The news digest will be in transit on Thursday, September 25. It will return Friday, September 26.
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)
- BPA's plan to allot power comes under fire
- BPA restarts Residential Exchange Program
- NEWS RELEASE – BPA restarts Residential Exchange Program
- Grays Harbor County PUD should see $5 million check from power agency
- Regional power gurus say there's enough electricity to run Pacific Northwest
- Whidbey PUD plan up for debate
- Chelan PUD gets FERC approval for Alcoa Power sales
- Clallam County PUD offers to buy former Carlsborg Costco site
- Cashmere power grid sale postponed a month
- Financial Confusion Might Help Prevent TransAlta Buyout
- NEW MEXICO – New higher electricity rates needed to prepare for energy future
- BPA Power Rates to Increase to Support Fish Habitat
- Snake River fall Chinook fishery may open Thursday
- California legislation would measure how much water is bottled
- Senate Passes Renewable Energy Tax Credits, Bill Moves Back to House
- Snohomish County PUD tidal energy plan gets $1.2 million boost
- Clallam County PUD to host segment of National Solar Tour
- Northwest companies keeping close eye on energy tax credits
- Snohomish Co. churns out homegrown, homemade fuel
- Oregon gets filling stations for electrical cars
- Solar Panels Are Vanishing – Stolen – Only to Reappear on the Internet
- MICHIGAN – Debate continues over effectiveness of new renewable energy mandates
- NEW YORK – Wind Farm Site Considered 10 Miles from Queens Shore
- PENNSYLVANIA – Time is running out on conservation measures
- Western cap and trade initiative faces obstacles
- Sun's wind and output on extended dimmer switch
- IDAHO – Boise takes steps to trim its carbon footprint
- BP scientist: To cut oil use, make carbon expensive
- NASA Launches Rubber Ducks to Research Glacier Interior
- Cisco Tries to Break Out of the Data Center Role
- T-Mobile to sell Google phone for $179 on Oct. 22
- Verizon Has No Plans To Cap, Throttle – Fiber gives them breathing room
- Family of boy hit by shrapnel seeks $47 million
- Scoring mistake by state agency: Vancouver loses $12.5 million
- Hiker summons help with ham radio
These and links to more stories in today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Interloper • \in-ter-LOH-per\ • noun – One that intrudes in a place or sphere of activity
Fran and Fred’s elopement was going well, until an unexpected interloper showed up: Fran’s mother.
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
BPA's plan to allot power comes under fire – Ratepayer advocates call the plans a massive transfer of wealth from Oregon to Washington (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1222226720206720.xml&coll=7
BPA restarts Residential Exchange Program (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/09/22/daily24.html?ana=from_rss
NEWS RELEASE – BPA restarts Residential Exchange Program (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/229024/
Grays Harbor County PUD should see $5 million check from power agency – Officials say the payment is a fraction of what the utility has coming and they may still sue to get the rest (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2008/09/23/local_news/03news.txt
Regional power gurus say there's enough electricity to run Pacific Northwest for short term, but long term is less certain (The Missoulian, MT)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/09/23/bnews//br13.txt
Whidbey PUD plan up for debate (The Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080924/NEWS01/709249784
Chelan PUD gets FERC approval for Alcoa Power sales (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee)
http://www.kpq.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=242
Clallam County PUD offers to buy former Carlsborg Costco site (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/4034
Cashmere power grid sale postponed a month (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080923/NEWS04/709239970/1001
Financial Confusion Might Help Prevent TransAlta Buyout (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?Financial-Confusion-Might-Help-Prevent-T=1&blockID=14332&feedID=410
NEW MEXICO – New higher electricity rates needed to prepare for energy future: higher costs to meet future demand and the need for cleaner energy sources (Canadian Business)
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D93CFT800
FISH & WILDLIFE
BPA Power Rates to Increase to Support Fish Habitat (Northwest Public Radio)
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=4351
Snake River fall Chinook fishery may open Thursday (The Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1603438~Snake_River_fall_chinook_fishery_may_open_Thursday.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
California legislation would measure how much water is bottled (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/23/ED1U133LLP.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Senate Passes Renewable Energy Tax Credits, Bill Moves Back to House (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53660&src=rss
Snohomish County PUD tidal energy plan gets $1.2 million boost (Stanwood Camano News, WA)
http://www.scnews.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=87&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=131&wpage=&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2790&hn=scnews&he=.com
Clallam County PUD to host segment of National Solar Tour (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local-events/4029
Northwest companies keeping close eye on energy tax credits – Bill could be lifeline for those investing in renewable sources (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/380267_renewables24.html
Snohomish Co. churns out homegrown, homemade fuel (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/29662129.html
Oregon gets filling stations for electrical cars (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1601825~Ore__gets_filling_stations_for_electrical_cars.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Solar Panels Are Vanishing – Stolen – Only to Reappear on the Internet (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/technology/24solar.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
MICHIGAN – Debate continues over effectiveness of new renewable energy mandates (Ann Arbor Business Review)
http://www.mlive.com/businessreview/annarbor/index.ssf/2008/09/debate_continues_over_new_rene.html
NEW YORK – Wind Farm Site Considered 10 Miles from Queens Shore (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/nyregion/24wind.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
CONSERVATION
PENNSYLVANIA – Time is running out on conservation measures (News of Delaware County, PA)
http://www.newsofdelawarecounty.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/SingleWeekly;!-147845757?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_wk_article&r21.pgpath=%2FNDC%2FOpinion&r21.content=%2FNDC%2FOpinion%2FHeadlineList_Story_2470305
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Western cap and trade initiative faces obstacles (The Examiner)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1603519~Western_cap_and_trade_initiative_faces_obstacles.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Sun's wind and output on extended dimmer switch (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008198074_apsciweaksun.html?syndication=rss
IDAHO – Boise takes steps to trim its carbon footprint – The city has an 'anti-idling' policy and is expanding geothermal utilities. More ambitious ideas remain on the horizon (Idaho Statesman)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/512358.html
BP scientist: To cut oil use, make carbon expensive (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10047746-54.html?tag=nl.e703
NASA Launches Rubber Ducks to Research Glacier Interior (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/September-October/NASA-Launches-Rubber-Ducks-to-Research-Glacier-Interior.html
TELECOMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Cisco Tries to Break Out of the Data Center Role (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/technology/24cisco.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
T-Mobile to sell Google phone for $179 on Oct. 22 (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008197394_webgooglephone23.html?syndication=rss
Verizon Has No Plans To Cap, Throttle – Fiber gives them breathing room -- For the moment (Brfoadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Has-No-Plans-To-Cap-Throttle-97950
GENERAL NEWS
Family of boy hit by shrapnel seeks $47 million – not from cannon owner, but from rescue crews and 911 dispatchers (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/29532769.html
Scoring mistake by state agency: Vancouver loses $12.5 million (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1603047~Scoring_mistake__Vancouver_loses__12_5_million.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Hiker summons help with ham radio – 'It's just a stroke of luck that turned out great' (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/380213_hamradio24.html?source=rss
DIVERSIONS
Personalities – Washingtonians open to new ideas
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=90197
Mill Creek librarian keeps word, eats worms – Be careful what you promise.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080923/NEWS01/709239908/-1/RSS02
NJ farm flings pumpkins with giant catapult
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080924/ap_on_fe_st/odd_pumpkin_catapult;_ylt=AoXj69CiV8ZvlfeWO5jZ9_ftiBIF
15 train robbers killed by poison gas
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE48M2VX20080923?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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