Energy News Digest for November 20, 2009

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Weather Likely to Let Up a Little
• Power still out for many Clallam PUD customers
• Grays Harbor Weathers Trio of Storms
• BPA Failure Knocks Out Power Thursday
• BPA Proposal for New High-Voltage Line Draws Heat
• FERC OKs Stimulus for Montana-Alberta Power Line
• Reward Offered in Eugene Substation Break-in, Fire
• Vermont Critics Renew Campaign Against Nuclear Plan Relicense
• Portland Judge Has Questions about Obama’s Salmon Plan
• Naches Landslide - Saving Young Fish from Dying Channel
• Chehalis River Flood Authority Asks for $2.3 Million
• High Hopes for Nestle Water Bottling Plant in Columbia River Gorge
• Solar Power - Walla Walla-Area Community Power Project in Early Stages
• Fire Damages Power Turbine at Colville Mill
• National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind
• Seeking Wind Energy, Some Consider the Sea
• Solar Energy Plant at Kennedy Space Center Generates Jobs
• Company Breaks Ground on ‘Flywheel’ Energy-Storage Plant
• BPA Rebate Available for Clearlight 40W LED NEMA Type 5 Lamp
• Energy Use Becomes Part of TV-Buying Equation
• Google Says It Doesn’t Want to Be a Utility
• Tumwater Man Accused of Stealing Comcast Traffic
• FCC Discusses Barriers to National Broadband Plan
• Broadband economics: How I’ll save $700
• Google Chrome OS to Launch in a Year
• Google Says PC Will Start in Seven Seconds or Less
• Wikipedia, iPhone Among Decade’s Top 10 Internet Moments
• Boeing Breaks Ground for Historic South Carolina Plant
• Oregon State Economist Declares Recession Over
• Goldmark Is Already Running…For 2012
• Suit Accuses Hartford Courant of Plagiarism

WORD OF THE DAY

Anachronism • \uh-NAK-ruh-niz-um\ • noun - 1: an error in chronology; especially: a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other *2: a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially: one from a former age that is incongruous in the present

The infinite number of simian secretaries hunched over their keyboards, the soft tapping of their efforts sounding like muffled microwave popcorn popping somewhere in the distance. “Someday, one of my minions will create a masterpiece,” grunted the monkey king to his assistant. “Except for THAT one,” he indicated with his gnarled, hairy paw. One ancient, grizzled monkey was banging away at a Royal Standard typewriter, the harsh hammering of the keys on the platen a startling anachronism in the room full of humming technology. “All I can get out of him are status reports.”

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

Weather Likely to Let Up a Little - Storms: It’s expected to be bad, but not as bad (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1043148.html

Power still out for many Clallam PUD customers (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/5279

Grays Harbor Weathers Trio of Storms (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/11/20/local_news/doc4b06e0359ec51721930022.txt


BPA Failure Knocks Out Power Thursday (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=100360&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48

BPA Proposal for New High-Voltage Line Draws Heat (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_bpa_line_comments.html?source=mypi

FERC OKs Stimulus for Montana-Alberta Power Line (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5AI45V20091119

Reward Offered in Eugene Substation Break-in, Fire (KEZI-TV, Eugene, OR)
http://kezi.com/page/149737

Vermont Critics Renew Campaign Against Nuclear Plan Relicense (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010316622_apusvermontyankeetownmeeting.html?syndication=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Portland Judge Has Questions about Obama’s Salmon Plan (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/portland_judge_has_questions_a.html

Naches Landslide - Saving Young Fish from Dying Channel (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/19/saving-young-fish-from-dying-channel

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Chehalis River Flood Authority Asks for $2.3 Million - Money Running Out; Funds Only Cover Expenditures through Mid-2010 (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/11/20/news/doc4b06e1647dd1a553117521.txt

High Hopes for Nestle Water Bottling Plant in Columbia River Gorge (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.kgw.com/news/business/Water-Bottling-Plant-Planned-for-Columbia-River-Gorge-70584047.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Solar Power - Walla Walla-Area Community Power Project in Early Stages (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/11/19/local_news/091119local06solar.txt

Fire Damages Power Turbine at Colville Mill (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/20/fire-damages-power-turbine-at-mill/

National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind (Environmental Leader)
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/national-grid-again-rejects-high-costs-of-offshore-wind/

Seeking Wind Energy, Some Consider the Sea (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/business/energy-environment/19WIND.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Solar Energy Plant at Kennedy Space Center Generates Jobs (Florida Today)
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20091120/NEWS01/911200321/1006/Energy+plant+a+jolt+for+workers

Company Breaks Ground on ‘Flywheel’ Energy-Storage Plant (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/11/19/19greenwire-company-breaks-ground-on-flywheel-energy-storag-4436.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

BPA Rebate Available for Clearlight 40W LED NEMA Type 5 Lamp (Earth Times)
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/bpa-rebate-available-for-clearlight-40w-led-nema-type-5-lamp,1056376.shtml

Energy Use Becomes Part of TV-Buying Equation (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/retailreport/2010312806_retailreport20.html

Google Says It Doesn’t Want to Be a Utility (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/google-we-dont-want-to-be-a-utility/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Tumwater Man Accused of Stealing Comcast Traffic (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1043149.html

FCC Discusses Barriers to National Broadband Plan - One major issue has to do with the Universal Service Fund (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10400725-266.html?tag=nl.e703

Broadband economics: How I’ll save $700 (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10401291-266.html?tag=nl.e703

Google Chrome OS to Launch in a Year (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/185712.asp?source=pimail

Google Says PC Will Start in Seven Seconds or Less (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5AI4UQ20091120?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest

Wikipedia, iPhone Among Decade’s Top 10 Internet Moments (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5AI3O720091119?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology

GENERAL NEWS

Boeing Breaks Ground for Historic South Carolina Plant (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Boeing-breaking-ground-for-historic-SC-plant-70616352.html

Oregon State Economist Declares Recession Over (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_state_economist_declare.html

Goldmark Is Already Running…For 2012 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/185713.asp?source=pimail

Suit Accuses Hartford Courant of Plagiarism (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/business/media/20paper.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

M-W Dictionary Crowns ‘Admonish’ Word of Year - New Oxford American Dictionary Chooses ‘Unfriend’ As Word of Year
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21661179/detail.html

Man Who Claimed Disability Spotted Working on TV Show
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21670455/detail.html

New Bremerton High Track Too Narrow, Bumpy
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_bremerton_bumpy_track.html?source=pimail

Fun with Duct Tape Leads to Hospitalization for Belfair Student
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/18/fun-with-duct-tape-leads-to-hospitalization-for/

SONG OF THE DAY

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who’ll Stop the Rain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIPan-rEQJA&NR=1