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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Grays Harbor PUD Financial Analysis Determines Utility to Face Significantly Increased Costs
• Inland Power to Delay Rate Increase until Next Spring
• Grant PUD to Invest In Nuclear Power Study
• Northern Wasco County PUD Sets Power Record
• Montana - Judge Reaffirms That City Must Turn Over Southern Montana Electric Generation-Related Papers
• Ohio - Ormet Aluminum Files Layoff Notice for All Workers
• Op/Ed - Help Avoid Job Losses at Ormet
• Sector Snap: Utilities Rated "Neutral" On Outlook
• In Canadian Hydro Move TransAlta Puts Its Credit Rating First
• Constellation Energy Earnings Plummet to $28.3 Million in 2nd Quarter
• Energy Regulator Pushes Back Review of Constellation Energy-EDF Deal
• One in Ten Americans Say They Are Knowledgeable Where Electricity Comes From
• Fish for Dinner: Overfishing Easing In Some Areas
• Scientists Who Debated On Fisheries Team Up For Comprehensive Study
• Imperiled Fisheries Make a Comeback, Study Shows
• Op/Ed - It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest!
• Idaho Sockeye Start To Trickle In - At least 30 ‘red fish’ have arrived
• Montana – Yellowtail Dam Problem Gets Fish Stranded
• Fall Fishing Ramps up Saturday
• Oregon - Record Kokanee at Wallowa Lake Comes With a Down Side
• End May Be Near In Kittitas Wells Dispute
• Idaho Orders Shut Down Of Groundwater Wells
• Oregon Views Aired On Biomass Power Plant
• Heat Wave Demonstrates Limitations to Wind Power
• Becalmed - After a record year, America’s wind industry is suffering growing pains
• North Carolina - Utilities Chase Distant Winds: Critics cry foul
• New York Wind Energy Corruption Probe Reaches Vermont
• Developers Set To Equip Wind-Powered Home
• British Columbia Green Power Gets Red Light
• Solar Integration - PV Powered, Portland General Electric Receive Up To $3M
• Big Price Rise for Western Australia Users of Renewable Energy
• Efficiency Drive Could Cut Energy Use 23% by 2020, Study Finds
• Free Light Bulb Promotion Comes to Kitsap This Week
• Summer Conservation Program Helps Youths Make a Different Kind of Green
• Chicago - South Side Solar Plant Closer to Reality
• Op/Ed: The Folly Of 'Magical Solutions' For Targeting Carbon Emissions
• Google Voice Ban Is Clear Network Neutrality Violation
• Gunman in Wal-Mart Robbery Pleads Guilty
• Time running out for Shelton’s Historic St. Edwards Church
• Teenager Drowns In Kitsap County
• Dosewallips Area - Peninsula Cools Off, While Constance Fire Spreads
• Threshold Met - Anti-Gay Initiative: 137,689 Signatures, Sec of State Says
• Pot Operation Busted In Lincoln County Cornfield
• Increasing Postal Deficits Intensify Talks on Solution
• Editorial - Lost Money Is Teachable Moment for Evergreen
WORD OF THE DAY
Mohair • \MOH-hair\ • noun - A fabric or yarn made wholly or in part of the long silky hair of the Angora goat; also: this hair
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet
But they’re so spaced out,
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jetssssssss
Oh but they’re weird and they’re wonderful
Oh Bennie she’s really keen
She’s got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jetssssssss
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 PUD Financial Analysis Determines Utility to Face Significantly Increased Costs (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=721
Inland Power to Delay Rate Increase until Next Spring (Spokane Journal of Business)
http://www.spokanejournal.com/article.php?id=4978
Grant PUD to Invest In Nuclear Power Study (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090730/NEWS04/707309881
Northern Wasco County PUD Sets Power Record (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/07/news07-30-09-02.shtml
Montana - Judge Reaffirms That City Must Turn Over Southern Montana Electric Generation-Related Papers (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090731/NEWS01/907310316/1002/news01
Ohio - Ormet Aluminum Files Layoff Notice for All Workers “…Ormet has been embroiled in a battle with alumina supplier…accused of failing to deliver raw materials…The company (has also been) granted an electricity rate reduction from American Electric Power…” (Marietta Times, OH)
http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/514611.html?nav=5002
Wheeling News Register Op/Ed - Help Avoid Job Losses at Ormet
http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/526579.html?nav=511
Sector Snap: Utilities Rated "Neutral" On Outlook (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009570695_apusutilitiessectorsnap.html?syndication=rss
In Canadian Hydro Move TransAlta Puts Its Credit Rating First (The Financial Post, Canada)
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1847282
Constellation Energy Earnings Plummet to $28.3 Million in 2nd Quarter (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/07/27/daily59.html?ana=from_rss
Maryland Energy Regulator Pushes Back Review of Constellation Energy-EDF Deal (Baltimore Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/07/27/daily56.html?ana=from_rss
One in Ten Americans Say They Are Knowledgeable Where Electricity Comes From (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=367084&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Fish for Dinner: Overfishing Easing In Some Areas (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009570347_apusscisavingseafood.html?syndication=rss
Scientists Who Debated On Fisheries Team Up For Comprehensive Study (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009572947_fisheries31m.html?syndication=rss
Imperiled Fisheries Make a Comeback, Study Shows – Harvest Control Works (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111376512&ft=1&f=2
Othello Outlook Op/Ed - It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest! It’s Harvest!
http://othellooutlook.com/?p=3613
Idaho Sockeye Start To Trickle In - At least 30 ‘red fish’ have arrived in the Sawtooth Valley so far (Idaho Mountain Express & Guide, Sun Valley)
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005127213
Montana – Yellowtail Dam Problem Gets Fish Stranded, Loss of Trout Blamed On Malfunctioning Gate (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_5dc82da8-7d92-11de-b517-001cc4c002e0.html
Fall Fishing Ramps up Saturday (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090730/SPORTS04/907309988
Oregon - Record Kokanee at Wallowa Lake Comes With a Down Side (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/07/record_kokanee_at_wallowa_lake.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
End May Be Near In Kittitas Wells Dispute (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/925596.html
Idaho Orders Shut Down Of Groundwater Wells (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/926021.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon Views Aired On Biomass Power Plant - A proposed wood-fired boiler at a local sawmill is either a great new source of sustainable electricity…or a burdensome polluter that will sicken neighbors and foul the air (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/17958982-55/story.csp
Heat Wave Demonstrates Limitations to Wind Power (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS86005469820090731
Becalmed - After a record year, America’s wind industry is suffering growing pains (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14140349
North Carolina - Utilities Chase Distant Winds: Critics cry foul over buying of renewable energy credits (News & Observer, Raleigh, NC)
http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1628333.html
New York Wind Energy Corruption Probe Reaches Vermont (Rutland Herald, VT)http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20090731/NEWS03/907310367/0/NEWS02
Developers Set To Equip Wind-Powered Home (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090731/BIZ01/707319976/-1/BIZ
British Columbia Green Power Gets Red Light (Surrey Leader, BC)
http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/business/Green_power_gets_red_light.html
Solar Integration - PV Powered, Portland General Electric Receive Up To $3M (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/27/daily47.html?ana=from_rss
Big Price Rise for Western Australia Users of Renewable Energy (Perth Sunday Times, Australia)
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25864647-2761,00.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Efficiency Drive Could Cut Energy Use 23% by 2020, Study Finds (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/business/energy-environment/30energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Free Light Bulb Promotion Comes to Kitsap This Week (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/30/free-light-bulb-promotion-comes-to-kitsap-this/?partner=RSS
Summer Conservation Program Helps Youths Make a Different Kind of Green (Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_12938558?source=rss&nclick_check=1
Chicago - South Side Solar Plant Closer to Reality (Chicago Public Radio)
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=35853
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
United Kingdom – Guardian Op/Ed: The Folly Of 'Magical Solutions' For Targeting Carbon Emissions
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/31/network-climate-change
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Voice Ban Is Clear Network Neutrality Violation - And both AT&T and Apple should share the blame (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Voice-Ban-Is-Clear-Network-Neutrality-Violation-103692
GENERAL NEWS
Gunman in Wal-Mart Robbery Pleads Guilty (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=195017
Time running out for Shelton’s Historic St. Edwards Church (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7920/reftab/1632/Default.aspx
Teenager Drowns In Kitsap County (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20232799/detail.html
Dosewallips Area - Peninsula Cools Off, While Constance Fire Spreads (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090731/news/307319991
Threshold Met - Anti-Gay Initiative: 137,689 Signatures, Sec of State Says (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/175049.asp?source=pimail
Pot Operation Busted In Lincoln County Cornfield (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/30/pot-operation-busted-lincoln-county-cornfield/
Increasing Postal Deficits Intensify Talks on Solution (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/business/30postal.html?_r=1&ref=business
Olympian Editorial - Lost Money Is Teachable Moment for Evergreen
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/926289.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Texting Is 23-Times Riskier Than Using Cell Phone While Driving
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/07/texting-vs-cell-phone-risk-dangers-while-driving.html?EXTKEY=I91ECON&CMP=OTC-ConsumeristLinks
34 Hospitalized After Co-Worker Sprays Perfume
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20226511/detail.html
Stolen Sand? Mexico Shuts Cancun Beach
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/20232586/detail.html
Tiger Flees Magic Act Into Vegas Streets - Residents Reported Seeing Tiger Wandering Streets
http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/20233293/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Jefferson Starship - Ride the Tiger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIufUOm_cWY
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 30, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Heat Brings Puget Sound Power Outages
• Portland Area Consumes Electricity at Record Rate
• Bonneville Power Hikes Utility Rates - Lewis County PUD
• Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Residential Customers to Bear Brunt of Rate Increase
• A Change in the Wind's Direction: BPA Issues Final Record of Decision
• Chelan PUD Loses Potential Earnings in Lehman Deal
• Tacoma Power Settlement - Skokomish Tribe Reclaims Its Land, Breath
• US Dam Threatens to Flood BC Valley
• FERC Official: Better Grid Needed - Presence of BPA gives Pacific Northwest advantage
• Seattle City Light Chief Donates His 40k Bonus
• Avista Rewards Work Well Done - $2.3 million in bonuses
• Canadian Company Acquiring Montana Coal-To-Liquids Company
• Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Mulls Pre-Pay Electricity Option
• California Utility Pays Nearly $15 Million in 1999 Wildfire Case
• Smart Meters - New Fees Lurk In Texas Electricity Bills
• Senate Passes Energy And Water Bill – to close the Yucca Mountain
• Power Glut Forces United Kingdom Utilities to Idle Plants, Cut Spending
• Coho Run Projected To Be Largest since 2001
• Salmon Are Biting Like Crazy in Several Areas off The Coast
• King Salmon Are Mostly A No Show In Puget Sound
• Oregon Governor Threatens To Use Veto on Hatchery, Judicial Bills
• Trout Take a Leap off Dam For The Sake Of Science, Other Fish
• Pikeminnow Anglers Get Extra August Cash
• Warm Weather Prompts Oyster Health Warning
• Geoduck Season Carefully Monitored In WA
• Jellyfish May Help Keep Planet Cool by Mixing Seawater
• Mason County Water Use Restrictions
• Idaho Water Resources Must Reconsider Some Decisions
• Polluted Beach Closures on the Decline
• BPA Chart Shows Real Time Wind Generation
• BLM Seeks Public Input on Steens Mountain Wind Power Transmission Line
• U.S. Wind Industry Installs 1,200 MW in Second Quarter
• Wind Turbines 'Will Disrupt Sleep'
• Energy Giant's Adverts Showed Wind Turbines Half Size Of Those Planned
• Who Will Survive The Solar Energy Shakeout?
• Oregon Eases Ethanol Requirements
• The Dark Secret of Light-Emitting Diodes
• Shedding a New, Electricity-Saving Light on Retail Outlets
• Chelan PUD Nixes Weatherization Loans; To Give Cash Incentives
• GE's Smart (and Subsidized) Appliances
• White Roofs Catch on as Energy Cost Cutters
• U.S. Senate Climate Bill to Have Tough Market Controls
• Some Little States with Big Emissions Could See Allowance Windfall
• Natural-Gas Companies Challenge Coal Industry on Climate Change Bill
• Farm Lobby Divided Over Climate Bill
• Consumer Alert: Is That Business Really Green?
• Chehalis to Sell Wi-Fi Equipment for $5,000
• Microsoft and Yahoo Are Linked Up. Now What?
• Does the Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Matter?
• An Internet Landmark Heads to the Recycle Bin
• 104 - Need We Say More? High temperature ties record from 1981
• Relief from Heat Still A Few Days Away
• Lit Cigarette Blamed for Brush Fire along I-5 near Federal Way
• Wash. Gov Opposing Revenue-Cap I-1033
• Ben Settle Update - Judge Halts Release of Wash. Referendum Signatures
WORD OF THE DAY
Con amore • \kahn-uh-MOR-ee\ • adverb - 1: with love, devotion, or zest 2: in a tender manner -- used as a direction in music
As the throbbing strings from his well-worn Percy Faith album swelled in the background, Aloise sidled up “con amore” to his date. “My Dear,” he began, “your beauty is beyond compare. Excepting, of course, a mint-condition Superman #1 comic book.” The last sound of the night was the skipping needle of his record player, dislodged by the thunderous slamming of the door has his date fled the apartment.
