Energy News Digest for November 6, 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)

• Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Facility to Get $800,000 Stimulus
• Stimulus Fund Loan Guarantees at Issue - McClintock Proposes Bill Axing WAPA Bail-Out Provisions
• Earthjustice vs. TransAlta Heads to Federal Level
• Get the Jump on Winter Storms!
• Power Restored In Downtown Spokane
• Op/Ed - A New Power Line Isn’t the Only Answer
• Virginia Court Upholds Permits for Construction of Multistate Power Line
• Tonbridge Power Inks Agreement for New Transmission Line in Montana
• S. Colorado Power Line Faces Further Environmental Study
• High-Voltage Export from Canada
• Editorial - Energy Initiative Should Spark Broader Dialogue
• Op/Ed - Embrace Technology to Turn Nuclear Energy into Environmental Solution
• Nuclear Stirring up Old Debate
• Tennessee Valley Authority Prepares To Start Smokestack Scrubbers
• Ethics Panel Clears NC Congressman in Tennessee Valley Authority Probe
• Natural Gas - Energy West Gets 83 Percent of Cut Bank Utility
• Canada to Probe Missing Salmon Stocks
• Comments Sought On Washington State Hatchery Water Quality Certification
• Pelican Convention
• Looking for Sharks Deep in Puget Sound
• Editorial - Clean Water Requires More Than Idealism
• Op/Ed – California Legislature Breaks a Generation of Water Gridlock
• Large Dams Can Bring Long-Term Benefits
• Wyoming Sets Wildlife Guidelines for Wind Developers
• Jobs Question Jeopardizes Texas Wind Farm’s Stimulus Deal
• Wind Industry Faces ‘Prairie Rebellion’ in Kansas County
• Massachusetts Commission Ruling Means Delay for Cape Wind
• South Carolina - Santee Cooper Releases Offshore Wind Turbine Simulation Photos
• Biologists Study Effect of At-Sea Turbines on Migratory Birds
• Congress Seeks To End Biofuels Paper Tax Breaks
• Tennessee Governor Calls Biofuels Project Criticism ‘Outrageous’
• Lewis County - A Chance to Ditch Avacado Green, Harvest Gold Appliances
• Carbon Traders Deny Sub-Prime Crisis Brewing
• Senate Democrats Advance Climate Bill Without GOP
• Environmental Groups at Odds over New Tack in Climate Fight
• Study Says British Columbia Has Enough Electricity for Millions of Vehicles
• Personalized Solar Units Could Power Homes & Cars, Scientist Says
• Being Green: Ten Earth-Friendly Habits You Can Adopt
• Oregon Regulators Not Thrilled With Verizon/Frontier Deal
• CenturyLink Earnings Jump after Embarq Purchase
• Voice is Cable’s Secret Weapon for Growth
• Army Officials Praise Policewoman Who Wounded Shooter at Fort Hood
• Police: Gunman Trailed Patrol Car before Deadly Shooting
• Wild Weather Blows through Puget Sound
• Forecast: 2010 to Be a Good Year for Lumber Demand
• Bellevue Land Use Dispute Ends In Assault Charge
• Longview Switching To Four-Day Work Week for City Employees

WORD OF THE DAY

Maugre • \MAW-gur\ • preposition - In spite of

Bobby liked his erector set. Liked it so much that he would play with no other toys, maugre the family fear that the boy’s obsession would soon dwarf the neighboring houses with a swaying, shining structure that was literally held together with cheap bolts, tape and bailing wire.

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

Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Facility to Get $800,000 Stimulus (Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/11/05/news//doc4af31a1dd4e8f547688386.txt

Stimulus Fund Loan Guarantees at Issue - McClintock Proposes Bill Axing WAPA Bail-Out Provisions (The Union, Nevada County, CA)
http://www.theunion.com/article/20091105/BREAKINGNEWS/911059966/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1053

Earthjustice vs. TransAlta Heads to Federal Level (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Earthjustice-vs-TransAlta-Heads-to-Feder=1&blockID=87203&feedID=410

Get the Jump on Winter Storms! (Lake Stevens Journal, WA)
http://www.lakestevensjournal.com/county-state/article.exm/2009-11-05_get_the_jump_on_winter_storms

Power Restored In Downtown Spokane (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/05/power-goes-out-downtown-spokane/

Mountain Express & Guide Op/Ed - A New Power Line Isn’t the Only Answer: There are numerous alternatives to reduce peak demand.
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005128681

Virginia Court Upholds Permits for Construction of Multistate Power Line (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010210005_apvamultistatepowerline.html?syndication=rss

Montana - Tonbridge Power Inks Agreement for New Transmission Line in Montana: Would connect with Bonneville Power Administration on Colstrip transmission line (MarketWire)
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Tonbridge-Power-Inc-TSX-VENTURE-TBZ-1072060.html

S. Colorado Power Line Faces Further Environmental Study (Denver Business Journal)
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/11/02/daily87.html?ana=from_rss

High-Voltage Export from Canada - Our largest trading partner, Canada, wants to start shipping the U.S. a new product: green energy (Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN)
http://www.startribune.com/business/69312552.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1OiP:DiiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

Tri-City Herald Editorial - Energy Initiative Should Spark Broader Dialogue
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinions/story/782478.html

Seattle Times Op/Ed - Embrace Technology to Turn Nuclear Energy into Environmental Solution
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010211528_guest06alben.html?syndication=rss

