Energy News Digest for April 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.

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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

- Grays Harbor County PUD Board Seeks Cutback Options
- British Columbia Seeking Intervener Status on Okanogan Dam Proposal
- Oregon Legislative Bills Oppose Idaho Power Line
- PUD 3 Tree Trimming On Shelton-Matlock Road Begins Monday
- Fifteen Percent - Pacific Power seeks new rate hike
- Nation's Oldest Nuclear Power Plant Gets New License
- Cantwell Optimistic For Green Energy Jobs
- Report: Cyber-Spies Hack U.S. Electricity Grid
- Sleeping guards cost Florida Power & Light $130,000
- Calif. Chinook Fishing Season Halted Again
- Oregon Coast Commercial Salmon Season Curtailed Again
- Salmon Anglers Will See a Big Expansion of Select Fisheries in Puget Sound
- Federal regulators deny protection to Calif. Smelt
- California Cows Create Healthy Habitat for Endangered Shrimp
- Pierce County Weighs Action on Rising River Sediment
- National Post Editorial - Wind Power Is a Complete Disaster
- Corndoggle - How did Oregon’s largest producer of “green” fuel fail so fast?
- Standard-Times Op/Ed - Realities of renewables
- Why Are Home Renewable Energy Systems Still So Expensive?
- Green Energy Subsidies Could Cost Jobs
- Windmill Blades to Come Through Port Of Olympia This Week
- Free Press Op/Ed - Give A Dam about Canadian Run-Of-River
- Canada - B.C. Hydro Not Interested in Nanaimo Turbine Energy
- The “Smart Grid:” How Smart?
- Energy Adviser: Shrink your carbon footprint
- White House May Postpone Auctioning Emissions
- Science Chief Discusses Climate Strategy
- World Can Halt Global Warming, Activist Says
- Carbon Market Is Closely Watching the U.S.
- Climate Legislation Sends Chill through Areas Fueled by Coal
- Boston Globe Editorial - A carbon cap with teeth
- Maryland to Rebate Cap and Trade Money to Consumers
- Winnipeg Sun Editorial - Hot Air over Greenhouse Gases
- Geoengineering Explored To Fight Global Warming
- T-Mobile Launches Douglas County’s First Data Center
- Stat Shot: Fiber to the Home
- Cisco to Buy Tidal as Part of Its Data Center Rush
- There's No Data to Prove Metered Billing Is Necessary
- Google releases upgrade to its App Engine
- Australia Vs. U.S. In Broadband Stimulus Plans
- Effort Underway to Save Belfair Bypass from State Scrap Heap
- Insurance to Pay Fines over Record Requests for Mason County
- Olympia area could get some of Sea-Tac's traffic
- Motorcycle Fatalities Prompt Warning

WORD OF THE DAY

Tontine • \TAWN-teen\ • noun – 1: an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor

It was the end of the march. The final World War I veteran who had made a pact with his friends many years ago in the muddy fields of France held the dusty bottle of cognac in his wrinkled hands. It seemed ironic to him, that of all those who made the tontine pact that the bottle’s amber contents would be his alone to savor in the twilight years of his life. Ironic in that he had lived his entire existence as a teetotaler.

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 Board Seeks Cutback Options (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/04/08/local_news/doc49dcec5580a36561743207.txt

British Columbia Seeking Intervener Status on Okanogan Dam Proposal (Keremeos Review, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/keremeosreview/news/42638892.html

Oregon Legislative Bills Oppose Idaho Power Line (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/814413.html

PUD 3 Tree Trimming On Shelton-Matlock Road Begins Monday (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6935/reftab/1632/t/TREE-TRIMMING-ON-SHELTON-MATLOCK-ROAD-BEGINS-MONDAY/Default.aspx

Fifteen Percent - Pacific Power seeks new rate hike (Yakima Herald-Republic)
http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2009/04/08/pacific-power-seeks-new-rate-hike

Nation's Oldest Nuclear Power Plant - Feds OK New 20 Year License For NJ Facility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008954850_apoystercreekrelicensing.html?syndication=rss

Cantwell Optimistic For Green Energy Jobs (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/814214.html

Report: Cyber-Spies Hack U.S. Electricity Grid (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102887291&ft=1&f=2

Sleeping guards cost Florida Power & Light $130,000 (Associated Press)
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/miami/sfl-florida-power-and-light-fine-bn040809,0,3688460.story?track=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Calif. Chinook Fishing Season Halted Again (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1951303~Calif__chinook_fishing_season_halted_again.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

Oregon Coast Commercial Salmon Season Curtailed Again (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/oregon_coast_commercial_salmon.html

Salmon Anglers Will See a Big Expansion of Select Fisheries in Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reeltimenorthwest/2009/04/08/salmon_anglers_will_see_a_big.html

Federal regulators deny protection to Calif. Smelt (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1950805~Federal_regulators_deny_protection_to_Calif__fish.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