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
Heat Brings Puget Sound Power Outages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=194890
Portland Area Consumes Electricity at Record Rate (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/portland_area_consumes_electri.html
Bonneville Power Hikes Utility Rates - Lewis County PUD Will See $2 Million Increase in Annual Cost, Manager Says (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/28/news/doc4a6f36e868647512825669.txt
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Residential Customers To Bear Brunt Of Rate Increase (Curry Coastal Pilot, Brookings, OR)
http://www.currypilot.com/20090729113597/News/Local-News/Residential-customers-to-bear-brunt-of-rate-increase
A Change in the Wind's Direction: BPA Issues Final Record of Decision in 2010 Rate Case (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/stoel-rives-6442/news/article/2009/07/a-change-in-the-winds-direction-bpa-issues-final-record-of-decision-in-2010-rate-case?cmpid=rss
Chelan PUD Loses Potential Earnings in Lehman Deal (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090728/NEWS04/707289966/1001/NEWS04
Tacoma Power Settlement - Skokomish Tribe Reclaims Its Land, Breath (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009565074_rename30m.html?syndication=rss
US Dam Threatens to Flood BC Valley (Epoch Times)
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/20315/
FERC Official: Better Grid Needed - Presence of BPA gives Pacific Northwest advantage (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/29/official-better-grid-needed/
Seattle City Light Chief Donates His 40k Bonus (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/edcetera/2009553166_seattle_city_light_chief_gives.html
Avista Rewards Work Well Done - $2.3 million in bonuses paid to 1,400 workers last year (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/29/avista-rewards-work-well-done/
Canadian Company Acquiring Montana Coal-To-Liquids Company (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2141332~Canadian_company_acquiring_coal_to_liquids_company.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Mulls Pre-Pay Electricity Option (Fairbands News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jul/28/gvea-mulls-pre-pay-electricity-option/
California Utility Pays Nearly $15 Million in 1999 Wildfire Case (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/28/state/n161101D44.DTL&feed=rss.business
Smart Meters - New Fees Lurk In Texas Electricity Bills (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6553861.html
Senate Passes Energy And Water Bill – to close the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009560285_apuscongressspending.html?syndication=rss
Power Glut Forces United Kingdom Utilities to Idle Plants, Cut Spending (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=adss.SrUxw90
FISH & WILDLIFE
Coho Run Projected To Be Largest since 2001 (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Coho-Run-Projected-To-Be-Largest-since-2=1&blockID=66100&feedID=410
Salmon Are Biting Like Crazy in Several Areas off The Coast (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/924900.html
King Salmon Are Mostly A No Show In Puget Sound - hope is the good fishing at Sekiu will eventually head this way (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009560126_king_salmon_are_mostly_a_no_sh.html
Oregon Governor Threatens To Use Veto on Hatchery, Judicial Bills (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/kulongoski_threatens_to_use_ve.html
Trout Take a Leap off Dam For The Sake Of Science, Other Fish - Data will be used to help steelhead, Chinook (Statesman-Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090730/GREEN/907300337/1001
Pikeminnow Anglers Get Extra August Cash - Weekly drawings will award $1,000 prizes to 60 lucky anglers (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/296815/
Warm Weather Prompts Oyster Health Warning (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072809HEB-oyster-bacteria-warning-TP.864dd614.html?rss
Geoduck Season Carefully Monitored In WA (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072809WAB-geoduck-KS.860f6fbe.html?rss
Jellyfish May Help Keep Planet Cool by Mixing Seawater (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111346982&ps=cprs
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason County Water Use Restrictions for Beards Cove, Rustlewood & Hartstene Pointe (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7906/reftab/1632/t/WATER-USE-RESTRICTIONS-FOR-BEARDS-COVE-RUSTLEWOOD--HARTSTENE-POINTE/Default.aspx
Idaho Water Resources Must Reconsider Some Decisions (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/924633.html
Polluted Beach Closures on the Decline (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090729/NEWS02/707299821/1025/rss1025
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
BPA Chart Shows Real Time Wind Generation - Recent heat wave has led to record demands…power coming from wind turbines has been next to zero at times (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/bpa_chart_shows_real_time_wind.html
BLM Seeks Public Input on Steens Mountain Wind Power Transmission Line (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/blm_seeks_public_input_on_stee.html
U.S. Wind Industry Installs 1,200 MW in Second Quarter (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366971&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Wind Turbines 'Will Disrupt Sleep' - A doctor has called for a wind farm plan to be rejected because he believes it will give people living nearby sleepless nights (Leicester Mercury, UK)
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Turbines-disrupt-sleep/article-1209870-detail/article.html
United Kingdom - Energy Giant's Adverts Showed Wind Turbines Half Size Of Those Planned (The Scotsman, UK)
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Energy-giant39s-adverts-showed-wind.5501784.jp
Who Will Survive The Solar Energy Shakeout? The recession is squeezing solar energy firms. These four could thrive (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/07/29/who-will-survive-the-solar-energy-shakeout/
Oregon Eases Ethanol Requirements (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/oregon-eases-ethanol-requirements/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The Dark Secret of Light-Emitting Diodes (Azooptics)
http://azooptics.com/Details.asp?newsID=4627
Shedding a New, Electricity-Saving Light on Retail Outlets (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/29/29climatewire-shedding-a-new-electricity-saving-light-on-r-39713.html
Chelan PUD Nixes Weatherization Loans; To Give Cash Incentives (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090728/NEWS04/707289985/-1/NEWS90?PUD-nixes-weatherization-loans--to-give-cash-incentives
GE's Smart (and Subsidized) Appliances (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmCarbonEmissions/idUS202789734420090727
White Roofs Catch on as Energy Cost Cutters (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/science/earth/30degrees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U.S. Senate Climate Bill to Have Tough Market Controls (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56S6OG20090729
Some Little States with Big Emissions Could See Allowance Windfall (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/30/30climatewire-some-little-states-with-big-emissions-could-45222.html
Natural-Gas Companies Challenge Coal Industry On Climate Change Bill (The Hill)
http://thehill.com/business--lobby/natural-gas-companies-challenge-coal-industry-on-climate-change-bill-2009-07-29.html
Farm Lobby Divided Over Climate Bill (Politico)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25525.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Consumer Alert: Is That Business Really Green? (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/848841.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CHEHALIS TO SELL WI-FI EQUIPMENT FOR $5,000 - The Chehalis City Council unanimously voted Monday to sell the city’s surplus wireless fidelity equipment to Lewis County IT Services. The city will recoup almost $5,000 in the sale of the equipment that was purchased for nearly $26,000. Councilors decided to scrap the project, which aimed to provide Wi-Fi connectivity to the downtown area after the company the equipment was purchased from, GoNetworks, filed for bankruptcy. City officials said Chehalis would have to spend almost $19,000 to have the equipment installed and $14,500 a year to maintain the network. (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Microsoft and Yahoo Are Linked Up. Now What? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/technology/companies/30soft.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Does the Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Matter? Now that the deal is complete, the real fight to watch will be between Microsoft and Google (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/209294?from=rss
An Internet Landmark Heads to the Recycle Bin - Adieu, Yahoo (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/29/AR2009072903349.html?wprss=rss_technology
GENERAL NEWS
104 - Need We Say More? High temperature ties record from 1981; not quite so hot today (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/925064.html
Relief from Heat Still A Few Days Away - Temperature could reach 100 degrees (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/922993.html
Lit Cigarette Blamed for Brush Fire along I-5 near Federal Way (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/828184.html
Wash. Gov Opposing Revenue-Cap I-1033 (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10807345
Ben Settle Update - Judge Halts Release Of Wash. Referendum Signatures (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009564704_apwadomesticpartnerships3rdldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Utah Boy, 7, Steals Car to Avoid Church
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20207757/detail.html
Flea Bombs Ignite, Blow up Ventura Apartment
http://www.examiner.com/a-2142345~Flea_bombs_ignite__blow_up_Ventura_apartment.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Dog Found After 9-Year, 1,200-Mile Journey
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20221906/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Grease - Summer Nights Lego Stop Motion Animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_whyjdt5Qso
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Heat Brings Puget Sound Power Outages
• Portland Area Consumes Electricity at Record Rate
• Bonneville Power Hikes Utility Rates - Lewis County PUD
• Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Residential Customers to Bear Brunt of Rate Increase
• A Change in the Wind's Direction: BPA Issues Final Record of Decision
• Chelan PUD Loses Potential Earnings in Lehman Deal
• Tacoma Power Settlement - Skokomish Tribe Reclaims Its Land, Breath
• US Dam Threatens to Flood BC Valley
• FERC Official: Better Grid Needed - Presence of BPA gives Pacific Northwest advantage
• Seattle City Light Chief Donates His 40k Bonus
• Avista Rewards Work Well Done - $2.3 million in bonuses
• Canadian Company Acquiring Montana Coal-To-Liquids Company
• Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Mulls Pre-Pay Electricity Option
• California Utility Pays Nearly $15 Million in 1999 Wildfire Case
• Smart Meters - New Fees Lurk In Texas Electricity Bills
• Senate Passes Energy And Water Bill – to close the Yucca Mountain
• Power Glut Forces United Kingdom Utilities to Idle Plants, Cut Spending
• Coho Run Projected To Be Largest since 2001
• Salmon Are Biting Like Crazy in Several Areas off The Coast
• King Salmon Are Mostly A No Show In Puget Sound
• Oregon Governor Threatens To Use Veto on Hatchery, Judicial Bills
• Trout Take a Leap off Dam For The Sake Of Science, Other Fish
• Pikeminnow Anglers Get Extra August Cash
• Warm Weather Prompts Oyster Health Warning
• Geoduck Season Carefully Monitored In WA
• Jellyfish May Help Keep Planet Cool by Mixing Seawater
• Mason County Water Use Restrictions
• Idaho Water Resources Must Reconsider Some Decisions
• Polluted Beach Closures on the Decline
• BPA Chart Shows Real Time Wind Generation
• BLM Seeks Public Input on Steens Mountain Wind Power Transmission Line
• U.S. Wind Industry Installs 1,200 MW in Second Quarter
• Wind Turbines 'Will Disrupt Sleep'
• Energy Giant's Adverts Showed Wind Turbines Half Size Of Those Planned
• Who Will Survive The Solar Energy Shakeout?
• Oregon Eases Ethanol Requirements
• The Dark Secret of Light-Emitting Diodes
• Shedding a New, Electricity-Saving Light on Retail Outlets
• Chelan PUD Nixes Weatherization Loans; To Give Cash Incentives
• GE's Smart (and Subsidized) Appliances
• White Roofs Catch on as Energy Cost Cutters
• U.S. Senate Climate Bill to Have Tough Market Controls
• Some Little States with Big Emissions Could See Allowance Windfall
• Natural-Gas Companies Challenge Coal Industry on Climate Change Bill
• Farm Lobby Divided Over Climate Bill
• Consumer Alert: Is That Business Really Green?
• Chehalis to Sell Wi-Fi Equipment for $5,000
• Microsoft and Yahoo Are Linked Up. Now What?
• Does the Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Matter?
• An Internet Landmark Heads to the Recycle Bin
• 104 - Need We Say More? High temperature ties record from 1981
• Relief from Heat Still A Few Days Away
• Lit Cigarette Blamed for Brush Fire along I-5 near Federal Way
• Wash. Gov Opposing Revenue-Cap I-1033
• Ben Settle Update - Judge Halts Release of Wash. Referendum Signatures
WORD OF THE DAY
Con amore • \kahn-uh-MOR-ee\ • adverb - 1: with love, devotion, or zest 2: in a tender manner -- used as a direction in music
As the throbbing strings from his well-worn Percy Faith album swelled in the background, Aloise sidled up “con amore” to his date. “My Dear,” he began, “your beauty is beyond compare. Excepting, of course, a mint-condition Superman #1 comic book.” The last sound of the night was the skipping needle of his record player, dislodged by the thunderous slamming of the door has his date fled the apartment.