Nuclear Stirring up Old Debate (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2009/11/nuclear_stirring_up_old_debate.html

Tennessee Valley Authority Prepares To Start Smokestack Scrubbers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010217920_apustvacoalwastetennessee.html?syndication=rss

Ethics Panel Clears NC Congressman in Tennessee Valley Authority Probe (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010211237_apustvashuler.html?syndication=rss

Natural Gas - Energy West Gets 83 Percent of Cut Bank Utility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010217815_apusenergywestmontana.html?syndication=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Canada to Probe Missing Salmon Stocks (AFP)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jd9nbEDBZJdq8bh6yU1G6H4wIGeg

Comments Sought On Washington State Hatchery Water Quality Certification (Wash. Department of Ecology)
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2009news/2009-262.html

Pelican Convention (Bandon Western World, OR)
http://www.bandonwesternworld.com/articles/2009/11/05/news/doc4af210394be21900003804.txt

Looking for Sharks Deep in Puget Sound (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69353182.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Spokesman Review Editorial - Clean Water Requires More Than Idealism
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/06/clean-water-requires-more-than-idealism/

SF Chronicle Op/Ed – California Legislature Breaks a Generation of Water Gridlock
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/05/EDU11AFRR7.DTL&feed=rss.opinion

Large Dams Can Bring Long-Term Benefits (Swazi Observer, Africa)
http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=8744

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Wyoming Sets Wildlife Guidelines for Wind Developers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010210894_apuswindenergywildlifewyoming.html?syndication=rss

Jobs Question Jeopardizes Texas Wind Farm’s Stimulus Deal (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/business/energy-environment/06wind.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Wind Industry Faces ‘Prairie Rebellion’ in Kansas County (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/11/05/05greenwire-wind-industry-faces-prairie-rebellion-in-kansa-34024.html

Massachusetts Commission Ruling Means Delay for Cape Wind (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010217786_apuscapewindmassachusetts.html?syndication=rss

South Carolina - Santee Cooper Releases Offshore Wind Turbine Simulation Photos (WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC)
http://www2.scnow.com/scp/news/local/grand_strand/article/santee_cooper_releases_offshore_wind_turbine_simulation_photos/85210/

Biologists Study Effect of At-Sea Turbines on Migratory Birds (Press of Atlantic City, NJ)
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic_city/article_8dde4c12-ca5d-11de-890c-001cc4c002e0.html

Congress Seeks To End Biofuels Paper Tax Breaks (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE5A35JK20091105

Tennessee Governor Calls Biofuels Project Criticism ‘Outrageous’ (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010217845_apusbiofuelsinitiativetennessee.html?syndication=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Lewis County - A Chance to Ditch Avacado Green, Harvest Gold Appliances (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?A-Chance-To-Ditch-Avacado-Green-Harvest-=1&blockID=87615&feedID=410

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Carbon Traders Deny Sub-Prime Crisis Brewing (Telegraph, UK)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/6510147/Carbon-traders-deny-sub-prime-crisis-brewing.html

Senate Democrats Advance Climate Bill Without GOP (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010209528_apusclimatebill.html?syndication=rss

Environmental Groups at Odds over New Tack in Climate Fight (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110502134.html?wprss=rss_business

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Study Says British Columbia Has Enough Electricity for Millions of Vehicles (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/11/03/bc-electric-vehicle-study.html

Personalized Solar Units Could Power Homes & Cars, Scientist Says (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/personalized_solar_units_could.html

Being Green: Ten Earth-Friendly Habits You Can Adopt (Scientific American)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ecofriendly-habits-walking-school-bus-locasexual-gas-cap

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Oregon Regulators Not Thrilled With Verizon/Frontier Deal - ‘Lots of risk, but very little upside...’ (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Oregon-Regulators-Not-Thrilled-With-Frontier-Deal-105372

CenturyLink Earnings Jump after Embarq Purchase (Kansas City Business Journal)
http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2009/11/02/daily39.html?ana=from_rss

Voice is Cable’s Secret Weapon for Growth (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/voice-is-cables-secret-weapon-for-growth/

GENERAL NEWS

Army Officials Praise Policewoman Who Wounded Shooter at Fort Hood (Voice of America)
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-11-06-voa19.cfm

Police: Gunman Trailed Patrol Car before Deadly Shooting (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69326562.html

Wild Weather Blows through Puget Sound (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=236950

Forecast: 2010 to Be a Good Year for Lumber Demand (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/02/daily42.html?ana=from_rss

Bellevue Land Use Dispute Ends In Assault Charge (Seattle Post-Intelligence)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/archives/184218.asp?source=pimail

Longview Switching To Four-Day Work Week for City Employees (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/06//area_news/doc4af3c00a5c67b811319369.txt

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Man in Gorilla Suit Beat Up By Girlfriend
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/poi/news/69308392.html

Dog Swims Dangerous Waters to Leave New Lighthouse Home
http://www.timescolonist.com/life/swims+dangerous+waters+leave+lighthouse+home+Trial+Island/2186390/story.html

Van Stolen In Spokane 35 Years Ago Turns Up In Shipping Container
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/05/van-stolen-here-35-years-ago-turns-shipping-contai/

Airplane Part Falls onto New York Home’s Front Lawn
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13728935

Boy Brings Peanut Dog to School
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Boy-Brings-Peanut-Dog-To-School-69324642.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Duke Ellington - It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t got that Swing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg

Ella Fitzgerald - Night & Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEM_63_P0CY&feature=related