Energy News Digest for June 10, 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)

- California - Two Shocked In Long Beach Electrical Accident
- Construction to Begin on BPA Transmission Line
- BPA offers reward in Lexington wire theft investigation
- Grant PUD Progresses With Manager’s Contract
- Alaska - Matanuska Electric Association Board Limits Manager's Authority
- Final Run For A River Watcher - Rob Campbell, operator of Lake Chelan Dam and powerhouse
- Congressional Republicans Draft Energy Bill with Heavy Focus on Nuclear Power
- Small Nuclear Reactors in the Offing?
- Texas - Electric Co-Op Companies Say Deregulation Slowdown Is a Good Thing for Customers
- Florida - Angry Customer Punches Utility Truck, Goes To Jail
- PETA Peeved Over Pike Place Fish-Throwing Demo
- Wimping Out? Veterinarians Visiting Seattle Rethink Fish Toss
- Study: Hatchery Trout Have Reproductive Problems
- Yakama tribe pulls out of cleanup council for Portland Harbor
- Activists Say Port of Olympia Work Violates Clean Water Act
- Chelan Falls - Just Add Water: Temporary River Gets Its Test
- City of Bend Considers Building a Hydroelectric Project on Tumalo Creek
- Not So Windy: Research Suggests Winds Dying Down
- United Kingdom - School Installs A Turbine To Harness Sea Breezes
- Google Closing In On Cheap Renewable Energy
- New Report Says Energy Efficiency not a U.S. Consumer Priority
- Salem OR Statesman-Journal Editorial - Clean coal, clean carbon: is this really a good idea?
- Could Carbon Prices Hit $180?
- One-Third of U.S. Doesn’t Have Broadband
- Traffic Jam Ahead? Cisco Predicts Massive Web Growth
- The FCC Gets Bombarded With Broadband Opinions
- Broadcast TV Never Converted Its Digital Dream
- Broadcasters compete to fill new analog gaps
- Major Firm Drops Plan for Arizona Data Center Site amid Concerns over Cost and Reliability of Delivering Electricity
- Tennessee City Considers Suing Dell – Claims the company failed to live up to an agreement
- Verizon Asks Comcast to Halt ‘Don’t Fall For FiOs’ Ads
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Internet Access: Neutrality Is Misguided
- Bones Found At Port Orchard Construction Site Are Human
- Mason County Resident Concerned About Use of Mental Health Funds for Balancing County Budget
- Testosterone Thief Guilty
- Ruling OKs Brinnon resort, but opponents consider appeal
- Cruise Ships Chartered For Vancouver Olympics Lodging

WORD OF THE DAY

Trepidation • \trep-uh-DAY-shun \ • noun – Timorous uncertain agitation: apprehension

“Just remember,” the teacher told his nervous speech student, “it’s against the law for them to kill and eat you.” The sage advice did little to avert the trepidation that the student had as he prepared to speak to a full audience about the fascinating topic of curing concrete.

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

California - Two Shocked In Long Beach Electrical Accident (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2059453~2_shocked_in_Long_Beach_electrical_accident.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

Construction to Begin on BPA Transmission Line (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/608855.html

BPA offers reward in Lexington wire theft investigation (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/06/10//area_news/doc4a2f18fcba441758886748.txt

Grant PUD Progresses With Manager’s Contract (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/06/09/news/doc4a2ecaad69b3f525280365.txt

Alaska - Matanuska Electric Association Board Limits Manager's Authority, Looks To Hire (Anchorage Daily News, AK)http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/matsu/story/825371.html

Final Run For A River Watcher - Rob Campbell, operator of Lake Chelan Dam and powerhouse (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090609/NEWS04/706099974/-1/SPORTS02?Final-run-for-a-river-watcher

Congressional Republicans Draft Energy Bill with Heavy Focus on Nuclear Power (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/us/politics/10energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Small Nuclear Reactors in the Offing? (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/small-nuclear-reactors-in-the-offing/

Texas - Electric Co-Op Companies Say Deregulation Slowdown Is a Good Thing for Customers (KTRE-TV, Lufkin, TX)
http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=10505694&nav=menu118_1

Florida - Angry Customer Punches Utility Truck, Goes To Jail (WFTS, Tampa, FL)
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story/Angry-customer-punches-utility-truck-goes-to-jail/sMZ3QlIaU0idtrYi19T9oQ.cspx