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
Heat Brings Puget Sound Power Outages (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=194890
Portland Area Consumes Electricity at Record Rate (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/portland_area_consumes_electri.html
Bonneville Power Hikes Utility Rates - Lewis County PUD Will See $2 Million Increase in Annual Cost, Manager Says (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/28/news/doc4a6f36e868647512825669.txt
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Residential Customers To Bear Brunt Of Rate Increase (Curry Coastal Pilot, Brookings, OR)
http://www.currypilot.com/20090729113597/News/Local-News/Residential-customers-to-bear-brunt-of-rate-increase
A Change in the Wind's Direction: BPA Issues Final Record of Decision in 2010 Rate Case (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/stoel-rives-6442/news/article/2009/07/a-change-in-the-winds-direction-bpa-issues-final-record-of-decision-in-2010-rate-case?cmpid=rss
Chelan PUD Loses Potential Earnings in Lehman Deal (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090728/NEWS04/707289966/1001/NEWS04
Tacoma Power Settlement - Skokomish Tribe Reclaims Its Land, Breath (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009565074_rename30m.html?syndication=rss
US Dam Threatens to Flood BC Valley (Epoch Times)
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/20315/
FERC Official: Better Grid Needed - Presence of BPA gives Pacific Northwest advantage (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/29/official-better-grid-needed/
Seattle City Light Chief Donates His 40k Bonus (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/edcetera/2009553166_seattle_city_light_chief_gives.html
Avista Rewards Work Well Done - $2.3 million in bonuses paid to 1,400 workers last year (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/29/avista-rewards-work-well-done/
Canadian Company Acquiring Montana Coal-To-Liquids Company (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2141332~Canadian_company_acquiring_coal_to_liquids_company.html?cid=rss-Montana_Headlines
Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Mulls Pre-Pay Electricity Option (Fairbands News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jul/28/gvea-mulls-pre-pay-electricity-option/
California Utility Pays Nearly $15 Million in 1999 Wildfire Case (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/28/state/n161101D44.DTL&feed=rss.business
Smart Meters - New Fees Lurk In Texas Electricity Bills (Houston Chronicle, TX)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6553861.html
Senate Passes Energy And Water Bill – to close the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009560285_apuscongressspending.html?syndication=rss
Power Glut Forces United Kingdom Utilities to Idle Plants, Cut Spending (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=adss.SrUxw90
FISH & WILDLIFE
Coho Run Projected To Be Largest since 2001 (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Coho-Run-Projected-To-Be-Largest-since-2=1&blockID=66100&feedID=410
Salmon Are Biting Like Crazy in Several Areas off The Coast (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/924900.html
King Salmon Are Mostly A No Show In Puget Sound - hope is the good fishing at Sekiu will eventually head this way (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009560126_king_salmon_are_mostly_a_no_sh.html
Oregon Governor Threatens To Use Veto on Hatchery, Judicial Bills (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/kulongoski_threatens_to_use_ve.html
Trout Take a Leap off Dam For The Sake Of Science, Other Fish - Data will be used to help steelhead, Chinook (Statesman-Journal, Salem, OR)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090730/GREEN/907300337/1001
Pikeminnow Anglers Get Extra August Cash - Weekly drawings will award $1,000 prizes to 60 lucky anglers (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/296815/
Warm Weather Prompts Oyster Health Warning (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072809HEB-oyster-bacteria-warning-TP.864dd614.html?rss
Geoduck Season Carefully Monitored In WA (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072809WAB-geoduck-KS.860f6fbe.html?rss
Jellyfish May Help Keep Planet Cool by Mixing Seawater (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111346982&ps=cprs
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mason County Water Use Restrictions for Beards Cove, Rustlewood & Hartstene Pointe (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7906/reftab/1632/t/WATER-USE-RESTRICTIONS-FOR-BEARDS-COVE-RUSTLEWOOD--HARTSTENE-POINTE/Default.aspx
Idaho Water Resources Must Reconsider Some Decisions (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/924633.html
Polluted Beach Closures on the Decline (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090729/NEWS02/707299821/1025/rss1025
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
BPA Chart Shows Real Time Wind Generation - Recent heat wave has led to record demands…power coming from wind turbines has been next to zero at times (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/bpa_chart_shows_real_time_wind.html
BLM Seeks Public Input on Steens Mountain Wind Power Transmission Line (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/blm_seeks_public_input_on_stee.html
U.S. Wind Industry Installs 1,200 MW in Second Quarter (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366971&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Wind Turbines 'Will Disrupt Sleep' - A doctor has called for a wind farm plan to be rejected because he believes it will give people living nearby sleepless nights (Leicester Mercury, UK)
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Turbines-disrupt-sleep/article-1209870-detail/article.html
United Kingdom - Energy Giant's Adverts Showed Wind Turbines Half Size Of Those Planned (The Scotsman, UK)
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Energy-giant39s-adverts-showed-wind.5501784.jp
Who Will Survive The Solar Energy Shakeout? The recession is squeezing solar energy firms. These four could thrive (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/07/29/who-will-survive-the-solar-energy-shakeout/
Oregon Eases Ethanol Requirements (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/oregon-eases-ethanol-requirements/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
The Dark Secret of Light-Emitting Diodes (Azooptics)
http://azooptics.com/Details.asp?newsID=4627
Shedding a New, Electricity-Saving Light on Retail Outlets (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/29/29climatewire-shedding-a-new-electricity-saving-light-on-r-39713.html
Chelan PUD Nixes Weatherization Loans; To Give Cash Incentives (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090728/NEWS04/707289985/-1/NEWS90?PUD-nixes-weatherization-loans--to-give-cash-incentives
GE's Smart (and Subsidized) Appliances (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmCarbonEmissions/idUS202789734420090727
White Roofs Catch on as Energy Cost Cutters (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/science/earth/30degrees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
U.S. Senate Climate Bill to Have Tough Market Controls (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56S6OG20090729
Some Little States with Big Emissions Could See Allowance Windfall (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/30/30climatewire-some-little-states-with-big-emissions-could-45222.html
Natural-Gas Companies Challenge Coal Industry On Climate Change Bill (The Hill)
http://thehill.com/business--lobby/natural-gas-companies-challenge-coal-industry-on-climate-change-bill-2009-07-29.html
Farm Lobby Divided Over Climate Bill (Politico)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25525.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Consumer Alert: Is That Business Really Green? (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/848841.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CHEHALIS TO SELL WI-FI EQUIPMENT FOR $5,000 - The Chehalis City Council unanimously voted Monday to sell the city’s surplus wireless fidelity equipment to Lewis County IT Services. The city will recoup almost $5,000 in the sale of the equipment that was purchased for nearly $26,000. Councilors decided to scrap the project, which aimed to provide Wi-Fi connectivity to the downtown area after the company the equipment was purchased from, GoNetworks, filed for bankruptcy. City officials said Chehalis would have to spend almost $19,000 to have the equipment installed and $14,500 a year to maintain the network. (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
Microsoft and Yahoo Are Linked Up. Now What? (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/technology/companies/30soft.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Does the Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Matter? Now that the deal is complete, the real fight to watch will be between Microsoft and Google (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/209294?from=rss
An Internet Landmark Heads to the Recycle Bin - Adieu, Yahoo (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/29/AR2009072903349.html?wprss=rss_technology
GENERAL NEWS
104 - Need We Say More? High temperature ties record from 1981; not quite so hot today (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/925064.html
Relief from Heat Still A Few Days Away - Temperature could reach 100 degrees (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/922993.html
Lit Cigarette Blamed for Brush Fire along I-5 near Federal Way (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/828184.html
Wash. Gov Opposing Revenue-Cap I-1033 (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10807345
Ben Settle Update - Judge Halts Release Of Wash. Referendum Signatures (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009564704_apwadomesticpartnerships3rdldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Utah Boy, 7, Steals Car to Avoid Church
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20207757/detail.html
Flea Bombs Ignite, Blow up Ventura Apartment
http://www.examiner.com/a-2142345~Flea_bombs_ignite__blow_up_Ventura_apartment.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Dog Found After 9-Year, 1,200-Mile Journey
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20221906/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Grease - Summer Nights Lego Stop Motion Animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_whyjdt5Qso
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 28, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Chelan PUD - Hydropower Boom May Not Be a Bust for Salmon
• Yakima River Fishery Goes On
• Canada - Fraser River Salmon Run Is Low for Summer
• Despite Warnings of Wild Salmon's Extinction B.C. Stocks Appear Abundant
• Sockeye Salmon Numbers Crash As Bust Replaces Anticipated Bounty on B.C. Coast
• California - Steelhead Trout's Comeback Will Be Upstream Battle
• New Rules Proposed for Vessel Traffic near Orcas
• Jefferson County PUD Could 'End the Water Wars' With Desalinization
• Pend Oreille - Federal Funds Paying For Metaline Water Plant
• If A Bear Poops In The Woods, Does Portland Have To Filter Its Water?
• Including Portland - Averting 22 Water-Electricity Crises in the United States
• Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico Is Smaller Than Forecast
• Proposed Wind Project Could Imperil Murrelet
• Offshore Wind Could Be Next Wave for U.S.
• Australia - Turbine proposal sunk over skydiver safety fears
• Australia - Microwaves May Nuke Turbines
• Oregon Wave Energy Trusts Awards Contract
• United Kingdom - Threatened Wind Turbine Firm Offered Research Grant
• Op/Ed - Will America Lose The Clean-Energy Race?
• Plugging Into the Future - Electric smart-grid technology may transform how the country powers up
• Innovation Taps Low Geothermal Heat
• Australian Aluminum Council Urges Smelters to Lobby Renewable Energy Targets
• A Quest for Batteries to Alter the Energy Equation
• BPA & Ferry County PUD Use Lights Out for “Light Bulb Moment”
• Powerful Sides face off over Florida's Power-Saving Plan
• Florida Power & Light ‘Smart Meters’ Target of Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Does The House Energy Bill Subject Owners Of Existing Homes To An Energy Efficiency Audit Before They Can Sell?
• Op/Ed - Global Warming Worriers Need To Go Nuclear
• Greenpeace: China Power Companies Hurting Climate
• Is Verizon FiOS Putting the Hurt on Cable?
• Verizon to cut 8,000 jobs nationwide
• Wi-Fi Like, Totally Messes With My Chakras
• Will Wednesday Be Seattle's Hottest Day Ever?