California Cows Create Healthy Habitat for Endangered Shrimp (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1950542~Cows_create_healthy_habitat_for_endangered_shrimp.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Pierce County Weighs Action on Rising River Sediment (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/702728.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

National Post Editorial - Wind Power Is a Complete Disaster “…the world’s most wind-intensive nation, with more than 6,000 turbines generating 19% of its electricity, has yet to close a single fossil-fuel plant…” (Canada)
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/04/08/wind-power-is-a-complete-disaster.aspx

Corndoggle - How did Oregon’s largest producer of “green” fuel fail so fast? (Willamette Weekly, OR)
http://wweek.com/editorial/3522/12412/

Standard-Times Op/Ed - Realities of renewables: Wind, solar lag far behind in economics of oil (San Angelo, TX)
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2009/apr/09/realities-of-renewables/

Welcome to the “Bleeding Edge:” Why Are Renewable Energy Systems for Homeowners Still So Expensive? (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/why-are-renewable-energy-systems-for-homeowners-still-so-expensive?src=rss

Green Energy Subsidies Could Cost Jobs (KXRM-TV, Colorado Springs, CO)
http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=284575

Windmill Blades to Come Through Port Of Olympia This Week (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/business/story/813694.html

Free Press Op/Ed - Give A Dam about Canadian Run-Of-River (100 Mile House Free Press, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/42634812.html

Canada - B.C. Hydro Not Interested in Nanaimo Turbine Energy - Technology doesn't meet policies for buying electricity (Vancouver Sun, BC)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Hydro+interested+Nanaimo+turbine+energy/1247674/story.html

The “Smart Grid:” How Smart? Technology will run it and clean electricity will power it (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/how-smart?src=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Adviser: Shrink your carbon footprint (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090409/LIVING/704099998

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

White House May Postpone Auctioning Emissions (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/08/AR2009040802467.html?hpid=topnews

Science Chief Discusses Climate Strategy - Obama Adviser Hints at Compromise on Cap-and-Trade Emission Allowances (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/08/AR2009040802467.html?wprss=rss_politics

World Can Halt Global Warming, Activist Says (The Oregonian, Portland)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/world_can_halt_global_warming.html

Carbon Market Is Closely Watching the U.S. (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10215704-38.html

Climate Legislation Sends Chill through Areas Fueled by Coal (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/us/09coal.html?_r=1&hpw

Boston Globe Editorial - A carbon cap with teeth
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2009/04/09/a_carbon_cap_with_teeth/

Maryland to Rebate Cap and Trade Money to Consumers (The Business Insider)
http://www.businessinsider.com/maryland-to-rebate-cap-and-trade-money-to-consumers-2009-4

Winnipeg Sun Editorial - Hot Air over Greenhouse Gases (Canada)
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/04/09/9060341-sun.html

Geoengineering Explored To Fight Global Warming (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/814218.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

T-Mobile Launches Douglas County’s First Data Center – Douglas PUD Power Makes It Go! (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090408/NEWS04/704089958/-1/WEATHER?T-Mobile-launches-Douglas-County-s-first-data-center

Stat Shot: Fiber to the Home (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/08/stat-shot-fiber-to-the-home/

Cisco to Buy Tidal as Part of Its Data Center Rush (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/04/09/cisco-to-buy-tidal-as-part-of-its-data-center-rush/

There's No Data to Prove Metered Billing Is Necessary - Journalists start crunching numbers, call Time Warner plan 'obscene' (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Theres-No-Data-To-Prove-Metered-Billing-Is-Necessary-101824

Google releases upgrade to its App Engine (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12101209?nclick_check=1

Australia Vs. U.S. In Broadband Stimulus Plans (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10215603-38.html

GENERAL NEWS

Effort Underway to Save Belfair Bypass From State Scrap Heap (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/08/effort-underway-to-save-belfair-bypass-from-heap/?partner=RSS

Insurance to Pay Fines over Record Requests for Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6940/reftab/1632/t/INSURANCE-TO-PAY-RECORDS-FINES-FOR-MASON-COUNTY/Default.aspx

Olympia area could get some of Sea-Tac's traffic - Neighbors worry about more noise, bigger planes (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/814215.html

Motorcycle Fatalities Prompt Warning (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_040809WAB-motorcycle-safety-warning-TP.b5cb6388.html?rss

DIVERSIONS

Clowning around Pays off For Circus Hopefuls
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE53784T20090408?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

Not Such A G'Day - How Yellow Tail Crushed The Australian Wine Industry
http://www.slate.com/id/2215153/?from=rss

Relish This: Semitrailer Spills Hot Dogs
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/19129977/detail.html

Castaway Canine Home after Months at Sea
http://www.kirotv.com/family/19122495/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Eric Burdon and War - Spill the Wine (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7_U-zj2gfE