gorton: Finding a system that sustains the Pacific groundfish fishery
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2004467905_sladeop10.html
Researchers scramble to deal with dying oysters – A bacterium explodes in numbers, killing oyster larvae before they can grow (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1212974723237650.xml&coll=7
Ballard locks close for salmon screen work (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/366471_ballard10.html?source=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Water transfers will not need permits – The movement of billions of gallons of water around the country for drinking, irrigation and other uses will not require permits under the Clean Water Act (The Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004467327_apwatertransfers.html?syndication=rss
EPA Slams Winlock Landowner – Agency Requires 100 Acres of Wetlands to Be Restored at Horse Center Site (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/rss/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1213033958&archive=
Bottled Water Banned For King County Workers (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/16554168/detail.html
$4.5 Million Water Bill for a New York Agency – One of the biggest water bill deadbeats in New York City is the Economic Development Corporation – Hasn’t paid a bill in 22 years (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/nyregion/10water.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
U.S. eyes solar as energy costs rise “…Panels…to convert sunlight into electricity are still too expensive in most regions to compete with cheaper, less environmentally friendly fuels like coal without generous subsidies…” (the Globe and Mail, Canada)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080606.wsolar0607/BNStory/energy/home
Don't Mess with Texas Wind (Living on Earth)
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=08-P13-00023&segmentID=2
Hot Air Proves Useful – Xcel will use wind, solar energy to power national political conventions (Denver Business Journal – Ha! Ha! I couldn’t resist)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/06/09/daily9.html?ana=from_rss
Energy Pulse Commentary – Utilities and Net Metering
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/ate/story?id=52703&src=rss
CALIFORNIA – Richmond looks at updating regulations as interest from biofuel developers grows (Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_9533662?source=rss
Out of the frying pan and into the power grid – If fry grease can run a Mercedes, why can't it power the restaurant it came from? (CNET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9961038-54.html
CONSERVATION
Recycle compact fluorescent bulbs (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/living/story/473929.html
Energy: Turn lights off, New Zealanders told, as drought hits power plants (The Guardian, United Kingdom)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/10/drought.energy
Wal-Mart helps save energy at 19 state capitols (Kansas City Star, MO)
http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/656544.html
ALASKA – Learning to love the low-power line – Some evade high electric costs by turning toward clotheslines (The Fairbanks News-Miner)
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/jun/08/learning-love-low-power-line/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle Times Columnist – Your footprint's looking good, Seattle “…the Pacific Northwest has major hydropower sources that don't emit carbon…”
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2004467900_nealpeirce10.html?syndication=rss
Hey, Portland: Try to fit twice the people here (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1212812711154650.xml&coll=7
U.S. voluntary carbon market does not reward complexity (CNET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9963532-54.html
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Amazon.com back up after having more trouble today (Associated Press, via the San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9530071?source=rss
Shareholders try to kill Yahoo severance plan: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080610/wr_nm/yahoo_severance_dc_2
PENNSYLVANIA – Documentary on Dying Philly Wi-Fi Network (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Documentary-on-Dying-Philly-WiFi-Network-95153
Many U.S. tech workers eager to telecommute, survey suggests (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080610/tc_nm/telecommuting_survey_dc_1
GENERAL NEWS
Surprising spring snow blankets Washington mountains (Associated Press, via the Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP06102008news327415.cfm
Nurses in Mason County share information at picket – Hospital, union are discussing retroactive pay, unpaid leave (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/473842.html
Tree thieves plead guilty at Port Orchard WA (Associated Press, via the Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://news.columbian.com/news/state/APStories/AP06102008news327233.cfm
CALIFORNIA – Things get ugly at gas pumps in Orange County – a doctor waiting in line to buy gas grabbed a tire iron and confronted a motorist who cut into the line (The Associated Press, via Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1433653~Police__Things_get_ugly_at_gas_pumps_in_Orange_County.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
For about $500 a season, you can have own farmer (Associated Press, via the Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004468394_apfarmscenesharingharvests.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Sudoku-playing jurors make judge stop drug trial
http://www.theolympian.com/nationworld/story/474060.html
Tokyo fireman drives trucks 20 years without license
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUST31976920080610?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
McCain Googling for VP? McCain joked on Monday that Google, the popular Internet search engine, had made investigating his list of potential candidates a little bit easier
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN0926840220080610?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Short Indian leader demands taller statue
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_re_as/india_short_statue;_ylt=AhscQAhL0Gn5Y_boSiNvym3tiBIF
Ohio man stalls long enough to get new outhouse
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_fe_st/odd_new_outhouse;_ylt=AgKcEBp5iBgU4n_6G22JjKbtiBIF
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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