• Hot Weather Could Cause Fires across Northwest
• Heat & Air Stagnation Advisories in Effect
• Though Conflict Continues Over Old-Growth Forests, Cutting Rarely Occurs
• Quadrant Homes Ramps up New-Home Production
WORD OF THE DAY
Illustrative • \ill-LUST-ruh-tiv\ • Adjective – serving, tending, or designed to illustrate
Sam’s twirling dance was illustrative of the reason not to stuff wild ferrets into your knickers.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Heat Puts Stress on Power System (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=193415
Stay Cool, but Try To Use less Power (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5496-stay-cool-try-use-less-power/
Seattle City Light Radio Mess Costs Taxpayers Millions (KIRO-TV, Seatte)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20195610/detail.html
'Smart Grid' Raises Security Concerns “…Electric utilities vying for…federal "smart grid" grants will need to prove that they are taking steps to prevent cyberattacks…” (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/27/AR2009072702988.html?wprss=rss_technology
California - Fog-Shrouded Power Lines Caused Copter Crash (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/27/BADA18VM1P.DTL&feed=rss.news
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chelan PUD - Hydropower Boom May Not Be a Bust for Salmon (LA Times)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/07/hydropower-boom-may-not-be-a-bust-for-salmon.html
Yakima River Fishery Goes On (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/658767.html
Canada - Fraser River Salmon Run Is Low for Summer (United Press International)
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/07/27/Fraser-River-salmon-run-is-low-for-summer/UPI-11491248748522/
Despite Warnings of Wild Salmon's Extinction B.C. Stocks Appear Abundant (Canadian Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j_MGAFlg9yX08UsvXu-7tDU1LplQ
Sockeye Salmon Numbers Crash As Bust Replaces Anticipated Bounty on B.C. Coast (Vancouver Sun, UK)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Sockeye+salmon+numbers+crash+bust+replaces+anticipated+bounty+coast/1832698/story.html
California - Steelhead Trout's Comeback Will Be Upstream Battle: Recovery could take decades, cost millions (Ed Note: Um, try billions…trust me. Ventura County Star)
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/27/steelhead-recovery-could-take-decades-cost/
New Rules Proposed for Vessel Traffic near Orcas (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009552831_apwaorcasvesselrules.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Jefferson County PUD Could 'End the Water Wars' With Desalinization (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090727/news/307279994
Pend Oreille - Federal Funds Paying For Metaline Water Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009552522_apwametalinewaterplant.html?syndication=rss
If A Bear Poops In The Woods, Does Portland Have To Filter Its Water? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5488-if-bear-poops-woods-does-portland-have-filter-its-water/
Including Portland - Averting 22 Water-Electricity Crises in the United States (Scitizen)
http://scitizen.com/screens/blogPage/viewBlog/sw_viewBlog.php?idTheme=14&idContribution=2887
Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico Is Smaller Than Forecast but More Concentrated in Parts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/science/earth/28zone.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Proposed Wind Project Could Imperil Murrelet (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA – The BANANA Republic: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything)
http://columbian.com/article/20090728/NEWS02/707289966/
Offshore Wind Could Be Next Wave for U.S. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE56Q5VO20090727
Australia - Turbine proposal sunk over skydiver safety fears
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25847068-29277,00.html
Australia - Microwaves May Nuke Turbines - Wind turbines could interfere with the communications system that runs Tasmania's power supply (The Mercury, Tasmania)
http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2009/07/27/86981_tasmania-news.html
Oregon Wave Energy Trusts Awards Contract (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/oregon-wave-energy-trusts-awards-contract?cmpid=rss
United Kingdom - Threatened Wind Turbine Firm Offered Research Grant (Birmingham Post, UK)
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2009/07/28/threatened-wind-turbine-firm-offered-research-grant-65233-24252641/
SF Chronicle Op/Ed - Will America Lose The Clean-Energy Race?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/26/EDKH18UBUP.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Plugging Into the Future - Electric smart-grid technology may transform how the country powers up. First, it has to overcome costs & competing interests (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/208701?from=rss
Innovation Taps Low Geothermal Heat (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS404302714320090727
Australian Aluminum Council Urges Smelters to Lobby Renewable Energy Targets (Steel Guru)
http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/07/27/MTA0MDE2/Australian_Aluminium_Council_urges_smelters_to_lobby_renewable_energy_targets.html
A Quest for Batteries to Alter the Energy Equation (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/science/28batt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
BPA & Ferry County PUD Use Lights Out For “Light Bulb Moment” - Residents invited to learn about electric power (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/294929/
Powerful Sides face off over Florida's Power-Saving Plan - Activists to push for more conservation by JEA & other utility companies (Florida Times Union, Jacksonville, FL)
http://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-07-27/story/powerful_sides_face_off_over_floridas_power_saving_plan
Florida Power & Light ‘Smart Meters’ Target of Patent Infringement Lawsuit (South Florida Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2009/07/27/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
Does The House Energy Bill Subject Owners Of Existing Homes To An Energy Efficiency Audit Before They Can Sell? (Fact Check.org)
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/does_the_house_energy_bill_subject_owners.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Denver Post Op/Ed - Global Warming Worriers Need To Go Nuclear
http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_12919321?source=commented-
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Greenpeace: China Power Companies Hurting Climate (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/28/international/i044403D62.DTL&feed=rss.business
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Is Verizon FiOS Putting the Hurt on Cable? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/27/is-verizon-fios-putting-the-hurt-on-cable/
Verizon to cut 8,000 jobs nationwide - In the Northwest region, company officials expect minimal employee layoffs (Everett herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090728/BIZ/707289955/-1/RSS03
Wi-Fi Like, Totally Messes With My Chakras - Wireless health hysteria continues, UK leads the weird way (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/WiFi-Like-Totally-Messes-With-My-Chakras-103628
GENERAL NEWS
Will Wednesday Be Seattle's Hottest Day Ever? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/174724.asp?source=pimail
Hot Weather Could Cause Fires across Northwest (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5495-hot-weather-could-cause-fires-across-northwest/
Heat & Air Stagnation Advisories in Effect (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7884/reftab/1632/t/HEAT-AND-AIR-STAGNATION-ADVISORIES-IN-EFFECT/Default.aspx
Though Conflict Continues Over Old-Growth Forests, Cutting Rarely Occurs (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/though_conflict_continues_over.html
Quadrant Homes Ramps Up New-Home Production (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009548598_quadrant28.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Ewww - Rendering Truck Scatters Load On I-5 Near Tacoma
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009548614_apwarenderingtruck.html?syndication=rss
Wedding May Have Stranded Doves in Park - Homing Pigeons Should Be Used, Expert Says
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20200785/detail.html
Consultants Help Inmates Get Good Digs - White-Collar Cons Turn To Brokers
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20199374/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Midnight Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DksGi7B5BdM
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Chelan PUD - Hydropower Boom May Not Be a Bust for Salmon
• Yakima River Fishery Goes On
• Canada - Fraser River Salmon Run Is Low for Summer
• Despite Warnings of Wild Salmon's Extinction B.C. Stocks Appear Abundant
• Sockeye Salmon Numbers Crash As Bust Replaces Anticipated Bounty on B.C. Coast
• California - Steelhead Trout's Comeback Will Be Upstream Battle
• New Rules Proposed for Vessel Traffic near Orcas
• Jefferson County PUD Could 'End the Water Wars' With Desalinization
• Pend Oreille - Federal Funds Paying For Metaline Water Plant
• If A Bear Poops In The Woods, Does Portland Have To Filter Its Water?
• Including Portland - Averting 22 Water-Electricity Crises in the United States
• Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico Is Smaller Than Forecast
• Proposed Wind Project Could Imperil Murrelet
• Offshore Wind Could Be Next Wave for U.S.
• Australia - Turbine proposal sunk over skydiver safety fears
• Australia - Microwaves May Nuke Turbines
• Oregon Wave Energy Trusts Awards Contract
• United Kingdom - Threatened Wind Turbine Firm Offered Research Grant
• Op/Ed - Will America Lose The Clean-Energy Race?
• Plugging Into the Future - Electric smart-grid technology may transform how the country powers up
• Innovation Taps Low Geothermal Heat
• Australian Aluminum Council Urges Smelters to Lobby Renewable Energy Targets
• A Quest for Batteries to Alter the Energy Equation
• BPA & Ferry County PUD Use Lights Out for “Light Bulb Moment”
• Powerful Sides face off over Florida's Power-Saving Plan
• Florida Power & Light ‘Smart Meters’ Target of Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Does The House Energy Bill Subject Owners Of Existing Homes To An Energy Efficiency Audit Before They Can Sell?
• Op/Ed - Global Warming Worriers Need To Go Nuclear
• Greenpeace: China Power Companies Hurting Climate
• Is Verizon FiOS Putting the Hurt on Cable?
• Verizon to cut 8,000 jobs nationwide
• Wi-Fi Like, Totally Messes With My Chakras
• Will Wednesday Be Seattle's Hottest Day Ever?
• Hot Weather Could Cause Fires across Northwest
• Heat & Air Stagnation Advisories in Effect
• Though Conflict Continues Over Old-Growth Forests, Cutting Rarely Occurs
• Quadrant Homes Ramps up New-Home Production
WORD OF THE DAY
Illustrative • \ill-LUST-ruh-tiv\ • Adjective – serving, tending, or designed to illustrate
Sam’s twirling dance was illustrative of the reason not to stuff wild ferrets into your knickers.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Heat Puts Stress on Power System (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=193415
Stay Cool, but Try To Use less Power (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5496-stay-cool-try-use-less-power/
Seattle City Light Radio Mess Costs Taxpayers Millions (KIRO-TV, Seatte)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20195610/detail.html
'Smart Grid' Raises Security Concerns “…Electric utilities vying for…federal "smart grid" grants will need to prove that they are taking steps to prevent cyberattacks…” (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/27/AR2009072702988.html?wprss=rss_technology
California - Fog-Shrouded Power Lines Caused Copter Crash (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/27/BADA18VM1P.DTL&feed=rss.news
FISH & WILDLIFE
Chelan PUD - Hydropower Boom May Not Be a Bust for Salmon (LA Times)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/07/hydropower-boom-may-not-be-a-bust-for-salmon.html
Yakima River Fishery Goes On (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/658767.html
Canada - Fraser River Salmon Run Is Low for Summer (United Press International)
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/07/27/Fraser-River-salmon-run-is-low-for-summer/UPI-11491248748522/
Despite Warnings of Wild Salmon's Extinction B.C. Stocks Appear Abundant (Canadian Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j_MGAFlg9yX08UsvXu-7tDU1LplQ
Sockeye Salmon Numbers Crash As Bust Replaces Anticipated Bounty on B.C. Coast (Vancouver Sun, UK)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Sockeye+salmon+numbers+crash+bust+replaces+anticipated+bounty+coast/1832698/story.html
California - Steelhead Trout's Comeback Will Be Upstream Battle: Recovery could take decades, cost millions (Ed Note: Um, try billions…trust me. Ventura County Star)
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/27/steelhead-recovery-could-take-decades-cost/
New Rules Proposed for Vessel Traffic near Orcas (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009552831_apwaorcasvesselrules.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Jefferson County PUD Could 'End the Water Wars' With Desalinization (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090727/news/307279994
Pend Oreille - Federal Funds Paying For Metaline Water Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009552522_apwametalinewaterplant.html?syndication=rss
If A Bear Poops In The Woods, Does Portland Have To Filter Its Water? (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5488-if-bear-poops-woods-does-portland-have-filter-its-water/
Including Portland - Averting 22 Water-Electricity Crises in the United States (Scitizen)
http://scitizen.com/screens/blogPage/viewBlog/sw_viewBlog.php?idTheme=14&idContribution=2887
Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico Is Smaller Than Forecast but More Concentrated in Parts (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/science/earth/28zone.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Proposed Wind Project Could Imperil Murrelet (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA – The BANANA Republic: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything)
http://columbian.com/article/20090728/NEWS02/707289966/
Offshore Wind Could Be Next Wave for U.S. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE56Q5VO20090727
Australia - Turbine proposal sunk over skydiver safety fears
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25847068-29277,00.html
Australia - Microwaves May Nuke Turbines - Wind turbines could interfere with the communications system that runs Tasmania's power supply (The Mercury, Tasmania)
http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2009/07/27/86981_tasmania-news.html
Oregon Wave Energy Trusts Awards Contract (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/07/oregon-wave-energy-trusts-awards-contract?cmpid=rss
United Kingdom - Threatened Wind Turbine Firm Offered Research Grant (Birmingham Post, UK)
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/other-uk-business/2009/07/28/threatened-wind-turbine-firm-offered-research-grant-65233-24252641/
SF Chronicle Op/Ed - Will America Lose The Clean-Energy Race?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/26/EDKH18UBUP.DTL&feed=rss.opinion
Plugging Into the Future - Electric smart-grid technology may transform how the country powers up. First, it has to overcome costs & competing interests (Newsweek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/208701?from=rss
Innovation Taps Low Geothermal Heat (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS404302714320090727
Australian Aluminum Council Urges Smelters to Lobby Renewable Energy Targets (Steel Guru)
http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/07/27/MTA0MDE2/Australian_Aluminium_Council_urges_smelters_to_lobby_renewable_energy_targets.html
A Quest for Batteries to Alter the Energy Equation (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/science/28batt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
BPA & Ferry County PUD Use Lights Out For “Light Bulb Moment” - Residents invited to learn about electric power (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/294929/
Powerful Sides face off over Florida's Power-Saving Plan - Activists to push for more conservation by JEA & other utility companies (Florida Times Union, Jacksonville, FL)
http://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-07-27/story/powerful_sides_face_off_over_floridas_power_saving_plan
Florida Power & Light ‘Smart Meters’ Target of Patent Infringement Lawsuit (South Florida Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2009/07/27/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
Does The House Energy Bill Subject Owners Of Existing Homes To An Energy Efficiency Audit Before They Can Sell? (Fact Check.org)
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/does_the_house_energy_bill_subject_owners.html
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Denver Post Op/Ed - Global Warming Worriers Need To Go Nuclear
http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_12919321?source=commented-
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Greenpeace: China Power Companies Hurting Climate (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/28/international/i044403D62.DTL&feed=rss.business
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Is Verizon FiOS Putting the Hurt on Cable? (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/27/is-verizon-fios-putting-the-hurt-on-cable/
Verizon to cut 8,000 jobs nationwide - In the Northwest region, company officials expect minimal employee layoffs (Everett herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090728/BIZ/707289955/-1/RSS03
Wi-Fi Like, Totally Messes With My Chakras - Wireless health hysteria continues, UK leads the weird way (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/WiFi-Like-Totally-Messes-With-My-Chakras-103628
GENERAL NEWS
Will Wednesday Be Seattle's Hottest Day Ever? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/174724.asp?source=pimail
Hot Weather Could Cause Fires across Northwest (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/5495-hot-weather-could-cause-fires-across-northwest/
Heat & Air Stagnation Advisories in Effect (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7884/reftab/1632/t/HEAT-AND-AIR-STAGNATION-ADVISORIES-IN-EFFECT/Default.aspx
Though Conflict Continues Over Old-Growth Forests, Cutting Rarely Occurs (The Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/though_conflict_continues_over.html
Quadrant Homes Ramps Up New-Home Production (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009548598_quadrant28.html?syndication=rss
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Ewww - Rendering Truck Scatters Load On I-5 Near Tacoma
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009548614_apwarenderingtruck.html?syndication=rss
Wedding May Have Stranded Doves in Park - Homing Pigeons Should Be Used, Expert Says
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20200785/detail.html
Consultants Help Inmates Get Good Digs - White-Collar Cons Turn To Brokers
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20199374/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Midnight Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DksGi7B5BdM
Monday, July 27, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 27, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Bonneville power to up rates by 7 percent – Clallam PUD
• Bonneville Power to boost rates in October – N Wasco PUD
• Rate increase may be ahead – Grays Harbor County PUD
• Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended
• Centralia Looks to Collect Old, Unpaid Utility Bills
• Frank Chopp: Nuclear Power Will Rise Again
• Oregon LNG Sues Port of Astoria over Lease
• Alaska - Homer Electric Association Coal Plant Part Ways
• U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul
• California - Energy Firms Help Pay for State Regulators' Far-Flung Trips
• China: Four Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project
• New Technology Improves Salmon Passage at Hydropower Dams
• Think Pink Salmon
• Colville Tribes to Get New Salmon Hatchery
• PNNL Biologist Tells All He Knows About Fish
• Op/Ed - A New Twist in Dam Removal on the Snake River
• A Hydroelectric Future Faces A Fish Predicament
• Op/Ed - Déjà Vu on the Columbia: In Defense of the Wild
• Crusader Targets Drivers Who Clobber Birds On the Beach
• Capitol Lake - Only Bats Solid on Lake vs. Estuary Question
• Governor Gregoire Won't Lift Kittitas County Well Ban
• Algae Restricts Water Flow In Whatcom County
• Nine Mile Falls Dam Safety Restrictions Lifted
• Marbled Murrelet May Keep Pacific County Wind Farm from Getting Off the Ground
• Ebbs and Flows of Wind Power Stress the Northwest Grid
• Wild Horse Wind Farm Expansion, Adding Turbines and Revenue
• European Wind Lobby Distances Itself from UK Turbine Factory Occupation
• Hydropower Conference Set For Spokane Next Week
• Kentucky - Electric-generating barges sought for Ohio River
• Colorado - Solar Customers Fuming Over Proposed Fee
• Food Waste Helps Power Wastewater Plant
• Audit Finds Wasted Energy, Money at DOE's Buildings
• Government's Green Home Push Can Save You Money
• Three Out Of Five Would Change Electrical Consumption If Given Smart Grid Technology
• Tips for Reducing Your Home Energy Bill
• Tennessee Valley Authority Helps Pay To Make Homes Energy Efficient
• Why People Are Cool To Global Warming
• Pacific Gas And Electric Pushes To Extend Unpopular ClimateSmart
• Qwest: Remember How We Said Speed Didn't Matter? Forget That
• Qwest Plans to Double Broadband Speeds in Spokane
• Fiber-To-The-Home Installs To Grow 30 Percent A Year
• The FCC Finally Takes Off Their Rose-Colored Broadband Glasses
• The Evergreen State College Seeks Missing Money
• Boeing Drone Maker Creates Technology Jobs near Columbia River
WORD OF THE DAY
Quaff • \KWAHF\ • verb - To drink deeply
Dilbert rushed up to the bar in a frenzy and quaffed down the first frosty, cold drink he could lay hands on. His efforts were only slightly unwelcome when he discovered that the drink was a pitcher of clamato juice.