FISH & WILDLIFE

PETA Peeved Over Pike Place Fish-Throwing Demo (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_060909WAB-peta-fish-KS.6438183a.html?rss

Wimping Out? Veterinarians Visiting Seattle Rethink Fish Toss (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009319936_apwapetathrowingfish1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

Study: Hatchery Trout Have Reproductive Problems (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/06/08/daily30.html?ana=from_rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Yakama tribe pulls out of cleanup council for Portland Harbor (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_portland_harbor.html

Activists Say Port of Olympia Work Violates Clean Water Act - Officials defend site preparation work as safe while agency waits for final permits (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/875721.html

Chelan Falls - Just Add Water: Temporary River Gets Its Test (Wenatchee World)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090609/NEWS04/706099980/-1/PRINTINDEX?Just-add-water--Temporary-river-gets-its-test

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

City of Bend Considers Building a Hydroelectric Project on Tumalo Creek (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5174-bend-considers-building-hydroelectric-project-tumalo-creek/

Not So Windy: Research Suggests Winds Dying Down - The wind, a favorite power source of the green energy movement, seems to be dying down across the United States. And the cause, ironically, may be global warming - the very problem wind power seeks to address (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009321621_apusscidiminishingwinds.html?syndication=rss

United Kingdom - School Installs A Turbine To Harness Sea Breezes (Kent News, UK)http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/School-installs-a-turbine-to-harness-sea-breezes-newsinkent25143.aspx

Google Closing In On Cheap Renewable Energy (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersINCOnlineReport/idUSTRE5592X120090610

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

New Report Says Energy Efficiency not a U.S. Consumer Priority (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=364261&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Salem OR Statesman-Journal Editorial - Clean coal, clean carbon: is this really a good idea?
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090610/OPINION/906100436/1049

Could Carbon Prices Hit $180? (BusinessWeek)
http://www.businessweek.com/investing/green_business/archives/2009/06/could_carbon_pr.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

One-Third of U.S. Doesn’t Have Broadband (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/06/10/one-third-of-u-s-doesnt-have-broadband/

Traffic Jam Ahead? Cisco Predicts Massive Web Growth (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/06/08/daily34.html?ana=from_rss

The FCC Gets Bombarded With Broadband Opinions - Everybody, at once, chimes in on new broadband plan (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-Gets-Bombarded-With-Broadband-Opinions-102861

Broadcast TV Never Converted Its Digital Dream (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/09/AR2009060903144.html?wprss=rss_technology

Broadcasters compete to fill new analog gaps
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009320391_tvfuture10.html

Major Firm Drops Plan for Arizona Data Center Site amid Concerns over Cost and Reliability of Delivering Electricity to the Site (Arizona Daily Star)
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/296454

Tennessee City Considers Suing Dell – Claims the company failed to live up to an agreement to provide 1,000 jobs (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12549110

Verizon Asks Comcast to Halt ‘Don’t Fall For FiOs’ Ads (Philadelphia Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2009/06/08/daily28.html?ana=from_rss

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Internet Access: Neutrality Is Misguided
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2009319503_internet_access.html?syndication=rss

GENERAL NEWS

Bones Found At Port Orchard Construction Site Are Human (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/47520092.html

Mason County Resident Concerned About Use of Mental Health Funds for Balancing County Budget (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7497/reftab/1632/t/RESIDENT-CONCERNED-ABOUT-USE-OF-MENTAL-HEALTH-FUNDS-FOR-BALANCING-BUDGET/Default.aspx

Testosterone Thief Guilty (The Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/876817.html

Ruling OKs Brinnon resort, but opponents consider appeal (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090610/news/306109984

Cruise Ships Chartered For Vancouver Olympics Lodging (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5165-cruise-ships-chartered-vancouver-olympics-lodging/

DIVERSIONS

Drawing on a Hobby during Delays – Harmonica fills the bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/business/09flier.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Toilet Planters Create Stink in Illinois Town - Woman Told To Remove Planters or Face Fine
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19694134/detail.html

Wash. Judge: Blaring Car Horn Is Not Free Speech
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/876432.html

Woman Junks Mattress with Almost $1 Million Stuffed Inside
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12560432

SONG OF THE DAY

Bobby Sherman - Julie Do You Love Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsMONykezJM

Here Come The Brides opening theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr9f1FaXbV8&feature=related