Energy News Digest for March 19, 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.

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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

- 650 PUD 3 Customers Affected by Cole/Lynch Road Outage
- Chehalis Tribe to Vote against Dam Funding
- Outdated Electrical Infrastructure Could Stall Clean Energy Efforts
- Chinook run moving up the Columbia
- Report: Salmon Booms and Busts Tough to Change
- Taylor Shellfish to File Claim for $4.5 Million
- Comments Sought On Geoduck Rules
- Montana Man Ties State Record By Catching Tiny Fish
- Washington Water Bills Go Nowhere
- Prison's Water a Drain on Monroe
- Is Access to Clean Water a Basic Human Right?
- San Francisco Chronicle Op/Ed - Investment trumps environmental regulation
- Power in Numbers: Green Energy Could Fuel the Northwest
- Study Pinpoints Local Wind ‘Sweet Spot’
- Solar Industry Posts Strong Growth in 2008
- The Rooftop Revolution
- Shell Drops Renewable Energy In Favor Of Biofuels and Carbon Capture
- Renewable Energy's Biggest Ally: The Military
- Kissing Edison’s Light Bulb Goodbye
- Warming might be on hold, study finds
- Northwest Can Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Save Salmon and Create Jobs
- With Temperatures Rising, Here Comes ‘Global Weirding’
- Anecdotal Theater - Eco-Bills Come Due at Chesapeake Bay's Beaches
- Seattle P-I - Chinese Hold U.S. Feet to Fire on Global Warming
- City Of Seattle Inches toward Municipal Broadband Service
- Maine to Seek Stimulus Money for Broadband Study
- Ballmer Reiterates Interest in Yahoo Talks
- Web Powerhouse Sun Micro Poised at Brink of IBM's Maw
- Microsoft to Unveil Newest Version of Internet
- State Regulators Want to Fine Verizon for Overcharging People
- Touring an Internet Data Center
- Unemployment Down A Little in Mason County
- Projected State Shortfall Increases to $8.3 Billion
- North Mason Schools Cut Principal Position
- Senate Commerce Committee Unanimously Confirms Locke
- CENSUS: Search 2008 Population by Region
- Seattle DOT botched snow response

WORD OF THE DAY

Revanche • \ruh-VAWSH (the N is not pronounced, but the vowel is nasalized)\ • noun - Revenge; especially: a usually political policy designed to recover lost territory or status

“Hmmm, getting those bonuses back from those AIG-heads in Connecticut was harder than I thought it would be,” mused the federal regulator. His revanche was made even sweeter by the “cold, dead hands” vow by the final million dollar holdout.

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

650 PUD 3 Customers Affected by Cole/Lynch Road Outage (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=527

Chehalis Tribe to Vote against Dam Funding (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.outdoorslc.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1237400455&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&

'Smart Grid' Gains Momentum But Outdated Electrical Infrastructure Could Stall Clean Energy Efforts (Michigan Business Review)
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/03/smart_grid_gains_momentum_but.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Chinook run moving up the Columbia (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008884270_fish19.html?syndication=rss

Report: Salmon Booms and Busts Tough to Change (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1912814~Report__Salmon_booms_and_busts_tough_to_change.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines

Taylor Shellfish to File Claim for $4.5 Million - Damages sought from state over disputed tidelands (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/792051.html

Comments Sought On Geoduck Rules (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008884999_webgeoducks19.html?syndication=rss

Montana Man Ties State Record By Catching Tiny Fish (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1913374~Mont__man_ties_state_record_by_catching_tiny_fish.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Washington Water Bills Go Nowhere (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1912217~Wash__water_bills_go_nowhere.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines

Prison's Water a Drain on Monroe (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090319/NEWS01/703199876/-1/RSS02

Is Access to Clean Water a Basic Human Right? (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0319/p06s01-woeu.html

San Francisco Chronicle Op/Ed - Investment trumps environmental regulation
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/19/EDAB16IS33.DTL&feed=rss.opinion

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Power in Numbers: Green Energy Could Fuel the Northwest (Los Angeles Times)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/03/power-in-number.html

Study Pinpoints Local Wind ‘Sweet Spot’ (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Study-pinpoints-local-wind-‘sweet-spot’

Solar Industry Posts Strong Growth in 2008 (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/solar-industry-posts-strong-growth-in-2008/

The Rooftop Revolution - A little-known policy is turning sleepy central Florida into a green energy hub (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/03/the-rooftop-revolution?src=rss
Shell Drops Renewable Energy In Favor Of Biofuels and Carbon Capture (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=1793

Renewable Energy's Biggest Ally: The Military (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/03/renewable-energys-biggest-ally?src=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Kissing Edison’s Light Bulb Goodbye (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/kissing-edisons-light-bulb-goodbye/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Warming might be on hold, study finds (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29469287/

Northwest Can Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Save Salmon and Create Jobs, Report Says (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID – “All while balancing an egg on a spoon!”)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/environment/story/702262.html

With Temperatures Rising, Here Comes ‘Global Weirding’ (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2132

Anecdotal Theater - Eco-Bills Come Due at Chesapeake Bay's Beaches - Region Pays Dearly For Climate Change in Erosion, Abatement (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/18/AR2009031804178.html?nav=rss_email/components

Seattle P-I Columnist - Chinese Hold U.S. Feet to Fire on Global Warming (So says a country that will 500 coal-fired power plants in the next decade)
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/403999_joel18ww.html?source=rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

City Of Seattle Inches toward Municipal Broadband Service (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/brierdudley/2008884025_brier19.html

Maine to Seek Stimulus Money for Broadband Study (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/19/financial/f065759D76.DTL&feed=rss.business

Ballmer Reiterates Interest in Yahoo Talks (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=146867

Web Powerhouse Sun Micro Poised at Brink of IBM's Maw (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE52I0GF20090319?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsearly

Microsoft to Unveil Newest Version of Internet Explorer (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11944851

State Regulators Want to Fine Verizon for Overcharging People (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/403977_verizon18ww.html?source=rss

Touring an Internet Data Center (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102112026&ft=1&f=17

GENERAL NEWS

Unemployment Down A Little in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6735/reftab/1632/t/UNEMPLOYMENT-DOWN-A-LITTLE-IN-MASON-COUNTY-/Default.aspx

Projected State Shortfall Increases to $8.3 Billion (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090319/NEWS01/703199758/-1/RSS02

North Mason Schools Cut Principal Position (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/mar/18/north-mason-schools-cut-principal-position/?partner=RSS

Senate Commerce Committee Unanimously Confirms Locke (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/18967472/detail.html

CENSUS: Search 2008 Population by Region
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/514798.html

Seattle DOT botched snow response (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008885019_sdot19m.html?syndication=rss

DIVERSIONS

State Warns NCAA Pools Illegal (Wink, Wink – Nudge, Nudge)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_031809SPB-ncaa-pools-illegal-KC.4c17770b.html?rss

Bees Move into Foreclosed Home in Port St. Lucie
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/mar/17/bees-move-foreclosed-home-port-st-lucie/

Fanboy Central - Getting Their Kirk On
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/garden/19trek.html

Volcano Explodes Under Water - Tongan Inspection Team Heads to Undersea Volcano
http://www.kirotv.com/weather/18964462/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

The Load Out - Stay - Jackson Browne (1978)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmdzeyM-yug

Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs – Stay (1960)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Z_hskvz1M