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
Bonneville power to up rates by 7 percent – Clallam PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090724/NEWS/307249986
Bonneville Power to boost rates in October – Wasco County PUD (The Dalles Chronicle OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/07/news07-23-09-03.shtml
Rate increase may be ahead – Grays Harbor County PUD (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/23/local_news/doc4a68b83d1d19e346140188.txt
Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended (Associated Press)
http://www.kxmb.com/News/411467.asp
Centralia Looks to Collect Old, Unpaid Utility Bills - Cleaning up: City Light Department Owed Almost $55,000 in ‘Sleeper Bills’ (Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/25/news//doc4a69ff0839fd7792936675.txt
Frank Chopp: Nuclear Power Will Rise Again (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/174610.asp
Oregon LNG Sues Port of Astoria over Lease (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10790324
Alaska - Homer Electric Association Coal Plant Part Ways (Kenai Peninsula Clarion, AK)
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/072309/new_468615020.shtml
U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56N0HQ20090724
California - Energy Firms Help Pay for State Regulators' Far-Flung Trips (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2056375.html
China: Four Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/world/asia/24briefs-chinadam.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Technology Improves Salmon Passage at Hydropower Dams (RedOrbit)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1726317/new_technology_improves_salmon_passage_at_hydropower_dams/
Think Pink Salmon - One of the largest pink salmon runs in recent times is about to swim through area waters, fueling 2009 “Humpy Madness’ (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090726/SPORTS/707269841/1004
Colville Tribes to Get New Salmon Hatchery (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_colville_hatchery.html?source=pimail
PNNL Biologist Tells All He Knows About Fish (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/658771.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - A New Twist in Dam Removal on the Snake River
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009527114_lance24.html
A Hydroelectric Future Faces A Fish Predicament - As a nation looks to dams for their renewable energy possibilities, protection of salmon and other fish is an increasing concern, particularly in the Pacific Northwest (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hydro-power27-2009jul27,0,2321552.story
Oregonian Op/Ed - Déjà Vu on the Columbia: In Defense of the Wild
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/deja_vu_on_the_columbia.html
Crusader Targets Drivers Who Clobber Birds On the Beach (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/crusader_targets_drivers_who_c.html
Capitol Lake - Only Bats Solid on Lake vs. Estuary Question (Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/921309.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Governor Gregoire Won't Lift Kittitas County Well Ban (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=192326
Algae Restricts Water Flow In Whatcom County (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51654137.html
Nine Mile Falls Dam Safety Restrictions Lifted (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/24/nine-mile-falls-dam-safety-restriction-lifted/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Marbled Murrelet May Keep Pacific County Wind Farm from Getting Off the Ground (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/27/top_story/doc4a6bf58e28c40373155301.txt
Ebbs and Flows of Wind Power Stress the Northwest Grid (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/27/breaking_news/doc4a6c7df6bf5f6433661873.txt
Wild Horse Wind Farm Expansion, Adding Turbines and Revenue (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10781715
European Wind Lobby Distances Itself from UK Turbine Factory Occupation (EU Observer)
http://euobserver.com/9/28493
Hydropower Conference Set For Spokane Next Week - About 1,500 workers will meet (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/25/hydropower-conference-set/
Kentucky - Electric-generating barges sought for Ohio River - They're part of potential $22 million ‘green' initiative (Louisville Courier Journal, KY)
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090723/NEWS01/907230332/1008
Colorado - Solar Customers Fuming Over Proposed Fee: Monthly Xcel Charge Would Apply To Solar Users Even If They Use No Electricity (KMGH-TV, Denver, CO)
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/20174458/detail.html
Food Waste Helps Power Wastewater Plant (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/BAS618T9N9.DTL&feed=rss.news
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Audit Finds Wasted Energy, Money at DOE's Buildings (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/24/24greenwire-audit-finds-wasted-energy-money-at-does-buildi-10606.html
Government's Green Home Push Can Save You Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2009534041_harney26.html
Three Out Of Five Would Change Electrical Consumption If Given Smart Grid Technology (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Three-out-of-five-would-change-electrical-consumption-if-given-smart-grid-technology
Tips for Reducing Your Home Energy Bill (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12902923
Tennessee Valley Authority Helps Pay To Make Homes Energy Efficient (Tennessean)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090726/NEWS01/907260360/1006/TVA+helps+pay+to+make+homes+energy+efficient
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Why People Are Cool To Global Warming (Calgary Herald, Alberta)
http://www.calgaryherald.com/people+cool+global+warming/1828561/story.html
Pacific Gas And Electric Pushes To Extend Unpopular ClimateSmart - Program that asks customers to fight global warming by paying a little extra on their electricity bills has enrolled just 31,000 people and takes far more money to run than it generates (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/26/BAKQ18SLO5.DTL
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Qwest: Remember How We Said Speed Didn't Matter? Forget That - Those speeds we said you didn't want? Well, you want 'em. (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Remember-How-We-Said-Speed-Didnt-Matter-Forget-That-103596
Qwest Plans to Double Broadband Speeds in Spokane (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/24/qwest-plans-double-broadband-speeds-spokane/
Fiber-To-The-Home Installs To Grow 30 Percent A Year (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10293916-76.html
The FCC Finally Takes Off Their Rose-Colored Broadband Glasses - After a decade of bad policy based on even worse data (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-Finally-Takes-Off-Their-RoseColored-Broadband-Glasses-103592
GENERAL NEWS
The Evergreen State College Seeks Missing Money - Evergreen: College looks at options to recover $50,000 in student cash (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/919587.html
Boeing Drone Maker Creates Technology Jobs near Columbia River Gorge (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009538790_insitu26.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Shelton CONNECTICUT - Police Arrest 19 in Finch-Fighting Ring
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20190268/detail.html
Police: Fake Officer Pulls Over Real Officer
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20177757/detail.html
Principal Fired For Jumping On Students
http://www.kirotv.com/education/20157707/detail.html
Toupee Wearer 1, South Carolina Roller Coaster 0 - Man Says Coaster Isn't As Hair-Raising As Commercials Claim
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20156233/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Bonneville power to up rates by 7 percent – Clallam PUD
• Bonneville Power to boost rates in October – N Wasco PUD
• Rate increase may be ahead – Grays Harbor County PUD
• Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended
• Centralia Looks to Collect Old, Unpaid Utility Bills
• Frank Chopp: Nuclear Power Will Rise Again
• Oregon LNG Sues Port of Astoria over Lease
• Alaska - Homer Electric Association Coal Plant Part Ways
• U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul
• California - Energy Firms Help Pay for State Regulators' Far-Flung Trips
• China: Four Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project
• New Technology Improves Salmon Passage at Hydropower Dams
• Think Pink Salmon
• Colville Tribes to Get New Salmon Hatchery
• PNNL Biologist Tells All He Knows About Fish
• Op/Ed - A New Twist in Dam Removal on the Snake River
• A Hydroelectric Future Faces A Fish Predicament
• Op/Ed - Déjà Vu on the Columbia: In Defense of the Wild
• Crusader Targets Drivers Who Clobber Birds On the Beach
• Capitol Lake - Only Bats Solid on Lake vs. Estuary Question
• Governor Gregoire Won't Lift Kittitas County Well Ban
• Algae Restricts Water Flow In Whatcom County
• Nine Mile Falls Dam Safety Restrictions Lifted
• Marbled Murrelet May Keep Pacific County Wind Farm from Getting Off the Ground
• Ebbs and Flows of Wind Power Stress the Northwest Grid
• Wild Horse Wind Farm Expansion, Adding Turbines and Revenue
• European Wind Lobby Distances Itself from UK Turbine Factory Occupation
• Hydropower Conference Set For Spokane Next Week
• Kentucky - Electric-generating barges sought for Ohio River
• Colorado - Solar Customers Fuming Over Proposed Fee
• Food Waste Helps Power Wastewater Plant
• Audit Finds Wasted Energy, Money at DOE's Buildings
• Government's Green Home Push Can Save You Money
• Three Out Of Five Would Change Electrical Consumption If Given Smart Grid Technology
• Tips for Reducing Your Home Energy Bill
• Tennessee Valley Authority Helps Pay To Make Homes Energy Efficient
• Why People Are Cool To Global Warming
• Pacific Gas And Electric Pushes To Extend Unpopular ClimateSmart
• Qwest: Remember How We Said Speed Didn't Matter? Forget That
• Qwest Plans to Double Broadband Speeds in Spokane
• Fiber-To-The-Home Installs To Grow 30 Percent A Year
• The FCC Finally Takes Off Their Rose-Colored Broadband Glasses
• The Evergreen State College Seeks Missing Money
• Boeing Drone Maker Creates Technology Jobs near Columbia River
WORD OF THE DAY
Quaff • \KWAHF\ • verb - To drink deeply
Dilbert rushed up to the bar in a frenzy and quaffed down the first frosty, cold drink he could lay hands on. His efforts were only slightly unwelcome when he discovered that the drink was a pitcher of clamato juice.
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
Bonneville power to up rates by 7 percent – Clallam PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090724/NEWS/307249986
Bonneville Power to boost rates in October – Wasco County PUD (The Dalles Chronicle OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/07/news07-23-09-03.shtml
Rate increase may be ahead – Grays Harbor County PUD (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/23/local_news/doc4a68b83d1d19e346140188.txt
Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended (Associated Press)
http://www.kxmb.com/News/411467.asp
Centralia Looks to Collect Old, Unpaid Utility Bills - Cleaning up: City Light Department Owed Almost $55,000 in ‘Sleeper Bills’ (Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/25/news//doc4a69ff0839fd7792936675.txt
Frank Chopp: Nuclear Power Will Rise Again (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/174610.asp
Oregon LNG Sues Port of Astoria over Lease (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10790324
Alaska - Homer Electric Association Coal Plant Part Ways (Kenai Peninsula Clarion, AK)
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/072309/new_468615020.shtml
U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56N0HQ20090724
California - Energy Firms Help Pay for State Regulators' Far-Flung Trips (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2056375.html
China: Four Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/world/asia/24briefs-chinadam.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Technology Improves Salmon Passage at Hydropower Dams (RedOrbit)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1726317/new_technology_improves_salmon_passage_at_hydropower_dams/
Think Pink Salmon - One of the largest pink salmon runs in recent times is about to swim through area waters, fueling 2009 “Humpy Madness’ (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090726/SPORTS/707269841/1004
Colville Tribes to Get New Salmon Hatchery (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_colville_hatchery.html?source=pimail
PNNL Biologist Tells All He Knows About Fish (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/658771.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - A New Twist in Dam Removal on the Snake River
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009527114_lance24.html
A Hydroelectric Future Faces A Fish Predicament - As a nation looks to dams for their renewable energy possibilities, protection of salmon and other fish is an increasing concern, particularly in the Pacific Northwest (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hydro-power27-2009jul27,0,2321552.story
Oregonian Op/Ed - Déjà Vu on the Columbia: In Defense of the Wild
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/deja_vu_on_the_columbia.html
Crusader Targets Drivers Who Clobber Birds On the Beach (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/crusader_targets_drivers_who_c.html
Capitol Lake - Only Bats Solid on Lake vs. Estuary Question (Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/921309.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Governor Gregoire Won't Lift Kittitas County Well Ban (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=192326
Algae Restricts Water Flow In Whatcom County (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51654137.html
Nine Mile Falls Dam Safety Restrictions Lifted (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/24/nine-mile-falls-dam-safety-restriction-lifted/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Marbled Murrelet May Keep Pacific County Wind Farm from Getting Off the Ground (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/27/top_story/doc4a6bf58e28c40373155301.txt
Ebbs and Flows of Wind Power Stress the Northwest Grid (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/27/breaking_news/doc4a6c7df6bf5f6433661873.txt
Wild Horse Wind Farm Expansion, Adding Turbines and Revenue (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10781715
European Wind Lobby Distances Itself from UK Turbine Factory Occupation (EU Observer)
http://euobserver.com/9/28493
Hydropower Conference Set For Spokane Next Week - About 1,500 workers will meet (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/25/hydropower-conference-set/
Kentucky - Electric-generating barges sought for Ohio River - They're part of potential $22 million ‘green' initiative (Louisville Courier Journal, KY)
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090723/NEWS01/907230332/1008
Colorado - Solar Customers Fuming Over Proposed Fee: Monthly Xcel Charge Would Apply To Solar Users Even If They Use No Electricity (KMGH-TV, Denver, CO)
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/20174458/detail.html
Food Waste Helps Power Wastewater Plant (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/BAS618T9N9.DTL&feed=rss.news
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Audit Finds Wasted Energy, Money at DOE's Buildings (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/24/24greenwire-audit-finds-wasted-energy-money-at-does-buildi-10606.html
Government's Green Home Push Can Save You Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2009534041_harney26.html
Three Out Of Five Would Change Electrical Consumption If Given Smart Grid Technology (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Three-out-of-five-would-change-electrical-consumption-if-given-smart-grid-technology
Tips for Reducing Your Home Energy Bill (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12902923
Tennessee Valley Authority Helps Pay To Make Homes Energy Efficient (Tennessean)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090726/NEWS01/907260360/1006/TVA+helps+pay+to+make+homes+energy+efficient
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Why People Are Cool To Global Warming (Calgary Herald, Alberta)
http://www.calgaryherald.com/people+cool+global+warming/1828561/story.html
Pacific Gas And Electric Pushes To Extend Unpopular ClimateSmart - Program that asks customers to fight global warming by paying a little extra on their electricity bills has enrolled just 31,000 people and takes far more money to run than it generates (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/26/BAKQ18SLO5.DTL
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Qwest: Remember How We Said Speed Didn't Matter? Forget That - Those speeds we said you didn't want? Well, you want 'em. (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Remember-How-We-Said-Speed-Didnt-Matter-Forget-That-103596
Qwest Plans to Double Broadband Speeds in Spokane (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/24/qwest-plans-double-broadband-speeds-spokane/
Fiber-To-The-Home Installs To Grow 30 Percent A Year (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10293916-76.html
The FCC Finally Takes Off Their Rose-Colored Broadband Glasses - After a decade of bad policy based on even worse data (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-Finally-Takes-Off-Their-RoseColored-Broadband-Glasses-103592
GENERAL NEWS
The Evergreen State College Seeks Missing Money - Evergreen: College looks at options to recover $50,000 in student cash (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/919587.html
Boeing Drone Maker Creates Technology Jobs near Columbia River Gorge (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009538790_insitu26.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Shelton CONNECTICUT - Police Arrest 19 in Finch-Fighting Ring
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20190268/detail.html
Police: Fake Officer Pulls Over Real Officer
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20177757/detail.html
Principal Fired For Jumping On Students
http://www.kirotv.com/education/20157707/detail.html
Toupee Wearer 1, South Carolina Roller Coaster 0 - Man Says Coaster Isn't As Hair-Raising As Commercials Claim
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20156233/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0
Friday, July 24, 2009
July 24, 2009 - Energy News Digest takes a County Fair Hiatus
The original energy news digest will be at the Mason County Fair this weekend, sweltering in the heat, but still enjoying fair treats like pronto pups, shaved ice and curly fries! With an extra helping of Lipitor tonight.
The news digest will return Monday morning with fresh and saucy stories for your dining and dancing pleasure.
In the meantime, here’s a little treat for those of use hunkering down for the upcoming heat wave!
Buster Poindexter - Hot Hot Hot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaZMOW7ggXw
The news digest will return Monday morning with fresh and saucy stories for your dining and dancing pleasure.
In the meantime, here’s a little treat for those of use hunkering down for the upcoming heat wave!
Buster Poindexter - Hot Hot Hot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaZMOW7ggXw
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 23, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA to Raise Rates; Tri-City Suppliers May Follow
• BPA Announces Power Rate Hikes - Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative
• Lewis PUD & Centralia - Energy Northwest Gets 2 New Members
• Oroville Dam test malfunction injures 5, shuts down power, water flow
• Massachusetts - Plan for prepaid electricity rejected
• Editorial - Aid for Electricity: Rural Residents Spared a Painful Change
• Natural Gas Producers Hedge Investments
• Norwegian Aluminum Supplier Norsk Hydro Posts 73 Pct Q2 Profit Tumble
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Press Ahead With Yucca Mtn Review
• Upper Columbia River Sockeye Fishery A Blast
• Chinook Season Starts To Slow In Puget Sound
• Pacific Northwest Sea Otters Rebound From Extermination
• Work Starts Monday on Shelton Park Sewer Pump Station
• Hidden Cost of Seattle's Bottled Water Ban
• Ex-California Water Company Employee Accused of Trying To Embezzle $9 Million Arrested In U.K.
• Manure Means Money to Handlers Gathered In Iowa
• Montana - Lightning takes down 127-Foot Wind Blade at Judith Gap
• Washington State Wind Power Blowing South
• Slow, Costly and Often Dangerous Road to Wind Power
• Harvesting Clean Energy along the Road
• Texas - Landowners Advised To ‘Be Careful’ With Wind Turbine Pacts
• Inside A Small Wind-Turbine Beta Test
• United Kingdom - Sit-In Turbine Workers on Isle of Wight Fenced In
• PNNL 'Smart' Technology Helps Homeowners Reduce Grid Stress
• Light-Bulb Drive a 'Win-Win' Project for Lumberjacks, Monarchs
• Oregon Climate Bills Signed In Green Setting
• Energy-Cost Safeguards Sought For Climate Bill
• Climate Change Tax Unpopular Among Americans, Survey Shows
• U.N. Expert: Use of Carbon Tariffs Will Backfire
• Op/Ed - Don't Pass Bills You Don't Read
• Group Gives $300,000 More to Fight Seattle Bag Fee
• Washington State's New Data Center: Wait Just A Minute!
• Microsoft Milestone: Windows 7 Completed
• Lake Chelan - Stehekin to Get Phone Service
• Fire Danger in Hot, Dry Parts of Washington
• Elma - One Killed When Small Plane Hits Power Lines
• Wal-Mart Will Pay Millions to Washington State Workers Forced To Skip Breaks
WORD OF THE DAY
Pachydermatous • \pack-ih-DER-muh-tuss\ • adjective - 1: of or relating to the pachyderms 2a: thick, thickened b: callous, insensitive
The shady, backroom doctor promised that the injection of stem cells from a baby elephant would provide Ambrose with the famed pachydermatous memory traits. “You will never forget again,” crowed the doctor as he drove home the first hypodermic needle. Days later Ambrose found strong memories fixed in his mind…but they were all about tender leaves from the savannahs and frolicking mud-baths in retreating water holes of the furthest reaches of Africa. While he could remember locations of the best rough-barked trees for scratching his behind, he couldn’t remember where he left his keys the day before.
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
BPA to Raise Rates; Tri-City Suppliers May Follow (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/655929.html
BPA Announces Power Rate Hikes - not certain how the hike will affect power bills for Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative customers (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/OTEC-expects-to-announce-soon-how-much-local-customers-rates-will-rise
Lewis PUD & Centralia - Energy Northwest Gets 2 New Members (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/918309.html
Oroville Dam test malfunction injures 5, shuts down power, water flow (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/2046988.html
Massachusetts - Plan for prepaid electricity rejected: State says utility proposal is unfair to low-income clients (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/07/23/mass_rejects_utilitys_prepayment_plan_for_low_income_customers/
Anchorage Daily News Editorial - Aid for Electricity: Rural Residents Spared a Painful Change
http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/873400.html
Natural Gas Producers Hedge Investments (New Brunswick Business Journal)
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/transcript/article/734091
Norwegian Aluminum Supplier Norsk Hydro Posts 73 Pct Q2 Profit Tumble “…production in 2009 will be 26 percent of what it was in 2008…” (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009518505_apeunorwayearnsnorskhydro.html?syndication=rss
Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Press Ahead With Yucca Mtn Review (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009511900_apusnrcchairmaninterview.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Upper Columbia River Sockeye Fishery A Blast (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009519350_upper_columbia_river_sockeye_f.html
Chinook Season Starts To Slow In Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009519935_fish23.html?syndication=rss
Pacific Northwest Sea Otters Rebound From Extermination (KPLU-Radio, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain/article/0/1/1533643/KPLU.Local.News/Sea.Otters.Rebound.From.Extermination
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Work Starts Monday on Shelton Park Sewer Pump Station (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/918534.html
Hidden Cost of Seattle's Bottled Water Ban - Mayor Nickel’s Pledge Plagued by Delays, Plumbing Improvements (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20132778/detail.html
Ex-California Water Company Employee Accused of Trying To Embezzle $9 Million Arrested In U.K. (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12890778
Manure Means Money to Handlers Gathered In Iowa (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009521407_apusfarmscenemidwestmanure.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Montana - Lightning takes down 127-Foot Wind Blade at Judith Gap (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090723/NEWS01/907230301
Washington State Wind Power Blowing South (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2009/07/washington_wind_power_blowing_south.html?surround=lfn
Slow, Costly and Often Dangerous Road to Wind Power - On America’s highways, wind turbines may be the ultimate oversize load (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/business/energy-environment/23turbine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Harvesting Clean Energy along the Road (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/harvesting-clean-energy-along-the-road/
Texas - Landowners Advised To ‘Be Careful’ With Wind Turbine Pacts (Fredericksburg Standard, TX)
http://fredericksburgstandard.com/articles/2009/07/22/news/03news.txt
Inside A Small Wind-Turbine Beta Test (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10291704-54.html?tag=nl.e703
United Kingdom - Sit-In Turbine Workers on Isle of Wight Fenced In (Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/22/sit-in-turbine-workers-fenced-in/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
PNNL 'Smart' Technology Helps Homeowners Reduce Grid Stress (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366672&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Light-Bulb Drive a 'Win-Win' Project for Lumberjacks, Monarchs (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/23//area_news/doc4a67be37c17e9826240307.txt
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon Climate Bills Signed In Green Setting (Register-Guard, Eugene, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/17529673-41/story.csp
Energy-Cost Safeguards Sought For Climate Bill (Pioneer Press, St Paul, MN)
http://www.twincities.com/business/ci_12894917
Climate Change Tax Unpopular Among Americans, Survey Shows (Epoch Times)
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/19996/
U.N. Expert: Use of Carbon Tariffs Will Backfire (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090722/NEWS02/707229917/1025/rss1025
CNN Op/Ed - Don't Pass Bills You Don't Read
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/23/chaffetz.cap.bill/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Group Gives $300,000 More to Fight Seattle Bag Fee (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51434802.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State's New Data Center: Wait Just A Minute! (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19024/
Microsoft Milestone: Windows 7 Completed (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/brierdudley/2009520588_brier23.html?syndication=rss
Lake Chelan - Stehekin to Get Phone Service (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/918378.html
GENERAL NEWS
Fire Danger in Hot, Dry Parts of Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009525006_apwahotweather.html?syndication=rss
Elma - One Killed When Small Plane Hits Power Lines (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51429262.html
Wal-Mart Will Pay Millions to Washington State Workers Forced To Skip Breaks (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51409262.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Taco Bell Ad Star Gidget the Chihuahua Dies At 15
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009519174_apusobittacobelldog.html?syndication=rss
Goat's Crowning As King of Ireland in Doubt
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56L56220090722?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
World's first camel-milk chocolates going global
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090721/od_nm/us_chocolate_camel_odd
New Service Lets Jews Tweet A Prayer to God
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009521795_apmlisraelprayertweets.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Linda Ronstadt - Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IAef2Jwf0&NR=1
Karla Bonoff - Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C96oDES_Tpw&feature=related
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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA to Raise Rates; Tri-City Suppliers May Follow
• BPA Announces Power Rate Hikes - Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative
• Lewis PUD & Centralia - Energy Northwest Gets 2 New Members
• Oroville Dam test malfunction injures 5, shuts down power, water flow
• Massachusetts - Plan for prepaid electricity rejected
• Editorial - Aid for Electricity: Rural Residents Spared a Painful Change
• Natural Gas Producers Hedge Investments
• Norwegian Aluminum Supplier Norsk Hydro Posts 73 Pct Q2 Profit Tumble
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Press Ahead With Yucca Mtn Review
• Upper Columbia River Sockeye Fishery A Blast
• Chinook Season Starts To Slow In Puget Sound
• Pacific Northwest Sea Otters Rebound From Extermination
• Work Starts Monday on Shelton Park Sewer Pump Station
• Hidden Cost of Seattle's Bottled Water Ban
• Ex-California Water Company Employee Accused of Trying To Embezzle $9 Million Arrested In U.K.
• Manure Means Money to Handlers Gathered In Iowa
• Montana - Lightning takes down 127-Foot Wind Blade at Judith Gap
• Washington State Wind Power Blowing South
• Slow, Costly and Often Dangerous Road to Wind Power
• Harvesting Clean Energy along the Road
• Texas - Landowners Advised To ‘Be Careful’ With Wind Turbine Pacts
• Inside A Small Wind-Turbine Beta Test
• United Kingdom - Sit-In Turbine Workers on Isle of Wight Fenced In
• PNNL 'Smart' Technology Helps Homeowners Reduce Grid Stress
• Light-Bulb Drive a 'Win-Win' Project for Lumberjacks, Monarchs
• Oregon Climate Bills Signed In Green Setting
• Energy-Cost Safeguards Sought For Climate Bill
• Climate Change Tax Unpopular Among Americans, Survey Shows
• U.N. Expert: Use of Carbon Tariffs Will Backfire
• Op/Ed - Don't Pass Bills You Don't Read
• Group Gives $300,000 More to Fight Seattle Bag Fee
• Washington State's New Data Center: Wait Just A Minute!
• Microsoft Milestone: Windows 7 Completed
• Lake Chelan - Stehekin to Get Phone Service
• Fire Danger in Hot, Dry Parts of Washington
• Elma - One Killed When Small Plane Hits Power Lines
• Wal-Mart Will Pay Millions to Washington State Workers Forced To Skip Breaks
WORD OF THE DAY
Pachydermatous • \pack-ih-DER-muh-tuss\ • adjective - 1: of or relating to the pachyderms 2a: thick, thickened b: callous, insensitive
The shady, backroom doctor promised that the injection of stem cells from a baby elephant would provide Ambrose with the famed pachydermatous memory traits. “You will never forget again,” crowed the doctor as he drove home the first hypodermic needle. Days later Ambrose found strong memories fixed in his mind…but they were all about tender leaves from the savannahs and frolicking mud-baths in retreating water holes of the furthest reaches of Africa. While he could remember locations of the best rough-barked trees for scratching his behind, he couldn’t remember where he left his keys the day before.
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
BPA to Raise Rates; Tri-City Suppliers May Follow (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/655929.html
BPA Announces Power Rate Hikes - not certain how the hike will affect power bills for Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative customers (Baker City Herald, OR)
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/OTEC-expects-to-announce-soon-how-much-local-customers-rates-will-rise
Lewis PUD & Centralia - Energy Northwest Gets 2 New Members (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/918309.html
Oroville Dam test malfunction injures 5, shuts down power, water flow (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/2046988.html
Massachusetts - Plan for prepaid electricity rejected: State says utility proposal is unfair to low-income clients (Boston Globe, MA)
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/07/23/mass_rejects_utilitys_prepayment_plan_for_low_income_customers/
Anchorage Daily News Editorial - Aid for Electricity: Rural Residents Spared a Painful Change
http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/873400.html
Natural Gas Producers Hedge Investments (New Brunswick Business Journal)
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/transcript/article/734091
Norwegian Aluminum Supplier Norsk Hydro Posts 73 Pct Q2 Profit Tumble “…production in 2009 will be 26 percent of what it was in 2008…” (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009518505_apeunorwayearnsnorskhydro.html?syndication=rss
Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Press Ahead With Yucca Mtn Review (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009511900_apusnrcchairmaninterview.html?syndication=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
Upper Columbia River Sockeye Fishery A Blast (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2009519350_upper_columbia_river_sockeye_f.html
Chinook Season Starts To Slow In Puget Sound (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009519935_fish23.html?syndication=rss
Pacific Northwest Sea Otters Rebound From Extermination (KPLU-Radio, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain/article/0/1/1533643/KPLU.Local.News/Sea.Otters.Rebound.From.Extermination
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Work Starts Monday on Shelton Park Sewer Pump Station (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/918534.html
Hidden Cost of Seattle's Bottled Water Ban - Mayor Nickel’s Pledge Plagued by Delays, Plumbing Improvements (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20132778/detail.html
Ex-California Water Company Employee Accused of Trying To Embezzle $9 Million Arrested In U.K. (San Jose Mercury News)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12890778
Manure Means Money to Handlers Gathered In Iowa (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009521407_apusfarmscenemidwestmanure.html?syndication=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Montana - Lightning takes down 127-Foot Wind Blade at Judith Gap (Great Falls Tribune, MT)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20090723/NEWS01/907230301
Washington State Wind Power Blowing South (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2009/07/washington_wind_power_blowing_south.html?surround=lfn
Slow, Costly and Often Dangerous Road to Wind Power - On America’s highways, wind turbines may be the ultimate oversize load (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/business/energy-environment/23turbine.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Harvesting Clean Energy along the Road (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/harvesting-clean-energy-along-the-road/
Texas - Landowners Advised To ‘Be Careful’ With Wind Turbine Pacts (Fredericksburg Standard, TX)
http://fredericksburgstandard.com/articles/2009/07/22/news/03news.txt
Inside A Small Wind-Turbine Beta Test (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10291704-54.html?tag=nl.e703
United Kingdom - Sit-In Turbine Workers on Isle of Wight Fenced In (Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/22/sit-in-turbine-workers-fenced-in/
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
PNNL 'Smart' Technology Helps Homeowners Reduce Grid Stress (Utility Automation & Engineering)
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=22&ARTICLE_ID=366672&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Light-Bulb Drive a 'Win-Win' Project for Lumberjacks, Monarchs (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/23//area_news/doc4a67be37c17e9826240307.txt
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Oregon Climate Bills Signed In Green Setting (Register-Guard, Eugene, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/17529673-41/story.csp
Energy-Cost Safeguards Sought For Climate Bill (Pioneer Press, St Paul, MN)
http://www.twincities.com/business/ci_12894917
Climate Change Tax Unpopular Among Americans, Survey Shows (Epoch Times)
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/19996/
U.N. Expert: Use of Carbon Tariffs Will Backfire (Associated Press)
http://wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090722/NEWS02/707229917/1025/rss1025
CNN Op/Ed - Don't Pass Bills You Don't Read
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/23/chaffetz.cap.bill/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Group Gives $300,000 More to Fight Seattle Bag Fee (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51434802.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State's New Data Center: Wait Just A Minute! (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19024/
Microsoft Milestone: Windows 7 Completed (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/brierdudley/2009520588_brier23.html?syndication=rss
Lake Chelan - Stehekin to Get Phone Service (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/918378.html
GENERAL NEWS
Fire Danger in Hot, Dry Parts of Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009525006_apwahotweather.html?syndication=rss
Elma - One Killed When Small Plane Hits Power Lines (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51429262.html
Wal-Mart Will Pay Millions to Washington State Workers Forced To Skip Breaks (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51409262.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Taco Bell Ad Star Gidget the Chihuahua Dies At 15
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009519174_apusobittacobelldog.html?syndication=rss
Goat's Crowning As King of Ireland in Doubt
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56L56220090722?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
World's first camel-milk chocolates going global
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090721/od_nm/us_chocolate_camel_odd
New Service Lets Jews Tweet A Prayer to God
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009521795_apmlisraelprayertweets.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Linda Ronstadt - Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41IAef2Jwf0&NR=1
Karla Bonoff - Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C96oDES_Tpw&feature=related
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Energy News Digest for July 22, 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.
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• News Release - BPA Announces Rate Changes
• BizJournal - BPA Announces Increased Rates
• BPA Rate Impacts - Seattle City Light
• Rate Increases Coming From BPA - Tacoma Power
• BPA To Raise Rates To Utilities - Clark Public Utilities
• Washington State Pushed To Limit TransAlta Emissions
• Class Action Suit Filed Against Jefferson PUD Over Port Townsend Taxes
• Portland General Electric Lowers Earnings Outlook for 2009
• San Diego Power Will Be Cut During Wildfire Threat
• Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association to Work on Coal Plant
• A Nuclear Power Plant with a View
• Iowa Approves Controversial Electrical Service Limiters
• New Mexico – Utility Spokesman: Birds Caused Outage
• California - 'dual status' is an issue at Lassen Municipal Utility District
• Idaho Poised For another Big Sockeye Run
• Meetings Focus On Lamprey Recovery
• Editorial - Swift Resolution Needed In Shellfish Flap
• Eco-Trendy Sienna Ray & Co. Creates Salmon Skin Handbags
• Demand for Costly Easement Appraisal Angers Jefferson PUD
• Haven Lake - Differences Set Aside, Weeds Pulled at North Mason Lake
• Kittitas County Seeks Repeal of Water Rule
• In Sumas River, Asbestos Flows Freely
• Wind Power Throws a Curve at the BPA
• Bonneville Power Administration Institutes Lower Wind Integration Rate
• Gregoire: Clean Energy Key to 'Living Wage Jobs'
• Texas Wind Power - In the Line of Ire
• Solar Air Conditioners to Chill California Utility
• Vehicle-To-Grid Technology Gains Some Traction
• NOVEC Adds Apogee Interactive HomeEnergySuite to Website
• NY Times Editorial - Climate Loopholes
• Talking Renewable Energy: a Cognitive Dissonance
• U.S. Green Jobs Seen Taking Years of Planning
• The State of Wireless Broadband: 225M Subscribers & Growing
• FCC: Your Broadband Comments Weren't Helpful
• Yahoo Sees Boost in Q2 Profit to $143M
• Yahoo Eyeing Sale of Hotjobs, Yahoo Small Business
• Chinese Worker Commits Suicide over Missing iPhone Prototype
• $6,000 Reward for Info on Missing McCleary Girl
• Standout Summer to Bring More Heat
• Heat Killed Dogs Left in Olympia Car for 5 Hours
• Asia Darkens Under Longest Solar Eclipse of Century
WORD OF THE DAY
Whirling Dervish • \WHIR-ling DERR-vish\ • noun – A member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized whirling dance.
A fraternity of Sufis (Muslim mystics) founded in Konya (Qonya), Anatolia, by the Persian Sufi poet Rumi (d. 1273), whose popular title mawlana (Arabic: "our master") gave the order its name. The order, propagated throughout Anatolia, controlled Konya and environs by the 15th century and in the 17th century appeared in Constantinople (Istanbul). European travelers identified the Mawlawiyah as dancing (or whirling) dervishes, based on their observations of the order's ritual prayer (dhikr), performed spinning on the right foot to the accompaniment of musical instruments.
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
BPA Announces Rate Changes - Keeping Rates Low And Facilitating Wind Development Remain Top Priorities (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/292435/
BPA Announces Increased Rates “…first power rate increase since 2002 - Ed Note: leaving out Cost Recovery Adjustment Clauses, of course…” (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/20/daily25.html
BPA Rate Impacts - Seattle City Light Bills to Rise 2.3 Percent (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009512906_bpa22m.html
Rate Increases Coming From BPA - None will immediately affect customers of Tacoma Power, but might affect customers of Puget Sound Energy (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/818170.html
BPA To Raise Rates To Utilities - Clark Public Utilities uncertain if customers will see bills increase (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090722/BIZ01/707229956/-1/BIZ
Washington State Pushed To Limit TransAlta Emissions - Clean air agency says it doesn't have legal authority to act (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090722/NEWS02/707229944/
Class Action Suit Filed Against Jefferson PUD Over Port Townsend Taxes (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=24741&TM=42825.95
Portland General Electric Lowers Earnings Outlook for 2009 (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/20/daily32.html?ana=from_rss
San Diego Power Will Be Cut During Wildfire Threat (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2130746~San_Diego_power_will_be_cut_during_wildfire_threat.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association to Work on Coal Plant (Fairbanks Daily News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jul/21/gvea-aidea-work-coal-plant/
A Nuclear Power Plant with a View - How do energy companies decide where to build new reactors? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2223291/?from=rss
Iowa Approves Controversial Electrical Service Limiters (Cedar Rapids Gazette, IA)
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090721/BUSINESS/707219926/1007
New Mexico – Utility Spokesman: Birds Caused Outage (Quay County Sun, Tucumcari, NM)
http://www.qcsunonline.com/news/birds-7406-utility-blame.html
California - Commission seeks an answer to 'dual status' issue at Lassen Municipal Utility District: Living in one district, but purchasing electricity from another supplier (Lassen County News, CA)
http://www.lassennews.com/News_Story.edi?sid=5668
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Poised For another Big Sockeye Run (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/916798.html
Meetings Focus On Lamprey Recovery (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009517945_apwapacificlamprey.html?syndication=rss
Olympian Editorial - Swift Resolution Needed In Shellfish Flap
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/917429.html
Eco-Trendy Sienna Ray & Co. Creates Salmon Skin Handbags (NewsWire)
http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/54377/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Demand for Costly Easement Appraisal Angers Jefferson PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090722/NEWS/307229992
Haven Lake - Differences Set Aside, Weeds Pulled at North Mason Lake (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/21/differences-set-aside-weeds-pulled-at-north-lake/?partner=RSS
Kittitas County Seeks Repeal of Water Rule (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10765822
In Sumas River, Asbestos Flows Freely (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51362132.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Power Throws a Curve at the BPA (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/wind_power_throws_a_curve_at_t.html
Bonneville Power Administration Institutes Lower Wind Integration Rate (North American Wind Power)
http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content_lt.php?content.4332
Gregoire: Clean Energy Key to 'Living Wage Jobs' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/174190.asp?source=pimail
Texas - In the Line of Ire: Wind Power Wanted, But Getting Here from There Proves Touchy (Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/22/in-the-line-of-ire-wind-power-wanted-but-getting-here-from-there-proves-touchy/
Solar Air Conditioners to Chill California Utility (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10292069-54.html
Vehicle-To-Grid Technology Gains Some Traction (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/22/22climatewire-vehicle-to-grid-technology-gains-some-tracti-50378.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
NOVEC Adds Apogee Interactive HomeEnergySuite to Website (Earth Times)
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/novec-adds-apogee-interactive-homeenergysuite-to-website,900056.shtml
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
NY Times Editorial - Climate Loopholes
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/opinion/22wed11.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Talking Renewable Energy: a Cognitive Dissonance (New West)
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/talking_renewable_energy_a_cognitive_dissonance/C37/L37/
U.S. Green Jobs Seen Taking Years of Planning (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE56K5YY20090721
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The State of Wireless Broadband: 225M Subscribers & Growing (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/21/for-now-hspa-rules-the-wireless-broadband/
FCC: Your Broadband Comments Weren't Helpful - Broadband plan leader complains of sloppy, vague suggestions... (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Levin-Your-Broadband-Comments-Werent-Helpful-103555
Yahoo Sees Boost in Q2 Profit to $143M (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/07/20/daily38.html?ana=from_rss
Yahoo Eyeing Sale of Hotjobs, Yahoo Small Business (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE56L0ZC20090722?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Chinese Worker Commits Suicide over Missing iPhone Prototype (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/22/technology/AP-AS-China-iPhone-Suicide.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
$6,000 Reward for Info on Missing McCleary Girl (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=191455
Standout Summer to Bring More Heat (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009512798_weather22m.html?syndication=rss
Heat Killed Dogs Left in Olympia Car for 5 Hours – owner was using store’s free internet service (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20136284/detail.html
Asia Darkens Under Longest Solar Eclipse of Century (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE56L08420090722?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Study: Barking Dogs Aren't Saying Much
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20126530/detail.html
New York – State Workers Accused of Creating Secret ‘Party Lounge’
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/nyregion/22lounge.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Brawl Breaks Out in South Korean Parliament
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/22/world/AP-AS-SKorea-Brawling-Lawmakers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Workers Lock up Execs in New French 'Bossnappings'
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/22/financial/f064727D71.DTL&feed=rss.business#ixzz0M0KuMIEb
SONG OF THE DAY
Three Dog Night - Out in the Country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq8gjqKIzuI
To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• News Release - BPA Announces Rate Changes
• BizJournal - BPA Announces Increased Rates
• BPA Rate Impacts - Seattle City Light
• Rate Increases Coming From BPA - Tacoma Power
• BPA To Raise Rates To Utilities - Clark Public Utilities
• Washington State Pushed To Limit TransAlta Emissions
• Class Action Suit Filed Against Jefferson PUD Over Port Townsend Taxes
• Portland General Electric Lowers Earnings Outlook for 2009
• San Diego Power Will Be Cut During Wildfire Threat
• Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association to Work on Coal Plant
• A Nuclear Power Plant with a View
• Iowa Approves Controversial Electrical Service Limiters
• New Mexico – Utility Spokesman: Birds Caused Outage
• California - 'dual status' is an issue at Lassen Municipal Utility District
• Idaho Poised For another Big Sockeye Run
• Meetings Focus On Lamprey Recovery
• Editorial - Swift Resolution Needed In Shellfish Flap
• Eco-Trendy Sienna Ray & Co. Creates Salmon Skin Handbags
• Demand for Costly Easement Appraisal Angers Jefferson PUD
• Haven Lake - Differences Set Aside, Weeds Pulled at North Mason Lake
• Kittitas County Seeks Repeal of Water Rule
• In Sumas River, Asbestos Flows Freely
• Wind Power Throws a Curve at the BPA
• Bonneville Power Administration Institutes Lower Wind Integration Rate
• Gregoire: Clean Energy Key to 'Living Wage Jobs'
• Texas Wind Power - In the Line of Ire
• Solar Air Conditioners to Chill California Utility
• Vehicle-To-Grid Technology Gains Some Traction
• NOVEC Adds Apogee Interactive HomeEnergySuite to Website
• NY Times Editorial - Climate Loopholes
• Talking Renewable Energy: a Cognitive Dissonance
• U.S. Green Jobs Seen Taking Years of Planning
• The State of Wireless Broadband: 225M Subscribers & Growing
• FCC: Your Broadband Comments Weren't Helpful
• Yahoo Sees Boost in Q2 Profit to $143M
• Yahoo Eyeing Sale of Hotjobs, Yahoo Small Business
• Chinese Worker Commits Suicide over Missing iPhone Prototype
• $6,000 Reward for Info on Missing McCleary Girl
• Standout Summer to Bring More Heat
• Heat Killed Dogs Left in Olympia Car for 5 Hours
• Asia Darkens Under Longest Solar Eclipse of Century
WORD OF THE DAY
Whirling Dervish • \WHIR-ling DERR-vish\ • noun – A member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized whirling dance.
A fraternity of Sufis (Muslim mystics) founded in Konya (Qonya), Anatolia, by the Persian Sufi poet Rumi (d. 1273), whose popular title mawlana (Arabic: "our master") gave the order its name. The order, propagated throughout Anatolia, controlled Konya and environs by the 15th century and in the 17th century appeared in Constantinople (Istanbul). European travelers identified the Mawlawiyah as dancing (or whirling) dervishes, based on their observations of the order's ritual prayer (dhikr), performed spinning on the right foot to the accompaniment of musical instruments.
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
BPA Announces Rate Changes - Keeping Rates Low And Facilitating Wind Development Remain Top Priorities (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/292435/
BPA Announces Increased Rates “…first power rate increase since 2002 - Ed Note: leaving out Cost Recovery Adjustment Clauses, of course…” (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/20/daily25.html
BPA Rate Impacts - Seattle City Light Bills to Rise 2.3 Percent (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009512906_bpa22m.html
Rate Increases Coming From BPA - None will immediately affect customers of Tacoma Power, but might affect customers of Puget Sound Energy (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/818170.html
BPA To Raise Rates To Utilities - Clark Public Utilities uncertain if customers will see bills increase (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090722/BIZ01/707229956/-1/BIZ
Washington State Pushed To Limit TransAlta Emissions - Clean air agency says it doesn't have legal authority to act (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20090722/NEWS02/707229944/
Class Action Suit Filed Against Jefferson PUD Over Port Townsend Taxes (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=24741&TM=42825.95
Portland General Electric Lowers Earnings Outlook for 2009 (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/07/20/daily32.html?ana=from_rss
San Diego Power Will Be Cut During Wildfire Threat (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2130746~San_Diego_power_will_be_cut_during_wildfire_threat.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association to Work on Coal Plant (Fairbanks Daily News Miner, AK)
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jul/21/gvea-aidea-work-coal-plant/
A Nuclear Power Plant with a View - How do energy companies decide where to build new reactors? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2223291/?from=rss
Iowa Approves Controversial Electrical Service Limiters (Cedar Rapids Gazette, IA)
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090721/BUSINESS/707219926/1007
New Mexico – Utility Spokesman: Birds Caused Outage (Quay County Sun, Tucumcari, NM)
http://www.qcsunonline.com/news/birds-7406-utility-blame.html
California - Commission seeks an answer to 'dual status' issue at Lassen Municipal Utility District: Living in one district, but purchasing electricity from another supplier (Lassen County News, CA)
http://www.lassennews.com/News_Story.edi?sid=5668
FISH & WILDLIFE
Idaho Poised For another Big Sockeye Run (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/916798.html
Meetings Focus On Lamprey Recovery (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009517945_apwapacificlamprey.html?syndication=rss
Olympian Editorial - Swift Resolution Needed In Shellfish Flap
http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/917429.html
Eco-Trendy Sienna Ray & Co. Creates Salmon Skin Handbags (NewsWire)
http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/54377/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Demand for Costly Easement Appraisal Angers Jefferson PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090722/NEWS/307229992
Haven Lake - Differences Set Aside, Weeds Pulled at North Mason Lake (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/21/differences-set-aside-weeds-pulled-at-north-lake/?partner=RSS
Kittitas County Seeks Repeal of Water Rule (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10765822
In Sumas River, Asbestos Flows Freely (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51362132.html
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind Power Throws a Curve at the BPA (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/wind_power_throws_a_curve_at_t.html
Bonneville Power Administration Institutes Lower Wind Integration Rate (North American Wind Power)
http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content_lt.php?content.4332
Gregoire: Clean Energy Key to 'Living Wage Jobs' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/174190.asp?source=pimail
Texas - In the Line of Ire: Wind Power Wanted, But Getting Here from There Proves Touchy (Wind Watch)
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/22/in-the-line-of-ire-wind-power-wanted-but-getting-here-from-there-proves-touchy/
Solar Air Conditioners to Chill California Utility (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10292069-54.html
Vehicle-To-Grid Technology Gains Some Traction (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/07/22/22climatewire-vehicle-to-grid-technology-gains-some-tracti-50378.html
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
NOVEC Adds Apogee Interactive HomeEnergySuite to Website (Earth Times)
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/novec-adds-apogee-interactive-homeenergysuite-to-website,900056.shtml
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
NY Times Editorial - Climate Loopholes
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/opinion/22wed11.html
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Talking Renewable Energy: a Cognitive Dissonance (New West)
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/talking_renewable_energy_a_cognitive_dissonance/C37/L37/
U.S. Green Jobs Seen Taking Years of Planning (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE56K5YY20090721
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The State of Wireless Broadband: 225M Subscribers & Growing (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/07/21/for-now-hspa-rules-the-wireless-broadband/
FCC: Your Broadband Comments Weren't Helpful - Broadband plan leader complains of sloppy, vague suggestions... (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Levin-Your-Broadband-Comments-Werent-Helpful-103555
Yahoo Sees Boost in Q2 Profit to $143M (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/07/20/daily38.html?ana=from_rss
Yahoo Eyeing Sale of Hotjobs, Yahoo Small Business (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE56L0ZC20090722?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
Chinese Worker Commits Suicide over Missing iPhone Prototype (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/22/technology/AP-AS-China-iPhone-Suicide.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
GENERAL NEWS
$6,000 Reward for Info on Missing McCleary Girl (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=191455
Standout Summer to Bring More Heat (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009512798_weather22m.html?syndication=rss
Heat Killed Dogs Left in Olympia Car for 5 Hours – owner was using store’s free internet service (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20136284/detail.html
Asia Darkens Under Longest Solar Eclipse of Century (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE56L08420090722?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Study: Barking Dogs Aren't Saying Much
http://www.kirotv.com/family/20126530/detail.html
New York – State Workers Accused of Creating Secret ‘Party Lounge’
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/nyregion/22lounge.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Brawl Breaks Out in South Korean Parliament
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/22/world/AP-AS-SKorea-Brawling-Lawmakers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Workers Lock up Execs in New French 'Bossnappings'
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/22/financial/f064727D71.DTL&feed=rss.business#ixzz0M0KuMIEb
SONG OF THE DAY
Three Dog Night - Out in the Country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq8gjqKIzuI
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